Firstborn Twisted Time
"Shit! He died again." A boy threw his sword the moment he landed on the ground. He used his levitating magic to pick up a dead body and carry it in his arms. "My tan skin is now even darker than yours." he commented as he compared his dark complexion to the pale, lifeless body on his arms. He looked at a corpse as if it was not new for him to see that person lifeless, but it doesn’t mean it’s not painful to see his brother like this. "It’s not a good time to die, Kuya." The boy softly talked to the lifeless body as he looked up at the blue sky. His long silver-blond hair swayed with the wind as he flew through the sky, ascending slowly without end. "The weather is too good for us to die." It was a bright and sunny morning. White, fluffy clouds drifted across the sky, and so did his mind. The boy’s purple eyes have turned darker the more he stares at his dead brother’s pink hair, stained with blood. He had been trying to make his brother’s life better in his every regression, but the more he tried, the earlier his brother died. Originally, his brother died at fifty, but now in his ninetieth try, his brother died too early, at fifteen years old. It made him wonder if his power to return in time would really help his brother to experience a good and peaceful life, which his brother had never experienced. Or if it was just a power to mess everything up and make his brother’s life miserable. “What did I miss this time? What more should I do?” The boy grumbled while he gripped tighter on his brother’s body. It’s tiring, especially because he keeps returning back in time nineteen times in less than a century. He fought a lot of higher beings that humans could never surpass, but he somewhat did. For his brother, he could face dragons, gods, beasts, and any kind of dangerous being. He becomes stronger and greater than any human. But why does he keep failing? The boy just let out a sigh before he sped up, ascending to the sky, only focusing on his direction toward the sun. “Let’s die again and try for the twentieth time. I will never give up.” ....... The eyes and interest of the higher gods are focused on the fragile-looking child whom the firstborn son of the Marquis wished to divert. Ernesto Oliva is doing his best to save his friend from the bored and conceited gods that have made their lives very twisted. He returned back to the past multiple times with one goal: to make his friend's life more fulfilling. He does, however, end up dealing with a variety of beings, including Deities , Dragons, Demons, Giants, and other mysterious beings ..... Cover illustrated by: Aerinmaers What to see here: Fight against gods and other races Powers used: Magic, Divine, Aura
Source of powers
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
1. Mages have mana, "Growth of Fire"
When a magician focuses their mind and mana, they can see a fire burning within their body. Depending on how strong the fire burns, it is equivalent to their magic skill. It makes no difference what attribute the magician possesses; even water and ice attribute magicians can see their own fire growth.
Sparks are the lowest and smallest light of fire; the magician's apprentice has them.
Next is Embers, a trainee magician with low mana capacity.
The third rank is Flares, a trainee magician with high mana capacity.
The fourth group is the pre-flames, also known as mage: ordinary magicians.
The fifth is Flames: Skilled magicians.
The sixth is pre-Blaze: expert magicians.
The seventh is Blaze, usually called the Master Mage: High-level magicians
Eight is Fiery, also known as the Arch Mage: the highest level of magicians.
Ernesto, Watson, Fenrir, Loki, Fetahaya, Jose, Klay, Luceethe, and the Ayam's all have mana.
2. Ancient Power "Runic Spell": study or intellectual prowess related to ancient chanting and historic runes.
There is no physical condition needed, even a crippled person can cast a runic spell as long as he has the "intelligence" or fluency to speak the runic languages.
Lucas, Luther, Nida, Ernesto, Ndulou, Fenrir, the gods (who are disgusted by their use), and higher beings can all cast runic spells.
3. Aura "Physical Prowess": powers attained with training and exceeding human physical strength. requires years of intense physical training.
Characters with an aura: Lucas, Tamahaling tribe, Rodolfo
4. Divine powers—powers bestowed by the divine race.
It is a transferable power that can be inherited. If your ancestors were given divine powers, their descendants have a chance to inherit them.
Characters with divine powers: Ndulou (from Perina's goblet) Maria and Euna (inherited from their ancestors)
5. Holy powers—supernatural abilities bestowed by the supreme god and the world tree.
Characters with hopy powers: Dryad, divine races.
Note: Humans mistakenly think divine and holy powers are the same thing, so Maria and Euna kept calling their powers holy powers even if they were actually divine powers.
The divine race serves directly under the supreme god, so they have holy power, and the power that they give to others is their "divine power."
6. Blessings - buff/cheats/unintangible conditions blessed from gods.
Once blessed, there will be words or encryption above your head. Those words contain an order or conditions to activate the power.
Ernesto and Fetahaya called this power the cringiest and most useless of all.
Characters with blessings:
Duke Cornelio's blessing is "love will never fade." His strength will double or tripple if he thinks of loving his wife. (blessed by goddess Iyyah)
Ernesto's first blessing was never revealed because he never used it and felt disgusted at using it. His second blessing contains using Ndulou as a shield. Both blessings were from the goddess Iyyah.
Ndulou received a total of seven blessings from seven gods, but he only used one of them, which caused him to time travel. (Blessed by seven gods' names: Fahrayd, Rathw, IVY, Avar Iyse, Yobab, Kambin, Loth Loth.)
Jose Oliva, his blessing separates him with his son–Evan. He thought of it as a curse instead of a blessing. (Blessed by god Loki)
"Blessings" may sound cringey and useless to the blessed ones but it's just onesided perk that most gods bestowed to anyone so that they can tie their fate to the blessed ones and could intervene to its life.