Chapter 27: Hero's POV

I open my eyes after a nap.

What time is it? 11:30 A.M? Whoa!!

That's the whole morning already.

*Yawn*

Wait. This is not my house. This is Bianca's bedroom.

Quite an extravagant room, to be fair. The wood frame of the bed actually has a pleasant aroma to it that can make sleeps much more enjoyable.

The pillows are extremely soft, just like what you would expect from a rich family. I feel like my whole body is sinking into the bed itself.

I am not a sophisticated person, so I do not know how to describe the paintings and objects inside of the room. But from what I can understand, they are all from the highest level of art.

In short, I have nothing to complain about this place.

Looking from the left to right, I can see no one besides me is inside of this room. The last time I remember, there were two girls, Marie and Bianca.

I remember now why I am here at Bianca's place.

We had...quite a morning.

Bianca is always so assertive while Marie is always shy. Because of their different personalities in bed, I always have a good time when we have out 'activities'.

They make the blood inside me boils. The girls make me want to ravage their bodies even more.

It would be even better if we had another person joining in. I am at that age, after all. So I do not feel ashame to talk about it like this.

Now that I am thinking about it, maybe a half-human with cat ears or a demon girl with horns will be a nice addition to our team.

Looking at me being greedy! No one would think that I used to be a nobody on Earth.

It has been eighteen years since I was reincarnated into this world by the Goddess.

Time sure does fly.

Born and raised in Japan, I was a basic, normal student that existed virtually everywhere throughout the country. I had no specific talents, either in studying or sports. I had no girlfriend. My life was at a stalemate.

I thought I would be growing up to be a salaryman, just like my father in my previous life.

The me now has magic beyond the comprehension of everyone else, and my girlfriends are crazy rich. My family is the family of the General of Nohin.

With all of these backgrounds, I have truly been living a life of absolutely no regret.

It feels like I have already reached the peak of life already.

At first, I thought I was being reborn into a medieval fantasy world with magic elements. Man, I was way off.

This world is also Earth. But new Earth is in a different universe. My soul has somehow found its way into another dimension. It was all thanks to the Goddess.

Here, there is another fundamental particle that is called mana.

Mana exists everywhere. From the birds, to the trees, to the lives of everyone. It makes people live longer and more powerful than old Earth.

With mana, people can cast spells, or create special products that can suprass the technologies in my old world.

There is also a catch to it.

Since mana strengthen everything, even the animals are different. They are more powerful, more resilient, some can cast magic.

Some can even use magic to talk to humans. Some evolved to become more human-like. Hence, the half-human was established. They are rare to see, though.

The fact that mana enhances animals is also why expeditions have to be made regularly around cities to ensure that no wild creatures would come close to it. There are monsters all around the world that requires heavy sacrifices to deal with every now and then.

The lives here are more dangerous, yet also more exciting than my old world.

New Earth is certainly not a medieval fantasy world. Countries here are smaller due to the existence of dangerous creatures, but they are not in the medieval times.

I would even say the technology development here is better than old Earth.

Also, there are incomprehensible beings that were born directly from the mana concentration.

According to researches, there was a Big Bang at the center of the Universe about 14 billions years ago, spewing fundamental particles across all of space-time. Billions years later, maters and mana started the concentration period due to gravity. Planets and stars were born thanks to mater concentration, while these beings was born thanks to mana concentration.

They are the Gods and Goddesses of this Universe, or in this world's terms: Manaborn.

Because these beings are made entirely from mana, they are immensely powerful. They take the form of anything they like, and will do anything they want. They can give life, and they can take it back.

They are immortals with no end to their living.

It was thought that they, the Manaborn, gave birth to civilizations across the Universe.

And Earth, is only one among those civilizations.

This is where I come in to play.

The Manaborn beings have lived for billions of years, and they have gone bored by doing what they do, which is to give and take life. They want to see exciting things. They want to see their creation opening up pandora boxes.

They want to see if their children can become better, more powerful.

The Manaborn wants drama.

Lots of it.

They have seen the movies made by their creation. But it is never enough.

Television is nothing when compared to the daily lives of their children.

So they set up the War of the Gods.

And they take the forms of the emotions of their creation.

Love, Hate, Greed, War, Death,...

Countless of Manaborn, countless forms they take. Like mine, who is the embodiment of Love.

To participate in the War, the Manaborn will not fight each other. Instead, each being will have their own apostle. It does not matter the time, it does not matter the place. Besides their initial blessings, they will be given no guidance, no instruction whatsoever. They are free of choice.

"Live the way you want." The Goddess told me.

The apostle if strong enough can even destroy the planet or the country under another god's influence. Or they can be come evil, a Demon Lord or something similar to that.

Along the way, the apostles will probably meet each other. They can either fight, or they can cease fire. They can even get married and have children. The possibilities are endless.

There is no limit to the War of the Gods.

But of course, the Gods do not want their children to die totally, so they always spy on each other to find out when they make a move.

It is like cosmic chest.

And I am a piece on that chest board.

Whenever a Manaborn is happy thanks to the apostle, that country, or that planet will receive blessings that can make everyone more powerful or more advance than others, giving them the edge over the next War.

Most importantly, it makes the blessed live longer and healthier.

Nohin has been on the losing side for a few years, now.

That is because they did not have me. I am the chosen one.

I believe I can win.

No.

I have to.

Because my ambition is far beyond that.

I do not want to be an apostle of the Goddess.

I want to become a Manaborn.

"GYAAAAAAAA"

It is Bianca's frantic scream.

Immediately, I jump down the bed and head to find her.

Hurry, Hero. Hurry up.

On the way, I found a corpse of a maid without a head. Her brain matter is all over the floor, mixed with blood and pieces of her skull.

"Blergh!!"

Wh...what the heck is this??!!

Who would do such a thing?!

There is no one else around.

Where are all the people? Where are the maids?