"Are all the preparations ready?"
"Yes"
Motionless, I keep looking at the creation of which I spent the last half of my life, a cylindrical machine containing a phosphorescent red liquid that fills the room with a red light.
"Are you sure you want to do it?"
"Yes"
I turn around, at my side there is Anna, an assistant and without a doubt my second greatest invention.
I created her about three hundred thousand years ago andshe has remained with me until now,she has about my same intelligience and is able to rival magicians on the third level, even if this is only an assumption since the only wizard at that levelit''s me and the second strongest at this time on this planet is only on the first level, not that it''s surprisingconsidering that the current creator of the system to cultivate magic is me, and I have not decided to passdownmethodsto cultivate on the second or third level.
I was born about 600,000 years ago, it was a period when men joined in tribes and were forced to hide from the beasts and monsters that roamed around the world, obviously everything changed when at 13 I created the system to cultivate, at 18 I hadalready conquered the whole continent and at 20 the entire planet, it''s nice to remember my youthful achievements, even today the legends of how the first emperor opened the gates of magic and killed all the monsters, freeing humans from their oppression, are passed down.
"Ah..."
"Something wrong?"
"nothing ... I was just thinking about something ... prepare that we start"
"of course"
Anna approaches the control panel and startsthe machine, lightning begins to fill the liquid and gradually they become stronger and faster, the machine is turned on and it is now reloading the liquid to get it for when I will have to submerge, I begin taking off my clothes and wait ... it''s always fascinating to see how this machine works, it''s amazing to see how such a beautiful object can be so dangerous, 7,654,839 experiments on humans and not even a survivor, these are the results of all the experiments with this machine.
Obviously, I had to expect that converting the human race into something better would certainly not have been easy.
The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.A longer life... many people on this planet would laugh to me hearing me say these words, even the strongest wizards are able tolive to 200/300 years, while I managed to exceed life expectancy by far.
"Status"
| Race |
Human |
Age |
637892 |
| Strength |
1578 |
Agility |
1257 |
| Mana |
17493 |
Vitality |
0.1 |
this is a little magic of my creation, it scrolls the mana all over the body and gives you the value of the various parameters.
"master, please enter"
while I was lost in my thoughts Anna finished the preparations, in the liquid, the lightning stopped flowing and all the energy was absorbed by the liquid, which now has become a golden color, completely illuminating the room.
I approach the cylinder and fly above it and enter into the small opening at the top and I begin to immerse myself.
Plunging into the liquid is a completely safe phase, the problem is whenit will be activated, changing race is something never done before, and I''m not talking about simply putting parts of different races into one''s body or mixing one''s own blood with other creatures , I''m talking about a radical change, a change that not only modify your body but also your soul, and it is this last part the most dangerous one, all my guinea pigs, in fact, died because of a broken soul.
This machine has as the main task to remodel one''s soul using a continuous and very strong pain.
"Master I am ready to release the energy"
Anna looks at me waiting for my confirmation.
With a slight hint, I nod.
I see her hand reaching out, the finger presses the button, the liquid begins to spin fiercely with me in the middle, and so I lie down in a sea of suffering and pain.
01: Annas Diary
5 Secundus 637892 A.F.
Finally today the project that master has spent so much time on started, I smile thinking how happy he was today.
I was beginning to worry, over the last hundreds of thousands of years seeing him joyful has been increasingly rare, while todayasif he did not want to show it, his eyes glittered.
After activating the machine the experiment began, I thought I was ready for anything, having witnessed many of those experiments, but I had to imagine that it would be completely different today, to be immersed in the liquid was not the usual cockroach, but it was Master.
As soon as I began to hear his screams, a part of me wanted to immediately run to turn off the machinery ... but, obviously, I did not do it, the wishes of Master has to be placed before everything else.
I begin the preparations for his awakening, no one has been successful, but for Master nothing is impossible.
10 Sextus 639927 A.F.
Today I did the usual things, cleaning, placing other traps and formations around the castle.
Continuing experiments led to me by Master, but even though it may seem like just a day, like the others, todaywas completely different, in fact, I finally finished all the preparations for the awakening of Master, no matter what will come out of the machinery, I will be ready to respond to any eventuality.
21 Duodecimus 641068 A.F.
Today was just like the usual, Diary, I got up, I went to greet Master and see his condition, fed the pets of Master and played with some of them.
They are so sweet and cuddly, Pippy even tried to jokingly eat me, of course after having ''gently'' laid him down I explained that these things should not be done and he must learn to behave as an adult if he wants to conquer a female Cerberus and raise a family.
Ah, even today Master is suffering, as usual, continuing to wriggle into the liquid and screaming, just seeing him in this condition leaves a pain in my chest, like somebody... put my heart in a vice and just tightened it.
2 Quintus 641521 A.F.
Today is again just like the usual, I got up, visited Master and read the different news from the world of cockroaches.
Obviously many will wonder how it is possible that in a castle so isolated from the rest of the world, surrounded by a beautiful garden full of animals and plants that the cockroaches have jokingly named'' Forest of Death ''we can receive news from the outside world.
Well, Master, before isolating himself in this castle, has decided that it was important to always be updated on the outside world.
Well, today it seemslike the world of cockroaches has just given birth to the first level 2 wizard.
But the thing that surprised me the most was all the importance they gave to this event.
Come on, guys, is only a level 2 wizard!
2 Quintus 641522 A.F.
Today, I did the usual things, I got up, went to see Master and read his body statistics, cleaned the castle, continued to write a book for cultivation.
Master had almost completed the method to get to the fourth level and in these years I completed his research, so I''m writing the book to make him read it when he wakes up.
I cannot wait, I can already see the future, he, who calls me in his room, looks at me and tells me: ''I''m proud of you'' ... I already blush at the thought.
It also seems that today the ''Great Wizard of Level 2'' wanted to re-demonstrate its value to the world, after exactly 1 year sincehis rise he wanted to challenge the last area he still has not conquered, so he wanted to come to our little garden.
Perhaps he thought that since he had conquered the whole world in less than a year, entering this property would have been a walk in the park, or perhaps being the ''Grandiose and Very Strong Wizard of Level 2'' nothing could have beaten him.
Alas, Pippy as soon as he saw him wanted to play ... level 1 wizards return to be the strongest wizards.
12 Nonus 1232127 A.F.
In recent years the days are very interesting, today I got up and went to see the situation of Master.
After about 600,000 years I am noticing the first changes, from the machineryhis shadow is getting smaller and smaller as if he was shrinking, unfortunately, I can not notice anything more.
Although at the beginning I could easily see the body of Master through the glass, in these last millennia the figure becomes more and more indistinct, as if the liquid had becomethicker or as if therewas a fog around his body.
Of course, I could try to ascertain his situation with magic, but I would not want the mana to affect and inflict damage to Master.
Things have also changed a lot also in the world of cockroaches.
After giving birth to the first wizard of level 2, many others have appeared, and about 100,000 years ago appeared the first wizard of level 3.
The cockroaches are becoming more powerful, but they do not learn, the first wizard of level 3 decided to conquer the territory of Master.
Too bad that the only place thatthey were able to enter was the stomach of Coco, ah Coco just the same as his great-grandfather.
25 Primus 34863993 A.F.
Every day I get up more energetic and at the same time more anxious than the day before, Master''s condition seems completely stable, since 2 million years ago he has stopped screaming and wriggling, and his body signs are almost all in the norm.
I mean ''almost'' because for some strange reason his heart stopped beating, as soon as I was warned my heart stopped beating too, thank goodness that everything else seems normal, obviously this novelty fills my heart with joy.
Pity that cockroaches always have to ruin everything.
The whole network of Master in their world has been completely erased, and a few years ago a bang at night woke me up from my sleep, I rushed to the area of the accident, and there I found them.
Right in the middle of Master''s garden an army of cockroaches, from their mana waves they all seemed to be level 3.
But that''s when I saw him, a young cockroach, blond hair, deep blue eyes, I immediately realized he would be a danger to Master''s awakening, a level 3 has no hope of getting to the castle, an army of levels 3 would be swept away like a stone in the middle of the road, but an army of levels 3 led by a level 4 could, even if with a very low chance, get to the castle.
It was a hard fight, but activating all the traps and formations at my disposal and at the cost of the decimation of our pets I crushed all the insects that wanted to enter the house.
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Anna POV:
I lower the pen and put the diary inthe drawer, I look out the window and see the moon illuminating the plants in the garden, even if it was, for the most part, settled, repositioning all the traps and rewriting all formations will be a job that will take several years.
I get up from the chair and approach the bed.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
An alarm breaks the silence of the night, I begin to run, there are several alarms in the castle, but this alarm can mean only one thing, Master has woken up.
I go down the stairs running at top speed, which is not slow considering I am equivalent to a level 3 wizard, and in a blink of an eye, I am in front of the machinery.
It is opening, the glass is rising and stream begins to come out, filling the room, and I notice a shadow behind the steam that has risen from its opening.
The shadow begins to run towards me and in a few seconds,a hand with long claws has arrived a little less than a millimeter from my face, the shotmay be lethal for any normal cockroach, but it has little effect on me, and with a slight shift, I avoid it.
Despite the first shotbeing avoided so easily, the shadow does not give up and continues to try to hit me with a barrage of shots.
"Apparently, Master, you have lost reason ... just like you requested before undergoing the experiment, I will proceed with plan B"
Said this I begin to gradually release more and more mana.
For those who do not cultivate, being subject to a large amount of mana is a very oppressive feeling.
The shadow begins to slow down ... then stops ... and then falls to the ground.
The stream leaked from the machine also begins to leave the room given the pressure exerted by the mana, this allows me to finally have the opportunity to see Master.
His body is small, corresponding to a child of a cockroach of about 4 years, his skin is a sickly pale color, his ears are slightly pointed, and he has upper and lower canines longer than normal
But the really fascinating thing is the eyes, that although they are exactly the same former shape the color is completely different, the sclera no longer has a crystalline white color, but it is as black as night, and the iris is phosphorescent orange, that almost seems to have its own light.
Once I carefully suppressed and observed Master, I approached the pictureon the wall, it portrays Master in all his brilliance when he was Emperor.
I take it off very carefully, and Iputit gently on the floor.
I put my hand on the wallwherethe paintingwas and beginto release mana, and silently a secret compartment opens, containing a book.
I take it and return with it near Master.
"It will hurt a little but please bear with it, Master"
I touch the book to the forehead of Masterand as soon as they come into contact, the book lights up and the room shines as if itwas noon.
Manathreads come out of the book and begin to enterMaster''smind.
He begins to scream and tries to free himself from the oppression of my mana, but unfortunately, he is too weak to do that.
The book contains all the memories of Master, an artifact that we have spent hundreds of years to create, he had foreseen the pain of the machinery would have been too strong to keep his mind healthy and has prepared this book to bring his mind back to sanity, the only problem was that passing memories is a rather painful process.
The light coming out of the book decreases andthe darkness lazily conquers the room again.
I stop to release the mana and Master slowly getsup, looks at me, no longer with the crazy lookhe had afew minutes ago.
Curiosity becomes predominant in my head and I activate ''Appraisal''.
| Race |
??? |
Age |
34863993 |
| Strength |
41 |
Agility |
46 |
| Mana |
0 |
Vitality |
135 |
"Congratulations on the successful experiment, Master!"