《Story of Zero》


 Chapter One

    ¡°. .k . .up . .er.¡±


    . . .


    ¡° .ake. . .u . . .ro.¡±


    . .Ugh. . Who is it?


    ¡°WAKE UP ZERO!¡±


    HUH? What? Who?


    As I opened my eyes I realized I was sitting on a very comfy chair in room that looked similar to an office.


    ¡°Finally you¡¯re awake. I¡¯ve been calling out to you for hours.¡±


    On the opposite side of the room facing me behind a wooden desk with her golden hair and blue eyes was one of the most beautiful looking women I had ever seen.


    ¡°Who are you? No wait. First, where am I?¡± As I slowly able to think clearly, I realized that I was not in the place I had been before I fell asleep.


    ¡°You¡¯re in heaven. Or hell. In the afterlife? Whatever you mortals call it nowadays but simply put, your dead.¡±


    ¡°What? But I was just sleeping. Wait. Did I get assassinated?¡±


    ¡°Something like that. You got took a bullet through the head shortly after you fell asleep. I believe the person who put it there was known as Rick?¡±


    But why would he. . .Well damn that idiot. I told him that I wasn¡¯t interested in that slut. She probably had more STD than virus in her.


    ¡°Pity you had to die because of someone¡¯s delusion.¡± She said with a bored looking face.


    ¡°I was just killed in my sleep by an idiot, and for a fucking slut at that, and a pity all I get? I demand a redo.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m a goddess. I¡¯ve seen worse. Like that one time a girl got raped by a bunch of goblins for days before she finally got eaten alive. So back to my question.¡±


    ¡°Wait. Goblin? Really. Are they those ugly short little green midgets?¡±


    [Yeah. But not as little as the ones you¡¯re thinking of. But shouldn¡¯t you be more shocked at being able to talk to a goddess? You mortal souls usually just stay in limbo for however long it takes to lose your memories before you¡¯re reborn. Talking to me should be a considered a privilege you know.]


    I figured when you said this was the afterlife or something. Just didn¡¯t care. Your question?


    ¡°Well whatever, I¡¯m not into that little ¡®Glorify me little mortals¡¯ like some of the other gods are. Consider yourself lucky,¡± she said as she leaned backwards into her chair.


    ¡°Your Question?¡±


    ¡°Ok. Look,¡± she leaned forward again resting her arms on the table,


    ¡°The thing is, in the entire planes of existence there are multiple worlds. We call this the Planes of Existence. And those giant wolves that appeared in your world came from another world in the Planes of Existence. They¡¯re actually a new type of soldier that some factions in another world were breeding. They sent them to your world as kind of a test run to see how they would do.¡±


    ¡°Wait,¡± I held up a hand, ¡°There¡¯s another world, I get it. But why send to ours? Why not just test it in their own world? Pretty sure they would have a hard time keeping track of what they¡¯re doing from a different world right?¡±


    ¡°They were, I guess you could call them, a prototype. The factions didn¡¯t have any way to control the beasts yet and couldn¡¯t risk letting them lose on their own world. Having access to your world actually gave them the perfect grounds to test their new creations.¡±


    ¡°And how were they planning on monitoring my world after setting them lose? Before that, how the hell would anyone have a way to even move between worlds?¡±


    The goddess suddenly began to avoid direct eye contact.


    ¡°Well. A certain god that may or may not be me, accidentally lost an artifact that not only lets whoever is using it to see into a different world, but also lets them open up a hole to another world.¡±


    ¡°. . .It was you right? Don¡¯t deny it.¡±


    ¡°Well. Before you say anything, just know that it was a complete accident. The artifact is actually something common amongst us gods and goddesses, and we use them to drop things that mortals would consider sacred relics and treasures. Just to make things a bit more interesting. But last time when I tried to send a treasure down, I accidentally dropped the artifact through the hole as well.¡±


    ¡°Oh. Is that so,¡± I tried to control myself, but come on, as I saw it, she pretty much fucked up my life on Earth.


    ¡±Well, GO FUCK YOUSELF! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I SUFFERED CAUSE OF YOU?! YOU #@!#@#@@! ALMOST EVERY HUMAN DIED ON EARTH AND THE FEW OF US THAT SURVIVED HAD TO HIDE IN HOLES LIKE RATS! YOU %$#@$%! . . .¡±


    - - - - -Several Minutes Later- - - - - -


    As I finally started to calm down the god continued, with an amused look in his eyes.


    ¡°That was the first time I¡¯ve had a mortal insult me to my face. But as I was saying before you so rudely interrupted me, I accidentally lost the artifact, and because of some restrictions placed amongst us gods, I¡¯m not allowed to go down and bring it back. So~~~, I thought of another solution.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re probably expecting me to go down and get it for you right?¡±


    ¡°Nope. I want you to find it and destroy it. As much as I would love to have that artifact back, I told you that there are restrictions placed on us right? One of those restrictions prevents us from taking anything from a lower realm. Even if it was placed there by one of us. Otherwise everyone would be snatching things left and right and nothing would be left in the lower worlds.¡±


    ¡°Why me though. Is giving me another life your way of saying sorry or something?¡±


    ¡°Do you want the real explanation or the one that makes you feel better.¡±


    ¡°The real one obviously.¡±


    ¡°I got better stuff to do than spending forever looking for the perfect candidate. So I just picked a random soul from the world affected from my mistake, which in this case, was you. Think of it as winning the lottery,¡± she said as she flashed a smile.


    I honestly couldn¡¯t tell if she was actually reflecting on her mistakes or not, but I decided to just let it go since thinking about it, she WAS offering me another life regardless of her reasons.


    ¡°So, if I were to help you out, what would I get out of this?¡±


    ¡°You get to live again. Plus there¡¯s mana and ki. You can do magic and stuff, just like those cartoons from your world.¡±If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    ¡°First of all, it¡¯s not cartoons. It¡¯s called anime. And second of all, will I get benefits after being revived. I am doing you a favor finding the artifact right?¡±


    ¡°Well for starters you¡¯re going to be summoned to the new world with a body that¡¯s been made by yours truly. Reason being is that I¡¯m not really allowed to move your old body to another world, as that would count as me taking something from a world even if I put it back in another. That would violate the law that restricts us. But what I can do is make a new body for you and send it down after putting in your soul. Soul¡¯s don¡¯t count as material by the way so it doesn¡¯t violate the law even if I were to move your soul between worlds.¡±


    ¡°Well, since you¡¯re making a new body for me, can I change some things about it? Like upgrades?¡± I asked hopefully.


    ¡°Absolutely. I was actually going to ask you in a bit if you wanted any changes so you don¡¯t start crying later about having an average and weak looking body. And if I¡¯m going to make something it¡¯s got to be the best of the best or other gods would look down on me. But keep in mind, I can¡¯t make any massive changes like making two heads as that just doesn¡¯t work for you. And also, I won¡¯t accept any request that would make me create a something that would give other gods a reason to make fun of me, like how I created something ugly with a third arm for whatever reason. Oh, and I did make your body and mana veins divine level so you¡¯re welcome.¡±


    ¡°Mana vein? I think I have some idea, but what exactly does it do?¡±


    ¡°Basically mana veins lets you store and refine the surrounding mana so you can use it to manipulate reality to a certain extent. Creating water, controlling rock, bending light to create illusions, you name it. And obviously the more you try to manipulate reality, the more mana you need. Also keep in mind that it takes about a hundred times more mana to create and erase something in reality than to manipulate something that already exists.¡±


    ¡°And divine level? A ranking system?¡±


    ¡°Pretty much. For body level, the people in the other world call it Physique. It goes from Mortal, Earth, Sky, Heaven, then Divine. Everyone is born with a Mortal Physique and can train their bodies by absorbing the ki to strengthen their dantian in their lower belly to become Divine Physique. When cultivators, as people who train their Physique are called, increase their Physiques, they not only gain a large increase in strength, but they also age slower with each level they increase, and able to use their ki in certain ways.


    At Mortal Physique they only have a normal body. When they get an Earth Physique, their bodies change. The changes are: healing their swollen muscles, cleaning their bodies of impurities, and allowing them to manipulate the ki that is stored in their dantian. In other words, they will slim down and appear far more appealing and beautiful, but also getting a far more durable body.


    When they get a Sky Physique, they grow stronger and can use the ki to glide through the air and stand on water. When they get a Heaven Physique, they once again get a stronger body and are able to use ki to actually stand on air. Once they get a Divine Physique, their bodies grow many times stronger and become ageless, although they will remain at the age when they achieved Divine Physique so the old looking will stay appearing old and the same with the young. That¡¯s why some of the mortals in that world wait to achieve Divine Physique if they achieved Heaven Physique far too early for their tastes.¡±


    So that means that since I¡¯m going into the new world with a Divine Physique, I¡¯m going to be immortal as long as I don¡¯t get killed? That¡¯s awesome!


    ¡°So what about mana vein levels? Are they different?¡± I asked.


    ¡°Very,¡± she nodded, ¡°for people with mana veins they call them mages regardless if they cultivate as well or not, and for mages, they are born with the mana vein they have. They cannot increase their mana vein level but it can be decreased if the mana veins are damaged. And although the ranking are the same, the amount of destruction you can do with the same level mana vein is far different than Physique. If you have Mortal mana vein you can create a human head sized boulder, if you have Earth mana vein, you can create a human size stone, if you have Sky mana vein, you can create a small room size stone, if you have Heaven mana vein you can create a small house sized stone, and if you have Divine mana veins the power spikes and you can create a small castle. But that¡¯s only a way to use mana veins that the world you¡¯re going to uses to test what level they are. If you were to use the mana to instead control the elements instead of creating them, imagine what you can do.¡±


    ¡°So if we were to compare Physique and mana veins, how would you equally match them against them each other?¡±


    ¡°If you have a mage who was to use only their mana veins, and someone to use only their Physique, you would need the person with only Physique to have one higher level. So for example, if someone were to have a Mortal mana vein, you would need an Earth Physique to evenly match them. If someone were to have a Sky mana vein, you would need someone with a Heaven Physique to stop them. And for someone heaven mana vein you would need Divine Physique to stop them. And for Divine mana vein you would need at the very least a ten people with Divine Physique to stop you. That¡¯s how large the gap between cultivators and mages is, and this is considering that the mage is not using their Physique.¡±


    ¡°Wow. So I¡¯m going to have both Divine Body and Physique right I can crush most people to meat paste right?¡±


    ¡°No. There are plenty of Divine Physiques in this new world. At most they are usually placed as commander of a thousand soldiers. Also although Divine mana veins are very rare, there is still more than tens of thousands of mages with Divine mana veins currently alive. Most people with Divine mana veins cultivate to become Divine Physiques, so there are mages with Divine mana veins from several generations. That¡¯s why there are so many people with Divine mana veins in this world.¡±


    ¡°So. Although I¡¯m going to be strong I¡¯m not going to be one of the few mages that¡¯s strong but one of the many right?¡±


    She frowned at this, ¡°don¡¯t look down on mages in the Divine Levels Zero. Kingdom¡¯s and factions would literally cover you in wealth, women, and whatever they can give you if they can get you on their side. Also, this world is at least a hundred times if not a thousand times bigger than the world you came from so tens of thousands is still a very very small number compared to the number of people who live in that world.¡±


    ¡°Wait a thousand times?¡± I was skeptical about what she just said, ¡°Regardless of how strong people can be with ki, they would still be crushed by the gravity.¡±


    ¡°Oh. Right. Almost forgot. Speaking of gravity, I¡¯ll tell you now that some things in this world is different than your old one. Like for one there¡¯s no such thing as atoms in this world so no you can¡¯t use cheats like using knowledge of oxygen to create a stronger flame using mana or something. This world is made up of different types of mana, not atom, and elemental spirits control the laws of this world. So don¡¯t freak out if you see floating mountains, oceans or something. That¡¯s just the elemental spirits changing the laws of that particular area. And these spirits relates to your mana veins. Basically, when you¡¯re using your mana veins, you¡¯re feeding the spirits the mana your mana veins refined and feeding it to the spirits. In exchange they change reality for you using that mana. So using your mana is a lot more easier than you would expect. Your only limit is what you can imagine.¡±


    ¡°Alright I¡¯ll keep that in mind.¡±


    ¡°Now that we got all the important information about the new world out of the way, we should go to adjusting the body you¡¯ll be living your life in this world.¡±


    She suddenly smiled in a way that made me feel extremely uncomfortable before saying, ¡°Oh and before you decide what to change first, you might want to make you manhood a bit bigger. Even I¡¯m kind of disappointed in you si-¡°


    ¡°STOOOOOOPU! Make it bigger but do NOT say that it¡¯s small!¡± My face flushed red in embarrassment.


    ¡°Your pretty sensitive about your small size,¡± she started choking with laughter.


    I pretended not to hear her and tried to move on, ¡°Next, can you change my hair to a silver color and eyes to red?


    ¡°Huh? I mean there¡¯s hair that¡¯s blue, green, and several other colors in this world, but silver hair? And red eyes? I don¡¯t think there are any humans with that hair color. Some races of Beastkins maybe but not humans.¡±


    ¡°If I¡¯m going to be one of the strongest beings in this new fantasy world I might as well do my best to be unique. Plus I always had a thing for vampires in anime and stuff and they usually have silver hair and red eyes.¡±


    ¡°Oh. Let me see if I understand this correctly. So the main reason you want silver hair and red eyes is because you¡¯re a vampire otaku right?¡± she made a weird face at me.


    ¡°Yeah I guess,¡± I gave a small shrug.


    ¡°Well request denied. I think you would look a lot better with your current black hair and eyes so I¡¯m not changing that.¡±


    ¡°Ugh. Fine. Then just leave my current looks. If I can¡¯t go exotic I might as well go normal.¡±


    ¡°Alright. Your already pretty decent looking so I guess you¡¯re pretty satisfied with your current appearance. Here, check it out.¡±


    Waving her hands a body that looked close to mine, in the mid-twenties, that differed slightly in other places appeared in the center of the room. Well most changes were slight except for the rod between my legs.


    ¡°Holy crap! How big did you make that thing,¡± shocked I couldn¡¯t stop staring at it, ¡°I don¡¯t even think I can find a girl willing to take that.¡±


    ¡°You have one right here,¡± she winked.


    Blushing furiously at hearing that I insisted she made it a bit smaller. She finally reluctantly agreed making it just slightly smaller. I still thought that it was way too big but she refused to make it any smaller.


    ¡°Well if your done with anything else I¡¯ll be sending you off now. Have fun but don¡¯t forget complete my request,¡± with that she cut me off from still trying to convince her to making my manhood smaller.


    ¡°Hey wai-¡° before I could finish, she snapped her fingers and I felt myself sucked into my new body. Then She snapped her fingers again and a dark hole opened up beneath me into which I fell.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t tell me what the artifact looks like or where to find it!¡± I shouted out before falling unconscious in the darkness.

 Chapter Two

    As I slowly regained consciousness, I realized that I my head was aching, as though someone had bashed it with a hammer. After several minutes of groaning in pain, waiting for the pain to pass, I tried to sit up. As I moved there was a lot of clinking sound coming from under me, as though small pieces of metal was rubbing against each other. When I finally was able to open my eyes, I froze in shock, unbelieving as to what was lying all around me


    There were mountains of gold coins, bladed weapons, armor, gems, and other things I could not identify but looked expensive all around me with small balls of light floating around randomly here and there. As I slowly peeled my eyes away from the mountain of gold to look up, all I was able to see was the roof of a rocky ceiling high above me.


    ¡°What the heck. Where did that goddess send me to?¡± As I slowly stood up, a few sheets of paper that had been lying on top of me fell onto the floor which I promptly picked up.


    There were three sheets of paper, one of which appeared to be a letter, another a list, and the last was a smaller piece of paper had a strange drawing mixed with writing on it. Taking the one that appeared to be a letter first, I realized that although the language that was written was one I had never seen before, I was able to read and understand it perfectly.


    Zero, I sent this letter with you along with some supplies as sending you with nothing on you would make me appear stingy. All the supplies that I have sent you is in the storage ring I gave you. The storage ring, as the name implies, is able to store any item that does not have a soul contained within it. To put in or take out items inside the ring, all you need to do in think about it and it will appear or disappear from the ring and appear nearby you. Keep in mind that it takes a small amount of time for this process to occur. The list that is with this letter lists all the things I have placed into it.


    Also, I have sent you to the treasury of the faction where my artifact is being kept. The reason being is because if I had to wait for you to find the artifact, you would take years which is time that we cannot afford to waste as the damage the faction can do to other worlds would be far too much in that time. If you were to search around you, you will find a small glass orb. That is the artifact I need you to break, just smashing it with a fist will do with how strong your new body is.


    And feel free to take the stuff around you as the faction who owns this treasury, in my opinion, does not deserve it. Just make sure you don¡¯t get caught. Once you finish what you need to do, infuse mana into the talisman until it starts burn up whereupon you will be teleported to one of my temples. It will be located on a faraway continent, just in case the faction finds out it was you somehow. To infuse mana just focus inside your body where you will feel something flowing inside you. All you need to do then is direct that flow to the talisman. To learn this process usually takes several weeks but you should be fine, I hope. Well good luck and have fun. From Goddess Helvia.


    As I finished reading the letter, I realized that I had not even found out what her name was as I was talking to her before. But seriously? Just because Goddess Helvia felt rushed for time she had to send me into the middle of an enemy territory. I mean it would be fine if I was sure I could use the talisman, but what if I¡¯m not able to feel the flow or whatever?


    Thinking of what would happen then , I immediately tried to do with the goddess had written and focused inside myself to see if I was able to feel the flow. If I wasn¡¯t able to, I would be in serious trouble. After several minutes, I had still not been able to feel anything flowing inside me. After panicking for a while, I forced myself to calm down. The goddess had said that usually the process would take someone several weeks. I shouldn¡¯t try to rush this so I began to meditate once more to find the flow of mana. As minutes turned into hours, I had finally felt the flow and was able to direct it slightly.


    Luckily, during this time, no one had entered the treasury, but I wasn¡¯t sure how much more longer I had. Quickly getting up from the lotus position I had been sitting in, as I thought that was the best position to be in to meditate, I began to scramble around the large cavern looking for the glass ball she was talking about.


    It was actually pretty easy to find and only took a few moments as it was all alone on a pedestal in the center of the room. Balling my hands into a fist, I swung my fist downwards onto the artifact. However, at that moment, I had forgotten that my new body was unimaginably strong so what I did not expect to happen was that instead of just smashing the ball, my punch had caused a small crater to form on the ground, causing the cavern to slightly tremble.


    ¡°Woah. I¡¯m just like those wuxia characters I read in novels back in my world,¡± I stared at the crater smiling, ¡°I wonder if I can smash down mountains like they often describe them to do. Maybe I¡¯ll test it out later.¡±


    As I took a few moments to ponder about my newfound strength, I started to hear shouts and loud footsteps coming closer.


    ¡°Aw snap. They most likely heard that and are coming here to check,¡± noticing the black metallic ring with a small red gem on it, I hesitated before deciding what to do, ¡°well the goddess herself said that these guys don¡¯t deserve all the treasure so I might as well take what I can.¡±


    Closing my eyes, I followed what was written in the letter, I thought of all the treasure around me flowing into another space that I imagined was the space inside the ring. Feeling small distortions in the air, I opened my eyes to see that the only thing left was a wide empty cavern the size of a football field.


    ¡°Well that was easy.¡±


    As the voices and footsteps that sounded like hundreds of people got closer and closer, I hurriedly took out the talisman and began infusing mana into it. After several seconds, when the paper finally started burning to ashes, the door on the far side was flung open as people ran in. As I looked up, I was able to see that they appeared to be wolf man like beings. As they were too far I could not see how large they were, but they were muscular with furry humanoid bodies with wolf heads, several of whom was wielding spears and swords, and wearing metal armor that protected their vital areas.


    When they saw me they froze for a moment before howling and running at me with all four legs. But it was too late, I gave a small wave as I felt the space warp around me and the next thing I knew I was standing in another cave, but this one looked a lot neater than the one I had just been in.


    Unlike the other cavern that had rugged walls and ceiling, this one looked like it was cut out neatly, with delicate carvings and statues on the wall. Behind me there was a large alter looking stone that had fresh looking fruits and meat that made my mouth water. When I heard a gasp from the other side of the room, I swung my head around to see several people. One was dressed in a white priest like robe I would see in a game, and the rest were dressed in plain cotton clothes, most with extremely faded colors. Some were kneeling while others looked like they were just standing up.


    ¡°W-w-w-who are you,¡± asked an elderly who was wearing the priest robe.


    Racking through my head, I tried to think what was best to say in this situation so that they wouldn¡¯t panic. However before I could say anything an adorable little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes suddenly stepped forward.


    ¡°You¡¯re a hero right? Mommy said that Goddess Helvia will send a hero to save us if I was a good girl prayed every single day. You came to save us right?¡± she walked a closer with a large round eyes staring at me.


    Unable to deny the little girl that so desperately wanted me to be the hero, I put on a gentle smile and kneeled down in front of her, ¡°Yeah. Goddess Helvia heard your prayers and sent me to help you. Just let big brother hero here know what the problem is and he¡¯ll make it all go away.¡±


    Although large traces of suspicion could be seen in their eyes, the rest of the people began to recover from their shock. A women whom I guess to be the mother of the child dashed out to grab the little girl and pull her back, ¡°Hush Lilia. Be a good girl and stay with mommy.¡±


    ¡°But mommy-¡° the little girl started to struggle.If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    Not wanting the little girl to start a scene I told her, ¡°Good girls listen to their mommy right? Go with her, I won¡¯t be going anywhere for now.¡±


    As she stopped struggling and let her mother pull her back the priest stepped out.


    ¡°Excuse me sir. But are you truly a hero? I mean, it just seems so sudden and suspicious that after all these years of no prophecy or signs of anything from the goddess, a man suddenly pops out and says he¡¯s a hero.¡±


    I look at the little girl who was wrapped in her mother¡¯s arm, and turned to face the priest, ¡°Do you think we could talk a little more privately?¡±


    The priest nodded and gestured for the other people to leave before turning back towards me.


    ¡°Now, may I ask what it is that you needed to speak to me privately about? I¡¯m guessing you¡¯re not really a hero right?¡± he gave a wry smile, ¡°I am guessing you are a cultivator am I right?¡±


    ¡°And how did you guess that?¡± I tilted my head slightly.


    ¡°Well you suddenly appeared out of nowhere and only cultivators, mages, and wealthy nobles or merchants would be able to afford talismans or artifacts that could do those. And from your simple cultivators clothing I would think that you wouldn¡¯t be a mage, noble, or merchant as they would most often be wearing far more extravagant clothing,¡± he stated.


    ¡°So the mages, nobles, and merchants like to flaunt their wealth huh?¡± I guess the rich and wealthy do that no matter which world you go to.


    ¡°Yes, and also those who like to flaunt their wealth are the ones you need to be most wary of,¡± he frowned while crossing his arms.


    ¡°Why? They are powerful so I guess getting on their bad side isn¡¯t a good idea but what about regular cultivators. They are pretty strong too right?¡± Confused I asked.


    He shook his head, ¡°No. When I say that you need to be wary of the rich I do not mean because of their strength, although that is one thing to keep in mind. But mostly it¡¯s because of what comes after. First of all, to the wealthy, their pride is worth more than commoner lives like us. For example, if we happen to be standing in their way, in most cases they cut us down and kick us off the road before they ask us to move. Our lives are worth dirt in this world. And secondly, they usually have a large power backing them. If you were to kill or injure a cultivator, worst that can happen is that the person or his friends and family comes looking for you. But if you were to so much as hurt a hair on a young master¡¯s head, their clan or army would chase you to the ends of this world.¡±


    He looked back up at my face, ¡°But why are you asking this? This is common knowledge anywhere you go?¡±


    ¡°O-oh,¡± I began sweating. I didn¡¯t think that telling him I came from another world would be a good idea, as he would most likely consider me to be insane, so I hastily thought of an excuse, ¡°I was actually in seclusion with my master in a far off land. I never interacted with people and only focused on training myself so I am lacking in knowledge about many of the things you may consider the norm. I actually appeared here because my master sent me off to learn more about the world and the talisman sent me here.¡±


    I wasn¡¯t sure if I was being completely believable but that was the best excuse I would come up with on the spot.


    ¡°O~h. You are one of those students who learn from hidden cultivators rather than in a sect or school,¡± luckily it looks like the lie I came up with happens often enough in this world.


    He then suddenly quieted down and looked me in the eye, ¡°Since now I know for certain you are a cultivator, would you mind telling me what Physique you are? Currently we do have a problem surrounding our village, and we need as many cultivators that are willing to help that are at Sky Physique or above. We already hired some mages, but the more cultivators and mages we can get, the better the odds of success.¡±


    Hearing this, I debated whether or not to tell this priest my true cultivation as although the goddess had assured me that people with Divine Physiques were not that rare, I was not certain of how rare was not that rare to the goddess. After debating for a second I figured I should hide my true cultivation as if he did know my true cultivation, he might expect more out of me which for now I would be unable to do as I do not even know how strong I was, nor how to properly use my current strength.


    ¡°Luckily I am of have a Sky Physique so I would gladly help you out, as I did promise that little girl that I would.¡±


    ¡°Yes! Thank you! And of course we will pay an appropriate amount for your help,¡± he then beckoned me, ¡°Please, follow me. For now I will find you a place to stay and we can discuss the request tomorrow with the other cultivators and mages that we hired.¡±


    Leaving the temple, we went through a short tunnel before finally arriving at the entrance. As my eyes adjusted to the bright light from the sun, I saw that the entrance to the temple was half way up the side of a small mountain. As I looked down below, I saw a large town that was surrounded by a tall stone wall. Outside the town there was a small clearing, and surrounding the clearing was a large forest that stretched as far as eyes can see to the base of the mountain I was standing on.


    When I looked more closely I noticed that there were in fact two narrow paths that led out of the village. One was connected to the mountain on which I saw the people, whom I¡¯ve seen inside the temple from before, walking towards the town, and the other led into the sea of trees, which I assumed led to another town or perhaps even a larger city.


    After walking for an hour or so we arrived at the town. At the gates there stood six guards who talked to the priest about me for a moment before letting us through. The town as I saw was extremely populated and busy. Lining the main streets were stalls that sold things ranging from fresh vegetables and meats, to weapons and jewels with people so packed that it was hard to walk a few steps without bumping into someone. Soon he led me to an inn named Wolfhead Inn where he paid for fees and bit me farewell, letting me know that he would come by early tomorrow to pick me up before he left.


    The innkeeper then led me upstairs to my room in which there was a small bed made of wood with no blankets, and a small chair and table. Towards the side there was another door in the room that led to the restroom. When I saw there was an actual toilet, although made of wood, that could flush I felt relieved as I was not a fan of having to squat on the floor while using the restroom.


    The left after explaining some rules to me, which basically summed up to not bothering other guests during my stay. Once he closed the door as he left, I noticed that there was a tall but narrow mirror that was leaned on the side of the wall. Walking up to it and looking at my reflection I found that nothing had changed from the last time I had seem my body before I came to this world. Black hair and eyes just like the goddess had changed at that time. My body appeared to be a bit more muscular bit still lean. And just to make sure I pulled down my pants, and yup, still as big, as when the goddess refused to shrink it. I honestly was worried that if I ever do find a girl, she would be far too scared to actually do it with me.


    Looking out the window, I noticed that the sun was still high up so I decided to first take a look at what was the goddess had left for me in the storage ring then take a short stroll outside. Taking out the list that the goddess had given me, I realized that none of the things that the goddess had given me could possibly be considered normal.


    First, there were a thousand phoenix blood recovery pills that could completely heal someone in a matter of minutes even if they were half a breath away from death. It could even cure most incurable diseases.


    Second, there was a Divine tier sword that, in its sheath, looked like a plain wooden pole about two and a half feet long. But when I pulled out the blade, I saw that the straight thin blade was a beautiful gray black that almost two feet long. From the description that she wrote down, she made it look like a simple hidden blade so that I wouldn¡¯t get chased around in circles by the greedy.


    Third there was a Misty Aura Ring. Apparently different tiers of Physique would give off a different type of aura that allows other cultivators to know what Physique you are. This ring would allow me to change what aura I give off so even if I had a Divine Tier Physique, other cultivators would think that I was a Sky Physique if I chose to change my aura to a Sky Physique aura. Apparently this ring was extremely simple to make and even I could make it after some practice, but no one had found a way to make it in this world yet. She had given it to me just in case I wanted to keep a low profile for a while.


    Finally there was another pill, but when I read the description for it, I thought that I read it wrong. There was ten God tier Mana Vein Creation Pill. Even from the name you could tell that it was a pill that could allow someone to get mana veins. But the thing was, didn¡¯t the goddess say that the only way to get mana veins was to be born with it? Looking at the bottom of the list, I saw that the goddess had left al note.


    I know that I told you that the only way to get mana veins was to be born with it, but that only applies to the lower realm. In the God realm we can obviously create mana veins Divine tier and below. I mean come on, didn¡¯t you figure it out when I made Divine tier mana veins for that body you¡¯re using right now? But keep in mind that whoever eats the pill will feel as though their bodies are being burned, frozen, and ripped to shreds all at the same time as the mana vein is being created. I¡¯m giving you these ten pills so that if you ever find a girl or several you want, you¡¯ll have a super easy time wooing her. Think of it as a favor for the twenty two year old virgin*wink*.


    As I read this, I would have been extremely grateful to the goddess and sung her praises if not for the last line she had put in. But anyways, with these items, I should have a very enjoyable time in this world, and I was free to do whatever I wanted as I had already completed her request. Honestly that request was a joke in itself. If she was going to send me right next to it, why did she make it sound like such a big deal as though I had to go across land and ocean and search high and low for it. Well whatever. Since I¡¯m free, I might as well figure out what to do next after I help this town out with their troubles.


    Before I left, I had put on the Misty Aura Ring and fiddled with it a bit so that my aura would show that I was a Sky Physique like I had told that priest. Then, I holstered the hidden sword on the left side of my waist, and left the inn to stroll around the town.