《Legend of the Void》 Chapter 1-A New Family Ares noticed in front of him was a male who seemed like a giant, but in reality was only 6 feet tall and behind him was a female who had just given birth. Ares was trying to resist an urge to cry, but he couldn''t hold it back and he cried like a newborn infant. Ares-wo we u (where am I) Ares tried to make out words, but his throat was not able to make out the right sounds. Ares, in his past life, had a 4.0 GPA, but he was to lazy to apply any of that intelligence. With his intelligence he came to the conclusion that he had somehow been reincarnated. Mother-It''s a boy! Father-What should we name him Ardia? This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. "Let''s name him Ares.", she said with her eyes gleaming. This shocked Ares, as the chances of having the same name as in his previous life was very low. "It''s a great name, it''s especially suited for him since he''s my son" Then reason his father said this was because he was renowned as a powerful warrior throughout his whole village and Ares was the name of the god of war. Adria then lifted him up to his crib -------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS CHAPTER WILL BE VERY SHORT BUT THE OTHERS WILL BE LONGER!!! Chapter 2-Ares Potential Ares adapted to his new world very quickly. In fact, when he was 8 months old, he was already able to talk. He never talked around his parents because he felt they wold have high expectations for him and he didn''t want that. "I''m really hungry.", Ares said with his stomach grumbling Ares crawled into the kitchen and spotted the brownies on the counter. "ah...there so far up, I wish it could just appear in front of me.", Ares complained As soon as Ares said that, the brownie that was on the counter started to slide to end of the table, but stopped there. "Wow that was cool, wonder if I could move it again?", Ares thought with his eyes gleaming with excitement As soon as Ares attempted to use his telekinesis again, Adria walked in to the kitchen. "What is it little Ares, you want a brownie.", Adria said Ares quickly nodded his head in agreement. His mother then gave him the brownie and he quickly gobbled it up. As soon as Ares finished eating the brownie, he felt a surge of energy spread through his entire, but he just shrugged it off. Although Adria did not realize it, the brownie Ares ate was actually a Legendary Artifact that increases one''s potential to be a high-level magician or a warrior. Ares'' father, David, found this artifact while adventuring the Holy Forest. In Ares'' new world, after the discovery of life on other planets, humans also discovered a strange substance called mana. Many scientists were interested in this substance and after many years, they were finally able to understand it. Inside every single living being, even ants, there is a spirit. This spirit houses a being''s spiritual essence, Also known as their potential to grow, their ki-center, which gathers and transmits the energy source used by warriors, and their mana core, which gathers and transmits the energy source used by magicians. The two types of spirit users are divided into two as warriors and magicians. Both warriors and magicians have rankings in their power from letter Z all the way to letter A. Warriors can be divided into to groups such as swordsmen and hunters. The only difference between the two is that swordsmen use swords and hunters use ki-powered wepons, such as bows and guns. Magicians can be divided into 7 groups, fire magicians, wind magicians, water magicians, earth magicians, dark magicians, light magicians, and lightning magicians. The only difference between all of them is that they use different spells from the other groups. A warrior, whether they are a swordsman or a hunter, can choose between two ways to increase their power. One path they can choose is to cultivate their ki so that they can combine it with their attacks and use it when needed. Another path they can choose is body strengthening, this path fuses the users ki with their body, strengthening every aspect of their body. Although this path is more powerful than cultivating their ki, it is thousands of times harder than the other path even if the user has exceptional spiritual essence. Out of every million warriors, only one would be a body strengthening warrior. Although magicians are more powerful than ki-cultivating warriors of the same letter, they need a very high amount of spiritual essence, in fact they need 10 times more spiritual essence than an ordinary person. In the blink of an eye, it was a week away from Ares'' 5th birthday. Ever since Ares had eaten that brownie when he was 8 months old, his spirit had been absorbing its spiritual essence and his spirit had grown exponentially. At this moment, his father who rarely spends time with him was signaling him to come over. Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences."Son, now that you are almost 5 years old its time for you to have your potential tested.", David said with an emotionless face. David then explained to Ares that he could become a warrior or a magician. "I understand father, but how do you test me.", Ares replied David then pulls out a clear, transparent orb with a blue tint. "Put your hand on this orb and leave it there for 30 seconds" "Ok" Ares then put his hand on the orb and it started to glow brightly. After 30 seconds, his father was shocked and confused. "What is it father, what is my potential.", Ares said curiously Although Ares was more intelligent and wise than most kids his age since he had a past life, he still had the curiosity of a 4 year old. "How is this possible, it must be broken.", David said with a confused look "Son, I''m going to take you to a Bay academy expert, they should know what''s going on" The results that Ares got on his test showed that his potential was 15 times higher than an ordinary person. For a late teenager, these results would mean that he is only highly talented, but the reason his father was shocked was because before a child went through puberty, their potential would only be a tenth of what it would be after puberty. This was nothing strange for Ares though because he had been absorbing the brownie ever since he was a toddler. "What! His spirit essence his 15 times higher than a normal person!", Adria said unbelievabley "We absolutley have to send him to an academy", She continued "Well, that''s what I was planning to do." David replied scratching his head The next day, the family ordered a carriage to come and pick up Ares to go to the entrance exam. After a day of traveling, he finally reached Bay academy and it was crowded with kids who were around his age. He had to wait 5 hours before he was able to see the examiner. The boy in front of Ares who looked like a noble with his fancy, blue patterned robe looked back at him. "Get ready to be impressed by my scores", he said quickly turning back around On the examiner''s table there was a crystal orb similar to his fathers, but it was of higher quality and it had strange carvings in it. "Put your hand on the orb and hold it there for 30 seconds", the examiner said. The boy did as the examiner said and the orb glowed, but it wasn''t as bright as Ares''. The examiner shouted,"High spiritual essence, high-quality mana-transmitter, and low-quality ki-transmitter". The boy turned back around again to Ares. "See I told you I would have impressive results, by the way, my name is Parker. Whats yours?", he said beaming with pride "I''m Ares" "Oh, just like the god of war" "Next" Ares calmly walked up to the examiner and followed his instructions. After holding his hand on the orb for 30 seconds, the examiner rubbed his eyes as if he was hallucinating and he was hesitant to say anything. "Legendary spiritual essence, Legend-quality ki-transmitter, and n...non-existent mana-transmitter" The moment the examiner shouted a silent hush fell upon the crowd. Chapter 3-Admission Chapter 3-Admission After a couple seconds of silence, many professional looking people ran up to Ares fighting to offer him admissions to their schools. Suddenly, a seemingly average old man stood up and said,"Control yourselves! You are to give out admissions once the tests have been finalized." Then a robed man who was about to give an admission to Ares yelled,"You''re just an old man, what power do you have?!" The robed man brought up his hands and tried casting wind magic to blow the old man away, but suddenly the old man made the robed man go flying 10 meters from afar with just a flip of his hand. "A mere mortal tries to challenge me, how amusing.", said the old man as he sat back down. Immediately, the crowd gave up as they were no match for him. After a couple hours the tests were finally finished and unlike Ares'' expectation, only one old man came up to Ares to offer him an admission. As the same ''average'' old man approached him, he emanated a terrifying aura which seemed to distort space, which sent chills down everyone''s spines. Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! In Ares'' world there are mortals, transmortals, immortals, golden immortals, mystic immortals, and celestials. Each of these levels or realms are separated into 9 ranks. Once someone reaches the transmortal realm, they gain the ability to project their aura. Most transmortal auras are only enough to make their opponents hesitant, but once reaching the immortal realm, immortals can make weaker opponents shrivel in fear. "What might your name be young boy", the old man said as he walked to Ares "Me? I''m Ares" "Well", the old man said as he was taking out an envelope from his pocket,"How would you like to join my #1 on the continent Bays Academy." "Hmm, well If it''s #1, then I guess I might as well", Ares said as he took the envelope. "Well, I''ll see you at the academy", he said while walking away. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry about the chapter length, as I get deeper in the story they will get longer. Chapter 4-Bays Academy Chapter 4-Bays Academy On the way home in his carriage he was attacked by bandits, but as they were only 2 1st ranks while Ares was a 2nd so he easily dealt with them. When Ares arrived home he told his parents about the events that transpired and his mom was dumbfounded while his father was perfectly calm. "Congratulations son, before you go off to live in the school I have something to give to you." Ares'' father then went outside and came back with a sword that looked similar to a katana from Ares'' past life. "Is that a katana!? That kind of sword shouldn''t exist in this world!", said Ares as his eyes were wide open with shock. "This is the sword that I currently use, it is made from the matter of a black dwarf, outside of this planet. This is not the sword I am going to give you though as it weighs several hundred tons", as he said this he pulled out another sword that was similar, but was smaller and the blade was green, not black. "This weapon I ordered for you to have a couple months ago is very powerful." "How powerful can it possibly be, it looks too light, maybe only a couple pounds." "This sword is made from uranium, it is highly dangerous, but if your ki control is strong enough you can handle it.", he said as he put it in a scabbard. "This scabbard can suppress the radioactivity of the sword to a safe level." "Take it." "But, I don''t think I''ll be able to control it." "With your talent you should be able to use it" "But...fine I guess I''ll take it" 1 year later at the entrance of the academy. Ares was stopped by a guard and he gave him his admission slip. "Wow you''re quite young to be in Bays." "What is that supposed to mean." "Well most of the people in this academy are at least 15 years old" "Anyway good luck on your entrance exam" "Wait, wait there was an entrance exam! I''m not mentally prepared for this!", said Ares as the gates were closing him in the academy. "Well, I guess I have no choice but to go with the flow", said Ares as he walked to the chairs placed in front of a podium and took a seat. If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. In front of the podium stood the head of the Bays academy, the same old man the Ares met, discussing regulations and rules of the school. After an hour of discussing, the head signaled the instructors to start the exams. Every examiner tested 30 students by themselves which made the exam only 10 short minutes. This exam was to test the elemental affinities of the students. Elemental affinity was useful to both warriors and mages as warriors can infuse their weapons with their affinity, for example making a ''fire blade''. After a couple minutes it was finally Ares'' turn, even though Ares knew he had no affinity because he has no mana core, there was a tiny thread of hope he was hanging on to. "Next student please", said he the examiner Ares then stood up and followed the examiners instructions. "Um, n..no elemental affinity for any element", said the examiner with a disbelieving face "Wow, no elemental affinity, how did he even get admitted into this school!?", said many people of the crowd as Ares walked back to his seat. After a couple minutes, the exams finally finished up and the examiner said, " Now you all shall select your classes, your first class will be a beginner class, but you can move up to intermediate then advanced by showing exceptional mastery or staying in the class for a year and passing it." The examiner then passed out slips which had selections for classes on them. On Ares slip there were only 5 classes to choose from, they were ki cultivation, body strengthening, summoning, martial arts, and battle tactics. Ares was required to take at least 3 classes, so he decided to take all the classes except for the battle tactics class and the ki cultivation class as he wanted to do body strengthening. He also signed up to have a dorm inside the school. One week later Ares arrived in front of his body strengthening class for his first day of school. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next chapter is when the action is gonna start. There might be one more chapter today. Chapter 5-Super ki? Chapter 5-Super ki? As soon as Ares entered the classroom he could feel it that almost all the people in the classroom had seemingly non-existent ki due to them fusing it with their body, but once Ares walked in they stopped meditating to see him and their ki pool went back to normal. This was because a body strengthening warrior not only cultivates their body, but also their ki. "Oh, what do we have here a late student" the female teacher smiled and pointed to a desk. "That will be your desk for this class" As Ares sat down he heard people whispering to each about rumors that had been circulating around the school about his exam results and how he had gotten into the school by bribes as he was young. "Ok students begin meditation again while I teach Ares how to meditate" shethen called Ares over and began to explain the fundamentals of meditation. "So, to start off you have to sit down in a meditative pose, like so" she then crossed her legs and put her hands on her knees. "Then you start by drawing in the invisible ki of the fourth dimension into your ki-center and let it go in an orbit around your ki-center until it disperses around your entire body" "Then keep repeating this process over and over again, do you understand?" "Yes I think I understand now teacher" Ares walked back to his seat and began to meditate. As Ares went back to his seat he began to meditate. He started to draw in the invisible ki into his body. Suddenly, As he tried to bring the ki towards his body, the ki started to slow down tremendously and unless one looked at it close up it would look like it wasn''t moving. Scared, Ares continued to push the ki towards his ki center. After about 10 minutes the ki finally emerged from his tight meridians and started to orbit his ki center which mostly relieved him, but his "ki" felt very unstable and was very dense and the aura it produced made the ki in his surroundings in a 5 meter radius condense into the same super ki that was near his ki center and started seeping into his body. When the super ki passed through his meridians its speed was almost like lightning. Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. The super ki after 5 minutes of orbiting his ki center finally dispersed, but as it fused with his body it was clearly very powerful. On the surface, the meditating Ares would look like a void with a lack of ki to most people, but in reality it was dense with super ki. Although it was quite the sight, the other students and the teacher were meditating so they didn''t notice. In Ares body, his muscles, tendons, and bones have all been exponentially enhanced. If one was to compare his current body to his previous body, it would be like comparing cardboard to steel. If one were to take only Ares body into account, it would be comparable to an early immortal, but in reality because of his lack of growth(puberty) and martial techniques his actual power could only be comparable to the early transmortal realm. As the bell rang and Ares got up, one could tell that he was excited. "Wow, I can''t believe from just one meditation my power increased by that much, although I probably won''t have anymore as powerful as that first one they''ll still be super powerful. Ares proceeded to walk towards his summoning class, the one that he thought would be the most fun. Chapter 6-Third Eye Chapter 6-Third Eye Ares stepped into his summoning classroom and took a random seat. As he sat down, almost all the students were glaring at him with envy seeing how young he was. This classroom was similar to his strengthening classroom, except that there were more people. His teacher looked like a bodybuilder from Ares previous world and on his forearm there were 7 stars that had a faint flow to them. "Ok listen up, today we''re going to have to take a dive into the demon plane to find ourselves a companion" the man walked to the middle of the classroom and started drawing symbols and circles on the floor. Once he finished the formation it started glowing brightly and a portal appeared in the middle. "Okay everyone follow me inside" the man walked into the portal and disappeared, following him the other students jumped in. As Ares walked into the demon plane, he saw blue skies and trees the same as Namoda, the world Ares is living on, but his classmates saw something different due to their mana cores and mana. Ares classmates were all bewitched by what they were seeing, but Ares had no way of knowing what they saw. "You all are going explore these and get a companion and come before class ends, ok?" "If you want to you can team up so that you can easily subdue your future companion beasts to make a blood contract" "One more thing, do not attempt to eat any of the beasts, in the past many adventurers have mistakenly eaten them and died" "Other than that, good luck" "Hopefully, I get a good companion" Ares started roam around the forest looking for a beast to tame. "Hey Ares, why don''t come with me and my boss since we''ll be able to protect you and in exchange you serve us for the rest of your school life" the boy called his boss and his group over to Ares location. "Well, what do you say, are you in or not" the boss said with a sinister look. Ares school wasn''t like schools in his past world, in this world schools don''t even care about deadly fights breaking out in the halls. They do this as a way to weed out the untalented students so that they won''t bring shame to their school. "No, I think I should be fine on my own" Ares smiled and turned around to leave, but suddenly... *whoosh* The groups boss used a martial technique to zoom forward, taking only a couple seconds to move to Ares from 30 meters away. As he brought his fist up to punch Ares, Ares just slightly waved his hand to block the punch, breaking his arm and sending him flying over 10 meters away. This display of power stupefied the group. "Wha...He''s just a brat how did he manage to do that to Boss Dale" many members of the group started to get the impression that they should leave him alone. "In the future, I recommend you don''t do that or else you''ll regret it" Ares then released his transmortal aura which made the group piss themselves, grab their boss and start to run away. "My emotions are becoming really unstable, I think it might be because of my new super ki" Ares laughed and used his super ki to propel himself forward at high speeds. Soon Ares arrived in front of a suspicious cave. The entrance had a bunch of leaves as if someone wanted to hide it, but nothing can escape the reaches of time so the leaves were almost decomposed. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. As Ares walked into he saw symbols on the walls. These symbols showed seven orbs along the human spine and head starting from the the tailbone up to an orb directly above the head. As Ares walked deeper into the cave with a torch he made himself all he saw was gold, tons of gold. Ares kept walking while shoving the gold in his pockets and his bag he brought with him. After about 10 minutes of walking in the cave he finally reached the end and he found a box that had a half complete spell around it that tried to make it invisible, but as it was very old it wasn''t very functional. "Hm, wonder what''s in here" Ares opened the box and saw a ring and an orb next to it similar to the orb that he saw at the beginning of the cave. As Ares put on the ring he probed it with his ki and what he discovered exited him. "Yes! An interspatial ring, I have only heard legends of this by father, but I could''ve never even imagined getting one" Ares bit his finger then let his blood flow onto the ring to bloodbind it and then he put the orb he found into his ring. Suddenly, someone who looked like a clone of himself was made of super ki formed in front of him. "Ah, you scared me, who are you? Ares almost fell down from the shock, but quickly got his cool back together. "Me? Haha, I''m your beast companion from that ring, but not just any beast companion, I''m a slime!" The slime laughed "Huh, a slime, that''s pathetic, I don''t want to have a slime with me for the rest of my life!" Ares was in shock that he would have to be with a slime for the rest of his life "Don''t worry I''m any normal slime, I can copy any martial technique or any skill after only seeing it once" "Oh, I guess I overreacted then. What''s your name?" "Hm...Well you might as well just call me Sim" "Also that orb that you put in your ring, you might want to bloodbind that because it will open your 3rd eye and give you psychic powers" "Bloodbind that orb? Ok" Ares took out that orb from his ring and rubbed his bloody thumb that he bit on it. As Ares bloodbinded it started to glow and float to the center of his forehead. It then pushed through to the center of his head, and started to condense into a sphere the size of a marble. Finally, it started to settle down and the surroundings became calm again. "Ah, there''s only 10 more minutes before my martial arts class, I''m gonna be late!" Ares started to run towards his class portal as Sim fused back with the ring. "Hey, Ares why don''t you try out your new psychic ability to get there faster" Sim spoke from the ring he was fused with. "Fine, as long as it gets me there faster" Ares was desperate to get back. "Use your mental energy called psi that comes from that orb to teleport near your class portal, but I will warn you that you can only use this once a day until your psi gets stronger" Ares then gathered his psi and teleported 100 meters away from the portal so that no one would get suspicious. "I would''ve been screwed if I didn''t make it in time, good thing I got this orb" Ares was relieved that he would make it on time. Ares then proceeded to jump back into the portal to go back to class. After about 5 minutes, his summoning class finally ended and he went to his martial arts class.