《The Newbie God Is Summoning Heroes From Earth [World Creation/ Management]》 Chapter 1. It All Starts With A Big Bang! Cedric woke up and found himself in a pure white room. While grabbing his dizzy head, he tried his best to recall how he ended up in his current situation. The last thing he remembers is a loud explosion and scorching heat, which is soon followed by a massive tremble from the earth. Then, there was an extreme pain as he lost sensation of his body. Amidst his dizziness Cedric already concluded, Have I died? Did I get struck by a meteor in broad daylight? [Detecting a new creator god. The System has granted 10.000 years of assistance and protection. During the time, please get used to using your Divine Ability. After 10.000 years, you may only use some of the current system functions like shops.] [The System has lent you 100.000 God Points, the points must be returned as soon as possible. After System assistance time ends, the GP lent will start accumulating 10% interest each millennium. Please use it wisely to create a habitable world.] [You may open the status window to check your personal information or ask the system for questions.] Although Cedric isnt sure whats happening, he still subconsciously thought of status window after reading the words written on the screen. Immediately, a different screen appeared in front of him. [Name: Cedric Hills Level: Pseudo Lesser Divinity (Actual level: 0) Law: None. World: Unnamed World Level: 0 Worlds Average Potential: None GP: 100.000 Annual GP income: 0] After seeing the weird screen, he finally come to his sense. Where am I? Whats going on? [You are inside the divine space of Unnamed world. Previously, you have accidentally obtained the godhood and world of a fallen god. Right now, youre an immortal existence.] What? What kind of nonsense is this? Is this some kind of prank using holograms? Cedric denied while trying to touch the transparent screen in front of him. [No. You may check your mental ability like memory retaining and calculation power. As a god, youll gain an increase in your calculation ability and memory.] Cedric followed the word written on that screen and closed his eyes. He indeed feels a massive increase in his calculation power and memory. For example, he can remember what food he ate when he was two years old. Now that he already accepted his current state, Cedric doesnt feel it is all that bad. Especially the part about immortality that has been mentioned. After all, if there is something he is good at, it is his ability to accept things and adapt. Or at least thats what others have said about him. Nevertheless, he still asked several questions. Have I died and turned into a god? Furthermore, I now own a world? [Indeed. Also, its not owned. The world has started to merge with you and turned into a part of yourself. The stronger the world, the stronger you will be.] Cedric scratched his head, Can you tell me what this whole god business is? I think I still dont quite get it. [Immortals, gods, administrators, etc. is a title for someone who have achieved eternal life. Among those, some will merge with a world and can advance to a higher level. Those who successfully merge with a world are usually called creator god, which is the status you have right now. As the worlds under those creator gods grow stronger, they will open the door to a higher level of existence. [Please note: As youve gained the status of a god through boon, it is necessary to train slowly until youre suitable to fully merge with the godhood and become accustomed to its ability. The Systems protection time also includes protection from the burden of godhoods information. So, it is recommended for you to reach a high enough level to wield the godhood on your own. Otherwise, youll turn insane due to the information contained in a godhood and explode to smithereens. The kind that cant be pieced back together by even 3d puzzle experts.] [Warm reminder: It is possible to forcefully increase your level by spending GP.] After he read all the notes and reminder, Cedric thought of something and asked about his home. Can I return to Earth and meet my family and friends? [Your hometown, Earth No. 38, is directly under the Systems jurisdiction. You may spend GP to visit it.] Cedric sighed in relief upon hearing the fact. With that information in place, he can first manage this whole god business first before taking care of other things. Refocusing his attention on the screen, Cedric saw the word GP for god knows how many times and decided to ask, What is this GP you keep on talking about? [GP, which is short for God Points, is the energy that can be collected by god through godhood. GP can be gained through multiple means, with the main source of GP mostly related to managing a world.] Thinking how the screen or at least the person behind it sound pretty chill, Cedric asked. Who are you? Whats your goal for helping me? [You may call me the System. In simple terms, System is the embodiment of the universes will. My job is to make sure the universe keeps on getting stronger and maintain a healthy level of progression.] After a moment of silence, the System asked. [Do you have any more question?] Cedric shook his head. [Then, please begin creating your world. As this is the first time you start to create a world, System has decided to lend some helping hand and guide you through the process for free.] [Please open the shop by thinking about it.] Open shop. When Cedric thought so, a screen opened right in front of him.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. [GP: 100.000 Shop: Energy Source Race Divine Item World System Visa] [First, please open the Energy Source section.] Cedric focused his sight on the word Energy Source. Before he could press it, the screen changed. As expected of a weird fantasy like technology, it can actually detect my thought! While he thought so, Cedric began reading the screen that has just changed. [Special Energy Source (Warning: any world may only have 1 Special Energy Source.) None: 0 Mana: 30.000 Spirit Qi: 30.000 Basic Life force: 30.000 Elementals: 50.000 Mutation energy: 50.000 Spatial Crystal: 100.000 ] Cedric ignored the energy that cost more than 100.000 GP. He isnt even sure why such a thing is placed in the store. After all, he only has 100.000 GP in his pocket. He instead focused on the None sold by the system. What does None mean? [If you purchased None, you can still purchase one special energy in the future after youve gathered enough GP. Please note though, world without special energy usually releases GP at a much slower rate.] Why? Cedric asked the system in curiosity. [GP are usually gained when creatures inside your world die and return some feedback to the world. The stronger the creatures level, the higher the amount of GP you can gain. World without any special energy makes it extremely difficult for creature to train and increase their level. Which decreases the amount of GP you gained.] Alright. Cedric nodded his head and discarded the idea to skip the purchase. After all, he is under a time constraint. Although he isnt sure how hard it is to collect GP but the faster he is at collecting them, the safer he should be. With this godhood thingy he just got, he already has an eternal life. Cedric doesnt want to lose it too fast due to self explosion. Some might think eternal life as a burden, but at least for now he will treasure it with all of his being. Returning to the topic, He can also guess the more expensive an energy is, the more powerful they are. But he is in no condition to be picky with the limited budget in his pocket right now. So, he looked at the three cheapest energies. [Mana. Can be used to temper the mind and/or the body. A versatile energy with average effect on everything. Training speed: Average. Lifespan increase per level up: Average. Compatibility: Inorganic matters, animals, plants, humans, elves,... ] [Spirit Qi. Can be used to temper the mind and body. A versatile energy with an average effect on everything. Training speed: Extremely slow. Lifespan Increase per level up: Great ...] [Basic Life force. Can be used to temper the body. An energy focused on increasing the power of flesh. Training speed: Average. Lifespan increase per level up: Beyond Average. ] When he saw the additional information on those energies, Cedric compared their function. First, he discarded the Spirit Qi as it is introduced to have extremely slow training speed. System has informed him the higher leveled a creature is, the more GP they feedback. With slower training speed, the profit cycle will also be slower. Then, he compared Mana and Basic Life Force. He mainly focused on the description about lifespan increase per level up. The Basic Life Force grant beyond average amount of lifespan, which should be more than the average lifespan that Mana gives. Cedrics brain quickly made a simple calculation. More lifespan gives more leeway in term of time, with more time, people will be lazier. That should affect their training speed to a certain extent. Which makes it a similar case to the Spirit Qi, just not as extreme. Furthermore, Basic Life Force lacks the word versatile energy and the ability to temper the mind in its description. Although he isnt sure how important those are. But it should simply mean that except for the bonus lifespan, Basic Life Force is less powerful and versatile than Mana. While thinking, he suddenly clapped his hand and realized he can simply ask the System for advice. Among the three cheapest energies, which one do you think is the most suitable for my situation? [Mana. It has the highest turnover rate and can make your growth easier in the early stage. Its versatility will also grant diversity in your worlds power system, which will be a great help in future advancement.] With the Systems answer, Cedric finalized his choice. I purchase Mana. His GP thats initially at 100.000 quickly decreased to 70.000. Then, Cedric feels something and closed his eyes. Upon closing his eyes, he can sense a vast empty space. Furthermore, he feels he is now capable of generating the energy called Mana by spending GP and spread it into the empty space. The power to create Mana most likely appears when he purchased it. But Cedric doesnt know whats the business with the empty space he sensed. So, he asked System about it. System, whats the thing I saw just now? [That is your world.] Its answer is extremely concise, but it makes Cedric even more confused instead. Why arent there anything though? All I can see is emptiness. [Its because you havent purchased any structure for your world. You may purchase it in the World System section.] Cedric opened the World System section and a new screen appeared in front of him. [Please think of your worlds expected size. You may manually craft the landmass or used the advanced filters to generate a random landmass. It is possible to expand the size of your world in the future.] Cedric decided on creating a continent around eight million square kilometers. As for the shape, he chooses to randomize it. Surrounding the continent, there is a vast sea. In total, the sea is around as big as the continent. Outside the sea, there is nothingness. While he imagined the world he was going to create, a 3D hologram appeared in front of him. After curiously touching the hologram and felt a sensation of touch which shocked him, he begins to observe whats shown on it. Looking at the continent surrounded by seas, he checked it and found out it is pretty much the same as the world he thought of. On the continent, there are many flat areas, some randomized contour, several lakes, and rivers that end up in the sea. As for the huge sea, it ended upon reaching the edge of the world. The world he decided was in the shape of a flat square with 4.000 x 4.000 kilometers size. It is the wet dream of every flat earther. Once he saw the prototype shown by the hologram, Cedric feels a bit concerned. With this kind of shape and size, will the water spill outside? Furthermore, could creature even live inside? After all, I think a world so small wont have the gravity required to pull things to it. [The world system also includes basic rules required to craft a habitable world youre familiar with. It includes gravity, day-night cycle, sea tides, weather change, and other rules.] Cedric nodded his head at systems explanation. With his nod, another screen appeared. [The expected cost is 25.000 GP.] He thought of something. Wait, how many steps are required to create a world until you deem it fit for creatures? After all, I still need to manage the amount of GP I have so it can last till the end. [After choosing special energy and creating the world system. There is only one last step, which is to create the living being that will populate your world.] Cedric counted the amount of GP he shouldve left after purchasing the landmass and asked. Do you think 45.000 GP is enough to populate the world? [It is enough. Based on other gods record, the average amount of GP spent on first population is 30.000 GP] Hearing that word, he nodded. Then lets start creating the world. [Alright. System will start using your GP to create the world. Please follow and feel the change as you need to do it on your own in the future.] [As the size of your designed world hasnt reached the minimum required size to be a planet, the system decided to envelop it with a Crystal Wall so it may contain living creatures inside.] Wait! What the hell is a Crystal Wall? Cedric quickly asked, but its already too late. Chapter 2. What Is A Fantasy World Without At Least An Elf? Immediately after the system notification, he feels some sort of energy is pulled from him by the system. At the same time, his status panel appears automatically. On the panel, he saw the amount of GP on him start to decrease quickly. Which makes him conclude the energy pulled from him are his GP. Anyway, the thing happening on his status panel right now is unimportant. Once the GP is pulled from him, Cedric closed his eyes and felt the GP went towards the vast empty space he saw before. Those GP controlled by the system and turned into the shape of a blurry transparent hollow cube. As more and more GP went into the cube, it became more and more solid, yet still transparent. Finally, the GP stopped flowing into the cube. Right now, it looks like a hollow cube shaped transparent crystal. The systems message also appears with its completion. [First phase completed. Start the second phase, importing basic rules from the universe to the world.] The GP pulled from him changed its function and turned into some sort of conceptual thing. It spread evenly throughout the interior of the crystal cube while giving Cedric a weird feeling. Sometimes it gives him the sensation of heaviness, sometimes brightness, or darkness, or even cold and warmth. Along with those sensations, the System keeps on sending notifications. [Basic gravity rule imported successfully.] [Basic light rule imported successfully.] [Basic force rule imported successfully.] [Basic ] Cedric feels those spam messages lasted for a long time before it finally changed. [Second phase completed. Starting the last phase, System will proceed to fill the space with materials.] With that message, the GP turned into materials that filled the crystal cubes interior. It first turned into air like substance and filled the interior. Then, it turned into rocks and metals that went to the bottom of the crystal cube. Those rocks and metals dont spread evenly, with the center of the cubes interior being much taller compared to its surroundings. After it reached a certain height, the GP stopped turning into rocks and changed into movement like force. It shook the rocks on a certain layer and caused them to heat up. With it, the rock within that layer quickly changes into flowing magma. Finally, the GP turned into water and became a torrential rain that filled every part of the world. It submerged the rock below a certain height and created a massive ocean. It only stopped when around half of the world was submerged. At last, what existed in Cedrics sight is a huge transparent crystal cube with a barren square world in it. The world consists of a sea area with a continent in the middle. There is a flat sun, moon and multitude of starry lights projected in the cube shaped crystal wall. From the outside, it looks like a snow globe. But, instead of globe shaped, it is cube shaped. [Third phase completed. The basic world system has been created.] Even after hearing the systems notification, Cedric still watched the crystal cube world in silence. His heart was full of awe at the process that had previously happened. Finally he came to his senses and asked. System, whats the matter with that sun, moon, and stars? Why are they flat just like a moving pictures stuck on a screen? [Those sun, moon, and stars are merely projections. Although they have similar effect as an actual sun, moon, and stars that youre familiar with. But, they have no physical mass nor mystical properties. A physical sun, moon and stars is extremely expensive and requires a massive amount of GP to create.] So, it returns back to not having enough GP. Cedric sighed while opening his eyes and saw the pure white divine space. By the way, can I expand the size of that crystal wall in the future? Or even create a new Crystal Wall that contains a world? [Yes.] The system merely answers with a short yes. Nevertheless, that answer still satisfied him as he added. Then, lets continue to the next process. I am starting to get curious about how to fill the world with creatures. [Please open the Race section.] Cedric followed the guide and entered the Race section. When he opened it, he was greeted by a new screen filled with a long list. [Race (as the world level increase, the average ability of the race will also increase): Custom: ? points Basic Human package: 1.000 GP Basic Elves package: 5.000 GP Basic Dwarf package: 5.000 GP Basic Orc package: 3.000 GP Basic Centaur package: 3.000 GP Basic Cat beastman package: 2.000 GP Basic Lion beastman package: 2.000 GPThe author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Basic creatures package: 5.000 GP Basic fantasy creature package (Mana): 10.000 GP ] What the hell is this Basic Human Package and Basic Elves Package? Cedric speechlessly looked at the item''s name before pressing the button for the top three items to check their descriptions. [Basic Human Package. Cost: 1.000 GP Include 10.000 humans with 1:1 gender ratio and 80 years of average maximum lifespan, basic language knowledge, tribal civilization, basic agriculture knowledge, ] [Basic Elves Package. Cost: 5.000 GP Include 10.000 elves with 1:1 gender ratio and 400 years of average maximum lifespan, 1 low level magic forests, basic language knowledge, intermediate agriculture knowledge, nature affinity] [Basic Dwarf Package. Cost: 5.000 GP Include 10.000 dwarfs with 1:1 gender ratio and 200 years of average maximum lifespan, 1 low level magic mountain, basic agriculture knowledge, basic language knowledge, basic metallurgy knowledge, metal affinity] There is a mess of information written on those three. The only thing Cedric understood among those is that humans cost the cheapest to create. Furthemore, their stats are quite bad compared to the other two. Then, he skipped the list selling specific races and looked for the package that contained a wide variety of creatures. [Basic Creature Package. Cost: 5.000 GP. Include around 1.000.000 random species of life. Which include animals, plants, fungi, microbes, etc. also include several viruses.] [Basic Fantasy Creature Package (Mana). Cost: 10.000 GP. Include around 10.000 random species of life adapted to special energy: Mana. Include animals, plants, fungi, etc.] So, this Basic Creatures Package and Basic Fantasy Creatures only include non-intelligent creatures? [Half right. The Basic Creatures Package and Basic Fantasy Creatures Packages creatures have a certain chance to have intelligence equaling humans. Although most of them have a much lower intelligence.] Then, how come their prices are only five times that of Basic human package even though the amount of species in it are a lot more? [It doesnt include civilization and other complicated things. Every single one is born as a blank state in the wilderness. Furthermore, most of them consist of microbes or other simple life forms which are quite easy to create.] Cedric found the explanation to be quite reasonable. By the way, are there any limitations on the amount of race I could buy? [No.] He looked at the list of those races abilities and fell into thought. I''d like to purchase 5 basic human packages, 1 basic Elves package, 1 basic Dwarf Package, 1 Basic Creature Package, and 1 Basic Fantasy Creature Package. He calculated the amount, and in total, he spent 30.000 GP. Which is much more compared to the one spent purchasing the world system. Including all of his previous purchases, Cedric already spent 85.000 GP. Which means the amount of GP in his person is only 15.000. To be honest, he is at first in a dilemma whether to purchase the elves and dwarves package. As for the reason, it is the same as the one that makes him discard both Spirit Qi and Basic Life Force. With their long lifespan, they will be more relaxed in their training. But it is a fantasy world he is creating. What is a fantasy world without at least some fantasy races like elves and dwarves? [Are you sure about your purchase? Do you wish to add anything else?] Cedric nodded. I am sure, and I dont think I need to add anything else. [Before starting, please name your world.] Cedric only thought for a moment before he replied, Just name it Crystal Cube World. I am starting to get used to the name. [Name added successfully.] [The process of creating creatures will start now. It will take at least a month and up to a year. Please follow and feel the change as you need to do it on your own in the future.] As soon as that notification appears, Cedric feels his GP moved on its own. He closed his eyes and saw the vast empty space with the crystal cube floating in the middle. The GP controlled by the System went towards the Crystal Cube world and entered it. Those GP turned into many microscopic living creatures, which began to spread in the world. Whether it is ocean, land, or air, they are quickly filled with microscopic creatures. While those creatures spread, Cedric also feels his GP is controlled to do some subtle things. For example, to help change the rock into soils with the help of the recently created microbes. Once the transformation reached a certain level, the GP stopped turning into microbes and began to create plants and fungi. It turns the initially barren world green at extremely high speed. Cedric feels like he is watching a fast-forwarded reforestation activity. Once both the land and ocean have been filled with vegetation, the GP finally changed its function. It now begin to create animals of varying shapes. First, there are many species of insects, then small herbivores, big herbivores, the carnivores, and omnivores animals. The GP keeps on changing into creatures. Among those changes, there is a subtle balance that Cedric cant exactly say but can be sensed. The amount of predators and herbivores within an area is just enough, with the location theyre placed in being the most suitable one for each race to not fall into extinction within a short time. Some are spread throughout the continent while some races are focused within an area. Time passes. Among the subtle sense of correctness, Cedric now feels it is lacking something. Just like a puzzle that lacks a few pieces. When he felt so, the GP controlled by System changed its function and began creating something else. It first created a gigantic mountain located in the continents north. Then, there is another forest that grows from a plain in the eastern area. Finally, a few structures that look like houses appear in some areas of the mountain and forest. Cedric saw it and remembered the magic mountain and magic forest, which is a part of the elves and dwarves package he bought. Except for the buildings on the magic forest and mountain, there are also a lot of small settlements spread around the southern and western part of the continent. Those settlements are built around the continents rivers. Cedric has counted it and there seem to be ten such settlements. Once the settlements were created, his GP flowed and turned into humans, dwarves, and elves. Those creatures are created inside the settlements that the System has constructed before. Although he called them settlements, those groups of buildings give off the feeling of being a tribe instead of a city. Currently, whether it is the human, the elves, or the dwarves, they are fast asleep at their respective houses. Those human tribes, elven magical forest, and dwarven magic mountains are placed in a location with higher herbivore density compared to the carnivore ones. The existence of those humanoid races also filled the sense of missing a few pieces that he felt before. Cedric fell into a daze to feel the aftertaste of that creation scene. That is, until the system suddenly sends another message. [You have the talent to be a god.] Huh? The sudden praise confuses Cedric. [Youve understood the basics of creation in such a short time. You can even feel the place thats still lacking a balance.] Do you mean the feeling of lacking a few pieces that I felt before? Cedric asked in confusion, Isnt that merely a basic knowledge on the food chain? [Its not that simple.] Just when Cedric wishes to question the System on what it means, the humanoid creatures that have been created woke up. Chapter 3. The Language That Will Make Translation Jobs Extinct. With the awakening of the humans, elves, and dwarves, the Crystal Cubes world released a bell like chimes that spread around the vast empty space. Although he heard it loud and clear, the creatures inside the crystal cube seems to be unable to hear them. The bell chime feels like the finishing touch of the world, as he got a feeling that the Crystal Cube world is now truly a complete world. Cedric opened his eyes in confusion. What is that sound? [That is the universes acknowledgement. Congratulations on creating your world! You may check the status panel for a new change.] He followed the systems suggestion and saw there is indeed a change in the panel. [Name: Cedric Hills Level: Pseudo Lesser Divinity (Actual level: 0) Law: None. World: Crystal Cube World. World Level: 1 Worlds Average Potential: Level 0 GP: 15.000 Annual GP income: 0.5 (estimation)] Cedric stares wide eyed at the screen. Wait, the annual GP income is only 0.5?! Are you sure you didnt confuse daily income with annual income? [No, it is indeed the amount of annual income from your world. On average, a level 1 world will have 1 annual GP income.] Under the godhoods advanced calculation ability, Cedric quickly counted. With my 0.5 annual income, does that mean Ill need to spend two hundred thousand years to collect enough money to repay my debt?! [Its good that the first thing you thought of is to return the debt you owe. But there is no need to be afraid as your world will still continue to grow. With every growth, your annual GP income will increase.] Alright then. Cedric closed his eyes and watched over the creatures inside the Crystal Cube world once more. Right now, those humans, dwarves, and elves have opened their eyes and started their lives. The dwarves are busy wandering around their magic mountain to pick some metals that exist on the surface of the mountain or foraging for food. The elves are busy picking berries and fruits from their magic forest. While the humans went to hunt and forage. From what Cedric saw, those creatures dont seem like theyre recently created. Instead, it feels like theyve existed before and only been brought to reality now. [The Basic human, elves, and dwarves package also includes language, some culture, and some other basic level knowledge like agriculture. The system has inputted those into the creatures mind. Theyve also been granted with some simple memory, this can be counted as a basic privilege for a new world.] Ohhh.. okay. Cedric subconsciously mutters because he feels a bit terrified of the Systems ability. Is my memory also something created by you or other creatures? [No. All of your experiences are real. Your hometown, Earth No 38 has existed long before youre born. As you arent a part of the first batch of humans, there is no need to craft a fake memory for you.] Cedric decided to trust the word and sighed in relief. He then continued to look at the creatures inside the crystal cube. By the way, how long has it been since I first got the godhood and entered into debt? [5 months. You spent one month on creating a basic world system, four on watching creatures sent to the world. There is also one whole day spent when you fall into a daze.] What the heck! Has such a long time has passed by already? Also, I actually spent a whole day in a daze? Cedric is extremely surprised. He feels it is necessary to have a clock or something with a similar function that can help him sense time. The pure white divine space he is in definitely doesnt help with his wonky sense of time. The System definitely heard his thoughts, as a notification was sent to Cedric. [You can add a clock to the Divine Space by willing it.] Cedric tried it, and a clock indeed appears. It is also capable of ticking at the speed he is familiar with. He even added a function to count the day, month, and year on that clock. Looking at the clock, a thought suddenly struck him. How about my family? After a hundred years, all of them wouldve died already. [Dont worry, time on Earth No. 38 moved hundreds of thousand times slower than the universe. Which means one thousand years in your Crystal Cube world is equal to one day in Earth No. 38]This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it The explanation calmed Cedric down. Although he thinks the time difference is utterly insane, nevertheless it works in his favor. And so, he returned to experiment with the Divine Space once more. This time, he tried to imagine a few other things like chairs, tables, and food. Following his will, multiple foods begin to appear. He took a taste and found out it was actually edible. Not only that, those foods actually tasted quite good. With the test done, he decided to build something he is familiar with as his residence. To be honest, the endless pure white space almost gives him a phobia of vast space. *** Some time passes by. Right now, the Divine Space has turned from a pure white space without end into a cozy hundred meters wide house. It is the house he stayed at with his family on Earth. Outside of the house, there is a huge garden and forests. In the initially pure white space above, there is now the blue sky he is familiar with. After he is satisfied enough with tinkering around the Divine Spaces function, Cedric closes his eyes and sees the situation in the crystal cube world has slightly changed. Before he started testing the Divine Spaces function, the weather inside the crystal cube world is still in the late summer. Right now, it has arrived in early fall. Looking at his recently built clock, Cedric found out two months had passed by. How come I felt time pass by so quickly in the Divine Space compared to my crystal cube world? I felt like only a few hours had passed since I started my renovation. But it feels like several weeks has passes by in the crystal cube world. Is it possible there is some sort of space time thingy happening, like one day in here equal to one year on earth? Cedric looks a bit concerned as he continued, Or is there some kind of problem with me? [Your sense of time got messy due to recently merging with godhood. In the near future, your sense of time will return to normal.] [Regarding your second question, the Divine Space can indeed slow down your thought process, which should achieve a similar effect to one day in Divine Space equal to one year in your world. Do you wish to spend GP to activate this function?] Well, its good if this problem isnt permanent. He waved his hand upon hearing the systems suggestion. Not yet, I am still lacking GP and dont want to waste it on useless things. Once he said so, Cedric closed his eyes once more and observed the creatures in his crystal cube world. As winter will soon arrive, whether it is the humans, the dwarves, or the elves, all of them start collecting some dry branches and processed animal fur. While looking at those hard working creatures in the Crystal Cube World, Cedric wishes to enter the world and send them some help. After all, winter should be extremely dangerous for them. So, he asked How do I visit the Crystal Cube World? [Warning! A god must not directly interfere with a low level world. Your descent will cause the world to lose balance and damage or even destroy it. At that time, youll be injured or even fall and thoroughly die.] Its word confuses Cedric, Huh? [The existence of a god or to be more specific, a godhood, is simply too powerful and complex for a low leveled world like your Crystal Cube World. Just the information contained in it could cause the surrounding space to distort and shatter instantly. ] You mean I cant enter the world I created? Well, to be honest, its the world that System has created with his GP. But its not time to get into the details. [Affirmative] Cedric looked thoughtful before he got a sudden eureka moment. You said I cant directly intervene with the world. Does that mean there is a way for me to intervene indirectly? [Indeed. You may purchase Divine Items that allow you to intervene in the world without damaging it.] With that reminder, he opened the Divine Item section of the shop and saw a long list of items. Most of it cost far above the amount of GP he currently has. After scrolling through the extremely long lists to no avail, Cedric decided to just ask, Can you recommend any item to me? [Depending on your current situation, here are a few recommended items.] [Level 6 Consumable Divine Item, Divine Intervention: Dream. Cost: 100 GP Details: pull one or more people into a Dream Space to share a certain amount of information. Once the amount of information shared reaches a certain amount, the Dream Space will be destroyed. The more people pulled into the dream at once, the faster it will be destroyed. Dream Spaces interior can be changed by consuming the items power. The higher the user and targets level, the more energy is consumed.] [Level 5 Consumable Divine Item, Divine Intervention: word. Cost: 50 GP Details: Send a screen or vision containing words you wish to send. The amount of words that can be sent is limited. Can be used repeatedly as long as the word limit hasnt been reached. The words are written using Divine Language, the language of god which can be understood by every intelligent being. It is possible to add images by spending more of the items power. The higher level the user and target is, the more energy is consumed per word.] [Level 4 Consumable Divine Item, Divine Intervention: Urge. Cost: 10 GP Details: Give an urge to do something to a creature. The complicatedness of the urge is limited. There is a certain chance for the target to ignore this urge. The higher the items level, the more complicated the urge that can be set and the more irresistible it is.] Whats the matter with those item levels and the consumable part? Ive seen it while browsing the Divine Item before, but ignored it as I am busy looking for the item I need to intervene with the world. [Item level is the level required to activate those Divine Items. As you have a godhood already, you may use Divine Items up to Level 16. As for Consumable Divine Items, just like the name implies, they are Divine Items that will lose effect after a certain amount of use.] Oohhh. He nodded and focused on the description of one of the items. What is Divine Language? Can it really be understood by every being? [Yes. Actually, youve been talking using Divine Language all along.] Eh? If its not mentioned, Cedric wont have realized it. But now the System has mentioned it, he found out the word that he spoke isnt from any language he is familiar with. He cant help but cuss. Damn, what a convenient ability. Whats next? Do I also have the ability to understand every language? [Yes. Any language you hear will be converted to Divine Language.] Holy shiet! Goodbye, go**le translate! Welcome, Divine Language! Chapter 4. Dwarves X Elves. Wait, That Sound Wrong! After calming down, he returned to the main topic. Among those three Divine Items, which one do you recommend me to use? [It depends on what youre planning.] He explained. If I plan to share about coal and methods to craft bronze, which one do you recommend? [It is recommended to purchase Divine Intervention: Dream.] Cedric thought for a moment and agreed with the Systems suggestion. He then clicked on the purchase button to buy the Divine Item. [Youve purchased Level 6 Consumable Divine Item, Divine Intervention: Dream. For 100 GP.] With that notification, a pale pink octahedron crystal appeared in his hand. The crystal gives off dream like feelings which make him enter a trance. Cedric pulled his eyes from the crystal and asked. How do I use this crystal? [You can send a bit of your mental power inside the crystal. Then, simply pull the target you wish to use the Divine Intervention: Dream on using your mental power.] Eh? Cedric let out a confused sound. How do I send my mental power inside the crystal? [Controlling your mental power is similar to controlling your GP just like what System did before. The only difference being you arent required to move your GP.] [Do you wish to spend 100 GP and let the System teach you?] He read the explanation and shook his head at the offer. Ill try it on my own first. If I fail, Ill ask for your help. Cedric closed his eyes and tried to control his GP just like what the System did before. It took a few attempts before he finally got the right feeling and successfully did it. Then, he tried to leave the GP behind while controlling the mental power to move out of his body. This too, took quite a few attempts before he finally succeeded. The feeling of releasing his mental power is quite similar to blowing air from his mouth. But he can control the wind even after they leave his body. Not only that, even though his eyes are currently closed. He can still observe his surroundings thanks to the mental power he released. While looking around the Divine Space and having fun moving with his newly learned mental power, Cedric passes by the clock he created and finds out he has spent a whole month trying to release his mental power. The realization shocked him as the mental power he controlled became unstable before finally dispersing into the surroundings. When he felt it, Cedric panicked and asked, I accidentally lost my mental power. Is it now gone or can it still recover? [Your dispersed mental power can be restored over time. You can still release it, although they will be slightly weaker for an extremely short time.] Oh, okay. Cedric calmed down and released his mental power once more. This time, he already knew how to release his mental power and could release it even with his eyes open. The feeling of having two points of view is quite weird. Without playing around, he controlled his mental power to enter the Divine Intervention: Dream. Once his mental power reaches inside, an ethereal space appears. The ground is made of something similar to clouds, meanwhile the air is filled with ethereal mists. In the sky, a pale pink light descends from between the mist and shone into the cloud like ground. Cedric thought of the [Divine Intervention: Dream]s description and tried to change the color of light that fell from the sky. He tried to change it just like how he created things in the Divine Space before. The mental power he placed inside the Dream Space released his will and the skys color changed to pale gold from the initially pale pink color. The Dream Space that initially feels like a red-light district immediately turns to something that gives a sacred feeling. As the sky inside the dream space changed color, Cedric faintly felt the energy inside the [Divine Intervention: Dream] decrease. Initially, he wishes to craft a massive palace complex. But after some thoughts, Cedric changed his mind and merely created a throne. Next, he willed for a body to appear and sit on the throne. The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. With a face thats an exact copy of Cedrics, the body sat on the throne while wearing a pale white linen robe and a golden crown imbued with many beautiful jewels on his head. His right hand held a scepter made of gold with a massive crystal decorating the scepters top, while on there was a silver sword hung on his waist. Cedric controlled his mental power and tried to enter the body he created in the dream space. Although the sensation is a bit weird and differs from controlling his actual body, he actually succeeds at possessing the body he created in the dream space. While moving around the body in Dream Space, he rubbed his chin. Something feels lacking. After thinking for a long time, Cedric found out what he was lacking. There is no sense of mystery! Also, the ones I am going to pull are creatures from many races. If they saw me take the form of a human, they would think I favor humans more than the others. Although that is indeed correct. After all, I am also a human, at least previously. So, he changed his face and covered it with a blinding light. As for his body, he decided to make it change form every so often once he pulled some people from the Crystal Cube world to the Dream Space. Finally, he controlled his mental power to observe his Crystal Cube world. *** At this time, the sun in the Crystal Cube world has just risen. Even then, the weather is still cold as the season of fall has almost ended, and winter will soon arrive. Cedrics sight first appeared nearby the dwarfs magic mountain and saw them busily collecting ores and coal. Some of them can be seen standing next to something that looks like a furnace made of stone. The dwarf standing nearby that furnace placed some of the coal that he shouldve gathered before inside and used the flame to melt the ores he already gathered to collect the pure metal hidden. Then, he mixed the metal together with varying compositions. The sight reminds Cedric about the description from the Basic Dwarf Package he purchased. As I expected, the Basic Metallurgy knowledge included in the Basic Dwarf Package also taught them how to craft bronze already. Guess I wont need to pull them this time and can save on the [Divine Revelation: Dream]s energy. While Cedric is in thought, the dwarf he observed has finished mixing his metal and crafts it into the shape of a stick. Then, that dwarf took his metal stick to the mountaintop and arrived in front of a hut. To that dwarfs left, nine other dwarves stood, all of them of varying gender and age. When a new female dwarf arrived at the mountaintop and saw there were already ten dwarves, she went away from the mountain peak. A moment later, a male dwarf went out of the hut while also holding a metal stick in his hand. Using the dwarven language, the dwarf that has just come out said, Have you come for todays challenge? All the other dwarves nodded and showed their metal sticks. Every single stick they own has similar thickness and length. The dwarf who spoke before raised his metal stick and grabbed the opposite end of his metal stick with both of his hands. Lets start! Starting from the leftmost side, the dwarf that has been standing walked forward and grabbed his metal stick with both hands. Then, the two dwarves pushed their metal stick against each other until the stick looked like the x symbol. Both dwarves keep on pushing the metal stick before one of them finally bent. When the challenger dwarf whose metal got bent saw it, he sighed and pulled the metal before going down the mountain. Soon, another dwarf comes forward and the things before repeating themselves. Looking at the dwarves pushing their metal stick against each other, Cedric muttered. Are they testing each others metals hardness? He watched their tradition until the fourth dwarf came forward before losing his interest. He then moved his mental power and began observing the elves. Unlike the dwarves that wore clothes made of animal skin, the elves wore clothes mostly made of huge whole leaves tied together with a vine. The leaves look just like a banana leaf, but much bigger and stronger. They folded the huge leaf in half and tore a hole for their head to enter right in the middle of the leafs fold. Then, they used vines and tied it around the waist area of the gigantic leaf. Although the clothes they wore are more akin to decoration rather than something to keep warmth. But, due to the magic forest they stay at constantly keep a spring-like temperature. Even in the late fall season, the elves didnt seem to feel cold at all. Looking at the forest thats constantly in spring season, Cedric said. Well, guess I finally found out why the forest in the Basic Elves package is called a magic forest. He then observed what the elves were doing. Most of the elves are gathered in groups in many open areas nearby the rivers that pass by their magic forest. Theyre using the river water coupled with some clay and mud to make sculptures. there are also elves busy weaving some dried leaves into baskets and decorating them with flowers and leaves. It doesnt seem to be a competition though, as they simply praised each others craft once it is completed. Cedric muttered while looking at the beautiful statue an elf had just made, Although I feel like this is a waste of time. But, I must say the elves truly have an amazing talent in arts. With limited materials, they could actually make such a beautiful art pieces. While those elves are busy crafting their arts, he saw one of them seems to grow hungry and left the opening to wander around the forest. That elf simply looked around the forest and found a few fruits to eat. Once he was done, he wore a sleepy look and raised his head to see the brightly lit sky before going toward a group of houses previously created by System. Those houses are made from a mix of woods, clay, mud, and stones. The materials combined nicely to make a house that perfectly blends with nature. Upon entering one of the houses, the elf I followed went to a bed made of weaved mats and slept on it. For information, the sky is still brightly lit. Thats to say, this guy actually slept in broad daylight! Cedric thought the elves simply have chaotic sleeping times. But after scouring through the magic forest, he saw most elves were playing with mud and clay nearby the rivers. Except for sick elves, none of them sleep in broad daylight. Ive decided. Ill pull this elf into the dream space later! As the elf has taken his attention, Cedric decided to use this elf as the core of his plan to teach creatures about bronzes. But before that, lets check on how the humans are doing. Chapter 5. Confused Ungaboonga Moving his mental power toward the human tribes, Cedric observed their overall situation. Currently, there doesnt seem to be much interaction between the tribes. But, as all of those tribes are built next to a river. With a little guidance from him, having those tribes come in contact with each other can be easily achieved. While he observed the human tribes, Cedric found out theyre either located nearby an open ore deposit or located at an extremely fertile area. The more easy to access ore deposits thats located nearby, the less fertile their area will be. He looked thoughtful and said, I am pretty bad with biology and geo whatever knowledge this is. Is it natural for places with high ore density to be less fertile? Although he cant understand it, Cedrics gut feelings said there are more reasons for this. After all, the grounds here are crafted by his GP with the help of the System. So, it is completely natural for there to be a reason for such a balanced spread. Cedric discarded those thoughts and began observing all ten human tribes. After a short moment of contemplation, he finally selected one of the tribe as his target. Although the area around this tribe arent as prosperous as the others where wild foods are aplenty. The place theyre located at is surrounded by ore and sedimentary deposits that exist near the surface. Those deposits mainly contain copper, silver, and coals. Slightly further away, there is even a small open deposit for tin. Just the needed materials to make some bronzes. Cedric observed everyone inside the small tribe before focusing on the strongest hunter. As a hunter, this guy shouldve got some understanding of the surrounding areas. Furthermore, in a tribe where hunting animals is their main source of food, the status of a hunter should be higher than the others. With his target decided, Cedric waited until the hunter reached the safety of his house at night before pulling him to the dream space. Cedric then visited the elf he had marked before in the afternoon and pulled him into the dream space too. Although that elf had just woken up, thanks to the power of [Divine Intervention: Dream], he fell into sleep once more. Cedric pulls his mental power back and starts controlling the body he prepared in the dream space. Although the two people he pulled inside might not be able to see his face due to the light on his face, he still wore a smile as he looked at the two of them. *** Inside the Dream Space made by the [Divine Intervention: Dream], Cedric first placed his sight on the human. He is a man in his late twenties with a massive build and tanned body full of muscles. On his body, he wore clothes made out of processed animal skins which help with keeping their body warm during winter. Then, he moved his sight to the elf. This elf looks like a handsome teenager with disinterested looks. Thats mainly because he still looks a bit sleepy even though he has already slept for eight whole hours. Is something wrong with this elf? Is he actually sick? Cedric curiously looks at the elf before slightly shaking his head. Well, it doesnt matter, Ill just check it later. Even if he is indeed ill, it wont affect my plan as long as he shares what he saw here. After coming into decision, he internally recited the line he had prepared several times, and started his performance. With a flat tone, he greets the two of them using the Divine Language, Be not afraid, o children of the Crystal Cube world. Once he spoke, both human and elf got startled and placed their sight on Cedric. That elf even got his eyes wide awake from shock. As he can feel the energy in [Divine Intervention: Dream] decreasing with each passing second. Before those two could say anything, Cedric quickly said. I summoned you here to grant you the knowledge required to start a civilization for both of your races. But before that, let me teach you about civilization.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. He then waved his hand that held the staff and created an illusion by spending some energy inside [Divine Intervention: Dream]. With the decrease in [Divine Intervention: Dream]s energy, a hologram-like illusory cities appear in the Dream Space. All of the city looks blurry except for the biggest one located in the center. It is a medieval city surrounded by walls, all of its main streets are prosperous and full of liveliness. In the citys center, a palace is built, where many nobles and the king are busy discussing inside the throne room. While both the elf and human observed the city in shock. Cedric begins talking about the concept of kingdom, cities, and other information while observing them. The human is initially afraid and panicked after being summoned to an unknown place. But once he observed the city for a short time, he seemed to be captivated by the sight and listened to his explanation in fervor. To the point he is unable to pull his sight from it. As for the elf, although after the initial fear and confusion he also stares at the illusory city blankly. But once he regains his senses, Cedric can occasionally feel the elf glance at his direction. After a few minutes passed, he stopped the illusion and dispersed it. Along with the citys disappearance, the human woke up from his daze. At the same time, Cedric spoke. Your race will also have such a city. But every grand endeavor must start from somewhere. He pushed his left arm forward and opened his palm before creating a coal. This is coal. A useful item that can generate extreme heat for a considerable time. It will also allow you to survive the cold winter more easily. He then pushed his right arm and created a projection of bronze, This is bronze. It is an alloy made by combining copper with tin. It can be melted and shaped into many items that will be of great use for your respective races civilization. Thanks to the memory boost from godhood, after he ruminate about it, Cedric remembered how to create bronze from a wikipedia page he accidentally read in his previous life. So, once both the elf and human have seen the bronze he created. Cedric changed it into the shape of copper ore and tin ore. This is what copper and tin looks like in nature. Melt nine copper with one tin through the help of coal, and you shall have a bronze. Use it to craft useful tools that shall become the foundation of your respective races! He then makes the copper ore and tin ore in his hand melt before merging them. Once he was done, Cedric lowered his arms and asked both the elf and human. Do any of you have any questions? As the amount of time we have is limited, I can only answer one question for each of you. The human came forward and asked in human language, Who are you? Hearing the question, Cedric smiled and replied in Divine Language. I am the creator of the Crystal Cube world. You may think of me as the guide for every creature in the world. Creator? The human spoke in confusion before he asked, As in a god? Also what is the Crystal Cube world? To answer the mans confusion, Cedric replied. Well, you can call it that way. Whenever it is necessary, I will appear and guide the creatures in the world to advance. As for the Crystal Cube world, it is the name of the world you lived in. Cedric saw both the human and elf look shocked upon hearing his answer. But before the human could open his mouth and ask another question, Cedric stopped them. Alright then, thats already three questions. I answered you because I feel generous today, but my time is precious. Are there any other questions? This question will be the last one. Cedric spoke while subtly glancing at the elf. The elf quickly asked while pointing at Cedrics direction, What are those items you have? Cedric slowly explained the five items he wore. The one I sat on is a throne while the one on my head is a crown, both of them a symbol of authority. As for the one on my waist, it is called a sword, a weapon used to fight. The clothes I wore is a robe, while the one I held on my hand is a scepter or staff, which is both a symbol of authority and a weapon. Once he finished, Cedric waved his arms and bid them farewell as he kicked them from the Dream Space. Our time is up, I hope we can meet again in the future. *** Once he sent the two of them back, Cedric retrieved the mental power he placed in the Dream Space and returned it to his main body in the Divine Space. Sitting at a chair in his Divine Space while holding the pale pink octahedron crystal shaped [Divine Intervention: Dream]. Cedric used his mental power and saw only less than half of its energy remained. During the previous time he taught those two about civilization and method to craft bronze, Cedric has been constantly checking the amount of energy inside the [Divine Intervention: Dream]. Changing the skys color, creating a body to be possessed, crafting items like crown, and other things doesnt cost much. Even creating that illusory city doesnt cost much energy initially. But once both the human and elf start looking at the illusory city, the speed of energy consumption greatly increases. Tapping his hand on the octahedron crystal, he concluded. Creating things in the Dream Space doesnt cost much. Its only when the creature I pulled observed does the energy inside decrease rapidly. Its exactly as advertised in the items description before. While holding his chin, Cedric muttered. This Divine Item can still be used once or twice as long as the information I share isnt too complicated. Which means I need to use them wisely, because this stupid thing costs the same as 200 years of my GP income. He then sighed, This makes me remember some sandbox strategy game I played before. I need to manage the amount of resources I have wisely. Especially the GP that the System lent me initially. Chapter 6. I Never Said That, Though? Inside the elfs magic forest. Once the sun begins to rise, the elf who entered the Dream Space before wakes up and starts sharing what he got to other elves. His words quickly piqued the other elfs interest as words about bronze and that special elf began to spread throughout the forest. With the help of their magical forests rich resources and the combined effort from most elves, they easily created bronze alloy. With the addition of bronzes, the elf started moving from only weaving and playing with mud to creating work of art made out of bronzes too. Their favorite pastime turns into creating a replica of the equipment that Cedric wore when he met the elf through [Divine Revelation: Dream]. Some elves even got slightly more creative and began to find out the prototype of kilns used to craft clay potteries by burning their clay arts while trying to make some bronze. Meanwhile, Inside a house on a certain tribe, hunter Gratian woke up from his bed. Looking at the familiar house, he closed his eyes and recalled the dream he just got. The visage of that person with a bright face has been etched deep within his memory. Is that truly god, just like the one our tribe used to worship for blessing? From his meeting with the unknown god, Gratian could feel his vision expanded. Especially thanks to the illusory city and explanation the god has shown, it taught him the concept of kingdoms and civilization. With the increase of his vision, the simple hunter began to wish for something greater. Under the leadership of Gratian, the humans inside his tribe begin to look for copper ore and tin ores. After some trial and error, the human has also found a way to craft bronze. With its help, the hunting efficiency of Gratians tribe greatly increases. Which allows the people inside to have more free time and give rise to different jobs and cultures. Although he has brought prosperity and gained more authority over his tribe, Gratian is still unsatisfied by it. He still recalled the city he saw on the Dream Space and the status of a king, the ruler of a vast kingdom where multiple cities existed. *** Several years pass by. After the miracle of bronzes, Gratian began sharing the knowledge of animal husbandry he heard while listening to Cedrics explanation in the Dream Space. He has gathered most of the knowledgeable people on his tribe to collect many knowledge of agriculture and animal husbandry, he then merged it and shared them to everyone on the tribe. With its help, the amount of food resources and newborns inside the tribe greatly increases. Ten years after Gratian visited the Dream Space, he has already become the undisputed leader of his tribe. Standing in the midst of his tribes open space while surrounded by many hunters equipped with bronze spears, Gratian spoke. This day, ten years ago, I was granted knowledge by the god. Along with it, he granted me with a mission to become the leader of humans and lead the human race to prosperity! And so, under the will of god, I shall be the first king of humanity. The tribe we resided in shall be named the Winter City, the first city of Human Kingdom! When Gratian shouted the word Human Kingdom, the surrounding people raised their hand and cheered for him. Spreading his arms open, he roared, As the god has dictates, I shall gather all human tribes and place them under the glory of the Human Kingdom! We shall now begin our first expedition to conquer the surrounding tribes! Due to the help of bronze weapons, the hunter from Winter City has long since increased the radius of their hunting ground. Which allows them to know about the existence of other human tribes. Under the banner of the mission from god, hunters from Gratians Winter City approached the nearby tribes and started to suppress them through the difference in their equipment. *** Inside the Divine Space, Cedric has watched all the happenings within the last decade without stopping. All living creatures struggles and efforts to survive have entered his eyes. As he watched Gratians declaration, Cedric turned speechless. I never told him to do that though?Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. After that, he cant help but sigh in helplessness. I just want him to introduce bronze and advance the humans technological trees. Thats when a screen appeared in front of him. [Actually, if your target is to push the technological level, you can just spend GP and convert them to Mana. Those Mana will spread to the world and allow creatures with talent in Mana to utilize them. Once they learned fire type abilities, those humans can easily melt stones and slowly find out about metals.] Cedric rolled his eyes at the message thats 10 years late. Why dont you say that before I spend my GP to teach them? [It looks like youre having so much fun. Furthermore, pushing the civilization level of your world before introducing mana will only be beneficial. Necessity is the mother of invention after all.] Cedric rubbed his temple upon hearing that answer. He then thought of something and asked, If I wished to introduce mana to my world, how much GP should I convert into mana? Is there some kind of maximum limit on the amount of mana I can send to the world? [Yes, there is indeed a limit for the amount of mana. For now, it is recommended to send 100 GP worth of mana every year for ten years straight. This will allow the creatures in your world to slowly adapt with the existence of Mana.] He looked at the screen and asked, Can you remind me to spread the mana every year and warn me after ten years? With my sense of time being problematic, I afraid I might accidentally forgot to do it or spread too much mana. Also, do I need to use my GP for this function? [Alright. As it is a simple request, it isnt necessary to spend your GP.] Thank you. Cedric nodded and started getting into serious business. He controlled some of his GP and converted it into Mana following his instinct. Once he saw 100 GP had gone missing from his status panel, Cedric stopped and observed the change in the world. Just like air, the Mana he created spread evenly throughout the world. With the existence of Mana, everything in the world is slowly evolving and changing. The first one to adapt to mana isnt the humans nor the other animals and plants. Surprisingly, the mana he converted are absorbed by the soils, metals, water, and other parts of the worlds nature. After merging with nature, those mana slowly seeps into other living creatures through the wind, air, and soils. Then, the second to adapt are the plants thats connected to water, soil, and air. Among those plants, the adaptation of plants he got from [Basic Fantasy Creatures Package] are the best. They easily store a lot of mana inside their body and turn into magical plants with a multitude of properties. Some can create fruits that generate heat, some can slightly uproot themselves and move about, some gain the ability to turn into other plants and camouflage themselves. Next, the herbivores are the next one to adapt with mana. Slowly but surely, mana begins to spread throughout their body. Just like the plants, those herbivores created from [Basic Fantasy Creatures Package] are the one who adapted the best. Most gained a slight increase in strength, while some gained supernatural abilities like generating water out of thin air, or slightly controlling the surrounding plants. As the herbivores are the first one to adapt, there is a short time where many carnivores died from hunger due to the slight increase in strength the herbivores have, which allow them to escape or counter attack their hunter. Cedric repeated the process every year while observing the living creatures in Crystal Cube World as his pastime activity. Whether it is the daily life of the humans, elves, and dwarves. Or even the daily life of a tiger-like creature as it hunts for prey, the life of a spider busy weaving their webs, and the life of a flower as it blossoms and wilts. Everything brought newfound joy to him. It is also at that time Cedric found out he has the ability to observe things that have happened in the past when he tried to see a certain butterflys caterpillar phases. He decided to call this ability to see the past as Past Observation. An unoriginal name, but it is easy to understand. *** Ten years pass by quickly while he plays around with the Past Observation ability and spreading mana every year. [Congratulations, youve already finished spreading 1.000 points of GP into mana for your world.] With the Systems notification, he finally woke up and thought of Gratian. So, he decided to place his sight on the human kingdom. When he returned his sight to Gratian, Cedric found out Gratian had conquered more than half of the human tribes and turned them into a part of his Human Kingdom. Among the ten human tribes initially created, only two tribes thats located far away havent been brought under his rule. But, with how things progress, Cedric thinks the two remaining tribes will soon fall under Gratians control. Except for the Human Kingdoms Expansion, there is also another thing of note. Since the third year Cedric started converting his GP to mana, some humans have started to awaken the power to use mana. Furthermore, Gratian somehow became among the first few humans who gained the ability to use mana. Under the blessing of mana, he awakened a power he called Divine Might which allowed him to have physical power far above other humans. This blessing also makes others believe in his right to lead humanity by the god. When Gratian heard many people had also awakened like him, he quickly gathered them together and granted those people the title of blessed. Those blessed become a part of the nobility class he built with him, the king, as the highest nobles. By binding the most powerful of humans to his sides through benefit, he slowly solidified his rule on the Human Kingdom. At the same time, under the change caused by mana, the animals surrounding the human cities turn stronger and stronger which makes hunting and travel difficult. Even so, humanity slowly adapted to it. Gratians Winter City, which is the Capital City of the Human Kingdom keeps on expanding as the population increases with time. Slowly, their food production from husbandry, agriculture, and hunting are unable to catch up with the increase in needs. Chapter 7. Humanity’s Internal Strife Cedric, who observed the creatures in the Crystal Cube world, has been in a bad mood. He wishes to complain and leave a bad review for the System. It said his sense of time will go back to normal after a short time. But, this short time actually took fifty fucking years! Fifty years already passed since the time he asked that stupid System the question! Unlike before when Cedric could accidentally go into a daze for a day without knowing it. The current him can feel every second or even milliseconds that pass by. But even when he feels so, he doesnt seem to get bored or tired simply by spending time watching living creatures go on with their lives. Even without asking, Cedric knew it was a change caused by the godhood he had. But as the change is beneficial, he just silently accepts it. While sitting inside the replica of his house in Divine Space, Cedric begins to observe the progress of the human races. Unlike the elves and dwarves thats still pretty much in the previous state he last saw them, the humans progress this last few years are akin to a rocket. Under Gratians lead, the human race which initially only consisted of 50.000 humans has already more than doubled in size. Most of the population increases comes from Winter City whose status has increased along with time. This makes the citys expansion become imminent. Gratian, whose appearance has changed into one of an elderly man, can feel his body slowly weakening with age. The Divine Might he is proud of is also unable to fight against time as it slowly weakens. Although he already experienced most things that can be experienced by humans, tasted every food the humans have created, accepted many wives, and birthed many descendants. He still feels there is something lacking. Especially now when he wont be able to stay in the world for much longer, he constantly recalled the grand palace he saw in the gods kingdom when he met the god in his youth. That building slowly turns into his obsession which he cant simply forget. Along with the expansion of Winter City, he forcefully gathered many manpower and foods from the surrounding cities under the name of tribute. Some of them are sent to expand the city and build a massive wall made out of stone surrounding the city to repel the beasts that keep on getting stronger. Meanwhile, most of the people are sent to With Gratians order to gather many manpowers, the surrounding human cities slowly fell into poverty and began to have a hard time to even survive. *** Inside River Stone city, one of the human kingdoms cities. The young city lord, Lacius, who is a native of the city looked at the impoverished people around him. Just like Gratian, Lacius is one of the few noble humans who has been blessed by mana and awakened magical power. A magical power that allows him to control the earth. Seeing the people of his city toils for the whole day, yet they can only enjoy an extremely small fraction of their hard work. Coupled with the fact that most of the fit young men in his city had been taken to the Winter City to build Gratians palace, Lacius became dissatisfied. Allying himself with other like-minded city lords whose city also fell into poverty, they planned to stop Gratian from wasting man resources by building his palace. Using the horses like animals that the humans had just recently learned to tame, the city lords went to the Winter City while accompanied by some retainers, which mostly consisted of their friends and distant family that had been trained and equipped with bronze spears and leather armor. Arriving at Winter City, the lords stood in awe at the tall city wall thats being constructed around the city and the huge palace located at the center of the city. They waited for a long time before Gratian finally met with them and listened to their plea. When he heard it, Gratian refused to stop building his palace and even threatened to kill them for their disrespectful idea. Upon hearing his refusal, Lacius and the others silently returned from the Winter City to their respective city. Although they seem to easily retreat due to Gratians might and status. Everyone is still unsatisfied and has prepared a plan. Secretly, the amount of bronze production in those cities increased. Gratian, who is busy overseeing the construction of his palace and the expansion of Winter City, accidentally heard of the sudden spike on bronze productions at those cities. Although he has grown old and isnt as powerful as before. But, with time comes wisdom. He easily connected their dissatisfaction with the spike in bronze production and guessed their plan. Faking his ignorance, he gathered the city lords and their family to visit the Winter City for the sake of celebrating the middle phase of his palace construction.This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. Greetings the city lord and their families inside the throne room of his palace, which is the first room he built. Gratian smiled and asked his guards to bring tables and foods he had prepared. When those people lowered their guards, Gratian summoned the dozen of blessed and hundreds of spear-wielding soldiers he had hidden and began killing the city lord and their families. Those city lords watched their family suddenly getting killed and shouted while glaring at Gratian. King Gratian, what are you doing?! Still calmly sitting in his throne, Gratian spoke with a stone cold face. Nothing much, I am just destroying anything that wishes to block my dream. One of them dazedly asked, What do you mean? Ive heard of everyones focus on bronze productions. Although that act shouldve made me happy, but everyones secrecy makes me feel uncomfortable instead. Gratian saw some city lords have shocked expressions while some others still seemed to be confused. So, he continued. It seems some of you still havent understood. Basically, Ive guessed everyones plan to create many weapons and start a rebellion against me! Seeing as every single city lord finally wore a shocked expression, he nodded in satisfaction and joined the slaughter. Although most city lords begin to shout for mercy while explaining their reasons, Gratian ignored all of them. Placing the scepter made of gold that he held to the throne, Gratian fixed the crown on his head while unsheathing the bronze sword tied to his waist. As the first few to awaken supernatural power, his Divine Might keeps on strengthening with time and has surpassed those blessed with similar ability. Even in his old age, every slash of his sword easily decapitated several members of the city lords family. With Gratian joining the fray, within a minute, most of the guests have turned into corpses. Even those city lords that consist of Blessed cant stop Gratian and his subordinates attacks. Except for Lacius thats mostly uninjured, and Yasu, a middle aged city lord who successfully escaped with heavy injury. Everyone else has died under Gratians banquet. Escaping from the Winter City with the help of those few retainers they brought, Lacius brought Yasu to the River Stone city and helped him to recover. While at it, he sent some of his retainers to spread the news of their city lords death and called all of them to gather and fight against Gratian and avenge their city lord! *** Inside the Divine Space, Cedric who saw the human prepares to start a war, opened his mouth agape and screamed. I swear, I merely wish to secretly push the human civilization from stone age to bronze age just like the history on earth! After a few unintelligible screaming, Cedric calmed down and said, Those humans were created less than one hundred years ago. Yet, a war is already going to happen. Should I say, as expected of the super troublesome human race. I am starting to regret my choice. Perhaps I shouldve just created a world entirely filled with dwarves and elves, or perhaps other races expect humans. While pressing his temple, Cedric observed the dwarves thats still experimenting to create the strongest metal alloy and the elves thats still playing around with their kiln and bronzes. Tapping the armrest of his chair, Cedric entered a dilemma. Should I try to stop this war or let it happen? If I let it happen, then the amount of humans might decrease once more. But if I intervene, I am afraid it will result in other complications and make things worse. He then asked the System, Do you think I should intervene and stop the war? [No comment.] With that unhelpful answer, Cedric finally decided to take a wait and see approach. After a short wait, he gazed into the Crystal Cube World and saw the war in the Human Kingdom had begun. Winter City has gathered two thousands hunter turned soldiers thats fully equipped with bronze equipment. They have taken the initiative to attack the surrounding cities, with Lacius and Yasu as their main target. In front of the army, Gratian together with dozens of others blessed under him lead the march. Their first target being the cities which stood between Winter City and River Stone City where Lacius resides. Using his armys might and reputation as the king of humanity. Within a few days, Gratian easily conquered those cities and turned them into a place for his army to transfer their resources. Most of the cities even returned to his control without any fight at all. Inside those cities, the retainers who have long since returned from Winter City relayed the news of their lords death to the other retainers that hadnt left with them to the Winter City before. Upon hearing their city lord has been killed by Gratian and seeing his army marching toward their city, those lords retainers fell into confusion and quickly fled from the city at the same time of Gratians entry. As they had received Laciuss message, the fleeing retainers decided to join him and went to the River Stone city. in River Stone City, Lacius who has brought Yasu and his retainers to recover has heard the news of Gratians march from those fleeing retainers and began to plan. Calculating the amount of armed retainer which barely reached five hundreds, Lacius commanded his trusted subordinate with clenched fist. Hars, spread the news to every citizens. After my failure to advise the king to stop building his palace and wasting manpower, king Gratian has went mad and will soon attack our city and kill everyone in it. We must arm ourself and fight back! Hars replied, But the other city lords retainer said the king simply passed by their city! Please think about it! If we start a battle using civilians, the amount of death will be Before he could finish his word, Hars saw Laciuss bloodshot eyes and sighed. I will ask everyone to help spread the news. Well also gather as much weapons and armors as possible. With the help of his subordinates, Lacius successfully recruited most of the citys inhabitants to join the war to fight against Lacius. Using all of the citizens, he blocked the march of Gratians army. When Gratian saw the involvement of many citizens in the war, he shouted. Citizens of River Stone city, cease your resistance. I never intended to start a slaughter on the city! Between the king and Lacius, the citizens of River Stone city believed more in Lacius thats born and raised in their own city and has always worked for their well being. On a plain nearby River Stone city, humanitys first internal war officially begin. On one side stood Gratians two thousand soldiers. While on the opposite side, five hundred retainers and eight thousand civilians from River Stone city joined the fight. Just like a meat grinder, using their primitive weapons and the recently awakened supernatural abilities, the humans slaughtered each other without mercy. Chapter 8. Second ‘First King Of Humanity’ While Gratians two thousand soldiers were busy fighting against the civilians of River Stone city, Lacius brought Yasu and five hundred fully equipped retainers to quickly march into Gratians location. Even though there are still dozens of blessed surrounding Gratians location. But, the five hundred armed retainers Lacius brought successfully blocked them and allowed Lacius, Yasu, and Hars to advance toward the king. While Yasu charged forward and tried to engage Gratian in a melee, Lacius waved his hand and caused the small patch of earth surrounding the king to tremble in an attempt to stop him, but it went for naught. With a simple stomp of his foot, Gratian easily pierced through the trembling earth and placed his leg deep within to stabilize himself. With his leg deep in the earth, the king unsheathed his sword and single handedly parried the slash that had been delivered by Yasu. He then clenched his other fist in an attempt to counter attack. Seeing that, Hars who hasnt made a move since the beginning quickly activated his ability and created a ball of water which he shot toward Gratians head. Although it failed to deal any damage, the water successfully blocked Gratians sight for a moment and made the punch he threw merely grazed through Yasu slightly. Even so, that punch still caused Yasu to be knocked back by three meters and further aggravate his injuries. Wiping the water that drenched his face, Gratian glared at Hars before switching his sight to Lacius and dashed toward his direction. Lacius, who saw the kings mad dash, activated his ability and created a small but deep hole right below Gratians feet. It caused Gratian to lose his balance and stumbled as he ran toward Lacius. He then repeated the same trick several times before Yasu regained his mobility and blocked Gratians advance. Seeing the two of them engaged in an intense battle, Lacius and Hars made the decision to join the melee. Although unlike Gratian and Yasu who are blessed with Divine Might, the blessed power they awakened is quite unsuitable for close combat. Nevertheless, the bronze sword in their hand should be enough to cause some trouble to the king. By the time Lacius arrived near the location of Yasu and Gratians battle, the two of them had already exchanged blows several times. The bronze sword on their hand has long since shattered to pieces and become unusable. They currently exchanged blows against each other by using their fists. Seeing the situation, Lacius and Hars slashed their sword toward the king. They also secretly activated their ability and caused the earth below Gratian to protrude upwards and summoned a ball of water respectively. Gratian who saw it quickly knocked back Yasu in exchange of sustaining a heavy injury. He then stomped hard on the ground while clenching both of his fists and threw a punch targeting the flat side of Hars and Laciuss sword. Upon contact with the kings punch, Harss sword was sent flying into the distance while Laciuss sword got split into two. Even so, he continued to slash downward and caused a deep slash wound to appear on the kings arm. The battle continued for ten whole minutes before Gratian finally showed some exhaustion and an opening. Using the broken sword in his hand, Lacius thrusted his sword through the kings chest. It passed right through the kings body and caused him to bleed profusely. When he saw Gratian whose heart has been pierced and can barely survive for a short time, Lacius asked. Do you have any last words? Gratian, who seems to be half conscious from the blood loss, spoke in a hushed tone. I have done my best, Ive created the kingdom of humans just like what I saw when I met the god. I am the destined king, the noblest human chosen by the god himself. Even if I die I shall return to the gods kingdom and my name will live on with humanity itself! When he heard Gratians words, Laciuss nerve bulged as he said to Hars who stood next to him. Destroy every trace of Gratian and forbid the other from spreading his story. Also kill all of his family and acquittance. From now on, I am the First King of humans, King Lacius! The Human Kingdom shall be called the Sacred Kingdom henceforth! After he said so, Lacius glanced at Yasu. Seeing the middle aged man gently nod his head, Lacius switched his sight to Gratian while grinning at him. If being remembered is what you wish for, then Ill forcefully remove your mark from the world. Take this as revenge for my family and friends youve killed! Gratians eyes suddenly focused when he heard Laciuss word. With a wide open eye, he shouted. The god wont forgive you! Lacius replied with a smirk, I am not afraid of an illusory existence made up by an insane guy.You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. When he heard it, Gratian looked at Lacius weirdly before he laughed as his head turned pale from the loss of blood. Ha.. hahaha.. hahahaha! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Slowly, Gratians laughter turned softer as he finally died. After the war ended, Lacius checked the surviving River Stone citizens. Although the war has been cut short due to Gratian death, almost a thousand River Stone citizens have died while most of those who survived have received injuries of varying degrees. Soon, the survivors begin to collect the corpses and dig a massive hole to bury their dead. Silently standing in front of the massive opening while watching the human corpse thrown inside, Lacius clenched his fist until it bled. Behind him, Hars supported Yasu as they silently observed him. *** While the humans are busy handling their burial. Cedric ruminates about the war and his expression slowly turns into one full of confusion. He first thought he would feel extremely guilty. No matter what, the war that killed thousands of people can be said to be his fault. To be specific to that brain cramp he got which led to his decision to show some illusory kingdom to Gratian and the elf through [Divine Intervention:Dream] Yet, his heart is still extremely tranquil. He suspects this might be some sort of side effect from the whole merging with godhood thingy the System mentioned. When the war actually ended, there is even a small bit of exasperation upon seeing how the humans start a war because he feels there are simply too many stupid points in this war. First is the cause of the war. Whether it is Gratians obsession with grand palace, the city lords decision to arm themself upon Gratians refusal, or regarding just how gullible the city lords group are to join Gratians banquet. Every single one of them makes him doubt the average intelligence of his worlds inhabitants. Even with the help of the godhoods calculation ability, he cant understand the thought process of everyone involved which causes things to explode beyond control to such a degree. The System seems to read his thoughts once more as it said. [Dont just throw the fault to the godhood merging process. System has analyzed the reason for your lack of remorse are mainly due to your mentality. Currently, you still have the mentality of playing a game or watching a drama when you observe the war. You never consider them as a real people.] [As for your last question, the System can only say thats the beauty of free will. It can result in many surprises.] Cedric nodded at that analysis. Now he thinks about it, he indeed has the mentality of watching a movie while observing that war. When he continued to read and saw the philosophical answer, he just rolled his eyes. Stop speaking in riddles, the word you spoke doesnt answer my last question at all. Watching the Systems silence, Cedric silently tapped his armchair several times before he asked, Do you know the reason why Gratian is much more powerful than Yasu? I am pretty sure both of them awakened the same ability almost at the same time. The System answered his question seriously. [It is because of the difference in potentials. Although they obtained the power from mana at the same time. But due to Gratians potential level thats much higher, it caused him to reach a higher level than Yasu within the same time frame.] After reading the message, Cedric catches into a familiar term the System used.What do you mean by potential level? He opened his status screen as he remembered there is also a mention potential on it. [Name: Cedric Hills Level: Pseudo Lesser Divinity (Actual level: 0) Law: None. World: Crystal Cube World World Level: 1 Worlds Average Potential: None GP: 13915 Annual GP income: 0.5] While he opened the status screen, the System replied to his question. [You may think of potential as the amount of talent a creature has on the supernatural path. Living creatures will receive some boost in their progress until they reach their specified potential level.] After reading the message, Cedric still feels quite confused. Perhaps seeing his confusion, the System sent another message. [As someone at the level of lesser divinity, although a fake one. You can also activate a skill called Divine Sight that could be used in every world. At its basic form, Divine Sight allows the user to see a chosen targets life level and potential level.] Cedric nodded, Thats convenient. Then, how do I activate this Divine Sight ability? [Simply control your mental power to enter your eyes. Then, focus on any creature as your target.] Cedric followed the systems guide and tried several times to guide some of his mental power into his eyes. Closing both of his eyes, his sight entered the Crystal Cube world and observed Lacius who stood still in front of burning corpses. Different from previous times, Cedric could now see a faint white light inside Lacius. It is extremely small in size to the point it can be easily overlooked. He moved his sight to other creatures and also saw a faint light inside them. Almost all of the lights he saw are smaller than the one inside Lacius. He guessed those light is related to potential and life level that the System said before. But, he is confused as to what they exactly mean. Does bigger light mean higher level or higher potential, or is it both? Before he could open his eyes to ask, the System suddenly chimed in. [The lights size means their life level, meanwhile the lights color shows their potentials. There are four levels of colors for potentials; which are white, silver, gold, and rainbow. White being the lowest and rainbow being the highest.] [At your worlds current level, most of the inhabitants should have pure white colored potential or mostly white with a miniscule amount of silver. The more silver light there is, the higher their potential is.] Cedric heard it and began observing the light from living creatures for a long time. After comparing several lights between each other, he finally gave up and decided to ask the System for help. Can you just show me their levels? I have no reference as to how a high or a low potential and life level looks like, which makes recognizing them extremely difficult. Furthermore, silver lights are frickin similar to a white one, it is just too difficult to differentiate them! [System received a request for assistance. Request accepted.] [Do you wish to spend 10 GP to activate Divine Sight assistance mode permanently?] I need to spend 20 years of my income for this ability? this is daylight robbery! Even though Cedric complained, he still chose to purchase the assistance mode. Chapter 9. Slaughter All The Young, Old, Woman, Man, Androgynous, Hermaphrodite, Etc. With the Systems assistance mode on. When Cedric looked at Lacius with his Divine Sight, there is now an additional screen next to the light that shows his life level and potential. [Life Level: Upper level 0 Potential: Peak level 1] Cedric observed the screen and asked, Does that mean Lacius is currently at level 0 and will receive a boost until he reaches the peak of level 1? [Correct.] What will happen after he reaches peak level 1? Can he continue to the next level? [Yes. It is still possible to advance to the next level through training. But, he wont receive a boost nor other benefits that can push his growth in life level.] Cedric nodded before he asked another thing. How many levels are there anyway? [There are twenty life levels in total, from level 0 to level 19. Each level grants a qualitative leap in their existence and power. Level 0 to 15 are the transformation from mortals to something divine. Those below level 16 are still bound by lifespans. Although they have many means to extend their lifespans, the time they have is still limited nevertheless.] [Starting from level 16, which is the level youre at, living creatures can condense their godhood. They will attain eternal life, free from the limit of lifespan.] Cedric silently remembered it as he felt that information is extremely important. Then, he stopped bothering about it and closed his eyes to check the situation on Crystal Cube world. Inside the Crystal Cube world, the elves and dwarves are still pretty calm and no important event has happened. Seeing that, he smiled and moved his attention to the humans. During his chat with the System and experiment to activate Divine Sight, the burial ceremony held in the recently renamed Sacred Kingdom has finished. Now, Lacius can be seen sitting inside an office at River Stone city. On his head, he wore the golden crown Gratian always said to symbolize his authority as king. Holding a newly crafted golden scepter, he observed his subordinates who prepared for his raise as the new human king. They are currently discussing the way to stabilize the kingdom after Gratians death. After a few hours of intense discussion, the meeting ended and their plan began to be put in motion. Pushed by Laciuss subordinates who traveled through every city, news of Gratians demise and the rise of a new king began to spread. Along with the news, Lacius has also ceased Gratians previous order for tribute and manpowers. In exchange, he began a new order to forbid the humans from spreading Gratians tale. Those who failed to comply are greatly punished. Under Laciuss unforgiving rule, the talk of Gratian slowly ceased and his name slowly but surely became forgotten. Especially once the young men taken by Gratians order to build his palace and city wall have returned to their respective city, everyone begins to happily resume their daily lives. Seeing the situation has stabilized, Lacius, Yasu, and their subordinates rode several horses together to the Winter City. Upon arriving at the city, they quickly marched into the palace and searched for Gratians family. Everytime they found any people tied to Gratian through familial bond, they heartlessly slaughtered every single one of them. Once all of Gratians family members they found had been killed, Lacius traveled through the bloodied half-finished palace with expressionless face before sitting on the throne in the throne room. Watching the young Lacius sit on it, Yasu and the surrounding people bowed. Just like the day when many people bowed to Gratian to show their allegiance, The people inside the throne room gave their full allegiance to Lacius. *** Meanwhile, in the Divine Space. When Cedric saw Laciuss slaughter of Gratians family, he could only stare at it blankly. Suddenly watching such a graphic scene is quite a shock for him. Although similar bloodied battle also happens during the war, at least both sides are fighting to either kill or get killed.If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. As for the slaughter that just happened, their targets are mostly incapable of fighting. Except for some of Gratians adult children and wives, most of them consisted of young childrens. Some of the women are even still pregnant with Gratians unborn children. After a long silence, Cedric spoke. This situation is pretty fucked up. He then stopped observing the situation on Crystal Cube world and stood up from his chair. Once he stood up, he walked around the house he created in the Divine Space to calm down. After circling the house once, he went outside and used his ability to create things in the Divine Space to create several neighboring houses. Only when a small neighborhood has been created does he return to his house and enter his room. Now with a calmer state of mind, Cedric asked the System. Ive counted it, the previous war and Laciuss slaughter has decreased the human races population by almost five percent. Are there any means to increase their numbers? [There are many ways to increase a worlds population. But, for your current situation, System recommended the Level 4 Consumable Divine Item, Species Fertility Blessing.] Cedric searched for the item and quickly found it. [Level 4 Consumable Divine Item, Species Fertility Blessing. Cost: 100 GP Description: Increase the fertility of one or several species within an area. The items effect and duration depends on the number of creatures affected, their average life level, the complicatedness of their life structure, the area included, the amount of races affected, etc.] He read through the description and saw many complicated things that can affect [Species Fertility Blessing] and shrugged. He decided to simply ask the System about its function. Once I use the items on humans, how big will the population increase going to be? [Including the chance of death due to illness and other things. One usage of the Species Fertility Blessing is enough for the human population to reach 150.000 within ten years, which is also the items duration according to Systems calculation.] It sounds pretty good. Cedric nodded as he spent 300 GP and bought three [Species Fertility Blessing] Initially, he only wishes to purchase one, but he suddenly thought of something and purchased three [Species Fertility Blessing] instead. Ill use one on the humans, elves, and dwarves respectively. Although I feel I am a bit too skewed toward humanity, as the god of the Crystal Cube world, I must try my best to be impartial! As he saw his GP decrease by 300, Cedric saw three bright pink octahedron crystals appear in front of him. Looking at those crystals, he got dumbfounded. Why is it another pink octahedron? Arent there other shapes and colors? He cant help but ridicule the uncreativity of whoever created these items. With the crystal at hand, he asked,"How do I use this item?" [Simply place your mental power on it and pull the energy inside the crystal into your world. Then, select a target you wish to bless.] Cedric nodded and closed his eyes while spreading his mental power outside. He moved them inside one of the crystals and controlled the energy within. The feeling of controlling the [Species Fertility Blessing] is quite similar to controlling his GP. The familiarity made him easily scoop those energy and bring them into the Crystal Cube world. Inside the Crystal Cube world, Cedric saw his mental power had arrived near the dwarves magic mountain and decided to use the [Species Fertility Blessing] on them. Damn it, I forgot to ask what I should do after I brought the energy inside. As he thought so, the energy from [Species Fertility Blessing] seemed to heed his will and slowly seeped into the body of a dwarf. Because Cedric hasnt set any area for the items range. Soon, it began to spread and merged with the body of every single dwarf in his world. When the energy has entirely merged with all dwarves, he could faintly sense that the dwarven races fertilization chance increased. Their chance of giving birth to twins, triplets, or more has also been increased. Furthermore, the babies born within the blessings duration will also be more robust. Which should increase their survival rate to a certain extent. That means the blessing shouldve been activated right? Cedric thought while slowly retrieving his mental power back into his body. [Indeed] The sudden screen shocked him and almost caused his mental power to disperse. Damn it, you shocked me! Also, stop peeking at my thoughts. Where is the basic trust between humans? Dont you even know about privacy? [The System isnt human though.] Its replies make Cedric speechless. He decided to stop speaking and just silently retrieved his mental power before opening his eyes. Feeling the three octahedron crystal on his hand, he saw one of them had stopped glowing and lost its bright pink luster. Placing the crystal he has used, Cedric repeated the action he has done before two more times and blessed both the humans and elves. Cedric then spent some time silently watching the three intelligent races on his world prosper as their populations quickly exploded. It lasted for a whole year before he felt something was wrong and stopped. Using the memory and calculation boosts from the godhood, Cedric begins calculating the source of his uneasiness. After a minute, he finally found the source. It is actually something quite simple. With his usage of [Species Fertility Blessing], the three races will soon have a population boom. But, except for the elves thats blessed by their magic forest to have plenty of food, the food production of dwarves and humans is barely enough to feed their current population. Damn it, I am careless. Cedric groaned. If this goes on, the 300 GP I spent will come to waste. Furthermore, who knows what kind of mess will happen. If another war somehow happened, the population would decrease even more instead of increasing. He begins to rack his brain in search of a solution. Soon, he quickly grabbed the pale pink octahedron shaped [Divine Intervention: Dream] with a helpless face. Guess I need to use this once more. Cedric toyed around with the octahedron crystal while preparing the information he wished to share with the people he will soon pull into the dream space. Chapter 10. Wait, He Is Real?!?! Before Cedric prepared for his second usage of [Divine Intervention: Dream]. Humanitys Sacred kingdom is filled with gloom. One of the kings closest aides, Yasu, has entered a coma. During the one versus three battle against Gratian, the injuries Yasu received from Gratians banquet had deteriorated. Even though he has been blessed by Divine Might, Yasu has recently fallen into a coma and could no longer stand up from his bed. When that happens, the retainer attending to him quickly ran toward Lacius after placing Yasu in a safe room. Your highness, Lord Yasu has fallen unconscious! Inside the throne room, Lacius quickly discarded everything he currently does and turned his head to Hars that stood nearby, Hars, come and follow me! Both of them followed after the retainers and ran into the room where Yasu was resting. Luckily, after giving his title as a city lord to someone else, Yasu has been staying in the palace. So, the location where Yasu currently rested can be reached within a short time. Nodding at the person guarding the door, they quickly entered it and saw the middle aged man with both of his eyes closed. Next to the unconscious Yasu sat an elderly woman with a thick smell of medicine. She placed one of her hands on Yasu as a gentle glow appeared on her palm. Granny Maude, how is Yasus condition? Lacius asked granny Maude, whos busy using her power to heal Yasu. Beside Lacius, Hars tried to shook Yasu awake but to no avail Dont shake him! Granny Maude swatted Harss hand away before turning to Lacius and shook her head. My deepest apologies, your highness. This old woman has tried everything at my disposal and still failed. I can only use my blessed power and hope for the best. Furthermore, lord Yasus situation is quite serious and I dont think he will wake up in the near future. When Lacius heard the old womans response, he quickly shouted, Go around the kingdom and gather every physician. Actually, gather anyone with any experience in tending to wounds. Ill reward nobility for anyone who succeeded in healing Yasu! At such a time, he couldnt think of anything except for asking help from others. This situation makes Lacius feels helpless Outside of the room, both the retainer that brought Lacius into the room and the one guarding outside the door quickly left and spread his will to the others. Within a day, dozens of physicians from Winter City had gathered. One by one, they entered the room and began their diagnosis. On the side, granny Maude observed those physicians to make sure nothing untoward would happen to Yasu. Once all the physician has checked asu, Lacius said. I want everyone here to discuss and prescribe a medicine to cure him. No matter the ingredients you need, Ill ask my subordinates to collect it. The dozens of physicians nodded and began discussing a way to make a cure. Soon, more and more physicians from the surrounding cities started to arrive and checked Yasus condition. Led by granny Maude, they prescribed dozens of medicines that might be of help. When he saw it, Lacius nodded and told his subordinates to collect all the ingredients required. Within a week, all materials required had been gathered and every physician showed their skills to try and wake Yasu from his coma. Yet, even after those physicians almost tried all of their concocted medicine, Yasu still hasnt shown any sign of waking up. Luckily, just when Lacius begins to lose hope, one of the medicines seems to be working as Yasus coughing voice can be heard from the room. Lacius quickly entered the room and saw Yasu currently sitting on his bed while being helped by granny Maude who has activated her healing ability once more. Soon after, Hars followed after him and also entered the room. Hearing the sound of the door opening, Yasu turned his head and looked at the two who had turned paler from exhaustion. He stared blankly for a moment before laughing weakly. Hahahaha! Even though I am the one who has fallen unconscious. But, you both look even worse than me. Initially, looking at Yasu who has woken up and could even crack a joke already, Lacius shouldve been happy. Yet, a feeling of gloominess preserved in his heart. Especially when he saw the weak Yasu and the expression on granny Maudes face. That bad feeling got worse and he involuntarily frowned. Sure enough, when Yasu looked at the frowning Lacius, he stopped laughing and spoke in a low voice. Your highness, you can stop it. There is no need to look for other means to save me. I know my body the best and it couldnt last for much longer. This might even be the last time I opened my eyes.This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. Lacius just silently listened to Yasu and turned his gaze to granny Maude. She raised her head and nodded at Lacius as sweat dripped from her wrinkly skin. Constantly activating her healing power has taken a great toll on her and exhausted her old body. Urgh, I start to feel dizzy In the silent room, Yasus voice is incredibly deafening. Lacius turned to observe Yasu as he slowly fell asleep. On the side, granny Maudes old face turned even paler as she activated her healing power even faster than ever. Soon, Yasu fell unconscious and stopped moving. On his side, granny Maude placed her hand on Yasu before shaking stopped using her ability. With an expressionless face, Lacius merely watched everything happening in silence. At the same time, sadness, anger, and an unknown fear flooded his heart. It all finally amalgamated into a simple sigh that came out of his mouth. Sigh Hars, go and collect artisans from Winter City. Hars nodded and left the room. Soon, granny Maude followed suit, leaving Lacius to silently watch Yasus corpse with red eyes. After Lacius left Yasus room, he rested and returned to the throne room, waiting for Hars to gather artisans from the city. With the help of those artisans, he planned to build a grand resting place for Yasu. Yasus tomb became humanitys first mausoleum. Although not considerable in size, it is filled with stone and wooden engraving made by the best artisans. There are also many bronze statues and accessories decorating the interior of the mausoleum. After handling Yasus burial, Lacius continued his life mechanically. He ate, rested, and handled official matters. Until one day he finally rested and dreamed of something for the first time in a long time. He feels himself ascending to the sky before arriving above the clouds. Lacius observed his surroundings and found himself stepping on a cloud while there were faint mists surrounding him. Above, some golden lights shone on the clouds below him while most of them were blocked by the faint mists. All of those combinations give a sacred feeling to the area. After observing the location he is in, Lacius found a few other silhouettes that appeared and finally consolidated into two figures. One of them is a short and stout figure with a messy beard surrounding his face, just like other humans, he wore clothes made out of animal skin. As for the other one, she is a beautiful golden haired woman wearing clothes made of giant leaves. She held an intricately decorated bronze scepter with one hand while on her head, there was a beautiful crown made of flowers. Are they a different kind of humans? There are actually humans beyond the Sacred Kingdoms rule? He knew there were slight differences among humans from different cities, whether it is in terms of skin colors. eye colors, or hair colors. But, the difference wont be too much. Whether it is the one with a stout body or the woman with sharp ears, both of them differ too much from the other humans that he has seen. Its as if theyre of different races altogether. Lacius turned his head and attempted to strike a conversation with the beautiful woman next to him, Greetings, may I know which city you come from? The beautiful woman turned her head and tilted it. She then spoke in a language that he never heard before. The realization that woman actually used a different language is quite shocking. But, whats even more important is that the voice that came out of the woman is quite masculine! Lacius quickly moved his eyes and observed the woman once more. While staring at her neck, he actually found a bulge on it, a mark that only male humans have. That realization shook him to the core and made him freeze in shock. What! Is she actually a he? What a pity, the human language hasnt advanced enough. Otherwise the words that come out of Laciuss mouth would be even more colorful. While he stood there observing the feminine man with a sharp ear. The mists in front of them slightly parted and a figure whose face was hidden behind a light appeared. Their bodies constantly changed from tall to short, from female to male, from humans like him to one of similar form to the stout man and beautiful man next to him. Long time no see. The figure said with a voice that seems to be the combination of several voices of varying gender and age. They then scanned him and the other two before speaking once more. Hmm? Well, actually only one of you has seen me as the human races representative has just died. So, Ill reintroduce myself. While spreading their arms, the figure said. I am the creator of the Crystal Cube World. The world where you currently reside in. Hearing the mysterious figures sentence, Lacius suddenly thought of something and his eyes widened in disbelief. No way, he is actually real !?! The figure turned their head upon hearing his word and asked, Hmm? Whats wrong? A- are you the god Gratian has always talked about? Lacius tried his best to be calm, yet he still failed to stop his voice from slightly trembling. Even though he couldnt see their faces, Lacius could feel the figure slightly smiled as it answered, Perhaps. While frozen in shock, Lacius heard some voice coming from the stout man standing nearby. The language that beardy short stout man spoke differs greatly from the humans and the sharp eared feminine mans. The mysterious figure turned his head toward the stout man and seemed to be listening to his words. After the stout man stopped talking, they suddenly said, This is the dream space I created. When you wake up, youll still be at your house. I pulled you as the representative for the dwarven race. The stout man spoke once more and the figure replied, Mmhm, the dwarven race already has knowledge of metallurgy, so I didnt bother to summon you before. Well, lets stop the introduction section here, my time is quite limited afterall. The unknown figure raised his hand and motioned for the so-called dwarven race man to stop before continuing, I summoned everyone to share important information for your respective races and help advance your civilization. When the figure said that, Lacius somehow felt he would get shocked quite often today. The shock might even be enough to make him forget about the sadness from Yasus death. [author] Forgot to ask, do you guys have any suggestion for the first country mc going to visit? Please name the specific city and some cultures/landmarks/common sights on that country. As long as the country + city recomended is suitable with some of the vague requirement i have in mind for the hero, i''ll choose it. Otherwise, please wait for the next hero. If none of the recommendation met that secret requirement, I''ll be using a random city in japan~[/author] Chapter 11. [Divine Intervention: Dream] A.K.A The Glorified PPT Inside the Dream Space, Cedric took a deep breath and released the illusions he had prepared. For this usage of [Divine Intervention: Dream], he has 2 main objectives. One of them is to prepare the races for a sudden explosion in their population. He will introduce the concept of villages and the benefit of building more settlements. No matter what, making liveable settlements took time. If they only do so when the population has started to increase, Cedric dare to bet a massive chaos will ensue. As for the second objective, it is to introduce metal based currency with fixed value to the world. He wishes for the three races to directly skip from bartering into using metal coins issued by official authorities. He does so because while observing the world, Cedric found bartering to be a pain in the ass. Just the process of bartering a wheat into a chicken could involve dozens of people and several hours to gather the parties involved. Those are simply too inconvenient. He initially wished to skip even more steps and directly introduced paper money, but he immediately discarded it. The current races civilization still requires the usage of currency that uses material with equal worth to its value. The materials used for the currencies must also be limited in amount. Cedric doesnt want the currency system to be destroyed in its infancy because those people minted too much money. There is also an even more important reason he discarded the idea for paper money. The current races actually havent found the means to craft papers! They usually kept their record by engraving them on stones. Only the elves have found the means to create a clay tablet to write with after one of them found the means to bake river clay. Perhaps I should also teach them how to make paper right now? Cedric rubbed his chin Never mind, lets first teach them about villages. The illusions he released begin to manifest into a city surrounded by vast fields. As the human, dwarf, elf turned their head to focus on the illusion he created, Cedric said, Soon, the population of your respective races will begin to increase. The amount of newborn will raise while their body will also be blessed and turn slightly stronger. Except for the elves that live in the magic forest, I suggest the others to separate some of your populations from the cities and create several villages. Cedric controlled his illusion and made the citizens of that illusory city leave their cities and build several villages. In the midst of his explanation, Cedric paused for a moment. This whole controlling illusions while explaining reminds him of the time he gives a presentation for an assignment. Even the need to prepare a topic and what not is quite similar. He discarded those useless thoughts and controlled the illusory people to build their village and reclaim more lands. After separating into multiple settlements, go and reclaim lands suitable for agriculture. By this point, at least after the population boom begins, your races need for food would be met. Once the people inside the illusions had finished reclaiming their land and planted some vegetables and wheat, Cedric dispersed the illusions and spoke. Everyone I summoned here is the leader of your respective races. So, you can reward the person that contributed most to the developments of villages with riches and status. For example, the human races nobility system is a good idea. You could grant the people whove contributed most to the villages establishment a title. Cedric sensed the amount of energy that remained in the [Divine Intervention: Dream] and quickly clapped to gather everyones attention. One last thing. He created several coins made of varying metals. This is a metal coin. It is usually used as a currency to trade because of their rarity and their ability to last for a long time.The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. Cedric created the illusions of a small market where several people are busy trading with coins. You can switch the current barter system with metal currency systems and make trade become more convenient. Furthermore, as there are multiple type of metals in the world, you can set a different value for different metals. For example, one gold coin will be worth 100 silver coins, while one silver coin will be worth one hundred copper coins. Cedric explained whatever had come into his mind, while creating a gold coin before turning it into 100 coins made out of silver and changed it once more into 10.000 coins made out of copper. Observing the three men for a moment, he dispersed all the illusions and quickly said. Well then, there wont be a question and answer session like before, because I am incredibly busy right now. Cedric then kicked everyone from the Dream Space before quickly controlling his mental power to leave it. Inside the Divine Space, he somehow became anxious as he recalled how he had spoken. Did I talk too fast? Do they get what I mean to convey? All of that anxiety finally combined into a sigh full of self doubt, I am pretty bad at presentation. Then, he observed the octahedron shaped [Divine Intervention: Dream] and sensed the energy within it. With his second usage, the energy contained inside [Divine Intervention: Dream] has decreased even further. From what he could sense, there was only around a tenth of energy left inside. Which means he couldnt use it as a PPT anymore. It is also the reason he seems to be extremely rushed when explaining things to the three people he summoned. The energy limit makes him incredibly anxious. Controlling his mental power to enter the Crystal Cube world, he truly hoped the three races would follow his suggestion. Especially the humans. He is seriously afraid theyll somehow slaughter themselves to extinction. Gratian and Luciuss case still gives him some trauma. *** Inside Winter Citys palace, Lacius woke up with a jolt from his bed as his body was drenched with sweat. Have I truly met the god Gratian often talked about? So, they arent something Gratian made up? He recalled the scene where the god has created a city complete with thousands of living creatures and thought, The power to create things is indeed something only worthy to be held by a god. Laciuss mind quickly churned as he digested the information he got from the dream. The god doesnt seem to mind the fact Ive killed Gratian. They even said the one they pulled is the ruler of races. That means they acknowledged the fact I am the ruler of mankind. Then, there is also the fact that there are actually other races that exist in the world. Except for the humans, there are at least another two races. Lacius thought as he slowly sat on the edge of his bed and muttered, Does that mean there are still a lot of places outside the Sacred Kingdom that I already control? From what the god said, I knew for a fact that the so-called elf races lived inside a magic forest. But I still have no clue for their exact location. Also, why do they seem to be extremely anxious? Its like theyre fighting against time. To be honest, he is incredibly curious about what couldve caused such a grand existence to be anxious. Lacius held his forehead as he ruminated on it. At last, he gently shook his head and got dressed while shouting to the subordinate guarding his room. Bring Hars and the others to the throne room! I have several important matters to discuss! Lacius then left his room and walked toward the throne room. While walking in the palace at a slow pace, he slightly went into a daze. What he needs to care about right now is the news the god has just sent him. The fact that the human population will soon increase is an extremely dangerous problem. Especially with how most of the field has been abandoned due to Gratians law to gather young men to expand Winter City and build his palace. Upon arriving in the throne room, Lacius saw Hars and a few other subordinates had arrived. Those people who also lived in the palace are the first ones to arrive. To be honest, Lacius didnt understand why Gratian had made such a massive palace. There are simply too many empty rooms inside. So, under the idea of making use of excess things, he asked most of his subordinates to live inside. Which he found to be a smart move as they could quickly gather with his call. As he sat on the throne, Lacius waited for a few minutes. When he saw most of his important subordinates had arrived, he quickly said, Ive just met with god in a dream. His words sparked discussion among his subordinates as they looked at him with a doubtful look. Lacius secretly heard some of the words they uttered and nodded his head. Thats right, the god I met is exactly the one Gratian believed in. In the dream, the god has acknowledged my rule over humanity. Praise the king! Praise the king! All of his subordinates shouted, which Lacius replied with a small hand gesture as a motion to make them stop shouting. Except for that, the god has also sent a revelation. Soon, the amount of human population will begin to increase and they will also grant blessing for our descendant. The god has told me to build villages and introduced metal currency to the kingdom. So, Ive gathered everyone here to plan for the implementation of the metal currency system and the formation of villages. After Lacius said it, he began to explain the concept of villages and currency he learned from the dream. With his explanation as the foundation, the sound of discussion lasted for a long time as his subordinates began to find a way to implement those ideas. Chapter 13. Sorry, Your World Is Infertile It took Cedric a few moments before he calmed down from his anger. This time, the emotional turmoil has caused him to feel slightly tired. Once he calmed down, Cedric finally got the time to ask a question he had been quite curious about. What is the demon king you keep on mentioning. I can still understand NE infected creatures just from the name. But, I dont understand what Demon King even means. [Demon Kings is a term coined by some gods in time immemorial. Theyre the core and personification of some Negative Energy and also the easiest form of NE to defeat.] The easiest? Although he subconsciously questioned it, Cedric isnt in the mood to hear just how dangerous the harder form of NE will be. Just the demon king mess is enough to give him a headache. The System probably has read his mind, as it doesnt mention anything about it. Then, he recalled how the System said that the demon king will be born in 20 years and the System estimated itll have level 2 power once it is born. He closed his eyes and spread his mental power throughout humanitys Sacred Kingdom. First, he checked Laciuss level, which is the strongest human in the Crystal Cube World. Well, at least among the ones he has checked. Activating his Divine Sight, Cedric stared at Lacius thats currently busy preparing for the developments of villages and currencies. [Life Level: Peak level 0 Potential: Peak level 1] Compared to the last time he checked him, Laciuss level has increased from Upper level 0 to Peak level 0. That shouldve meant he will soon enter level 1. Cedric asked, How powerful is the demon king thatll be born in my world compared to someone who has just reached Level 1? [The demon king thats at Middle Level 2 can easily defeat dozens of Lower Level 1 creatures without breaking a sweat.] Then, how high is the chance my world could survive against the demon king and NE infection? [With your worlds current civilization level and power, there is a 10-40% chance of survival.] Hearing the chance given by the System, Cedric simply decided to test his luck and asked, System, can you recommend a way to increase my chance of survival? If the System answered him, then thats good. Otherwise, hell continue to rack his brain after he rests for a moment. Although since merging with the godhood he never felt physical exhaustion, but he can still feel mental exhaustion. Especially after the mental roller coaster that he felt before. Surprisingly, the System actually became useful at an important moment as it answered his question. [You can spend GP to make your world give birth to a hero.] Whats a hero? Why should I make the world give birth to a hero? Cedric asked because he was a bit taken aback by the sudden change in topic. He indeed knows what a hero means. But the hero that the System mentioned probably has a different meaning than the one he knows. [Heroes is a term coined by some gods in time immemorial. Heroes are creatures with potential far above the masses. Due to their high potential, they can grow at speed far beyond others in the world. Especially with the existence of NE infected creatures.] Cedric nodded as he read the message. Thats until the last part of that message confused him. What is the relation between the hero and the existence of NE infected creatures? [Although NE is dangerous, it is also a chance. Just like how NE infected creatures will turn stronger by killing others. Living creatures could also increase their life level by killing NE creatures. The level increase from hunting NE creatures is capped at each persons potential levels, which is also one of the benefits gained from having a high potential levels.] Ohh! So, creatures in my world can kill those creatures infected by NE to get Exp and level up. Meanwhile, the potential limits are like their level cap? Cedric exclaimed as he continued, As for heroes, theyre people with extremely high level caps and also have a bonus EXP buff? [Well, you can say so.] Then lets quickly help my world give birth to a hero that can kill the demon king. [Assistance request received. As the user is still within the protection period, the first assistance in creating a hero will be free of charge.] [Searching for the hero creation module.] [Searching for the hero creation module.] [Searching for the hero creation module.] [Warning! Hero creation module not found. Assistance request canceled.]The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. Wha- what does that mean? The Systems sudden red colored warning gives Cedric a bad feeling. [Your world seems to be infertile?] What do you mean? [The System cant find the rule thats usually used to create a hero among your worlds core operation rules. Your world seems to differ slightly from normal ones.] Then, what should I do? [Fret not, you can still summon one from another world.] What are the disadvantages of summoning heroes from another world? Also, how do I summon one? Although his world couldnt give birth to a hero, he still wants to know how much of a disadvantage he has compared to other gods with a normal world. [Summoning heroes is a bit more expensive than creating one on your own. You also need to look for a suitable target on your own. Furthermore, summoned heroes usually retain the memory from their original world, which can either be an advantage or disadvantage depending on the situation.] [To summon a hero, you must first enter another high leveled world. Which can be accessed through the Visa button on the shop. You may also press the filter button to filter a suitable world for your needs.] Cedric followed the guide and pressed [Visa]. Soon, a long list of worlds appears in front of him. He clicked the [Filter] button located next to the search bar and began studying it. The filter button is a bit complicated. There are buttons to filter world type, price, staying time, time dilation effect, and many other things. So, after studying it for an entire minute. Cedric simply pressed the price filter button and set it to be lower than 10.000 points. Then, he sorts them based on the prices. [Visa (Press for further details): -Random Earth Number 10.000-99.999 (7 day): 100 GP -Mortal Quashi Realm (7 day): 1.000 GP -Backward Scientific Planet (7 day): 1.000 GP -Demi plane (7 day): 1.500 GP -Beast meteorite (7 day): 1.500 GP ] Cedric is quite surprised that the cheapest one is actually a [Visa] to Earth. It is actually 10 times cheaper compared to the next cheapest world. In curiosity, he pressed on it, and a new screen appeared in front of him. [Do you wish to spend 100 GP to purchase a 7 day visa for Random Earth No 10.000-99.999? By purchasing this visa, you agreed on the following terms: 1.) Transferring a person from Earth to your world will require an extra 100 GP per person taken from Earth. 2.) Transportation means for summoned Earthling not included. Please purchase a suitable transportation method in the shop. 3.) You will land in a relatively safe area. Some money and identity cards are included. Youll gain money used by the country you landed in. For further detail, please purchase Earth travel guide for first timers. 4.) Before arriving on Earth, your power will be sealed to the utmost to decrease the impact you have on the world. Please purchase Divine Items to safeguard your life, as only Divine Item wont be sealed. Any death because of negligence is outside of our responsibility. Any attempt to forcefully break the seal will result in a fine. 5.) You will be charged with extra GP when leaving traces of supernatural power on Earth. So, please hide your power as much as possible. After you leave, any trace of supernatural power will be cleansed from Earthlings memory. The cost of memory alteration will be your responsibility. 6.) It is forbidden to suddenly take someone of importance that will greatly affect the world (Example: president, prime ministers, ministers, kings/queens, etc.). When breached, depending on the persons importance, there will be an extra GP penalty. 7.) There is a 365,25 : 1 time dilation effect on Earth Number 10.000-99.999. One day on Earth Number 10.000-99.999 is equal to one universal year. ] Cedric read the terms and couldnt help but grumble, Aint the seller too irresponsible? Furthermore, there are so many rules that restrained me. There is even a chance of death. He closed the details for Earth and pressed several other choices. After checking dozens of worlds, he found out the terms of service among them are pretty much the same as the one for earth. There are only a few differences between them. For example, the price required to bring someone from another world varies from one world to another. The price required to bring someone from that world is equal to the price for a 7 day visa used to visit that world. Basically, in a world that costs 500 GP to visit, itll cost 500 GP to bring one person from that world. Except for the price, Earth also has an extra term regarding time dilation and about not leaving traces of supernatural power in the world that he rarely finds in other worlds terms. Now then, which world should I choose? Cedric tapped on his chairs armrests as he opened several screens which show the description of many different worlds. He actually wished to visit Earth for the sake of nostalgia, even when he knew the Earth he will visit wasnt the Earth hes familiar with. But for him, surviving this NE mess is still of utmost importance. While Cedric is in deep thought, the System suddenly appears. [For your current situation, it is recommended for you to purchase a visa to Earth.] Huh? Why? Cedric subconsciously asked. Then, he thought of when the System said that most Earths are under its management. Is it because those visas to Earths are your product? The System fell silent for a moment before it replied. [The Visa to Earth is indeed Systems product. But, that isnt all the reason. The main reason the System recommended Earth is because you still have a buffer period for your hero to grow.] Cedric stared at the screen in confusion. What does it have to do with choosing Earth as my destination? To be honest, if the System recommended other worlds, he wouldve accepted the suggestion without questioning it much. But with the fact that Earths are under its management, coupled with how he could sense some sort of merchant-like aura from the System. The kind of merchant with blackheart and wouldnt bat an eyelid at scamming someone for profit. He decided to keep a certain level of doubt. after all, this time things are related to his well-being. The System saw his doubt and quickly replied. [The benefit of choosing Earth is that it has a higher density of people with high level potential compared to other worlds. So, finding someone with a high potential level is easier on Earth than other worlds. Of course there are also disadvantages, mainly that Earth doesnt have supernatural powers. Which means everyone there starts at level 0.] [Meanwhile, other worlds have some sort of supernatural power. By the time they arrived in your world, they already had some combat power and didnt need to train from the beginning. Of course, they will also be weakened greatly due to the difference between the rules and special energy of their original world and your world. But, after getting used to that change, theyll still be able to utilize most of their power.] So, there are many people with high talent on Earth, but they all start at level 0. Meanwhile there are only a few people with high talent in other worlds, but they are immediately ready for combat?] [Correct. Thats why in your current situation, it is recommended for you to choose a hero from Earth. Mainly because you still have enough time to nurture them before the demon king is born.] Alright then, you got me. Ill purchase one visa to Random Earth Number 10.000-99.999. Chapter 13. Sorry, Your World Is Infertile It took Cedric a few moments before he calmed down from his anger. This time, the emotional turmoil has caused him to feel slightly tired. Once he calmed down, Cedric finally got the time to ask a question he had been quite curious about. What is the demon king you keep on mentioning. I can still understand NE infected creatures just from the name. But, I dont understand what Demon King even means. [Demon Kings is a term coined by some gods in time immemorial. Theyre the core and personification of some Negative Energy and also the easiest form of NE to defeat.] The easiest? Although he subconsciously questioned it, Cedric isnt in the mood to hear just how dangerous the harder form of NE will be. Just the demon king mess is enough to give him a headache. The System probably has read his mind, as it doesnt mention anything about it. Then, he recalled how the System said that the demon king will be born in 20 years and the System estimated itll have level 2 power once it is born. He closed his eyes and spread his mental power throughout humanitys Sacred Kingdom. First, he checked Laciuss level, which is the strongest human in the Crystal Cube World. Well, at least among the ones he has checked. Activating his Divine Sight, Cedric stared at Lacius thats currently busy preparing for the developments of villages and currencies. [Life Level: Peak level 0 Potential: Peak level 1] Compared to the last time he checked him, Laciuss level has increased from Upper level 0 to Peak level 0. That shouldve meant he will soon enter level 1. Cedric asked, How powerful is the demon king thatll be born in my world compared to someone who has just reached Level 1? [The demon king thats at Middle Level 2 can easily defeat dozens of Lower Level 1 creatures without breaking a sweat.] Then, how high is the chance my world could survive against the demon king and NE infection? [With your worlds current civilization level and power, there is a 10-40% chance of survival.] Hearing the chance given by the System, Cedric simply decided to test his luck and asked, System, can you recommend a way to increase my chance of survival? If the System answered him, then thats good. Otherwise, hell continue to rack his brain after he rests for a moment. Although since merging with the godhood he never felt physical exhaustion, but he can still feel mental exhaustion. Especially after the mental roller coaster that he felt before. Surprisingly, the System actually became useful at an important moment as it answered his question. [You can spend GP to make your world give birth to a hero.] Whats a hero? Why should I make the world give birth to a hero? Cedric asked because he was a bit taken aback by the sudden change in topic. He indeed knows what a hero means. But the hero that the System mentioned probably has a different meaning than the one he knows. [Heroes is a term coined by some gods in time immemorial. Heroes are creatures with potential far above the masses. Due to their high potential, they can grow at speed far beyond others in the world. Especially with the existence of NE infected creatures.] Cedric nodded as he read the message. Thats until the last part of that message confused him. What is the relation between the hero and the existence of NE infected creatures? [Although NE is dangerous, it is also a chance. Just like how NE infected creatures will turn stronger by killing others. Living creatures could also increase their life level by killing NE creatures. The level increase from hunting NE creatures is capped at each persons potential levels, which is also one of the benefits gained from having a high potential levels.] Ohh! So, creatures in my world can kill those creatures infected by NE to get Exp and level up. Meanwhile, the potential limits are like their level cap? Cedric exclaimed as he continued, As for heroes, theyre people with extremely high level caps and also have a bonus EXP buff? [Well, you can say so.] Then lets quickly help my world give birth to a hero that can kill the demon king. [Assistance request received. As the user is still within the protection period, the first assistance in creating a hero will be free of charge.] [Searching for the hero creation module.] [Searching for the hero creation module.] [Searching for the hero creation module.] [Warning! Hero creation module not found. Assistance request canceled.]Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. Wha- what does that mean? The Systems sudden red colored warning gives Cedric a bad feeling. [Your world seems to be infertile?] What do you mean? [The System cant find the rule thats usually used to create a hero among your worlds core operation rules. Your world seems to differ slightly from normal ones.] Then, what should I do? [Fret not, you can still summon one from another world.] What are the disadvantages of summoning heroes from another world? Also, how do I summon one? Although his world couldnt give birth to a hero, he still wants to know how much of a disadvantage he has compared to other gods with a normal world. [Summoning heroes is a bit more expensive than creating one on your own. You also need to look for a suitable target on your own. Furthermore, summoned heroes usually retain the memory from their original world, which can either be an advantage or disadvantage depending on the situation.] [To summon a hero, you must first enter another high leveled world. Which can be accessed through the Visa button on the shop. You may also press the filter button to filter a suitable world for your needs.] Cedric followed the guide and pressed [Visa]. Soon, a long list of worlds appears in front of him. He clicked the [Filter] button located next to the search bar and began studying it. The filter button is a bit complicated. There are buttons to filter world type, price, staying time, time dilation effect, and many other things. So, after studying it for an entire minute. Cedric simply pressed the price filter button and set it to be lower than 10.000 points. Then, he sorts them based on the prices. [Visa (Press for further details): -Random Earth Number 10.000-99.999 (7 day): 100 GP -Mortal Quashi Realm (7 day): 1.000 GP -Backward Scientific Planet (7 day): 1.000 GP -Demi plane (7 day): 1.500 GP -Beast meteorite (7 day): 1.500 GP ] Cedric is quite surprised that the cheapest one is actually a [Visa] to Earth. It is actually 10 times cheaper compared to the next cheapest world. In curiosity, he pressed on it, and a new screen appeared in front of him. [Do you wish to spend 100 GP to purchase a 7 day visa for Random Earth No 10.000-99.999? By purchasing this visa, you agreed on the following terms: 1.) Transferring a person from Earth to your world will require an extra 100 GP per person taken from Earth. 2.) Transportation means for summoned Earthling not included. Please purchase a suitable transportation method in the shop. 3.) You will land in a relatively safe area. Some money and identity cards are included. Youll gain money used by the country you landed in. For further detail, please purchase Earth travel guide for first timers. 4.) Before arriving on Earth, your power will be sealed to the utmost to decrease the impact you have on the world. Please purchase Divine Items to safeguard your life, as only Divine Item wont be sealed. Any death because of negligence is outside of our responsibility. Any attempt to forcefully break the seal will result in a fine. 5.) You will be charged with extra GP when leaving traces of supernatural power on Earth. So, please hide your power as much as possible. After you leave, any trace of supernatural power will be cleansed from Earthlings memory. The cost of memory alteration will be your responsibility. 6.) It is forbidden to suddenly take someone of importance that will greatly affect the world (Example: president, prime ministers, ministers, kings/queens, etc.). When breached, depending on the persons importance, there will be an extra GP penalty. 7.) There is a 365,25 : 1 time dilation effect on Earth Number 10.000-99.999. One day on Earth Number 10.000-99.999 is equal to one universal year. ] Cedric read the terms and couldnt help but grumble, Aint the seller too irresponsible? Furthermore, there are so many rules that restrained me. There is even a chance of death. He closed the details for Earth and pressed several other choices. After checking dozens of worlds, he found out the terms of service among them are pretty much the same as the one for earth. There are only a few differences between them. For example, the price required to bring someone from another world varies from one world to another. The price required to bring someone from that world is equal to the price for a 7 day visa used to visit that world. Basically, in a world that costs 500 GP to visit, itll cost 500 GP to bring one person from that world. Except for the price, Earth also has an extra term regarding time dilation and about not leaving traces of supernatural power in the world that he rarely finds in other worlds terms. Now then, which world should I choose? Cedric tapped on his chairs armrests as he opened several screens which show the description of many different worlds. He actually wished to visit Earth for the sake of nostalgia, even when he knew the Earth he will visit wasnt the Earth hes familiar with. But for him, surviving this NE mess is still of utmost importance. While Cedric is in deep thought, the System suddenly appears. [For your current situation, it is recommended for you to purchase a visa to Earth.] Huh? Why? Cedric subconsciously asked. Then, he thought of when the System said that most Earths are under its management. Is it because those visas to Earths are your product? The System fell silent for a moment before it replied. [The Visa to Earth is indeed Systems product. But, that isnt all the reason. The main reason the System recommended Earth is because you still have a buffer period for your hero to grow.] Cedric stared at the screen in confusion. What does it have to do with choosing Earth as my destination? To be honest, if the System recommended other worlds, he wouldve accepted the suggestion without questioning it much. But with the fact that Earths are under its management, coupled with how he could sense some sort of merchant-like aura from the System. The kind of merchant with blackheart and wouldnt bat an eyelid at scamming someone for profit. He decided to keep a certain level of doubt. after all, this time things are related to his well-being. The System saw his doubt and quickly replied. [The benefit of choosing Earth is that it has a higher density of people with high level potential compared to other worlds. So, finding someone with a high potential level is easier on Earth than other worlds. Of course there are also disadvantages, mainly that Earth doesnt have supernatural powers. Which means everyone there starts at level 0.] [Meanwhile, other worlds have some sort of supernatural power. By the time they arrived in your world, they already had some combat power and didnt need to train from the beginning. Of course, they will also be weakened greatly due to the difference between the rules and special energy of their original world and your world. But, after getting used to that change, theyll still be able to utilize most of their power.] So, there are many people with high talent on Earth, but they all start at level 0. Meanwhile there are only a few people with high talent in other worlds, but they are immediately ready for combat?] [Correct. Thats why in your current situation, it is recommended for you to choose a hero from Earth. Mainly because you still have enough time to nurture them before the demon king is born.] Alright then, you got me. Ill purchase one visa to Random Earth Number 10.000-99.999. Chapter 14. Headhunting For Hero On Earth Number 37.952 [Youve bought a 7 day visa to Earth number 37.952 for 100 GP. You may tear the paper to begin the sealing and teleportation procedure.] After Cedric purchased the visa, a thin paper with the word Earth 37.952 appears on his hand. The paper is made of unknown materials and mainly consists of glossy dark colors like black and gray, except for the word Earth 37.952 thats written in white. Even though the paper has a glossy metallic color, upon touch it actually felt like fabric instead of smooth like a metal. Just when he is about to tear the visa, a screen appears in front of him. [Warm reminder, it is recommended to purchase some life-saving Divine Items and Divine Items used to transport heroes of your choice.] Cedric paused his hand and asked, Can you recommend me suitable items? [For transporting heroes it is recommended to purchase Drawing Crayon For Interdimensional Teleportation Circle and How To Draw Simple Interdimensional Teleportation Circle. They are the most cost effective items. They can be purchased for 10 GP and 1 GP respectively.] [As for lifesaving Divine Items, it is recommended to purchase Automatic Barrier (Technological) for 5 GP. This item is enough to allow you to survive a car crash or even a sniper attack from close range.] He followed the Systems suggestion and checked the three items it mentioned. [Level 1 Consumable Divine Item, Automatic Barrier (Technological). Cost: 5 GP Description: an automatic barrier that allows the user to defend against any Level 1 attack for 10 seconds per use. 3 uses remaining.] [Level 1 Consumable Divine Item, Drawing Crayon For Interdimensional Teleportation Circle. Cost: 10 GP Description: Material used to draw an Interdimensional Teleportation Formation. Can teleport 1 person into the coordinate written in it. The formation drawn on the floor can last up to 7 days, unless it got recalled by the caster or has been used. Can be used 0-3 times depending on the summoning circles level of difficulty.] [Level 10 Consumable Divine Item, Book: How To Draw Simple Interdimensional Teleportation Circle. Cost: 1 GP Description: Book used to learn how to draw the most simple Interdimensional Teleportation Circle that will automatically activate when a certain race steps on the magic circle. Will transfer the targets soul, body, and possessions attached to the body.] Cedric saw their description and found nothing wrong, so he spent 16 GP to purchase all of them. With his purchase, three items appear on his hands. There is a small bracelet, a single red crayon, and a book with the word How To Draw A Simple Interdimensional Teleportation Circle written on the cover. Just when he tried to touch the book to read it, the book suddenly disappeared and turned into dust. Cedric feels a bit surprised by the sudden change and wishes to complain to the System for selling some fragile items. But before he could utter a word of complaints, several unknown memories forced their way into his brain. Those memories consisted of knowledge used to draw an interdimensional summoning circle used to teleport someone from a world to another. The summoning circle was thoughtful enough to include an illness blessing, a part to input knowledge about language from the world the person will be transferred into, and other basic things that will help the creature transported through that summoning circle survive in another world. Furthermore, the process of creating that summoning circle is quite easy. He simply needs to draw the summoning diagram on a flat floor and then place some of his Mental Power to the magic circle as a coordinate to his world. It doesnt look that hard. Once he digested all knowledge related to the magic circle, Cedric wore the bracelet and placed the crayon in his pocket. Once he was ready, he picked the beautifully crafted Visa and tore it with both hands. [Sealing procedure begins. You may feel a bit uncomfortable, but please dont resist. Upon failure due to resistance, the visas usage will be canceled and you will not be refunded.] The instant he tore that visa, Cedric felt some sort of suppression coming from it. Soon, he felt a bit breathless, as if he was wearing one of those tight medieval corsets. He tried to move his arms to make the feeling go away, but he suddenly recalled the System''s warning and stopped moving. When he was almost unable to bear it, that feeling of tightness disappeared. [Sealing procedure completed. You may remove the seal by releasing your aura or releasing a massive amount of mental power at once. While sealed, most of your power will be weakened. You can only use basic ability like Divine Sight, Divine Language, and a small amount of mental power]This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. After that feeling of tightness disappeared, a notification appeared in front of him. Suddenly, he saw his surroundings distort like an overcooked pasta placed inside a washing machine. When the distorted scenery returned to normal, Cedric found himself standing in an unknown alley instead of the house he had created in the Divine Space. In his hands, there was now a phone, a stack of bills, an identity card, and certificates such as a birth certificate. Checking the bills in his hands, he found the consisted entirely of 10,000 Yen bills. Cedric began to ruminate. Based on the terms written on the 7 day visa, he will receive the currency used in the country he landed in. Seeing as the cash in his hands is Yen, he surmised that he was now located in Japan. As for the exact location, he would need to ask the locals about it or check the map. But knowing about his exact location doesnt seem to matter much, so he wont bother about it. Now then, what should I do? Cedric scratched his head as he walked toward the place where some noises could be heard. After walking slowly for a few minutes, a busy street full of pedestrians came into his view. Every single one of those pedestrians wore modern clothes and accessories. When he saw those people, a sense of nostalgia struck him. The feelings of looking at other humans with familiar clothing style through his own eyes gives him a weird sensation. After the nostalgia comes a feeling of loss. Cedric gently shook his head and asked, Hey, System. Are you there? [Yes.] Can you tell me what I should do now? Right after he said so, Cedric could feel several concerned gazes from his surroundings. When he turned his head, he could see the surrounding people looking at him as if he was a mental patient. [Just look for some people with a high potential level for now.] He ignored the Systems reply and hid his face with both palms. Then, he quickly ran away in embarrassment. Damn it, I accidentally spoke out loud once more. I am already used to speaking out loud because no one existed in the Divine Space and it makes me lonely. He ran randomly for a few minutes and only slowed down when he arrived at a relatively sparse street. Its been so long since I last sweated. Wiping some sweat that drenched his face after he ran in the evening sun, Cedric began to observe his surroundings. He is currently located in a slightly large street with several stores and multiple apartment buildings. With his embarrassment slowly dying down, Cedric begins to work. He activated Divine Sight and observed the surrounding people. [Life Level: Lower level 0 Potential: Peak level 0] [Life Level: Lower level 0 Potential: Mid level 1] [Life Level: Lower level 0 Potential: Mid level 0] [Life Level: Lower level 0 Potential: Lower level 1] [Life Level: Lower level 0 Potential: Peak level 1] Just like what the System said. Among the five people he has just observed, all of them have life level at Lower level 0. Which is the level of those without blessed power in the Crystal Cube world. Although their Life Level are low, but their potential level are extremely high. Just among those five random people, he actually found someone with potential rivaling that of Lacius! The person in question is an old granny that owns a small store. What a pity, she is simply too old and the teleportation circle on his hand will also transport the targets body. With how old that granny looked, lets not even talk about killing the demon king. It is already doubtful whether she could live until the demon king is born. As he walked in a random direction, Cedric thought of something, What is the minimum potential level so the hero I select could kill the demon king? This time he already learned his lesson and simply asked it in his mind. [Mid-Level 2 is alright, but it is recommended to look for someone with at least Upper Level 2 potential to be on the safe side.] What is the maximum potential level in this world? I remember you said there are twenty life levels in total. Yet, how come I never saw anyone with potential more than 1 here? [For Earth with five-digit numbers, the maximum potential level is Peak Level 3] Cedric asked doubtfully, Why didnt I see anything about it when I purchased the visa? [Its written on the terms of service. Its located at the seventeenth line from bottom.] Cedric opened the shop and checked the [Visa] section before opening the part that sold Visa to Random Earth Number 10.000-99.999. Look and behold, it is indeed written on the terms. [... x.) The Maximum potential level of Earthling on this world is Peak Level 3. ] Cedric felt a bit speechless when he saw it. Why such an important thing got placed so far below is beyond his understanding. When he read the long list of terms, that part must have slipped from his sight. Whatever, it doesnt matter much at this point. Its not like I need someone with an extremely high potential level. The System has just said that someone with upper level 2 potential is enough. Furthermore, with Cedrics current understanding of the shop. He is absolutely sure that those worlds where people with high-level potential reside definitely cost a fortune to visit. He shook his head slightly and continued to observe the surrounding people with his Divine Sight. While walking randomly, Cedric paused. A few meters in front of him, there is a highschool with many students wandering about while chatting as they left the school grounds. If thats all to it, then Cedric would just ignore it and walk away. But, while he mechanically observed those students with his Divine Sight, Cedric saw someone who had met the criteria to save his world. [Life Level: Lower level 0 Potential: Upper level 2] The person he observed was a high school boy with neat hair and slightly above average height. Like the other students, he wore a uniform consisting of a white shirt, a blazer, and a tie. As for his face, he looked like the kind of person you would lose in the crowd. Completely unremarkable. Cedric quickly took a step forward toward the boy before he suddenly stopped. He hasnt prepared the teleportation circle for that boy yet. Guess Ill just teleport him tomorrow. Ill first draw a teleportation circle near the school ground once most of the students are gone. Tomorrow, I will push that boy into the teleportation circle and send him to the Crystal Cube world. Cedric thought while opening his phone and pressed the map apps. He decided to look for a hotel where he could stay for the night while waiting for the area around the school to turn deserted. Because he got plenty of money when he arrived on Earth, he doesnt want to sleep on the street during his stay here. Chapter 15. An Accident Caused By A Lack Of ON/OFF Button After arriving at one of the hotels marked on his map, Cedric booked one room for seven days and rested until nine pm. At this time, the sky has turned dark and the only sources of light are the streetlights and the lights coming from residential houses. He left the hotel and strolled toward the high school he visited during the day. Pulling the [Drawing Crayon For Interdimensional Teleportation Circle], he went toward a slightly smaller alley and began drawing the teleportation circle based on the knowledge stored in his memory. He first drew a one meter wide circle and then drew a small circle at the center of the large circle. Next, he began drawing several shapes like triangles, squares, hexagons, and other geometric shapes. All the geometric shapes that he drew have varying sizes, but they all are located inside the big circle. While drawing those shapes, he occasionally paused to check the knowledge he gained from the [How To Draw Simple Interdimensional Teleportation Circle] book to make sure he had drawn them correctly. Cedric only stopped drawing geometric shapes after fifteen minutes had passed. With the frame ready, I need to start the hard part. He stretched his body before continuing to squat and drew several rune-like shapes inside the teleportation circle while constantly sending a miniscule amount of his mental power through the crayon. He only slowed down when the one meter radius circle had almost been filled to the brim with complicated runes. Drawing those runes took double the time Cedric spent to draw the geometry shapes. By the time he finished, almost fifty minutes had passed. Looking at a circle filled with complicated runes and shapes, he compared it with the one in his memory and finally smiled. Finally, just two more steps! He first sent a small part of his mental power toward one of the shapes inside the teleportation circle. Inside the mental power, he placed knowledge about the Crystal Cube worlds human language. Which is something he learned how to do from the book. Luckily, the human language on the Crystal Cube world is still in its infancy, so there arent that many words for him to input. Otherwise, with his current expertise, he wont be able to stuff the entire language inside his mental power. Then Cedric sends a trace of his mental power toward the small circle thats located right in the center of the teleportation circle he just drew. The instant his mental power touched the small circle, he began to feel some connection between him and the teleportation circle. With himself as the hub, the magic circle begins to connect with his Crystal Cube world. He followed the tips written in the book and began to guide that connection toward the Winter City, which is the destination he wishes to teleport the hero into. In the middle of marking the destination, the teleportation coordinate slightly missed from the destination he had in mind and got attached to another city instead. That accident probably happened due to his inexperience at drawing the teleportation circle. Although there was a small accident, Cedric still sighed in relief. Well, at least the destination is still in a city. The instant he finished inputting the coordinate, the teleportation circle faintly glowed before turning invisible. Success! Cedric smiled, because once the circle turned invisible, that means he had drawn it correctly. According to the book, the teleportation circle will turn invisible from a low leveled creatures eyes upon completion. It now can only be seen by high leveled creatures. As for why it turned invincible in front of his eyes, Cedric guessed it has something to do with his current status. After all, he is just a Pseudo Lesser Divinity whose real level is level 0. He thought for a moment and tried to activate Divine Sight. With the help of Divine Sight, the teleportation circle that has turned invisible entered into his view once more. Cedric stood there appreciating his work before he looked at the crayon in his hand that had decreased by a third. The fact it only decreases by a third is seriously breaking the law of physics. Normally, it would need dozens of crayons to draw something as complicated as the teleportation circle. But the thing happening to him these last few years is nonsensical enough. So, he can ignore that minor breach in physics easily. Cedric then grabbed the crayon and walked towards another alley. He decided to draw another teleportation circle, just in case. After all, he could cancel the teleportation circle with a thought. Repeating the same step he used to draw the previous teleportation circle, Cedric spent slightly more than half an hour to finish drawing the circle and placed the coordinate of his world into it. This time he finally succeeded at marking the destination as Sacred Kingdoms Winter City. He checked his phone and saw its almost 11 pm. Because of the seal on his body, Cedric could now feel physical exhaustion. After yawning several times consecutively, he decided to return and sleep at the hotel.A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. Midway through the journey, he suddenly paused while absentmindedly checking his pockets and bracelet. I got some bad feelings. Its like I forgot about something. When he found everything was there, he tried to check his memory with the help of his godhood. Yet Cedric doesnt recall losing anything. So, he just shrugged it off and continued to walk toward the hotel. All he wishes for right now is a good nights sleep. Upon arriving at the hotel, Cedric set an alarm at 7 a.m. and slept like a log. *** While he is sleeping. On the empty road in front of the school Cedric visited before, a man in his early thirties can be seen running tirelessly. In his hand, some female underwear can be seen. Behind the man, a pair of police are running after him while pointing their flashlight at the man. One of the slightly younger police shouted. Stop, panty thief! Surrender and follow us to the police station! The panty thief ignored the polices warning and continued to run. But when he saw another pair of police suddenly appear at the end of the street in front of him, the panty thief decided to enter an alleyway located next to him. That alleyway is exactly the alleyway where Cedric drew one of his teleportation circles. And as coincidence has it, the panty thief entered the range of Cedrics teleportation circle. When he saw a magic circle suddenly appear and light up below him, the panty thief shouted in shock. Wha-? Before the panty thief can finish his word, his body has been teleported to another place. The two police saw the alleyway light up for a moment. But when they cautiously reached into the alley, both of them saw the panty thief had gone missing. He is definitely inside. Well definitely capture him today! The two police continued to run further inside the alleyway, accompanied by two other policemen who had just arrived. While those polices are busy looking for the panty thief on Earth. Yamasaki Kame, the panty thief, has found himself stranded at an alley surrounded by buildings made of wood and stone. Those buildings look quite rough and built from irregular materials. The wooden planks thats used to build them seem to come from different trees and come at varying sizes. Some wood has lighter color while some have darker color. But thats not the weirdest part. Just a moment ago, the sky was enveloped by darkness. But right now, the sky shone with a bright orange color. Based on the twenty years he has spent alive, Kame is sure that wouldve meant evening has arrived. All of those sudden changes make Kame pause for a moment in shock. The shock almost made him drop the panties on his hand. Whats going on? Where are those polices? He looked around and ran toward one side of the alleyway where some sound could be heard. When he left the alley, Kame found himself in a lively market. Everywhere he sees, there are shops and pedestrians who entered or exited the shops. Kame looked as those people wearing clothes from animal skins and plants walked around while moving from one store to another. Did I accidentally enter a site for cosplay? To be more specific, some sort of prehistoric cosplay club? While he observed them, most of them also paused around him and whispered to each other while occasionally glancing his way. The attention made Kame quite uncomfortable, so he decided to hide in one of the more desolate shops. When he entered the shop, Kame could hear a rough but feminine voice. Welcome to Lianas shop. We accept barter and the coins issued by the Sacred Kingdom. For barter, we only accept products that could last for more than a week or popular products like wheat and milk. Kame turned his head and saw a tall and stout woman sitting on the shops counter. She is busy arranging several messy things and only turns her head toward Kame after several minutes have passed. The moment she sees Kame, her eyes are immediately glued toward the panties Kame holds in his hand. She observed it for a long time and asked in curiosity. Is that the napkin that has become famous among the nobles recently? I heard they are made from varying materials. Some expensive ones are even made from magical beasts and plants. She quickly dashed toward him as the wooden floor under her creaked with every step. Seeing the shopkeeper who seemed to be almost two meters tall rushing toward him like a mad bull, Kame retreated a few steps backward. Luckily she stopped a few steps in front of him and gently asked while pointing at his hand. Are you selling those napkins? After a short thought, Kame nodded his head. Although he feels the female shopkeeper is quite a chatterbox and quite polite, he doesnt want to take his chance and makes her mad. Especially seeing how just her arm is as big as his leg. After nodding, he realized something. The shopkeeper is actually speaking a foreign language he has never heard before! If thats all, he would just think she is a foreigner. But what made him shocked was the fact that he could somehow understand what the shopkeeper was talking about. Furthermore, there is a lot of knowledge about whatever language the shopkeeper is speaking in his mind. The shock made him freeze. Seeing Kame nod his head, the shopkeeper smiled before raising her head and observed him. She shifted her eyes and stared at him for a few seconds before complimenting. What a fine and unique clothing. Are you a noble from other cities who has traveled here? I heard the customs between different cities differ from one another. What a pity, usually only nobles with blessed power and many guards or hunting groups filled with dozens of experienced hunters have the chance to move between different cities. Otherwise I would like to travel to other cities Before Kame could reply, the shopkeeper quickly apologized. Ah, sorry! I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Liana and I am the owner of this shop. But, as you can see, my shop is quite deserted. So if possible, I hope you could sell your napkin for a cheaper price. Kame woke up from his confusion and replied with a smile. Alright, but I have some questions I would like to ask you. Before Kame could ask his first question, several men wearing leather clothing and bronze spears suddenly entered the shop. Liana stared at those people in shock. What are the guards doing here?! We are here because many people said there is a suspicious person entering this shop! One of the guards looked at Kame and asked, May I ask where this sir comes from? Sensing the intangible pressure released by those guards, Kame replied with a stutter, I- I came from Japan. Hearing Kames reply, they stared at each other until one of them went forward and said with a frown. There is no city nor villages called Japan under the rule of the Sacred Kingdom. We are bringing you to the city lord. Please follow along with us, otherwise we are going to use force. While he said so with a stern face, one of the guards grabbed the air in front of him and created a small fireball that only disappeared once he clenched his fist. Magic! Kame shouted before quickly closing his mouth and followed them. While being surrounded by the guard and seeing one of them even summon a fireball out of nothing. Kame finally accepted a guess he has been having since suddenly arriving at that alley. Did I transmigrate to another world? Behind him, Lianas shout can be heard. Wait, let me follow you guys. He hasnt sold his napkin to me! Kame rolled his eyes. I need to tell her later that this is not a napkin. Chapter 16. Second Accident Earth, a few hours after Kame got transmigrated to another world. A drunk woman in her early twenties walked in front of a school gate while being intoxicated. She has a black hair thats tied to a ponytail as it sways with her every step. On her body, she wore an office uniform consisting of a white shirt and a black tight-fitting skirt. Her right hand held a mid sized purse without any brand on it. While walking, she suddenly stopped and cried. Damn it, why must this happen to me! That stupid guy seriously thought I cheated, even though Ive explained it multiple times that I am doing overtime work and not cheating! I am sure he is the one that cheated and has found a new girlfriend. Thats why he accused me of such a ridiculous reason! While complaining, she placed her right hand on her mouth as her eyes darted around. Trash can! Trash can! Where is the trash can? I feel so nauseous. While thinking so, the woman saw a trash can in an alley nearby. With incredible speed, she ran toward it. When she almost reached the trash bin, a crimson glow appeared under her feet. The shock from that sudden light made her stomach churn and she simply couldnt hold it anymore. Blerrgggh Before the teleportation circle that Cedric left took her, she had accidentally emptied her stomach into the alley. Just when she tried to look for something to clean the mess, she suddenly disappeared from Earth. The only trace of her existence are those vomits she will never have the time to clean. *** Wiping the trace of vomit around her mouth, Nana Tsukiko found herself suddenly appearing in the middle of a backward village street. She called them backward because all the buildings inside the village are made with a mix of stone and woods. Turning slightly sober from the shock, she turned her head upward and saw the sun in the sky. Her slightly bloodshot eyes immediately widened from the shock. How come time suddenly passes so quickly, afternoon literally arrived in the blink of an eye! I think I shouldnt go drinking anymore. She then turned around and checked her surroundings. On one end of the road, she saw a massive wall surrounding the village, or perhaps the city she was in. That wall is around the height of two-storied buildings and entirely made of gray colored stones. While on the other end, he could faintly see a massive building made out of stones. While she is observing her surroundings while slightly tipsy, Tsukiko faintly hears the surrounding peoples shocked voices. A deep voice shouted while pointing in her direction, To suddenly appear after a flash of light. She is definitely a blessed! Several shocked sounds mixed in as they gasped, A blessed?! A different voice talked loudly. But Ive never seen someone like her before in the city. Furthermore, the clothes she wore were extremely weird. What kind of material is used for her clothes? An old woman chimed in, Perhaps she is someone from another city who has just awakened her blessing and wishes to give her respect to the king. Their shouts made Tsukiko wake up from her daze and observed them. Around her, there are dozens of people wearing clothes made of animal skins. Actually, calling them clothes is already a praise, mainly because their clothes are pretty messy with holes here and there. It makes the clothes look more like a rag rather than proper clothes. She observed their facial expression and found out those people looked at her with awe. Seeing her looking at them, they nudged at each other for a long time. After an entire minute of nudging at each other, an old man finally came forward and asked Tsukiko. Blessed Lady, please pardon this old mans disrespect. Are you a noble from another city? Ive never seen you in Winter City before. Tsukiko paused a moment after she realized the old man spoke in a foreign language she never heard before. She is a bit confused as to why she could understand his words.You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. Soon, Tsukiko connected her situation and realized something. Did I just transmigrate to another world? There also seems to be some sort of translation magic cast on me that allows me to understand the language they used. Tsukiko realized she had ignored the old man for a long time and bowed. Apologize, sir. Ive been thinking about something. She then quickly replied. I came from a faraway land and have just arrived in this city today. The old man asked with a questioning look. Far away land? Well, its alright if this lady doesnt wish to tell me about it. But I suggest you tell which city you come from when you meet the king. Although she is a bit curious why the old man respond as such upon hearing she come from far away land. But another thing has captured her attention, and she immediately asked, Meet the king? The old man looks at her with surprise. Arent you a blessed that visited Winter City from far away to give your respect to the king? Anyway, if you wish to meet the king, Pariam over there can guide you. She is one of the chefs in the palace. The old man pointed his hand toward a plump woman that wore slightly more exquisite clothing. The womans face slightly changed when she saw the old man pointed at her. Seeing Tsukiko staring at her, Pariam awkwardly smiled. Well, Ive indeed just planned to return to the palace. Ill gladly accompany you.. Tsukiko thought for a moment and decided to join Pariam to visit the palace. Although she doesnt understand the whole blessed thing. Tsukiko thinks visiting the palace might be the best way for her to gather more information about the situation shes in. After Tsukiko followed Pariam for almost an hour, she finally arrived at the palace-like building she saw before. While standing next to the wall that surrounds the palace, Pariam suddenly said, Amazing, right? This is a palace built by the first king with the help of thousands of people. Although Tsukiko feels like the palace isnt complete yet, she still nods upon hearing Pariams words. After all, even though it is unfinished, the palace already looks extremely grand. After walking around the wall for a few minutes, Tsukiko finally arrived at a three meter tall gate. In front of the gate, a few guards stood in attention and stopped Tsukiko and Pariam. Halt! One of them went forward and talked with Pariam, Pariam, why did you bring another person here? Dont you know the punishment for bringing an outsider into the palace? She is a recently awakened blessed that wishes to have an audience with the king. Pariam calmly nodded and explained. She then turned toward Tsukiko and said, I will take my left first. When the guard heard Pariam introduce Tsukiko as a blessed, he hurriedly bowed. I apologize for the disrespect. A newly awakened blessed indeed has the chance to meet with the king. But first, may we see your blessed power? Tsukiko looked at the guard and asked, Can you explain more about this blessed power thing? The guard stared at Tsukiko in confusion, The person who sent you to meet the king hasnt told you anything about being a blessed? Seeing the guard doesnt turn hostile at her ignorance, Tsukiko shook her head and said, I am only told to meet the king. The guard held his forehead and sighed, Well then, let me explain it as briefly as I can. Blessed power is power that can be awakened by some humans. It is said to be a blessing from the creator of the human race. Those who have been blessed will gain power surpassing ordinary humans. Some will have increased strength, while others might be able to conjure and control elements Hearing the guards explanation up to that point, Tsukiko thought, Oh, so they are pretty much the magic in this world. With that information in mind, she began to prepare a plan to let her enter the palace. After all, Tsukiko knows that she isnt a blessed or whatever it is. So, she needs to trick her way in with the items on her body. ...So, can you please show me your blessed power now? When the guard finished his explanation, Tsukiko had already concocted a plan in her mind. Alright. She searched around her pocket and pulled out her smartphone. Seeing her pulling the smartphone from her pocket, the guard slightly retreated. He then watched as Tsukiko fiddled with her phone for a moment before activating the music and increased the volume. While she walked in the city, Tsukiko determined the civilization in this city should have just reached the bronze age. She also doesnt think they have any items capable of recording sounds. So, a simple music should do. Who knows, my habit of downloading the song I often listened to would save me in another world. she thought while opening the music apps. Tsukiko then randomly chosen a song on her playlist and pressed the play button. Soon, the sound of an instrumental song can be heard by the surrounding guards. While looking at the guards surprised expression, she said. My blessed power is to make light and song come out of this box. The surrounding guards listened to the sound coming from her phone. Initially, the expressions on their faces are a bit weird, just like when someone is looking at a moron. But after hearing the sound of many instruments coming from the smartphone, they looked at each other while discussing in a low voice. After a short discussion, one of them ran toward the palace and disappeared from Tsukikos view. While Tsukiko paid some attention to the guard that ran into the palace. The guard in front of her smiled and said, We have never seen someone with power like yours before. So, please come with me and wait in front of the main entrance. My colleague has sent the news of your arrival to the king. Tsukiko nodded and paused the song. After returning her smartphone to her pocket, she followed the guard toward the palace. After passing through the palaces garden while appreciating the beauty of another worlds flower garden, both of them stood in front of the main door. Looking at the unnecessarily massive palace door, Tsukiko waits while occasionally chatting with the guard and tries to dig up some information about the world she suddenly found herself in. Chapter 17. Please Stop Saying “Interesting”. Do You Think This Is An Otome Game? Winter Citys palace. Inside the throne room, Lacius slightly dozed off as he heard his subordinates report about the great success in introducing the currency system. Once that subordinate had finished his report, he retreated and the next subordinate came forward to read his report. The plan for expanding our kingdom by building villages is mostly successful. After finding several suitable places the last few months, I already sent some blessed and armies to kill any dangerous magical beasts and repel those thats too powerful. Some of the population has also been sent to fill the villages and begin constructions. The subordinate then looks a bit worried. Its just that a few months ago, I had sent a hundred people strong army to kill a magical beast nearby River Stone city. But there has been no news about them since they are last seen in River Stone city to collect rations. This subordinate is afraid they might have been annihila- Before he could finish his word, the sound of knocking came from the throne rooms door. Hearing the knock, Lucius looked toward the guard standing next to the door and nodded. When the guard saw Lucius nod his head, he quickly opened the door and allowed another guard to enter. The guard entered and said, Your highness, a newly awakened blessed wish to have an audience with you. She has the power to summon music from a box. Lacius replied, Bring her in. Yes! The guard bowed and exited the throne room. He passes through several corridors and rooms before leaving through the palaces side door. After exiting the palace, the guard went towards the palaces main door and saw Tsukiko waiting with another guard. He ran to Tsukiko and informed, The king has accepted your request for an audience. Please follow me to meet the king at the throne room. Both guards reached their hand and opened the palaces massive main door. Behind them, Tsukiko silently followed while preparing how she could learn more about this world. The walk doesnt last long. After three short minutes, a wooden door with an intricate design came into her view. Both guards knocked gently on the door, and soon it slowly opened. When Tsukiko followed the two guards to enter the throne room, her eyes immediately locked onto the person sitting on the throne in the middle of the room. He looks to be slightly less than twenty years old, with golden hair thats being held in place by the crown on his head. His handsome pale face was expressionless as he stared at Tsukiko with his blue eyes. Just like everyone she has met before, the king also wore a cloth made out of unknown animals skin that has been treated. But, different from the clothes worn by the people she met before, the animal skin he wore was made with high-level craftsmanship. It makes the clothes he wore look like expensive fur clothes found in those fashion magazines. Furthermore, it is also decorated with golden strings which increase its beauty. While staring at the king, she realized the two guards who met her had bowed to him. She quickly followed suit and bowed toward him. After a short bow, she begins to observe the people around the king. Except for a man in his early thirties who stood a step behind the throne, the other people stood in two lines a few meters away from the throne. One line is on the right and one on the left side. Each line consisted of six people of varying age and gender. Just like the king, those thirteen people wore exquisitely crafted clothes. The main difference is the lack of golden thread that decorated their clothes. While she is observing them, the others in the throne room are also observing her. The man who stood behind the throne smiled and gently said, Young lady, please introduce yourself and tell us which city you come from. Hearing the mans request, Tsukiko introduced herself. My name is Nana Tsukiko, but others usually call me Tsukiko. I come from a faraway land called Japan and I am currently twent-. Before she could say her age, one of the women who stood in front of the throne shouted, Preposterous! How dare you lie to the king! Every human in the world is born under the Sacred Kingdoms rule. There is no such a place called Japan in the Sacred Kingdom! *** While hearing one of his subordinates berating Tsukiko, Lacius stared at Tsukiko who wore an office lady outfit which stuck like a sore thumb among the surrounding people who wore animal fur clothes.Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon. Interesting. He calmly waved his right arm and said, Except for Hars and the new blessed. All of you, leave for now. The surrounding people seemed surprised. But, after seeing Laciuss serious expression, they immediately exited the room. When everyone had left, Lacius raised his palm. Accompanied by a rumbling sound, a chair made of stone appears behind Tsukiko. He stared at her with curiosity and calmly spoke, Please sit and explain your circumstances. For starters, tell me how many people lived in the place you called Japan? Tsukiko was a bit surprised by the sudden question and replied, Probably more than a hundred million? Impossible! I have been acknowledged by the god as the leader of the human race. There shouldnt be another kingdom bigger than the Sacred Kingdom in the world. Otherwise the god wouldnt have summoned me. Lacius then frowned for a moment before shaking his head. Its also impossible for the god to lie on such a thing. So, there are only a few possibilities left. He then motioned with his hand and moved Tsukikos chair forward. The sudden movement made Tsukikos face turn pale from shock. While patting her chest to calm down, she mumbled, I almost have a heart attack. Tsukikos stone chair only stopped moving once it stood two meters in front of Laciuss throne. He stared at Tsukiko and said, Its either you are insane, or the place you call Japan is filled with non-human races, or this Japan is located beyond the world or at least outside of what the god deem as the world. Lets first hold the question regarding your sanity. Ive been observing your physical appearances since you entered the throne room, but you look exactly like a human. Which means I could discard the second guesses for now. While expressionlessly staring at Tsukiko, Lacius continued, Your unique clothing and mannerism make me believe more in the third guess. Upon hearing Laciuss conclusion, Tsukiko is extremely surprised and quickly explained. I indeed come from another world. The reason I introduced myself as someone from a faraway place is because its easier to explain than coming from another world. Thats understandable. If you said that to other people except for me, they definitely wont believe it. Lacius nodded and asked, How did you arrive in this world? Also, how can you be so sure youve arrived in another world? I am not too sure. But, I might be sent by something like a magic circle, because I saw a circle lit up before being sent to this world. As for how I know Ive arrived in another world, its because there is no magic or blessed power in my original world. Initially, I was still a bit doubtful about my current situation. But after seeing your highness use magic, I am fully convinced. Magic circle? Lacius asked while thinking, Its just been a few minutes and I already learned a lot of things. Meeting this lady from another world gives as much information as the meeting with the god. Guess Ill need to find a way to make her stay. Tsukiko, unaware of Laciuss plan to let her stay, explained. When I arrive in this world, there is a circle of light below me, which I suspect to be a magic circle capable of teleporting someone from one world to another world. At this time, Hars, who has been standing behind Lacius asked. If there is no magic in your world, how come you know about the magic circle thing you spoke of? Well, in my world, the story where someone suddenly got sent to another world with magic is quite famous. In those stories, there are many means for the character to be sent to another world from through a summoning circle to reincarnation. Lacius smiled and said, Your world sounds quite interesting. On the side, seeing Laciuss sudden smile, Hars is incredibly shocked. After the pause and seeing Lacius already fell silent, he asked Tsukiko another question. You said your world doesnt have any blessed power. Does that mean you immediately got a blessed power upon arriving in this world? No, I dont have blessed power. As for the thing I showed to the guard, it is just the function of an item I have. Tsukiko pulled her smart phone and unlocked it. She then pointed the screen toward Lacius and opened the music apps before randomly playing a song. This time, the song she opened is one filled with religious taste. Hearing the song coming out of her phone, Lacius closed his eyes and waited for it to end before opening his eyes and asked, Do you have any plan or a place to reside for now? Tsukiko shook her head. I dont have any place to stay. As for my current plan, it is to understand this world and find a way back home if possible. Lacius nodded. Then youll be my subordinate from now on. Ill let you stay inside one of the palaces rooms and invite any wiseman you need to understand the world. After some time passes and you have shown enough contribution to the human race, Ill grant you nobility. Hearing Laciuss word, Tsukiko asked, Which noble rank would I be rewarded with? Noble rank? Lucius asked in confusion. Tsukiko explained, From what I knew, the nobility in my world are separated by ranks like duke, marquesses, earl, viscount, and baron. The higher their rank, the more authority and land they have, with baron being the lowest noble title and duke being the highest. Lacius fell into thought and shook his head. The current human races population is quite small. For now, we just have three nobility ranks. The king, the city lords, and normal nobles. As for the rank Ill give you, it will depend on your contribution and whether you could awaken your blessed power. Hearing Laciuss reply, Tuykiko asked, How do I awaken my blessed power? No one knows for sure how to awaken it, because blessed power is a power granted by the god who created this world to humanity. After explaining, Lacius observed the sky through a window in the throne room and said apologetically, I guess thats it for now. Hars, ask someone to prepare a room for her in the palace. He then turned her head to Tsukiko and said, Ill invite you to dinner this afternoon. After Hars asked a guard to bring Tsukiko to a room in the palace, the smile on Laciuss face disappeared as he spoke in his usual expressionless face toward Hars. Bring me the people who saw Tsukiko arriving to our world through the magic circle. I want them to describe anything in detail. Furthermore, ask some guards to check the city at all times. If they saw the magic circle described by Nana Tsukiko, bring anyone around the scene into the castle. Hars asked with a worried voice, Your highness, did you truly believe that womans word about her being from another world? Lacius stared at Hars with deadpan expression, Hars, since the moment I saw the god Gratian talked about in my dream. I feel like I can accept any event, no matter how weird it is. Hars bowed and replied, Then Ill take my leave. Mhm. Lacius nodded his head and said, Before you leave, invite the others to continue their report. Also, dont spread the news that Tsukiko actually comes from another world. Just say I appreciated her because her blessed power has piqued my interest. Hars nodded and left the room, leaving Lacius alone in the throne room until the nobles he asked to leave returned to the throne room. Chapter 18. Personally Handling Things On Earth No. 37.952, inside a hotel. The instant Cedric woke up, he saw several notifications from the System. [Youve spent 100 GP to transfer one person from Earth.] [Youve spent 100 GP to transfer one person from Earth.] The notification woke him up as his eyes widened. Open my status panel! [Name: Cedric Hills Level: Pseudo Lesser Divinity (Actual level: 0) Law: None. World: Crystal Cube World World Level: 1 Worlds Average Potential: Lower Level 0 GP: 13.000 Annual GP income: 0.5] What the hell, whats going on?! Cedric scratched his head while his mind went into confusion. [The two teleportations you left last night have activated and teleported two people from Earth.] Cedrics expression changed, and he opened the shop to reread the description of the teleportation circle. Damn it, that teleportation circle actually has no off button! So this is what I actually forgot about last night! He then opened his smart phone and saw the time written on it, Its just 6 pm, only a few hours have passed and things have already turned into such a mes wait a minute! 6 PM?! Cedric turned his head to check the digital clock placed on the hotel room he was in and saw it show 6:48 pm on the screen. He took a deep breath. I actually slept for so long? I almost slept for 24 hours straight! Wait, thats not important for now. Lets check the status of the two people I accidentally teleported first. Cedric closed his eyes and observed the Crystal Cube World. He first decided to look around the Black Sand city, which is the city he accidentally set as coordinate after missing the Winter City. No disaster, no plague, no war, nor anything dangerous. Although that stupid summoning circle has no on/off button, at least it doesnt import the pathogen from Earth to the Crystal Cube world. Cedric sighed in relief while observing the people that are busy with their daily life in the city. With Earths insane 1:365 time dilation, just one day is enough for the virus from Earth to spread around the world and kill most living beings. Eh? Thats right, I am currently on Earth. Shouldnt the scene in Crystal Cube world get fast forwarded by 365 times? How come I saw everything on the Crystal Cube world move at normal speed? [The godhoods calculation ability has instinctively helped you to observe the scene in the Crystal Cube world as per normal.] So, godhood basically helped me to slow down time by 365 times? [Only in your perception. It basically allows you to observe things in bullet time. Note: it is not recommended for you to keep such a state for a long time. Especially seeing as you are still extremely weak.] He gasped at that explanation before shaking his head. Its no time to get amazed. I still need to find those transmigrators. After looking around the city, he finally found a guy suspected to be a transmigrator currently busy chatting with a burly woman while sitting inside the Black Sand city lords house. To make sure, Cedric activated his Past Observation ability and checked that mans past. When he saw him appear out of thin air a few months ago, Cedric is now certain that the man he saw is the transmigrator he accidentally teleported. So he is called Kame? I just hope he will have a good potential level. While internally chanting and praying for that guy to have good potential, Cedric activated his Divine Sight and saw Kames stats. [Life Level: Lower level 0 Potential: Lower level 1] Well, its not all that high. But it is still acceptable, I guess. He then observed Kame for a while more and found out he actually brought some ideas and prototypes for items from Earth into the Crystal Cube world. Although most of them are only simple items like some basic farm equipment or the knowledge about iron, it still makes Cedric smile. This is quite a pleasant surprise. Cedric observed Kame for a long time before stopping. He then switched his attention toward Winter City and looked around. First, he entered the palace and checked whether Lacius had caused some sort of mess. After making sure Lacius hadnt caused any mess and had even finished introducing the currency system while developing many villages to support the population boom, Cedric could now pat his chest in relief. He then turned his attention to another person. She is a woman in her late twenties and wore a robe made of wool that has been colored black. On her beautiful face, there are traces of makeup made out of precious magical plants. Looking at that sight, Cedirc is a bit speechless. Yeah, this woman is definitely the transmigrator. Furthermore, she seems to be living her best life in another world. He activated Past Observation and checked the event happening in Winter City for the past months. Just like Kame, the woman called Tsukiko also brought a lot of knowledge from Earth. The wool cloth and makeup on her body is among the fruits of that knowledge.Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. Except for the knowledge and the technology to craft wool clothes. Tsukiko has also done several things like crafting basic written language, successfully created several foods from Crystal Cube worlds native plants, and helped Lacius in urban planning by introducing sewage and clean water systems with the help of nearby rivers. How a random woman could have that kind of knowledge is beyond his understanding. But because it is beneficial to the Crystal Cube world and Cedric still has other important things to attend to, He decided to just let it slide. After checking the changes brought by Tsukiko, Cedric prepared to check her potential. To be honest, even if Tsukikos potential turned out to be low, he wouldnt feel much disappointment. Just seeing the change she caused makes Cedric feel the 100 GP is definitely worth it. While thinking so in his mind, Cedric activated his Divine Sight and observed Tsukiko, who was busy training her control over the blessed power she recently awakened. [Life Level: Mid level 0 Potential: Lower level 2] Lower Level 2?! Cedric shouted in astonishment before turning slightly disappointed. Its a pity. If only she has a mid-level 2 potential or above, that means I wouldnt need to look for another person as a hero and could save some GP. He shook his head in regret and stopped observing the Crystal Cube world. Standing up from the hotel bed, Cedric walked towards the window and watched the city view while preparing his plan. Although night had arrived, he could see that some nearby areas were still quite lively. For example, there are a lot of people walking on the street in front of the hotel. While watching the city from the window, his stomach suddenly growled. Lets grab something to eat first. He walked out of his room and went towards the restaurant located on the hotels second floor. While walking, Cedric constantly activated his Divine Sight and checked the potential of everyone he met. What a pity, even after he arrived in the restaurant and finished eating, most of the people he saw had potential less than level 2. Only one person has early level 2 potential. The one with early level 2 potential is a young mother. She entered the hotels restaurant while smiling and holding her child with her right hand. Cedric looked at the scene and shook his head. It seems I need to look somewhere else. If I failed to find someone more suitable than the highschool boy I met before, then Ill simply choose him. After paying the bill, Cedric exited the restaurant and looked around before randomly walking in a direction. He walked along the crowded area before finally his surroundings turned slightly desolate. Guess there is no result today. He mumbled while opening his phone to check the map. Eh? On the map, he saw the highschool where he placed the two Teleportation Circle is actually only a few hundred meters away. Cedric contemplated for a moment and felt it might be fate. He decided to do a check at the schools surroundings before returning to the hotel to rest. This time he will definitely succeed in teleporting the highschool boy he found before to the Crystal Cube world. While walking toward that high school, he remembered something and opened the clock apps. He added several alarms to wake him up. Starting from three a.m., every alarm has a five-minute delay up to four a.m. Around that time, most of the teachers and students shouldnt have arrived yet. He will have just enough time to draw the teleportation circle and guard it before pushing the boy he chooses to the teleportation circle. When Cedric arrived nearby the school, he checked every alley around the school before deciding on one of them as his target. The alley he selected is just wide enough for the teleportation circle to be drawn. Furthermore, it leads to a dead end, which means the amount of people who walk by it will be quite low. After finding a good location, Cedric remembered it and prepared to return to the hotel. Hell draw the teleportation circle tomorrow morning to block any chance of an accident happening. Silently leaving the alley, he walked towards the hotel while checking his phone. Is it 11 p.m already? I think Ive slept for too long and dont feel sleepy at all. So, Ill just look for a nearby restaurant and wait until 4 a.m. As he thought so, Cedric walked while scrolling through social media. After a few minutes of random walk, a bright light pulled his attention from the phone. Raising his head, Cedric saw a convenience store located a few meters away. Behind the stores glass window, there is a long table and several empty chairs. Ill just wait at that convenience store. Cedric thought so and entered the store. He chose a cup noodle and a drink, then brought them to the cashier. Standing in front of the cashier, Cedric habitually activated his Divine Sight and saw the cashiers potential. Oh.. oh my god! Accidentally dropping the drink on his hand, Cedric rubbed his eyes hard before reopening them. [Life Level: Lower level 0 Potential: Lower level 3] He actually found someone with level 3 potential! Furthermore, the cashier looks like he is around twenty years old, which is just perfect! He isnt too old nor too young. This time I wont fail. Ill bring this guy to the Crystal Cube world immediately! After his thought reached that point, Cedric realized his shout mightve shocked the cashier and quickly apologized, Ah! I am sorry, Ill pay for the drink. After paying for the drink, he tried to calm down and exited the store to check the surrounding street. When he saw there were no people in the surroundings, Cedric asked the System. I want to purchase an item that can hide the scene where I drew the teleportation circle while making me appear mysterious and divine in front of that cashier! [Based on the requirement, it is recommended to purchase Level 1 Magicians Smoke Screen.] [Level 1 Consumable Divine Item, Magicians Smoke Screen. Detail: Upon shattering the item, create a twenty meter radius smoke screen that can last for 10 minutes. Within the smoke, the user can create illusions or block others perception. The illusions can only affect sight and hearings. Only effective to those at level 1 and below. Cost: 2 GP] Cedric read the description of [Magicians Smoke Screen] and asked the System, How do I control the illusion in the smoke? Can you elaborate more on its function? [To control the smoke generated by Magicians Smoke Bomb, simply spread your mental power into the smoke. As for its ability, you can create illusions or make things seemingly vanish by enveloping them with illusions.] After some consideration, he purchased three [Magicians Smoke Bomb]. The moment Cedric pressed the purchase button, he could feel three grape sized beads appear on his palm. Standing a few meters away from the convenience store, he checked his surroundings for any trace of CCTV or other recording equipment. When he felt there was no CCTV pointing toward his location, Cedric quickly shattered one of the beads in his palm. From the shattered bead, a cloud like smoke appeared and instantly enveloped him. Seeing the surrounding smokes, Cedric spread his mental power and willed himself to disappear from sight while controlling the smoke to turn fainter. Clutching the [Drawing Crayon For Interdimensional Teleportation Circle], he moved into a corner and squatted while quickly drawing the teleportation circle. While drawing the teleportation circle, he released all of his ability and successfully drew it in slightly less than twenty minutes. When the teleportation circle was done, Cedric prepared to bring the cashier outside. But when he saw the cashier was currently standing next to the door while talking with a slightly older man, Cedric decided to go toward them instead. After all, the convenient stores entrance is still within the area of the teleportation circle. Without further ado, Cedric intensified the mists surrounding him before removing the illusions that blocked himself from others perception. Next, he created the costumes he usually wore when talking with creatures from the Crystal Cube world while in the Dream Space. The costumes included his robe, staff, sword, crown, complete with the light that usually enveloped his face. Last, Cedric controlled the smoke to make his voice sound grander by adding an effect that made every word he spoke have the sound of several peoples of varying age and gender. With every preparation ready, Cedric shows himself in front of the two people while spreading his arms. Ooo destined hero from another world. Please defeat the demon king and save my world from its demise. Chapter 19. Cedric: Maybe I Should Stop Trying To Act Mysterious. Inside the convenience store. Once Cedric left the store, Tanaka Yuma closed the cash register and stretched his exhausted body. In the midst of his stretch, Yuma could hear the voice of his senior from nearby display shelves, Yuma, if youre done with serving the customer, can you help me to restock the shelf? Although the night shift isnt as busy as the day shift, we still need to do a lot of things. Yes! Yuma replied and walked toward the display shelf to check which product needed a restock. But before he could even take the first step, he caught a strange sight from the corner of his eyes. Turning his head outside the store, Yuma saw Cedric standing in front of the convenience store as clouds of smoke suddenly exploded from him. Just when he panicked, both Cedric and the smoke disappeared from his view. Whats left is only a faint mist that enveloped the front of the convenience store. Wha.. whats going on?! Yuma slightly retreated in shock. Behind him, the sound of something shattering can be heard. He turned his head and saw his senior had accidentally dropped a soda bottle while opening his mouth agape. Did that guy just disappear in front of us? Yuma nodded and replied, Yeah. Furthermore, its impossible for him to get out of our sight within the time it took for the smoke to subside even if he ran. Yuma heard his senior said in a trembling voice. So.. is that a ghost? Both of them stared at each other for a long time before gathering enough bravery to exit the store and check the surrounding area. While his senior guarded the stores entrance, Yuma walked into the empty street to check the surrounding area while holding a bag of salt he took from one of the shelves. Behind him, his senior shouted in a trembling voice. Go, Yuma! I believe in you! Ill guard the store and await your return. Although he felt a bit speechless, Yuma still silently checked the surrounding street. Seeing no trace of human nor ghost, he returned to the store and saw his senior busy cleaning the shattered soda bottle. Once he entered, his senior pointed the bag of salt on Yumas hand and said, give me the salt. Also, help me retrieve a small plate from the staff room. Yuma nodded and looked around the staff room before finding the small plate his senior mentioned. Holding the plate, he exited the staff room and saw his senior tearing the bag of salt before pouring them on the plate at his hand. While pouring the salt, Yumas senior suddenly paused and brought the bag of salt into a scanner nearby the cash register. Ill pay for this one. After scanning the bag of salt, he took some money and placed it in the register. Then, he continued to pour some salt into the plate on Yumas hand and said, Place it in a hidden spot nearby the entrance. Yuma nodded and prepared to place it next to the entrance. When suddenly, the surrounding mists turn thicker and a vague silhouette appears within it. From the direction of that vague silhouette, a voice that sounded like several men and woman of varying age talking at once can be heard. Ooo destined hero from another world. Please defeat the demon king and save my world from its demise. Upon that voice, before Yuma could proceed with what the person said, his body has moved on its own. He grabbed the salt in his hand and throw it toward the figures face. Arrhhh!!! Soon, an inhumane shriek can be heard from the smoke as the figure can be seen madly rubbing their eyes. While listening to the figures shriek, Yuma finally processed what the figure has said. Wait, did they just call us destined hero from another world? Furthermore, I definitely heard the mention of demon king!Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. Yumas face turned excited while pointing at the figure. Is it a person from another world? Furthermore, its definitely a world with magic, because they could appear and disappear easily! Has my time to shine arrived? His senior ignored the excited Yuma and exhaustedly asked the mysterious figure, Who are you? Hearing his question, the figure walked forward and showed themself. I am the creator of the Crystal Cube world. A world where energy called mana existed and people could gain supernatural power. I need your help to defeat the demon king that will be born in my world. Yuma first observed the figure and became a little shocked and slightly calmed down. The clothes they wore consisted of a robe, a crown, a scepter, and a sword that hung on their waist. No matter how Yuma sees it, it looks like a clothes only someone in a cosplay event could wear with confidence. Not only that, the words that come out of his mouth are something only someone with an acute case of eighth grader syndrome could say. Yuma fell silent while subconsciously touching the salt in his hand. So, its either they are indeed the creator of whatever world as they said, or this person is just a super acute chuunibyou with many magic props. *** Meanwhile, seeing Yuma still holding the plate full of salt and prepared to throw it at him once again, Cedric quickly shouted. Stop! I am not a ghost! I am a god, damn it. Thankfully, hearing Cedrics shout, Yuma woke up from his daze and asked, Are you going to send us to another world? Actually, I am just going to send you into my world. Cedric pointed at Yuma On the side, Yumas senior heard their conversation and cut in. Do you want me to believe such nonsense? He then spoke to Yuma in a grave voice. Are you a little kid? Why would you hear the speech of an insane guy like that? See who is talking? You are so old yet still believe in ghosts. Why shouldnt I believe in the existence of an otherworldly god? Yuma thought while ignoring his senior who looked like he wanted to beat some sense to him. He curiously asked Cedric. Although I believe your word, I still want to ask a question. Why couldnt you defeat the demon king yourself? I would if I could. Being the creator doesnt mean I could easily meddle on the worlds problems. Cedric said while raising his arms and created an earth like planet on his palm with the help of [Magicians Smoke Bomb]. Then, he clenched his palm and the earth-like planet immediately shattered. The world is simply too fragile for someone at my level. If I use my true power to affect it, it will immediately shatter into smithereens. Seeing the feat Cedric has just done, both Yuma and his senior fell silent. Soon, Yumas eyes began to glow in excitement. After Cedric finished explaining, he heard a question from Yumas senior, Why wouldnt you send me to another world too? As Cedric is still in a good mood from finding a suitable hero, he gladly answered. Sending a hero to my world is extremely costly. Unless pushed to a corner like just now, I wouldnt even try to do it. Cedric thought of something and asked with a smile, while pointing at Yuma.Are you interested? For that guys sake, I can send you too if you want. Yumas senior smiled and shook his head, There is no need. I am just asking to fulfil my curiosity. I am already happy enough in this world. Well, lets end our question and answer session here. Cedric nodded and clapped. With the sound of his clap, he retrieved the illusion around the teleportation circle he had drawn. Once he shows that teleportation circle, Cedrics eyes begin to turn cautious. He doesnt want a random person to suddenly appear and step on the teleportation circle he has prepared for Yuma. Motioning to Yuma, he said, Please step on the teleportation circle. Hearing his word, Yuma happily ran toward the teleportation circle before disappearing amidst a flash of light. [Youve spent 100 GP to transfer one person from Earth.] Seeing that notification, Cedric knew the teleportation had succeeded and Yuma should have arrived in the Crystal Cube world. While rubbing his eyes that have turned bloodshot and couldnt stop leaking tears because of the salt thrown by Yuma, Cedric begins to contemplate, Maybe I should stop trying to be mysterious. Right after he thought so, Cedric shook his head. After being confined alone in the Divine Space, the only fun activity he could do to destress is to show off in front of others. Feeling he has digressed from the main topic, Cedric gathered his scattered thoughts and said to the System. I want to go back to Crystal Cube world [Are you sure? There are still 5 days remaining on your Visas duration.] Yes! [Checking for violation on the terms of service.] [Detected several violations.] [Your supernatural power has been seen by four people and a CCTV camera.] [Youve caused mayhem in a small neighborhood by starting a mysterious consecutive disappearance case.] [It has been detected that three of the people have been transferred to another world. Recalculating the fine required.] [Calculation complete.] [Please pay a 14 GP fine to begin the return process.] Reading the Systems spam message, Cedric is prepared to pay a sky high fine. But, when he heard the amount, he still complained. Damn it, what a bloody loss. The fine is actually equal to 28 years of my GP income! Although he felt unwilling, Cedric still replied. I will pay the 14 GP fine. Then Cedric bowed toward Yumas senior and said, I shall take my leave first. [Payment completed, beginning transfer.] The instant that notification appears, Cedric feels himself enveloped by a bright light. By the time he opened his eyes, he had returned to the house he created in Divine Space. Chapter 20. I Got Transmigrated Into A World Of Sword And Magic, But Sword Has Just Been Invented Seeing the familiar surroundings, Cedric created a chair and sat. Closing his eyes, he observed the Crystal Cube world. Seeing the familiar scenery, he focused toward the Winter City and immediately saw a conspicuous change. Almost half of the humans inside Winter City have begun to wear clothes made of wool with varying colors instead of animal leather. Except for linen and wool, there are also a few people wearing clothes made of plant fibers. The change in Winter Citys residence doesnt end there as he could also see some people had now begun to wear accessories made of precious metal and gems or even magical plants and animals. But what makes Cedric feel especially elated is the fact that humans have found a way to smelt and utilize irons. It can be seen from how some higher ranking soldiers in the city have begun to use swords made of irons and steels instead of bronzes. Although it hasnt reached the stage of widespread use, it can be said they have taken the first step to enter the iron age from the bronze age. Wait, its not the time to focus on such a thing. I still need to check the hero I just sent. Cedric looked at the coordinate he placed on the teleportation circle and found dozens of people gossiping around the area. From the gossip he overheard, Cedric learned that Yuma had been guided by several patrolling guards into the palace. He quickly searched around the palace. Soon, he found Yuma whos waiting for Lacius to have an audience with him. Seeing Yuma eating while occasionally sprinkling some salt from a plate full of salt he has brought, Cedric realized something and clasped his forehead in exasperation. Huh? Is it actually possible for the hero to bring the item he held with him through the teleportation circle? Now he thinks about it. The teleportation circle having the ability to teleport items on the hero is perfectly normal. Otherwise, the people that got teleported to another world would arrive in their birthday suit. Although he knows things already happened and there is no space for regret, Cedric still decided to ask the System about it. Why dont you tell me its possible to teleport items equipped by the people I summoned? [Because thats common sense, no? Anyone with more than two brain cells could guess it.] The Systems reply made Cedric doubt his own intelligence. So, he quickly changed the topic by asking another question. Are there any limitations for the items that can be brought by the teleportation circle? [Indeed, there are some limitations like weight limit, size limit, and energy limit. As for the teleportation circle you drew, it should be just enough to teleport something up to 100 kilograms in weight. As for the size limitation, it can teleport items up to two meters above your teleportation circle and within 1 meter radius and with your teleportation circle as the center.] What about the energy limit? Cedric asked. [The energy limit is based around the materials used to draw the teleportation circle. As you used one third of a level 1 consumable divine item to draw it, the amount of energy that can be teleported is slightly more than energy contained in a Lower Level 1 creature.] Hearing the answer that has satisfied him for now, Cedric stopped talking and refocused to Winter Citys palace. *** While hes chatting with the System, a guard has entered the guest room where Yuma is, and brought him to the throne room. Arriving inside the throne room, Yuma immediately saw Lacius who sat on the throne while being surrounded by a few people. Then, He saw the guard next to him bowed toward Lacius and took his leave. Based on the information the guard had told him before, the one sitting on the throne should be the king of the Sacred Kingdom, Lacius. Although he has heard from the guard that the current king is extremely young. Yuma still feels a bit amazed upon seeing Lacius in person. From his observation, Lacius looks around the same age as him, or perhaps even younger. Yuma couldnt help but feel a bit sad. While he is still a convenience store employee trying his best to make a living. Some people, like Lacius has already become a king, the person with the highest status in a kingdom. Realizing he had gone into a daze for too long, Yuma quickly bowed toward Lacius and introduced himself. Greetings, my name is Tanaka Yuma. I am a traveler from a faraway land called Japan. Before the other nobles inside the throne room could say anything, Lacius nodded and waved his hand. Except for Hars, I want everyone to leave. Then, he pointed at the guard guarding the door and said, Bring Tsukiko here. The guard bowed and left the room. Seeing there are only three people in the room, Yuma couldnt help but feel slightly nervous. He silently waited for a few minutes before Lacius finally spoke. Did you arrive here through a magic circle too?If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. Hearing Luciuss question, Yuma felt shocked and replied, Are you a transmigrator too? Lacius shook his head. No, but someone else has entered this world through the same means a few months ago. Ive asked my guard to bring her to this room. She shouldve arrived soon. Eh, so there is also another transmigrator before me? Then did she also meet someone that claimed themself as the creator of Crystal Cube world? What did you say?! You met someone who called themselves the creator of the Crystal Cube world? Lucius shouted in disbelief. Are you saying you met with the creator of this world? Yuma nodded, Yeah. Lacius curiously asked, If you had met them, did you see how they looked? No, when talking with me, their face is enveloped by a beam of light. Yuma shook his head and fell silent for a moment before unconfidently said, But before I met with them, there was a suspicious man who I suspect might be the creator himself, or at least related to the creator. Can you describe how the man looks later? This is news to me. The previous person didnt mention seeing the god before she was sent to this world. Lacius rubbed his chin and asked, So, what has the god said to you before they or he sent you to this world? He called me a destined hero from another world and asked me to defeat the demon king that will be born in the world soon. Lacius asked in confusion, What is a demon king? I dont know. He didnt tell me anything about it. Yuma shrugged and continued, "But, if I took the word literally, combined with the fantasy novel knowledge I had, it shouldve meant the king of the demon race. He then asked Lacius, So, are there demon races in this world? Lacius shook his head while asking in confusion, There are no demon races in the world. Even if they does exist, at least I never even heard about it. Lacius and Yuma then stood there while awkwardly staring at each other for a long time. At last, Lacius changed the topic, and the discussion goes on. Meanwhile, inside the Divine Space. While Lacius and Yuma are talking with each other. Cedric silently eavesdropped on their conversation. Even though Yuma has suspected he is the god of the Crystal Cube world, he chose to ignore that matter. After all, the reason he hid his appearance mainly because he wishes to act mysterious. It doesnt matter if they begin to learn of his real appearance. Right now, he simply feels happy, especially when he sees Yuma notifying Lacius about the birth of the demon king and why he is sent to the Crystal Cube world. Although Lacius has caused quite a trouble before, his power is undeniable. Even without including the military power he held as the king of the Sacred Kingdom, just his own personal power is already among the top ten in the world. He has a gut feeling that Lacius will soon reach Level 1. Although he doesnt know just how powerful a level 1 is compared to someone at level 0, Cedric guessed the difference in strength should be quite massive. Hmm? Now that he thinks about it, its pretty weird how Lacius could reach peak level 0 several times faster than others. Although his potential is indeed the highest in the world, to reach peak level 1 within less than ten years is incredibly fast compared to others. Unable to hold his curiosity, Cedric asked, How does Lacius increase his strength so quickly compared to others? [Its due to the magic plants and magic beasts he has eaten throughout the year. Magical plants and magical beasts flesh contained high mana density that could help advance someones life level upon consumption. As a king, Lacius has access to multitude magical beast flesh and plants, which allow him to greatly increase his strength in a short span of time.] Well, that answer is unsurprising. After all, the existence of magical plants and beasts that could increase someones strength is quite common in fantasy books. Especially those fantasy books from the progression fantasy sub genre. Its just he never expected the magical plant in his world to have the same effect. He suddenly thought of Gratian, Then, why is Gratian stuck at Peak Level 0 until he died? His potential should be quite high to awaken his blessed power so early. Although Cedric already has a vague guess, he still wants to ask the System to verify his guess. [During Gratians time, the mana density inside magical plants and magical beasts is much lower than Laciuss era. By the time the amount of mana inside plants and animals has reached a passable degree, Gratian has already turned old and lost his chance to reach level 1.] Cedric wanted to continue asking a few other questions . But, the situation inside the throne room caught his attention. After happily talking with each other for a long time, a knock sounded from the door and a guard brought Tsukiko inside the room. Right after Tsukiko entered the room, Yumas shocked voice can be heard. Eh? big sis Tsukiko? Meanwhile, Tsukiko also replied in shock, Yuma?! What are you doing here? Cedric overheard their conversation and feels extremely speechless. Both of them actually know each other? Furthermore, they seem to be quite close. Just what kind of freak coincidence is this? Ignoring Hars and Lacius, who listened to their conversation in curiosity. Tsukiko asked Yuma, How is your scoundrel brother? Did he look for me after I went missing for a year? Or did he find a new girlfriend immediately? You know how my brother is. I havent met him for the last five days. After answering, Yumas voice sounded a bit confused. But, a year? I never heard any news of your disappearance though? Furthermore, we just met each other less than a month ago when you visited my house with my brother. Another awkward silence ensued until Tsukiko suddenly opened her eyes wide. Wait, what year is it when you get sent to this world? Although Yuma doesnt know why Tsukiko asked such a question, he still replied. It should be around late November 2024. Hearing Yumas reply, Tsukikos eyes turned even wider. Seeing Tsukikos eyes that felt like it might jump out of its socket, Yuma quickly asked. Big sis, please calm down first and tell me whats wrong. I also got sent to this world around late November 2024! To be exact, it should be 28 November. So. Tsukiko said while holding her sentence to give Yuma a sense of anticipation. Hearing Tsukikos reply, Yuma quickly shouted in shock. Do you mean we come from a different parallel Earth? Tsukiko suddenly paused and said in embarrassment. Actually, I want to say the time between the two worlds might pass differently. But, your alternate universe guess might also be correct. So, lets compare the things on our respective Earth. Before they could begin comparing their memories of Earth, Lacius clapped and said. It seems both of you have a lot of things to say. How about the two of you rest for today? Ill call you tomorrow. For now, I have other important things to attend to. Yuma and Tsukiko looked at each other before awkwardly bowing to Lacius. Hars, bring the two of them to their room. Lacius said while turning his head to Hars. After a nod from Hars, he brought Yuma and Tsukiko outside of the throne room, leaving Lacius alone in the room. Chapter 21. Elves and Dwarves: 💃 Humans: ?? Inside the Divine Space. After seeing Yuma have settled down, Cedric tapped his fingers on his armrest. I already got the hero to settle down for now, so what should I do next? He mulled over his next step before at last deciding to check the condition of every race in the Crystal Cube world. This time, the instant he sensed something wrong, Cedric would immediately take a preventative measure. Just one demon king mess is enough for him. Closing his eyes, Cedric quickly saw the whole Crystal Cube world from a gods view. Then, he sent his mental power and controlled it to travel toward the elves territory. Currently, the elves still gather inside their magical forests. From a quick observation, Cedric could see the elf he previously met now has an elevated status compared to the other elves. His status right now is no different from a king who could gain respect from the other elves. After activating Past Observation, Cedric knew that elf had gained other elvess respect due to the knowledge he shared. That knowledge has further pushed the elven races artistic talent, as they have long stopped merely playing with mere mud statues. With the introduction of furnace and the accidental creation of a kiln by one of the elves a few years ago, the current elven races art trend is skewed more to crafting pottery and metal accessories. While the elven arts indeed captured his attention, what Cedric focused more on is the amount of elven races blessed. Although there are only slightly more than ten thousand elves inside the forest. Through a casual glimpse, Cedric saw the amount of elves who have awakened their blessed power is only slightly lower compared to the humans. In curiosity, Cedric activated his Divine Sight and observed several random elves, starting with the elf he had met before. [Life Level: Peak level 0 Potential: Lower level 1] Huh? He is a bit surprised as the elf actually has the same life level as Lacius, even though his potential is much lower than him. Furthermore, in terms of human year, the elf he has met is only around his twenties, which is still in the prime of his life. That means he could still continue to advance and reach level 1 through the sheer lifespan the elven race has! Then Cedric moved on and checked close to a thousand random elves before stopping. Among those thousands of elves, the probability of an elf with blessed power to appear is only around 5 times higher than that of humans. This made him sigh. Compared to humans, not only do they have a much longer lifespan. But, their average potential is also much higher than the humans of the Crystal Cube world. Luckily, unlike the humans, those elves seem to be pretty peaceful at using their power. For example, an elf that has been blessed with ice power merely used it to show off their power by creating an ice sculpture while receiving the awe from other elves. Or an elf that has awakened earth or nature related blessing will use their power to create a giant monument or a tree house. Even elf that have awakened violent power like fire and strength blessing are using them to create more beautiful arts. Seeing the elves probably wont cause any trouble anytime soon, Cedric switched his focus towards the dwarfs. First, he checked the mountains surrounding the dwarfs magic mountain and saw one of them had begun to be inhabited by close to a thousand dwarves. From a quick inspection, Cedric found the dwarves on those mountains are extremely busy. They are either opening the wasteland to plant more corps, tending to the corps or animals they have tamed, mining some ores on the mountain, or busy crafting some unknown thing from the ores they mined. Because of their hard work, half of the mountain has turned into a beautiful field planted with wheat like plants. Occasionally, several cattle like animals can be seen grazing on an open field on some part that hasnt been planted with corps. After doing a simple calculation, Cedric found out the dwarfs next harvest should be enough to feed everyone on that mountain. There will even be a lot of excess left that can be transported to the dwarfs magic mountain. Seeing the situation is quite stable, Cedric moved his attention towards the dwarfs magic mountain. When his mind power arrived on the magic mountain, Cedrics attention immediately focused on a male dwarf wearing a massive armor made of magic metals. Behind the armor, that dwarf has a giant hammer on his back. Due to that armor and hammer, a dwarf who shouldve had the height of one and a half meter now looks like a two meter tall bulky humanoid creature. By moving his mental power around that armor, Cedric could sense at least five types of magic metals merged together to create the armor. Their combination and craftsmanship make the different metal types combined with each other perfectly and increased their durability and flexibility.Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! While appreciating the dwarfs armor, Cedric saw a dwarf walking toward the armor wearing dwarf while pulling a metal stick. The scene gives Cedric a sense of dj vu. He has seen such a scene a long time ago in the dwarf races. Long ago, he has seen the dwarven tradition where two dwarfs will craft metal sticks and challenge each other by pushing their metal stick against each other in an attempt to bend the opponents stick. Just when he thought those two dwarves were going to do that tradition, the development of things diverged from the one he had seen before. Instead of smashing the stick against each other, the armored dwarf entered a house and pulled two gigantic metal cubes. He placed the two metal cube with some distance from each other before placing the metal stick brought by the dwarf that challenged him above the two metal cubes. The armored dwarf then pulled a metal stick from his armor and pressed it against the metal that had been placed on top of the two metal cubes. Cedric is a bit curious about what has caused the dwarf to alter their tradition, so he chooses to activate Past Observation and check it. After activating past observation and finding the correct time point, Cedrics expression turned weird. His initial guess is correct. What theyre doing just now is the tradition to obtain the title of leader. It is exactly the ritual where two dwarves will cross their metal stick against each other while trying to bend the opponents metal he has seen a long time ago. But with the dwarfs advancement in metallurgy, the metal they created keep on getting more and more durable. At last, the metal of most dwarfs is already strong enough to be unbeatable by normal dwarfs power. Luckily, there exists a dwarf who has awakened a strength related power, which is exactly that armor wearing dwarf. That means, to start the traditional battle, the assistance of that armor wearing dwarf is required to determine the winner in a metal stick duel. So, as the current dwarven races chief and also the strongest dwarf with strength related blessing. That armor wearing dwarf has become an emotionless humanoid hydraulic press., constantly doing his best to push one metal stick against each other. Yet, some metal battles still ended up in a draw because of the strength of metal used to craft the stick has surpassed what he could bent. The combination of that tradition and the dwarfs lacking strength resulted in the dwarven races governance system to take on the shape of elder council. Where those dwarves whose metal stick cant be bent by the armor wearing dwarf took on the title of elder. Meanwhile, that armor wearing dwarf is the nominated chief of dwarven race. Not only because his metal is unbendable against other dwarvess but also because he is the only one everyone could depend on to continue their tradition. At first, the first few dwarves who had become elders gathered in a meeting and wished to make him have the same status as other elders. But that armored dwarf declined and coerced them to make him the leader, otherwise he wont be helping other metal stick duels. Not only that, the armored dwarf also threw a massive tantrum in the meeting. Seeing a short stout hairy man throwing a tantrum makes Cedric wish to clean his eyes with a detergent. So, he quickly turned his sight to check the expressions on the surrounding dwarves. He saw most of the dwarven race elders rubbing their eyes. Most likely also feeling the same disgust as the one he felt. Then, after a brief discussion, they quickly allowed him to be their nominated leader and kept the title of dwarven chief. When watching up to this point, Cedric deactivated Past Observation and held his forehead. Thats so stupid! Another thing worthy to mention is that he found out the armor wearing dwarf is actually the one Cedric has pulled into the Dream Space through [Divine Intervention: Dream]. So, as his curiosity is piqued, Cedric activates Divine Sight to check how that dwarf is doing right now. [Life Level: Peak level 0 Potential: Mid level 1] What kind of coincidence is this? The three people I pulled with [Divine Intervention: Dream] somehow reached the peak of level 0 already? Cedric muttered while sitting in the Divine Space. But then, he thought for a moment and realized, Hm? Perhaps I mixed the cause and effect. Maybe they could reach the peak of level 0 so quickly because I pulled them to the Dream Space? Is there something special about the Dream Space? Or meeting me will cause the creatures in the Crystal Cube world to become stronger at a faster speed? Cedric mulled for a moment and realized he might be overthinking it. Except for their gender, the meeting with Cedric, and gaining some knowledge from him. Those three people have one glaring similarity among them. That is, all three of them are the leader of their respective race. Which means they could consume a massive amount of magical plants and magical beast flesh to advance their level quickly. That should explain how those three could coincidentally reach the peak of level 0. Satisfied with his own genius deduction, Cedric continued to check the dwarfs magic mountain for a while longer. Seeing the magic mountain is also mostly peaceful, Cedric finally went to the human territory. Previously, he had already checked Winter Citys palace. So right now, his focus is on the place where the demon king will be born. Upon arriving at the battlefield where Laciuss army and Gratians army previously fought, which is located nearby River Stone city. Cedric immediately saw something weird. While focusing his mental power on that area, Cedric could see a thin black cloud that looks like a miasma blocking his view. Unlike clouds that float high in the sky, the miasma is more like a mist that gathers nearby the ground. Although it doesnt block all of his view, those miasmas still obstructed the scene he saw. He then checked the surroundings and saw the animals and even a person thats walking nearby didnt seem to see the miasma. Yet, in his mental powers perception, that black miasma is exceedingly clear. What the hell is that? Seeing such an odd scene, he unconsciously muttered in confusion. Then Cedric quickly responded to his own question. Wait, is that Negative Energy? [Correct.] The Systems sudden affirmative noise shocked him. But as Cedric is already slowly getting used to it, he calmed down pretty quickly and asked a question. Why didnt I see it before? [The terminology is quite complicated. But in simple terms, the Negative Energy hasnt begun to condense yet when you check that location before.] Cedric ignored the Systems useless first sentence and quickly focused on the main point. So, what change will it cause? [When the Negative Energy can be seen through a gods mental power. It means it is already dense enough to cause creatures that already have negative emotion to mutate.] [Warm reminder: based on the amount of NE youve seen, the System has deducted the NE you see already has the ability to cause creatures to mutate since approximately a year ago. Its recommended to find the mutated creatures before they wreak havoc on your world.] Huh? When Cedric read the Systems warm reminder, he quickly checked the surrounding area thoroughly and indeed found a weird animal standing nearby a tall cliff. The animal looks like a giant chicken at least two meters tall with occasional scars and balding spots that lack any feathers. Except for its size and balding spot, it also has several unique features compared to other chickens. The three most prominent ones being its dark purple color, the dozens of eyes growing around its body, and the fact that it actually has three beaks. Cedric then spent more effort to control his mental power to observe the chicken further. He found that the chicken seemed to have fought a tough battle some time ago. Because Cedric saw one of its beak seems to be damaged, while many of its dozens of eyes have turned blind with traces of scars around it. After checking the chicken, Cedric cursed. What in body horror monster is this thing? He then got struck by an idea and quickly activated his Divine Sight on it. [Life Level: Lower level 1 Potential: Peak level 0] What the hell? A level 1 chicken?! Chapter 22. Do You Believe Impulse Buying Could Cause the Destruction Of A World? How did that chicken reach such a high level?! It has even surpassed its potential level! Cedric spoke in disbelief while thinking, Although it has mutated because of Negative Energy, it is still a damn chicken! Just how does it do that?! He scratched his head while activating Past Observation on the area around that chicken. After checking the event that happened around that area for the past few months, Cedric found out that chicken is actually a normal chicken at first. It is so normal that if you placed it on a group of chickens, it would be impossible to pick that specific chicken. But on a certain afternoon. While walking around with several other chickens, a group of hunters from River Stone city arrived and killed all the chickens in that group except for the one that would later turn into a demonic chicken. After traversing the land for a long time, while almost on the verge of death due to being hunted by many powerful animals. That chicken arrived at the place where Lacius and Gratian had previously fought. Surrounding the chicken, Cedric could see the black smoke like Negative Energy had appeared. At this time, the density and range of NE are much smaller than the one he saw at the present time. When the chicken arrived on the battlefield, Cedric could see the smoke like Negative Energy begin to gather toward it. With NE entering its body, that chicken can be seen growing bigger at an alarming speed. The chicken thats initially only around fifty centimeters quickly rose in height until it reached one and a half meters before stopping. Then, several eyes began to appear on its body, while its fur began to turn purplish. With its newfound power, that chicken went to fight against other animals in the area. After continuously killing other animals and the occasional human hunters, it slowly grew and even seems to evolve. Next to its normal beak. Another slightly smaller beak grew. When the chicken sensed its evolution, it seemed to go manic and begin killing the surrounding creatures at a higher rate. Seeing the scene is quite unimportant, Cedric fast forwarded it before stopping when a change has occurred. One day, while that chicken was happily hunting and torturing creatures, a hundred person troop arrived. At this time, the chicken already has considerable strength. Its even capable of spitting flames and poisons from its beaks. So, the instant that chicken and the army met, they instantly fought a bloodied battle. After a protracted battle which resulted in most of its eyes going blind while some bald spot spears on its body. It finally won against that human army and killed half of them. Although it was still heavily injured, it chased the remaining soldiers until they entered a cave with a dead end. Seeing those soldiers trapped, the chicken stopped its chase and guarded outside of the cave mouth. Cedric curiously watches what it is trying to do while fast forwarding the scene when it is recuperating from the battle. Soon, the chickens injury began to heal, and it entered the cave where those humans hid. Upon entering, that chicken immediately stared at a soldier and pecked one of his limbs. It repeated the action of pecking at the soldiers limb before finally swallowing him when that man had died. Seeing the fear and panic on the surrounding soldiers, that chicken left in satisfaction. Then Cedric continued to watch and saw a shocking scene. That scene is fucked up enough to make him curse several times. That chicken continued to visit that cave every day. Every time it arrives, it will throw several games it has hunted toward the soldiers. The food is just good enough to keep the soldiers alive, but make them weak enough to cannot escape. But thats not all. Every three to seven days, it will peck a random soldier to their death. Under the hunger and stress where they will randomly be killed, those soldiers begin to exude an aura of despair and hopelessness. Seeing it, Cedric frowned. Not only because of the chickens cruelty. But also because every time a soldier died, Cedric could see the smoke like Negative Energy around the place turn slightly thicker. The increase is miniscule, but it still increases nevertheless! Furthermore, every time a soldier is killed, some of the NE they generated will go toward the chicken. He guessed that might be the reason that chicken could increase its level so quickly and surpass its potential level. So, while feeling a bit nauseous from the scene he saw, Cedric controlled his Past Observation and fast forwarded the time. After more than a month, he saw an army consisting of three hundred soldiers led by several blessed had scoured the area. But, every time that chicken saw the massive army, it immediately ran toward the cave where the soldiers gathered while attacking them.Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. The less than fifty soldiers inside that cave couldnt fight that chicken and were forced deeper into the cave. It makes them miss the opportunity to be saved by the much bigger army. Unfortunately, those three hundred strong armies only checked the area for several days before returning due to a lack of ration. A few days after they left, Cedric saw the chicken checking its surroundings before returning to its usual routine. As the chicken spent the remaining time following its routine, Cedric kept on fast-forwarding it and skimmed through the scene. At last, the scene arrived at the current time. Cedric turned off his Past Observation ability and mulled, Is it actually farming? It kept those soldiers in captivity to make them constantly generate Negative Energy to strengthen it? Luckily, after gaining its third beak six months ago, that chicken has stopped evolving. Although he said so, Cedric is still extremely concerned about that chicken. Especially after he learned of its intellect. For some reason, its current area of movement remained around the area enveloped by Negative Energy. But, once it somehow found the River Stone City, it will definitely cause a bloodbath! Cedric clutched his fist when he thought of the amount of NE that would be created when that happened. The System suddenly chimed in at this time. [If the amount of NE is somehow greatly increased, the time left until the demon king is born will be shortened. Furthermore, the demon kings strength will be increased. Note: the NE that chicken has generated is enough to advance the demon kings birth by around three months.] Damn, I couldnt underestimate the trouble caused by this chicken at all! I need to quickly make a move before it becomes stronger before the situation gets out of hand! Cedric muttered while reaching toward a nearby table and quickly grabbed [Divine Intervention: Dream]. After grabbing the octahedron shape [Divine Intervention: Dream], he prepared to activate it and pull Lacius and Yuma to meet him. But when Cedric saw the amount of energy in [Divine Intervention: Dream] he thought of something and stopped. He previously bought [Divine Intervention: Dream] because he wished to show his existence to the inhabitants of Crystal Cube world. After all, if Cedric hasnt shown his power, those people might not follow his word and his plan will be disrupted. But now, the situation differs. Whether it is in the elven race, dwarven race, or the human race, there are already several people who know of his existence as the creator of the Crystal Cube world. That means, he could choose a cheaper alternative to communicate with them. This makes him recall the three options the System has recommended to him before. So Cedric decided to ask the System a question. Hey, system. Is using [Divine Intervention: Word] more cost effective than [Divine Intervention: Dream] if I want to communicate with the creatures in the Crystal Cube world? [Yes, as long as you didnt send too many images. If you need to send a lot of images, purchasing another type of Divine Intervention item or using Divine Intervention: Dream is recommended.] Although the Systems answer is quite short, it helped Cedric make up his mind. So, he opened the store section and selected [Divine Intervention: Word]. [Level 5 Consumable Divine Item, Divine Intervention: Word. Cost: 50 GP Details: Send a screen or vision containing words you wish to send. The amount of words that can be sent is limited. Can be used repeatedly as long as the word limit hasnt been reached. The words are written using Divine Language, the language of god, which can be understood by every intelligent being. It is possible to add images by spending more of the items power. The higher level the user and target is, the more energy is consumed per word.] He clicked purchase and an octahedron crystal appeared in his hand. This time, the crystal has a beautiful dark blue color. Another octahedron crystal? Cedric rolled his eyes and thought. Well, at least the color has changed. He then prepared to close the store screen when a new screen appeared. [Because youve purchased Divine Intervention: Word, would you like to purchase Basic System Screen? Using Basic System Screen will increase the cost effectiveness of Divine Intervention: Word.] Cedrics mind went blank when he saw the new screen. Whats this? A pop-up ad? He ridiculed. Nevertheless, he couldnt stop his curiosity and checked the Basic System Screen mentioned in the ads. [Level 1 Consumable Divine Item, Basic System Screen. Cost: 100 GP Details: Create a screen that shows the users current level, sub level, percentage until reaching the peak of certain sub level, and potential level. Upon the death of its designated user, the screen will disappear. As it is a system screen that has been crafted with specialized technique. It can be used in conjunction with some Divine Intervention to decrease the cost of Divine Interventions by using the system screen as a medium. How to use: shatter the crystal and control the energy within using the users mental power. Then, send the energy within the crystal toward a target. That target will be the designated user of the system screen and could check their status from there on. Note: Divine Items that can be used in junction with the Basic System Screen to decrease their energy cost are: Divine Intervention: Word Divine Intervention: Images Divine Intervention: Scenario ] After reading the longest item description he has seen before, Cedric asked the system." Why is this [Basic System Screen] so expensive? Also, how much energy can I save by using this thing?" [The Basic System Screen is expensive because it can be counted as a pseudo permanent item. It can be used for an infinite amount of time until the systems designated user died.] [When using Divine Intervention: Word to someone who has been granted with Basic System Screen, the energy spent will be five times lower compared to sending a message to people without Basic System Screen.] Five times? After some basic calculation, Cedric begins to contemplate whether to purchase it. The [Basic System Screen] could only be used on one person. That means, when talking to other creatures who dont have a [Basic System Screen], it will consume [Divine Intervention: Word]s energy at normal speed. But the promise of decreasing the cost by five times is incredibly tempting for Cedric. It means he would have a means to communicate with a person for an extremely cheap price. [Thats right, by purchasing the Basic System Screen, you could meddle in your world more often! With the situation your world is currently in, you could attach the Basic System Screen on someone with high status and give them important information!] Hearing the System kept on tempting him to buy this thing, Cedric connected the products name with the System. Wait a moment, is this thing your product? [Tee-hee :D] Cederic stared at the emoticon the System had sent and rolled his eyes. Then, he weighed the pros and cons before sighing, Whatever, I blame my impulse buying instinct suddenly kicking. He spent 100 GP and purchased the Basic System Screen while complaining. I think I might go bankrupt and die if this goes on. [No worries, you wont regret this purchase as long as you use it on the correct person.] [Also, once your world leveled up and reached level 2, it can easily generate around 1-10 GP annually. At that time, 100 GP can be gathered in 10 years. So, you wont go bankrupt that easily.] Chapter 23. Power Leveling The Hero With his purchase of [Basic System Screen], a cyan colored octahedron crystal appeared on his hand. Grabbing the cyan crystal on his hand, Cedric contemplated, Should I use this on Lacius or on Yuma? In his opinion, among the hundred of thousands of humans in the Crystal Cube world, those two are the best candidates. Yuma is someone with the highest potential level and could be the strongest person in the near future. Meanwhile, Lacius is the person with highest status among the Crystal Cube worlds human races. After a long time of indecisiveness, Cedric gave up thinking and created a coin in the Divine Space. Lets decide this with a coin toss. If its head, Ill give the Basic System Screen to Lacius. If its tail, Ill give it to Yuma. Cedric threw the coin and let it fall to the floor. After jumping dramatically several times, the coin finally landed. Seeing the coin, Cedric muttered. Well, its tail. That means Ill give it to Yuma. He closed his eyes and checked Yumas current location. Then Cedric enveloped his mental power around the [Basic System Screen] and shattered it with his hand. When the crystal shattered, some blue colored energy began to leave it. Cedric controlled it with his mental power and directed it toward the Crystal Cube world before sending them all into Yumas body. In the Crystal Cube world. Yuma, who was currently resting in one of the palaces guest rooms, saw a screen appear in front of him. [Basic System Screen successfully installed.] [Installation complete. Please think of status panel to open the status window.] Yuma read the notification and commented. Is this the RPG-like screen thats often seen in fantasy Isekai? He excitedly shouted, Status Panel! [Life Level: Lower Level 0 Exp: 10% Potential: Lower Level 3] Although a screen showing what seems to be his status appeared, Yumas excitement quickly died down. What, thats all? He shouted several other things like Skill Panel, Add Status, and other things that might be able to open a new status panel, but it all went for naught. System Storage! He shouted while pointing his hand toward his pillow. Seeing nothing happening, Yuma wanted to give up. But before he closed the screen, a new sentence was written on it. [Testing! Testing! Can you read my message?] Huh? The text confused Yuma. Nevertheless, he still replied to it. Yes, I can read your message. [Good. Its finally connected!] Who are you? Why are you hijacking my status panel? Yuma asked in suspicion. [I am the creator of Crystal Cube world. The one that sends you to that world.] Its you! Yuma shouted and then pointed at the screen, You said I need to kill the demon king in your world. But, not only didnt I get any cheat abilities. There arent any demon races at all in this world. Where should I find the demon king, then? [Thats why I am messaging you. The first demon has been born in the world. Ill soon tell the human king about it. I hope you will follow the army and lead them toward the demon.] Yuma is shocked by Cedrics words and asks. You want me to kill the demon? What about my cheat ability? Are you saying I should kill a demon as a normal person? [Hell, no! I just want you to lead them toward that demon while getting power leveled along the way.] Yuma felt a bit speechless upon suddenly hearing such a modern jargon. But, recalling the creator of Crystal Cube world is someone that has the means to visit Earth, perhaps he has spent some time playing MMOs? Then Yuma saw the screen change once more. [As for the cheat you have, it is a much faster leveling speed and higher potential than the average person in the world. So, you still need to focus on strengthening yourself first.]This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. Yuma saw it and his mouth twitched. Is that all? Dont you think such a cheat is too lazy? Cant you give me a weapon or divine skill or something? Also, what else can the status panel do? [Are you bargaining with a god?!] *** Inside the Divine Space, Cedric messaged his forehead in exasperation. That boy actually asked for a cheat item! Although Cedric had no plan to give Yuma more cheat for now. But Yumas request has made him realize something. Hey, System. Can I create things or send items to the Crystal Cube world? [No, you couldnt immediately create things in the Crystal Cube world for now. After the bell announcing the worlds completion rang, the act of creating things in the world by spending GP can only be done when the world leveled up to the next level. At that time, your worlds stability will greatly increase for a short time and you could create things during that duration.] [As for sending items, you could only send Divine Items or items from another world to the Crystal Cube world. For Divine Items, you could envelop them with your mental power and sent it immediately. Meanwhile, sending items from another world is a bit complicated. You need to visit other worlds and use something akin to the teleportation circle you drew to send the hero before.] Cedric nodded. So, I could actually send Divine Items to the world? Then, couldnt I just send some super powerful item to Lacius and have him kill the demon king? [Have you gone senile? I already told you that Divine items of a certain level can only be used by creatures that have reached the level mentioned in the item.] [You could indeed send something like a Level 15 Divine Items, World Annihilating Sword to your world. But, except for being a big ass sword that took up a massive space, it couldnt be used by anyone in your world!] [As for Level 1 weapons that can barely be used by people in your world, they could only slightly injure the demon king. You could indeed send a lot of low leveled items to overwhelm the demon king. But, the cost greatly outweighs the benefit.] Cedric saw the Systems answer and said, I am just asking for certainty. You dont need to get so worked up like that. [...] Seeing the System only answered in ellipses, Cedric shrugged. Well, at least I already got the answer I want. He then sent a message toward Yuma, through the Basic System Screen. [Ill see the result of this expedition. If I am satisfied with the result, Ill give you something.] After he sent that message and saw Yuma agreed to it. Cedric controlled his mental power to move toward the throne room and saw Lacius discussing something with Hars and his other subordinates. Cedric felt it was such an opportune time to warn Lacius as he could immediately deploy his subordinates to handle that demonic chicken. So, he grabbed [Divine Intervention: Word] and contacted Lacius. *** Inside Winter Citys palace. In the throne room. While Lacius was listening to his subordinates report as usual. Suddenly, an opaque illusory screen of light appears in front of him. On the opaque screen, words that he never saw before are written. The weird thing is, although he never knew that word. But the moment he saw it, Lacius immediately understood what it meant. [Long time no see, king of humans.] Who! Lacius quickly shouted. Meanwhile, the subordinates around him looked around with caution upon hearing Laciuss shout. [I am the creator of Crystal Cube world.] Laciuss eyes widened as he quickly stood up from his throne and bowed. Greeting to the creator. Even though the surrounding people couldnt see anything and were mostly confused. As they had seen Lacius bowing toward a space in front of him, they quickly followed suit and bowed. Greeting to the creator. [There is no need for such formalities.] Laciuss mind quickly churned while he stood in place. This kind of thing could either be a miracle from the god, or a blesseds power targeting me. But for now, there is nothing wrong with paying respect to them as if they are indeed the creator god. [I am here to warn you about the birth of a demon.] Is it really the creator? Lacius now begins to be sure of the identity behind this light screen. After all, except for him, only Hars knew about his meeting with the god. Furthermore, the news regarding demons is only known by him, Hars, and the so-called hero. He already knew Hars has a blessed power related to water, so this screen shouldnt be his work. Meanwhile, Yuma is someone who hasnt awakened a blessed ability. While he was thinking, the light screen in front of him changed once more. [Lead an army consisting of five hundred men with tens of blessed. Kill that demon before it begins to wreak havoc to the world. The moment you kill that demon, you shall break through your limit and reach a higher level of existence.] As you will, Lacius replied and thought, Is the demon really that powerful to the point of requiring five hundred men and tens of blessed to kill it? Also, what does the creator mean by breaking my limit and reaching a higher level of existence? While he is thinking, another light screen appears. [The demon is hiding at the place where you have fought against the previous king. Let the hero join that army, he shall guide you to the demons exact location.] Soon, the screen disappears, but Lacius keeps on staring at the air for a few minutes. Seeing no new light screen appear, he sat back on his throne and frowned. I am not sure what the demon that has been mentioned is. But for the god to require five hundred men I guess I shall double the amount of troops sent just in case. Arriving at a decision, Lacius moved his sight toward his subordinates and said. The god said a demon has been born on our land. We must quickly kill it before the demon brings calamity to the world! Gather a thousand strong army and notify every blessed in the city! We shall march at dawn tomorrow. The surrounding peoples eyes widened. Your highness, what is this demon you spoke of? Is it so powerful to the point of requiring a thousand strong army? Lacius frowned at the one asking that question, Just go! This is the gods will! But what about the rations? We dont have enough for a thousand person armys march! Another person questioned. Use the emergency rations we kept in the palaces granary. Also, sent a messenger to the city lords whose city we passed. Well restock our rations in those cities. Lacius answered while waving his hand to dismiss them. He then turned toward Hars, Bring Yuma and Tsukiko here. Well need them to guide us toward the demons location. Chapter 24. Hunting C?????h???????i???????????k???????????e????????n??????? Morning the next day, in front of Winter Citys gate. Wearing iron armor and an iron sword on his waist, Lacius rode a horse while marching in front of a thousand soldiers. Slightly behind him, Hars, Yuma, Tsukiko, and twenty other blessed followed suit on their horses. Tsukiko, who sat behind a female blessed said, I think I just got horse sickness. Or whatever the equivalent for car sickness in horses is. On a horse next to her, Yumas face has changed color to bluish red from the horses shaking. He occasionally made some noises that sounded like burps. In front of him, the blessed that controlled the horse Yuma rode turned his head backward while staring coldly at Yuma. Ill throw you down if you vomit toward me. Dont be like that, Alan. Dont you know I am the hero? I am the person sent by the creator of your world to save this place. Yuma said while Alan merely coldly stared at him before focusing on the road once more. Losing Alans attention, Yuma turned his head toward Tsukiko and chatted with her to relieve his nausea. Big sis Tsukiko, before you invented all those things, you shouldve invented a carriage first. The kind with a suspension system. Tsukiko rolled her eyes, I would if I knew how to do it. Actually, Ill even search for a way to create it if I knew well need to travel by horse. Tsukiko said while closing her mouth with her palm. Both of them chatted for a long time under Alans occasional annoyed glance. And so, a whole week quickly passes by. After a week of traveling, both Yuma and Tsukiko had turned silent as their eyes lost all their light like a dead fish. If not for the movement of their chest and the occasional grunting sound they made. They are truly no different from a corpse. As someone who has lived a comfortable life in a modern world since the time theyre born. Traveling by horse for a week straight has taken a massive toll on Tsukiko and Yuma both mentally and physically. Thankfully, at this time, Laciuss voice can be heard. Weve arrived. He then controlled his horse toward Alan and Yumas, Can you lead us to the place where that demon hid itself? Inside the Divine Space. Cedric, who has observed their entire journey, quickly sends a message toward Yuma. [The demon is currently resting in front of a cave a kilometer to your northeast! There are 26 soldiers imprisoned inside that cave.] Yuma saw the screen and quickly regained his vitality. Finally, weve arrived! Although the journey back will be as hellish, but thats a problem for later! He repeated the word Cedric had sent him to Lacius, The demon is resting in front of a cave a kilometer to our northeast. There are also 26 soldiers imprisoned inside. Lacius nodded and shouted, March toward the northeast! With Laciuss command, the thousand strong army continued to march forward for a few hours. During the journey. From the Divine Space, Cedric occasionally sent some message to Yuma to correct their path and shorten their travel time. Nevertheless, by the time Laciuss army has arrived at the mouth of that cave, the demonic chicken has escaped into the cave a long time ago. To be honest, Cedric is slightly awed by that chickens sense of danger. It actually escaped into the cave long before Laciuss army arrived. Cedric then shook his head to push those scattered thoughts and sent a message to Yumas Basic System Screen. [The demon has escaped into the cave.] Yuma, who has accepted his fate as a repeating machine, told Lacius about it. Lacius looked at the cave in front of him and frowned."This cave is too small and will limit our combat abilities." He then frowned while thinking of a plan. After spending a few minutes, Lacius turned his head toward Alan. Alan, use your blessed power and check whether there are other exits in the cave. Alright! Alan jumped down while leaving Yuma alone on the horse. He walked towards the caves mouth while closing his eyes. Soon, he looked at Lacius and said, I sensed no wind coming from the cave. This should be the only entrance into the cave.Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Lacius nodded at Alans report and said, Try to sense the caves size. Alan nodded and closed his eyes once more. This time, while standing with closed eyes. His clothes can be seen moving on its own, just like being blown by a strong wind. When Alan reopened his eyes, he immediately reported to Lacius. Its beyond my detection range. That means the cave should be at least a hundred meters deep. As for the width, its around 5 meters wide on average. You may return. Lacius waved at Alan while massaging his temple. This is quite troublesome. Should I try to pull the demon outside to utilize our superiority in numbers, or should I just send some blessed inside to fight against that demon with unknown strength? After some thought, he called Hars and told him. "Send some soldiers to investigate the cave." Hars nodded and gathered ten soldiers. Lacius looked at the ten of them and said, I want the ten of you to investigate the demons location and the depth of this cave. Whether or not you found the demon, I want you to return within an hour! The ten soldiers that had been selected bowed toward Lacius and agreed. With the equipment on their body and several torches made of dried wood, they walked into the cave. Around twenty minutes later. While the people outside are waiting with bated breath, a soldier can be seen running out of the cave while screaming, Help! Help! Demon!!! Hearing the soldiers scream and seeing his panicked expression, Lacius felt an ominous feeling. After waiting and seeing no other person leaving the cave, his ominous feeling strengthened and he asked the soldier who had escaped the cave. Whats going on? Where are the demons and the other soldiers? They are all dead! I saw the demon in the cave. It spewed fire and poisons from its mouth and easily killed the others! What about the other 26 soldiers captured inside? Yuma asked the soldier. But before the man could reply, he saw a screen appear in front of him. [Those soldiers are dead, they have been killed by the demon. You should tell the human king to simply smokes the entrance of that cave to suffocate or at least force that demon out! Currently, it has dozens of human corpses to sustain itself, so it could stay inside the cave for a week or two.] Huh? Yuma is shocked by the news of dozens of peoples deaths. But as he didnt see death with his own eyes, he wasnt as shocked as the soldier that ran from the cave. Once he regained his senses,Yuma asked. You mean smoke as in burning things to fill the cave with smoke? [Yes! But as the cave is pretty deep, you can go chop the surrounding trees and use them as fuel to create smokes.] Ignoring the weird look the surrounding people give him while he talked to the invisible screen, Yuma told Alan to move toward Lacius. Lacius looked at Yuma with a complicated gaze and asked, Have you been communicating with the god all this while? Yes. Yuma answered. Is the god the one giving you directions? Lacius asked him. Although he did nothing wrong, the look on Laciuss face made him uneasy. Which makes Yuma answer Laciuss question in a soft voice. Yes. Lacius looked upward, What does the god say? Yuma repeated Cedrics words, They said the 26 soldiers kept inside had all perished and turned into the demons food stock. So, you can smoke the entrance of that cave to suffocate and force that demon out. Hmm? Then, well follow the gods command. Lacius turned toward Hars and said, Send the soldier to begin cutting trees. Also, tell the blessed with divine strength to gather the trees toward the cave. Alright. Hars nodded and moved toward the rear. While Hars commanded the surrounding soldiers to cut trees, times quickly moved and a whole day and night has passed. Morning the next day, Yuma and Tsukiko walked out of their tent and looked at each others eye bags while smiling wryly. Throughout the night, the sound of falling trees has been hindering their sleep. Although the frequency of tree falling has decreased by a lot compared to daytime because the soldiers took turns to rest. But, the occasional falling tree caused the earth to greatly shake and woke them up from their sleep. After drinking some water that has been stored on their horse, Yuma and Tsukiko looked at the cave mouth that has been half filled with trees. At an unknown time, Lacius suddenly appeared next to them and asked, Do you think this is enough wood to smoke the whole cave? Yuma and Tsukiko jolted in shock. While Tsukiko patted her chest to calm down, Yuma saw a message from Cedric. [Yes.] Yuma saw it and answered Lacius, The god said its enough. Lacius nodded and told Hars, The amount of trees is enough. Well rest for two hours, then we will burn the three and smoke that demons cave. Hars nodded and walked away. After two hours of rest, the soldiers stood at attention around the caves entrance. Soldiers wearing shields made of hardwood stood in front, while some soldiers wielding spears stood behind them. Seeing the army had prepared their formation, Lacius pointed at the female blessed who controlled Tsukikos horse. Rumina, lead the other fire element blessed and burn the tree in that cave. Rumina nodded and led two people toward the caves mouth. Lacius then pointed at two blessed, Follow me. Well block the cave mouth after Ruminas group finished burning the woods. The blessed pointed by Lacius looked at each other before silently following after him. Tsukiko saw Lacius leading several other blessed to block the cave mouth and shouted, Leave some hole for air. Otherwise, I am afraid the fire will stop burning midway due to a lack of oxygen. Although Lacius doesnt understand what oxygen means. But he still got the gist of what Tsukiko is saying. After watching in person the strange knowledge the people from another world have, he decided to trust her and told the other blessed, Well only block half of the entrance with rock. As for the remaining half, it will be left open. The three of them walked towards the caves entrance and activated their power. With a rumbling sound, walls made of rocks rose from the ground. After being blocked by the wall, the caves entrance slowly turns smaller until it is merely half its initial size. *** Inside the Divine Space, Cedric saw Laciuss army had begun their preparation to fight against that chicken and felt nervous. While sitting on the edge of his seat, he controlled his mental power to investigate the surroundings and the interior of that cave. Sensing no danger, he focused his attention towards the cave thats slowly filled with thick smokes. I hope this chicken doesnt have some sort of smoke resistance or something similar. Otherwise, the plan will fail and Ill be embarrassed. Cedric watched as the smoke begin to fill the chickens surrounding. He then saw the chicken coughing while its eyes turned red. This is the first time I saw a chicken cough. Cedric thought while feeling glad. That cough should mean the chicken is affected by the smoke created by Laciuss army. Finally, that demonic chicken couldnt hold it anymore and ran toward the caves entrance. Seeing it, Cedric quickly sent a message toward Yuma. [Prepare yourself. The demon will soon exit the cave!] Chapter 25. 1000 Humans Vs C?????h???????i???????????k???????????e?????????. Standing amidst the army, Yuma dozed off due to the lack of sleep. When suddenly, his eyes jolted open upon seeing a screen. [Prepare yourself. The demon will soon exit the cave!] He turned toward Lacius, whove long returned from blocking the cave entrance and shouted, Get ready, the demon is coming! Laciuss face turned serious as he shouted, Everyone, prepare for combat! The soldiers around began to move. First, the shield bearing soldiers in the vanguard raised their shield while surrounding the cave entrance. Then, the soldiers holding spears prepared themself to thrust their spear toward the demon or throw it to injure the demon. Meanwhile, most blessed hid themselves among the crowd while preparing to deal a killing blow toward the demon. Once the demon almost exited the cave, everyone could hear a weird sound coming from the cave. Soon, a gigantic two meter tall chicken appears in everyones view. Lacius, Tsukiko, and Yuma, who had hidden themselves near the rear, looked at each other in confusion. Is that the demon? Yuma asked Perhaps. Lacius replied while preparing to activate his power. Tsukiko twitched her mouth, Aint that just a chicken? Except slightly bigger? Tsukiko wanted to continue ridiculing that chicken. But when she saw what that chicken was doing right now, she quickly shut her mouth as it turned into one of fear. The instant that chicken left the cave mouth, it jumped through the shield bearing soldiers encirclement. Although there are some spears wielding soldiers that responded in time and attacked the demonic chicken as it jumped, the amount of injuries it received is simply negligible. The moment it passed through the vanguard, it began attacking the soldiers in the rear. With every attack, pieces of flesh and blood are torn and strewn on the battlefield. Yuma and Tsukiko, who stood quite a distance away, saw the bloody scene and felt their stomach churn while their expression turned pale. Still frozen in shock and fear, they even forgot to turn their head and kept staring at the battlefield. Its unknown who first started it. But in panic, the surrounding soldiers began to throw their spear toward the chicken that currently stood tall among them, which further increased the chaos and casualties. As it madly kills the surrounding people while evading or knocking the spear thrown toward it with its wings. Its unknown how the chicken does it, but it occasionally lets out an inhuman clucking that sounds like a humans wails. Seeing his army being slaughtered like nothing, Lacius led the surrounding blessed to move forward. With a frown, he shouted at the top of his voice, Every soldier, retreat! The soldiers nearest to him began to retreat. When those located far away saw the people around them had begun to retreat, they silently followed suit. That chicken saw the retreating soldier and tried to follow after them. But, just when it tried to attack a retreating soldier, it got blocked by a wall of earth created by Lacius and several others blessed. When it tried to jump through the earth wall to continue its chase, Lacius shouted toward two blessed with divine strength who had run toward the chicken. The two of you, hold it down. He then turned toward Hars and the two blessed who had previously controlled the horse Yuma and Tsukiko rode. Hars, when the demon began to spew fire and poisons, I want you to block it with your power. Alan and Rumina, go lead the other fire and wind blessed to burn that demon! The three of them nodded and got into action. While the two blessed with divine strength are fighting against the chicken in a melee. Rumina and another fire element blessed and created a ball of fire which she shot toward the demonic chicken. Meanwhile, Alan led two other wind elements blessed to help control and make sure the fire continued to burn. Although the fire created by Ruminas group has weakened upon reaching the chicken. It is still hot enough to cause some of its flesh to be burned into crisp. Being burned once more, the chicken screamed in pain and opened two of its three beaks. From its beak, red flame and purplish liquid can be seen condensing. Hars whove seen it, quickly controlled his blessed power to create several balls of water and shot them toward the demonic chickens beak.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. The instant a ball of fire and purplish liquid shot out of its beak toward the two blessed with divine power. The balls of water Hars created have successfully shot toward the demon. Those water balls Hars has created arrived slightly late. Nevertheless, one of them still successfully collided with the flame spewed by the demon. Although it failed to extinguish the flame, it still slightly weakened the demons flame. Seeing the flame has been weakened, the blessed that has been targeted by the demons flame raised a shield he had picked up and tried to block the chickens flame. When the shield came into contact with that flame, it exploded and slightly injured him. As for the other blessed targeted by the purplish poison ball, they have jumped backwards upon seeing the demonic chickens attack. When the ball of poison struck the ground, it sizzled as the earth began to turn black. With no blessed holding it down, the demon prepared to run away when Lacius shouted, All soldiers, throw your spear! Rumina and Alan, use your power and burn that demon! The soldiers that heard it began to throw their spear toward the demon. Lacius then created a wall of earth that blocked the demon chickens escape. The demon chicken wished to jump above the wall. But Lacius controlled the earth under it to collapse, which resulted in a small hole. The hole caused it to lose its balance and failed to collect its strength for a jump. Instead, it hit the earth wall Lacius created and caused it to dent and crack. Meanwhile, the other earth element blessed created an earth wall in front of the blessed with divine strength to defend them from the throwing spears. While being occupied by Laciuss power. The spear thrown by the soldiers and the ball of fire created by Alan and Rumina have arrived toward it. Seeing it, Lucius used all of his remaining power to create several walls and holes that blocked the chickens escape route. After doing so, he slumped on the ground from exhaustion. Yuma and Tsukiko, who had followed after him, quickly supported the falling Lacius. After being heavily injured from the volley of spears and fire. The demonic chicken looked toward the place where the soldiers had gathered with red eyes before running towards them while ignoring the attacks launched at it. Once it arrived in front of the army, it began killing the surrounding soldiers. As blood filled the earth, screams of pain, help, and fear intermixed with the chickens manic clucking. After five whole minutes of rampage, the demonic chicken finally fell down from its injury. *** When Laciuss army has just begun fighting. Inside the Divine Space, Cedric sat on his chair while frowning. That chicken is much more powerful than I initially thought. Also, Laciuss move to double the amount of soldiers sent seems to backfire. Cedric messaged his temple, upon seeing the soldiers messily throwing spears toward each other. I guess I need to warn Lacius to train his soldiers discipline. Otherwise, the casualties brought by friendly fire might be even higher than the ones caused by that chicken. While he nervously watches them busy fighting against the chicken, Cedric recalled something and asked, To level up, does Yuma need to get the last hit on that chicken? After all, killing enemies to level up seriously sounds like something out of an RPG game. So, he is curious about how the EXP distribution works. [No. He simply needs to stay nearby when the chicken is killed. The nearer he is, the better.] Ohh.. Cedric nodded and continued watching the battle while asking. How does NE creature allow a person to level up? [After killing a NE infected creature, some of its energy will turn into GP while some will be dispersed to the surrounding or absorbed by surrounding creatures.] Wont absorbing it make the surrounding creatures become infected by NE too? [No. After possessing a creature or taking a form, NE will stop becoming purely an energy. Instead, it will turn into three components. One part is pure NE used as an energy source for that creature. The second part is used to modify or create the physical form. This part is extremely similar to GP and can be converted to GP after the creature is killed. The last part existed as a glue in a form between GP and NE, this part can safely be absorbed by creatures in the world.] Huh? Killing NE infected creatures will give me GP? As Cedric read the Systems answer while watching the battle in Crystal Cube world, he just realized it after the System said it twice. How much GP will I get from killing that chicken? Cedric asked in shock. [It should be around 0.05 GP] Eh? So little? I thought it would be much more. Cedric felt a bit disappointed and lost the mood to continue chatting. So, he focused on observing the battle in the Crystal Cube world. Seeing the chickens rampage as it killed dozens of soldiers, Cedrics frown deepens. Luckily, the chicken finally got exhausted after five minutes of rampaging while being attacked by dozens of blessed. Watching the chicken will soon get killed, Cedric sent a message toward Yuma. [Quick, run toward the demon before it dies!] When he saw Yuma following his word and ran toward the demonic chicken, Cedric nodded in relief and watched Yumas surroundings. While waiting for the chicken to die and allow Yuma to level up, Cedric calculated the amount of casualties while feeling a bit sad. Well, although the casualties are pretty high. But for the sake of killing that demonic chicken, it is worth it. He said in an attempt to cheer himself. When suddenly, the System sent a message. [I wont be too happy if I were you.] Huh? Cedric is confused as to why the System suddenly said such a thing. [Its been around a year since a NE infected creature began to appear in your world. Such a long time span shouldve been enough for more than one NE infected creature to appear.] Huh? Due to his confusion, Cedric feels himself turning into a parrot that continuously repeats the same noises. After regaining his senses, Cedric asked. "Then, why didnt I see other demons around the place that has been enveloped by Negative Energy?" [Most of NE infected creatures, or demons as you like to call them, are pretty territorial. So, if other demons have occupied a place, the other has most likely gone to other places the moment they mutated.] Why dont you tell me? [Youre the god of that world. So, it is your responsibility to manage it and make sure everything works as you intended it. Furthermore, the System has mentioned creatures (plural) when you saw the mist shaped Negative Energy before. Its your fault that your reading comprehension is extremely low.] [Luckily, from the Systems detection. Except for the place where the demon chicken resides, there hasnt been any sudden increase in NE density. Which means the other NE infected creatures havent begun any large-scale killing in your world.] Cedric slumped in his chair while scratching his head. Sigh I feel I might turn bald from stress. [No worries, there are divine items that can heal balding in the shop. Do you wish to see them?]