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Chapter 2 - The Friend

When I woke up, I saw my mother sleeping next to me. She was beautiful, so beautiful that I wanted to freeze her beauty in ice and be able to enjoy her allure for centuries. Of course I am not going to do it with anyone but still, some people would be happy to do something similar.

Then I took a look around the room, it was simple but comfortable, clean and cozy. I am now in my parents' room but for some reason can't see my dad. Maybe he is training now. My father is a Captain of Rusla Empire, and it is a very important position for someone who was born and spent his whole life in a small village. He started as an adventurer but suddenly one General during one of the missions saw some talent in him and made my dad a captain.

It gave an opportunity for our village to be feared by bandits and also decreased the amount of tax which must be paid to the Empire. Our village is called Fure, it is very small and everybody knows each other face to face. The main business in the village is herb gathering and medicine, Dr. Rose is a level 40+ physician so, some villagers in the neighborhood ask her for help. Sometimes even a local Knight asks her for treatment; Knight is the lowest noble title, so it is pretty hard to find an experienced doctor to serve you.

"Oh, you woke up!"

My mom took me in her arms and said, "Are you hungry?"

"Right, I am going to experience a breastfeeding... I hope nobody will ever know that the Legendary Fire Emperor while being conscious was fed like that.

After my 'breakfast' my mom put some linen clothes on me and we went downstairs. My mom put me in a wooden playpen and said, "You can play here," she took a stuffed toy, which looked like a grey wolf and went to the kitchen.

"Ok I have some free time now," thought I and started analyzing the attribute panel.

I should mention that the attribute panel is a very sophisticated thing, and it is not that simple. Some people may spend ages trying to improve the quality of the panel. For example, my current attribute panel doesn't present statistics for my luck, charm, and spirit. Those are called hidden attributes and you must spend some hard time trying to increase their value or acquire an artifact that can level up the attribute panel.

"Ok... My titles."

Titles: (Child Sage), (Friend of the Death), (Friend of the Life).

Three titles, I am not even one year old and I already possess three titles.

(Child Sage) Rank: Legend

Description:

The Sage who was born in the flesh of a child, possess high Intelligence and Wisdom. It is said that sage children are cursed but who knows if it is true?

+10 additional points to Intelligence and Wisdom with every increase in level.

(Friend of the Death) Rank: Mythical

Description:

The one who experienced death without any fear, he now wanders hand in hand with it. Death is not evil, but it is not benevolent either... But the Friend of the Death can always rely on it.

High affinity with death, +500% additional experience gain in leveling up skills and spells related to the Death attribute, absolute immunity to the damage related to the Death attribute, a moderate probability to acquire skills or spells of a killed target regardless of rank (if a skill is already mastered then random amount of additional experience will be given).

(Friend of the Life) Rank: Mythical

Description:

The one who understands life and what it really means to be alive. He is the closest person to the Life itself. Life can never be understood but sometimes it may be felt. The Friend of the Life can become Life.

High affinity with life, +500% additional experience gain in leveling up skills and spells related to the Death attribute, a triple effect of healing spells based on the Life attribute, (Life Creation) skill given.

I... Wow... The wood feels so good and firm... What mom is cooking, it smells nice? Life, right... Death... Friends... Fuh... I must calm down and concentrate...

Ok... I am overpowered, so overpowered that I can't even believe that it is not a divine-level illusion spell or skill. In my previous life, nobody knew if titles of mythical rank exist and now I have two of them, it is stunning. If somebody tries to use at least a legend-level attribute check, they will be left speechless and also mark me as food. I can't use any concealing spells or skills now it means I have only one way out of this threatening situation and hopefully, it works out.

Nevertheless, I am very interested in (Life Creation) skill; it should be something overpowered as skill steal after the death. With this title Death Emperor or other strong creatures who use Death as the essential attribute won't be able to injure me. I can be healed three times faster and more efficient, nonetheless, the speed with which I will level up my spells and skills based on these two attributes is frightening.

(Life Creation) Rank: Mythical

Description:

A unique skill which combines all knowledge of life into one, this is skill is always used by the God of Creation.

Gives an ability to create life forms, first, the user must possess a clear vision of what must be created, the skill will run a prediction of a success only then it will be born. Uses mana or experience of the user.

Never have I imagined that I would possess a mythical skill, I don't understand why I was reborn and given these omnipotent skills but it would be stupid not to utilize them. It's done, now I must train my mana and level up, I have some time before the calamity if I remember correctly it will start 18 years later. 18 years are not enough for me to become a Legend again but... No, it will be enough, with my knowledge and experience I will be able to get all the best artifacts and skills.

I decided to save the people I love and nothing will change my determination. I closed my eyes and started trying to feel elements around me, for beginners it is quite hard but for a Legendary Magician, it is more effortless than breathing. People can only feel elements of their affinity that is why the more affinities you have the faster you are going to progress along the way. In this world, people can be divided into a lot of different classes, and legend does not have any strict conditions. People are called legends if they have a legendary artifact that's all that is needed to become a legend. If you want to understand how strong your opponent is, next you must check his attribute panel and level.

The maximum level for the majority of people is 100, people who were able to cross the threshold of 100th level are called transcendent. To my knowledge, the strongest magician in my previous life, Arthur Orthwind, possessed a level of 190 he was the leader of Protectors. As you know, there are also Vice-Protectors, they are students of Protectors and Red Angel is a student of another Protector. This time I will be able to reach at least the 190th level and then I will see what to do next.