*cough* *cough* "I have conquered for you a large empire, but my life was too short to take the whole world—that I leave to you." were the last words of Genghis Khan to his son Ogodei when he was on his deathbed and thus he closed his eyes going into eternal sleep.
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Temujin opened his eyes groggily 'I should have died.' was his first thought. As he woke up he saw that he was on a single bed. On the ceiling there was a shiny rock like substance which emitted blue light illuminating the room. The room was clearly made from wood and had shiny illuminating rocks which were found all over the room.
'What is this sorcery!? Surely this isn't heaven.' Thought Temujin as he was confused with his situation. "Is someo-" he tried to call out to someone but he failed miserably as he was assaulted with head splitting pain.
"LEO! oh my god you are awake!" said a woman who wore a brown furry coat made to protect its wearer from cold and harsh winter. She had a skin full of winkles, fine lines and looked like she was in her early sixties. 'Strange, what this woman is speaking isn't Mongolian and yet I completely understand it.'
"Who are you and where am I?" asked Temujin or as they said Leo. "Your name is Leo and you are my son. You were attacked by a magical beast when you went out to hunt last night. The doctor said that all your memories were lost and you were in a coma." explained his grandmother as she started sobbing.
Seeing her cry, he put his hand on her shoulder to reassure her. Leo's grandmother reminded him of his own mother who took care of him after his father passed away. After he made her stop crying and took his hand back he groaned in pain as he had a painful burst of headache.
"Leo what happened are you alright?!" Exclaimed his grandma. "Yes mother I am alright." he replied as he got memories of his body's previous holder.
The boy's name was Leonardo Amare, a member of a warrior clan of Amare tribe they were located in the middle of Jima mountain range. The warriors in this world use energy called Ki and mages use energy called mana. He had never seen a human use mana other than magical beasts. The world had various intelligent races whose intelligence quotient was comparable to humans and were capable of linguistic understanding.
The boy stood 6 foot 2 inches, he was 15 years of age, had fair skin and blue eyes. He was a true lady killer. It seemed all his luck was spent on good looks as he was not able to comprehend and feel ki around him.
All the members of the warrior clans were taught about ki since they were of 14 years of age. The people of the warrior clan who were not able to use ki were looked down upon by other members and were subject to bullying and exploitation by other members who were the main attacking force of the tribe. The young members take a coming of age ceremony when they get 16 years of age and those who pass the test join the tribe attack force and then they were subject to promotions by their power level and performance in the attack force of the tribe.
The ki power was divided into various levels in ascending order as follows:
At first level people could easily destroy trees with a punch and at its peak the practitioners could destroy small boulders of 500 kg.
At the second level people could easily destroy boulders and strengthen their bodies permanently even when they were not using ki to enhance their bodies. Usually the warrior clan leader was of this rank and they served directly under the tribe leader.
At the third level people could concentrate their ki outside their bodies to coat their weapons and use ranged attacks.
There was not much known about fourth level, only information was that the founder of nomadic tribes was at this level.
Fifth level was the realm of legends and myths and people did not believe anyone could reach this level.
"Leo rest here I will make some food for you." said his grandma. "yes, please I am feeling hungry." Leo replied and grinned.
Her name was Odelina. She is a warrior of the first level, her son died during a war with the neighbouring tribes. Since then she took care of Leo. She was appointed to teach him about ki by the warrior clan. Even when Leo was unable to use ki inside him, she never made him feel discouraged and always motivated him.
"Here I made some soup for you." said Odelina as she came from inside the room holding a wooden bowl and spoon. She sat beside him and gave him the bowl to eat. "Hmm, this is good." complimented Leo as he ate the soup.
"Can you tell me everything I need to know about myself and the people around me." requested Leo as he wanted to make sure the memories he received were true and understand the mindset of people around him. "Oh, yeah sure I will tell you everything." Then she started to tell everything she knew about him and the people that knew him.
"Granny can I make a request." asked Leo as he looked at Odelina. "Yes, what is it?" questioned Odelina.
"I want to change my name. Instead of Leonardo I want it to be Khan." answered Leo. "Khan? what a strange name surely you can change it by the permission of the clan head but can I ask why?"
"Plot convenience." "What?"
"Oh, it's just that all my life till now has met with a failure, I want to now start a new journey and hopefully never meet with failure." Replied Khan. "Ok 'Khan' I will tell this information to the clan head and make the necessary changes." said Odelina.
He finished his soup and contemplated what was going on, he thought that the various monks that he met with and ate various fake elixirs of immortality had made his soul travel into this world. 'This is my second chance given by the gods. Surely this time I will not fail in my goal of conquering the world.' He thought as he ended his day.