Marcus, who had been buried among countless clockwork, slowly opened his eyes.
"Did the body go back in time, not in the past, but in reverse of time itself?"'
He felt like his body became light like a balloon that was deflated. The stats, mana, and everything that supported the body was gone.
It was a little disappointing.
If he had returned to the past with the power he had, he would have felt much more comfortable.
'Well, that would have been a lot harder.'
Sending the soul itself to the past and the body to the past together was a completely different matter.
If the body is sent to the past, the problem that the same person exists in the same time zone must be solved, and the power to send it beyond the timeline will be much greater. So being X would have to erase the timeline and create a new timeline, something very messy.
[Ding!]
[System detects something...Chance at mischief detected.]
[You triggered the Diabolical system, please make a decision:]
[Option one: Interact with the portal in front of you; Choose the Demon faction]
[Reward: *Mythic Title: The Heretic(-90 favourability; 60% stat reduction in the beginning; All negative statuses set on user last till the end of nihility; Unable to wield items; Item proficiency is unavailable; 90% reduction in mana cost; Cursed with the blessings of the death goddess Hel. Total stats reduction.+0.1% stat growth with each heinous act committed.]
[Option two: Interact with the portal in front of you; Choose to be the Outworlder Brave]
[Reward: *Mythic Title: The Outworlder Brave(+30 favourability with all the believers of Exodus, god of Divinity, family, and fate; 50% increase in all stat growth; All negative statuses have a weaker impact on user till the end of nihility; 75% increase in the effectiveness of items; 50% reduction in mana cost); +0.1% stat growth with each heroic act committed.]
"What in the actual Fuc... Never mind, Let's choose option one this time, shall we?"
...
Magnus still remembered the first time around where he had chosen The Outworlder Brave title instead.
but this time around, he can no longer follow his past life choices, especially now that he had regressed back in time with the knowledge of the future, With key information that could quite literally blow a mind.
"Was it really the best choice back then?"
// Flashback recalling {Magnus PoV}
"Huh?"
"Back then I was dropping by the neighbourhood library for a quick read at a new novel I had been following for a while"
I was a sophomore at a local university. I was quite the atypical college student. Focusing more on books than girls.
I figured if I put in the effort now, I'd get more time to enjoy myself with girls for the rest of my life right? So I did do that, and it was turning out pretty well, considering I was this close to entering an Ivy League college with my Gpa alone.
I had embraced countless anime, games, and other aspects of otaku culture, but I still took my studies seriously so that I could lead a proper life.
And it seemed like the right choice at the time. However, in order to save money, even though it pains my heart to do so, I had to read old books from second-hand bookstores and the library.
Immediately after I had bothered to enter the library, a glowing portal emerged on my face, with me taking my sweet time to analyze the portal like a bigshot, trying to Einstein my way into figuring out what was going on.
"What the heck?"
Right when those words left my mouth, my consciousness drifted away. Immediately a soothing feminine voice spoke up in my ears.
But never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought that It would take me to a parallel world.
"Choose your destiny, Brave warrior"
[Ding!]
[System detects the entrance of a new player.]
[Please make an Important decision :]
[Option one: Interact with the portal in front of you; Choose to enter the Demon Faction]
[Reward: *Mythic Title: The Dubious Demon(-90 favourability of all believers of Exodus, god of Divinity, family, and fate; 60% stat reduction at the beginning of your journey; All negative statuses set on user last till the end of nihility; Unable to wield items; Item proficiency is unavailable; 90% reduction in mana cost; Cursed to follow the commands of the death goddess Hel. +0.001% stat growth with each heinous act committed.]
[Option two: Interact with the portal in front of you; Choose to be the Outworlder Brave]
[Reward: *Mythic Title: The Heroic Brave(+70 favourability with all the believers of Exodus, god of Divinity, family, and fate; 50% increase in all stat growth; All negative statuses have a weaker impact on user till the end of nihility; 75% increase in the effectiveness of items; 50% reduction in mana cost); +0.001% stat growth with each heroic act committed.]
It was around this time that I was contacted by what I can only say was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen, barely paralleled, even by the elves on the Eastern Continent. It was the Grand Priestess of Media the goddess of Magic, Priestess Maya Bahrain, daughter of a once Warlord and the Current Overlord of the Central pandora, His Highness Karna Bahrain.
"I don't have a lot of time brave warrior" She spoke. Her soft mellow voice distracted me down to my very essence?. ( Don't think this is necessarily grammatically accurate, need to tweak it a little)
"Yes," I spoke, unaware she already had me in her clutches as soon as I had responded.
"Please help us fight the warriors of the Demon continent that are terrifying millions of innocents and act as the guardian of the Behemothian Empire. You are our only hope."
And like the Beta I was, I couldn't help myself but choose the second option, unaware of all the regrets I was going to face.