On the island base, at Great Hall, many children are spending time there together. Some have excitement on their faces, while others are worrying. They are looking at the video of Hulk vs Abomination.
"Who do you think is stronger? The monster or the Deer God?"
"Of course, it's the Deer God, he is a god for a reason. He only needs to summon some lightning and smite those monsters"
There is a heated discussion about the incident on the island. The elf has an HD quality video of the whole incident, as he is there. And he also edited the fight to look like a movie, just for fun.
"You know, on the Internet, people couldn't see this fight anymore. It's all been deleted." Mia, a 12 years old Cambodian with a Bob cut, said to the group.
"It must be the bad people that the sister told us about", Dotty, an 11 years old Indian girl with a buzz cut replied. The Deer God didn't tell them but he told the older sister about it. It was passed down to them and Shield was painted as a bad guy.
"If we found a monster like that outside, what should we do?" Sive, a petite 9 years old who looks like 7 years old, has a braided twin-tail for her blonde hair, from Norway, asked in fear. She wanted to just stay on the island but the Deer God asked her to go to school. What if the monster comes to school?
Mia and Dotty try to comfort their younger sister "Don't worry, the Deer God won't let these people hurt us." They patted Sive on the head. But they are also worried under the surface.
Dotty proposed something, "Why don't we ask the Red Queen about it?" They have been racking their brains to find out what to do if they are amidst the incident, but nothing came out.
The other two nodded and then they summoned the queen. The queen then gives them an inexplicable answer " If you want to survive the incident, then you need to become stronger". The red queen doesn't know at this time that her answer will cause a lot of headaches for the elf.
The trio is now running to find the Deer God, as they believe he is almighty. He will know how to make them stronger! They went to ask the Droid, Meowth, their older sister, about where the Deer God is, but it seems like he is not on the island.
*Slam* The door to the pantry is opened violently." Meowth! Where's the Deer God?"
The cat who was stealing a can of tuna at the time was shocked out of his mind! He hides the can behind his back and says "I don't know!"
The elf is on the island. But he is upgrading the magic array surrounding the island. To add the function of avoiding prying eyes.
This is to make sure creatures like Heimdall can't see through the island camouflage. Later at midnight, he went to get dinner at the Great Hall. He was surprised to see that there were a lot of people there.
"Aren't you sleeping? You have school tomorrow so don't stay up too late". He then feels the twinkle in the kids' eyes when he announces himself.
The trio's search for the Deer God has alerted many people on the island. Many want to join them to ask it together, while the older ones are worried that they will incur his wrath. So they come together with the kids.
"What's the matter?" it seems clear that they wanted to ask him something.
"Deer God, we are wondering if we can become strong…" Mia, as the oldest, took the responsibility to ask for her younger siblings. But her voice becomes lower and lower at the end of the sentence.
Facing the question, the elf read their memory first before answering as he wanted to know what brought this upon. " That monster incident won't come frequently though."
Sive took over and said, "But you can't interfere with the human world. What if the monster comes to school, how can I fight it?". She tries to explain herself calmly to the Deer God. "I want to become strong, please teach me!" She bows down.
The elf was silent for a while, he answered the girl. "Power didn't come fully from desire, but aided with needs. When you know why you need power, come to me then."
The elf then goes out of the hall after picking up his dinner, leaving the crowd to think. "I actually ran away from there, but I couldn't show that now, could I ? "
The girl is in deep thought. All of them are. First, they are glad that the Deer God didn't reject them, but they have to pass the test first. They put their brain together to answer the question. Even the older widow joins together.
"Why do we need power? Isn't it simple to want to become stronger? Why do we need it?" Dotty said in confusion.
Mia said, "Why don't we check what we need, perhaps there is an answer in it."
"What we need… food is there, water is there, fun is there, friends are there, home is there, school is there,....what else?" The more they list what they have, the more they become puzzled. Is there a need for power?
The first person to answer the question is… Annika. " I desire power, to get what I need. And I also need power, to get what I desire. Is my answer true? "
The elf just smiles. The question is based on a quote from Dragonball, he didn't think that people would give their answers so quickly. He makes them think because he wanted to organize what he was going to give them.
He is satisfied with Annika's answer. He didn't say anything but he pointed his finger, touching Annika's forehead. Before she could react, countless pieces of information appeared in her mind.
"This is?" Annika is looking for an explanation.
" The answer to the question differs from person to person. But if you are true to yourself, then I will help you get what you want. I've given you some techniques to improve yourself. Once you complete it and want to learn more, come to me again".
Annika nodded hearing that. Then the elf added "By the way, you are now the leader of the group. If people want to learn, they'll come to you instead of me. You can decide if their answer is correct before teaching them. Make sure they come up with their own answer. Okay?"
Her wrong-wired brain thought that Deer God picked her as an apostle. She replied very excitedly and couldn't wait to tell the others about it. The Deer God disappeared before her eyes. But she knows that the Deer God is still watching her. (He isn't, he just escaped responsibility)
Thus, the group that shook the world in the future is now established. But that's a story for another time. He only does this because he has a soft spot for the islander after living with them for a while. All his girls will have a little something. He has prepared something for Skye and Gwen, and he will give it to them when they need it.
The technique he gives Annika is a body refining technique that allows them to reach captain America level, chi refining techniques from the marvel world, but it's not from Kunlun, but the organization before that. He got it from Mephisto. "It's a variant of Kunlun "
He gives her intermediate skills, named skills such as cicada step, mount Hua swordsmanship, and more. If they digest it, they can get the power they seek using their mortal body. Body plus chi refining could make them stronger up to 12 times the human strength minimum wage. But it'll take a few years to get to it.
Putting the matter back to his mind. He turns to the group chat. GreenWitch already completed his quest from before, and she is sharing her findings today.
GreenWitch: The blood works great! I tried manipulating it to purify the miasma-covered land that rotted because of the demons. The land is showing signs of restoration now!
He is happy for her. "I'll sell you the rest. I don't have a lot of it left, barely 500 ml." The rest is making data exchanges with his research partner in another universe. They feel now the drug is ready.
Although the clinical trial is still ongoing, based on his and his partner's calculations, the drug is effective. So he decided to sell the formula on the trade site. He got a notification the moment he listed it.
[Congratulations, the trader has listed an item that transcends tier. You will have the opportunity to buy one item from the higher level as a reward!]
The drug is valued highly because it didn't use specific energy such as magic or qi. It is pure science! He was shocked when he read the notification. He turns to the group chat and asks for advice on what to use this chance for.
Mythic: You can buy my intermediate warrior gene optimization fluid. It's sold to the 4th tier. You can become as strong as Thor, maybe stronger.
Queenelf: Or, go search for a bloodline for sale, or talent.
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He got a lot of advice but then someone gave him something he needed right now.
TheDoctor: Search for avatar magic. The transmitter you used for your clone cannot travel outside the earth. You planned to go to space right? Others can wait, get what you need first.
Quickly, he searches for the avatar magic that was mentioned. It will make his clone's body truly become his avatar instead of using a chip in the brain.
Also, there's a nice perk to it. When one avatar dies, the mind will go back to the main body. When the main body dies, it will go to the avatar. Literally means that if one of the bodies survives, he will not die!!!
"Increased survivability is a good thing!" The price for the magic is 5,000,000 tc. The magic is from the tier 5 market. It's the highest price for a thing he bought here. To apply the magic, he has to rent a magic tower to supplement his mana reserve as it's not enough, especially for 2 bodies.
When Gwen is going back to her parent's house, and Skye is going to camp, all the bodies come together for the first time on the island. At the same time, a tall tower appears on the island, attracting the curiosity of the islander. The elf, Kai, and he are standing together in a circle.
"Damn, my brain will get messed up like this." He had to process all the points of view at the same time. Like an infinite mirror, it becomes messed up. It was bearable when it was only two of them before, but now he can't stand it. He closes the connection to the clones. It shuts down and falls to the floor. Kai fell splat on his nose, while the elf body fell to its knees, just limping there.
All the inhabitants of the island are prohibited to go to the magic Tower until they are allowed to. "I want to go in." Sive pouted. Her sisters warn her.
"Never! He never asks us for anything. Do you want to break the one thing he had asked us?" Dotty scolds the youngest of her trio.
In the tower, the bodies are sitting next to him. Taking a deep breath, he said, "Here we go", he took out a magic staff he bought made from the Yggdrasil branch to help him cast the magic. He muttered the incantation, and the magic from the tower quickly entered his body as his magic was being depleted.
"ARRGGHHH!!!!" He screams, it seems like the magic also tears out his soul. That makes sense but the pain is goddamn awful. His soul tearing pain continues for a half-hour before the parted soul settles into the avatar's body.
Blood is coming out from his orifices, his body becomes weak, and his breathing is erratic. He then sits down to meditate to recover from the backlash of the magic. It seems like he got some sort of enlightenment from the magic as his magic circuit which is only at tier 3, jumped into tier 4. His soul entered a sublimation state and he didn't realize that he had already meditated for 2 days in the wizard's tower.
2 days later, he finally wakes up. He uses 'aport' magic to remove the implanted chip inside their brain, and he is getting used to the new feeling. The avatar body is adapting to the new changes while still sleeping.
Before he checks out all the upgrades that he got, even his magic circuit tier, ALBUS said to him. "Master, it's good that you finally woke up. It's been 2 days."
"Sorry to make you feel worried ALBUS"
"You should go home as soon as possible. Miss Gwen is already in front of your door".
"You should tell me that first", he uses cleaning magic to remove the blood. And quickly teleported into his house in Brooklyn. The avatar could do what they wanted.
"Ryan, are you okay?" Gwen, who is already inside the house, is knocking on his lab door. She thought he was inside the lab. Her boyfriend hasn't been answering her texts or calls for 2 days. This never happened before. She is really worried something happened to him.
She knocked on the lab door for a while, then she decided to break into the lab. Before she could do that, Ryan came out of the room.
"Hey Gwen, sorry I didn't hear you just now" Ryan tried to play it off as naturally as possible, but he didn't know that because of the magic backlash, he is now very pale! His complexion is that of a sick person.
Moving back to the tower, Kai and the elf who has no name starts to wake up. "Ughh, my nose," Kai said while rubbing his nose. Ryan just let him fall earlier on. The elf is feeling something different. "It's like, I can feel that nature is close to me." He senses it when a bird is flying to the tower windows, and land on the finger he's holding up.
"Good for you. Hey, you're thinking what I am thinking?" Kai is excited. The elf tries to move away. "No, I'm not. I'm not going to do that with you."
"Come on, it'll be fun!!" Kai puts his arm on the elf's shoulder, making the bird fly away as it is startled. "(sigh) just this one time okay!" He said helplessly.
"Let's do the mirror dance!!!" Kai turns on some music! He's very excited, but the elf's face has no emotion other than spite.
They didn't realize at that time or for a long time, that there was a very disturbing side effect about the avatar magic. One of the side effects is, that when Ryan splits his soul, part of his personality is split too. Although they are the same guy, Kai will be more kind and nosy, while the elf will be lazy and villainy. But more on that later.
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3 days later, He lay on the bed after a busy day. Since he created Kai, his brain has never rested. And when he splits his consciousness into the elf, it's in overdrive. After he cast the avatar magic, those guys can move independently now, freeing his brain.
He fell asleep after a while, and he had a dream, something lost by him for a very long time. He didn't remember it when he woke up. He didn't realize that he'd been crying while he was sleeping.
In his dream, he's sitting next to a hospital bed. He didn't recognize the woman sitting in it, he only knew she had been there for a very long time.
The woman holds his hand, even when she is on life support. She barely can speak, but she pushes herself for him.
"My son, I know that life has been unfair for you. Promise me you'll keep living in this world, even when it hurts you deeply. I know in my heart that someday. The universe..will reward you"
It is the last word she has ever spoken. He does what she says, to keep living. Even though he wants it to end. He keeps living. Even when he's sick, he'll at least go to the doctor. He'll find excuses to keep himself alive, even when he needs to get rid of his clones, he couldn't.
When he transmigrated, he didn't remember his family or friends. For others that may be torture. But for him, it is mercy.