SWOOSH!
A gust of wind moved inside the room, ruffling Noah's hair. it was followed by a clicking sound that echoed inside his mind. It continued to echo inside his mind for a few seconds before subsiding.
'It should start now.' Noah silently waited for his powers to unlock. The same thing had happened to him in the past but he had been asleep back then, thus missing a great deal of information.
Suddenly, a magic circle expanded below Noah's feet as it covered the entire room.
< Fire, S grade affinity. > A mechanical voice resounded throughout the room as a symbol, a brightly burning fire, appeared in front of Noah.
< Water, SSS grade affinity. > Another symbol, one drop of water falling in the ocean, appeared on the west side of the fire symbol.
< Wind, SS grade affinity. > A cloud-like scenery appeared on the opposite side of the water symbol.
< Earth, S grade affinity. > The symbol of trees appeared in the northern direction so that each of the four symbols was present in each of the four cardinal directions.
< Light, SS grade affinity. Darkness SS grade affinity. Ice, SSS grade affinity. Lightning, SSS grade affinity. >
The voice spoke at once as four more symbols representing the four elements appeared around the previous four symbols such that they formed a circle.
(AN: For better visualization, check this paragraph comment for a reference image.)
The eight symbols suddenly started spinning clockwise as Noah looked at them with a strange glint in his eyes.
He had the same amount of power in his previous life as well yet he had no idea how to use them. Noah was sure that if he could've even used two of the said elements, things would've been vastly different in the past.
Tic!
Noah heard the clicking sound inside his head once again, knowing well that it was the same mechanical voice from earlier.
The mechanical voice was also something known as the divinity of the world. It was the thing that maintained the power level of a world and after someone had crossed a certain threshold, it threw them out of the realm to a higher one.
"I was too naïve to think that this was the only place with life back then. But then, most people didn't know the existence of a higher realm and the palace of time." Noah mused.
Suddenly, one of the eight symbols shot out from the spinning circle and passed right through Noah's chest. The symbol was then followed by the other seven symbols as Noah unlocked the power to use eight elements.
< Time affinity has been detected. Checking bloodline… >
Noah inhaled sharply as this was the most important affinity. According to Aiko, he had this in his previous life too yet he couldn't use it due to being a human.
His bloodline was no longer pure human or that's what Noah thought after hearing his mother's words. The only way of knowing it for sure was if the voice ended up counting the time element.
< Bloodline detected: Half-Elf >
< Time affinity, unknown grade. Due to the current level of the body as well as the low level of the realm, the affinity has been lowered to D grade. Many abilities are restricted from being used. >
Noah nodded his head a bit as he had expected this to happen from the start.
His powers were already too much and adding time powers to the equation would make him the strongest person in his entire realm.
Noah knew that his body couldn't handle the usage of all of his powers so he would've to restrict himself. Despite doing that, he was sure that he would come out as the strongest person in the world after some time.
< Spirit Power detected… >
< Spirit magician job class has been assigned. To check the details and know more about it, download the basic information on job classes, skills, and spells. >
It was now the time for Noah to unlock his last power, something that had 'prevented' him from using all of his powers in his last life.
It had taken him a long time to figure out what Spirit Power was and how it separated him from all the others out there. Even the basic information provided to him didn't have much information about it.
Unfortunately, this had led to him asking people about his job class, and that in turn had destroyed his life to an unrecoverable degree.
< Say "Summon Soul Book" to summon your soul book and check everything in detail. > The voice said its final words before vanishing.
"Summon Soul Book," Noah said aloud as a pure black book suddenly appeared in his right hand.
The book had a completely black hardback alongside Noah's full name, 'Noah Ven Kairo', written on the front in bold letters in blood red.
This was a soul book that every person had, be it the ones on Noah's current realm or the ones that were present in the palace of time.
A soul book contained all the information about a person's stats, job class, skills, etc. It was one of the most helpful things that everyone had access to.
Noah already knew most of the information on the Soul Book yet he still had to flip through it and hear the basic information.
'I remember that last time, my Soul book didn't provide me any information and I had to take help from mom.' Noah vividly remembered before opening the first page of the soul book and skimming through it.
It told him about what the soul book was, something he already knew well. The next page was the content page which guided a person about the contents of the book.
According to one's convenience, they could also rearrange their soul book using this page.
Noah then flipped onto the status page as he looked at his current self with a bittersweet smile.
Name: Noah Ven Kairo
Race: Half-Elf
Job Class: Spirit Magician[EX]
Health: 50/50
Mana: ???/???
Intelligence: ??? [Max?]
Strength: 5
Agility: 10
Dexterity: 3
Vitality: 10
Note: You have unlimited power yet if you try to use even 5% of it, you would turn into a skeleton(if you aren't one already).
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Even though Noah didn't have clairvoyance, he had a feeling that something wasn't going to be right. His feeling had been correct.
'My intelligence and mana can't be calculated…' He sighed, knowing well that this was the power he had retained from his previous life. 'I guess I'm a foreigner in this world since it isn't exactly like my original world.'
Noah knew that he had been sent in the past, one that was different from the original one. In a way, it could be said that he had both transmigrated to a different world and had reincarnated into a past version of himself.
He then focused on his stats again and sighed. Though his collective stats, excluding intelligence and mana, were worse than those of a beginner, he didn't feel too bad.
He could easily acquire more stats with the help of his knowledge and won't face any problems. The intelligence and mana also made up for the gap left behind by those stats.
< Beginner's Quest has been assigned. >
< Quest has been reevaluated to match your level. >
[ < First Revenge >
- After reincarnating into the past, your first motive is to change the little things that made your life difficult, starting from obtaining revenge on your bullies.
Number of bullies to take revenge upon: 0/3
Reward: 5 stat points
Time limit: One week. ]
A grin appeared on Noah's face as he saw the details of the quest in front of him. It was much different than the other beginner's quests but he didn't mind them.
The quest feature was something that worked differently for everyone, however, 90% of the majority got their quests from a specific list which meant many people would have the same quest.
Quests were great things to increase your power level as well as get many other rewards. The higher the difficulty of the quest, the greater the rewards.
'Though five stat points aren't that much, they are still useful for me.' Noah thought before looking outside the window.
Only a few hours remained until morning came. It would be the beginning of a huge day for him but before experiencing that, Noah wanted to complete his quest.
'I wonder if I can still use basic skills without unlocking them.' Noah looked at his Soul book curiously as he flipped to the skill page only to see that it was empty.
He didn't lose hope and closed the book instead. Noah knew that the answer would only be certain to him if he tried using some of the magic from his previous life.
Though he couldn't use them, Noah always had spirit magic to rely on.
"Wind spirit magic: Jinn's Blessing!"
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AN: More information will be provided on these in the future otherwise it would feel like an extremely huge information dump.
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