For the time being, My parents are in the office discussing stuff.
I am in charge of looking after my siblings.
There's a large garden behind the mansion, a beautiful one as well.
I hear some water sound and look around to notice a maid happily watering the plants.
!
She notices me and immediately bows. She attempts to sneak away when I call out to her.
!!!!
With trembling legs and lowered head, she says "y-yes...?"
"... It's... A beautiful garden." I say.
"T-Thank you..."
...
I walk away, the maid immediately runs when I am out of sight.
"Brother! Why does the maid look so sad? And scared?" Says Mane.
"What do you mean?" I forge ignorance.
"She looks like the kids at my school getting bullied..." Says Lee.
...
"Do you want to help her?" I ask my brothers.
Mane and Lee nod.
I smile. "Okay, the first step to helping her is to get stronger," I say.
"Stronger?"
"Listen carefully, power, wealth, and strength are some of the most vital things in this world. Without them, you cannot do anything. Of course, you cannot let your greed consume you and follow your moral principle."
Ironic, I am telling them all these yet I acknowledge that I am very selfish.
"Big brother can teach you how to be stronger, but it will be tiring," I say.
Mane and Lee gulp but they do not back out and nod.
Nice. Mane and Lee are currently at the perfect age to start cultivation, 10 years old.
I throw a glance at Christina. The peaceful garden has sent her into meditation, a small Dantian has started to form in her belly, what an incredible advancement speed when she's only 4 years old!
I look around. This patch of grass is just wide enough for us.
This small garden is probably the most beautiful thing in this land.
I sit down in the lotus position and my brothers did the same.
I taught them the same method I taught Christina.
"Remember carefully, this is not a race. Do it at your own pace, you will eventually be able to feel the mana." I say.
Mane and Lee nod. They both went into a meditative state.
I should work on my cultivation too.
I gulp one pill of Foundation Establishment.
!!!!!!!!!!!!
This incredible amount of mana! There's too much!!
I attempt to absorb everything into my dantian and use it for my cultivation base.
Huff huff...
After a while, I open my eyes.
I'm sweating buckets... This is incredible. A perfect Foundation Establishment pill... The effects are too great.
Thankfully, the luck talent I extracted from Julius saved my life and I was able to break through to the next stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm to expand my Dantian.
I shouldn't consume those pills again until I reach a higher stage, my current dantian is too small and meridians too weak.
Mana is absorbed and will be travelling through the Meridians to the Dantian. The Dantian will store the mana as the body continuously use the mana to slowly improve one's cultivation.
Of course, techniques can speed all those processes up but a pill merely injects a large amount of mana.
I cultivate for the rest of the day until night falls. A maid wanted to call us but after seeing us in such a meditative state, decided to come back a while later.
Suddenly, I felt a tremendous presence in front of me.
I open my eyes quickly to see the dark elf I saved from the army.
My head throbs violently in pain but it subsides when the dark elf touches my forehead.
That's right! This dark elf... She suddenly disappeared after I return from the army the next day.
Not to mention, why did I...
Did she cast a spell to erase all of our memories? I didn't even notice.
"Elvis...You ran away just to come back?" I say.
She stares at me.
"Sorry." She mumbles.
"..."
"Can I talk to you?" She asks.
I sigh. "Sure."
We walk to the middle of the garden. There's a pond surrounding the ground that has some benches.
"Why did you save me?" Says Elvis.
"Why not?" I say.
...
"You are lying."
"Tch."
I am slightly annoyed that she erased my memory, yet why is she being so persistent?
...
"I owe a debt to the dark elves. I'm just repaying it, that's all."
Elvis stares at the ground before she takes out a device, a black square block with a thread.
Hm?
!!!!!!
I grab it from Elvis and take a closer look.
Why is this here?
This square block is the main thing the demon lord tried to find, also the main reason why he decided to ignite the Great Race war.
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A system fragment is detected nearby.
Absorb?
[Yes][No]
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What's this?
"I've been told to hold on to this since young until I meet the fated one. I will never forget your kindness." Says Elvis.
"H-Huh? Wait, what fated one?"
"I will reintroduce myself, I am the princess of the dark elf, Lesle. However, I will treasure the name you've given me. Elvis, it sounds nice."
"Wait wait wait, explain to me your definition of 'fated one'."
?
Elvis tilts her head.
"Fated one? It means the saviour of this world."
"HUH? Saviour? What?"
I scratch my head. "Y-You must be mistaken right? I am only a mere boy, how can I be something like-"
Elvis smiles. "It's just an instinct."
...
Instinct...
"Why were you even snooping around in the human kingdom anyways?" I ask.
"I am merely curious about the human kingdom."
"And see where that curiosity got you."
...
"It was nice knowing you, I need to go. I will remember you, Loi." Says Elvis and she instantly disappears into nothing.
I sigh again.
I decided not to think much about what she said and pressed yes on the panel.
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System fragment absorbed.
1/5 collected.
+100000 plot points.
Collect 4 more to unlock the feature:
-Dimensional Travel(Murim)
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What? So I can enter the legendary Murim world I can collect 4 more? Is that why the demon lord was collecting all these black small things...
No, more importantly, this confirms my suspicion that the demon lord has a similar system to mine.
"Brother?"
Mane, Lee, and Christina are staring at me.
"Why are all of you just standing? Let's go in, dinner is ready."
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Night falls. My siblings have been tucked into bed and my parents have fallen asleep in the office.
I wrap my face with a cloth. Time to move.
Late at night, after doing something in his office, Fatty proceed to go back home. Several knights follow him out.
I check my watch, it's about 1 am.
He roams around the village for a while before pointing at a homeless lady. The knight goes up to the lady and drags her up.
???
The clueless lady struggled but the malnutrition got the better of her.
I spy on them above the roofs of the buildings.
Sometime later, they stop in front of an isolated cabin and drag the lady in.
"Rejoice, today you are our bitch." The knight says.
I look around, there's no one around.
Good.
I set up sound-cancelling and invisibility barriers before smashing the windows.
!!!
I dive in and decapitate all of the knights who have taken their armour off.
"W-Who are you! Do you know who I am!"
The lady stares at me as she drags the blanket to cover her body. "Go." I say.
She runs out of the cabin.
"You bastard! I am the head butler of the baron family! Kill me and you will die."
...
I take off the cloth revealing my face.
!!!
"Impossible! It's you! How can you be that strong?"
I glare at him. "Why can't I?"
"Wait! This isn't what it seems like-"
I slice his arm off.
"Argh!!!! Y-You! Why are you like this? I-I promise I won't ever touch the people again! Really! I will leave the city."
I release suffocating killing intent. The fatty attempts to gasp for air. "What's your full name." I ask.
"F-Fate Desmall! My family is very influential around this part I can give you that, please don't-"
I see Desmall huh...
"Do you know someone called Azriel Desmall?" I ask him.
"Of course of course! He is my cousin! I-"
"Tell me where he is."
"He is currently at the kingdom of Celturus. He will be staying there for two weeks or so." Says Fatty.
The kingdom of Celturus, that's north of the capital. Aside from the capital, there are 3 more human kingdoms in this country. Each has its respective speciality, the kingdom of Celturus is the best place for Brothels.
"I see, thank you." I raise my sword.
"Huh?! Wait! But I told you-"
I plunge the blade into his thigh.
"AHHHHH!! STOP PLEASE! I WILL STOP BOTHERING THE LOCALS! I PROMISE, PLEASE LET ME GO!!"
"Huh?"
I smile. "You are wrong, I'm not killing you for the locals, I'm killing you because you are a nuisance to my family. My family will live here more peacefully knowing that you are gone."
"W-What...y-you crazy bastard..."
I decapitate the fatty.
I know I'm crazy, I've done many crazy things.
Now than... I hold the fatty's head and attach it back to his body.
"Rise," I say.
This time, the smoke went into the fatty's body instead of consuming it. The fatty stands up and kneels to me.
The Desmall family will surely act when they realise that their fat family member is dead. To be honest, even if they don't act, they are still too dangerous...too dangerous to be left alive.
As to how I know this, we will have to look at my past life again...