"Haaaa...."

Laying on a shabby wooden bed inside a run down wooden hut located in the mountains and old man sighed, his name is Nico Viccia.

His face full of wrinkles, hair that's fully white, bones weakened and his left arm torn from his shoulder he looked at the ceiling reminiscing of his past.

He wore decent clothing, but don't let his appearance fool you, he may be an old man with his left arm torn and currently lived in the mountains but he was once the strongest fighter humanity ever produced.

Ranked as general of the empire he fought countless battle and faced many life and death situations, he was a legendary figure who led the army against it's neighbouring empire.

He has slain countless experts and was hailed as the strongest fighter by the masses, his enemies feared him, his people praised him but now he is but an old man laying on his deathbed waiting for his lifespan to expire.

'System' He thought, and almost immediately a transparent two dimensional rectangle appeared in front of him, it's edges glowed yellow and written on the top is the word "Status".

Below it is his full statistics, "Status whole long do I have left? I'm getting tired of waiting."

Spark...

A slight sparking sound rang lightly, "Host, with your current lifespan you have only ten minutes left." a soothing feminine voice which resonated and echoed throughout his head.

He sighed, "Ten minutes, why did I even wait for my lifespan to decrease when I can just kill myself." He pondered but remembered why he chose to wait for his lifespan to turn zero rather than immediately killing himself.

"Host, your legacy is almost complete, only nine more minutes and I'll be able to finish it, stop being impatient this is the twenty-ninth time I've told you it'll be finished a minute before your lifespan reaches zero." Nico smirked and narrowed his brows but let it go

"Once I reincarnate how will I be able to access my legacy? Just in the slight chance my system once I reincarnate won't be able to talk like you."

After a slight pause, "Host stop being paranoid, I've already told you that once you reincarnate then I'd still be able to talk to you, I was created to serve you host..."

Nico raised his eye brows, 'Created to serve me?...' He thought. 'Well doesn't matter I only have a few minutes left I'll figure it out in the next life' He shrugged the thought.

"Okay but I wanna know do I get to keep my memories after reincarnation?"

"Usually no... But with me here host I'll be able to give you your memories after you reincarnate"

Nico paused for a bit before saying "Alright, alright... how much time left?"

"Eight minutes"

Nico closed his eyes, 'Even after sacrificing my lifespan to serve the empire they didn't even bat an eye when they tossed me aside once they saw my weak state' He gritted his teeth but tried to slowly calm himself.

With a weak light flick of his hand the screen in front of him disappeared and being the only light source except for the moonlight it caused the small hut to become somewhat very dim, with improved vision this wasn't a problem for most and he wasn't an exception.

'I wonder what you would do Meazu when you see your son toss me aside like a disposable pawn, you chose the wrong heir my good friend, we were both too blind to realise his schemes' He opened his eyes, with his weak body he had to use all his strength to push himself and was barely able to sit on the bed.

Creek...

The bed's legs swayed showing signs of collapsing, it was barely able to hold on.

"I'm not a good architect" He shook his head.

[Mana Control] Inside his body deep in the centre of his chest, a small bead had a dim glow of blue and emitted a blue coloured gas-like substance, the small bead barely resonated any light with the remaining blue substance slowly spreading throughout his body.

This was mana, everyone has mana which gives them supernatural powers. Mana permeated throughout the his body slightly hardening and reinforcing the bones, muscles and flesh. His body's condition slowly improved from a pale and weak looking old man to having smooth skin with little muscle Nico took a deep breath, he wasn't weak looking now.

He slowly took small steps and sometimes swayed side to side clearly having a hard time walking, 'Tch, if only my mana core wasn't damaged I would have tried to reach the next realm to increase my lifespan! Ha... why didn't the king send more generals and divisions to join me, why did he send me to capture a planet which obviously was a stronghold that had hundreds of experts! Was it a plot to remove me?... It's in the past now." He clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, his hands bled from his nails and his lips were bleeding.

He wiped the blood on his lips with his wrist and looked at his palms that had a bloody stench, he took a deep breath and walked forward towards the edge of the cliff, the moonlight was beautiful, the air slightly breezed passed him, it was cold but he ignored it and looked at the moon, it's sight was majestic.

Nico sat by the edge of the cliff and felt the cold breeze, 'I never really was able to enjoy my life, I trained and trained nonstop, even when Meazu invited me to drink, travel the world I kept declining him, I kept telling myself to keep training to become the strongest and I did... But at what cost..." He paused, he leaned backwards and laid on the grass with his arms spread to the side, it was a new feeling for him.

'I never did relax, I barely took any breaks pushing myself to my limits, went to the doctor many times since I kept over-exerting myself... Reika and Meazu would always scold me every time I was sent to the hospital hahaha' He chuckled.

Reika is what Nico named the system.

"Maybe in my next life... I want to travel the universe... Maybe become the strongest and make more friends..." He mumbled and had a smile on his face.

...

"Five minutes host"

Without realising it time quickly ticked and passed by.

...

"Host, your legacy has been completed you may be able to access your legacy once you reincarnate!"

"Thank you Reika" He smiled, he couldn't express how grateful he was for Reika's help, when he needed guidance she was their, when he needed motivation she was their, he never felt alone with her around 'Kinda feels like a have a wife'

'Argh...!' Nico grit his teeth, he felt his body quickly weakening turning his already pale skin even paler and void of colour, he felt the small bead in his chest cracking and his soul leaving his body, it was a different sensation of pain, it was on a whole different level, he has fought countless times and was severely injured multiple times and once even his limbs were cut but luckily with the help of healers it was reattached.

With decades of fighting experience and pushing his body to the absolute limit pain was almost a non-existent feeling for him, he never felt pain for many decades but now he felt a pain so unbearable he quickly lost consciousness, never in his life did he ever imagine he would lose his consciousness due to pain but here he did.