Zach's mind was floating in the darkness, he was relaxed, he didn't have any thoughs apart from the wish to stay there in this state until the end of all times. He stayed in this odd state for an unknown period of time, actually he could have been in this state for 3 minutes or for 3 thousand millenials.
However, no being in the universe could know what was happening and how long Zach stayed in this state.
All of sudden Zach felt himself slowly pulled off this state, his mind was beginning to become clearer and clearer.
'So this is death' it was the first thing he thought about.
Then the first thing Zach felt when he focused about what happened, it was extreme anxiety and fear.
'This mind state is so dangerous, I couldn't help but be like a brain dead, I hope I won't come to this state again'. He could only hope that it would not happen again as he didn't know what would come next.
While until then it was only his consciousness that was pulled, he now had a feeling which to him was utterly impossible, it was the feeling of his body pulled by the head, yes his body that's why he was utterly confused.
Suddenly he was dazzled by a powerful light, so much that he tried to complain but the only thing that got off his mouth was cry, a baby's cry. He was greatly confused, at this momment he heard in his head an ancient male slightly robotic voice, to him it sounded like a dragon Emperor in the books he read.
[Ding ! Lord of Death System initialized]
[Welcome host, you got the Lord of Death system, with this system you will be able to slowly strenghen yourself to become the master of death and eventually to become death itself. You shall become the most dreaded being in the whole universe, the reaper of all life, the death bringer, your sole presence shall be followed by rivers of blood and mountains of corpses. The system shall start the synchronization with host]
[Ding ! Error host's body can't sustain the synchronization with the system]
'What, death itself ?!' 'I got a system like in the stories back on earth but it's broken ??'
A few seconds later, he could see again, what he saw was a tall man, about 1.92 meters, and a woman full of sweat. He then heard the man talk, to the woman, in a language he couldn't understand, she answered him still in the same language. The man who had Zach in his arms then carefully handed him to the woman. She put him against her chest and kissed him on his forehead.
'I was reborn in another world and so this is my father and my mother ?' Zach guessed.
'I don't remember my parents from my last life as they died when I was very young, I don't know how it feels to have parents. But the strangest thing is for me to be treated like a baby, albeit physically being one, while I am 28 years old.'
'I need to learn the language of this world fast and understand how this world works'.
Zach started his new life, in this new world, his parents were nammed Lara and Aldrich they nammed him Zach. They lived in a pretty large village, there was about a dozen thousand inhabitants, in a neighborhood where they all knew each other. Obviously he was not in a noble family, as such he didn't have a household name.
After 2 years in this new world Zach already mastered the language and was able to run by himself, in those 2 years he learned that he was in a world where things like cultivation or magic, he didn't knew exactly yet, existed. This world was nammed Hestis, It was controlled by the humans and he was in the kingdom of Kartelion.
He also learned that cultivation was something vastly widespread that gave extreme privileges, for example all the nobles household had a cultivator at the peak of this world and some of the most prestigious had even some of their ancestors that ascended to a higher plane.
After understanding that strengh was a must in this world, he pondered over how to become strong. He was fed up of being defenseless in front of death.
'I have a system, it should properly function one day or another, I hope ... before it works normally I should work hard to have the best starting point conceivable. What I should is train my body and master weaponless style and master a weapon as soon as I can but for now I have a baby body so I should focus on gaining knowledge of this world and above all knowledge about cultivation.'
"Mom can you tell me about Hestis, please" Zach inquired like the baby he should be.
"Sure, you see Hestis is composed of a gigantic continent, on this continent there is 5 kingdoms, Kartelion is the strongest kingdom of all, the other four have about the same power, the thing the most noticeable in the other four is Delp, in this continent there are are elves, dwarves and beastmen." She paused caressed his head and continued.
"We live in the Tionys village, our village is not very far from the capital Fronos where you can find the most powerful powerhouse of this world." She replied to him gently.
"Mom, tell me more, I want to know about cultivation" He asked enthusiastically.
"Ok I will, calm dowm honey." She answered.
"You see, in cultivation there are 5 different rank in cultivation, each separated in 4 sub stage namely Low, Mid, High and Peak grade. Each cultivation rank give a title which are for rank 1 to 5 Novice, Soldier, Captain, Hero and Conqueror.There is some rumor that there is more to cultivation, the cultivators of the conqueror rank might be able to ascend to a new plane."
She explained him everything she knew because she was aware that he was a very intelligent boy and that it was not too much for him.
"I see mom, have you and dad cultivated ?" Zach asked her, he was trying to learn everything he could about cultivation and was curious about the level his mother and dad reached if they ever cultivated.
"Yes baby, your dad and me are indeed cultivator, your dad reached the mid level captain and I reached the peak level soldier. But we retired ourselves with the cultivation's matter, the only thing we wish now is to have a peaceful life with you." She replied him while she cuddled his head.
"Mom, when can I start cultivating ?" He didn't know when the system will be able to synchronize with him, if it ever did, so to become stronger he needed to at least be aware of the potential alternative.
"To cultivate you need a dantian, and the dantian will form itself at the age of 12, so you can't cultivate your dantian before 12 but there another way to start before getting a dantian."
"What it that cultivation and how it works ?" He inquired with a powerful thirst of knowledge noticeable in his eyes.
She sighed, she knew that he would ask this, she explained to him how it worked and whispered "It's the oldest method of the universe, the first to ever exist."
She continued "You see you can cultivate your with your dantian, to elevate your internal energy, but you can also cultivate your body to hone your physical capabilities and reflexes. As for its classification it's the same as the dantian cultivation, it goes from rank 1 to 5 five divised in low to peak grade."
"Mom ..."
"I know, you can train your body with your dad when you become a bit older" She interrupted without needing to hear what he wanted to say.
"Ok, mom." he replied while hugging his mom.
Zach continued to learn everything he could from the books and listening to his parents while he waited for his body to be old enough to start his body's training. He did that for 7 years and learn many things about the dantian's cultivation, he wondered what advantages his system wil bring to him.