System?
[Yes, host!]
What are you?
[I am an existence that will help you become the Strongest.]
Honestly, I was very excited as someone who has read a lot of fantasy novels. Although I later became a little sceptical.
What are your features, system?
[Status: Shows the status of anything]
[Storage: A space devoid of time for storage. Size depends on the user's power.]
[Shop: LOCKED. Can be unlocked after Ascension.]
System show my status.
[Ding! Showing Status.]
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Name: Ethan Zephyr
Age: 5
Rank: Novice [G]
Strength: E-
Agility: E+
Stamina: E-
Spirit: A+
Mana: D-
Luck: F-
Charm: B+
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Skills: Ancient Core Creation, Basic Sword Art, Basic Mana Manipulation
Profession: Mage
Storage: 100 Cubic metres
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Even though I was a Rank 1: Novice, my stats were comparable to that of a Rank 3: Adept.
After that, I started moving about in the universe. I could easily teleport to anywhere as I was now it's owner. I started by collecting important things from my master's memory. Rare plants, artifacts, everything was collected by me.
The best artifact I got was the white room with many doors. Each door had a universe connected to it.
I got everything I came here for and more.It was time to go back now. I am afraid of what might have happened at the mansion after my disappearance.
***
At the Zephyr Family Mansion,
Four family members were having dinner. Today the head seat was occupied by an elder figure.
If anyone had little information about the most influential people in this world, they would know that this was one of the Rank 8: Legend and the grandfather of Ethan, Alaric Zephyr.
Alaric is a tall and lean man with broad shoulders and a chiselled physique. He stands with a confident, upright posture, and his piercing blue eyes seem to survey the world with a mix of alertness and calmness. His hair is short and white, and his thick beard is neatly trimmed. His face is weathered and lined with age, but his skin retains a healthy glow. His hands are calloused and scarred from years of sword fighting.
Suddenly everyone's hands stopped in the position they were in. Only some maids who didn't practice mana stayed calm. Then, Alaric and Edward both looked at where Ethan's room was located.
Edward spoke while looking at Emily, Ethan's maid, "Emily, are you sure Ethan is preceding alchemy?"
Emily was flustered by the sudden question, "Y-Yes master, Young master Ethan was practising alchemy. So, he couldn't join us for dinner."
"Elizabeth, did you give Ethan ingredients that are this powerful," Edward asked his wife.
"No. I checked every ingredient he ordered, and there were no dangerous things in them."
Saying this, the trio quickly made their way up to Ethan's room. As soon as they opened the door, they were shocked to see ingredients scattered across the floor and could even see drops of blood.
"It looks like someone tried to kidnap him, and there was a fight," spoke Edward.
"Who dares to attack my grandson and even in my mansion? I didn't even sense his presence."
"Keep this matter a secret and tell the shadow guards to track down the kidnapper."
"Yes, father."
Soon Edward went to his office and ordered the shadow guards to track the kidnapper.
Shadow Guards were an elite force that the Zephyr family trained to help the patriarch do the dirty work. They were unquestionably loyal and decisive. The leader of Shadow Guards was a High Rank 7: Grandmaster.
Only a few people knew what had happened.
Three days later.
"Is there any information?" Edward spoke in a cold voice.
"No, sir Edward. But we are searching for clues. There were no traces left by the kidnapper. It was as if he was never in the room in the first place."
It had been three days since Ethan's kidnapping, and there was no information about him or the kidnapper.
There wasn't even contact from the kidnapper.
***
After Ethan left the universe, it started to break down as it had lost its power source, divinity.
It existed outside the cosmos, and it needed its own power of law to function, which was now absorbed by Ethan.
You could see cracks appear in the sky and the land. It started to shatter like glass and then disappeared.