{ Dark Empire, capital city}
In the palace of the dark empire, there is a prince with his pitch black hair and red slit eyes which seems to be the gateway to the void. His eyes were filled with colors, it looked as if the universe were in those eyes. The mixture of color creates an optical illusion that eyes seem to be moving, other than those unique eyes his face was equal to handsome. They could make the coldest beauty droll and make the most sluty women loyal to him. He was reading a book in what seems like a library except all the books seem to be allied to make a throne in which the young man sits on.
{MC pov}
*sigh* I let out an exasperated sigh and put the book down, it has been 14 years since I was transmigrated into this world. Over the years, I have collected and read every possible book that would give me a sort of idea on this world. Due to my dedication, I could be called a great scholar since I have finished reading all the books the dark empires library has to offer. I am the 3rd prince of the dark empire, and also the only one from the royal family.
This world has a documented history of nearly a thousand years, in these years many kingdoms, superpowers and empires came forth and faded into history. Currently, the world is divided into 7 continents and countless islands. Due to poor management no one could accurately make a world map but they have been successful in making maps of every continent. The continent that I live in is called the emo continent, alright that was a joke, it is actually called the Continent of Darkness or the Dark lands. You would think that something of that name the major player here would be the demons but sadly it is much worse, the humans.
The continent is in a balance of power with countless kingdoms but only 9 empires, The dark empire is filled with human emos who are really into killing. The winged empire is filled with lazy fallen angels who couldn't give a damn about the world but don't underestimate their strength as they are extremely territorial and I would rank them as one of the top 10 species in this world. Their natural body and the fact that the offspring gets power from both their parents combined makes them a force that should not be reckoned with. By the way, I am spitting facts here and trying not to glaze anyone but holy fuck if the fallen weren't so lazy they could probably take over the continent.
The Eternal Crimson Court, led by the Snobby, overly dramatic, bloodline obsessive vampires. You know their power so I will not elaborate, The Moonfang Dominion led by the Chaotic Werewolves who love overly dramatic entrances. There is change from common trop here as they don't have weakness to silver or need the full moon but worship a moon goddess or something, they are more territorial than the fallen. If you enter a fallen place they will tell you to leave before attacking you but there is no speaking to these beasts, only war. The Infernal Accord led by the Petty, rule-obsessed Demons, have similar power to that of humans but more focused on evil as they absorb power from contracts they make with other species. This made them excellent merchants, since they dominate the market closing in on a monopoly if not for them competing with each other more than others.
The Obsidian Veil lead by lovely Dark Elves who love underground fashion and certain "plants", this is partly my empire fault as in the previous war we kinda pushed a lot of "plants" into their fashion show with the demons but jokes on us somehow, it made them more powerful and we almost lost thankfully, it was resolved with a treaty that was not harmful to any one. Since the only place to find the goods is in our empire, the elves made a deal to produce the product and give it to them in exchange for brotherhood between the kingdoms.
The Eternal Shroud lead by the cranky Liches, Undead wizards who bicker like old retirees over magical theories and phylactery designs. Nothing much to say about them, the only reason they are even considered an empire is because almost all of empire magic originates from them. Also because they have the greatest wizards in the world in their ranks. The Serpent's Coil lead by the Sassy, sarcastic Nagas, they leave underground which looks like a, drum roll, serpent's coil.
So, yes I am a 30 year old CEO who founded one of the world's largest fast growing companies with an evaluation nearing trillion dollars a year and as a sole proprietor I became the world's first trillionaire. Now, I am a third prince of the third most powerful empire in the continent which is filled with a bunch of HIGH SCHOOL KIDS. Like my previous high school was not enough, even now I am starting to resemble my high school self more and more. NO Bitches, check. A nerd who reads a lot, check. Constantly, bullied for being weak, check. Going to be the strongest one of the all, well I can't really check this since I don't know what genre this novel is but hopefully check.
What? If you are asking how I broke the fourth wall, don't worry I am kinda like dead pool and know that this world is a novel. I mean only stupid people will believe that you can be a trillionaire with no generational wealth to back you up, or some overly dramatic plot. Hard work is good and all but it ain't the only thing that makes the strong, strong. There is talent, knowledge, manipulation, sucking ass of your boss who you are going to betray in a heartbeat and eventually even steal his 20 year old wife even though he is like 80 etc.
All I am saying is that what I have known about this world is a novel thing from the beginning ever since I became a billionaire in fact without having to do anything. I joined a company, looked like I was working hard but in fact I don't know the name of the project I am working on. Don't act disappointed, if you are in steam you know that this is done by 90% of the people in steam while the other 10% jump off bridges because they can't get a normal ass life. Anyway, I ramble a lot if you did not notice but the main point is that I lost my virg***ty to the fourth wall as the only thing I ever fucked.
Finally, we get to the reason why I sighed earlier. Tomorrow is the skill awakening ceremony, humans have this ceremony where basically you reach puberty and awaken a skill. The skills are ranked from FFF - SSS. I think you read other novels or manga to know the general way everything is ranked so I save time to skip over it. Until now I have not awakened a system or any sort of golder finger so, I am worried that I will have to go through trauma before awakening.
I mean being op is good and all but I ain't a masochist. I just sigh and go to bed on my throne, after I showed interest in books rather than swords. Unlike my other brothers who have swords and magic respectively, my father and mother disregarded me. I overheard that the queen is pregnant and hoping for a strong child. I could not care either as I have food, shelter and knowledge or power which is all I need. They can kill themself for the kingdom if they want to do so, as long as they leave me alone.
{Omni pov}
With that as the last thought he went to sleep, but unbeknownst to the mc a figure came into the later and covered the mc with a blanket before another figure joined her in looking at the mc. Due to the darkness however, we are unable to see the figures only thor silhouette.
{MC pov and a time skip}
I am currently in a giant arena the size of 10 national football fields, this was a given as all nobles were invited to join this big event. I looked at everyone here with a lazy look in my eyes, I saw many familiar faces. As the auditor started to call our name I drowned him out unless I heard a powerful family name.
"Baldwin Blackwood" The auditor said, I looked on as I saw an absolute muscle hunk walk towards the podium. The Blackwood family are a human family that has the blood of giants, they use a special training since childhood to increase muscle mass and strength. He placed his hand on the giant crystal as it started to fill his body with energy which was turned into aura. The world had 3 different energy types: aura which the swordsman used, mana which magicians used, and finally transcendent energy which can be used for both magic and swords.
Although, it is not all good as the one who awakens a transcendent energy will generally have a worse talent. There was no record of sss rank skill with a transcendent energy, not even ss rank although I speak like they are very common to awaken in reality only about 0.1% have a chance at s rank and about 0.01% at ss rank and the one who has sss rank could be called the torch bearer of the generation.
"Adelina Ashbourne" the auditor said, I saw a beautiful women walk onto the stage with red hair and red eyes. She is the dauther of the duke of Firehold, she is a duke dauther that means that she has a significant sway in the empire. She went and did the same process and awakened a ss- rank skill, this caused a comotion in the crowd.