"Finally! I have binge-watched and caught up to the 6699th episode of Two Piece!"
In a dark, barely illuminated room with only the computer screen's light present, a young man with golden blonde hair reaching up to his neck was relieved that he had finally caught up to his favorite anime.
His heterochromatic eyes, which were crimson red and sapphire blue, had dark circles under them due to his lack of sleep.
His room was littered with metal cans of empty energy drinks and plastic junk food wrappers, such as potato chips.
It was very messy, yet all Augustus ever cared about was watching the ED of the 6699th episode of Two Piece roll out the credits as it was proof that his binge-watching had finally come to an end.
"Although Two Piece hadn't reached its epilogue yet since that damn protagonist seems to take too long to become the Marine King, at least I finally caught up to the latest episode."
"It took me 7 days of no sleep but honestly, it's worth it. Now that I have finished watching the latest episode, I can finally sleep."
Standing up and leaving his gaming chair, Augustus shut down his computer and walked towards his bed.
Laying down, Augustus yawned as his body was pushed beyond its limits just so that he could binge-watch his favorite anime.
The exhaustion and sleep deprivation caught up to him as he closed his eyes and slept.
…
-Ding!
[Congrats! You have died!]
[You have successfully transmigrated to the Supreme Plane, a plane of existence where countless lords vie for the title and authority of the "Supreme Lord".]
-Ding!
[Awakening lord talent…]
-Ding!
[You have become a dual lord talent awakener and awakened two lord talents!]
[SSS-rank Lord Simulator talent: You can simulate the future up until your demise.]
[SSS-rank Monthly Rules talent: At the start of each month, you can choose one monthly rule from five drawn monthly rules. Those monthly rules will be applied to your territory and will be permanent, but you can decide whether to toggle it on and off.]
Several system screens popped up in front of Augustus Valemont as he opened his eyes and was surprised by his current situation. He remembered that he had slept before so it was likely that he was having a lucid dream.
"Am I dreaming, or not? I might have watched too many animes and read too many novels to be dreaming of a system."
Skeptical of whether it was a dream or not, Augustus looked at his hands and started counting his fingers.
"It's ten."
After counting his fingers, Augustus then tried to push his right hand into his left hand but contrary to his expectations, his hand didn't pass through the other.
"Well, that proves it, I'm not having a lucid dream."
Discovering that he wasn't dreaming, Augustus sighed, "If I'm not dreaming, and I have a system after I wake up, then the only plausible reason for that is that I have died in my sleep and this is my second life."
"The system had also mentioned that I died and transmigrated to the Supreme Plane or whatever that is. And from the looks of it, I have awakened two SSS-rank lord talents so at least my start is quite good."
Getting over his death, Augustus no longer lingered on his past as he was as average as anyone could get. There wasn't anything noteworthy for him to remember in his past life and his death wouldn't cause any problems to his family.
"Since this is my second life, and it's even in a fantasy world, I should make the best of it."
"In my past life, I didn't have any interest in learning martial arts since even if I became the strongest man, I'd still die from an edgy teenager wielding a pistol. Now, I'll have no excuses since I even got powerful cheat skills so my start is not that bad."
"However…"
Looking around his surroundings, Augustus saw that he was currently sitting on a wooden throne. He was inside a dilapidated hall, specifically the throne room.
Inside the dilapidated lord's hall, Augustus heard several faint "plop" sounds, like the muffled slap of a thick, gelatinous mass hitting the ground.
The creatures resembled oversized globs of semi-transparent jelly with a core inside them, their forms wobbling with each impact but never splattering like a liquid.
They look and sound like blue slimes, the so-called weakest creatures in those fantasy worlds. Even goblins would be stronger than them due to goblins being much more intelligent than slimes.
Augustus was a bit confused as to why there were slimes inside the same room as he was, but he no longer had to as he soon heard a notification sound inside his mind.
-Ding!
[Implanting Common Sense of the Supreme Plane into your consciousness…]
[Completed.]
"Arghh!"
Clutching his head in pain, Augustus felt like his brain was stabbed multiple times. The pain was unbearable but in return for his suffering, he received knowledge about the common sense in the Supreme Plane.
Because of that, Augustus understood just what kind of world he was transmigrated into.
The so-called system screen that materialized in front of him was presented by the Will Of The Supreme Plane to communicate with him in a form that he was familiar with.
In other words, the Will Of The Supreme Plane would likely be in other shapes or forms from the perspective of other lords.
"From what the common knowledge I was implanted with, the Supreme Plane is indeed a place where lords are the dominant force. But because of that, they constantly compete with one another for more resources."
"It's like throwing countless venomous insects into a sealed jar—each one fighting, devouring, and outlasting the others until only the deadliest remains. That's the essence of the Supreme Plane, a survival of the fittest where the weak are consumed to strengthen the strong."
"And these slimes… they are my loyal subjects. It seemed that I started with the weakest territory yet, a mere FFF-rank Slime Village."