Chapter 2

It as easy as that, if yourself is a zero. You just had to add another number towards it. Why am I so stupid!

In front of Root is a red lightning in the form of dragon head whom madly striking towards him! But the moment he gain the enlightenment the red lightning suddenly stop in front of him and engulf itself towards him.

He doesn’t realize this phenomenon because he had closed his eyes because of the pressure from the red lightning. He suddenly felt that his body is being nourished by a mysterious essences and his mental power seems to be enlarging into a tremendous amount! But obviously he didn’t know what is happening, so he just brushes it off as nothing happen.

Zero…Who the one said zero is a number for loser? Who said that zero is the most useless number? In fact it is the most domineering number from all of the number!

Root continue to comprehends the enlightenment he get from who knows where. His whole body is being covered by a static red lightning which slowly being consumed into his body!

Life isn’t so hard, you just have to climb the stairs, nothing is impossible! If there is a wall, you just have to break it! The one who created the possibility is yourself and the one created the impossibility is yourself too. It as easy as that!

Root’s mouth move upward and a grin form from his face. A grin of the king! Though, that is what I want to say, but the grin looks creepy actually. Very creepy, it’s like a hoodlum trying to force a woman doing the act of creation. Only it’s a little mild because of his age.

The red lightning around him started to subside a little and both of his eyes open with a hint of wisdom. Shockingly, his pupil become completely bloody red and not even a hint of other appear on it.

“That was easy. The one who pave the path is me and not anyone else. The one who control my destiny is me and not anyone else. Because I’m passive, I didn’t achieve anything, if I fail on something I just have to keep doing it! Don’t stop and keep striving!”

Root’s face becomes full of excitement and joy. He has comprehended a small part of the greatest Edict in LIFE! The Edict of Living!

“Eh? What happen just now? Isn’t there something coming towards me?”

He looks around his surrounding and didn’t find anything weird at all. Everything is calm like before.

“Uh, did my head become weird all of sudden? Ah well…”

He stands from his position and walk towards the back. Slowly he starts to ponder about his future.

“What should I do from now on? Keep working? Cultivating? The thing that I needed most is strength. That’s what I need right now. No one will look down on me if I had enough strength. But I can’t even feel any mana around me, it’s useless.”

Suddenly his walking pace stopped.

“Useless? Hahahaha, then I’ll just do it until I can feel it. If it more useless, the better it is!”

In this world of Greatania, an individual who can felt the presence of mana is called “Mage”. And not all of human can achieve this. Only an innately gifted person can do it. “The one who is born with the grace of god”, “The one who is loved by the world”, that is what people call them.

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But for Root? He doesn’t need to be loved. If you don’t want to love me, you think I want to? I’ll make you love me, but I’ll not love you at all! Root’s evil chuckle becomes much louder and sinister.

“To feel the presence of mana, you have to let your heart become tranquil and devoid of anything. Always keep your sense at it limit. Even if I have to try it for eternity I will do it! I’ll make this world bow down towards me.”

His mind seems to be filled with evil thought….But he still a kid, who can we blame?

He starts to find an empty cave and sit on it. Let everything go, well… not like I have anything to start with.

Parent? They already left me.

Friends? Not even a speck of it.

Any mundane feelings? Hatred I guess.

Guess I just have to let my hatred go huh?

Root’s heart become full of peace when he let his hatred go, though, that is what supposed to be. But it’s not that easy actually.

What the hell? How can I let go all of that insult and beat!?

Damn you Lily! I just take one of your bread and you called a whole gang to beat me!?

Curse you for generation!

That damned bastard Tulip! I only said you are a mantou full of fat and you called all of your friends to gang me up!? What the hell? Just accept the fact that you’re fat!

That shitty Neel! I didn’t even do anything and you had to slap my face!? I’m just doing my work! And you had to step on my hands!? What the hell, that doesn’t make any sense even if you’re from a high-level academy!

Fuck that John old man! He stole one of my bread that I take from Lily! I had to take a beaten for that too! And he even ate it slowly in front of me! Argh that damned satisfied face! I want to punch it once!

Rather than peaceful, Root’s heart seems to be full of hatred though. He started to curse without stopping while being full of emotion. He’s a child after all, like hell he can suddenly accept every insult he get.

All of you just wait! I’ll make sure to make you guys kneel down before me! I’ll make sure all of your family and friends to kneel before me! Just you wait!

Suddenly, Root’s feels something is moving around him like a bug. He becomes startle and immediately opens his eyes! But there is nothing around him, only a few stone littering around.

What the hell? First that damned illusion and now this? What is going on with my head honestly…

Then he closes his eyes again, and immediately opens it back!

“What the!? It felt damn gross!”

Why he said that? Because he can see from his consciousness that his body right now is actually covered by a small black particle which keep attracted towards his body. It’s like a thousand cockroaches keep coming towards him! Creepy isn’t it? Anyone would shout for that. Even right now he can felt something is moving around his skin. It felt super gross!

“…..Is this mana? But it tickles……and…truly gross. I don’t think I want it….”

Kids, they’re picky aren’t they?