Here I lay dying, simply because I chose to trust a fickle man named Avery Adams. My entire life was simply an anime vs reality youtube edit. I was kind, naive, pure, and trusting, all of which got me killed simply because I wasn't as lucky as those main characters.
He turned on me the moment I got the epic drop from the boss, poisoned me to blackmail me for the cure, just to leave me to die anyway.
"In my next life, I swear to protect myself, I'll be 10 times more talented than even the best in the world, and above all, I swear to never fall for such tricks!"
Little did I know, that wording is essential in moments like these...
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"Huh? Where am I? I thought that I died because of the poison..."
Immediately I was on guard when I regained my wits with the incident still fresh in my mind. My first and new instinct was to scan the surrounding area, the first thing I noticed was that I was in a bed that wasn't mine.
I got up and continued to look around while taking note of a mirror, I didn't pay much attention to it until I noticed black hair. This startled me and caused me to whip back around to face the mirror because I knew that I didn't have black hair, my hair was always blonde.
I looked in the mirror and immediately froze, starstruck by what stared back at me.
It was a woman and a beautiful one at that, more beautiful than anyone I'd ever laid eyes on. I had long and full black hair, beautiful almond scarlet eyes, and smooth pale white skin. I also seemed to have a perfect hourglass figure. With this new body, I assumed it wouldn't be hard to get free lunches in life.
I also seemed to be wearing a white and gold flannel on top of a black and white T-shirt, black ripped jeans, and a black and gold double belt. My shoes were also white and gold, it appeared to me that whoever owned this body last had quite the sense of fashion.
I quickly figured out that after my death I must have transmigrated into an unknown place and become a woman. Although that didn't matter to me, I was simply glad to have the chance to live again. There is no sense in being upset over my death if god has graced me with life once more.
"Distractions aside, I need to figure out what the situation or standards of the place I'm currently in before I can proceed. Although, it is a shame my little brother is no longer with me. Oh well, there is no sense in mourning something that was never used." Now that I had a goal in mind I traveled the rest of the house to find the nearest TV or anything similar.
However, it was impossible not to divert some of my attention to the house. It was a beautiful marble, wood, and other material designed house. It was mostly white and black which I assume explains this outfit, perhaps the owner of this body wanted to take a picture of the new house while matching.
I assume this because on the way around the house, I noticed that there were boxes, it was more than likely that the owner had just moved here.
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It took a bit of navigating, after which I discovered how large the house truly was before I finally found a TV.
"Hopefully this will give me some insight into this world," I said curiously before picking up the remote that lay on the table in front of the TV and turning it on.
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"Hello, my fellow citizens of Xzarway! Pat or General Darynz if you wish to be that specific! Today, I was invited by our Announcer John to host this broadcast to tell the public about the recent happenings!" Exclaimed this so-called General Darynz rather enthusiastically might I add.
However, suddenly his demeanor turned serious and his face went cold before he continued,
"As most of you know, however for those who don't I'll say it again. We are currently at war against Ligthba and their demonkind in the second realm with the first realm being the weakest but having access to dungeons and leveling systems for strength. The demons of Ligthba wish to claim all of this for themselves over the corpses of the human race. " narrated General Darynz stonily with clear hatred laced in his tone.
"Furthermore, the situation is serious because the demon realm has 10x more population due to not only them existing far longer than humans but also due to the demons populating faster. In this war, humans have nothing but disadvantages if I'm to be frank. The one advantage we do have is our higher ceiling for strength due to the dungeons and system that the demons wish to seize."
"Due to this, my Vanquishers military will be recruiting anyone over the age of 20 to help us defend our Xzarway from these demons!" He finally concluded in a tone that sounded so solemn I couldn't help but wonder if one of these demons had something to do with the death of one of his family members.
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"Yes! Yes! I haven't transmigrated, I actually went back to my world!" I yelled happily while jumping and throwing my fist in the air, feeling nothing but sheer excitement.
While I wasn't going to cry about not being in my old world, I could admit, I was a little disappointed when the thought appeared that perhaps I wouldn't be in Xzarway anymore.
That aside, I knew that I had to become powerful if I wanted to survive this time around. This time, there was almost nothing I wasn't willing to do if it meant achieving my goals.
The first course of action is to buy gear and raid some dungeons. All I could do was pray to god that I got something decent.
I knew that from my previous life inspections started exactly 30 minutes after that broadcast so If I wanted to make it I had to race there.
But then I realized, did I even have money?
Quickly patting myself down I realized there was a wallet and a phone in my back pockets. The phone was nicely decorated with a silver and diamond glossed back and a lock and home screen of the owner while the wallet was plain white.
While on the topic of the owner, I decided to call her Valgiore, a name derived from Ancient Xzaranian for "Benefactor". After checking the phone's digital payment method I realized the owner had 22 gold coins! One had to know 1 silver coin was worth 100 copper ones and 1 gold coin was worth 10 silver coins! Except for platinum coins which normally only nobility or extremely powerful warriors had, and by warriors I mean on the level of royal guards. This is because 1 platinum coin is worth 100 gold coins. Also, you usually would only have platinum coins if that wasn't much money to you, not to mention, you'd only use platinum coins to buy very expensive things.
Naturally, you wouldn't have a need for those types of things unless you belonged to one of those 2 groups. Although, it's quite impressive that even though Valgiore had no significant contacts on her phone like, anyone with an actual name apart from "Market Seller" or "House Seller", she had a lot of money.
That aside, I now knew since I had money there was naturally no problem with me going to inspections and buying basic gear.