I have a lot of problems....
I mean, yeah sure, nobody would adapt right away when they suddenly got flung into another world with a new body and new environment. There will be this and that, a couple things that will be troubling and so on.
But even after 3 days has passed since I got teleported into this world, I still can’t get used to this freaking 3 years old body of mine.
The feeling of being inside this tiny body when you were a teenage boy in your 16 is just too weird…
It’s a real pain in the @ss to try to navigate your way through the thick forest with uneven ground, massive rocks everywhere, and roots sticking out from the ground. Literally, with only two tiny legs that easily lose balance when walking even in flat ground, I lost count on how many times I fell in my butt….
What worse is, I’ve been trying so hard to find a way out of this forest but even after 3 days walking, I still haven’t seen even a single trace of civilization. Heck, this forest doesn’t even seem like it has been touched by humans. Just where the heck am I?!
Why do the gods and goddesses have to make me reincarnate in the forest anyway?!
Sure, I’m grateful that I am given a second chance to live my life. At least this time, I’m gonna make sure I won’t live like my past self. The gods and goddesses even said they wish me to have a happy life this time. They bestowed their blessings to me and picked a suitable life for me so I can enjoy it.
But shouldn’t they tell me about this world and my current position at least?
And that is not the only thing that they forgot to tell me.
After the video footage - if it’s really just a recording - ended, I tried to open my status panel and there are two things that caught my attention.
[Name : Luminous Fontessle]
[Title : The One Favored by the Gods, Reincarnator, The second son of The Fontessle Family]
Just to make everything clear, my name is not Luminous. At least that is not my name in my past life. So what is all that about being the second son of the Fontessle family? I had no idea whatsoever.
That is what troubles me the most: The background story of this body.
Just looking at it makes me know for sure that this is not just a random body that is being created by the gods and goddesses for me. My condition after I was being transported into this body is also weird. I said I felt like someone who was almost drowned, right?
Correction, I really drowned.
I think since my soul took over this body, it managed to survive in the end.
But the real questions still remain, who is the original owner of this body? How did a three years old boy end up being in the forest so far away from civilization? Did he get lost? Is his family searching for him right now? If they do, how am I supposed to find them? What if I came from a twisted family who intended to kill their own son and abandoned him in the forest?! Will there be an assassin coming to kill me then?? This is a HUGE problem, isn’t it?!
It’s super important!
And yet, Zyon claimed himself to be the god of wisdom and knowledge...
This is outrageous...
I never knew god can be so forgetful...
Anyway, after another long walk, I decided to take a rest and sat down next to a nearby tree. Seriously, there is no end to this forest. My plan was to find a nearby town to gather information about my family. But forget about finding a town, even after 3 days walking, I can’t find a single human being anywhere.
Great, I have only been in this world for a few days and my first plan already failed.
While I was trying to sort out my anger, I heard a rustling from the bushes not far from me. I straightened my back, staying on guard.
This forest is full of beasts and monsters. I think I get the point of why no human can be found around here. Beasts are popping up every now and then. I even met some powerful beast three times when they should’ve been hard to find from what I read in the book of Beast and Plant from Felle, the god of nature.
All I could do at the time was run, of course. I won’t be so stupid to risk my life when I just got it back less than a week.
I can hear the rustling even clearer this time. The big bushes in front of me are definitely moving just now. Should I run?
Just when I was about to decide to run away, another loud voice was heard. This time, it’s from my stomach…
Ugh, this body… I just ate a moment ago and I’m already hungry again...
Guess I have to fight then. Beast meat is not that bad after all. I can just make a run for it if it’s something dangerous.
Determined to hunt for my lunch, I stood up on my feet, slowly observed the bushes. The rustling became louder and louder and suddenly, a rabbit-like creature with white fur and a unicorn horn in its head jumped out of the bushes. It’s a horned rabbit, an E rank monster.
For this, I let out a relieved sigh.
Thank god it’s not a high-rank monster. I have defeated this one before and its meat was crazy good.
The horned rabbit noticed me and started to glare at me with its two tiny red eyes, ready to charge into me with its big, sharp horn.
I lifted my hand, facing the palm of it towards the horned rabbit, picturing a swirling fire. I can feel a certain amount of energy being sucked out of my body and gathered in front of my palm. This is it.
“Fiwe Bwal!” Ah, curse this undeveloped body! My pronunciation is all a mess.
But at least it still reacted to my unclear incantation. A fire started swirling in the form of a ball on my palm and shot out towards the horned rabbit in a blink of an eye.
*BOOM*
I covered my face with my left hand to subside the heat from my magic. As soon as the fire disappeared, I put both my hands down.
Did I use too much power?
I took a look at the place where the horned rabbit was supposed to be. The big bushes from before and the green grass on the ground is now covered in black, burnt by the fireball, and, there it is, my lunch, laying dead in the middle of the burnt ground, blend in perfectly with the burnt ground. The white fur of the horned rabbit was completely gone.
Oh great, I burnt it.
I should’ve used wind magic instead of fire magic... Now my lunch is overcooked
Why is it so hard to control my power??
Ugh, whatever. It seems that the inner part is not too overcooked. I can at least eat that.
I took a tiny knife I got from the daily gift the other day out of my inventory and started to cut the burnt meat of the rabbit.
One thing I love the most about this world is magic. It really exists here. Not just magic, there are all sorts of things in here that can only be found in a fantasy book back on earth. Elves, dwarves, spirits, gnomes, beastmens, dragons, demons, mermaid/merman, and many more. Every RPG gamer’s and fantasy lover's dream are here. They even have adventurer guilds and dungeons to explore.
You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.
Leaving the fantasy thingy aside, the world I am currently in is called Asura. It consisted of one big main continent with the same name that is divided into 4 major kingdoms.
The first one is Kaselius, the kingdom of humans and the biggest kingdom among the 4 main kingdoms. It covered almost half of the right side of the continent. The civilization here is much more advanced than the other 3 kingdoms, making it the main civilization of Asura.
The second is Eltares Kingdom. Ruled by Elves and reside in the north side of the Asura continent. Their territory mostly consists of dense forests that are rich with rare herbs and mana, an entity that is crucial for using magic. This makes the elves known as great potion makers and great sorcerers.
The third is Tiero, the kingdom of beastmen. It is located in the west part of the continent. The land there is full of dungeons and monsters, making it a perfect hunting place for hunters and an exciting place to explore for adventurers. This is also the reason why beastmens are known for their incredible strength.
Lastly, there is the Grovent Kingdom in the south part of the continent. It is a kingdom led by Dwarves. In the book, the south area is mostly a desert biome with rock sturdy cliffs everywhere. They have the greatest mining source which makes them an excellent blacksmith with the finest quality goods.
What makes it more interesting, everyone here can use magic. In the guide book, it is said that magic is used on a daily basis. Of course, the amount of magic that can be used differs for each person. There are people who can only use simple magic such as summoning a ball of light to illuminate their surroundings or people who can use high-class magic that can instantly wipe out a cliff with one spell.
At first, I’m not too sure how to use it. The book didn’t mention how to let out mana from your body and transform it into magic. But thanks to my incredible imagination and the knowledge from my past life, I somehow manage to make my first ever fireball. I can do simple magic for other elements too.
Fyi, there are 4 basic elements (wind, fire, water, and earth) and 2 special elements (darkness and light). Each of them can make a different element when combined with the right one. For example, wind and water together can form Ice elements, fire and earth will make metal elements, a bit of fire and wind will result in lightning elements, etc.
For darkness and light, the 2 special elements, their power is a bit unusual. Some will say it’s a very useful magic element. But there are also others that view these elements as nothing more than sub-elements. People with powerful control over light magic can make them able to use healing magic or purification magic while darkness magic has the opposite effects. Darkness magic is often linked with evil magic.
Praise me for my effort to read this thick book.
Seriously. I was shocked when I realized how many pages it has. It is almost as big as my tiny heads. I know Zyon's said that it consists of everything I need to know about this world but can he at least make it smaller?
I'm still 3, for goodness' sakes!
Well, it’s too late for that.
I sat down on a fallen trunk and started to eat my burnt lunch.
Not bad. The meat is tender and juicy. Despite being overcooked because of my magic, the taste is still good.
Ah, I forgot to check today’s quest.
“[Quest]” I called out before taking another bite of my lunch.
Almost instantly, a boardlike screen appeared floating in front of my eyes, revealing the list of today’s quests from F rank to SSS rank. I filtered out quests from D rank and higher and only viewed F and E rank.
This is what I’ve been doing while trying to find a nearby town, completing simple quests from F to E rank and earn some game money. On my first day, I realized how many things were being sold in the store. It has everything you can imagine. Seriously, there are even a ferrari, lamborghini, and a modern mansion like the one tony stark in m*rvel has. It’s crazy, just like the price of it.
I carefully read the list of F and E rank quests. Everyday, there will only be 10 F rank and 9 E rank quests available. The higher the rank of quest is, the fewer it is. There is only one SSS rank, which is eliminating an SSS rank boss inside an SSS rank dungeon at the demon’s forest. The rewards are enough to make me able to buy all the things inside the store, including Tony Stark’s mansion. But that’s just the same as seeking for death, even for an S rank adventurer. So…. nope. Not interested.
My gaze stopped when I saw one of the F rank quests was already completed.
[Eliminate 1 F rank monster]
Wow, I didn’t expect getting my lunch would complete one of my quests. I tapped at it to see the reward. My eyes widened when 150 GM and 100 exp was given to me from completing the quests.
This is more than I imagine. With this, the GM I have been saving to buy a particular book in the store is enough now.
I hurriedly called out [Store] and went to the information sections. A large amount of books are displayed on the screen. My finger tapped at one of the books with a plain black cover. [100 Useful Ways in Using Mana]. Without giving a second thought, I used up 500 GM and bought it. A notification popped up, saying I’ve successfully bought the book and it has been stored inside my inventory.
I have never read a book to learn magic. Like I said, all the magic skill I have right now is due to my imagination and the knowledge from my past life. But none of them are helpful to find a way out of this forest. That’s why I’ve been searching for methods to do it in the store. Something like searching magic or detection magic. That was when I stumbled upon this book.
I took out the book from my inventory and impatiently flipped through it. I stopped right when I found what I’ve been looking for. Detection Magic.
I can’t help but smile widely at my success. I really felt like a little boy who just got the toy he always dreamed of.
Finally, with this, I can easily find another human being and ask for help. I can finally be free from this freaking forest!
I finished the last bite of my lunch before standing up, feeling excited at the thought of meeting another being for the first time in this world. After carefully reading how it works and making sure that I understand it completely, I closed my eyes, readied myself to cast the spell.
Once again, I can feel an amount of energy being sucked out of my body. This time, I let it all out to my surroundings. “[Detwection Magwic]” I shouted, a bit cursing myself again at my poor pronunciation. But it worked out in the end.
I can feel the mana that I let out suddenly burst out to every direction, hitting everything on its way, giving me a full view of everything in a radius of 2 km around me.
I found it!
About half kilometer to the east, I can feel the presence of several people grouping together. My heart was thumping loudly in my chest as I opened my eyes and started to run towards that direction.
After 3 days walking without any sense of direction, I finally have a lead of where I’m heading.
I don’t know how I did it. But in just 10 minutes, I eventually arrived at a small opening in the forest where I can see a group of people gathering together. There are a total of 3 people, 1 human and 2… Beastmens!
I can’t be mistaken. That cat ears on their heads and the fluffy tails sticking out of their back, it’s a real beastmen!
They were busy packing their belongings, preparing to leave. But for some reasons, I’m a bit hesitant to approach them.
Yes, I’m happy that I finally met another human being. I even met a beastmen, something I’m dying to experience in my past life, which is impossible to happen.
But the way they look alarmed me. They didn’t seem like adventurers or hunters. They have a bit too many goodies with them but I can’t see any carriage, which means they can’t be a merchant. Even the way they packed their stuff felt awfully strange, like they didn’t want to leave any trace behind.
I unconsciously held my breath, not sure of what to do.
Should I run away? What if they are bandits or criminals? I definitely won't have a chance against them…
They haven’t noticed me yet so I will have no problem if I run away now.
But if I run, that means I have to start my search all over again. There is no guarantee that I will find another human being other than them and I will have to walk another kilometer without a clear destination again.
For about a minute or two, I stood behind a big tree a few meters away from them, restlessly thinking of the best course of action I should take.
Should I just take the risk and ask them?
No. I may only be a three-years-old boy in this world. But from my past life experiences, I know a danger when I see one. This is certainly one of them.
It’s safer to back away while they haven’t noticed me. It’s a pity, I know. But better be safe than sorry, right?
Just when I was about to quietly turn around and leave, a deep and harsh voice from behind me froze me on my feet. “What the hell do ya think you’re doing hiding here, huh? Ya think I won’t notice your stinky little body?! You little brat!”
Crap. I got found.
Without even giving me a time to say anything, a large and muscular hand grabbed onto my back, easily lifted me off the ground and dragged me towards the rest of the group. “Hey Deyans! Look what I found!” The man shouted, making everyone that was busy packing turned their attention towards him.
A man with a short brown hair, a huge build, muscular body, and several scars covering his face walked closer toward the guy who grabbed onto the back of my shirt. His scary face slowly observed me with a bit of confused expression. “A boy? How did this little brat even be this deep inside the Grothen forest?” The man, who I assumed to be Deyans, said while I tried so hard to free myself from the other guy's grip which only make me swing back and forth in his hand
Ugh, why does he have to be so strong?! Or am I the one who is too weak?
“Let! Me! Go!” I tried to shout, but they didn’t even bat an eyes on me.
I can feel the man who grabbed me shrugged his shoulders. “Who cares.” He answered. “Bet he would worth a good amount of money, right? Just look at that cute face of his.”
A sudden chill was sent throughout my whole body. Just as I worried, they are criminals. No, they are slave traders…
I have to do something!
“Um, pwese let me go, siw. I’m just a losh boy. I’m seawching for my famiwy. The Fontesswle family.” I cut in, trying to make me sound as desperate as possible to gain their sympathy which, I doubt would succeed.
I thought they would ignore me again. But instead, all of them froze for a moment. One of the beastmen with white cat ears on his head was looking at me with a widened eyes. “Did he just say the Fontessle family? Him??”
All of them exchange looks for a brief moment. Then, just like a starving wolf that suddenly got offered fresh meat in front of them, a big, creepy smile appeared on their faces.
Uh uh…. I have a terrible feeling about this….