Prologue

Hanson was walking along the road returning back to his school. The day really was great if he had not counted the princess of the city proposing to him. Princess Merina of the city had proposed to him and he had shot her down. All the nobles were angry that he had been proposed to and was angrier by the fact that he had rejected her confession. He was going to have dinner with his parents tonight. Being an honorary student and having highest marks, he was allowed a separate place on his own. Though his father’s job was that of a secretary to a local lord, Hanson was in a well to do position. After all the lords were not able to simply rush into battle without strategist like him. He was the best after all.

He laughed along the way and he was happy. He was in the new academia city built in the large Sahara Desert. It did have a large artificial pond. Their idea was that they can create ponds more easily than deserts. They did have a large place to have mock battles. HE was really happy with his life. What did it matter whether there were no newer awaked! What did it matter whether his parents weren’t one! He was not an awaked neither a descendant. The descendants did have lesser power, while some had more.

He was happy on its own. He had a good brain. He had learned all the strategies in the world. He had learned about technologies and science. He had learned about magic theories to help his new lord who he would be serving after he graduates. He was only sixteen years old and he had been the top strategist in the academy. He had also learned the martial arts of various style for protection. He was….

Hanson fell to the ground. He felt a huge pain in the face. He suddenly jumped and looked around. He was in a defensive stance with his arms ready and legs apart. He looked around. Fighting was not allowed in the city, but normal people did not have any say in the disputes. He suddenly rose in the air was thrown into the alley. He rose and saw three of the people coming towards him. Telekinesis. He took his throwing knives and threw it at the person in the centre. The knives were in the mid air and the all of them laughed. Hanson jumped towards them and kicked at the chin of the person at the centre. He was mostly the Telekinesis user. The person head swirled. Things began to move from here to there.

Hanson knew that for telekinesis the person needed brains more than reflexes. He had done the most tactical option. He began to run to the exit and there was a wall of fire. HE was thrown against the wall by an unknown force. The three of them came forward. Their faces became clear. Joan Grewin from the telekinesis sect, Daniel Phoenica whom he served and the Daniel’s strategy family’s heir Ethan Levenin. Hanson looked at every one of them.

Daniel: You dare try to take away my girl.

Hanson calmly smiled at them, keeping the malice inside. He looked at every one of them.

Hanson: Well my lord, I did reject the princess’ confession as for you.

Ethan: It won’t work Hanson. We all know that you were the one that made the princess fall into the trap. You made her fall in love with you and now you make her humiliated.

Hanson: Are you not trying to take personal revenge for being the behind me in the class by trying to manipulate Lord Phoenica.

Ethan kicked the stomach of Hanson. Hanson had tried to cover it but as his body was suspended by telekinesis, he was not able to do so. He looked at them and smiled.

Hanson: What does my lord wish to have me to. You are higher than me after all.

Daniel turned to Ethan to ask.

Daniel: Was that sarcasm?

Ethan looked at Hanson and smiled saying.

Ethan: He is calling you not so higher than him, my lord.

Daniel laughed out loud. Hanson knew that this was getting out of control. They could get out of control anytime and it would only be his loss. He lowered his head a little and spoke.

Hanson: It is not what I meant my lord. I just wanted to say as you are higher than me and more benevolent than anyone else in the world, I am ready to do anything you say.

Ethan: He is trying to trick you and escape.

Daniel looked at Ethan and punched him in the face. Ethan purposefully fell to the ground and stood and dropped to his knees in respect.

Daniel: Stop explaining everything. If you want to do better top the exams and make the name of the family Phoenica rise. Now, about you Hanson.

Hanson: Yes, my lord.

Daniel: The only reason you were like by her is because you have a beautiful face. How about I destroy it.

Hanson’s leg started to shaking. He looked at the person in front of him. He knew he could stop acting scared, bi he knew if he acted as a coward, he would be left alone.

Hanson: Please spare me my lord.

Daniel: No.

A single word had been spoken. Nothing more and nothing less. Fire erupted from the extended hands of Daniel and it spread towards Hanson’s face. His face was marred now. Hanson was dropped to the ground. He started screaming. He took out water from his bag and extinguished the fire. Nothing had happened to his eyes, but his skin on right side of his face burned. He applied the healing potion created by family Choo and given to him by the academic city. He applied it to his face and the burns started fading away. But it stopped. His face had grown skin, but his face was slightly deformed. There were scars on his face a long line of burned flesh. He looked at the mirror and wailed deep inside his heart. He knew that his future was spoiled.

His future also depended on the fact that he had a beautiful face. Who would hire a marred person like him. He even had the choice of getting married to the ladies who had inherited the power of awakening, as he was a strategist. But all of that was lost because of his face. He looked at Daniel and screamed. Rage filled him as he stood and attacked Daniel. Even Telekinesis was not able to hold him off. Finally, a telekinetic blow had had been done on his gut and he dropped to the ground. Daniel smiled and said.

Daniel: This is your punishment. You shall live like this for a year. Then only we shall provide you with the higher-grade phoenix healing potion. Don’t worry. You will still have a year left to act beautiful.

Hanson returned to his calm. He smiled and asked.

Hanson: Was this a curse rather than an ordinary flame? Was it the ring?

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Daniel: No wonder you are the best strategist. This is one of the items passed on to me from the time of the awakening. So, do not be worried. I can remove the curse.

Daniel and the others walked through the flames. The flames were not there anymore. Hanson sobbed a little and started walking towards his parent’s home at the outer corner of the city. People were pointing at his face and he had covered it with a handkerchief. He reached the house and entered.

Hanson parents were waiting by the table, talking, discussing things. He approached them quietly. Hanson’s mother Helen gasped as she saw the face of her son and started sobbing. Hanson’s father Aiden looked at this with clenched fists shaking.

Father: Who was it?

Hanson smiled and said.

Hanson: The phoenix fire is heavy to bear.

Father: Why did this happen?

Hanson stared into the eyes of his father and calmly said.

Hanson: The princess Merina confessed to me today in front of everyone. As she was of higher stature than me, I decline the offer. There were many who got angry at the turn of events.

Father: I am sorry, child.

A single tear had dropped from the eyes of his father. Never, never had he seen his father cry. Hanson smiled and said.

Hanson: There is no need to worry about. He has said to return my face to normal in a year or so.

Father: No need to worry. If they do not do so, you can enter into contract with the choo family, or the smith family that specialises in healing and medicine. After all you are the top of your class.

Hanson: I am feeling a little sleepy. I am going to use my old room.

Mother: Sure dear.

Hanson walked towards his room at the top stair and entered his old bedroom. He was able to hear the sobbing of his mother and the shout of his furious father. He cried a little and took out a book to read. The room suddenly became dark. He looked around and so nothing around. He remembered he was sitting on the bed, but now he was floating in empty space. A face with a body, as big as his body formed in front of him. The face smiled.

Face: I am the face of destiny. Nice to meet you.

Hanson looked at the face and laughed out loud.

Face: Why are you laughing?

Hanson: I must be dreaming. I not only lost my face but also my sanity. Or that bastard Daniel had done this so I could not learn.

Face: Nay. I am a god and I had come to make a deal with you.

Hanson: Even in the slightest probability that what you speak is true, let the facts be put forth by you.

Face: Interesting specimen. Just what I wanted.

Hanson: I am not a dog.

Face: True. Here is the deal, I will make you powerful and give you powers.

Hanson: The dungeons have all disappeared. The mana in this world is only the ones produced from the bodies of the awakened. The possibility of a new awakened from scratch is impossible. Not only that without the input of more energy during extreme situations, the possibility of me rising higher in the ranks of power is even lower. Even during the time of the dungeons, there were only a few people who were able to increase their power.

Face: You do not need to teach me the mechanisms of a dungeon. I will be granting you some special powers which will help you become stronger, faster. Say menu.

Hanson: Menu.

A screen popped up in front of him. Inside it was written the unusual things.

Name: Hanson Sefrans               Title: Destiny’s chosen

Job: Student, Strategist, Martial artist.                      

Class: Barbarian (lv 1)

            Wizard (lv1)

            Priest (lv1)

            Necromance (lv1)

Level: 1

HP: 58/58(8+50)                                 MP: 42/42(6+36)

SP: 79/98(20+78)

Str:18      Int: 97     End: 59   Faith: 1     Charisma: 12    Agility: 49

Face: My goodness. These are some really good stats. Your martial arts have increased your health, stamina, endurance and agility. Your intelligence has increased the mana. You were beautiful, but due to your face your charisma has fallen. Your faith is lacking.

Hanson: Is this a joke. Why are you playing games with me?

Face: Do not worry. Your face will naturally be restored while you reach the class of bishop. Believe me, do not add much points to charisma.

Hanson: I have that much commo sense.

Face: The speciality is as long as a single class’s level goes up, your personal level goes up. And as your person level goes up all the other classes level up.

Hanson: Isn’t that cheating.

Face: True.

Hanson: What do you want?

Face: A deal. I do not care about your world but I am not interested in summoning anyone already awakened into my world. But you are really intelligent and I can give you powers. You will have to follow out my single mission. Destroy my home planet.

Hanson: I am not a mercenary for sale.

Face: I can take the powers back.

Hanson: What use will the necromancy be without the corpses.

Face: You do not need corpses. You can summon your underlings from anywhere.

Hanson: There is a necromancer on earth. He is SSS rank and uses corpses of dead bodies for his city.

Face: They are lower level necromancers. Forget about your own classing of your world. The person you talk about is nothing but a necromancer. You will be able to upgrade class to either necromancer lord or necromancer blessed. If you choose necromancer lord, you will not need corpses. Necromancer blessed is the same as necromancer lord. Necromance blessed can become undead king but it will make you not human. Choose necromancer lord and then necromancer king. Then you will receive the title of king f the undead. You will be even able to travel between world through the death.

Hanson: How can I believe this is all true?

Face: The screen will last when you wake up.

Hanson: Answer a few of my questions. Did all the awakened have these things like menu I am seeing.

Face: No. You are an exception. The only thing you need to do to level up and gain more power Is to kill beings to gain exp. You will have unlimited crafting space and your own store. I will even give you gold for killing a being. And some soul stones too.

Hanson: Gold and Soul stones are the highest currency on earth.

Face: Don’t worry. You will have unlimited inventory space and will be able to use the gold and soul stones on earth. You can even use your power to destroy earth if you want it.

Hanson: I am not a maniac.

Face: What else do you want to know?

Hanson: There are no dungeons on earth. The left of beasts is bred and have rights over them.

Face: You will have a whole planet to kill.

Hanson: Why do you want to destroy the planet?

Face: Let’s say I made a deal with the god of this universe. I created my world and every being was given a sub-ecosystem of their own. They are now nothing more than animals. I want to recreate the whole world. We gods are forbidden from killing our own creations in vast number. But we can appoint a person from another world as destroyer. We can only give low amount of power.

Hanson: I am ready to destroy your world but…

A status window appeared in front of Hanson’s eyes.

New Title Added: Destroyer of planet X

New Title Added: Destroyer

Hanson: Why planet X?

Face: That’s how I named it.

Hanson: Does the god of this universe want me to destroy this planet too?

Face: No. She just wants to add another variable to the equation to make sure the destruction of this world does not happen soon.

Hanson: It is a she!

Face: And I am a ‘he’. Why do you think I received her permission?

Hanson: Fine. Brief me more on other classes and how to fo things.

Face smiled.

Face: No hero was this patient in briefing. Since the accident has occurred take a week off from your school. The place you’re going to has a time that is hundred times faster than this world.

Hanson: I have to do it for a hundred weeks.

Face smiled: The faster the better.

Hanson: Good idea. If I am able to have the other things like menu window once I wake up then this is not a dream.

Face: True.

Hanson: Tell me of other class evolutions.

Face: Wizard to either sorcerer or archwizard. Sorcerer is less powerful and later becomes battle mage. So, choose Archwizard. Archwizard later becomes archmage. Priest can become either cleric then supreme cleric or bishop them archbishop. Choose the second as you will have more use from the archbishop status. The barbarian can change to barbarian chief to barbarian king or to knight to knight general. Choose the second as that is more to your battle style.

Hanson: What are the different type of powers?

Face: Isn’t that common sense. Barbarians have supreme strength. But the lord, king or general title later will be more useful as you will receive the fifty percent Exp from your subordinates. Wizard is more involved in fire and ice magic. Lower level spells like teleportation, flight will be available later. The priest is able to use healing on himself or others. He is also able to use divine judgement which is lightning magic. Necromancer of your type can summon two to three soldiers from nowhere at the beginning and will have other powers like corpse explosion or soul extractions. You can see you skills by saying skills.

Hanson: ….

Face: ……

Hanson: ….

Face: Why are you not speaking anything?

Hanson: I will see the skills later. I will buy the items later. What I do not get is how will I be able to destroy the whole lifeforms.

Face: Use barbarian mode and get the title of the strongest in your clan. Even if you take the knight evolution, your body will not change. You will still have barbarian powers. Unite all the clans and hunt down big monsters and all the life forms. Later attack the elf land and destroy everything. Incite the barbarians against the kingdom of men. Then the Barbarians will be exterminated.

Hanson: Stop. I understood what needs to be dome. So, I should go on myself. Are you sure my face will become normal again?

Face: As you enter the planet, I will consider the deal sealed and make your face get the previous glory. As you level up you will even become more beautiful.

Hanson: Great. It’s a deal.

Face: You will not be able to talk to e very often. But it’s a deal.

Hanson: Last question. How many beings are there in the kingdom in total?

Face: Near about one hundred fifty million, not counting the monsters. If you really succeed, you will be given a special reward. By the way you will also have map feature and details on almost everyone. The task is Big. The powers given to you are not cheating at all.

Hanson: Do not worry. I have more than a hundred weeks. I have nearly 2 years. I will be able to do it. What will happen if all is max levelled?

Face: You will be able to buy individual skills like telekinesis, shadow walking, summoning etc, from the skill shop which will then be activated.

Hanson: Great.

Face: Goodbye. You will be transported to the world X whenever you want and can return whenever you want. Check the menu.

The darkness had disappeared. Hanson was sitting in his room. He looked around and then said.

Hanson: Menu.

The screen appeared and Hanson smiled.