While listening to what the system had to say Alex starts to meditate using the focus he has managed to gain through his time carving. After a while of meditating Alex starts to focus on emptying his mind, though it's difficult in the beginning, Alex starts to clear his mind and suppress any sudden thoughts and memories that arise. As this happens the system informs Alex.
[Skill Gained - Meditation:
The system alerts Alex of his new skill yet he couldn't hear it as he was too focused on clearing his mind of anything that may interrupt him from sensing mana and chi, although he asked the system to informed him of any new skills and levels he unintentionally ignored the prompt, too focused on clearing his head instead. A few hours pass and Alex finally gets out of his 'meditation'. He starts to look around with a surprised look on his face, unsure of what just happened, his eyes showed a multitude of emotions before finally settling on annoyed.
"Ah Fuck!! I fell Asleep. Hey!! System, why didn't you wake me up?"
[You didn't ask me to do that so I didn't bother, how am I supposed to know what you want without you telling me?]
"You're a part of me of aren't you, couldn't you know what I am thinking? Isn't it how I've spoken with you all this time."
After listening to that explanation Alex starts to have feelings of Anger and regret, he wonders if asking for the 'system' in the first choice was the right idea as it has done nothing but anger and criticise him since he as had it. A few moments pass before Alex judges that him asking for a system was a good idea and that the 'System' would be of great help in the future even if it pisses him off.
"So I guess I should go back to meditating, System wake me up if I fall asleep."
After asking the system to wake him up if he falls asleep Alex tries again at meditating to sense.
10 years passed until Alex noticed that he hadn't aged at all during the time he was here.
"System is there a reason I haven't aged since coming here?"
[Yes. Taran made sure that time was frozen within this dimension as long as you are here. For the time being, you are Immortal. There would be no point in you being here just to die of old age and getting nothing out of it, although he could have set a limit for how long you could be here before you start to age he probably didn't want to go through the extra hassle.]
Alex knew that many years had passed since he had started his training, although he didn't feel the passing of time in the slightest, this confirmation from the system helped confirm Alex's suspicions that he hasn't aged since living in the dimension.
He continued live in this dimension that Taran had made for him, training, creating and trying to reach the limit of every skill and technique that he could think of, as well as, any of the skills that the system suggested he learns. Training both his body, chi, mana and soul,
With the former 2 improving his physique and the latter 2 improving his mental and spiritual capabilities. Delving into the secrets of mana, chi, the body, the mind and the soul. Training in many different uses that they can or could be used for. Alex started his training by trying to change his mana into the different elements such as the basic elements of fire, water, earth, wind, and over time creating and developing his own spells to master his manipulation over these elements.
He meditated and gathered chi and mana from his surroundings, and improving his strength every second he could. Alex waited before each major increase in strength as he didn't want to get too strong too fast, waiting each time so he could build a stronger foundation and train his control over his newly gained strength. Over time Alex trained and refine his skills, learning new skills, discovering the many secrets of these pieces of knowledge and learning new languages both magical and non-magical. Even going so far as making his own language with its own writing and pronunciations along the way.
As training was the only thing that kept him from slowly going crazy he did nothing but train and occasionally have some resting time, talking with the system to pass the time. Even making his own diary that he would write his thoughts into and possibly write down any sudden inspirations that he would get. Even if time wouldn't were it down constant use would going to far as to enchant it to be near indestructible, making several such diaries each different from the next. He dedicated his first diary to how he trains, the different routines he took to get stronger form the first day to the current one.
"System! It's annoying to keep on saying 'System' when i refer to you, it's such a mouth full, can I give you a name or would you prefer to name yourself."
[Sure you can name me. What do you have in mind?]
"How bout Luna? It's simple and I can't think of anythin' else"
[Okay, then from now on my name is Luna]
100 years Later
Underneath a fur blanket made from the pelt of a golden lion lay a young man, with the short black hair and a muscular frame, sleeping soundly.
[WAKE UP!!! IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP!!!]
The young man, hearing this blaring noise in his head, woke up with with a jolt.
"Argh! 5 more minutes."
[Alex, if you don't wake up now I'll keep on yelling at you until you do wake up. Now WAKE UP!]
Alex, knowing there would be no way to get out of this, woke up. Why fight a war you know you're going to lose? So Alex woke and started his training, pushing himself to his physical limit, Training his skills to improve his mastery before finally meditating to rest his mind.
'Stats'
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[Name: Alex Cardinal] [Race: Human] [Age: 136(Years) 0(Months)]
[Titles:
[Chi: 59,000/59,000] <
[Mana: 59,000/59,000] <
[Nature Energy: 120/120]
[Soul Power: 60/60]
[Vitality: 59] [Vitality Rating: C]
[Warrior Power Grade C] - [Power: Rank 59]
[Mage Power Grade C] - [Power: Rank 59]
[Charm: 45] [Charm Rating: Cute]
[Luck: 34] [Luck Rating: Average Luck]
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~ 1st Grade Elements ~
[Earth:
[Lightning:
~ 2nd Grade Elements ~
[Ice:
~ 3rd Grade Elements(aka. The Obscure Elements) ~ (Locked)
[Blood:
[Luna:
~ 4th Grade Elements ~
[Space:
~ 5th Grade Elements ~
[Yin:
~ 6th Grade Elements ~
[Primordial Earth:
[Primordial Water:
[Primordial Yin:
~ 7th Grade Elements ~
[Primordial Chaos:
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[Lucid Dreaming (Active):
[Woodworking (Active):
[Sculpting (Active):
[Blacksmithing (Active):
[Alchemy (Active):
[Meditation (Active):
[Chi Manipulation (Active):
[Mana Sense (Active):
[Chi Sense (Active):
[Mana manipulation (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Fire (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Nature (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Lightning (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Water (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Earth (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Wind (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Metal (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Light (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Dark (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Space (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Time (Active):
[Sword Mastery (Active):
[Spear Mastery (Active):
[Staff Mastery (Active):
[Dagger Mastery (Active):
[Mental Partition (Active):
[Hand to Hand Combat (Active):
[Cooking (Active):
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[Perfect Affinity] [Language Comprehension]
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[Chi Circulation Technique]
[Mana Cultivation Technique]
[Crude Soul Strengthening Technique]
[Blood Clone Technique:
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Passive: [Enhanced Regeneration] [Enhanced Mental Capabilities] etc...
Active: [None]
Looking at his stats Alex was upset about himself.
'Although I have improved a lot since I began my training, I still seem to be lacking, weaker that what I could achieve, but why do I feel this way.'
Following this train of though Alex went through the journals that he had written over the years and looked over the different aspects of his training that he thought could be causing this displeasing and unfulfilling feeling inside of him. Starting with his first journal that focused on his experiences with training his body. One by one Alex read them all at the same time using a technique he had invented, 'The Blood Clone Technique', by moulding and slowly fusing his Mana, Chi and soul energy together and infusing some of his blood Alex made a technique that allowed him to create solid clones of himself that he had a link to.
After a clone had fully read a book the clone would be absorbed back into the body so Alex can obtain the memories of the clone and try figure out what the problem is. Alex made this technique to improve his training speed, as after a clone had trained long enough they would be absorbed back into Alex strengthening his body and slightly improving his chi, mana and soul energy capacity. However Alex hadn't developed this technique enough as the technique was still filled with flaws, when absorbing a clone the mental and physical fatigue that the clone had accumulated over the time would also absorbed. Alex would need to rest before absorbing more clones back into his body as without proper rest and time for the body to heal the body will end up getting damaged causing his training to become stagnant until he had fully healed. A piece of information Alex found the hard way as he tried to rush his already fast training.
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200 years later
Sitting on a log next to a fire roasting a massive boar, sat a young man with an focused and eager look on his face, some drool coming out the side of his mouth and a loud rumbling echoing into the surroundings.
A few minutes later...
"Finally! the meat is finished, I can eat."
While devouring his meal Alex looked decided to look at his skills.
'Skills'
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[Lucid Dreaming (Active):
[Woodworking (Active):
[Sculpting (Active):
[Blacksmithing (Active):
[Alchemy (Active):
[Meditation (Active):
[Chi Manipulation (Active):
[Mana Sense (Active):
[Chi Sense (Active):
[Mana manipulation (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Fire (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Nature (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Lightning (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Water (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Earth (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Wind (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Metal (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Light (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Dark (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Space (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Time (Active):
[Sword Mastery (Active):
[Spear Mastery (Active):
[Staff Mastery (Active):
[Dagger Mastery (Active):
[Archery Mastery (Active):
[Mental Partition (Active):
[Hand to Hand Combat (Active):
[Cooking (Active):
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[Chi Circulation Technique]
[Mana Cultivation Technique]
[Soul Energy Cultivation Technique]
[Blood Clone Technique:
"Hey Luna the ways these skill are put together makes seem to cluttered can you change the format slightly."
[Sure, what kind of organisation do you have in mind or would you rather I sort it]
The author's narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.
"You can sort it, it's just the way it is now it is difficult to read with too many words together in the same space."
[Alright, how about this kind of set up]
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[Woodworking (Active):
[Sculpting (Active):
[Blacksmithing (Active):
[Alchemy (Active):
[Cooking (Active):
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[Chi Manipulation (Active):
[Chi Sense (Active):
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[Mana Sense (Active):
[Mana manipulation (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Fire (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Nature (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Lightning (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Water (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Earth (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Wind (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Metal (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Light (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Dark (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Space (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Time (Active):
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[Sword Mastery (Active):
[Spear Mastery (Active):
[Staff Mastery (Active):
[Dagger Mastery (Active):
[Archery Mastery (Active):
[Hand to Hand Combat (Active):
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[Mental Partition (Active):
[Meditation (Active):
[Lucid Dreaming (Active):
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[Chi Circulation Technique]
[Mana Cultivation Technique]
[Soul Energy Cultivation Technique]
[Blood Clone Technique:
300 years later
"Hey Luna, How long do you think it would take for me to reach this Ascendant Rank thing?"
[At the pace you going I'd say a few thousand years. Although This could be shortened if you knew what you were doing. A very talented person on Isaria would normally take a few hundred years, as compared to them who has someone who they could find that could teach them you have nothing, although the less talented would need a lot more to reach this. Just continue your training and you'll get there]
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1,000,000,000,000,000,000 Years Later
'Stats'
- Status Window -
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[Name: Alex Cardinal] [Race: Human] [Age: 1,000,000,000,000,000,136 (Years) 0 (Months)]
[Titles:
[Chi: 399,999,999,/339,999,999] <
[Mana: 399,999,999/339,999,999] <
[Nature Energy: 399,999,999/339,999,999]
[Soul Power: 399,999,999/339,999,999]
[Vitality: 99,999] [Vitality Rating: AB]
[Power: Grade WK (Warrior King)] - [Power: Rank 399]
[Power: Grade WK (Wizard King)] - [Power: Rank 399]
[Charm: ?????] [Charm Rating: Incalculable]
[Luck: 34] [Luck Rating: Average Luck]
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~ 1st Grade Elements ~
[Earth:
[Lightning:
~ 2nd Grade Elements ~
[Ice:
~ 3rd Grade Elements(aka. The Obscure Elements) ~
[Blood:
[Luna:
~ 4th Grade Elements ~
[Space:
~ 5th Grade Elements ~
[Yin:
~ 6th Grade Elements ~
[Primordial Earth:
[Primordial Water:
[Primordial Yin:
~ 7th Grade Elements ~
[Primordial Chaos:
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[Woodworking (Active):
[Sculpting (Active):
[Blacksmithing (Active):
[Alchemy (Active):
[Cooking (Active):
[Sewing (Active):
[Tailoring (Active):
[Painting (Active):
etc...
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[Chi Manipulation (Active):
[Chi Sense (Active):
[Chi Magic: Fire (Active):
[Chi Magic: Water (Active):
[Chi Magic: Earth (Active):
[Chi Magic: Wind (Active):
[Chi Magic: Metal (Active):
[Chi Magic: Dark (Active):
[Chi Magic: Nature (Active):
[Chi Magic: Lightning (Active):
etc...
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[Mana Sense (Active):
[Mana manipulation (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Fire (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Nature (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Lightning (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Water (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Earth (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Wind (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Metal (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Light (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Dark (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Space (Active):
[Elemental manipulation: (Type) Time (Active):
etc...
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[Sword Mastery (Active):
[Spear Mastery (Active):
[Staff Mastery (Active):
[Dagger Mastery (Active):
[Archery Mastery (Active):
[Axe Mastery (Active):
[Footwork (Active):
[Hand to Hand Combat (Active):
etc...
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[Mental Partition (Active):
[Meditation (Active):
[Lucid Dreaming (Active):
[Languages: Common
& Bestial(All)
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[Perfect Affinity] [Language Comprehension]
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[Path Of The Magus]
[Path Of The Warrior]
[Path Of The Druid]
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[Chi Circulation Technique]
[Mana Cultivation Technique]
[Soul Energy Cultivation Technique]
[Blood Clone Technique:
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[Law Of Earth: Understanding 33%]
[Law Of Wind: Understanding 33%]
[Law Of Fire: Understanding 34%]
[Law Of Water: Understanding 34%]
[Law Of Ice: Understanding 33%]
[Law Of Metal: Understanding 40%]
[Law Of Lightning: Understanding 38%]
[Law Of Nature: Understanding 36%]
[Law Of Space: Understanding 31]
[Law Of Time: Understanding 13%]
[Law Of Light: Understanding 32%]
[Law Of Dark: Understanding 31%]
[Law Of Shadows: Understanding 9%]
etc...
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[Law of the Sword: Understanding 36%]
[Law of the Spear: Understanding 39%]
[Law of the Axe: Understanding 22%]
[Law of the Dagger: Understanding 25%]
[Law of the Staff: Understanding 37%]
[Law of the Halberd: Understanding 38%]
[Law of the Bow: Understanding 5%] etc...
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[Law of the Rebirth: Understanding 1%]
[Law of the Luck: Understanding 2%]
[Law of the Karma: Understanding 3%]
[Law of the Gravity: Understanding 14%]
[Law of the Hot: Understanding 29%]
[Law of the Cold: Understanding 26%]
[Law Of Life: Understanding 23%]
[Law Of Death: Understanding 24%]
etc...
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[Law of the Blacksmithing: Understanding 40%]
[Law of the Tailoring: Understanding 40%]
[Law of the Alchemy: Understanding 40%]
[Law of the Woodworking: Understanding 40%]
[Law of the Sculpting: Understanding 40%]
[Law of the Architecture: Understanding 40%]
etc...
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<<1st Grade Element Seeds>>
[Seed Of Earth: 100%] - [Seed Of Wind: 100%%] - [Seed Of Fire: 100%] - [Seed Of Water: 100%] -
[Seed Of Ice: 100%] - [Seed Of Metal: 100%] - [Seed Of Lightning: 100%] - [Seed Of Light: 100%] -
[Seed Of Darkness: 100%] -
<<2nd Grade Element Seeds>>
[Seed Of Nature Essence: 100%] - [Seed Of Ice: 100%] [Seed Of Magma: 100%]
[Seed Of Storm: 100%] [Seed Of Magma: 100%] [Seed Of Magnetism: 100%]
[Seed Of Plasma: 100%] etc...
<<3rd Grade Element Seeds(aka. The Obscure Elements>>
[Seed Of Blood: 100%] - [Seed Of Madness: 100%] - [Seed Of Luck: 100%] - [Seed Of Karma: 100%] -
[Seed Of Luna: 100%] - [Seed Of Solar: 100%] - [Seed Of Yin-Yang: 100%] - [Seed Of Aether: 100%] -
[Seed Of Creation: 100%] -[Seed Of Destruction: 100%] - [Seed Of Dreams: 100%] -
[Seed Of Abyss: 100%] - [Seed Of Fate: 100%] - etc...
<<4th Grade Element Seeds>>
[Seed Of Space: 100%] [Seed Of Time: 100%] [Seed Of Life: 100%] [Seed Of Death: 100%]
<<5th Grade Element Seeds>>
[Seed Of Yin: 100%] [Seed Of Yang: 100%]
<<6th Grade Element Seeds>>
[Seed Of Primordial Earth: 100%] [Seed Of Primordial Wind: 100%]
[Seed Of Primordial Fire: 100%] [Seed Of Primordial Water: 100%]
[Seed Of Primordial Metal: 100%] [Seed Of Primordial Lightning: 100%]
[Seed Of Primordial Yin: 100%] [Seed Of Primordial Yang: 100%]
<<7th Grade Element Seeds>>
[Seed Of Primordial Chaos: 100%] [Seed Of Void: 100%] [Seed Of Order: 100%]
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Passive:
Active:
"Finally! After many years I can leave, of course I guess me staying here over the needed amount of years is my fault, It may have been on a hunch but if what the reward says will happen, that "any skill's, pieces of knowledge and abilities gained within this time period are turned into their equivalent Talents, Abilities and Gifts upon reincarnating" and I've spent most of my time trying to understand the Laws of the world I should gain something from it." Alex thought to himself, eager to find out if what he's done was considered a waste or not.
"Hey Luna I've reached the Ascendant Grades for both the Warrior Path and the Arcane Path, how do I leave? What do I do to get off this planet?" Even after many years Alex never forgot why he was here, although he gave up a few times over the course of these years Luna was always there to help him walk this path and complete his mission to become reborn.
[...]
"Luna?"
[Hmmm? Oh yeah! you don't have to do anything just click 'Accept Reward' on this window and you can be reborn]
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"Why is there a 'Decline Reward' option? and what will happen to the stuff in my inventory when I'm reborn?"
[When you're reborn all of the items in your inventory will be sealed in a hidden space inside of the system. The way you get these item will be up to the system, it will mostly give them to you as a reward, the quests given will also awaken any hidden talents of yours when you complete the quest as they will un sealed or un-awakened most of the time. As for the decline option I'm not quite sure why that is there, the only person who knows why that's there is my creator, the All-Maker, so if you ever want an answer to that question you will have to meet the All-maker as they made me.]
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Alex, shaking off the odd sensation he felt from Luna's words, accepted his reward.
[Countdown 60...59...58...57...56...55...54...]
'Finally I can leave, It's a shame I never found a way to destroy the force field keeping me here, no matter what I did that thing didn't so much as wobble, totally unaffected by what ever I threw at it. Oh well, I guess I won't have to worry about that anymore. I better pack my stuff before the timer runs out.'
Following this though Alex ran around is 'home' to collect everything, form his books on training, his alchemy formulas and language books he had created, his statues, his paintings, his forged weapons and armour and even the elemental crystals, plus some of the plants have been growing and developing for hundreds of years.
[36...35...34...33...32...31...30]
Spending the last few seconds collecting everything he could Alex decided to talk with Luna.
"Hey Luna what do you think it would be like living in Isaria. I know we read the complete history of it but the book didn't cover everything, I bet it will be very exciting I'm sure we will be able to explore many magical places and experience the many different cultures that exist, not to mention diving into dungeons, walking through enchanted forest, visiting the many ruins of fallen civilisations that didn't survive against time. It will be very exciting."
[20..19..18...17]
[Alex I won't be there when you are reborn. My only purpose to be with you was to make you won't go insane from being alone for many years. I'm..sorry..I couldn't tell you this sooner, after knowing you all these years, living with you and getting to know your character I knew that if I were to tell you this sooner you would't accept the 'reward'.]
"WAIT WHAT!!!! NO! LUNA YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME THIS SOONER. Why didn't you tell me this sooner? Your my best friend for f*** sake, you could have still told me. Maybe I could have found a way, maybe with enough time I could have become a God...maybe"
[NO ALEX!!! EVEN WITH ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD, WHILE ON THIS PLANET SURROUNDED WITH A SHIELD STOPPING ANYTHING FROM GETTING IN AND OUT, YOU COULDN'T HAVE BECOME CLOSE TO BECOMING A GOD. This place was set to forcefully eject you once you tried to become an Immortal let alone a God, and I didn't tell you because you may have just given up thinking that living on this planet would be just fine.]
[5...4...3]
"Wait NO LUNA. Decline the reward. DECLINE REWARD. DECLINE REWARD"
[I hope you live a pleasant and happy life. Try to develop your social skills some more, talking to the same person for hundreds of years is bound to have some negative affect on your skills.]
[2...]
Alex, knowing that the person he considered his best friend for hundreds of years is no longer going to be with him, felt a deep sadness, an unfeeling loneliness and intense anger that felt like it would never fade all at the same time. In a act of desperation to try and break passed his limits Alex did something he never thought he would ever do, to gain an increase in strength and stop the timer form having an affect on him Alex collapsed his Inner world and condensed all of his energy to try and gain a quick boost in strength.
Sadly this achieved nothing as when he collapsed his inner world into one point to try and destroy it instead of getting destroyed it condensed into a single minuscule polychromatic core with small but noticeable golden orb in the centre, not foreseeing this development Alex mind froze, admiring this new sight in front of him, slowly Alex felt his consciousness fading away.
[1... 0]
With the timer up Alex disappeared from where he was standing leaving only a small house, a cave and a few empty spaces where some plants and statues used to be.