It was a dark night, the rain was falling with heavy wind. In a room, candles were burning, and some people were running here and there,a woman lied on the bed. "Prepare the towel and help the madam hurry." said an old granny. After a long time of effort, a baby's loud crying voice came.
The man that was waiting outside in the house looked hopefully at the door. The granny came out holding a child gently wrapped in the towel.
"My lord, congratulations, it is a boy. Both baby and mother are healthy." said the granny.
The man was excited and took the child in his arms. "Very good,here take.it is your reward." the man took out one of his rings and gave it to the granny.
"Thank you, my lord." the granny took the ring and left with her servants. The man went inside the room and looked affectionately at the woman lying on the bed. "Thank you, my wife, take some rest." the man said.
"What is there to thank about? This child is a mark of our love." said the woman.
"What is the name of this child?" asked the man.
"I gave him a nickname, 'NOX'. I think it will be a good thing for you to name him." said the woman.
"His eyes has a touch of boundlessness. His name will be 'Carlos'. He will be known as the Carlos nectmar." the man said.
"Carlos. It's a good name." the woman was happy.
"Take some rest." said the man.
-----Carlos' POV:-----
NOTE:-THE TEXT IN THE '{}' ARE HIS THOUGHTS.
{where am I? Where is this? Who are this people?}
I was filled with many questions as I first opened my eyes. A woman was holding me in her arms and a man was staring at me foolishly. I tried to speak but…, "waah,waah".
"!!!!!" Then I noticed my hands.
The woman and man were surprised and got excited, "Dear, he just cried." the woman was happy. "He definitely said papa".the man said.
{!!!!!!!! What is this? How did my hands become so small? And more importantly, why are you reacting like I made a big deal?}
{Well since I have come to this world, I should first gather information about it , is what I thought but…this child body is so useless and fragile. Just by moving a little bit ,it gets exhausted and then no more moving for two hours. At this rate, It will take years just to walk on my own, least about gathering information. Well, at least they placed a maid here to take care of me. Well, moving a little bit is also considered a good start considering that I am just one month old.
Well, I should just lay down till I am capable of moving around.}
After five months…
{I am five months old now, and I can move my body easily compared to before. I succeeded in leaving my room one about a week ago and since then the guards were assigned to prevent me from leaving my room. Mother and father regularly visits me and plays with me. The maid takes care of my things. I will still have to wait for my goal.}
{Today there was a party held in the house because I just spoke my first words. Although it was a party held just for the housemaids,guards and servants. By the way, I am now seven months old and can leave my room. Although it's not on my own, but I can leave room when mother and father takes me out in the garden.}
{Today is my seventh birthday and there is a big party held in the house for celebration. Till now, I have learned that I am born into a noble family known as 'Nectmar family' which is famous for their business in the empire. And I also got to know that This world is totally different from the previous one. There is no such a thing as spiritual power or cultivation. Instead, there is magic and mana. There are professions like mage and sword master or a knight. And to obtain and cultivate mana there are exercises called breathing techniques.}
"Congratulations on your birthday. I am the fifth son of the house of wiles." a kid approached and introduced himself.
"Thank you. I am Carlos nectmar. It is nice to meet you." I replied.
"The pleasure is mine." flattered the kid.
"Excuse me, my father is calling me." the kid left.
{Sigh, it's troublesome to deal with so many of them. When is it going to end? Ahh where were we? Yes, so there are exercises called breathing techniques. There are also classes among them, like master, grandmasters or Great masters. Although the nectmar family is famous for their business in the empire, behind that mask it is an assassin family that gets read of the corrupt nobles and merchants that harms the empire.}
After the party, a servant came and told me, "young master,the the lord has summoned you."
"Father is looking for me? What can there be?" I thought.
I went into the office of father. "Father , I heard that you are looking for me."
"Yes. I get to know that you have been reading the books in the library." he asked.
"Yes father. Apparently some books caught my eye and I have been reading them from the library." I replied.
"Nox, as you know that our family is famous for the business in the empire, but there is a truth behind that,we are originally an assassin family that gets read of corrupt nobles and people that brings harm to the empire. And for that for generations we have cultivated a special pupil technique. By going through a small surgery, one can obtain it, but it is a secret of the family. I was thinking of it since you turned seven today. What do you think?" he said.
"Yes, father." I replied.
"Then follow me." he got up and went near a bookshelf. He moved a book and a secret passage opened behind the shelf.
I went after him inside the passage. After walking a bit, we reached a hall where there were many bookshelves and an operation bench.
"These are the breathing techniques and exercises for mages and augmenters. And this is the bench for surgery." he explained.
I sat on the bench and got ready for the surgery. The surgery started and after a long time it ended. I was told to not remove the eye bandage for about 2 weeks. After two weeks of bandage,it looked like the world opened itself entirely to me. I could see mana and elements with my bare eyes. I could see things that were far away for a naked eye to see.
After an unknown period of time,
{It's been five years since I have retired from the assassination. When I was just twelve years old, I was assigned my first mission. In just ten years , I uprooted all the nobles and merchants that were rotten. I cleared all the filth accumulated in the empire. I was given a nickname, "Walker of Cold night" by the nobles. All the nobles and merchants feared that name. And because of that, all the corruption and filth that was in the empire started to run away. The second prince succeeded the throne of emperor because of support from the Nectmar family. And the Nectmar family became the number one business family in the empire. Now all the empire is enjoying the peace. But because of that, I have been spending my life just resting and managing the business with my father. The life has become a repetitive schedule.}
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{The Nectmar family had a curse placed on them that any member of the family will not die from elder age. If it was just a simple curse of having an undying body, then it would have been a curse that was that bad. But the story changed when another curse was placed on the family, and from that time it's been a nightmare for all the family members. The curses were not to die from old age and to suffer endless pain for all the time from the heart binder on every full moon night. A heart binder is a curse that gives the equivalent pain from a heart attack. The higher the shining of moonlight, the more intense the pain.}
{Today is the day that I will be freed from the pain.}
The curse had been feeding up to my mana and life force. It was so strong that for getting ready of it, I had to get the external help.
For that, I had to venture into wilderness and had to roam the world.
{It's been fifteen years now. I have been roaming the world for getting ready of my curse. Now finally I got ready of it. Now I can finally die in a way that I want.}
After that, I gave up my body and died.
---------------After a Long time---------
Into an unknown realm, a man was running, cutting through the forest.
"Chase him, don't let him get away." a man shouted.
Many groups were chasing behind the man that was running. Some were shouting and some were chasing by the flying boats. The man went into a deep cave and escaped.
"Find him. Search everything, don't spare a single thing." a man shouted from a group which was nearest to the cave.
The people from the groups started to enter the cave and searched for the man. A man was searching into the cave's corner when he found a hollow ground. Just as he was about to dig it, a sword tore through his chest and he died.
"What was that?" the nearby groups were alerted by the sudden movement. Suddenly, a man came out of the ground and escaped through the space between the boulders.
"Chase him." the group chased after the man.
Just when they got away, the cave blew up and many groups died in the blast. While many others survived the blast.
The man went into a deep forest and hid into a mountain. After just a bit, the groups chasing behind him came to the mountain.
"Boss, he disappeared." a man reported.
"Find him. He must be in this mountain." the leader ordered.
The group searched the whole mountain but could not find the man.
"If we can not find him, then we will make him come out on his own. Blast the mountain." a man sneered.
Many groups attacked and blew up the mountain. The man hiding inside had no choice but to come out.
"Hahaha, you can't escape from us. You think that by hiding into a cave or mountain will make us give up on you, then you are foolish." the leader sneered.
"If you had handed over it, then you wouldn't have to go through this." the leader sneered.
"Even if I die, I will not hand it over." the man greeted his teeth in the rage.
"Hahaha, you think that we cannot get it?" the leader said arrogantly.
"Then you can try." the man finally lost his patience.
"Huh?" the leader was taken aback.
"Get away. He is self detonating." a man shouted from the group.
A huge blast followed, and the group was thrown back hundreds of meters. Other groups came when they heard the blast.
"What happened here?" the other groups were confused.
"Huh? What else? He self detonated." a man said.
"What? Self detonation? Then where is it?" a man asked.
"Don't tell me that it was still with him. I told you to not take actions alone." the leader of the group was enraged.
"Huh? You want to fight?" the leader of the group that found the man said.
"Enough, the priority is to find that thing." a man said.
"Search the place and come back within an hour." the leader said.
After an hour,
"Did anyone find the thing?" the leader asked.
No one said anything.
"Useless Ba*tards." the leader cursed.
Into an unknown realm,
"My lord, they failed." a shadow reported.
"What? Those useless Ba*tards! They cannot do even a simple task." the man was enraged.
"Go and find anything related to him." the man ordered.
"Yes, my lord." the shadow vanished.
------------After the long time--------
"Again? How many times has it happened?" a voice that was annoyed sounded.
"It's been nine lives that I have been reincarnating. Ohh my bad, I am Grey Lucifer. You know me as Carlos nectmar. In my first life, I was Orpheus Luciel, a martial arts practitioner. In my second life, I was known as the Carlos nectmar, a top assassin. In my third life, I was a top tier mage.
In my fourth life, I was a businessman and a hunter in the modern world that was swarming with the monsters. In my fifth life I was a martial commander fighting on the frontline with demons.
In the sixth life, I was a prince that ruled over an entire Kingdom that stretched in the five empires.
In the seventh life, I was a swordsman with the ability to annihilate the whole continent single-handedly. In the eighth life, I was a powerhouse that roamed the universe and ruled over countless lives. And in the last ninth life, I was an alchemy tower's vice President.
In the ninth life, I died because of being exposed to a very huge organization. I discovered an ancient ruin that held the ancient relics. I had around tens of thousands of clones lurking in the entire realm. But because of possessing nearly the same ability as ten thousand of people, I was discovered. In that ancient ruin , I found three mythic relics that were considered to be tools of gods."
The first relic was a book named 'Codex of the wisdom' , it was said to be capable of storing all the knowledge and wisdom.
The second relic was an armor that was said to be made from the scales and bones of the divine creature 'Dragon of divinity'. It could protect the possessor from all the attacks.
And last the third relic, a cultivation technique that was lost in the primordial era, a technique to cultivate godhood.
But I was discovered by the organization and was chased by all the cultivators. I fought and killed nearly nine hundred thousand cultivators in the process of escaping, but I was pinned down by all the cultivators to the very end. So instead of giving away the relics to others, I preferred to die by myself.
But there was one thing weird, every time I died, I was reincarnated. I don't know how and by whom, but one thing I know that I was playing in the hand of an enormous entity that could manipulate even the reincarnation cycle.
Now I am stuck in an infinite white space with a baby's body in the center. I don't know where it is and who it is that put me in this white space. It's something new for me as well.
Suddenly The white space started to crack open and a blinding light burst through those cracks.