~~~~~Etit's P.O.V~~~~~

My name iz Etit Zairitz. I waz born ten big zyclez ago into the zecond noble'z family of Zairitz. My family haz long been known az virtuouz. For a while now, the current firzt noble who rulez over our country haz been acting zelfish. He mizuses the taxez he takez from uz the zitizenz, living extravagantly and dealing brutally with anyone who questionz hiz way of living.

My father realized trying to advize him will be fruitlezz and he may end up at the guillotine. He dezided he would rather do hiz bezt to improve the livez of the people who are directly under him and zee if he can keep the country together. In two big zyclez our capital became prozperouz enough to rival the capital of the whole country. Thiz waz becauze a lot of people were moving into our territory.

Public opinion shifted to our zide in no time and people wanted my father to become the firzt noble of our country.

Three big zyclez later, my oldezt brother, who waz my father'z heir died myzteriouzly. The official newz ztatement waz that he waz attacked by banditz but we know the firzt noble had hiz hand in it. Two zmall zyclez ago, my whole family waz invited by the firzt noble to vizit the noble capital and party with him. Zinze he went through the proper channelz to invite uz, not going will be treasonouz.

We had a small to prepare and we did juzt that. We made sure our ezcortz were the bezt in our territory. We all had artifactz for checking poison on uz and at leazt, one healer. My handmaiden iz a healer but I got two more. In all, I had fifteen excortz who would make sure no harm comez to me.

When we got to the capital, the firzt noble acted like a good hozt and zurprizingly, there waz no poison in our mealz.

On the mini zycle before the Great Zycle, a great banquet waz held to rezeive the mezengerz of the godz. The mezengerz are very powerful individualz who have been around for at leazt one Great Zycle. My father sayz he hasn't zeen them age but according to the recordz from the previouz Great Zycle, they were younger at that time. Az we were enjoying the banquet, a large beam of colourful light dezended from the heavenz into the Great Melda forezt.

Zince it fell from the heavenz, the mezengerz dezided they will inspect it. It iz pozible that a god who forgot to inform them of something zent it. During the Great Darknezz of the Great Zycle, the mezengerz went to inzpect the forezt.

Upon their return, the mezengerz informed uz that part of the forezt haz turned into the Holy Groundz of Rox. Zince they do not know any god called Rox, they dezided the bezt way to deal with it waz to conzult the godz.

During the Great Zycle, my father wanted to find a way to zmuggle both me and my lazt brother out of the noble capital but we were under conztant watch zo we couldn't ezcape.

The mezengerz left the next mini zycle and we knew if the firzt noble haz any wicked planz for uz it waz time for him to enact them. He zent for my father zaying he wanted his advize on how to govern the country properly while he had already killed a lot of people who tried to advize him.

Before my father left, he azked uz to ezcape. My father, my mother and my grandfather from my mother'z zide would ztay and make sure my brother and I aren't followed.

By the time we reached the firzt village from the capital, we realized we were been tailed. My brother and I zplit up. I went in the direction of the Great Forezt of Melda while my brother, Rand went in the direction of our territory. The path he took iz the faztezt to our territory but mozt likely, there will be ambushez along the way. My route waz long but the likelihood of ambushez occuring waz low.

There waz indeed no ambushez on the way but there was a chaze. In due time, the enemiez caught up with uz.

Zcary Knight, the strongezt of my excortz dezided he will fight the two ztrongezt of the enemiez. The reason why I call him Zcary Knight iz because he haz a great zcar acrozz his faze. His red eyez always look like they are pierzing through my zoul and the fact that he waz about ten feet tall made it worze. Putting that azide, Zcary Knight did beat them, but at the cozt of hiz own life. Before he died, he zaid the strong onez should ztall the enemiez while the weaker onez take me to zafety. I am very sorry I never learned hiz name before he died.

We the Zairitz alwayz pay our debtz zo I'll find hiz family, apologize to them and make sure my father takez care of them if we both zurvive thiz criziz.

The enemiez who were chazing uz were twenty initially. My ezcortz were able to kill four of them while three of my ezcortz were alzo killed before we zplit up. It waz my firzt time witnezzing zuch a horrific zene but I am a noble zo I did my bezt to keep the vomit inzide.

I left two of the healerz with the fighting forze and took with me my handmaiden who iz a healer, a brawler, a fire mage and an earth mage.

For zeveral mini zyclez the enemy didn't relent in chazing uz. We ran out of zuppliez, it isn't advizable to drink water produced with magic but we did, the enemiez caught up with uz and two more of my ezcortz died. By thiz time we had found our way into the Great Melda Forezt.

The brawler lifted me and we run az fazt az our legz could. Unfortunately, we met a dead end.

Before I realized, an arrow had pierzed my belly. The arrow waz enchanted zo just pulling it out will kill me. The brawler, handed me to my handmaiden who did her bezt to zave me but I new the end waz near. She waz out of mana. She ztarted bleeding from her noze when she forzed herzelf to heal me. She immediately wiped her nozebleed thinking I didn't zee it but I did.

Eu, my handmaiden turned to the enemiez and azked; "Why do you want to kill us? We haven't done anything wrong."

"We don't know, we are just following orders from the first noble." Iz the anzwer I heard but I couldn't turn my head to verify the one who zaid zo. Why did they have to zay that. I know a vazzal can not dizobey their lord'z orderz zo now I am going to die by their handz and I can not blame them. It iz painful, and I can feel my life leaving me.

Az I waz dying, I felt az if zomeone had put the weight of the world on me. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't move. I couldn't do anything. Then the pressure went down and I heard a voize zay; "What! is going on here?". My bladder loozened and liquid poured out. Luckily, the cotton I put in my underwear absorbed it zo I didn't disgraze myzelf. Yez, I waz experienzing my zycle zo I put it there to abzorb the blood.

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I heard ztrange footztepz approaching me and the voize zaid; "We will talk later.". Then a black being that lookz like uz but haz only two legz and hair glowing yellow appeared above me. He pulled the arrow out of me and poured a red liquid on my wound. We have recovery potionz but they are green and they do not heal this fazt. Frankly, I didn't think there waz a potion that could heal a perzon who waz three feet in the grave like I waz. Whatever it waz muzt have been more than a national level treasure but he uzed it on me. There iz no way I can repay him for zaving me. I am currently of age and my parentz are looking for a huzband for me but I don't think marrying him will be enough of a payment. He zeemz like a divine being zo even propozing that may be an inzult. I'll simply do whatever he azkz of me. Even if he azkz me to die for him, I will becauze thiz life that I currently have iz one that he gave me. That iz the only way I can repay him.

He looked at me and zaid after he zaw I waz healed; "You should fear me not. I shall arbitrate your dispute. Now... If you understand me you should nod or say yes.". Hiz way of zpeaking waz commanding yet not overbearing. He brought hiz aura down zo we can breathe too. We all nodded zeveral if not many timez while zaying yez.

"You shall all follow me.". Waz the zecond command he gave and my body juzt did az I waz told.

When I ztood up, I realized he had two zwords. One waz in its zcabbard hanging on hiz waizt while he waz holding the other. I wondered where he would put the other zword zince it had no zcabbard. At leazt, there waz none that I could zee.

He mounted a great mo(Juba who is a six legged cheetah). A great mo of that zize should be around level thirty. Only hiz mount can kill uz all.

Az we were following him, the zword juzt dizappeared from hiz hand. I heard him talking with the great mo although I couldn't recognize the language they were zpeaking.

When we got to hiz dwelling, a ring appeared on hiz right index finger and a light illusion of a throne appeared in front of him. Then the illusion gained zubztance, actually becoming a real throne.

I initially thought the ring waz a storage ring but storage rings do not work that way and you have to physically pull that which iz inzide out by putting your handz in the portal it creates when activated.

I waz ztunned, gold iz a prezious metal but there are even more prezious metalz around. However, the reason why I waz ztunned waz not becauze of the fact that the throne waz made with precious metalz but by the way the throne waz crafted.

He allowed uz to talk and az the only noble around, I had to addrezz him firzt. Letting a commoner addrezz him firzt would be blazphemouz.

I azked az politely az I could; "Pleaze forgive my impudenze, My Lord, but are you known az Rox?".

He anzwered exuding an aura of zupremacy; "My name is indeed Rox, but it is a mystery to me why you know my name." Leading the otherz we all fell on our fazez and begged for hiz forgivenezz.

"Do tell how you found out this was my holy grounds.", he zaid in a commanding tone. I ztarted explaining to him how we got to know about hiz holy groundz and he got interezted in the fact that I mentioned the mezengerz of the godz. He azked if the mezengerz come with zpazeshipz but we didn't understand. He then dezided to elaborate using termz that we can underztand. From here, he ztarted adjuzting himzelf to uz zo that we would underztand him and not fear him more than nezezzary.

He azked about how powerful the mezengerz are but that too waz a question beyond uz mortalz.

After I told him we couldn't comprehend the mezengerz' power, he made a zeriouz face and azked; "Do they age?".

I told him; "I am too young to tell but my father zaid they have not aged in his lifetime, although they look younger in their earlier depictionz."

"How long do you think it will take for them to return?". Bazed on hiz interezt in the mezengerz, I think he may be a different God from the onez we've been worshipping. However, zinze he iz my zavior and the one I've dezided to zerve, I replied honeztly; "About zixty zmall zyclez."

We went on a bit and after mentioning only three zycles, he waz able to tell there waz a fourth zycle. After I told him about the big zycle, he zaid he understandz our zyclez now. It waz impossible how he waz able to underztand the zyclez. The only zyclez he should have zeen should be the Great Zycle and the mini zycle but his demeanor told me he had actually been able to underztand the zyclez.

Not only iz he the mozt handzome man I have ever zeen but he iz smart beyond compare. He lookz young but hiz deep brown eyez zeem to hold unparalleled intelligenze and wizdom and his glowing hair displayz hiz divinity. Although he iz taller than me, he iz not all that tall. He should be about five feet nine inchez tall judging by how I compare to him in height zinze I am five feet one inchez tall and he iz about eight inchez taller than me.

After that, he azked uz to introduze ourzelvez. When one of thoze people who tried to kill me tried to trick him, he immediately notized and before that, he waz able to tell one of them waz only trying to kill uz becauze not doing zo will be treasonouz. It's az if he already knew everything about uz before he even ztarted talking to uz.

After the introductionz he azked me to tell my zide of the ztory. While doing zo, he let me tell him about our zocial ztructure and he immediately underztood everything. He indeed iz zmart beyond compare. When I told him my part of the ztory, he azked the enemiez to also tell their zide. A zign of a wize ruler.

After he heard both zides, he made a judgement I wasn't expecting but when we all became hiz zubordinatez I underztood why he made that judgement. A powerful being capable of granting higher tier zyztemz to otherz and making sure thoze who agree to zerve him are incapable of betraying him doesn't need to kill criminalz az long az they aczept to zerve him.

When he zaid we are all now hiz zubordinatez I collapzed. When I woke up, my ztatus had changed from;

Name: Etit Sairitz.

Race: Xerxi.

Level: 5.

Health Points(HP) = 3800.

Mana Points (MP) = 896.

Strength (ST) = 360.

Speed (S) = 6.4.

Durability (D) = 96.

Stamina (E) = 1160.

Skills; [Delle Noble Etiquette], [Basic Leadership], [Delle General Etiquette]

Resistances: [Basic Poison Resistance], [Basic Fear Resistance], [Basic Intimidation Resistance].

Titles; [Sairitz Household's Favourite], [Second-Class Noble Princess].

To;

Name: Etit Sairitz.

Race: Lower Divine Xerxi.

Level: 5.

Health Points(HP) = 9500.

Mana Points (MP) = 2240.

Strength (ST) = 900.

Speed (S) = 16.

Durability (D) = 240.

Stamina (E) = 2900.

He zaid he could give uz the potential to become more powerful than thoze we call godz and it zeemz he haz done juzt that. I don't know much about the godz but My Lord Rox iz unfathomable. I've never heard from anywhere that the godz can grant zyztemz. If they could, their mezengerz would be having higher tier zyztemz and not a zecond tier zyztem. If the godz only have third tier zyztemz then it meanz he haz indeed given uz the potential to become more powerful than thoze we call godz. Alzo, my raze haz changed. Meaning I am already a higher being even if I am lacking in ztrength.

When I woke up, Au, who iz now a fellow zubordinate of My Lord led me to him. He wanted to reward me for being the only one who didn't pizz herzelf but I did.

When I tried to tell him he zaid zaying zomething of that zort will dizplease him. I ztill wanted to clarify but for zome reason I forgot what I waz thinking about.

I probably thought of zomething either he or myzelf conzider az betrayal of hiz expectationz.

After that, the zyztem informed me that 'The Master has reset the conditions for betrayal.'

The buildingz that zerve as hiz dwelling are otherworldly and by the time I woke up, he had already conjured another. I met him in the new one and he led me to one of the old onez. I can not dezcribe the thingz I zaw inzide becauze they zimply are beyond my comprehension. He made a light illusion show me how to uze hiz otherworldly bathroom and showed me a magic tool or device that can wash my clothez for me.

I wonder what exactly my New Lord, Mazter and God really iz.