Chapter 3: Talent Awakening (edited)
Chapter 3: Talent Awakening
Only a few minutes had passed since the plane's devastating crash.
In the mountainous region covered in ice, there seemed to be a mysterious ball shining in rainbow colors, and a few meters below it was a boy who appeared to be on the verge of dying.
Aiden felt his mom's weight on his body as his eyes threatened to close at any moment. With sheer willpower alone, Aiden opened his eyes and tried to move his hand, noticing that his right hand was missing.
He moved his left hand to gently push his mother to the side.
"Aghhh, Aghh…" A cry escaped Aiden's mouth as blood flowed out of it. He struggled to sit up, and after a minute of struggling, he finally managed to do so.
His eyes followed the direction where his mom was lying on the ground, and seeing her condition, Aiden started to cry as tears mixed with blood began falling from his eyes. The mysterious shining ball seemed to observe Aiden as if it had a mind of its own, moving closer to him.
"Mom! No, no, no, wake up!" he yelled at the top of his lungs, but deep down, he knew his mom wasn't going to wake up. There was a big hole in her chest and multiple cuts and burns all over her body.
As Aiden cried, he noticed the mysterious rainbow ball coming closer to him.
Seeing the mysterious shining ball, anger welled inside Aiden. He tried to move his left arm to destroy the shiny ball, yelling with blood dripping from his mouth.
"I'm going to destroy you if it's the last thing I do!" Aiden shouted, trying his best to punch the ball. But the ball seemed to dodge at the very last moment Aiden tried to touch it.
Desperation could be seen on his face as he tried to punch the ball but wasn't able to as the more he pushed more blood he lost.
Aiden didn't even notice that while trying to punch the ball, one of his legs had bent at an unnatural angle, and there were multiple large and small wounds on his body.
While punching, Aiden thought to himself, 'I'm so weak. If I had the power like those characters in fantasy novels, Mom wouldn't have died.'
In his desperate condition, not in the right state of mind, he started blaming himself.
'It's my fault for being weak in this cruel world. If I had the power to turn the world upside down with a wave of my hand, not only would Mom be alive right now, but I wouldn't be in this pitiful condition. If only I had the power to change my destiny and my mother's.'
His desire for revenge against the mysterious ball that he believed was responsible for his mother's death was buried deep inside his desperation to see his mother alive again as he lost consciousness.
Later, he found out that things were not as simple as they seemed, and what had happened to him had a deeper mystery.
If given the chance to live again, he might forget about revenge if it meant seeing his mother alive, but he would never forgive those responsible for causing so much pain to him and his mother. Tears of sadness fell from his deep black eyes one last time.
This was Aiden's last thought as his consciousness drifted into slumber.
While Aiden was on the verge of dying, the mysterious rainbow-shining ball entered through his chest and started to merge with his dying body His body started floating a few feet above the ground, and a mysterious light enveloped the surrounding area but nobody was present to see this mesmerizing sight.
The wounds on his body began to mend before their eyes, the skin knitting itself back together, while his severed arm slowly started to regenerate, rising anew with every passing moment.
A few minutes later...
Aiden eyes fluttered as he slowly opened his eyes, he blinked a few times as his body felt lighter than before he stood up while trying to make sense of the situation.
'What the hell is going on!'
He quickly started to check his body by moving his hands, patting his torso, and his legs as he was expecting pain but there was nothing, no pain, no reminiscence of the injuries he faced earlier as he could only the cold on his skin.
"How am I still alive? What is happening to me?" He questioned out loud in silence of cold expecting some answer but only silence followed his voice.
He still remembers the memories of losing his arm and feeling the agonizing pain all over his body, his body shivered just remembering those memories.
Yet even after feeling his body is stronger than before he couldn't believe those memories were face as the landscape around him was a nightmare. Mangled bodies lay scattered, broken plane parts strewn across the snow. Dark red stained the pristine white, some of it still fresh,andwarm.
The blood hadn't even frozen, despite the freezing temperature. Aiden's breath hitched as he turned, his pulse quickening, unsure whether to be relieved of being alive or horrified to see this scene in front of him.
He slowly remembers everything in his foggy mind.
"Mom, where's Mom?" Aiden said, frantically searching for his mom, hoping she would be alive just like him, but his hope didn't yield any results.
He found his mom's lifeless body a few feet away, and tears threatened to fall from his eyes again. As he was about to cry, a captivating feminine but monotonic voice echoed in his mind.
[Ding]
[Compatible host detected]
[Initializing the Cosmic System]
[Connecting the Cosmic System to the host's soul]
[Connection Completed]
"Cosmic system? Host soul? Connection completed? Have I finally lost my mind? No, this has to be real because I'm alive right now," Aiden said aloud, lost in his thoughts. Suddenly, a blue screen appeared in front of him.
Without saying a word, Aiden stared at the blue screen. 'This looks like the cheat the main character gets in web novels, and with it, he face-slaps every being on the planet. Not to that level, but whatever.' As Aiden thought this, the same monotonous, captivating feminine voice sounded in his mind.
[The system is created to assist the host.]
[For better understanding, it is created based on the host's memory.]
"Fuck, it can read my mind," Aiden said aloud.
[Yes]
[The system will assist the host in becoming the strongest power in the cosmos.]
"Then can I revive my mother by becoming powerful?" Aiden asked the question he most wanted to know.
[Yes, you can.]
[The system has stored your mother's soul. When you are powerful enough, you can find a new body for her to revive her.]
Aiden felt a little skeptical about this at first but considering how he revived back from an almost dead condition, he didn't know what was possible or not however this was also his only choice so he started to franntically laugh still shocked by his mother's death, believing in its word of hope.
"Hahahahahaha!" Aiden started laughing out loud as a heavy weight seemed to lift off his shoulders, and tears began to fall from his eyes.
Wiping away the tears, Aiden said in a resolute voice reminding himself, "Even if I have to become the strongest being in the universe, I'll do it to see my mom again."
Deep inside, he wanted to cause cruel suffering to whoever was responsible for his mother's death, but he wouldn't let petty revenge stop him from seeing her again.
After wiping his face, Aiden finally focused on the blue screen in front of his eyes.
[Character Information]
[Name: Aiden Cross]
[Age: 11]
[Race: Human]
[Talent: Unawakened]
[Potential: S-Grade]
[Mana Cultivation: Mortal Realm]
[Bloodline: None]
[Physique: None]
[Health: 60/60]
[Strength: 4.8]
[Agility: 4.5]
[Stamina: 7]
[Mana: 0]
[Vitality: 6]
[Intelligence: 9.2]
[Defence: 5]
[Skills: None]
"Oh, this is like a game," Aiden said with enthusiasm.
"Talent, bloodline, physique—this is some cultivation shit."
"But I have nothing at all. How am I going to be strong enough to revive my mom back to life?" Aiden said as his shoulders dropped, feeling sad for himself.
As Aiden thought about how he had become darker and darker, suddenly a captivating voice sounded in his mind.
[Talent Awakening begins in 5 min, 40 sec]
[Do not lose consciousness while talent is awakening.]
[Good luck, Child]
#A/N: The bold text is when the Goddess is the one who is talking to him.
"How does it feel like the system can feel emotions?" Aiden said this when he felt emotions in the system's voice, and also the voice called him a child, which is also different.
[Yes, I can feel emotion. I can talk normally to you for a few minutes until your talent awakens.]
"Then you are a real person; why are you helping me? What do you look like? Are you a demon who is trying to lure an innocent child into a trap?"
As the system (goddess) found him very amusing, she replied in her original female voice while controlling her voice to not affect his mind.
[For an 11-year-old child, your tongue is quite sharp.]
Aiden listened to the voice that seemed to be the most captivating divine voice he had ever listened to in his life. He had the urge to kneel and worship the voice.
While gritting his teeth, Aiden struggled to stand straight. After a few seconds, Aiden finally began to calm down. Then the same monotonous feminine voice sounded in Aiden's mind.
[As for how I look, I will grant you your wish now because you will not be able to talk directly to me until you are strong enough, and I will not have any energy left to be awake after your talent awakening.]
Suddenly Aiden's vision went black, and after Aiden opened his eyes, he seemed to be in front of a giant golden gate that had many mysterious patterns on it.
"Huh, where am I? One moment I was standing on the ice plain; another moment I was in front of a giant golden gate," Aiden said as he began to check his body, which felt almost the same, but he had the feeling that this was not his physical body.
Then suddenly the golden gate opened itself, and Aiden's body got pulled in by a mysterious force; he fell on his face. Aiden shamelessly got up as naturally as possible, not before doing five push-ups on the floor.
"Oh, it's good to be healthy, and the floor is quite nice as well." Aiden felt cringed by what he did as he realized how he failed to act cool.
While thinking to himself, 'This demon is trying to act all mysterious in front of me and for embarrassing me like that. In the future, I will be sure to spank her ass'
100 meters in front of where Aiden is currently standing, lost in his thoughts, there is a majestic white throne with a golden design on it, and sitting on it is a goddess-like beauty that can't be described in mere words.
She has angelic white hair, an extremely alluring yet enchanting face, and a body that can be described in one word: perfection, with long legs, elegant yet thin arms, and perfect breasts that can fit perfectly in hands with a perky ass.
She was sitting on the throne dressed in a mesmerizing white dress with golden designs, with one hand on her chin and the other on the throne armrest, and her eyes suddenly opened as she listened to Aiden's thoughts, which revealed her bewitching golden-colored eyes.
She then waved her hand, and Aiden teleported in front of her. Aiden had no idea that he was teleported in front of a majestic white throne and that a goddess was sitting on the throne she stared at the human in front of her, with wild thoughts about her, as she thought to herself, 'Never in a million years had someone talked to her like that. How dare this little one? I will be sure to teach him a lesson.'
Aiden, who has come out of his thoughts, moves his head to look in front of him, only to see the most beautiful woman he has seen in his whole life, who can only be described in one word: Goddess. Aiden, who is gawking at her openly, thinks, 'I don't believe I have fallen in love with the demon.'
But he rejects the ideas in his mind as he can feel something weird affecting his mind.
She had read his inner thoughts again, and a small blush appeared on her face, but it quickly went away, for him to call her goddess. Aiden, who was still in a daze, didn't notice it.
Then she looked him in the eyes, and as both eyes met, she released a tiny bit of her aura.
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You must be wondering why a millions year old being act like a immature kid?
Well you have to know about her past to realate to this.
Chapter 4: Problem in Awakening (edited)
Chapter 4: Problem in Awakening
Aiden, whose eyes just met with the goddess, suddenly felt a heavy pressure on his body. He tried to withstand the pressure, only to fall again. Gritting his teeth, he attempted to move his head to look into her eyes, but he was disappointed once more as he could not lift his head. Suddenly, a divine voice sounded in front of him.
"You are lucky that I have not obliterated your soul for thinking such indecent thoughts about me, and be thankful to meet the great me!"
She puffed her cheeks cutely as she seemed mad at him, but Aiden had no idea he had missed such a rare sight, one that no one in the universe had ever seen.
While Aiden thought to himself, "Oh! Fuck, how could I have forgotten she can read my mind," but he still thought she looked like a goddess.
While reading his thoughts, a small smile appeared on her face, but it quickly disappeared. She hadn't even noticed herself smiling while thinking, 'At least he has good eyes.' Then, feeling a little better from the praise in his mind, she released the pressure on Aiden's body.
Aiden felt the pressure disappear, and he quickly stood up to face the goddess again. Pure admiration for beauty filled his eyes, and the goddess was quite satisfied with his reaction.
Yet, something felt weird to him. Thoughts began appearing in his mind, urging him to worship her and even die for her, but he resisted those thoughts.
Suddenly, her plump pink lips opened. "You can ask two questions, and I will answer your questions."
After listening to her voice, Aiden seemed deep in thought, a serious look on his face as he said in a serious voice, "Okay." He was unaware of being affected by her charm, which she tried to control as much as possible despite being in a weakened state. But the power difference between them was huge.
After thinking for a few seconds, Aiden looked right into her eyes and asked his first question, "How can I get strong enough to revive my mother?"
"Hmm, good question. As of right now, your world has no mana or Qi present, but it seems to be on the verge of evolving. Its first evolution will start almost five years from now. After that, with the help of the system, you will know how to get stronger," the goddess said while looking at his face, which seemed quite calm and satisfied with her answer.
He was thinking about the second question he wanted to ask her, and right then, he wanted to ask, 'Can I die for you, goddess?' But deep in his mind, he knew this wasn't his real thought. In the end, he asked her a stupid question, wasting his chance, struggling to think straight in front of her.
"Okay, and my second question is, how can I get you to become my girlfriend?" Aiden asked with a straight face, looking into her eyes, still affected by her charm.
The goddess, who couldn't believe her ears, yelled at the top of her lungs, her face beet-red, while waving her hands, "Get out of here, you shameless child!" Aiden, who saw her yelling with a blush on her face, suddenly disappeared from his place.
She knew that even if she tried to control her charm, it would still affect this weak mortal. But that was not the response she had expected. It took her by surprise, and she was a little impressed that he was somewhat aware of being affected. Usually, mortals wouldn't even realize it. Still, she said in her captivating voice, thinking about his earlier question.
"Hmph! In the future, I will be sure to teach this shameless child a lesson," she muttered while covering her face with her hands, giggling to herself as she remembered that his talent awakening was about to happen in a few minutes.
"Hehehehehehe."
Aiden found himself standing in the same place he was before, confirming his guess that the previous place was not real, though it felt real. He shrugged his shoulders, thinking to himself, 'When I am powerful enough, I will naturally know.'
As Aiden remembered the blushing face of the beautiful goddess, he said out loud, "She was very cute," knowing that even if he only thought it in his mind, the goddess would still hear it.
He also realized that he had wasted his second question due to being affected by something, but he didn't regret it as much because he had asked the most important question.
Thinking for a while about his earlier unanswered question, he would make sure he would get her reply in the future. The idea of having a 'Sugar Mommy' who was unimaginably strong and likely very rich excited him.
Coming out of his thoughts, he focused on the blue screen in front of him.
[Talent Awakening starts in 5 min, 35 sec]
Looking at the message, Aiden realized that only a few seconds had passed in the outside world while he was in the mysterious place.
The goddess, listening to him say she was cute, blushed while sitting on her throne, choosing to ignore him, knowing his shameless behavior.
But she failed to ignore his thoughts about her being his sugar mommy, responding with a 'hmph!' as she sat quietly on her throne, lost in thoughts no one knew.
A monotonous feminine voice sounded in Aiden's mind.
[Prepare yourself for the Talent Awakening. It's going to be quite painful for you, host. Do not lose consciousness during the awakening.]
Aiden, hearing the system's voice, thought, "The system is like an AI, a pretty powerful one at that."
The goddess, listening to his thoughts, said in his mind with a dissatisfied tone, "Don't compare your mortal toys to the creation of the great me. It can do far more than you can imagine! Hmph! Stupid! And it will unlock more of its functions when you're powerful enough. As your cultivation realm increases, and you can live thousands or even millions of years, be thankful to the great me."
Aiden, listening to her haughty voice, thought to himself with an annoyed expression on his face.
'If she doesn't open her mouth, anyone would fall in love with her at first sight. In the future, I'll make sure to spank her perky ass properly.'
He dared not say it out loud, unsure of what his haughty goddess might do to him. He had no ability to resist her; he was an ant before her power.
He remembered meeting her in the mysterious place, sensing her godlike presence. She had no intention of harming him, as she could easily have done so. That meant she needed him for some reason.
If a being of her caliber needed him, that meant he had to become powerful enough to help her.
While becoming powerful, he would also revive his mother, and when the time came, he would face whatever schemes she had in store for him. He knew nothing came without a price.
Having read many history books, Aiden knew human nature was not always white; there was more black than white, and history was proof of that.
His mom raised him well enough to see reality clearly, though he didn't know if the haughty goddess was human or not. Thinking about his mother, he knew this goddess was the reason for her death, and he was powerless before her.
The feeling of helplessness was something Aiden despised, and he vowed never to feel that way again.
That's why he didn't blame her for his mother's death, and the idea of living millions of years with his mother and sister felt heavenly to him.
He would make full use of the system in any way he could, and he swore to himself that he would become strong enough to protect both his mother and sister.
The idea of living a peaceful life with them for millions of years filled him with excitement.
Aiden's breath grew heavy as he thought, "This is my opportunity, and I must seize it."
The goddess, who had guessed what he was going through in his emotional turmoil, said to herself, "This child is pretty good, except for being shameless and naughty."
Remembering his thoughts of spanking her perky ass, her face suddenly turned deep red as she yelled in her empty throne room.
"How dare he make me think about such a vulgar thing?" She thought about seeing his face during his talent awakening and giggled to herself.
A few minutes passed, and Aiden, staring at the blue screen in front of him, had a deep look on his face.
[Talent Awakening starts in 10 seconds.]
[9 sec., 8 sec., 3 sec.]
Aiden stood with a calm and determined look on his face, and the goddess also observed him with a serious expression on her beautiful face.
[2 sec., 1 sec., 0 sec.]
[TALENT AWAKENING STARTED]
Inside the mysterious space, the goddess sat on her throne, her body emitting a radiant, rainbow-colored glow that slowly started to merge with Aiden's soul.
Aiden, who was ready for hellish pain, didn't feel anything, and more messages started appearing in front of his eyes.
[TALENT AWAKENING SUCCESSFUL]
[AWAKENED Talent: Water Affinity (A+)]
Aiden, seeing the message, said out loud, "Well, that was easy. I think I'm a genius, of course, as expected of myself."
The goddess, hearing his narcissistic comment, smiled evilly, though the smile only made her look cuter as the glow from her body intensified and merged with Aiden's soul even faster.
Outside, Aiden, who had just praised himself, saw new messages appear before his eyes, but this time the message was in red.
[ ERROR @#$%@# ]
[ ERROR AWAKENING FAILED ]
[ ERROR RESTARTING AWAKENING ]
[ AWAKENING RESTARTS in 3, 2, 1 ]
[ ERROR AWAKENING FAILED ]
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