The formless rift suddenly formed a glowing orb that weightlessly floated toward the surface of the earth, it closed the distance in a short moment.
Liam was still holding the hands Bella weeping his heart out when he was suddenly greeted with a dazzling light that almost blinded his eyes.
He struggled to raise his head up and stared at the glowing entity.
'What's that?' He asked inwardly.
Nevertheless before he could get his mind together, the glowing orb suddenly shot towards his chest.
After the impact, his mind blacked out and his weak body fell on the ground unconsciously.
Suddenly his eyes opened but he was greeted with a new view.
Liam struggled to lift his body up from where he was currently lying on which was bitch black in color.
"Where am I?" Liam let out with a panicky expression on his face.
However, instead of his words dissipating into the void; they rebounded with an immense force, echoing across the entire space.
[Sorry for the late introduction, System is still undergoing some upgrades---]
A robotic voice sounded in his mind at the same time a window also appeared in front of him with the words he heard written on them.
Liam stared at it with a perplexed expression wondering if he was dreaming, but this was real. He can recall the nemesis that happened and the glowing orb that shot at him out of nowhere.
[System upgraded successfully]
[Ancestral Heir System online]
[Congratulations for completing the hidden quest to awaken the ancestral heir system, a system created by the supreme beings granted to humans who completed certain hidden quests. With the help of this system, you can rise to the top of your world, become the richest and the strongest but at the same time it can also be your doom!]
[To successfully inherit this system and the newbie rewards, you have to go through trials, Are you up for the challenge, potential host?]
Liam was still perplexed.
"What's going on, where am I"
[No, your body is unconscious on the real world. your consciousness is the only part of you here.. for your second question, you are in the void of systems.]
[This is a chance to change your life and make it better again but there are trials ahead, would you accept]
Liam immediately thought of his sister and his resolve steeled, he nodded his head.
Immediately his consciousness disappeared from the void of systems.
When he opened his eyes for the second time, he was greeted with a new sight, one that he has seen before.
In front of a beautiful mansion, a group of teenagers aged between fourteen and sixteen were bullying another teenager who appeared to be around thirteen years old.
The teenager lying on the ground was dressed in rags, his face was very handsome but it was covered with dirt and bruise.
"Hmph, you should have been happy that young master only insulted your mother, There are far worst things that he can do to her, but still you have the guts to stand up for that slut of a mother."
"Humph, Young master is merciful, you should be thankful to him instead you had such a disgusting gut and went ahead to report him. Do you think those bunch of low lives would lay a hand on him."
"Beat him up, he deserve to die."
They kept yelling as they brutally dealt with the helpless teenager on the ground crying for help.
Liam stood and watched with a deep frown on his face, that person on the ground was no other than himself four years ago.
He felt like rushing toward them to save his younger self but he knew that was impossible, he was just a consciousness here and even if he has the chance to fight back it won't mean anything.
Just then the scene changed before his eyes.
Now he was inside a beautiful playground staring at a lovely family playing and joking with each other while they watched the peaceful scenes of innocent children playing.
'Dad, mom,Bella..' Liam stretched his hands with the urge to stop them.
He recalled every events that would take place from now on, this was the same place and the same day that everything became chaotic for his family.
A very strong earthquake took place shaking the whole place, the ground divided and a blazing monster the size of a skyscraper emerged from it.
The blazing monster let out a loud roar and sent larges wisps of flames towards several locations in the playground.
Othello Winchester, Liam's father panicked and selflessly helped everyone in the playground.
He called several times for help from the league of awakens but there was no response.
He decided to take down the monster himself after leading everyone out.
Young Liam tried to stop his dad but he gave him a lovely smile and lept into the sky afterwards.
Young Liam protested against the selfless action of his father but it was to no good.
Othello Winchester body erupted with flames as he summoned his flame armor and a magical spear, he fought the monster bravely but he was no match for the gargantuan monster.
He was injured badly and on the brink of death, nevertheless he was able to use a risky trump card using his body as a energy vessel, he overcharged his body with flame mana and exploded himself on the body of the monster.
Before he died, he gave Liam a thumbs up and a wide grin.
Liam stood there and watched the whole scene once again, his heart clenched with grief as he watches this nightmarish scene once again.
The scenes changed in front of him several times revealing a scene that held so many negative impart in his life, including scenes where his family were denied entrance into a supermarket because they weren't dressed richly and scenes where his uncles kicked them out of the clan.
Liam stood with a pained expression on his face as he watch the very painful scene in his life over and over again.
Suddenly, it turned pitch black once again.
*DING
[You have completed the trail of emotion and decision. Remark: Excellent!]
[Final trail begins in 5,4,3,2.. 1]
Currently, Liam stood in a bright room with Leon colored walls that spread far and wide. It was like a world built out of computer codes, resembling a gaming world.[Final trial: Defeat the monster][Time: 1 hour][WARNING: Death here is equivalent to death in the real world. Be careful.][Before that, you have the chance to pick two from the following skills and weapons; they will only last for one hour.][WARNING: Spells chosen are only useful in this trial, outside it's useless][Fireball | Dark shards | Bone soldier | Newbie Sword | Newbie Spear | Curse Blade]"Is this for real? Death here means death in the real world... Then I won't die here."He swore to himself and immediately selected the fireball skill and the newbie spear. Immediately a sword appeared in his hands and the spell model for fireball magic appeared in his head and his brain speedily processed the information and got used to the procedures. Out of curiosity, he chanted the incantations and visualize the magic
This world became like this one hundred years ago in the year 2023, it first started when a portal appeared in the skies and poured out extraterrestrials and demons from the lowest faction of hell to raid and cause chaos on the earth. Nevertheless heroes rose from the shadows and saved the earth from that doom, but the chaos did not end. Every single day more than one thousand dungeon appears in each country, it is the job of the heroes to venture into these dungeons and slay the monsters inside. Currently, the richest people in the world are heroes especially the high ranking ones. 'To become a hero and get the chance to venture into Dungeons, I must first get my identity registered in CGH but who knows, they might not even accept me because of my identity but there is no harm in trying.' Liam thought to himself. He used the last $5 he had on him to board a Cab to Frieya City, the capital city of Uldra Nation and also the place where CGH is located, it wasn't that far from the ho
"Why do you think someone as lowly as you would awaken abilities? I don't understand why Ms. Sasha bother to assist beggars like you." Evelyn said to Liam with a very harsh tone in her voice. "And don't think that I will treat you different just because she brought you. Get that in your head alright." Despite the harshness in Evelyn's tone, Liam maintained his composure, refusing to let her words deter him. He is doing all these for Bella and won't stop or make unnecessary trouble till his little sister is healed. Without uttering a word, Evelyn stood on her heel and walked briskly towards a nearby door. Liam followed suit, his steps determined and his mind focused on the task at hand.Entering the room, Liam's eyes were immediately drawn to the center, where a transparent crystal orb sat atop a glass box. Liam stared at it for a few seconds but he felt as thought there was nothing different about the orb. "That over there is the Enigma Orb, once you place your hands on them it w
Liam arrived in a beautiful part of CGH, it was a place assigned to those who plan to use the special transportation of CGH. It was a train that runs on a railway connected in the air. "Liam, here is it. I have already arranged for your ride, the train will stop at the exact location but you have to wait ten minutes for the next ride to begin." Evelyn said to him with a sweet smile. Liam nodded his head and walked inside the train, there are other heroes inside the train most of them are around the same age or younger than Liam. "Eww, when has CGH started using the AeroTrains to transport beggars." All of them tilted their heads towards him and said bad words. They judged him immediately because of his appearance. He was wearing tattered clothes, and his shoes were clearly worn out, only holding on because of the tiny piece of threads holding them together.Liam decided not to reply any of them, he searched for a vacant seat. He found one at the middle of the train and walked towar
Behold in front of them stood a monster twice as tall as the tallest among them, it has a smaller body and a very large head that has a bony structure, it's eyes were blazing red and they stared down at the three of them with mischief. The sight elated three of them and they immediately moved backward to take a proper look at the position they found themselves. After crossing the route they found themselves in this small compartment, it was as wide as ten living room combined together and there were three other monsters having the same appearance as the first. "Clara, we are doomed!" Leonardo yelled out of fear, right now he was shivering like sometimes who has just been taken out of a freezer "That's a domeskull, a fucking domeskull! Clara, this is all your fault I told you we should take the other route now we are all going to die." "Shut up, Leonardo. No one is going to die" Clara shot a glare at Leonardo, she turned to look at Liam and saw him staring at the monsters with no
Monster cores are the immediate benefits gained from slaying monsters; these monster cores hold more value than you can imagine, despite coming from the same entities whose only goal is to destroy the Earth.Liam looked at the monster cores. He knew only so much about them; this was his first time seeing one, but not his first time hearing about it."How can I use that to make money?" he asked Clara."You can sell it to CGH or those who need it. One of these monster cores can sell for at least ten thousand dollars or more, depending on the market rate," she explained."Oh... So cheap?""For this type of monster core, yes. But other monster cores from stronger monsters should sell for about one million to one billion per core. This one is barely a 1-star grade, so it has a very cheap price in the market."Liam placed his hand on his chin and thought, 'Hmm, then I have to slay more monsters and make money quickly. I still need to pay for Oxy-689 every day; I can't laze around now.'"Hey
'Is this how I'm going to die?' Only that thought crossed his mind right now, he was just a few meters away from his death just a few seconds from now that energy beam would be fired at him and the only result would be death!There was no saving it now but Liam recalled that there is someone relying on him, he quickly placed his hands in front of his face even if he knew it was useless against such a powerful power beam.Meanwhile, the domeskulls kept powering up the energy beam it was holding in it's mouth, it was getting really close to shooting it at Liam.But at that moment, the ground beneath it froze up sending a chilling feels up it's large body.It looked at it's feet and saw the large mass of ice he was standing on top.It's monstrous eyes stared at the ice in confusion as though he was asking 'How did this suddenly appear here?'"Liam here is your chance." Clara alerted Liam immediately.Liam removed the hands blocking his face and saw that the domeskull was no longer aiming
- "Congratulations, you took down the boss and completed the objective. Here's a little reward for completing the challenge."- "The exit portal is ready. You can exit the dungeon before it disappears in the next ten minutes."Aethervoice announced the end of their expenditure. At this moment, these were the words and voice they wanted to hear.Liam leaned on the body of the domeskull, panting to catch his breath, he was exhausted from fighting the domeskull.With the Aethervoice, he was assured that no challenge lay in front of him in this dungeon anymore so he could take his time to rest.After Aethervoice's announcement, a treasure chest fell out of nowhere and landed in the middle of the trio.Liam was the first to notice because he was very close to it.He was confused. Why was there a treasure chest falling out of nowhere? Who sent the treasure chest? What is in the treasure chest?Anyway, he heard Aethervoice's voice talking about rewards. He guessed that was the reward.He sto