Chapter 2 - A New Life
"Your son has no pulse again. He is dead. I am wholeheartedly sorry for your loss." A physician in the room said with unhappiness in his tone.
The boy's father was quiet for sometime before he spoke in a tone that radiated sorrow. "Thank you, physician. You have done your best. I can only say it's his fate."
The physician nodded his head. Then he went ahead to spread a large cloth over the boy to cover his lifeless body.
Once he did so, he packed his instruments into a pouch that he came with and prepared to leave the room filled with sadness.
Abruptly, the boy's mom who was held by some people, rushed in with a few others with these other people being the boy's older sisters, Nailah and Lylla Splintstone.
"Physician, please tell me. Would my son be okay?" The boy's mom asked with tears uncontrollably streaming down her eyes.
The physician looked at the boy's father who immediately understood what the gaze meant. He then went to meet his wife and tried to hold her in his arms.
But before he could so, she pushed him away and rushed to where her son was covered with a large spread. Flinging the spread aside, she saw the cold lifeless body of her son.
Her mind shook, then she collapsed on the ground. Her husband, Taryell and two girls who were the boy's sisters, immediately rushed over to her. Then they helped her up and made her sit on the bed.
"Why would this happen to me?" The boy's mother named Lenna, broke into tears that streamed down her cheeks and wetted her cloth.
Her husband, Taryell quickly came over and tried to console her as she was the one who was impacted the most by their son's death. Only he understood that if it were possible to exchange a live for a life through any mystical mean, she would undoubtedly exchange her life for that of her son to give him that chance to live again.
She had always believed her five-year old son would scale through his illness but this was reality in front of her. She cried so much that her tears seemed to be never ending.
She drew closer to the boy and touched his face which she began to rub affectionately. She recalled those smiles of his and the cute way he called her mom. But this made her heart grieve the more and caused more tear beads to rapidly form in her glistening eyes before rolling down her reddened cheeks.
Her husband who held the other girls back, left Lenna to cry and didn't try to approach her to give her a comforting shoulder. He understood that letting her cry, was the only way that the pain in her heart would lessen. So, it was best to let her cry all the grief away, he thought.
But all of a sudden, the air in the room became turbulent for a couple seconds before an extremely blinding flash of resplendent light appeared. The harsh brightness of the light that suddenly manifested, was akin to standing right before an exploding miniature sun. Everyone in the room had to close their eyes or the brilliant colorful light that abruptly appeared would irreversibly ruin their eyes.
When their eyes opened some moments later, however with subsiding burning sensations and aches that they all felt within their eyes, they couldn't help but look around with faces that had expressions of strangeness written over them.
There was no thunderstorm that could have caused that exceedingly blinding flash of light. Besides, it didn't reflect from outside. It manifested right inside the room they were in.
While wondering where the light had come from, they suddenly heard a loud sneeze.
Atchu!
Everyone quickly looked towards the source of that sneeze and their minds were sent reeling in great shock.
They all saw as color slowly returned to the face of the boy that was declared dead. Lenna was the most impacted. With great unbounded joy instantly blooming in her heart, she carried him off from the bed and began to laughingly spin around with him.
Tears still streamed down her reddened face. But this time, they were not tears of sorrow but tears of joy.
Taryell too felt a surging emotion of happiness within him. He was tremendously glad and joyful. Nailah and Lylla were also not left out. Their eyes glowed with both amazement and elation. The world had heard their prayers. It had mysteriously brought their sweet little brother back to life.
While the mother of the boy happily spun around with her little kid and sang songs that brought goodness to her heart, the boy who they were happy had revived and had recovered from his illness since his previously sheet-white body had regained both color and warmth, couldn't help but look around in shock, bedazzlement and alarm.
Where the hell was he?
Who were these people?
And what was he doing in the body of a kid?
They were questions that he asked himself as he scanned the room with the eyes of his new body.
As he looked around, trying to make sense of what was really happening, he suddenly recalled the earth-trembling blast that occurred, and then the blinding blue light that surfaced and phased everything from their individual states to gaseous states.
"I guess the government made them drop an atomic bomb that will wipe out everything in the city, including the zombies. Ugh! What wicked people. Is that a responsible course of action? Damn you all!" Maxmillan said and cursed in his heart.
The father was approached by the physician who heartily congratulated him. But mystification shone in his eyes and radiated off the way he spoke, as he couldn't understand how a boy declared dead by him, suddenly came back to life.
He was supposed to be dead, since there was no longer a pulse or anything at all to indicate that he still had a bit of life or vitality in him.
In the end, he concluded that what he witnessed wasn't a normal event, but a paranormal event. And he was absolutely glad that he got to to witness such a spectacular supernatural scene.
After expressing his congratulatory words to the father of the boy, he made his way for the door and left the place. There was no point being there anymore. He had done his part and was time for him to leave.
After sometime of spinning around and singing songs that brought marvelous feelings to her heart, Lenna carefully dropped Maxmillan and asked, "Maxie, are you okay? Do you still feel any pain? Tell me if you still feel anything."
Maxmillan who looked at Lenna as she spoke, couldn't help but wonder how he still bore his name from earth in this world. It was a new world and should therefore be called a new name.
He was however glad it happened that way, as he wasn't ready for a name change. Besides, it would present a lot of issues to him. If they called him and he didn't answer, where he had forgotten the name given to him in this world, he could cause curious eyes to cast glances at him. And that was the last thing he would want happening.
Still looking at Lenna, Maxmillan finally nodded his head and said. "I am fine. I don't feel anything anymore."
Maxmillan only managed to say that since calling Lenna his mom, felt really odd to him. But he just had to ride with the flow, or they would begin to sense that something was wrong with him.
Lenna and her two daughters were shocked at the way he spoke. It was like he was a stranger to them. But they accepted it with the reasoning that he just recovered.
Lenna nodded her head to what Maxmillan said, knelt on one knee and sweetly kissed him on the forehead. Then she left him with his sisters and went to prepare what they would eat.
The atmosphere which had been gloomy for sometime, quickly returned to normal since Maxmillan had awaken and had fully recovered from his chonic illness.
Chapter 3 - FamilyOnce their mom had left, Nailah and Lylla came over to where Maxmillan stood with an incomprehensibly dazed expression in his face."Maxie, are you sure you are okay now? I don't want anything to happen to you again." Nailah, the older of the two girls, asked in a caring tone."I am fine." Maxmillan said.This time, he didn't say it in the odd way that he said it before.As a veteran soldier who had been trained to quickly adapt to every situation that he would find himself in, Maxmillan was quite swift in adapting to the unexplainably weird preternatural situation that he unexpectedly and inexplicably found himself in.Once he gave that reply, Nailah nodded her head in happiness.But Maxmillan at the moment, was having many thoughts flash recurrently within his head.Had he just transmigrated to a new world?Did his soul upon total annihilation on earth, reformed in the void and pierced through the interdimensional layer that separated their two alternate worlds to
Chapter 4 - Old Man GarrettAs soon as he appeared outside, he couldn't help but be shocked.There was no sign of technology anywhere, it was just small houses where people lived with their families and reared either cattle or livestock. Even the roads weren't tarred. They were just bare brown earth that were blackened by some substances that he couldn't really identify what they were.He however believed that this was so because it was a town, it would definitely be different for the cities which he believed would be a hundred times more advanced than the towns.After looking around for sometime, he climbed down the long wooden stairs to their house that was elevated far above the ground and was made from well-baked solid bricks.After climbing down the stairs made from some type of hard tree wood, he headed towards their gate in the distance. And as he did so, he looked around him and saw that his parent also reared cattle and livestock, which provided them with limited supply of me
Chapter 5 - Astra Spellcraft CommanderOnce Maxmillan got home, Lenna and her two daughters were surprised that Maxmillan had quickly returned."Maxie, you didn't find your friends? Or why is it that you quickly returned?" Nailah, Maxmillan's older sister asked."Not really, big sister. It's just that I saw something. Then I returned home to inquire about it from you, instead of my friends." Maxmillan replied."Oh. Okay. So, what's it that you want to inquire about, dear son?" Lenna gently asked with a beautiful smile in her face."Mom, there is this old man I saw at the beginning of our street. He was performing magic. Who is he?" Maxmillan asked, while Lenna and her two daughters looked at one another with a bewildered expression in their faces before looking back at Maxmillan who fixated his gaze on them with an innocent look appearing in his face."Maxie, that old man is your favorite performer. You are always there to watch him perform. Have you forgotten?" Lenna asked with a smi
Chapter 6 - Magical Feats!Immediately Maxmillan asked that, Lenna couldn't help but look at him with surprise in her face, as he was speaking too intelligently for his age.Was this another miracle because he awakened? She pondered without revealing anything on her face.Before the real Maxmillan in this world died, all he cared about was play, eat and sleep. But now, she felt that things have changed monumentally, since her son was beginning to sound much more intelligent than his peers, and seemed deeply curious about things that he shouldn't be contemplating about at his age."Son, I can produce magical effects. But not up to the level of old man Garrett who is an Astra Spellcraft Commander. I am only an average caster of Astra Mystralis. So, comparing me to old man Garrett is like comparing a burning charcoal to the sun. We are worlds apart." Lenna said.She then continued with a slight smile in her face, "Everyone in this town are capable of producing magical effects. But many o
Chapter 7 - 13 Years LaterMaxmillan had grown into a fine young man with an admirably impressive physique. However, he had a problem that kept him awake most night since he was a child. And this was because of his inability to sense Astra Mystralis and enter into a state of harmony with it. So, not being able to harmonize with Astra Mystralis, greatly bothered him a lot that he couldn't leave home to go anywhere else, since almost all the kids in his particular neighborhood who had grown into good-looking adults, had become talented casters of Astra Mystralis. Besides, Maxmillan felt really bad that he couldn't make his parent in this world proud of him. Although they loved him deeply, regardless of whether he was a caster of Astra Mystralis or not, he still however felt bad and terrible. So, these thoughts filled him with nothing but sadness and caused him to feel very useless and worthless. One day while sitting outside in the verandah of their home, where he was lost in his ble
Chapter 8 - Worries and Fears"I understand mom." Maxmillan said with a smile in his face that made his mom develop a bleak feeling in her heart.He then said further, "Mom, I am going to my room to rest. We'll talk later." As soon as he said that, he left his mom's presence and headed for his room to ponder more about the next line of action that he planned to take.But not quite long, while seated on his bed and lost in deep thought, he suddenly heard gentle knocks rap against his door.Immediately understanding that this person could be anyone of his sisters, he produced a smile in his face and said, "Come in."The door creaked open to reveal Maxmillan's younger sister, Lylla. Then accompanying her into the room was Nailah with a mean look in her face, which caused Maxmillan to be befuddled.'Hope my older sister hasn't come to make trouble with me?' He asked himself internally."Sisters, what brings you to my room? Are you both here to grace this dashing majesty?" Maxmillan asked
Chapter 9 - Going for the entrance exam.In the early hours of a particular day in which the entrance exam was fixed at a venue in the Floating Lotus academy, Maxmillan, with the help of his sisters and mom, had finished packing all that he needed for his tiring journey to the faraway city."Maxie, remember. If anything goes wrong over there, immediately return home." Lenna said with a gloomy expression in her face, which anyone could tell that she was really worried."I understand mom." Maxmillan said with the nod of his head.Then he went forward to hug his mom who embraced him back with a tear bead rolling down her left cheek from her glistening left eye. She wished she could dissuade Maxmillan, her only son from going to the city. But since he had fully made up his mind, there was no point in doing so. Besides, she wanted him to be happy and didn't want to get in his way, or he might get furious at her as time goes on for causing him to be absent at the exam venue and therefore r
Chapter 10 - Exam Begins!'This is really amazing. How I wish I could sense Astra Mystralis and enter into harmony with it, I will surely do a million and twelve hugely amazing things with it.' Maxmillan said within himself and heaved a deep sigh.'Well, I am here now for the exam. Let me see the kind of fate that is waiting for me at the Floating Lotus Academy." He said further and deeply exhaled . Then he began to look around for where he would take a carriage that would convey him to the Floating Lotus Academy.Without needing to ask anyone, since he simply followed the kids that got into carriages that would convey them to the Floating Lotus Academy, he got into one which drove off after it was filled with passengers.As the carriage moved on the way at a high speed, along with many others that could number in the hundreds, Maxmillan was able to take in more sights of wondrous and marvelous things in the city. 'This is one hell of a grand city.' Maxmillan said within himself and
Chapter 62 - Laniarr's astounding display of magical skills"Bastards!" Laniarr said spitefully, since two of the people in his group had been killed in that horrifying, gruesome manner. Then he aimed his palm at a group of beasts and instantly casted a spell that caused over ten thousand brightly burning blades—swiftly formed out of magical energy; Astra Mystralis to instantly materialize in the air. Immediately these blazing blades manifested, they instantly shot out at great speeds towards the beasts he targeted.Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!... Some of the beasts that were targeted were instantly struck by the burning blades, which caused them to cry out in intense agony. This was because the magical flames that emitted from the dazzling, blazing blades that viciously impaled them, continuously burned at their nigh-incorporeal, smoke-like bodies at exceeding temperatures. However, they quickly recovered in the next instant and roared in great rage at Laniarr, before deciding to attac
Chapter 61 - Instant DeathAs Maxmillan listened more to their conversations using his powerful, superhuman sense of hearing, he got to understand that human casters of Astra Mystralis at the Lord level, were basically Immortals, while magic-weaving beasts at the Lord level were not immortals. But they could live for a really long time which was solely because of Astra Mystralis turning into solid magical cores within them. These cores continuously diffuse the energies contained within them into the bones and fleshes of these beasts, immensely toughening and fortifying them, up to the point of being extraordinarily durable and impervious to withstand great or exceeding damages.'Amazing!' Maxmillan said within himself as he observed the massive crowd below using his powerful sense of vision."Sisters, let's go in." A beautiful female that was decently tall and was an Astra Spellcraft Commander at the Twelfth layer of Common Achievement stage, Mortal tier, said with a determined look o
Chapter 60 - Arriving at the Blacksilk ValleyImmediately that person said that, the other people in the chamber looked at him with extremely shocked looks carved onto their faces. Then they began to laugh, having understood exactly what he had planned."Big brother Vaultstone. You are absolutely wicked! Once we do that, everywhere is going to be chaotic!! Hahaha...!!" Someone said and began to laugh loudly and in a carefree manner. "Exactly, Roaring Flame. That's what I want!" The person called Vaultstone said with a burning vicious gaze—a gaze that meant only evil and nothing but evil. Speaking further, he said, "I will borrow their combined strengths in killing off the third layer, Minor Achievement stage, Earth tier-Astra Lord Beast in there." "Once that has been achieved, which would leave them greatly weakened—having fought an extremely intense battle with the third layer Astra Lord Beast, we will then appear and kill all of them, one after the other. We would not leave a sin
Chapter 59 - Leaving for Blacksilk Valley (II)Then immediately, he opened System Menu where he neurally clicked on Inventory, before rapidly browsing through the long list shown to him to locate the Kinetic Supercharging Sword. Once he located it, he immediately neurally clicked on it.He then scrolled down to the lower part of the Kinetic Supercharging Sword detail where he clicked on upgrade.——————————————————————[Solid-Laser Amplified Kinetic-Supercharging Annihilator Sword Upgrade] ——————————————————————[1st-Level upgrade will cost 350,000 Purchase Points] [Status: Purchasable] [2nd-Level upgrade will cost 846,000 Purchase Points] [Status: Locked] [3rd-Level upgrade will cost 1,790,000 Purchase Points] [Status: Locked][4th-Level upgrade will cost 4,970,000 Purchase Points] [Status: Locked] [5th-Level upgrade will cost 9,920,000 Purchase Points] [Status: Locked][6th-Level upgrade will cost 22,810,400 Purchase Points] [Status: Locked][[**System Message: Locked Functions
Chapter 58 - Leaving for Blacksilk Valley (1)A few minutes after Maxmillan had shot into the inn to slay more than sixty thugs that he came across in there using only his bare hands that burst their heads open through fast, heavy-weighing slaps, and made large holes in their chests through quick, immensely-heavy punches, he immediately shot out of there to another faraway inn using the Ultra-High Velocity Traversal Speed Boots that had appeared on his legs once again. Immediately he arrived there, he annihilated more than seventy thugs that he found in there by blasting their heads into numerous thousands of bloodied bits that scattered everywhere within the inn, using only his fists that would impact a surface with a force that was far stronger and powerful in comparison to a twenty-ton solid steel pillar that was horizontally launched at a speed of 40m/s.After finishing up at the last inn, Maxmillan immediately received a message in the wide holographic screen in his vision.————
Chapter 57 - Resuming an old missionAbout thirty minutes later, the coins attached to by the nanodrones were fully transferred into the Vast-Size Extra-Dimension Space Storer."Transmigrator Survival System, could you please move the coins to the Money Bank? I want to be able to access them from there." Maxmillan said, trying to alert the Transmigrator Survival System of the phenomenally spectacular feat he just carried out.As soon as he said that, a notification message displayed on the screen in his vision.——————————————————————[System Notification!] ——————————————————————[Host has suddenly gained tremendously large amounts of gold coins from a heavily-secured, coin deposition vault that he gained unauthorized access into. And, according to data obtained from the Multi-Purpose Nanodrone Central Processor, amount of gold coins obtained from the vault is: 68,525,145,853,940,348 gold coins. Therefore, due to Host's city-shaking act of acquiring multiple-hundred generation amounts
Chapter 56 - Becoming incomparably wealthy overnight (II) As Maxmillan monitored the holographic screen in his vision for any messages of where gold coins and silver coins were stored in the massive, solid storage vault that extended in both width and length for numerous hundreds of feet into the far distance, he suddenly developed a cold and sinister expression in his face."What an highly predictable moronic fool. Well, since you asked for it, then you shall receive it." Maxmillan said coldly, in response to what Lurrein told his parent which he clearly listened in to through the audio-transmitting, bug-like ultra-microscopic drone that had rapidly found its way into Lurrein's brain through the countless tiny holes in his scalp that hair follicles grew out from. Then with a frigid expression manifesting in his face, he said through his neural connection to the rapidly-moving arachnid-like drone that had burrowed its way to the center of Lurrein's brain, 'Detonate!'Immediately he
Chapter 55 - Becoming incomparably wealthy overnight (I) 'That amount of item rewards and twelve million, five hundred thousand points? I guess the mission would be an absolutely difficult one!' Maxmillan said within himself.He then said, 'Yes!'——————————————————————[System Alert!]——————————————————————[Mission has started!] [Countdown to the end of the mission has begun!] [Failure to complete mission before mission expiration, will result in permanent strip of half of items and resources stored in the inventory; Host's Accumulated Points will be highly deducted; Host will not be allowed to use any function of the Transmigrator Survival System for a 3 whole months!][Success in completing mission will allow Host to be rewarded with large mission points and previously displayed items!]——————————————————————Once Maxmillan read through the content of the message, he minimized the holographic screen in his field of vision and said as he looked at his mom, "Mom, everything will d
Chapter 54 - Revelation"Time to clear this place." Maxmillan said and teleported to the place where the headless corpses of Astra Spellcraft Commanders were completely immobilized by the flame-and-plasma-resistant, mobility-restricting super-strong foams.Once he appeared there and looked around at the headless corpses that seemed to be wrapped up in thick gigantic webs that were spun around them a great number of times, he produced the Miniature Shockwave Arc Cannon that fired off barrages of Nonadinite Devastator Waves which rapidly reduced the foams and the dead bodies restrained by them to countless tiny pieces. Even a large area of the earth was upturned. After rapidly unleashing volleys upon volleys of Nonadinite Devastator Waves at the foams, with the whole place clearing up and the topography of the land completely altered—terribly stripped and destructively reshaped, Maxmillan returned the Arc Cannon to the inventory and immediately headed home, before his elder sisters or