Inside a spacious room, a handsome young man could be seen sitting cross-legged on a simple mat. He was motionless and didn't even seem to be breathing at all.
However, the young man suddenly opened his eyes and gasped haggardly as if he had just experienced a nightmare.
'Ughh!'
The young man clutched his chest, his golden eyes fluttering open to the scene of an unfamiliar place.
'Where is this? Did I die from a brain injury last night?' He thought to himself while looking at the simple room that had nothing but a mat, a lamp, and a sword beside him.
Sigh!
"Fortunately I've spent some time with them before I died." The young man muttered softly, twitching his mouth slightly as tears unknowingly started to slide down his cheeks when he remembered about his younger brother and little sister.
In a nutshell, Ash was an underground MMA fighter for a few years and was diagnosed with a serious brain injury that could kill him anytime. That's why he decided to retire and spend more time with his family before his death.
'Thankfully, the money that I've saved plus my life insurance money should be more than enough for them to pay for their future tuition at a good university while having a decent life.' Ash smiled bitterly and started to remember his good time with them before he died for a while.
Slap!
"Focus, Ash!" Ash slapped himself, nearly forgetting about the fact that he didn't even know his current situation.
'What's with these weird clothes?' The young man stared down at his own hands and noticed the unfamiliar white robes.
"Don't tell me that I've been transmigrated to someone else's body like in those novels?" He mumbled softly, narrowing his eyes as he inspected his robes fully.
'What kind of world have I been transmigrated to?' Ash thought to himself, thinking that it was either fantasy or an eastern fantasy world since he noticed that he had a sword beside him.
Thinking about an eastern fantasy novel, he suddenly remembered a novel that he had been reading for so long but only ended up with a hiatus. That novel was Tales of Demons and Gods by Maid Snail.
At that time, he was so pissed that he cursed the author to have diarrhea every time he remembered the novel and the cliffhanger that he left in the last chapter.
'Hmmm, if I'm transmigrated into another world like this, I wonder if my journey in this world would be told by someone out there?' Ash wondered in amusement as he thought about such stupid things like this.
Just as Ash was thinking about it, memories suddenly rushed into his mind.
A minute later…
After sorting out his thoughts, Ash finally understood fully his situation at the moment.
This world was vast and brimming with power as Awakeners, magicians, martial artists, and beasts walked the land. Strength reigned supreme, and only the capable could have a place for themselves.
Across continents, ancient clans, noble dynasties, prestigious academies, sects, chambers of commerce, and other top factions stood tall, each guarding legacies that spanned thousands of years.
Coincidentally, the young man's name was actually similar to his, Ashlith. However, his real identity wasn't as simple as it seems.
In a nutshell, Ash was actually the youngest prince of the oldest dynasty in the Main Continent that was even rumored to have a connection with the Upper Realm.
As good as it seems, his current situation was really at the lowest low that Ash was speechless and didn't know what to do.
He was now on another continent because her mom 'exiled' him from participating in the upcoming battle for the throne, as he was a 'talentless' person compared to the other princes and princesses.
But Ash knew that his mom was actually more like protecting him rather than 'exiling' him before her death.
Not only that, he actually had a fiancée who was a peerless genius, as she somehow awakened a high-rank Ice Dragon bloodline. This was the main reason why her mom exiled him to another continent, afraid that he would be killed sooner or later due to the jealousy from the others.
Even his life after being exiled on another continent was also not looking good. He had been living in the Vohn family, which was actually a small branch family of the royal family that he was originally in.
In the three years he lived with the Vohn family, he had another fiancée for a political marriage that he didn't fancy in the first place. But then, he was forced to accept the reality since his mother was actually the one who had set it up for him.
To make matters worse, this girl actually threatened to annul the marriage if he hadn't managed to break through to Gold Rank (Rank 4) in a year's time.
Of course, the Vohn family knew she was just bullshitting around, as they heard that Ash's fiancé had been in close contact with the young master from a second-rate faction for a while.
Therefore, Ash tried his best to break through since his pride didn't allow him to be humiliated like this.
Coincidentally, someone from the Vohn family managed to get a breakthrough pill for him.
However, this was the trap all along, as he realized that the pill contained an odorless poison known as [Heartshade Dust], which actually surprised him because this poison was of an extremely high rank and shouldn't exist on this continent.
Hence, he died as a result.
A moment later, Ash remembered another matter, which was actually the most important thing in his current situation.
Cheat!
Yes, it was a cheat that someone usually received when they transmigrated into another world.
'System, are you there? You can activate yourself now since I've understood my situation clearly.' Ash thought to himself, thinking that he would be fucked if he didn't have any cheat after transmigrating into another world.
Let alone acting all mighty like those main characters in novels, he might not be able to save himself in this world.
What Ash hadn't expected was that as soon as he thought about it, a mechanical sweet voice echoed in his mind with a translucent blue display appearing in front of him.
[Ding!]
[Activating the system…]
"What? Does that really work?" Ash widened his eyes in disbelief but then instantly frowned when he heard the next notification.
[Ding!]
[It's been detected that the host is currently a talentless, useless, pathetic, weak—]
Before the system could continue, Ash interrupted him.
"Shut up! Can you just get to the main point without rubbing salt in the wound by insulting me like that?!" Ash retorted angrily, feeling attacked when the system insulted him constantly like that.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host, you have received a welcome gift pack so that you can at least save yourself in this cruel world since you're too WEAK now.]
[Ding! Do you want to open it?]
"Yes!" Ash immediately became excited, forgetting the fact that the system had insulted him just now.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 1x High-level Special Summon Chance]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 1x guaranteed best reward from the Lottery Chance]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 1x Draw Chance]
Looking at the notifications, Ash knitted his eyebrows and wondered what kind of rewards these were.
'Summon? Lottery Chance? Draw Chance?'
'Fuck it, let's open one at a time.'
"System, use the 1x High-level Special Summon Chance." Ash ordered as he was curious about what this summon thingy was.
[Ding! Congratulations! You have summoned a Sovereign Rank Awakener (Rank 11), Aetherion, Lord of the Temporal Gates]
"Huh? I summoned a strong awakener just like that?" Ash mumbled to himself when he saw that he had just summoned a Sovereign Rank Awakener, which could be said to be almost at the top strength in this Mossvale Continent.