Chapter 2: New Body

Born in a small village, Lid was lying on his back under a cliff.

Blood flows freely from his fractured skull due to the impact of falling from the cliff above him.

The ground is dyed red after being soaked in Lid’s blood.

Far above, away from Lid’s sight three people are standing. On top the cliff are three adult men from the same village.

Clement, Robert and Tuck.

“Ain’t he glad, he’s gonna meet his parents?”

“He…he…”

“Who’s going to help that cursed brat! Die you little shit.”

Looking down on Lid from the cliff, the adult men left with rotten smiles plastered on their self-righteous faces.

Lid no longer had strength to move his body. Standing up is impossible, he can’t even lift any of his extremities.

Blood is flowing from the back of his head and he’s totally paralyzed. He’s stuck on where he’s lying, under the cliff from where he fell.

The cliffs are very high. He’ll never be able to climb even if he’s not injured.

“If this is where I end, I should have done it…” (Lid)

He should have killed.

Lid wishes that he had killed the people who killed his father and mother.

However, Lid can never avenge his parents.

He doesn’t even have the strength to slay the enemy.

As a result, Lid was knocked down by them and now injured and dying.

“…Ku” (Lid)

Tears of regret and sorrow burst from Lid’s eyes.

“Daddy…Daddy!!” (Lid)

As his tears dry, Lid the curtain closed on his short 16 years of living.

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Toru opens his eyes as he regains conciousness.

The white emptiness can’t be seen, but now a vision of a cave fills his sight.

“This place…” (Toru)

His body aches, probably from lying on the bare rocky floor. As he raises his body on a sitting position, he touches the back of his head

“Hmm?” (Toru)

Something sticky is covering his head and palm.

He moves his hand toward his face, dreading what he might find. As he looks at his palm, he finds it covered in blood.

“Oh!” (Toru)

Toru hurriedly touches the back of his head. However, there are no sign that a wound was anywhere there.

“I knew my body would be from a deceased person, but it is certainly surprising if theres blood when you wake up. So this person died from an injury, right? Is the injury completely healed?” (Toru)

It seems that the injury was healed completely when Toru’s soul was transferred.

Well otherwise, his second life would have been over in seconds as soon as his soul is transferred. It would be an extremely short second life.

“Am I really in a different world?” (Toru)

Toru stands up and scouts the area around him. His first impression is that he is on some sort of limestone cave.

Toruis slightly disappointed. He thought that the scenery of a different world was vastly different from Earth.

The appearance is not much different from that of the Japanese limestone caves he visited. There is no feeling of coming to another world.

It was quite a disappointing reality, but then he noticed that the area was strangely bright. So he looked up at the source of the light.

There.

“What is that?” (Toru)

The tip of the stalactite, which has completely filled the ceiling, was dimly shining.

Each one has the same amount of light as a firefly, but because there are countless stalactites, the entire limestone cave shines as if it was illuminated.

“Oh. The stalactites are emitting light naturally.” (Toru)

At last. Toru excitedly stands up and stares at the otherworldly scene that he found.

However, the body does not move the way he expected.

“…Ah, that?” (Toru)

About to fall again, Toru fixed his posture.

The reason awkwardness of his motion is not because his body is difficult to move but the opposite.

His body is moving too easily.

The height is about the same, but have his skin has a very healthy complexion.

The back of the hand is smooth without any wrinkles.

“Was I de-aged?” (Toru)

Toru was moving his joints, from his shoulder to his arms. Everything was moving smoothly. Not as single awkward movement, nor is there strain in his muscles.

He tried jumping to his as hard as he can. His body feels like it’s floating.

The performance is completely different from that of Toru’s original 32 year old body.

When I flipped my shirt up, I saw a well-defined six-pack abs.

As he feels his body with his very dexterous hands. There is only the feeling of well-defined muscles under firm skin.

“Oh, my body is in peak condition again…” (Toru)

It’s seems like waste to him.

A sigh leaked voicing a mixture of complex emotions that envy, joy, and regret.

“How old was this body’s owner?” (Toru)

While he was wondering, the number 16 appeared in his brain.

It is the memory of the owner before Toru’s soul is transferred. If that is the reality, Toru is now 16 years old again…

“…”

Toru sighed once again.

He feels depressed when he think that a child who is only half the his own age has just lost his life.

“…I will use this body and this new life with care.” (Toru)

Toru gave a prayer of gratitude to the soul who would no longer be here.

After praying, Toru immediately checks the power he received from the self-proclaimed god.

“But how can I summon that out?” (Toru)

He tried to pray, but it doesn’t appear.

He raised his hand in front of him and breathed a little.

“Go!” (Toru)

But it didn’t work

“She said because I have a serious personality…!?” (Toru)

Cold sweat runs through his new body.

Toru now remembering his time on that white space, her recalled and said…

“-Skill board!” (Toru)

Suddenly, a transparent plate appeared suddenly and soundlessly in the empty space in front of him.

Apparently the skill board is voice activated.

“That is good. It came out properly…” (Toru)

Toru was relieved that it worked, that self-proclaimed God looked like she was fooling around..

Refocusing, Toru confirms the details on the skill board.

○ Status

Toru Minasuki

Level: 1

Race: Human – Occupation: Hunter

Rank: Ⅰ – Skill points: 1000

“Hey. This was a body of a hunter. No wonder it’s fit.” (Toru)

Toru murmured at the occupation column.

Toru was an office worker in Japan. Of course, He was not a hunter. He doesn’t have such skill or knowledge.

In other words, this occupation column seems to be calculated from physical data, not memory.

Next, Toru looked at skill points.

He believed that the skill points could be used to improve abilities.

There is no confusion as it is a common system for RPG games.

It’s much complex than that though.

“What does rank mean?” (Toru)

Since there is I, it can be expected that there will be II and III. But that’s it.

(I don’t even know if I is the highest or the lowest.) (Toru)

“There is no explanation even if you tap on it…” (Toru)

(I touched the ranks with my fingertips, but the explanation did not appear either.) (Toru)

In these cases, when you click on a skill or item in game, a description usually appears.

This skill board doesn’t seem to be designed to be user-friendly.

“I should probably ask that self-proclaimed God the next time we meet?” (Toru)

The self-proclaimed God said they could meet in the future.

(I have no idea what the conditions are for meeting, but I’ll keep it in mind and remember to ask when we meet.) (Toru)

Toru shifts to the next item in the board.

Below rank and skill points, sets of passive and technique trees are visible. He tapped it to gain access.

○Passives

[Complete Enhancement] [Body Enhancement] [Magic Enhancement] [Natural Recovery] [Enhanced Resistance] [Stamina】【Magic】【Strength】【Dexterity】【Agility】【Intelligence】【Luck] [Limit Break]

○Techniques

< Sword Art > < Spear Art > < Staff Combat > < Unarmed Combat > < Magic Art > < Training > < Methodology > < Detection > < Secret Maneuver > < Intimidate > < Provocation > < Intuition > < Language > < Poker Face > < Oration > < Incitement > < Conviction > < Concealment > < Animal Husbandry > < Cultivation > < Sewing > < Couture > < Jewelry Crafting > < Alchemy > < Metallurgy > < Blacksmith > < Various room > < Chant Revocation >……

“Oh… I have so many.”

The released tree was packed with passive and technical skills. The basics are still on the screen. But the techniques doesn’t end, no matter how much you scroll down.

The tech tree seems to be lined up with all the things that can be called technique, old and modern.

There are things that you can imagine such as < cultivation > and < sewing >, but some are hard to under stand.

“What should I pick?” (Toru)

As a test, tap < Increased Night Vision >. Then, there was an item called “storage” its function is hard to identify.

Toru taps it. Then < Increased Night Vision > disappeared from the tree list.

The missing < Increased Night Vision > was stored at the bottom of the tree in the newly created “storage” section.

“So that’s how it works, but it’s a pain to sort out all this…” (Toru)

(There are thousands in total. You have to tap each one to store them. If you do it properly, you can sort it out a little faster. However, it may store skills that I might need.)(Toru)

“Well, I’ll do it slowly later.” (Toru)

Giving up on storing the unnecessary skills at the moment, Toru will select necessary skills first.

First is passive skills. Allocate everything here.

Basic skills required different points depending on the type.

For example, [Complete Enhancement] [Body Enhancement] [Resistance Enhancement] [Magic Enhancement]. It can be imagined that all three enhance the body.

However, [Complete Enhancement] requires 100 points to raise by one level, whereas [Body Enhancement] [Magic Enhancement] requires only 10 points.

“Hmm, why is there a discrepancy?”

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