Great Tyrannical Deity - Chapter 47

A man was laying on the grassy plains with his clothes in a mess. He suddenly opened his eyes and sat upright. Surrounding him were the beautiful plants and trees, as well as peaceful-looking animals. But he couldn’t even take in his surroundings since his head hurts.

“Who am I?”

These were the first words that came out of his mouth. He calmed down and started to look through his memories to see how he ended up where he was, but what he saw shocked him. Most of the memories he had were all hazy, like it was being covered with a cloth. There was one memory though that shone among the hazy ones. It was a memory of his name.

“My name is Illis,” he muttered, “And I don’t know where I am.”

Seconds later, a holographic screen materialized in front of him, surprising him as he fell to the ground.

A monotonous voice resounded within his mind, “You are currently in the Herallus Plains of the Arc Metaion Continent.” The same words the voice said popped up on the holographic screen.

Herallus Plains? Arc Metaion Continent? Illis was really confused at the moment as he didn’t know much about everything else.

He needed to find a way to regain his old memories. It looks like his only method for now would be to ask the thing that was in front of him.

“What are you?” Illis asked curiously.

Seconds later, the thing in front of him replied, “I am the Anima Artificial Enhancement System that was created to combat against the predators within our world. Every Anima has a system built within them.”

Illis continued to ask the system. “What world am I in? What is an Anima? Why do I have this system within me?”

The system instantly replied, “You are living in the world of Erudys, where the Anima currently reign supreme. The Anima is a humanoid lifeform with an innately strong soul. This strong soul allows the Animas to have extremely high intelligence.

One day, a predator ate an Anima and gained intelligence comparable to a normal humanoid lifeform. This made the other predators want to hunt the Animas and also gain intelligence.

This in turn made the Animas unite as one and create a place to protect the other Animas against the predators. They once had scriptures on a method called cultivation which allows people to absorb and refine worldly energy within their body, allowing them to become stronger. Yet those scriptures didn’t work on the Animas.

Because of this, the Animas have taken another route to strengthen themselves. That is the route of genetic modification. After many failed attempts, the Animas were able to successfully forge a path of genetic modification that allowed them to fend off against the predators. Gradually, the predators started to fear the Animas, allow them to claim more land and create a big continent.

The Animas that first experimented on this path were called the Ancestors since they were the ones who protected the other Animas while building a strong continent at the same time. As the years pass by, the technology that the Animas use started to become more industrialized, allow them to create a network that all the Animas can use. And that is me, the system.”

Illis finally understood. He was actually an Anima and that’s why he had something like the system within him. But he was still confused.

“How does this system work then?”

The system replied, “By eliminating species that are not of Anima origin, it would allow you to gain points to genetically enhance your body.”

“Oh,” Illis nodded in understanding.

He looked around his surroundings and saw a snail moving on a branch. Seconds later, a number popped up on the snail’s head with a bar under its body.

“Eh? System? What’s this about?” Illis asked.

The system explained, “Every species, as long as they are not of Anima origin, would have their level of power and amount of health shown to the Anima that aims to kill it. If you wish to know more about the enemy, say ‘Idenitfy.’”

“Well okay then,” Illis shrugged his shoulders, “Identify.”

Within seconds, the holographic screen in front of him started to release information on the snail he was looking at.

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Snail (Level 1)

Experience: 2/10

HP: 2/2

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“System,” Illis said, “So to get points, I have to kill species of non-Anima origin?”

“Correct,” the system replied.

“Any species of non-Anima origin?” Illis asked again.

The system replied with an affirmative response. Illis sighed and slowly got closer to the snail while he raised his palm and slapped the snail off the branch, causing the snail to die within seconds. A small part of the snail’s innards and mucus got stuck on his hand, so he shook it off.

While he was shaking it off, he suddenly heard fanfare within his mind.

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Congratulations on entering Level 1!

Unlocked Attributes, say Attribute to open screen.

Unlocked Skills, say Skills to open screen.

Unlocked Stats, say Stats to open screen.

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These were the words that popped up in Illis’s screen a minute after he killed the snail.

He then asked himself, “So I guess this is going to be my life for now?”

He lightly chuckled. “Then so be it.”

“Attributes.”

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From this day onwards, I shall only be releasing 1 chapter a day, with bonus chapters added. Since you guys reached 84 ps, I’ll release 1 bonus chapter so expect 8 chaps this week.

Hope you stick with me to the end.

Thanks for reading my novel as always.