4 Life as an Ancient One (1/2)

After he decided to live in a mortal body, the system asked him for some more details. Like if he wanted to go through childhood, or if he wanted a parent, his name, etc. Karl looked through his options. He didn't want to go through childhood, that sounded like a pain. Having a parent would be weird, so he chose not to have one. He had to think about his name though.

He didn't want to use Karl, as it definitely didn't sound cool. But he didn't want to go too cool, as it might be kind of cringy. After much thinking, he named himself Kigai. He was pretty proud. It sounded cool, but not too cool. After making his gender male the system asked him if he wanted bonuses, cheats basically.

He wanted the cheats, but getting cheats would lower the points he got with this life by 25%. Karl did the math, and even though he would lose some points, it's better than dying. Speaking of dying, he wondered what would happen if he died of old age or a natural death?

[The system will inspect how you did in that life, and give you points accordingly.]

Karl nodded. He was thinking about the chea- bonus he wanted. He had to think carefully, as a bad one wouldn't really help him. Maybe unlimited mana? But he didn't want to be a pure sorcerer. He also wanted to use his body. Maybe he could be an Assassin? Assassinating people sounds fun. Deciding to be an assassin, he thought about what would help him.

”I got it!” Karl yelled out loud. ”System, give my mortal body the power to control shadows, able to become one and bend it to his will.”

[Avatar Kigai has been created. You will now be transported to your body in 10... 9... 8...]

Karl prepared himself. He didn't know if this would be uncomfortable, or not. It probably would be, as he's entering a body he wasn't familiar with. With a bright light, he was transported and is now Kigai. He stretched his limbs not used to being so tall. He moved around to get used to his new body. It didn't take long, as it was basically just a tall, ashen grey human, with no hair.

It was weird. He already had clothes, and it looked identical to the clothes the other Ancient Ones wore. Guess that was the system helping him out.

Karl thought if he should add hair to the Ancient Ones. The male looked fine without hair, but the females didn't. Sure, their bodies looked perfect and very curvy, but then the lack of hair turned him off. He made a mental note to give the female Ancient Ones hair. Remembering that he was in a mortal body, and were just like everyone else, albeit a little different, he brought up his status.

[Name:] Kigai

[Level:] 1

[Species:] Ancient One (Avatar)

[Gender:] Male

[Age:] 18

[Strength:] 2

[Constitution:] 4

[Intelligence:] 8

[Dexterity:] 6

[Everyone starts off as level 1. Your physical body is 18, but this mortal body hasn't absorbed any essence. Essence is something that everyone has. The higher level you are, the more essence you have. There are numerous ways to gain essence, but the most effective one is absorbing another creature's essence.]