Calamity Upon This World

"So, what did I miss?" Rex asked as he observed both William and Myra, who seemed to be standing near each other.

"Nothing"

"Nothing"

Both of them replied at once, choosing to keep their conversation a secret.

"I guess you guys are now keeping secrets from me." Rex sighed, feeling sad at being left out.

"Anyways, take a seat, William, Myra."

Once both of them were seated, Rex took a seat beside Myra as he handed William one of the presents, as he said.

"Happy birthday, son."

"Thanks dad"

"Open it and tell me if you like your gift."

"Sure"

As William ripped off the wrapping paper, what greeted him was a red rectangle box and another much smaller wooden box.

As he opened the box, he found a pair of stylish brown long boots.

"A-rank artifact called boots of agility"

"As the name suggests, this artifact increases your speed; feed it to your slime, and I'm sure it will be helpful to you," Rex explained.

"Thanks, dad, these will be really useful on my journey."

"No problem, and as I hope you could guess, my intention in giving you this is clear."

"In the future, if you ever encounter something you can't handle, please just run."

"Even if you have to leave innocents or your friends behind, please don't die a fool's death and just run away," Rex said as he looked into Williams eyes, hoping to have properly conveyed his intentions to his son.

"Sure, father, you don't need to worry; I won't die, I promise you," William said, confidence oozing out of his tone.

Rex smiled upon hearing his answer as he answered.

"I'm glad you're smart. Well, since you like your first gift, why don't you check out the other wooden box?"

Hearing his father's voice, Williams opened the small wooden box, and inside he saw a silver ring with weird engravings on it resting between blue clothing like protection.

"What's this?" William asked, intrigued by the small ring.

"An improved model of your current ring of suppression," Rex replied.

"Unlike your current ring, which needs to be fully removed before you can use mana, this one has five modes controlling how much mana you can use."

"I don't think I need to tell you this, but please try to keep your mana utilisation to the minimum so your flaw doesn't act up," Rex said, looking bored from saying the obvious.

"Of course I already know that," William replied.

After that, Rex gave William some money for his upcoming journey as well as a few more artifacts meant to save his life in case something unexpected happened.

After that, the three of them just chatted casually for an hour before William went to his room to sleep for the night.

After all, he needed to be well rested for tomorrow's journey.

**

As William now lay in bed, he muttered.

"Status screen"

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Name:William Verhein

Age:10

Race:Human

Aspect:Walking Calamity (Tier V)

3rd Ascension

[Variable Stats]

BF:8210

Strength:1510

Agility:1700

Endurance:1200

Vitality:1600

Intelligence:2200

[Invariable Stats]

Mana:C-

Aura:F

Charm:B-

Luck:F-

Resistance:E-

Skills: [Passive Skills]: [Child Of Mana], [Loved By Spirits], [Mana Circuits], [Master Of Mana], [Magic Amplification], [Mana Sense], [Master Of Elements], [Martial Genius], [One With Shadows], [Danger Sense], [Pain Resistance], [Poison Resistance], [Genius Of Aura]

[Active Skills]: [Mana Ascension], [Spirit Ascension], [Shadow Step], [Stealth], [Strings of Mana], [Elemental Strings], [Heavy Hit]

Masteries: Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced) and Swordmanship (Advanced+),

Spirit Water Arts (Intermediate+),

Spirit Flame Arts (novice+),

Spirit Earth Arts (novice+),

Spirit Wind Arts (novice+), Dance of Steel (low)

Ancient Powers—Memoirs of the Great Sage

Spirits: Agni (Duke of the Fire Tribe), Wiz (Duke of the Water Tribe), Gionne (Duke of the Earth Tribe), and Sera (Duke of the Wind Tribe).

Elemental Affinity:-

[Basic elements]

Fire(100%)

Water(100%)

Wind(100%)

Earth(100%)

[Deviant Elements]

Ice(100%)

Lightning(100%)

Darkness(100%)

Shadow(100%)

Chaos(100%) [Progenitor]

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It seems his strength increased by 10 after the fights he had today.

William smiled, seeing the increase in strength, but his mood was quickly ruined as he muttered.

"Sigh, still too weak."

Honestly, he was overpowered compared to people his age, but compared to Zephyr or the enemies he needed to beat, he was too weak.

He needed strength, and a lot of it too. It didn't matter what he needed to do for this strength; he wanted it, no, he needed it.

Which is exactly why he needed this trip, even if it was all just a ruse that Zephyr was using to kill him off. He didn't have a choice; he was desperate.

Speaking of Zephyr, William had a feeling that there was something that Zephyr was hiding from him, so he went inside the memoirs.

Once he entered, he was once again greeted by the same glamorous golden castle, which he entered, no longer getting distracted by how grandiose and over-the-top it looked.

As he made his way through, he reached the throne room, where Zephyr was sitting on his usual grand throne.

"So what brings you here?" He asked.

"Don't you already know that?" William asked, looking annoyed at his attempts at playing dumb.

"No, I can't read your mind, remember?" Zephyr retorted, still refusing to properly answer him.

"You don't need to read my mind to know what I'm asking," William retorted, his annoyance evident.

Honestly, Zephyr had been rubbing William in the wrong direction for a while now.

He was almost certain that Zephyr had some sort of hidden agenda, but every time he tried to question him, he always avoided him, and due to him being so much stronger than him, he couldn't even really force him to answer.

Right now, all that William could do was hope that Zephyr wasn't secretly his enemy as he followed his suggestions.

"Ah, you must be talking about that thing," Zephyr said, acting like he just remembered something.

"Did I mention that the leader of the laughing coffin was at your party watching as you killed his subordinates and humiliated him?"

"What the fuck? " William exclaimed