In a two-story building in the capital, Nondicci of the empire Castiria, a man is standing in a room full af computers, haggard looking outside where the sky has turned bright red like some has spilled blood on the world.
"This is not a fantasy world, it's an apocalypse world."
Yes, our protagonist, Liam Passart is a reincarnator, born 70 years ago in the family of witches. It's a matriarchal family, so he was fed, clothed, and sheltered until the age of 15. His mother, Kayla Matthews, Head of Matthews coven, never even picked him up; her relationship with Liam was that of indifference. He was given the name of his absent father, who was a knight.
Liam, when he was young, was so fascinated by magic that he used to hole up in the library reading tomes and grimoires collected and written by the witches in the coven.
At least he was given the freedom to pursue his interest, due to his mother's indifference to him, all the witches in the coven treated him accordingly.
But Liam only had average aptitude for mystical arts, his aptitude did not match his fascination and zeal for mystical arts.
So Liam decided to use Ritual Arts to elevate his aptitude for mana, the ever-present force in this world, used by the people to reach the pinnacle of the world.
But an accident happened, the ritual failed, and he remembered his previous life, and also a gift he brought with him from another universe.
At that time, he was 15 years old and was kicked out of the coven and sent to the academy with enough money to live until old age, his first and last gift from his mother.
There he entered the alchemy department, he capitalized on his knowledge and the gift to climb the highest peak in the alchemy world.
But there were many obstacles on the road to peak, most biggest one due to it being a different universe and the presence of extraordinary forces, he had to do very rigorous research to bridge the gap between the two universes.
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"Cough"
Liam put a handkerchief in his mouth as he started coughing, and one can see red blood spots on it.
Liam was now coughing up blood in his lab.
"The world is ending, and I am also dying. It so a poetic an end."
Liam stood up from his seat and walked deeper inside his home.
He bought the house when he was 30 years old, he used his knowledge & expertise to renovate it into a high-tech modulated house, with an AI that helps him in his day-to-day activities and also in research.
"Sir, mana has become toxic, due to high-energy concentration attacks of the gods. Which in turn, is affecting your aging body."
"Yes, I can feel it, AISAR(Artificial Intelligence System which Assists and Research), now that I think it was a good thing that I had average aptitude for mystical arts. Which I used to think curse turned into a blessing."
"AISAR start the procedure for the Soul transfer process."