They all hopped on the families private jet and within the hour they were in the air headed towards the original ‘Immortals Gate’. It was the first gate to ever appear so after a while it became common knowledge and was actually a fairly popular tourist destination. It would take quite some time to get there wo he took a very well deserved nap while surrounded in chattering family with his nephews treating him like a jungle gym. When he woke up several hours later they were landing in egypt next to the giza pyramids. The first to ever appear did so at the very peak of the tallest Giza pyramid. They had about three hours to spare before it appeared so he just led the way and listened to the family bickering with a soft smile.

All their closest friends were with them as well so they looked like a mob going up the pyramid. They had a lot of kids around eighteen or so but due to the last year they were all in great shape so the trip was very quick. When they finally reached the top everyone was breathing heavy with their jackets zipped open. What they planned was two waves, one for the family and their most trusted and life long friends then the other for theirs guards and the most trusted business associates- with a hefty price of course. He checked his phone and took a head count then lined everybody up and marked with chalk. It was now 11:57 so he answered one last round of questions and with two seconds left he ran and jumped right as it materialized in a flash of white light then he was through the gate.

*Congratulations- for being the first Immortal on the planet designated as Tera and breaking the current world record by 3 days 12 hours 14 minutes 30.43680001 seconds you have a choice of reward.

He frowned and recalled that no one actually new who was the very first one to become immortal. Most likely they had hidden it exactly because the reward was that valuable.

*Please choose one of the following.

-Physique Boost: Ability to learn any defense skill

-Stamina Boost: Ability to learn any melee skill

-Magic Boost: Ability to learn any magic skill

He did his own little fist pump, complete with victory dance. This was exactly what he needed. Since he was planning on going the Path of Magic then his biggest concern would always be his ability to learn the skill and if he had the mana to cast it, but with this he could even learn class restricted skills. Without any hesitation he chose the magic boost.

*Immortality transformation 1%

*Immortality transformation 20%

*Immortality transformation 50%

*Immortality transformation 92%

*Immortality transformation 100%

*Immortality transformation complete now beginning relocation to place of residence

A strong suction began pulling at him and suddenly he was on the front lawn of the families house. From nearest guess the transformation took about three days so his first words were of course “Show Status.”

[Name: Jacob Dawn

Level: 0 (Fully Human) Deaths: 0

Titles: First among Immortals (0.00000001 sec.) (Highest on record)

Hp: 2500/2500 MP: 2700/2700

Strength: 15 Agility: 20 Vitality:25

Willpower: 50 Intelligence 27

Stat points: 0

Fatigue: 0

Class: Mage

Profession: None ]

It was no quite over simplified compared to what it was before but it was still quite satisfactory compared to most, not including his family of course. All together they would probably be considered a family of monsters. Stat points were gained every time you leveled up but skill points could only be earned every 25 levels and you only got one. Each skill took a minimum of one skill point and the most expensive to date cost 57, however that skill was never learned by anyone as far as he knew and from what he heard it was on the same level as multiple nuclear warheads. Ding

*For being the first Immortal in your world and for breaking the previous record you will receive a bonus of 20 skill points and one personalized skill for each day, one 50% off coupon for each hour, 1 death redemption stone for each minuete, and +100 to each stat for each second that you broke the record by. Note: The skills and stats will be lost once someone breaks your record.

He could only stare in shock at the notification which just said he was now essentially the same as an overall level fifteen hundred in stat points alone. Small wonder no one ever came forward and said they were the first, with bonuses like these it was hard to imagine why they would since they were pretty much entirely self sufficient. From the outside it looked like his skin was imitating a sea shore but there was no pain and only the feeling of power that was surging in his body.

It was at that point that he saw a countdown in the corner of the notification turned red and hit zero. He felt his consciousness pulled away and found himself in a white room with only what looked like a carbon copy of himself standing ten feet in front of him. “Well then let’s get started.” the voice was his own and it sounded out like it right next to his ear and the figure in front vanished like it was never there. He knew what was happening since it happened every time someone surpassed 100 intelligence and awakened their innate mana. There were other ways to do it but chance to awaken your own affinity and be awarded your personalized spell was one of the reasons why the profession had such a low number of practitioners in the first place.

This was because mages were so squishy and couldn’t do enough damage at low levels to justify the experience drain when they were in a party. He went on autopilot as the pure truth seemed to flow out of him at each question. “What is magic to me?” “Power. The power to protect and destroy as I see fit, the power to control my own life and destiny and decide the path I will walk to achieve my dreams.” “What kind of thing is Magic to me?” “It is a shining star. Unreachable magnificence and unquestioned strength, It is the light that illuminates the hearts of men and monster alike. It is fire and ice, lightning and earthquakes, It the raging waves of destiny that decide the fate of men.”

“What do I seek from magic?” “The strength to live and fight. The ability to earn my right to exist. I seek the strength to protect those dear and destroy those I cannot abide. Like the frozen north I seek the strength to control my own destiny, be it right or wrong it will be the path I choose myself.” “What do I wish to be?” He smiled and said “I wish to be a star, when all else falls short I wish to be the star that kindles the hope of all. I wish to be the star that shines the brightest in the dark and shines the light of hope on all who have the heart to stand again but lack the strength to do so. I wish to be the beacon that all shall rally to when the night threatens to consume all light.”

“Such lofty Ideals don’t suit me.” “Yes. But that is who I wish to be.” The surrounding light all seemed to be sucked towards him and he spiraled back into a comfortable darkness. When he finally woke up he was still lying in the grass but there was noise from inside the house. He decided they could wait just a little more and opened his stat page to see what they were at now.

[Name: Jacob Dawn

Level: 0 Deaths: 0

EXP: 0%

Titles: First among Immortals (0.00000001 sec.) (Highest on record)

Hp: 302,500/302,500 MP: 302,700/302,700

Strength: 3,015 Agility: 3,020 Vitality: 3,025

Willpower: 3,050 Intelligence: 3,027

Stat points: 0

Fatigue: 1%

Class: Mage

Profession: None

Spells: (Overcharge, Multicast, Transcendental meditation) Frigid Beam]

He focused on each of them to bring up their descriptions.

*Overcharge- the ability to pump an unlimited amount of mana into a spell at double the spells initial cost. Tier 10

*Multicast- the ability to simultaneously cast any number of spells of any rank as long as total intelligence equals 1,000 points per simultaneous cast. Tier 8

*Transcendental meditation- The ability to designate 1,000 intelligence to full meditation and remove all upper and lower limitations. Rank depends entirely on the visualization on the first attempt.

*Frigid Beam- Fire a beam of hyper compressed and supercooled water a single target. Cost 50 MP per second

This time his smile was entirely predatory. For any beginning mage this spell would be next to useless because it would drain their entire mana pool in three or four seconds and they would have to spend the next several minutes standing around just for it to recharge, but for him he could cast it practically indefinitely. He quickly confirmed it all then picked up the bundle of twelve shimmering golden tickets and small squares of crystal that were laying next to him and put it in his pocket before heading toward the front door. He opened it and was welcomed by his nephews running questions like a machine gun. He laughed and sent them outside to play while he talked with the adults.

Everyone was sitting in the living room watching the news and discussing how oblivious the people were and whether or not they should leak the word. He quickly said that was a bad Idea. So far they had two years to prepare and get ready for the mad rush when they all tried to become players but if they spread the word then it would just be like shooting themselves in the foot. At any rate they had plenty of time to spread the word when they themselves were completely ready for the fallout. After discussing for a while he said he was planning to go to the players store that was now in Chicago since it was the nearest one and they were only on the outskirts.

He quickly got in the car and headed there. He was almost jittery in excitement since he was essentially going to buy a bunch of spells for nothing. He fully planned on buying six high level spells for free, even though it would probably piss of their manager he was totally willing to cut a deal for it. When pulled up on the other side of the road from it he cut the engine and in less than a second he was at the entrance. One good thing about the system was you always had full control over your body even when you were like him and just got an immense boost to your stats. When he walked in there were three people walking around doing various things and everyone of them froze like a rabbit that had seen a wolf when there eyes landed on him.

One of them hit a button on the desk that would alert the manager and he sighed even though he had expected this. As he walked up to the counter he pulled up the panel to view their high level spells. There are hundreds to choose from in every category so he narrowed it down to tier seven and above. Since his unique spell were all utility or boosting abilities he went to their attack magic and picked out a few that he knew of or liked from their description.

*Water Healing, Frozen Forest, Ice field, Perma frost armor, Frost aura, Ice prison

*Gale speed, Vortex, Maelstrom, Compression blade, Flight, Wind domain

*Flame burst, Fire pillar, Burning domain, Firestorm, Flame Drill, Armageddon

*Diamond armor, Granite rampart, earthquake, Stone forest, Boulder launch, oil field

After debating the pros and cons of each spell that he could foresee since he would be in dungeons most of the time he wouldn’t find to much use for say stone forest but the ice prison on the other hand would be good for tying down single and strong opponents. The problem was that most of these would be one shot all or nothings and he would be totally out of mana. With a sigh he scaled it back look at the Tier four water spells.

*Greater water regeneration, Icy lance, Ice barrier, chilling aura, Frozen shackles, Explosive ice shard, greater water blade, Water beam, Rainstorm, Ice barrage, Ice disc.

With a grin he grabbed the Greater water regeneration, Icy lance, frozen shackles, and rainstorm. Then he toggled over to tier ten utility spells and grabbed the Tier 10 version of the mana barrier that every mage had called Ultimate mana fortress. The only difference between this spell and other mana barrier spells was that it essentially created a barrier of each element type and layered them together with an additional physical shield as well. At its base if he learned it and pumped it with all 300,000 of his mana it would absorb 3,000,000 points of damage total.

He then went to items and chose their highest capacity Inventory which had 250 slots. Quickly he took out all twelve tickets and put them in front of the dumbstruck receptionist. He actually had to knock on the desk before she snapped out of it. “Hello, anyone home.” and snap, she snapped back to the present so fast it was almost audible. As she left to go get his skill books he turned and leaned on the counter as he faced the head honcho of this store. She weighed in at probably no more than two hundred because even threw her clothes you could see the rigid layers of muscle beneath. Normally that would be unattractive in a woman but her laissez faire expression somehow made it quite erotic.

He made no attempt to hide his appraisal but didn’t stare or even let his eyes linger. To a warrior like her it was an insult not to admire the result of countless hundreds of hours of grueling training in hellish conditions. She was built like a martial artist but her very pointed ears gave her away as well as her almost black skin. He stood up straight and punched his right fist into his left palm then bowed to thirty degrees very slowly while he cocked his head to the right to expose his throat.

The woman's eyes were filled with total shock and the companion behind her involuntarily let out something between a gag and a gasp while he kept his eyes locked with the woman. Formerly he had gotten lost in a high level labyrinth type dungeon and fell in with a party of drow nobles who had just recently arrived and decided to attempt the dungeon. Altogether they spent nearly three months in that place before they figured out the trick to summoning the boss, most of the time they thought it was hilarious to teach him the language and customs of the high courts and it was a great time waster so he eventually ended up memorizing it out of sheer boredom.

Finally the woman seemed to shake herself and repeated the actions like a mirror then three seconds after that she spoke in the language of the drow, “May the mountain shelter you,” Her voice is like deep melody he thought then he replied “May the shadow embrace you,”. If her eyes could get any wider they would literally fall out of her face he thought, then they both said in tandem “And may the earth hold your glorious last breath.” Then they both straightened and he walked over to poor desk clerk who was frozen in a side doorway. The poor girl looked like all her common sense was totally shattered.

The tickets were still on the desk so he took the Inventory and books then bit his finger and bound the cube like inventory with blood and put the books and crystals inside then willed it away. It would now only appear when he wanted to add something to it. He then returned to the manager whose jaw was in danger of hitting the floor and said “Perhaps you would like to speak in your office?” She visibly shook herself this time and motioned for him to follow before leading the way up three flights of stairs in a daze.