The entirety of the setting around me suddenly disappeared and in a matter of seconds I was rocketed away from the battleground, away from this god-forsaken country and to my surprise away from continent and the planet itself. I was floating in space surrounded by a plethora of stars. I was still looking at the beauty during as all of this.

I laid there mesmerized by her beauty, she radiated a gentle, calming resplendent light, looking at her made me feel at ease, my pain from the thick lead bullets lodged through various holes in my body had disappeared, there was no wound to be seen anywhere; with my wounds though my clothes had disappeared. I quickly covered my goods to my dismay and was blushing beet red.

???: What are you doing I am not affected by your genitals Francis, I only took this humanoid appearance to converse with you, and to ensure you keep your sanity, just in the mere presence of my true form will break that feeble mind of yours

My face became a deeper shade of red, almost crimson. However alluring she was I was quite embarrassed at her candidness.

Francis: I am sorry, but I have no idea of the situation I am in; I am sure I had died because of the onslaught by the German infantry, so would you care to elaborate on why I am here stark naked……

The beautiful woman came down from floating in mid air, to my level

???: I am known as god the first being, the omnipresent, the omniscient, the all knowing, and the all powerful entity. I am everywhere and anywhere, and I have been watching you, Francis.

I was stunned by her sudden maniacal proclamation.

God?

I am not a vigorously religious person, I was quite indifferent on matters of faith and religion, I could not think of any act I could have done which would have warranted the attention of such a being. I could not think of any words to reply to her.

???: I am not the god you are thinking of; Francis. I am not an entity that can be envisioned by such a primitive race such as yours. I do not exist in your visible spectrum of understanding, I am being that was born from the residue, the catalyst of the “ Big Bang” as your race call it. I was there at the birth of your universe, I am being of pure power, I can merely with a thought destroy that feeble galaxy you call the “milky way”. I can traverse on more than 5 dimensions; I am singularity. Need I say more, Francis…

I understood that this is a being of insurmountable knowledge, a being that I cannot even perceive fully, this further enhanced my confusion, I could not think of anything I had done to mandate her… wait “its” attention.

GOD: I agree, Francis. I never took notice of your feeble races’ matters but the actions of you and that old man have garnered my attention. Your actions had a drastic change on the flow of your world, your actions had caused, more than 8 billion of your planets population to survive, I had not expected such valour from the likes of your race, In my infinite light years of existence I have only seen a few acts of bravery that have actually made a distinguishable change in the flow of time.

I had not expected that the acts of the old man and mine made such a big difference in the world. I was truly proud of myself, I was extremely happy to have protected so many people.

GOD: You may not have known this but Kaiser Wilhellm II, the instigator of your petty war had stumbled upon something he should not have and had been experimenting with it. He was in that particular campsite you destroyed and had taken his last breath the day after you died. He was tempering with a rift in the space-time that had existed since the dawn of your planet and further experimentation would have caused an inward implosion and sucked your solar system of its existence.

This startled me; I had not known that the sadistic German King had been there that night. I was further pleased with myself. It gave me a fulfilling feeling in the depths of my heart to be able to save so many people…

GOD: I had not seen such remarkable men in a long time… You two are true souls, souls that will not yield or be deterred in a moment of crisis. Your feelings to protect your family, and your friends are truly genuine. Not one in the whole of both the armies had such conviction, some may have tried to seem like a genuinely patriotic and caring person but most of them, deep in their heart were there for superficial success. Fame, glory, and recognition were on their mind ceaselessly. So I was pleasantly surprised to see a soul such as yours.

I was not expecting a compliment from a being like her (it) but nonetheless it made me exultant. I didn't expect that I was the only patriotic and caring person there; as farfetched as it sounded to me, I was not nearly confident enough to question her.

Francis: It still doesn't answer my question, GOD. Why am I here am I not meant to pass and be dead. I still don't understand the reason for my audience with you.

GOD: Even after hearing about me, you do not quiver in fear or try to be blatantly charming to win my affection; I am starting to like you more, Francis.

I have called your soul here to try something, an experiment of sorts, from now I am going send you and your friend, the old man, to a different dimension, to be reborn and start anew.

Francis: Wha… really I get another chance?????

GOD: Yes, I think your accomplishment is deserving of such a reward. The dimension I am sending you to has multiple planets, but I have decided to send you to a relatively new planet. This particular planet is quite similar to your own except it has magical capabilities.

I was quite shocked at that, I had read stories as a boy about the adventures with dragons and dungeons, and had always had a love for such stories, and to be able to be born in a planet with such capabilities made me ecstatic.

GOD: This planet is called Jorg. It is a planet filled with all the mythological and powerful beings your planets inhabitants had dreamed about. It is a planet I believe that needs individual such yourself and the old man. It needs a ruler, a being that is there to uphold justice. This planet has a cornucopia of races unlike earth and is 3 times the size of the earth, where the strong live and the weak die. Now choose a race you would like to born in to.

Suddenly there was display in front of me showing me various different beasts species as well as the humanoid races. I looked through each of the race closely and each time a screen would pop up showing me the beast or the humanoids’ skills and other racial traits a particular species has.

I noticed that the humanoid races did not have much difference in strength and other aspects such as racial traits, except that the demon race had a high affinity with magic but had low strength, and the beast race had high vitality and strength but had low magic affinity, the human race had a balanced power. But compared to the actual beasts such as the beowulf’s, dragons and hydra’s and other such creatures they were quite weak. Pitifully weak

Francis: Why is there such a difference in power between humanoids and beasts.

GOD: Every life in this planet has the potential to grow, and become more and more powerful, to a certain extent Francis. But the beasts and animals are given a head start as they are continuously hunted by the humanoids; the humanoids also have an extremely large population compared to that of the beasts.

I looked through the list continuously for what seemed like hours but could not find a race I was comfortable with, I wanted to do good in this new life and wanted to be born with power to protect the ones I love, but I also wanted to keep my human body so to make it easier to adjust to my new life. As I thought of this I noticed that this list was organized in a chronological manner and as I went further in, the more ancient and powerful the species become, I went to almost the end of the list when I noticed an ancient beast that interested me quite a bit, it was second last from the list:

Species: Ancient

Type: Primordial Phoenix (The first Phoenix)

Racial Traits:

• Immortal flames: Able to live eternally, and can recover from any injury, and can be reborn on the chance that it is killed.

• Flames of the lawful good (Flames of Caelium) (flames made of the mix of both Light and Fire magic) : Able to devour and burn anything the ancient wishes to erase out of existence, can even devour other ancients if the phoenix deems them evil.

• Body made of Caelium flames

• Highly intelligent

• Can produce flames of Caelium without significant use of mana as it a racial trait

Magic Affinity:

Fire: 100% Water: 0%

Earth: 10% Wind: 60%

Light: 100% Darkness:0%

I looked at the magnificent creature before me; this creature was a representation of the power I needed, to do good in my life.

Francis: GOD I know this may be too much but I would like to ask you for a favor regarding my new life.

God who had an inquisitive look as she stared at me and was thoroughly startled. She looked at me, her eyes narrowed as to see if I am actually there to make demands of her.

GOD: I had not expected this Francis, I am genuinely surprised you had the courage to make demands of me; ok I am willing to grant you this wish as long as they are not too farfetched.

I looked at her with relief, for a second there I thought I had overstepped and pushed my luck too much but she seemed to find my character rather amusing.

Francis: I would like to have the racial traits and the power that this beast the Primordial Phoenix has but would like to retain a human body if possible.

GOD: That is impossible Francis, I cannot even fathom the possibility of giving so much power to an individual.

Francis: GOD, I lived an unfulfilling and mundane life, on Earth, I do not want to live the same way on this planet. I want to have the power to rise above, protect the weak and pass judgment on the evil.

GOD: Hmmmm…

Alright Francis, I have decided I like your resolve and I find you quite interesting. Most want power to rule over the weak and enforce their values on others. You seem to have an infinite amount of resolve to do good, whole-heartedly.

I will merge a human soul with that of the phoenix, this will give the potential to become one of the most powerful beings, on this planet; but remember it does not mean you will have infinite power, you will be exactly the same as all the other humans, but you will have the prospect of becoming a powerful individual.

By giving you such a gift, I believe fate will be cruel to you and take something away, are you prepared to face such a consequence?

I pondered on the possibility of what “fate” could take away from me. But the opportunity of doing good for the world overruled all my ambivalence. I said yes and she smiled, I think she finds amusement through my personality.

GOD put out her hand out and a ball of flames appeared the flames were exactly the same as that of the phoenix, and she then proceeded to merge that flame with a pale white ball of light.

I had come to the conclusion that she was merging my soul with that of the phoenixes.

GOD: Interestingly your friend the Old man insists to be reborn as just mundane human and he asserted on it, he seems a lot less altruistic and driven than you.

Francis: We don't know much about each other I only met him the night before and we executed the plan together, he wasn't very talkative…

GOD: Good luck in the new world Francis, I will be watching over you.

The space around me distorted again and I felt myself being whisked away, to a new life…

…………………

GOD: He believes he can amass such stupendous power with out losing something significant.

Francis you fool, you will soon find out how cruel fate truly can be.

God reflected on the earlier exchange and then just like nothing had ever occurred her physical form disappeared leaving nothing but the vast and daunting nebulae.

…………………

I woke up in a dark void, surrounded by thick liquid. The liquid was comforting and eerily felt like the safest place on the planet. I realized I am in my mother’s womb and soon felt my self being pulled out by a force, and realized that I was being born…