“I guess this is a sign that the dwarf race is coming back, how interesting it looks like I must postpone killing him, perhaps he may be useful. You did well not to kill him when he was out cold,”  said Hella looking out the tower window.

“Thank you, Master Hella,” said Emily with a bow, her blonde ponytail hair cascading down her back.

…..

“Hmm! That kid looks like he is really interesting after all, I Slith must have him for myself, little dwarf hehehe,” said Slith with a cackle that did not suit his youthful face.

…...

“The Origin energy ki of a dwarf cultivator but the other energy ki I can’t make out, and I bet the other tower masters won’t be able to detect it with their weak cultivation, I must meet the owner of this energy,” said an old man with grey hair, white messy hair that cascaded down his shoulders his body in meditative cross-legged posture as he glowed in a white color his breathing in a rhythmic pattern.

…...

“Hmph! It's just a dwarf crafting a low-level treasure bet it doesn’t even have a core yet what’s the big deal? the gods have cursed his kind anyway later he will know he can’t escape Terra and will beg not to leave after knowing the truth, their sins in the war are unforgivable'' said a black-robed person with a lovely spring-like tone, even though they blurted such unrefined words and went back to reading a blue scroll.

…...

Shhh! Kaaaaahh!

*Crafting of the coreless changeable hawk-eagle first attempt successful*

*Mortal level treasure rank F*

Ping!

*Forge points obtained +9*

After the Completion of this treasure, I felt my blood boil, the domineering feeling came over me, letting me know to truly claim ownership of this creation before me, it had to be left with a mark, like how great artists must make a signature to their pieces,

‘Soul Manipulation’

I lifted my right hand and extended my finger to my mouth and bit down on it, moved forward to swiftly write down a name that I cherished and always loved for it was given to me by my parents in my previous life.

*TEMA*

*New skill unlocked Mark of crafter*

Woosh!

My past life name was inscribed on the chest of the bird. Looking at the 2 meters(7.7 inches) bird of avarion metal, that had a seat inside, and reflecting the light from the stone crystals on its shiny sharp wings, made me speechless.

“I can’t believe I gained forge points from just building something, I can even create something of this world for the first time using such unorthodox methods and succeed, with this new skill Mark of crafter I feel like a part of my soul is left with my creation,” I thought inwardly shocked.

I felt someone jump and hug me from behind, “Wow you did it, I can’t believe it, guess the dwarfs being cursed is all a lie,” said S10.

I looked at her deeply, “Thank you,” I said

She tilted her head with a frown, “Hey! don’t thank me I did nothing but bring metal, and win a fight for you, but since you are a cultivator now it won’t be long until you are powerful like me and beat people up to listen to you,” she said with a sly smile.

I want to say thank you for being in my head and dying with me to teach me to begin building myself into a courageous person, but I can’t say that, I’ve only been in this world a few hours but my dream world made it feel like days.

Looking at S10 who was beside me, I looked at the bird, “I need a powerful person to operate this bird so i will leave it in your hands in future, and oh! yeah get me some food and water after I wake up,” I said

“Huh!? Wake up wha…” trailed off S10.

Thud!

I fell feeling hot all over, my head was hurting and my limbs were stiff and paralyzed.

*System overheat*

Wisdom benefit reduce the energy cost of stats (Origin Energy), (Spirit Energy)  by +1 point each

*Use of skills:

Frightful presence: -5 points(OE)

Ice Ki: -5 origin energy

Elemental origin energy manipulation: -5 points(OE)/ -3 Points stamina

Otherworldly will: -5 Spirit energy

Mark of craftsmanship: -5 Spirit energy

White Draconian eyes: -5 spirit energy

Stats

Origin energy: -2/12

Spirit energy: -5/9

*User crafting limit exceeded, recovery cool-down process inbound*

 My world went dark.

…..

Pop! Pop!

A Candle with yellow flames was beside my head on the floor, while releasing popping sounds after a while, I looked at it out of curiosity wondering what it was.

“It’s a Watcher candle, helps to keep track of time in this underworld with no skies of night and day, I guess this is your first time seeing it,” Said a lovely low enticing voice.

Turning my head back as I rested on the rocky floor, I saw a lady again, S10’s mother wearing her leather worn-out brown velvet outfit that covered her chest and hip area that barely covered her thighs, her calm red eyes and black ram horns protruding from her purple skin made her extremely alluring.

She sat crossed-legged on the floor of the dirty stone room, I was on top of a thin sheet of beast fur on the cold, “So are you feeling better, it seems like you had a hard time handling your power of forging.” She said

I nodded my head, “It's more like my body is too weak to handle and support the power I have as a cultivator.” I said

“It’s no surprise you grew as a starving slave, and I think your curse is still in your body, so it’s not uncommon to have a new cultivator  especially a dwarf to explode or deviate as soon as they have changed into a cultivator but looks like you passed the trial,’ she said

Explode!? That is horrible, “Anyway this is not what I came here for, I’m here to ask you some questions, that I have to understand” she said as her brows creased up.

I wanted to ask more about this curse everyone kept talking about until a pressure weighed down on my body making my bones creak in agony, like the sound of chains rattling.

Resting her hand on her chin and staring into my eyes with a menacing look, like looking at an ant, “What did you do to my daughter for her to follow you around?” she said

Panic-stricken my heartbeat spiked up like a drum made from animal skin being hit vigorously, “ I did nothing to her even I don’t know why she chooses to follow me around,” I said

“You liar then tell me, what exactly do you wish to achieve by building such a weapon for the tower masters of Terra kingdom, are you going to help the people that have put you in captivity that easily? Or do you plan to create destruction like how your clan did,” she asked with raised eyebrows

My chest became tighter and tighter, “Co...could you please reduce the pressure. How can you treat an injured person like this?”

She shrugged, “Honestly killing you will help me get my daughter back and get rid of an attachment she has for you, now talk why go so far for Terra?” she said

I still feel guilty about my past life, that is why after the simulation I realized I haven’t changed and still use people for my benefit, and that the past me, sending those files of the corruption of my company I worked for, was me trying to comfort my,

a guilty conscience and not paying for my sins out of petty guilt for all the lives I have ruined at that time with the deaths I have caused by all the failed buildings and blaming it on innocents to increase the money in my pockets.

“I wish to atone for my sins,” I said looking at the winged demon

“Huh? What the hell do you mean by that, Sins what sins could you have possibly committed,” she asked curiously

“Like you said my ancestors have sinned against the world, by creating harmful weapons that led to deaths and major destruction of the continent, that is why we have been cursed as the dwarf race but I’m a survivor of the curse of the gods and can forge,

So it's my duty to be a creator that will be looked up to and my path of forging will be a commandment to all the crafters out in the world so that nothing like the past of my ancestors can happen again,” I said resolutely even though I knew nothing of the curse but I had my own guesses.

Looking at me with one raised eyebrow, “This is something a 13-year-old should not be saying, but thinking of your hardships as a kid isn’t a surprise if I think about it, but

It’s best if you forget about it because the only way to reach your goal is if you become a god, Hahahahaha, and please such a thing is impossible because gods don’t exist only the strong cultivators who can level seas and split mountains apart with one punch can shamelessly call themselves gods,

and force authority through fear.” She said, shaking her head and her voice carrying mockery for the pipe dream a kid like me held.

I clenched my hands, “Then a god is what I will become if it is what I have to do,” I said

I don’t know why but maybe me truly wanting to atone for my sins caused a sudden change in the system.

*Objective god builder destination set*

*Reconfiguration to the system, all settings set to assist the user to godhood*

*Builder mission objectives to be completed*

-1hr in mind realm to study blueprints

-kill 200  Molens collect blood

-Gain 50 forge points

*Have 24hrs to complete*

Penalty

*70 forge points debt*

She stopped laughing and with a poker face, “What an utter fool, I hate stupid men,” she said

“Then good thing I’m not a man yet,” I said with a low tone

She got up and rested on my lap as she patted my head, only to feel a surge of energy enter my mind causing a lustful surge making my little man try to have a peek

“Well look at that if he does that then you are already a man,” she said

“Now listen up S10 might be strong and like to protect the weak sometimes, but she is more of a monster than me, and sometimes this scares me of what she will end up as in the future,” she said as she got up.

Walking away to the door, “She might be my daughter but even I don’t know where she came from, because I found her as a baby, and she grew to have succubus features like me,

She too knows this and seeks power to know her origins. Now make sure you take care of her because I might not make it in this battle,” she said as she walked out the stone room.

A moment after she walked out the stone room a voice sounded out “Little dwarf step out the hut now,” said a thunderous voice