An old man with white clothes was walking down the stairs of the entrance of a dojo. He had a well-developed body compared to people his age. He also lived longer than them, as he was currently 850 years old.
He walked past the entrance; he took a deep breath and let it out. He looked at the sunset one last time. He chuckled, then smiled.
'This is my last day.'
Before clenching his fist and grinning broadly, he extended his hand toward the sun.
'In this life, that is!'
He rejoiced and cried out in delight. And then he started crying, from happiness.
'Finally, after 850 years, I can get out of this hell!'
After that, he stopped his celebration and returned to the dojo, grinning, to await his death. Inside the dojo, he went to his room and lay down. His heart beating slower and slower.
'With this, I'll finish my 999th life..'
Eventually, his vision worsened and became hazy. Soon after, his vision faded. All he saw was a black emptiness surrounding him and his body, which appeared to have barely aged past twenty.
Then he saw a system appear directly before him. As it shows, he has 1,250 stat points remaining.
"1,250 stat points in one life?! That's the most I've gotten in a while!"
"Oh? What's this?"
A second window appeared directly before him. The man's eyes widen.
"That's insane.."
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: MASTER OF A THOUSAND LIVES
The creator of the system wants to express his gratitude for you, the Player reincarnating 999 times.
The creator decided to give you extra points for your 1000th life.
+2,215 Stat Points
"Two thousand extra stat points?!"
"That'll give me 3,465 stat points!"
"Open Attributes window.."
ATTRIBUTES
TALENT: 200
POTENTIAL: 390
CHARISMA: 536
LUCK: 129
GENETICS: 280
"With all of these points, there's no doubt I can max out my stats!"
"Put 800 points on Talent!"
"Put 610 points on Potential!"
"Put 464 points on Charisma!"
"Put 871 points on Luck!"
"Put 720 points on Genetics!"
ATTRIBUTES
TALENT: 1,000 (MAX)
POTENTIAL: 1,000 (MAX)
CHARISMA: 1,000 (MAX)
LUCK: 1,000 (MAX)
GENETICS: 1,000 (MAX)
"How ironic, I was about to just stay in this void and watch the world."
He peered down at the world he had entered in his previous life. Then he turned back to the system, specifically the Reincarnate button.
'Do I?'
'With all these stats, it's a waste to not regress back 850 years ago.'
His face showed skepticism and doubt, as if he were afraid to return.
'But I have to witness everything that happened..'
He contemplated for a long time, three and a half hours to be exact. He couldn't settle on a final answer. He sat down and sighed. He looked back at the system.
'I was just an ordinary boy, then this system just appeared when I died.'
'I could go back to my home after 999 lives, but it's a hard choice because this world I'm in is also my world but years ago.'
"What do you think, system? Do I regress back and set a foundation for a future of this world?"
WARNING: A MONSTROUS ENTITY HAS BEEN BORN IN THIS WORLD! IT IS NOT ADVISED TO REGRESS.
'What?! This is different..'
'This never happened in my last 999 lives.'
He stood up, walking away from the system window.
"Well, it's not advised to regress anyways."
His eyes widened again as he walked away, seeing another window appear in front of him.
MESSAGE FROM CREATOR: You must defeat this monstrous entity before you can go back to your original world
The man chuckled, finding the creator's message amusing.
"You sure do know how to negotiate, do you?"
He lifted his arm and smiled.
"I would like to have a word with you in our world once I get back, my dear friend."
He then pressed the Reincarnate button.