Chapter 1 – The True Path Begins Here
In the legendary region, the Point of Convergence...
This region exists in a different time and place, separate from the vast infinite realms and the endless world of fantasy.
In this world, everyone who walks their own path gathers and competes with those in their ranks.
To make it fair, whenever someone on a path reaches a higher stage, they leave a copy and imprint of themselves, carrying everything about them: their strength, their personality, and their path at that current stage.
Then people from the past, present, and future gather and compete together:
– To improve themselves.
– To calm their souls.
– And for the most important reason:
To know who is the best.
In this world, there are countless ways to become stronger: the path of farmers, sorcerers, demons, order, martial arts, enlightenment, the body... and endless other paths.
But all of them, without exception, are classified as: No Level.
No matter how strong a person becomes, they will remain classified as No Level as long as they follow these paths.
The reason? Because the best way to become stronger is: the Path.
A path unique to the person themselves.
An individual and unique path that no one else can imitate.
This is the best way to become stronger.
In this path, which we will call "the Path," there are many levels.
Each level has stages, and each stage has ranks.
The difference between each rank and another is enormous and increases as we go higher. Even within the same rank, there is a big difference.
But the difference between stages? Impossible.
It is impossible for someone to surpass another who is at a higher stage.
As for the Point of Convergence, it is an area where copies from different stages, ranks, and levels of everyone who has realized their own path gather.
Currently, a huge and special celebration is held at the Point of Convergence, where all the people in the stage of "Liberation from Restrictions" will gather against one person.
That person is: unknown, or what we can call: the main character of this journey.
The reason?
In a huge arena, the area of which was larger than infinity itself,
Countless cheering voices echoed, with powers so majestic that if they were in the real world, they would have caused tremendous destruction. But because of the power of the Point of Convergence, the effect of these voices became useless.
What united these voices and cheers was one thing: they all chanted for the defeat of unknown.
A loud voice resounded throughout the arena:
"Bet, bet for everyone! Who will vote for unknown? And who will vote for ourselves in the stage of Liberation from Restrictions?!!"
After hearing this, countless strange creatures conversed, with beings of all shapes.
Conflicts broke out, and everyone began voting for themselves in the future, but they all thought one thing only:
We are certain to lose.
In a group made up of hundreds of people, people of different ages sat together, united by one thing: they all had the same face.
One of them turned to the others and said: "Who do we vote for?"
Another replied: "Do we have a choice? Everyone agreed to vote for them, even we agreed to that."
Another replied sarcastically: "Why should we do what they agreed on with us? We will gain a lot this time."
Another looked at him with a tone full of mockery and sarcasm: "Crazy? You want them to kill us?!!"
After hearing this, the group looked at each other and began laughing hysterically.
Then one of them spoke with a voice heard by everyone in the arena:
"We vote for unknown."
The arena fell silent for a moment, then curses erupted against the people in the group.
But this group did not care much about the reactions. They looked at each other a little, then closed their eyes.
After ten days passed, they opened their eyes and looked at the center of the arena.
The center of the arena began to look like another place, a place without laws. And for some reason, the concept of space no longer applied to that area, although it seemed to be part of the arena.
In the center of the arena, there was a countless group of creatures of different types and shapes, staring at one man.
This man was 1.86 meters tall, had long black hair, black eyes, and wore a black cloak. His face was cold, and his eyes were devoid of emotion.
Compared to the creatures around him, even the smallest made him look like a quark compared to a whole universe.
But despite that, he made them all tremble just by his presence.
When the people in the arena looked at this scene, they could do nothing but swallow their saliva.
Except that group which resembled unknown; they were smiling a savage smile.
One of them asked: "How much of his power do you think he will use?"
A man wearing glasses, holding a book and a pen, looked at him and said: "Nothing, as usual."
Suddenly, a very loud bell rang.
The bell announced that those who will fight must prepare.
The people who were going to fight unknown looked at him with seriousness and fear.
After the bell rang three times, the battle was announced to begin.
All the people in the arena attacked unknown in a strange way that made their powers blend together, strengthening their strike and raising their power to a terrifying level.
unknown's response was simple.
He raised his hand... then...
Everything stopped.
Everything entered a state of freeze.
Then unknown raised his Index up, then lowered his hand.
For some reason, everyone noticed that gesture despite their thoughts being frozen and everything about them stopping.
Then everyone felt their point of view, their bodies, and everything about them being torn and shredded.
At first, they were all there, and there was that overwhelming attack, and unknown.
Then suddenly...
only unknown remained in the place.
From unknown's perspective, in a place where space lost its meaning, there were lines... countless lines beyond numbers.
Each line differed from the other fundamentally, and each line represented something:
There were lines of speed, strength, combat power, skill, control, durability, time, space, yin, yang, yin-yang, cutting, sword, fire, water, the five elements, knowledge, understanding, inspiration, emotions, state, consumption, size, metaphysics, dimensions, superiority, immunity, inference...
And countless known and unknown, understood and misunderstood concepts, and endless, countless other abilities.
In the middle of this strange place, there was a man.
It was unknown.
unknown looked at how easily he defeated his opponents, shook his head and said sarcastically,
"They can't even handle the weakest possible application of me in battle, and they want to classify me with them?!!"
unknown mocked that, then sat down on the ground.
He began to think about the place he was currently in.
This place was the physical manifestation of his path.
Then unknown decided to close his eyes.
All these lines gathered into one big line behind him.
The name of his path was: The Perfect Line.
He began to remember how he realized his path and what events happened before that.
He remembered how his life began, then began to remember how he got here.
unknown smiled and said happily:
"My journey is truly enjoyable..."
But his voice turned serious:
"But I haven't even started the real journey yet.
Before I start it, I must analyze everything that has happened since I woke up."
unknown began as if looking in a certain direction.
Then...