In the middle of a dense forest, a small child with pale white skin, red eyes, and silky black hair wakes up, rubbing his eyes. The child takes a moment to look around and then smiles. "Yes, finally my wish fulfilled," he says to himself. However, he soon remembers something and sighs. "But again I have to complete the gods' request...ugh, what a pain..."
Suddenly, he hears an old man's voice. "Ivan, oh, so that's how you feel, eh?" Ivan panics and says, "N-no, of course not. I was just saying it casually. It is not as if I hate it. But instead, I am happy. Yeah... happy." The old man repeats, "Happy? Um... why?" Ivan replies immediately, "Because with that, at least I have a goal, and I will know that I am going somewhere."
The old man chuckles and says, "Good then. But you don't have to rush. Just take it slowly. You have a long life ahead of yourself. So, take your time and enjoy everything nicely. Enjoy everything you have never got to enjoy."
Ivan suddenly feels down and says, "Y-Yeah, right." The old man says, "You don't need to think about the past anymore. You have a very long life ahead of yourself. By long, I mean very, very long. If I have to estimate, it would be around 10,000 years or so." Ivan gets surprised and says, "W-What? 10,000 years? Isn't that too long?" The old man continues, "You don't have to worry about that. Just focus on living your life and your goal. Time will pass without you noticing."
Ivan nods awkwardly and gives out a sigh. The old man speaks again, "Oh, I nearly forgot to tell you, but I have prepared something for you that will help you very much." Ivan's eyes light up, and in an excited voice, he says, "What is it? Are you giving me the golden key?" The old man giggles and says, "Nope." Ivan feels dejected when the man continues, "But it will help you to obtain the golden key." Ivan suddenly is full of energy and says, "What is it?" The old man says, "You will know after a bit. But be sure to fulfill all your wishes in this life. I cannot do it another time." Ivan smiles and says, "Don't worry. I will do my best." The old man gives a sigh and says in a caring tone, "With that being said, I will take my leave now. And after I will leave, you will get your gift."
The voice fades away, and so does the smile on Ivan's face. He looks at his small body and thinks, "Live my life the best, huh?" Suddenly, he hears a female voice resonate in his head.
"Good morning, my lord. I am Aster, and I am your guide. My job is to provide you with information related to this world, along with your stats, your skills, and any other things related to you."
Ivan gets startled, but after a few seconds, he tries to say something, but Aster speaks before he can. "Yes, I am the gift God was talking about. He specially created me for this purpose. And yes, I will be the one who will help you to achieve the Golden Key of Ascendence."
Ivan's face is full of questions, and again, just before he tries to open his mouth, Aster speaks. "Yes, I am capable of reading the lord's thoughts and understanding the lord's emotions."
Ivan falls into a daze for while being overwhelmed by all the information he received. He was finally getting over the fact that he had really incarnated and now all of a sudden a voice pops up in his head and reading his thoughts too.
Ivan, a Vampire Lord, is suddenly awoken by a notification from his assistant Aster. The notification shows Ivan's emotional state, which is currently very angry and irritated. Ivan gets frustrated with Aster for reading his mind and expresses his annoyance. But, his frustration is cut short by another notification from Aster about an urgent quest.
The quest involves taking down a monster , who is rapidly approaching Ivan's location. The reward for completing the quest is 50 experience points and a new skill called Dark Blade, which is a weapon created from dark energy that can be used to attack from a distance. Aster advises Ivan to attack the monster's head, as it is its weak point.
When the monster finally arrives, Ivan is initially stunned by its appearance, with its green body, huge chains, blood-shot eyes, and lizard-like head. However, he quickly remembers Aster's advice and kicks the monster in the head with all his strength. The monster's head flies off, and its blue blood spills everywhere.
Aster congratulates Ivan on completing the quest and unlocking the new skill. Ivan is amazed at his own strength and asks Aster to show him his power levels. Aster tells him that he can simply say "status" to access his current levels, which Ivan does.
Ivan is shocked to see that his stats are off the charts, with 500 attack, 100 agility, 100 stamina, 100 defense, and a mana capacity of 100000000 out of 100000000. He also learns that he is a magic warrior and has two skills, Dark Blade at level 1 and Close Combat at level 3. Ivan can't believe how powerful he is and feels a bit uneasy about it.
Suddenly, Aster alerts Ivan that a group of elves is about to arrive. She advises him to tell them that he woke up there and has no memory of how he got there, other than his name and that he is a vampire. Ivan is confused but decides to follow Aster's advice.
When the group of elves arrives, they are shocked to see Ivan and the dead monster. They demand to know who he is and what he's doing there. After some hesitation, Ivan tells them the truth, that he woke up there with no memory of how he got there and had to fight the monster to defend himself. The elves seem a little bit skeptical with his explanation because no matter what race he is from, a kid is still a kid and being able to defeat a demon just creates more questions even though the demon wasn't that particularly strong a demon is still a demon but since the knights thought that he was that powerful lowered their guard a bit.
The knights in the group search the monster's body and find a monster core, a stone that is present in all monsters and ranked according to their level. The core from the monster Ivan defeated is of a high level, which impresses the knights. And while keeping a little distance between them and Ivan they discuss about their next course of action, discussing amongst them about what to do with him. After a short while they decide to take him to the city and let the higher ups decide. They weren't particularly afraid of him since welp they thought what could a kid really do.
While the knights are discussing, Aster is explaining details about the earlier situation to Ivan.
[ They are called monster core. Apparently every monster in this world has one whether it is big or small. And they are all ranked according to the level of monsters. The level of monster you just killed is of level 3. The level goes from 1 and all the way up to 10. They are used for making various items in this world.] Ivan slowly nods his head.
At the same time a female elf calls out to him and says" Would you like to go to the city with us?" After hearing it Ivan smiles innocently making the elf blush due to his charm. The elf thinks about why she is feeling this way towards a child. And feels a bit weird. " Of course i would love to go with you guys." After saying that Ivan leaves with the soldiers for the city. After an hour of walk, They are now finally standing Infront of huge gate, really really huge gate. Which is probably the gate to the city...