Chapter 13: New Beginning

The sounds of murmuring and footsteps echoed in Syrme ears.

"Where did I leave the sample?" A rough voice was saying to itself.

"AH! Here it is! I knew... YES!" The voice continued. Syrme opened his eyes slowly to see the owner of the sound. He was writing something on his desk. In his back, he had tied a massive flask with a strange green liquid.

"The Subject #3029. Unique anatomy, his muscles are very dense and well developed. Subject is almost resistant to the majority of poisons thanks to a strong immune system. His blood... is heavily accented with MAGIC! HAHAHAHAHAHA! With this! This magic! It is the first time I see magic so hyper-aware! Like it doesn't want to be STUDIED! So different! I love new things! Time to study more. Now..." The rambling man turned around and came into his now awake subject.

The man had bandages that covered his low part of the face, and his eyes were unfocused. His pupils were almost non-existent. It seemed like he was into some powerful drugs. Additionally, he had two shoulder plates with spikes protecting his shoulders.

The room was full of flasks of all types of liquids and gases. With tools hanging all over the place, each device of any medical or experimental needs. Such as scalpels, needles, scissors, rubber gloves, bone saws, specimen jars...

"Who are you?" Syrme asked, trying to free himself from his chains. However, he was still weak from the fight and the intense travel.

'System, where are we?' Syrme thought, deliriously.

[ Host is currently in Mad Chemist's Laboratory in the City of Iron and Glass, Zaun. Universe Nº: ??0000023 ]

'Zaun...?' Syrme thought with familiarity.

"Runeterra...?" Syrme murmured.

"OH! You are awake! FINALLY! I was beginning-" He trailed, but Syrme thoughts were elsewhere.

'System! How do I come back?! How many points for that?!' Syrme asked the System.

[ Is impossible to travel dimensions with just points of the System, but if the host wants to travel, he only needs to unlock a skill or a trait that permits do the action itself ]

'Tell me the cheapest one.'

[ Host first needs to buy chakra pathways, and keep purchasing bloodlines until you come into the Rinne-Sharingan. With the Rinne-Sharingan a skill is included to travel to the dimension in mind]

[ Cost of chakra pathways: 1,000,000 StP ]

[ Cost of Sharingan: 1,500,000 StP ]

[ Cost of Mangekyo Sharingan: 5,000,000 StP ]

[ Cost of Eternal Magekyo Sharingan: 10,000,000 StP ]

[ Cost of Rinnegan: 12,000,000 StP ]

[ Cost of Rinne-Sharingan: 20,000,000 StP ]

[ In that order; But if the host wants another ability to cross dimensions he also has: ]

[ True Magic Nº2 (Kaleidoscope): 1,000,000,000 StP ]

[ Host StP= 2,103,500 ]

While the mad man kept talking to himself, in the meantime, Syrme was beginning to gain strength. At present, Syrme deduced from the location and aspect of this man that he was Singed. The man who 'created' Warwick, the Mad Chemist. Syrme asked the System in which level the champions of the league were in comparison to him. Apparently, even the weakest of the Champions could hold a fight against him.

They had different magics, technology, anatomy...

Syrme specialized in speed and variety. Given the help from the System, those two things were perfect. What he needed now was a set of special skills — not just Kenjutsu or Taijutsu. Magic from Harry Potter was good for distractions and daily things, but they weren't as good in combat as Chakra, or Magecraft, or even Haki.

'System, tell me available quests.'

[ Quest: Becoming an Animagus. StP= 1,000,000 ]

-Hold the leaf of mandrake in your mouth for an entire month.

-Recite the incantation "Amato Animo Animato Animagus" on a daily basis with a hand in your heart.

-Drink the Animagus potion during a lightning storm.

An: In the nights, you will discover what animal/animals you are deeply connected in the form of dreams.

[ Quest: Explore Zaun. StP= 3,000,000 ]

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[ Quest: Be famous! StP=10,000,000 for each city ]

-Make yourself known in all Runeterra.

[ Quest: Fight Champions. StP= x for each champion ]

-Win against any champion of the league.

[ Quest: Help Champions. StP= x for each champion ]

-Help any champion of the league.

Syrme only had 2,000,000. And his goal was 49,500,000.

'This is going to take a while...'

[ Host doesn't need to worry, he is in luck. The time dilation between these two universes are ratio 200:1, which means 200 days in this place is only 1 day in your previous universe ]

'I need to get stronger...'

He reinforced his body and snapped his thick chains. Singed backed away with surprise.

"Impossible! Those chains are supposed to suppress any kind of magic!" Singed exclaimed.

'I need to get stronger...'

Singed ran to several chemicals and tried to throw the gases to Syrme. But he put his breathing mask.

'I need to get stronger...for Sebas, for Mike, for Evelyn, for Alex...'

'Voldemort...'

"VOLDEMORT!" Syrme spat the name with rage. His killing intent was invading the room, making it seem like the gravity increased tenfold. Due to his high speed recovering, his body was almost healed of everything.

'System, buy the Chakra Pathways.'

[ Purchased complete. Installing hand signs. Verifying compatible element... compatible element found: Lightning, Fire. ]

Singed tried to restrain him again with other chains from the back. While he was taking the chains, he also drank an emergency potion. After drinking the potion, Singed started to become more erratic and agile.

Syrme quickly jumped out the window from the laboratory, and when he turned around in the air, he made several hand signs.

'Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu! (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)' He spat a grand fireball from his mouth into the heart of the small building. When Syrme finished with the technique, the building was in flames. He didn't want to fight another person so early on, so he escaped from the place and decided to investigate the location where the orb sent him.

Zaun.

Machinery and steam engines were hanging in the streets, the floor, and walls covered in sick substances. Industry buildings were highly-common in each zone; the air was heavy, dirty, toxic... Singed lived in his laboratory in the depths of Zaun, so the place was meant to the people used to this kind of climate.

Rusted pillars, towers connected to the walls of the canyon, and people covered from head to toes in robes predominated in the polluted undercity. If you looked up, you could see the upper floors and the bridges that connected one after the other. In each corner, there were people with mechanical limbs or augmentations. For what Syrme saw there were a lot of Chemtech, and buildings with strange architecture. The urban city looked like Syrme imagined Gotham looked.

If Gotham had fewer crimes and more people willing to prosper and not destroy the city.

However, the city also had those who didn't really care if prospered or not.

Like Singed.

Syrme jumped between buildings, terraces, and emergency exits. With the help of Reinforcement and now the support of Chakra, he was like a blur. Looking around with his breathing mask, he could see the strange but somewhat awe-inspiring city. This was the place were a lot of geniuses and inventors were born or made.

But, he soon realized he needed a place to live at the moment. So he started to search in the upper and bottom levels. In each level, the difference was noticeable. In the high levels, the 'Prenomande Level', the wealthy people of Zaun gather to shop, dine, and trade goods and supplies from below. Coexisting alongside the lower districts of Piltover.

In the middle, the 'Entresol Level', assassins, brokers, dealers, traffickers, and entertainers mingle in cliff-dug trading posts and workshops. This level is where the majority of the work that allows the city to function takes place.

At the bottom, the 'Sump Level', is where the workers, mechanicians, and the majority of orphans are located. This would be the starting line for the residents of Zaun. Then, they climb their way to the top.

But almost always they stayed in the Entresol Level.

'Explore Zaun, search job, become an animagus... I need a lot of points. Famous? I could help any city from Runeterra, and with my skills, it shouldn't last before I become famous.'

'Job... Mercenary? Inventor? Scientist? More inclined to a militaristic side? Maybe, merchant, it would help me travel between cities. I have the help of the System, and I could exchange rare but useful cheap items from the System.'

'But I need more points, not wasting them. What about mercenary AND merchant?'

'A lot to do...'

'Guys...' Syrme sadly thought.

'I promise you. I will become stronger. I WILL come back.' Syrme promised.

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It turned out it was tough to find a place to live in Zaun. But Syrme conformed with a small motel in the sumps. Afterwards, he decided to start to investigate the levels, starting with the last one. The orphans and people in the street couldn't keep their precious belongings for much time because some armoured man, employed by the chem-barons to supervise the stilt-walking sump-scrappers and factory workers, made sure these unfortunates don't try to keep anything valuable for themselves.

In addition to these residents, some people spent all day picking and collecting wastes from the floor and trash bins.

Nothing was wasted in Zaun.

It was his second week in Zaun. Although he already heard of the way of becoming an animagus, experiencing it in person was another thing. Moreover, he had a slight suspicion he was connected to two animals.

The first was a Raven, the second one... he didn't know, but he knew it had eight legs, so he supposed it had to be a spider or something like that.

Syrme also began to adapt to the climate in Zaun without the need for a breathing mask.

"AJUNA!" A scream was heard in the vicinity.

The world stopped.

Syrme suddenly noted a Force was trying to rewind what he was doing, making him go backward from he was coming from.

After a moment, the Force also tried to erase all the memories of his last ten seconds.

'Why? How?'

But, Syrme put his mind barries at full force, creating a backup just in case. The Force stood no chance against the Occlumency at now S rank.

He tried to walk again to his previous destination. This time he was looking for the anomaly. Eventually, he found a group of kids, painting an old clockwork tower in the heart of Old Zaun. But, one kid fell off the spire, and another one launched onto him, trying to save him.

He miscalculated.

Syrme was going to save the kid in the last moment when he felt the force again — trying to wrench him backwards through swirling particles of time.

Doing it for the third time, Syrme went to the previous place. It was like nothing happened before-

The kid fell again.

'Again...?'

But this time, the sump-hero trying to save him made a different manoeuvre and saved the kid from the fatal fall.

He was rewinding time.

He was-

"Ekko." Syrme murmured, with wide eyes.

[ Stats ]

Lvl: 65

EXP: 1,802,000/5,070,000

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-True Name: Syrme

-Race: Human

-Age: 12 years

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-Strenght: 100

-Vitality: 200

-Dexterity: 300

-Intelligence: 275

-Wisdom: 300

-Charisma: 200

-Luck: 150

Points unassigned: 0

[ Host StP= 1,103,500 ]

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Origin: Dreams, Knowledge.

Magic Circuits: 30B

Magical Core: A++->S

Magical Trigger: Here I dream, here I learn.

Chakra Pathways: Lightning, Fire.

Chakra Reserves: Genin.

Chakra Control: 20%

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Skills:

[BLOODLINE/INNATE SKILLS]

-???: ???

-Death Wisdom: A+

-ID: Create/Escape: A

-Spellcasting: S++

-Speech: A++

-Instinct: B->A

-Apparition: A->S

[MIND]

-Occlumency: A+->S

-Thought acceleration: A++->S

-Memory Partition: B->A

-Memory Manipulation: B

-Mind's Eye (False): C->B

[COMBAT]

-Paranza Corta: S++

-Reinforcement: A++

-Northern ITF Taekwondo: A++

-Renewal Taekwondo: A++->S

-Mana Burst (Lightning): B->A

-Champuru Kendo (Mix): B->A+

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