1 Awakening. 1/2

'The day of my freedom is here, no longer will I be confined to this university, I have had a few job offers, mainly due the reputation of my Grandmother and me being her natural heir. I haven't really considered accepting any at the moment, I want to take a week to assess my life and see what the universe has prepared for me.'

"Zachary Blake, a masters in ancient medicines and a specialization in the art of Chinese medicine, please come up to the stage and collect your award."

A man aged 21 walked up the stage, his long black hair blocking most of his facial features, his crimson eyes hidden behind, peering into the souls of those he came across, the way he carried himself as he approached the stage, reeked of arrogance and a natural disinterest in those around him. Collecting his award, he slightly bowed and left the hall, leaving those there in a daze.

As he pushed through the doors, he fell in pain, his mind ceased to function as the world froze around him, a cold metallic voice said

*Host Alpha, 001 has been found, placing the system into the host's skull, warning this will be painful, please bare with us.*

Zac's screams rang out in the paused space, i felt as if his mind was being drilled into by a high powered drill, he could feel parts of his D.N.A being rewritten, his blood stopped pumping around his body, a chill filled him as the voice continued

*Host Alpha, 001, named Zachary Blake, has been granted the rank of admin. You have been selected to participate in a series of proxy wars by Gods, champions have been selected and given systems to help them grow, your God believes in teamwork and as a result your system is a shared one. You have been assigned as the King piece, the Leader, you role will be to lead the team into missions and build team cohesion so you can overcome those more powerful than yourself.*

"Why? Why me? Which Gods and who are my teammates? Are there rules I need to know about?"

*You have been selected due to the latent potential your body holds to comprehend the strengths of you Patron God as to who that is, you currently lack the credentials to know that information.*

"Of course I do."

*Moving on, your teammates will be randomly assigned to you from residents of other worlds, the Gods are only allowed to choose their King piece as to the other pieces, they are randomly selected and it is up to the king piece as to what role to give each member. You should note that each piece gives a boost to the team member depending on the piece they are assigned, for example, a rook gains strength and defence while a Knight gains speed and reflexes. *

"So you ripped off chess?"

*Essentially Yes, the gods are weird like that. As to rules, anything goes, as long as you are doing it to complete the mission there will not be any major consequences however please note that you can die and other system users will also play by the same rules. Murder is allowed and some mission will require it, if you die in another world you stay dead, if you die here, you will die. The systems do not have favorites.*

"One final question, how do I get power, if your master did his research like you said he did then he would know that I can heal and kill at the cost of my own life. Not very useful in a war of attrition."

*Master said you would say this, he told me to remind you of the contract you are running away from, the blood he gifted you in your moment of weakness, he said if you want power, use what he has already provided to you, after all wasting it is not going to be good in the long term...*

Instantly Zac thought of the thing that was hidden deep in his spiritual world, the reason he stopped cultivating, the blood of a primal Demon, power but at the cost of what little of his humanity that was left. In his darkest moment, the death of his mother, he made a pact with a Demon lord, the pact would grant him the power to avenge his mother, the price however, the price was not his soul but his essence as a human, he would cease to be one, becoming the demon lord's adopted son.

His heir, the enemy of cultivators, his grandmother's enemy, a Demon.