The 1000th Reincarnation

Work for it? What does that mean?

Zephyr had accepted the deal without thinking since it was a pain to negotiate with a goddess who regarded him as something so insignificant. But he had no time to contemplate since as soon as he gained consciousness he was plummeting to his death down a massive ravine. 

SHIT

Zephyr's mind was racing, he couldn't die immediately right after reincarnation and he didn't know when he'll get the next chance to strike such a rare deal. His hands immediately try to grab onto the rocky wall of the ravine, his hands being scraped away whilst trying to slow himself down. He tries to hide the pain by clenching his teeth even though his hands feel like they are being ground down by the stone. His fingernails were almost completely broken and he lost his grip as he began tumbling down, hitting his head on a piece of stone. 

...

When Zephyr had woken up, he was at the bottom of the ravine. He tried to move his leg to get up, but a sharp pain shot through his leg. It seemed that his leg had immediately snapped when he had fallen to the bottom. Zephyr groaned at the situation he was in, realizing that the person he reincarnated into tried to throw himself into a ravine to kill himself. 

Zephyr tried to gather his thoughts thinking about how he should stop the calamity this time around, but most importantly, try and survive this insane predicament he's in right now. 

In the realm of Umbraxis, five different continents make up the world. Kyomora, a continent in the southeast that used the power of qi and sword arts to fight. In the northeast, Mystharow, a medieval civilization that used mana for mages and warriors contained a monarchy that ruled over the entire continent. The Nyxthorn thicket, a continent in the southwest containing a dark and eerie forest with Banshees, Chimeras, and shadow wraiths. A continent in the northwest, The Eclipsed Realm, where the sun never shines contains astral guardians and starforged beasts. 

The last realm was in the center of Umbraxis, The Voidscar Abyss. No one has ever come back alive from this mysterious abyss and even in Zephyr's 999 reincarnations, he had never gone inside the abyss. Inside the abyss, there were rumors of a "truth of books" that enticed many adventures who never came back after trying to search for this item. 

As Zephyr felt around his body, he realized that he had obtained the perfect body. Zephyr's body was able to utilize qi, mana, divine energy, and absorb dark energy.

Throughout his 999 attempts, he had always reincarnated back to the year 1452, but as different people each time. Each reincarnation he would be in a different area, whether it be in Mystharow or any of the other three continents, and only be able to absorb one type of energy. But in this reincarnation, he was able to absorb all four! 

Hah, looks like the Goddess kept her word. 

Zephyr was relieved that the Goddess was able to fulfill his request but it was a shame he couldn't use any of the abilities he learned in his other lives. Zephyr deduced that to get out of this ravine he would probably need to accumulate one of the four types of energy. Each of the four places had a specific type of energy that didn't let someone accumulate another type of energy in a place with a different type of energy. With this information, Zephyr realized that he could find out what place continent he was in at the moment. 

Alright let's start accumulating dark energy first. ... Nope. Divine energy? ... Nope. Qi?

When he started to accumulate qi, Zephyr felt a warm energy accumulating near his heart. Accumulating qi for the first time is dangerous since it is easy to mess up the formation of qi and blow up the person's heart in the process. People who start developing qi need someone else to control the qi in their bodies to find the right path to accumulate it efficiently and accurately. But Zephyr had done this dozens of times so it was natural for him to find the right path immediately. With this body, Zephyr was able to absorb qi twice as quickly as a normal person could. 

The cuts and bruises he had gotten during the fall immediately started healing and the qi had accelerated the healing of his broken leg. After 15 minutes, Zephyr was exhausted but happy that he was able to accumulate this much qi in one sitting. 

No time to waste, I have to find a way out of here. 

Even after almost falling to his death he remained calm and collected. This little predicament wouldn't set him back and finding out where he was and who he was in Kyomora was of utmost priority. 

Zephyr started to climb. Even though it hurt like hell to even move a muscle, Zephyr didn't care. He had to get to the top at any cost. With each movement Zephyr started to feel numb and halfway up the ravine, he could no longer feel his hands or feet. Zephyr could hardly even breathe. But if he fell now it would be over and there would be no second chance. 

When Zephyr reached the top, he pulled himself over the edge laying on his back to try and catch his breath. 

"Wow I have to deal with this right after I reincarnate, huh," he muttered under his breath. 

From the corner of Zephyr's eye, Zephyr immediately reacts to the dark silhouette, his body wearily trying to stand up.