Liu Feng was completely confused. He really doesn't understand what the woman was talking about, especially since she clearly mentioned she was the Goddess of Magic.
"Pawn? What do you mean?" asked Liu Feng.
"There is a specific reason why I want to make you one of my important pawns."
With the woman's magic power, she brought forth a magic picture into the sky to display a projection of the light coming from the constellations. Liu Feng was truly amazed by what was presented before him.
The light formed an image of a story in the past, a great battle that destroyed a civilization and a planet.
Liu Feng saw clearly the figure of the Goddess of Magic there, standing on a red dragon blazing in flames.
"In that war, we won, but I lost my beast. It was defeated and turned into the beast's essence, flung far into an area beyond my reach," Aetherna replied.
From the image projection, Liu Feng saw the fire-red dragon belonging to the Goddess of Astral Magic.
What the woman said was true, the dragon changed from a giant to a small one like the shape of a single raindrop of intense red color.
The essence flew aimlessly outside the destroyed planet. Liu Feng saw that the Goddess of Astral Magic could not catch up due to her severely injured condition.
"Since the beast disappeared, my strength has been drastically reduced. I need it to recover my magic energy again," the woman replied.
She pointed her hand upwards and clenched her palm, making the projected image of the constellations vanish in favor of a black sky full of stars.
"Why should I help you? You were the one who kidnapped and dragged me here, I have no responsibility to help you," Liu Feng explained.
"Don't you want your research to be successful? Don't you want to uncover the mystery of your parents' disappearance?" asked Aetherna.
A pointed question, leaving Liu Feng speechless and dumbfounded. He squinted his eyes as he stared ahead, deeply wondering about why the woman knew many things about him.
"How do you know about me?" asks Liu Feng, curious.
The woman smiled widely. She gathers a magic ball in her hand, then flies it forward until it lands on Liu Feng's forehead, startling the man.
The scene around Liu Feng changed from the sky altar to the Shanghai city sky.
Accompanied by the Goddess of Astral Magic in the form of spirit energy, Liu Feng was so shocked to see his research building destroyed to burn all his years of hard work.
"My research building! All my research!" Liu Feng shouted.
Right now, the woman was showing the time of day after the explosion occurred. The police were still standing guard at the blast site, several journalists had gathered to seek news and take pictures.
Among them all, Liu Feng's attention was focused on a woman, his childhood friend Mei Yue.
Mei Yue was there accompanied by her friend, Li Mei. Liu Feng could see the sad look on her friend's face, like someone who felt lost.
"Yue Er?" greeted Liu Feng, flying low to touch her.
Surprise! His spirit energy body cannot touch Mei Yue, not even Li Mei. Liu Feng's hand seemed to pierce through their bodies like a gust of wind, which made him instantly ask the Goddess of Astral Magic.
"What happened?"
"After you teleported to the Sky Altar, the gathered magic energy began to surge and caused a chain reaction of explosions. That's what caused the huge explosion to destroy your research building," the Goddess of Astral Magic said.
"If you are willing to help me, I will not only help you return to the time before the explosion, but I will also help you understand the magic energy and basic seals of modern humans," explained Goddess Astral Magic.
"You mean, I can go home and change my destiny?"
"Sure."
Liu Feng was silent for a moment, returning his gaze forward to Mei Yue and Li Mei. Liu Feng really wants to return to his world, continuing his unfinished research. If the only way to return was to obey the woman's words, then Liu Feng would accept it.
"What should I do?"
The Goddess of Astral Magic could not hide her excitement. She stopped the projection and threw another red magic ball towards Liu Feng's forehead.
The magic ball hit right on the man's forehead, causing a turmoil of heat to be felt all over Liu Feng's body, making him seize up in pain with chest tightness.
[WARNING!]
[A high-level curse has been planted on the host]
"Wh-What? A curse?" asked Liu Feng, sweating while kneeling limply.
"The curse is necessary so that you don't forget your duty. Don't worry, the curse won't cause you to die," replied Aetherna, flying closer to Liu Feng.
"If you don't find the essence of the Chronos Fire Dragon beast soon, then the curse will stay. You won't die, even eating is tasteless, sex is lifeless, you will live in a gloomy eternity," the woman explained.
"Much better than death, isn't it?"
"No! Eternity is a much more painful suffering than death," Liu Feng replied, his eyes sharp.
"What is done, let it be done. I have planted the curse, only the power of the heavens can lift it," the woman in the red dress retorts, feeling unconcerned.
[Curse: Heavenly God]
[Description: The host will stay alive forever by removing the host's sense of lust. The impact is that the regen effect works 100% per second]
Liu Feng read the description. Immortality makes him unable to die, whether by disease or physical attack. He reconfirmed about the beneficial effects given to him, the goddess agreed.
"Even if your heart is pierced by a thousand swords, you will live thanks to your 100% regen ability," the woman said.
"If you become strong, immortality is like the gift of heaven. But if you are weak, then your story is over," she continued.
The man nodded, he knew what the consequences would be, after all, the goddess would not be able to let him go easily. He had to live up to what she wanted, so he could return to Earth.
"Alright. I will live with this curse on my body," the man replied.
The goddess nodded again, the matter of the high curse was over and Liu Feng accepted it well.
The woman went back to explain other things, mainly about reincarnation and Liu Feng's destination planet.
The planet that Liu Feng will go to was Gaia, one of the large planets with 7 large continents on it, populated by human and demon races.
The Goddess of Astral Magic displayed the shape of the planet Gaia to Liu Feng, similar to Earth with a suitable atmosphere for humans to survive.
Her reason for choosing the planet was because she detected the presence of the energy of the Chronos Fire Dragon beast essence there, even if it was only a small fragment of it.
"You will live and start your life from scratch there. You will be born as one of the people of a kingdom, I cannot decide exactly where you will live."
Liu Feng looked at the planet and witnessed the lives of the people, the civilization was similar to the medieval times, there was no renewable technology there yet.
They still use horses and buffaloes as a way of transportation, swords and magic as weapons. It was really something new to Liu Feng.
"I don't know. Will I be able to get used to living in a new environment like the middle ages?" asked Liu Feng.
"You can. You surely can."
The Goddess of Astral Magic seemed to close her eyes slowly, then began to open them firmly. She emitted red light into Liu Feng's eyes, making him feel pain in both eyes as if they were burned by hot flames.
[DING! Congratulations, you got the talent]
[Skill level: SSS-R]
[Skill Type: Magic]
[Skill name: Eye of the Beast King]
[Details: Host is able to communicate with beasts, form contracts, analyze beast abilities and weaknesses, control beasts without contracts, and heal contracted beasts]
Liu Feng felt a difference in his vision, it felt red around him when the Eye of the Beast King was active.
The Goddess of Astral Magic said it was one of her best abilities, she did not hesitate to hand over the ability to Liu Feng.
"Use it wisely. If you overdo it, your eyes could go blind," the woman replied.
"You will be reincarnated and lose your memories. However, you have nothing to worry about. After turning 12, you'll get your memories back in full," the goddess explained.
"And from then on, your duty officially begins. Do you understand?" asked the goddess, confirming to Liu Feng.
There was too much information that Liu Feng got from her. However, everything was easy to digest because of his ability to analyze and process information from his research experience. Liu Feng understood, he knew what to work on.
With a snap of the fingers, the Goddess of Astral Magic removes the sky altar and turns it into the sky of Planet Gaia.
Liu Feng lost his balance and fell from the sky at high speed, heading towards the Arcanis Kingdom on the Valthoria continent.
The woman smiled as she remained floating in the sky, her hands moving as if she was waving, giving her farewell to her favorite pawn.
"Good luck, Liu Feng."