Demon King Leveling System

The Baby Who Slays Serpents

“You little cutie,” Fiona cooed, brushing her finger along Jordan's plump cheek. The baby smiled in reply.

"I like this lady. She's so loving," Jordan thought inwardly as he lifted his tiny hands playfully, inviting Fiona closer.

“Would you like to see a little magic trick?” Fiona asked softly, brushing the tip of her finger across Jordan's nose.

With a graceful wave of her hands through the invisible air, Fiona drew a delicate lines across the air, creating a shimmering arc of dazzling color. The dust floated across the room like mist of rainbows, bathing the space in beauty and wonders. Jordan was astonished. Though he could not speak, a chuckle bubbled from deep within him.

“This is so beautiful,” he thought inwardly.

In this new world, where Jordan had been reborn, there were four types of cultivators. The first were the Medical Cultivators which are well known as the healers type cultivators. The second were the Shape-Shifters, who molded their energy to transform their bodies into various types of animals possessing the strength of the shape shifting animal they had changed to. The third were the Magical Cultivators, the rarest and strongest, able to mimic the abilities of other cultivators but within certain limits. And finally, the Elemental Cultivators types, masters of fire, wind, earth, and water, feared and respected as the second strongest. A special few possessed strong enough wills and talent to harness both energies of the cultivation and are able to interchangeably use it effectively.

Time passed like wind and it was already six months, Jordan was already trying to stand, wobbling as he attempted tiny steps. Fiona carried him to a mountainside garden, a sacred place adorned with countless flowers and a serene waterfall. It was said that this was one of Queen Laura’s favorite places where she came to feel the solace of nature.

Fiona set Jordan down and sat beside him singing a sweet melody while brushing her hands over his dark curly hair. “This place was one of your mother’s favorites,” Fiona said quietly. “I don’t know why, but as I’ve come here, I understand. The peace this place holds is like no other. It’s almost as if she still lingers here,” she added.

Fiona drew a long breath of the crisp mountain air and smiled down at Jordan. The boy gurgled in reply, attempting to form words.

“My little sweetheart, are you trying to say something?” Fiona giggled, brushing a finger along his plump cheek.

Just then, a colorful kite floated down from the skies and landed a short distance away. “Wow, such a beautiful kite! Where did it come from?” Fiona exclaimed.

“Wait for me, my little angel. Let me fetch it for you,” she added, then rose from the ground to go retrieve it.

Moments later as Fiona walked away, two massive pythons burst from the earth beside Jordan. They towered above him, one with scales of silvery-white, the other a deep, shimmering green. Their long fangs glinted, and terror surged within jurdan.

Fiona, too far to intervene, froze. As a Medical Cultivator, she possessed no defensive abilities, Neither attack abilities. At this point she has nothing to do.

A translucent screen appeared before Jordan's eyes, text blazing across it:

Host’s First Mission Task: Eliminate the python to earn rewards and level up.

Jordan was both terrified and bewildered. In his previous life and the memories he was having, he had never seen a snake this massive, much less faced one. Yet an instinct rose within him — a force guiding him to raise his tiny fingers and pour out his focus and concentration towards the last tips of his fingers directly to the massive python. Without hesitation, Jordan pointed his finger at the silvery beast as it surged forward, jaws gaping wide.

Then it happened. A beam of light shot out from Jordan's tiny finger, slicing through the air and tearing the python apart, the force and wave was so strong that even the clouds were moved. The beast’s head split cleanly in two, and its body crashed to the ground.