Creed Of Heaven

Chapter 1: Clairvoyance

The early summer morning sun wasn't too harsh yet, but standing in one spot under its rays for a while wasn't exactly comfortable. A cool breeze swept through, stirring the golden wheat field into a soft rustling chorus. 

The stalks bent in waves and from the middle of it all, a young guy stepped out—plain white T-shirt, navy blue pants, looking like he had no clue where he was.

Lu Xiao, male, 25 years old, just another corporate drone.

Thanks to a running habit from his university days, his 1.82-meter frame stayed in decent shape—not like most of his office buddies, who were either puffed up from snacks or whittled down to bones by stress. He'd always prided himself on dodging that fate.

It was early morning, the time when Lu Xiao, a white-collar grunt, should've been scrambling through his routine—rushing out the door, hopping the subway to the company. He'd bolted from his apartment that morning, ready to cross the familiar stretch of greenery outside his building and head to work. But the second he stepped past the gate, that usual patch of shrubs and pavement was gone. In its place stretched a massive, endless plain, wild and unfamiliar, with no warning or explanation.

As Lu Xiao stood there, dazed and scanning the horizon, a voice piped up in his head—flat, mechanical, impossible to peg as male or female.

"Host binding successful. Temporal-Spatial transfer complete. Please prepare yourself, Host. World mission will be issued shortly."

For young people these days, kicking back with a web novel was a pretty standard way to kill time. Lu Xiao was one of them—an avid reader who'd sunk hours into those stories online. 

System novels had been huge lately, and he'd read plenty where some lucky protagonist got saddled with a system and went off to conquer the world. He just never thought he'd end up as one of those protagonists, tagged as a "Host" himself. He'd always pictured himself as the sidekick type, not the guy thrust into the spotlight with an AI babysitter.

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After a quick, fumbling chat with the system's AI, Lu Xiao rubbed his temples, grimacing as he sorted out his situation. He'd tried digging into where this system came from, but every question got shot down with a cold "Insufficient clearance." No dice there. 

Still, it was pretty open about what it was and what he could do with it, laying out the basics in detail. He leaned against a gnarled olive tree sprouting from the field's edge and let the info sink in while the breeze tugged at his shirt.

In simple terms, Lu Xiao had been snagged by a system drifting through the multiverse—a random stroke of luck, apparently. Now he was a traveler, stuck hopping between endless worlds. The downside? He didn't get to pick where he landed. The system called the shots, and he just had to roll with it. 

He couldn't help but wonder who—or what—had built this thing. Was it some bored god's pet project? A glitch in reality? The system's silence on that front left him chewing his lip, imagination running wild.

Every new world came with a mission tied to it. Finish the job, and he'd bounce back to his own world for some downtime, waiting until the system pinged him with a new task and dragged him off again. Each completed mission earned him a lottery draw, with extra rewards depending on how well he pulled it off. The prizes came from the world he was in—could be skills the heroes or villains used, maybe some hefty gear. Quality was a gamble, but the system swore he'd never walk away with nothing.

Lu Xiao had spent years playing gacha games, so he knew the drill. He wasn't the type to pull absolute trash every time, but he wasn't hitting the jackpot with one spin either—just average.

"Not bad," he mumbled. "A guaranteed reward's better than nothing. Good enough."

While poking around the system's functions, he stumbled on a decent perk. Since he was a first-timer with no real power, the system cut him a break: a newbie gift pack. It came with one free draw and a one-time special bonus for his first world. He perked up at that, picturing himself decked out with some legendary weapon or god-tier magic right off the bat.

The draw wasn't tied to any specific world. According to the system, if he got lucky, he might pull something insane—like something that could wreck planets. If he didn't, he might just end up with a sharpened pocketknife. 

Lu Xiao, seasoned from countless gacha spins, acted chill as he flicked the virtual wheel to life. It spun fast, flashing colors, and he kept his face blank—but inside, his heart was pounding. He crossed his fingers behind his back.

"Let's go for it! Any gods out there, hook me up with a killer start, please!"

The wheel slowed under his wide-eyed stare and clicked to a stop. The system's voice cut in.

"Congratulations, Host. Random prize awarded: Clairvoyance (D)."

Lu Xiao kept up his calm act. "Hm… wait, huh?!"

He tapped the prize info, and his expression shifted—half intrigued, half let down. "It's a solid skill, no doubt, but D-rank… isn't that a little low?" He paced a few steps, muttering to himself as he weighed it.

Clairvoyance came from the 'Type-Moon' world. At first glance, it just sounded like a vision boost, but it wasn't that simple. Higher ranks cranked it up big time—After A-rank, it could peek into the future or read minds, and EX-rank could see past, present, and future all at once. Lu Xiao, a casual fan who didn't know the lore inside out, remembered that the popular red-clad Archer had Clairvoyance at C-rank, if he wasn't mixing it up. D-rank felt like a consolation prize next to that.

"Clairvoyance (D): Passive skill. Adjustable vision range. Boosts eyesight a ton when active—can make out leaf veins a kilometer away."

In the setting of 'Type-Moon', most straight-up Archer-class had Clairvoyance as a built-in perk, just at different levels. There was Arash, the Persian hero players loved to mess with—his was A-rank, letting him glimpse the future in a small radius. Lu Xiao vaguely recalled fan art of Arash sniping from impossible distances, all thanks to that skill.

But here's where Lu Xiao's problem kicked in.

Clairvoyance was a bowman's skill, tailor-made for landing shots from miles off. And Lu Xiao? He'd never so much as touched a bow in his life. He snorted, picturing himself fumbling with a longbow, string snapping back to smack his face. "Great. I've got hawk eyes and no talons."

"So, this is just a fancy eyesight upgrade for me?" He slapped his forehead with a groan. "What am I supposed to do with this—Long-distance peeping?"

He tested it out anyway, tweaking his vision to zoom in. The wheat field snapped into sharp focus, stretching out ahead. A kilometer off, he spotted a stone castle sitting on a low hill—blocky, medieval, with rough walls and a faint haze of morning mist around it, giving it a slightly eerie look. 

Red-tiled rooftops peeked over the ramparts, and he caught the distant clang of a bell tolling, its echo rolling across the fields. Shadows moved along the walls—guards, maybe? The detail was uncanny; he could even see the weathered cracks in the stonework.

Lu Xiao didn't have time to gawk at the scenery. He'd been too wrapped up figuring out the system and his new trick to even think about where he'd landed.

"System," he said, half-exasperated, "You gonna drop that mission yet? Where am I, anyway?"

The reply came quick.

"World mission issued: Collect the Pieces of Eden. Acquire one to unlock the return system."

"Once the base mission's done, Host can pick return time—max one year. The more Pieces of Eden you snag, the better the rewards at settlement."

"Pieces of Eden?" Lu Xiao scratched his chin, mulling it over. "That sounds familiar…" He tilted his head, digging through mental archives of games and novels.

Then it hit him. His eyes lit up, and he smacked his palm with a grin. "Oh, yeah! This is the Assassin's Creed world! But which one?"