Mika’s consciousness finally returned, and before she could check out what had happened to her body over the last 4 months, she was interrupted by several System notifications.

[Evolution Complete!]

[Congratulations, Host, for taking your first step towards the absolute peak of swordsmanship!]

[Unique Body Cultivation Path Unlocked: The Absolute Sword Body Path]

[Congratulations, Host! You have entered the 1st Realm of Body Cultivation!]

[Information on the first 3 Realms of The Absolute Sword Body are being released. More information will be released once the host reaches the Third Realm.]

[Status Window]

[Name: Mika Zoller]

[Titles: Body Of Mana(EX)]

[Species: Human]

[Class: Null(Swordsman)]

{Cultivation Techniques}

[Mana Gathering: ]

[Body: Absolute Sword Body Technique] 

{Attributes}

[Body Cultivation: Initial Absolute Sword Body]

[Essence Gathering Cultivation: 1st Stage Black Core]

[Affinities: [Fire(EX)] [Darkness(EX)]

{Skills}

[Mind Space Lv. 1]

[Meditation Lv. 1]

After reading all the System notifications, she started receiving knowledge on the first Three Realms of the Absolute Sword Body. They were:

1. Absolute Sword Body 

2. Absolute Sword Body: Sword Intent (Absolute Sword Intent is the shortened version)

3. Absolute Sword Body: Sword Will  (Absolute Sword Will is the shortened version)

She didn’t receive much information as there wasn’t much to the technique. It essentially boiled down to fighting, training, body tempering, and comprehension. Still, she discovered that as her Body Cultivation progresses through the sub-stages, at least in the 1st Realm, her body will mature, no matter her age.

The lack of information, however, does not mean that going down this path is any easier than the normal Body Cultivation Path. 

No, it is countless times more difficult to go down this path as it’s essentially the Body Cultivation Path and the Sword Path merged into one. 

Normally, they would be two completely different entities, as Body Cultivation strictly deals with strengthening the body. On the other hand, the Sword Path has almost nothing to do with the body and is more focused on comprehending the Sword. 

However, the Absolute Sword Body combines both of those paths into one, but that also means that to progress further down this path, one will need to further their comprehension of the Sword Path before they can progress any further in their bodily strength.

That’s not what truly makes this path difficult to progress in, though. 

The true challenge is that instead of one needing a vast amount of resources to Cultivate their body, the Absolute Sword Body Path has one using their own comprehension in the Sword Path to increase their bodily strength. 

For example, in the Absolute Sword Intent Realm, one will need to use their Sword Intent to destroy, rebuild, and strengthen their body from skin, muscles, bones, marrow, organs, and blood. 

This is an extremely slow and painful process and would be impossible for anyone to progress in if they don’t have an iron will, discipline, diligence, and talent in the Way of the Sword. 

There is a way to speed this process up, though. By going through Life-and-Death battles, of course! 

By constantly going into battle, one can further increase their comprehensive abilities, and by going down the Absolute Sword Body Path, one can even cultivate their body by going through those kinds of fights! 

However, this was all because of the System and the constitution it gave Mika. Without it, cultivating this technique would be impossible, even if she had mastered it. 

To cultivate, one needs to have a very specific body constitution that is simply impossible to have unless one’s body is restructured in the womb. 

It’s not just about something as simple as changing one’s bone structure. 

The System changed Mika on a molecular level and even beyond that. Everything in her body was changed so she could cultivate this technique. 

Mika didn’t quite understand what genes and molecules were and only had a rough idea of what ‘bone structure’ meant. 

However, she understood that her body was now stronger and perfect for using a sword.

In fact, she didn’t even need the system to tell her that. She could feel it. She can feel it even if she hasn’t been born yet. She can instinctually tell her body was made for the sword. She didn’t even need to hold a sword to understand this.

‘Amazing! Truly amazing! I knew the System was amazing, but I didn’t think it’d be this great! I didn’t even know there were different Realms in the Way of the Sword, or I guess the people here call it the Sword Path! Sword Intent? Sword Will? I didn’t even know such a thing existed! Though I think I did touch upon the Concept of Sword Intent. I might’ve even been in that Realm back on my home planet.’ Mika marveled.

[Of course, you didn’t, Host. Your Universe wasn’t advanced enough to have these concepts yet. Even if you did comprehend them, you wouldn’t be able to use them.]

Mika nodded, ‘I did feel like something was preventing me from progressing back in my previous life. Though, I guess that’s just how talented I was. I touched upon a concept that didn’t even exist in my universe or whatever it’s called. HAHAHA~!’

[Don’t look down on these concepts too much, Host. Most people might not be able to comprehend Sword Intent even if they spent their entire lives trying.]

‘Hmph! I’m sure that as long as I pick up a sword, it won’t take me long before I fully comprehend Sword Intent and even Sword Will in this new world where such a concept exists! F*ck, I’m so excited!’

Mika wanted to ramble on a bit more about how excited she was and how amazing and talented she was but was suddenly interrupted by a feeling of immense pain.

‘ARGH! What the hell was that?! System!! What’s going on?!’

[You are about to be born.]

‘WHAT?! ARRRGGGHHHH!!’

Mika screamed, but nobody could hear her yet. This kind of pain went on for many minutes or maybe even hours before Mika’s head popped out of her Mother’s belly. Soon after her head came the rest of her body, and before she knew it, Mika was born…

“WAAAAAAA!!”

… and crying. Well, that’s what it came out as, but in her mind, she was thinking of something totally different.

‘Being born f*cking hurts! No wonder babies always cry right after they’re born! It felt like I was in a tiny cave, and the only way to get out was for the cave walls to push me out by force! Luckily, I’ll never have to go through that again.’

Mika thought to herself as her baby instincts still forced her to cry. However, after a few minutes, her eyes opened, and she was immediately stunned by what she saw. 

In front of her were the two most attractive people she’d ever seen!

***

Meanwhile, on Cain and Elizabeth’s side.

Right after Elizabeth gave birth to their new little girl, Cain held her in his arms and was mesmerized by how adorable his new little daughter was! 

She had bright red hair, just like her Father, but instead of having dark red eyes like the rest of his children, she had pitch-black eyes. 

Cain hugged and caressed the child carefully for a few seconds before his eyes turned resolute. 

He couldn’t have his newborn child leave this room until she had some form of protection that prevented others from spying on her. 

“I’m sorry, Daughter. This might hurt a little, but please bear with it.”

Without hurting his daughter, he pricked her finger, extracted a tiny drop of her blood, and dropped it on the necklace he had prepared for her. 

The necklace immediately bonded with his daughter. Once the process was finished, he gently placed it around his daughter’s neck and decided that now was probably a good time to hand her over to his wife.

He looked over at his wife and noticed that she had finally caught her breath, although she did look extremely exhausted. They both knew that this delivery had been much longer and more difficult than what she had gone through with her other children. 

However, Elizabeth didn’t care about any of that and stared at her newborn baby.

“Good job, Honey. We gave birth to a beautiful baby girl! Here, I’ll pass her on to you.”

Elizabeth gave her Husband a gentle yet tired smile while holding out her arms. Cain understood her intentions, walked over to his wife, and gently put the baby in her arms with a loving smile.

Elizabeth brought the baby to her chest as she caressed her head and looked at her with an expression full of love. 

She was also a bit surprised at how adorable her daughter was. 

She didn’t want to compare, but if she had to, she would definitely say that she is the cutest of all her children, though all of them were extremely adorable when they were newborn babies. 

Looking at her newborn child, it didn’t take long for her to come up with a name. 

However, the name that appeared in her mind was a bit outdated. No, not just a bit. This name could be considered ancient, and rarely anyone uses this name anymore, at least on Eoburos. 

Elizabeth felt like it fit her daughter perfectly.

“Mika… From now on, your name will be Mika Zoller.”

“Mika, huh? It’s perfect, Honey.”

The Mother-Daughter pair fell asleep shortly after, and Cain was the only one left awake, but this didn’t bother the man. 

He knew that his wife had barely gotten any rest over the last 4 months while Mika was also constantly draining her body’s reserves, so even if she did get a nap, it wouldn’t be long before she was forced to eat something and meditate. 

He just watched them as they felt with a large smile on his face, but before he could do anything, his senses picked up three people nearby. 

Knowing who they were, his smile grew, and he looked over in their direction. 

He signaled them that it was okay to enter, and almost immediately, his three other children, Adam, Nathan, and Olivia, stumbled in. 

They were about to start talking and congratulating, but they saw their Father put his index finger up to his mouth, signaling them to be quiet.

They looked over and saw their Mother and new baby sister sleeping and knew why their Father wanted them to stay quiet. 

So instead, the three of them walked over next to their Dad to admire their new adorable little sister. Their hearts couldn’t help but melt at how adorable Mika looked. 

Even the normally playful Olivia felt her heart melt at this scene, and any thoughts of wanting to harass her little sister into playing were thrown out the window. 

Of course, she still wanted to play with her, but she definitely wouldn’t take it too far. She didn’t want such an adorable little sister to hate her in the future!

The four of them stood there admiring this scene for a while before they eventually left to wait until Elizabeth and the child woke up.