4 The day it all changed

Rudra was plowing the fields with his thin arms he was exhausted very quickly but in this world, with no internet or tv, this was what Rudra had picked up on as a hobby, farming it was not the best hobby but it kept him busy of his time 3 months have already passed since he had come to this world and since he had become Rishi Giri he had no prior experience as a farmer he had grown some potted flowers in his balcony garden but how can that be compared to real farming. Each day he would come here with some teen from the clan who would help him in the fields. He had been feeling very proud lately,

'I really know how to act like an elder hoho... look at these babies, I am mentally just like their age but haha it's fun to just to act like an old gramps can't deny the perks"

As Rudra was amusing himself he felt he could go for a swim in the lake,

'Maybe I can try fishing'

' I have never fished before all I know is that any normal 21st-century guy would know but I really wanna eat fish the only meat I have eaten since coming to this world is the simple catch from the forest or our home reared chicken'

He carried a net from his home and moved to the bank of Pearl Lake

'I don't have a fishing rod, should I first try using a spear to fish first then I can try the nets at last'

He started sharpening a branch from a nearby bush to make wooden spears with his knife,

'Hmm this will do'

Then he started to catch fish in the bank of the lake but his aim was so poor he couldn't even catch one of them.

Soon he started swimming trying to catch fishes using nets he reached the middle of the lake

he was enjoying swimming in the lake water he blamed himself for not trying this earlier he was an excellent swimmer.

'Looks like I carried my swimming talent over with me, the water here feels cold and nice unlike the ones in my previous world all of the polluted'

While he was humming a calming melody and swimming without a care of the world he was astonished to find a spire in the lake.

"What is this?"

He quickly swam near the top of the sunken tower it was a jet black tower it appeared as if it was absorbing all the light around it he had never seen a tower so grandiose like this one in his life carved intricately to form various runes from what little information he had of the world it appeared to be a mage tower or was it a cultivation abode of an immortal cultivator?

'Why does it flicker in and out of sight?'

"Will there be danger?"

He hesitated a bit before diving downwards

'What am I afraid of maybe this is my breakthrough in hit s world maybe I can find a life elongating pellet that may just expand my dried out life by a few years the commons ones don't work on me anymore.'

He reassured himself, After diving down he came across the entrance to the tower and entered it swiftly there was a lathery layer on the entrance when he entered it the inside of the tower was void of the water.

'Damn I almost drowned there it was a long way down here who would build a sunken tower'

he had confirmed his suspicion that it was an underwater tower due to the soapy film at the entrance

'People of this world were a bit too hmmm...'

He was pondering over stuff when he heard loud footsteps coming towards him, he quickly hid near a pillar.

Hoo a large Goat headed Monstrosity passed by the pillar he was headed behind towards the entrance it was about 8 meters tall and carried a massive ax in its hand.

'Fuck I almost screamed in horror I know I'm in a fantasy world but shouldn't the beginner monster be goblins I can't take this stress my luck would get me killed again'

He quickly ran down the corridor in the opposite direction of the goat monster soon he reached the helical stairway part of the tower.

'Usually, the fun stuff is at top of the tower but as the cultivator who built it is retarded; let's go down instead'

Rudra ran down the stairs till his joints started hurting

'Damn this old body, huff huff' but he kept on running till he reached the end of the stairway which was a large lobby empty except for a casket in the middle,

'Ha...ha.... this much effort just to bury a dead body, and u leave no treasure behind not even a candlestick'

'Lets first open the coffin maybe he buried with his treasure', he was too tired to even move so he sat on the ground to catch his breath.

"I hate stairs the most, my poor knees"

After a good 15mins of rest, Rudra stood up and moved to the coffin removing the lid

He saw a bald man with a lion tattoo on his bald head and his entire face. He was buried with a book and a mace.

"Yoink, Maybe its cultivation manual haha it's truly my lucky day"

Rudra took a book moreover tried opening it but he couldn't open it fuck don't tell me my arms don't have the muscle to open this book. But suddenly his hands froze because he saw the bald man staring at him with his one hand gripping the book.

"Fuck, I'm dead", cried Rudra