Chapter 1
Nick came to after a series of unpleasant sensations. He could not understand what was happening to him at that moment, it was as if he was locked in something that was slowly squeezing him. Because of these sensations, his throat was constricted and he realized that he could not breathe. Nick panicked greatly and tried to open his eyes, but he did not see anything, he floundered and tried to break free, but after a few seconds he realized that he was not suffocating and stopped. Nick came to the conclusion that he did not need to breathe, stopped panicking and began to think about what was happening to him now. The last thing he remembered was lying in an ambulance after being hit by a car, it was a serious accident, the impact was such that he was thrown 15 meters further down the road. Luckily, the ambulance arrived quickly and he lost consciousness at that moment. Which led him to unpleasant thoughts about hallucinations.
Suddenly he was thrown out of this space, he saw a light and a group of people wrapping him in a towel, he had to quickly turn on his new reincarnated brain to understand that he was reborn, immediately began to scream like a baby. Among the many noises, he could not understand what the people around were saying. Nick turned his head to see how he was being handed over to mother, she was a very beautiful woman and this almost distracted him from the pleasant green light that was coming from the hands of one of the people dressed in white. Just by looking at mother's face, he immediately realized that she was getting healthier right before eyes. Nick very quickly came to the conclusion that this was healing magic. At that moment, his brain exploded among a bunch of possibilities:
Magic, magic, magic, magic, magic, magic, magic.
It took Nick a few minutes to calm down and think about everything. He began to think about the many new opportunities for his growth, but his new body failed him and he fell asleep.
***
Nick woke up in the middle of the night checking out his new little hands, he quickly noticed the girl dressed in a maid uniform and how quickly she left to call someone. The new language she spoke was very different from his native language. Nick was once again convinced of his new position as a Reincarnator. He tried to take a closer look at his surroundings, but other than hard wood and soft white light that shone from the ceiling, saw nothing. His bed was very well made, he tried to feel the blanket, with limited success due to his very weak hands, he felt that it was very soft and warm, even unrealistically soft. This is what he thought magic clouds should be like. Nick's stomach twisted and he felt a strong feeling of hunger. Now it became clear to him why he woke up in the middle of the night.
Well, damn, now I'll have to put up with myself for the next three years.
The door to his room opened, he saw his mother enter, in anticipation of food he tried to raise his hands so that she would feed him. His mother, as he expected, picked him up in her arms and he was able to enjoy her beauty again, her hair was a normal shade of brown, her eyes were light blue. However, her facial features were normal, but something about them attracted him. At this moment, Nick did not think much about it because he was very hungry. His mother quickly unbuttoned his shirt and pulled him into her arms.
***
After 15 minutes, Nick was placed in the cradle, he started to feel pretty good. Memories of a past life began to surface without conscious awareness. Nick was a simple person, he didn't have many hobbies, he mostly went to work, came back from it and sat down to read various novels and manga. He had to keep himself in shape after he realized how detrimental it was to his health. He remembered some happy and sad moments, having decided that he didn't need to become sad, he started thinking about new possibilities. Overall, this situation was very familiar to him and if he reincarnated, then in most cases there had to be a reason for it, after all, he lived in a world without magic and was a relatively ordinary person.
Damn, I hope this isn't some kind of apocalypse that brave heroes need to stop. Damn, I'm sure that it will be like this, but why hasn't some god come to me and given me a task? It gives me some relief, but I'm sure it won't last long.
After these thoughts he fell asleep again.
***
Early in the morning, he woke up with light shining into his eyes. Nick noticed the windows and was very surprised that they were made flawlessly. It was a work of art, such clear glass could not have been made in any other era of his world except the current one. Which led to the idea that it was made with magic. While Nick was thinking about the nature of glass and how it could be made with minimal effort, his mother came in and gave him another feeding session. Nick was still amazed at how beautiful and elegant she was.
I was definitely born into a noble family, and such behavior would hardly be possible in my world. She moves too nimbly, too gracefully, too beautifully. There is definitely magic involved. If this were LittleRPG, her charisma stats would be very high.
Nick was changed and left in bed under the care of a maid. He decided to do the most important thing a novice reincarnator could do, namely, try to see mana. Nick gathered all his mental strength to do this and stared intently at one point in his field of vision. He did not look at anything in particular, but at the space itself, as if he wanted to make a hole in it with his mind. It took him not much and not little, 10 minutes of his time. At this point, he decided to stop.
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If I don't see mana in the air, I'll try to look at the maid, the main thing is not to get stuck on one approach and not to get upset.
Nick thought encouragingly and decided to turn his attention to the girl in the maid's uniform, who looked to her 20 years old.The girl's blond hair was neatly folded into a bun, her face was very neat and beautiful, but Nick did not feel the same charisma that his mother had. She noticed his gaze and decided to do nothing. After examining her, Nick began to try to feel the mana that should be in her, he spent 10 minutes on this, but did not succeed. The only thing he got was the girl's strange look.
Hell, if it were that easy, everyone would be a mage, well i can of course do the simplest thing.
Nick began to think of the world as a video game, imagining a notification appearing in front of his eyes, mentally speaking, a status.
"Status"
Name: Dylan Ghostblade (Nick Miller)
Race: Evolved Human [Rare] Lv. 1
Class: Blocked
Class: Blocked
Health 40 HP 0.04 HP/hour
Mana 30 MP 0.02 MP/hour
Endurance 30 ST 0.4 ST/hour
Statistics:
Strength 2
Dexterity 2
Endurance 3
Vitality 4
Constitution 4
Intelligence 31
Wisdom 23
Mental Control 21
Willpower 31
Perception 11
Charisma 2
Mana output 5
Mana 3
Mana Regeneration 2
Luck 11
9 free attribute points
Titles: Otherworldly Reincarnator [Legendary+]
Racial Skills:
Quick Learning [Uncommon]
Low adaptability of characteristics [Common]
Minor adaptation [Common]
Small Mana Core [Common]
Skills:
Empty
Possible skills:
Knowledge of language (English) [Common],
Driving cars [Common],
Observation [Common],
Hand-to-hand combat [Common],
Leg fighting [Common], ...
Nick's status appeared before his eyes and he eagerly began to read it. The first thing he noticed was his name and surname, Dylan Ghostblade. He liked his new name and surname, but to be honest, it sounded too fancy for his taste. It definitely spoke of his family's higher status than that of an ordinary noble family. His stats looked normal for a Reincarnator, especially his high mental stats. He could tell that his other stats were below par, and that his luck stat was way too high, which in his opinion was also clear, he was a Reincarnator, he was lucky. But the fact that his magic stats were so low made him furious.
I want to become a mage, why so few? Why?
Having calmed down a bit, Nick turned his attention to his race, the Evolved Humans. The text window appeared before his eyes again.
Race: Evolved Human [Rare] 1-400 Lv.
Evolved Human is the evolution of your species, descended from Race: Human [Uncommon]. Evolved Human is an order of magnitude better than the average man in every way.
For 1 level you get:
Strength +1
Dexterity +1
Stamina +1
Vitality +1
Constitution +1
Mental Control +1
Willpower +1
Intelligence +1
Wisdom +1
Perception +1
Charisma +1
Luck +1
+9 free attribute points
Well, that explains a lot. But why won't an evolved human give me a magical characteristic? That seems like a setup! Very disappointing.
Nick continued to look at his status, everything was generally clear to him. Probably, classes were blocked due to age or level in the race. There were more characteristics than he thought, why do you need 4 mental characteristics? After concentrating a little, new windows popped up.
Intelligence - determines how quickly you can process information.
Wisdom - determines how good your memory is.
Mental Control – determines how accurately you can control various energies.
Willpower - determines the strength of your mind.
Nick read the pop-ups and realized that these would be his main stats, but what exactly was meant by the power of your mind, he wasn't sure. Looking at the stats further, he focused on the last six.
Perception - determines how accurate all your senses are.
Charisma - determines how other beings see you.
Mana Output - Determines how much mana per second you can extract from your core without damaging it, and how much unaspected mana you can infuse into your body without damaging it.
Mana - Determines the size of your mana reserve.
Mana Regeneration - Determines how quickly you can restore and regenerate your mana.
Luck - determines your luck ???.
After reading the definition of each stat, Nick realized that they didn't tell everything he wanted to know. If Mana Output was how much you could squeeze out of your Mana Core and hold in your body, that didn't explain exactly how much Mana you could hold in it without getting hurt. After all, it made sense that if he put all of his Mana into his body, nothing would happen to him because otherwise he would already be dead. He was sure there was more Mana in the air than the Mana Output stat suggested, but he felt fine despite that. And that meant the description didn't tell the whole story. The Mana stat was pretty clear, but the Mana Regeneration stat was a little unclear. If Mana Regeneration was how much he could produce passively, which was 0.02 per hour, then Mana Recovery was how fast he could absorb it from the air, but it was unclear how much more that number was than Passive Mana Regeneration. Nick started thinking about the luck statistics and decided to stop with great disappointment, as he was unlikely to be right about anything because of these question marks. Instead, he decided to test his racial skills.
Rapid Learning [Uncommon] - As a human, you have the skill that you need most to get to the top of the food chain. The skill allows you to learn different things and skills very quickly.
Adaptation of Minor Attributes [Common] - With this skill, you can develop your attributes by repeatedly performing actions; after receiving a certain number of attributes, this skill will stop working.
Minor Adaptation [Common] - As an individual, you can adapt to a certain extent to various things that are harmful to you and through this develop certain skills.
Lesser Mana Core [Common] - This skill determines the size of your mana reserve and the speed of its restoration and regeneration.
None of this told Nick anything about the very unusual abilities of his rare race. The only thing that made him happy was his title.
Otherworldly Reincarnator [Legendary+] - You have seen death and survived it to be reborn in a new body and in a new galaxy. The title gives a greater connection to the mana of space and the ability to better sense the energy of death, and also gives greater speed in learning any new languages.
Nick decided to pay attention to the last line: possible skills. Among them, he saw a bunch of actions from his past life, and as far as he understood, he could make a skill out of everything and develop it further. But among this whole system, one could see a significant drawback. What prevented someone from requesting a whole bunch of different skills? After all, this made any person superhuman in everything. He was sure that there was some limitation on the number of skills, although Nick did not understand where this limitation came from, maybe from characteristics, maybe from the level in race and classes. Nick continued to think about his status until he fell asleep.