Origin System Status

Ark'tis has fallen to the R System's Eternal King.

Estimated W inertia lost: 92,204,373

Notable B losses: Arthur Samson [Wandering Hero lv. 198], Kylie Ralston [Stalwart Paladin lv. 177], Sine [Divine Core lv. 127], Karl [Uncommon Core lv. 377], Tristan Kelsin [Heretical Thief lv. 94]... [expand]

Notable R losses:

Notable events: Personal Systems of 3700+ Integrated returned the status upon attempting to analyze a [????] attack from the Eternal King. Attack power was later determined to have been equivalent in scale and power to that of a high-leveled [Legendary] or [Unique]-class skill. All Personal Systems were disabled. Fatality rate 99.83%.

Response formulating...

Note: All Personal Systems available at the time possessed intelligence levels roughly equivalent to a [Common]-class human with 3 INT.

Conclusion: Personal Systems for B Integrated were insufficiently intelligent to handle edge cases where R skill complexity outclassed processing capability.

Proposal: Increase Personal System intelligence.

Examining feasibility...

Issue: Personal System intelligence cannot be raised through increased mana nor through increased W inertia.

Proposal: Include reincarnated intelligence in Personal System.

Examining feasibility...

No immediate issues found.

Proposal: Initiate experiment with new reincarnation. Reincarnate one individual possessing high W inertia with a [Legendary] class. Reincarnate a second possessing high natural INT and high W inertia. Expend all mana resources necessary.

Proposal deemed feasible.

Initiating reincarnation process...

Target found!

Target Name Jerome Smith Target Age at Death 22 Target W Inertia

239,827

Target Natural INT

7

Abnormally high W inertia detected. Natural INT insufficient. Prioritizing reincarnation as classholder advised.

Reincarnating target...

Mana expended: 20

Increasing reincarnation parameters...

Reinitiating target's reincarnation...

Mana expended: 200

[process collapsed for brevity]

Reincarnation succeeded!

Mana expended: 20000

Initiating reincarnation process...

Target found!

Target Name Parker Wu Target Age at Death 19 Target W Inertia

38,317

Target Natural INT

17

High W inertia detected. Natural INT sufficient. Stronger targets currently unavailable.

Reincarnating target...

P-System Log

What the FUCK? I was walking down the street just now, I swear. Heard a truck of some kind coming my way, and now I'm... here.

What the hell is here, anyway? I can't see or hear anything, and I can't even feel my own body, but somehow I feel like I can perceive things. It's weird, I don't know how to explain it, but I can see without having actual visual sight? I have no idea what's happening.

Hold on. What's with this text? Are my thoughts being recorded?

Origin System Message

Reincarnation process complete.

Welcome to the Continent.

Your body in your homeworld has died. Your soul was selected to enter the Continent, a world of swords and sorcery in which the Eternal King reigns supreme.

There has been a deviation.

You will not be fighting the Eternal King yourself.

Your role will be to enable another.

You are now able to check your status.

Integration with target Jerome Smith will occur in thirty minutes.

P-System Log

Reincarnated into another world, huh? I've read and watched enough to see where this is going...

Matter of fact, even the enemy seems generic. Demon Lord, Eternal King, tomato, tomahto. It's just some big baddie that I'm gonna get tossed at.

But that didn't seem normal. Deviation? Enabling?

Integration?

A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.

I can... I still can't feel what's happening, but there's this innate sense I have, one that's gotten me to figure out how to open this log here. Can I use that to check my stats?

Parker [ALIAS: P-System]

Class Race Level PERSONAL_SYSTEM SYSTEM -

Stat Current Maximum W Inertia 38317 38317 Mana - - Health

Skills [W%M;G,P] Titles [System], [Reincarnator]

Other statistics have been deemed irrelevant.

P-System Log

...what the hell?

Whatever that was, I am pretty sure that wasn't what I'm supposed to be seeing. I just got reincarnated into a fantasy world, damn it! I should have special powers of some kind, some mission--

Well, I guess there is a mission. But what's up with that? The Class and Race classifiers looked like they were placeholders from some indie game that released their pre-alpha two months too early! That skill looks like a cat rolled over someone's keyboard! And who's this System to tell me that I shouldn't be allowed access to my stats?

Alright, Parker, think. You're not dumb.

...I'm talking to myself inside a blue box.

Never mind that. The "Origin System" there told me that I was going to need to assist someone else on their way to defeating the Demon--no, the Eternal King. Agh, the name is just so goddamn generic.

Anyway, that fact combined with my class being "PERSONAL_SYSTEM" (oh, neat, I can capitalize my thoughts (and put parentheses here, apparently)), indicates a pretty obvious answer.

I haven't been reincarnated into a body.

I'm going to be another body's System.

Origin System Message

Mana allotted to [Godkiller] Jerome Smith.

Tutorial allotted to [Godkiller] Jerome Smith.

Ready for Integration process.

P-System Log

Hold on. Tutorial? Why don't I get a tutorial? Am I supposed to just figure things out as I go along? What even is my purpose here? Am I going to be stuck in someone else's body? Am I going to have to work? Will I even have any control over myself?

And why couldn't I have gotten a better class?

Origin System Message

Beginning Integration process...

Mana consumed.

Mana consumed.

Mana consumed.

Reconfiguring...

System Integration complete!

Jerome Smith

Class Race Level Godkiller Human 1

Stat Current Maximum Mana 1000 1000 Health 500 500

Skills [Magic Missile lv. 1] Titles [Reincarnator]

Stat Modifier Total Strength +10 25 Magic +12 27 Insight -5 10 Constitution +8 23

P-System Log

I can see. Kind of. I've got a dome of perception right now, and some line of sight within it? The dome is strongest around a center point, and then it starts losing effectiveness maybe ten, twenty meters out. I'm going to have to test it out, later. I've got the same sightless perception inside it, like I can feel everything but my skin is really really numb.

I think... I think I might have gotten attached to a guy. I just saw the stats of this Jerome fella pop into my mind, and it looks like he's looking at them right now.

If everything I was told was true...

I suppose there's worse people I could've gotten attached to. This guy's stats look pretty solid, at least. Then again, having not seen anything else in this world, I can't really judge for sure.

We--or he, I guess, I still don't have a physical body--are in the middle of a grassy field, one with blades that go past Jerome's hip. Looks like he got reincarnated with Earth-style clothes. Jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, which has got to be making him hot. Not that I can tell, since I can't feel the temperature without focusing on it.

There's a town off in the distance, I think, but it's kind of fuzzy. Some deep part of me tells me that the name of that town is Maplecrest, and I'm not sure if I like that. Having knowledge that I didn't even know about... that indicates something weird with the Origin System.

Speaking of which, I totally forgot to be mad at it for sticking me somewhere without my consent! Like, what the hell, man? I didn't even get a tutorial!

Oh hey. There's an animal approaching Jerome. I have that same numb-touch blind-sight sensation with it, but there's something more. Like I can connect to it. Hang on, I'll try.

Nameless Wolf

Class Race Level - Wolf 1

Stat Current Maximum Mana 0 0 Health 20 20

Skills [Bite lv. 3], Titles -

Stat Modifier Total Strength - Magic - Insight - Constitution -

[Magic Missile] activating!

System Prompt Activate a [Magic Missile]. Mana invested: 10

P-System Log ...how the hell do I do this.