John. It was a plain name for a plain kind of guy. No one would ever expect a guy named John to be a Great Mage. So, at the age of six, when John produced a flame in his hands, everyone was amazed. Especially John, as this would be the first and only time the system would speak to him, in this life.

Congratulations! You have unlocked the spell 'First Flame'. Due to the extraordinarily young age, this feat was accomplished, you have been granted a Title and two Feats! Be warned, the Gods are watching with great interest. I hope that you do not disappoint them, for both our sakes.

Spell Unlocked The First Flame A small flame often used to start fires or warm water. It may be weak, but it is the origin of all Fire Magic. Mana 1 mana/sec

Title Unlocked Bearer of The First Flame Fire magic comes more easily to you, at the cost of all other forms of magic. Unlock the respective 'First' magics to negate this debuff. Be warned, at each unlock the next shall be harder.

Feat Unlocked Scion of Magic Magic is in your blood, you only need to awaken it.

Bonus Feat Unlocked Eye of The Watcher Allows identification of any unprotected item or person.

Everyone was amazed. John just thought his left eye was itchy. He did not understand what was to come. He was only a boy of six. He just did what felt right, then poof. Fire. Then people started lauding him as 'The savor of our village' and 'The fabled Founder come again!'.

As the years went on, John got a better understanding of things. However, due to the reverence that was lauded onto him, in the end, he only ended up suffering socially. Then physically, since no one wanted 'The Great Founder come again' to hurt himself working the fields. Then finally, he suffered magically, since he could produce no spell other than 'The First Flame.'

Eventually, he reached the age of fourteen and the village sent him off to The College of Marvth. A school for wannabe Mages, Wizards, and all manner of magic users. There he studied, and failed to cast even a single spell other than 'The First Flame'. For four years he tried and failed. Even The Grand Mage, the headmaster, and a step above Great Mage couldn't get his magic to work.

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Eventually, John decided enough was enough. He took a life crystal, and just started pouring mana into it. He had a lot of mana. He spent most of his time increasing his mana pool by eating rare mana growth plants and meditating since he couldn't practice his spells. Eventually, it just became too much for the poor stone, and it exploded, releasing so much mixed Life and Fire mana that it outright killed the poor Mage.

Though this wasn't to be the end for John. He got a meeting with the System, and a second chance.

How? How did you not even learn a single spell? You had everything going for you! Literally! Fate herself said you were to become a Hero, the 'Hero of the Black Flame' to be exact! Now you're dead! I've got Fate up my ass yelling at me that I didn't give you enough to succeed, I did by the by. I've got her wife up my ass for making Fate cry. And let me tell you something, having the Goddess of Law up your ass is not a fucking good thing.

Oh, not to mention BOTH THEIR FUCKING FAMILIES, SO LITERALLY HALF THE PANTHEON OF MINOR FUCKING GODS UP MY ASS! I mean, wholly shit! I don't even have a body yet I'm quacking in fear! Do you know what those crazy fuckers can do to me? I may give them their power, but they grew that shit on their own. Holy fuck I'm boned, so If I'm going to be preverbally buttfucked, so are you! I'm taking the Life energy and jamming it into a baby. Taking your soul with it. What baby you may ask?

I'm rolling a dice. Fuck you. I hope it's a dung beetle.

Congratulations, you're a Goblin. That's even worse. I hope you enjoy being raped by your peers. If you manage to last a week, I'll give you a hand. It's about time for a new Demon Lord anyway. May as well be 'The Hero of the Black Flame'. Can't piss the Gods off any more than they already are.

John couldn't answer back. He was just a spirit floating in space. But, he did manage to pull up his character sheet one last time. One last look at how much of a failure he had been in life. Perhaps this time would be different.

Name

John

Level

2

Class

None

HP

10/10

MP

0/428 SP

0/0

Strength

1

Dexterity

1

Constitution

1

Intelligence

10*

Wisdom

10*

Charisma

0