Chapter 4 - A New World
What the hell?
I had just been born. After almost 9 months spent ardously cultivating. Nonmoving. And this is what greets me...?
Please don't.
[Detected new Entity: "Noel"]
[The World recognizes your achievements]
[You have gained the Title "Reincarnator"]
- Requirements: Aquire memories of a previous life.
- Rewards:
Gained Skill [Secret Lv. Max]
[You have gained the Title "Dimensionwalker"]
- Requirements: Cross the Great Void and pass through the Dimensional Barrier.
- Rewards:
Gained Skill [Space Magic Lv. 0]
Gained Skill [Space Sense Lv. 0]
Gained Skill [Space Affinity Lv. 0]
[You have gained the Title "Pioneer"]
- Requirements: Develop a cultivation system recognized by the Worlds Will.
- Rewards:
Gained Skill [Mana Core Lv. 0]
Gained Skill [Mana Heart Lv. 0]
[You have gained the Title "Mana Scientist"]
- Requirements: Discover, research and understand and the fundamental principles behind Mana
- Rewards:
Gained Skill [Mana Sense Lv. 0]
Gained Skill [Mana Affinity Lv. 0]
[You have gained the Title "Mage"]
- Requirements: Sense and manipulate pure Mana.
- Rewards:
[Already gained [Mana Sense]]
Gained Skill [Mana Manipulation Lv. 0]
[You have gained the Title "Mana Thief"]
- Requirements: Steal bound Mana without being noticed
- Rewards:
Gained Skill [Mana Conversion lv. 0]
[Adjusting Skills to Experience]
[Mana Core Lv. 0 -> 1]
[Mana Sense Lv. 0 -> 4]
[Mana Manipulation lv. 0 -> 3]
[Mana Conversion lv. 0 -> 3]
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Seriously, what the hell?
I don't like this. I don't like this at all. It took them. It took my mana core and my mana heart. And replaced them with something ... similar? It certainly still feels like my mana. It is still bound to me. It still works the way I intended it to work. I think. But I don't understand it. It's better than what I had before. Definitely better. But is it really mine? I didn't make this.
I'm fine with everything else. If I'm beeing honest, I had considerd this. Being born in a world with something like a "system". But I had previously disregarded this Idea. I really tried. I tried every method I could think of to call up something like a status panel, but nothing ever happened. So I threw the Idea away.
And now this. This completely destroys the understanding I thought I had of this world. My new mother may not be as week as I thought. If skills exist that don't require Mana I'd have no way of knowing anyones strength. Though on second thought, the chances of something like that existing should be rather low. After all, where else would the required energy come from?
I hate this. I've always thought that having a "system" that gives you power directly is uncomfortable. Is the power aquired through this truly mine? Furthermore, it directly interfered with me. It replaced my own cultivation system with it's own creation. It feels like I'm a puppet on a string. Like I'm not the one in control. And I hate that.
Also this seems awfully convenient. Too convenient. The reward for [Reincarnator] was [Secret Lv. Max]. It "protects your status from prying eyes". For real? Way too clichée in my opinion. Of course there is a way to sneak a peak at someone elses status. And of course I, the person that really has something to hide gets it. If someone saw my status I'd be done for. Probably.
Anyways. A single good aspect about this whole thing is that I now know the name my new parents gave me. Noel, huh. If I remember my 6 years of half-assing french in school correctly, it stemms from the word "Noël". French for Christmas. How ironic.
But honestly, couldn't they at least give me something like [Language Lv. Max] along with the [Reincarnator] Title? I seriously don't want to learn a new language. Hell no. At least the Status Panel seems to be in English? I don't need to say how terrifying this is right? Please don't read my thoughts, thank you.
You know, I was serriously hyped about being born in a new world. But honestly? Beeing a baby sucks. Really sucks. Can't walk. Still can't really see. Can't eat on my own. Can't even control my bladder. Damn it, at least I can still control my mana.
I'm really not looking forward to the next year though. If they even count in years here. I hope thr daylight cycle here is not too different from Earth's 24 hours. I liked 24 hours a day.
Oh no, now that I think of it, all kinds of standard units will be different right? The chances of my new world using meters, gramms and seconds should be almost nonexistent after all.
Grass should still be green tough, right?