“Beginner’s Gift Pack”
Heh.
As everyone knows, a beginner’s gift pack is all about luck—your RP.
If your luck is good enough, even pulling a Red Card isn’t impossible!
Being the one lucky success out of hundreds of millions—if that isn’t maxed-out luck, then what is?
As for this “Ultimate Talent System,” he could study it later.
Now wasn’t the time for academic research.
Arrows were whizzing through the air, bullets were flying everywhere.
Even if he was hiding behind a rock, what if one of them ricocheted?
He had only just transmigrated.
If he got accidentally killed before even activating his system, that would be unbelievably unlucky.
Looking at the drag marks across the beach, his soaking wet clothes, and the messy footprints behind the rock, there was no doubt that the heroine had rescued him from the sea and dragged him here.
Thinking back to that soft, warm sensation on his lips before he completely blacked out…
Emmmm…
Could it have been the heroine giving him CPR?
Oh, no…
No. Please don’t let it have been that man!
The next instant, something appeared before his eyes…
“A slot machine?!”
Duke was dumbfounded.
“What kind of Beginner’s Gift Pack is this?”
“Host, please place your hand on the handprint.”
“Uh… here?”
Duke noticed a glowing handprint flashing in the lower-right corner of the slot machine’s screen and immediately pressed his palm against it.
An instant later, countless options appeared on the screen, scrolling by at incredible speed.
He couldn’t make them out.
They were moving far too fast—
Still, he barely managed to catch a few words:
Magic.
Totem Warrior.
Hunter.
Bard.
Assassin.
Paladin.
Greatsword Warrior…
“…and many more.”
“Based on the host’s physique, intelligence, knowledge, comprehension, and other attributes, the system will determine the talent best suited to you.”
“Of course…”
“It is also possible that the host possesses no talent whatsoever.”
Come on!
I’m the protagonist!
How could I possibly have no talent?!
When the scrolling finally stopped, the option displayed in the center of the screen was—
Magic?
“My talent is… Magic?”
Duke blinked in surprise.
He had expected something like Hunter, after all, the first fantasy game character he’d ever played had been a hunter.
Then again, it wasn’t entirely unexpected.
His favorite anime had always been Western fantasy series.
He wasn’t sure how he measured up in terms of physique, intelligence, or knowledge…
But when it came to comprehension, he was pretty confident in his understanding of Basic Theory of Magic.
“Congratulations, Host. Your talent is a Broad Talent.”
“Broad?”
“Yes, Host. The probability of obtaining a Narrow Talent is 99%, while the chance of obtaining a Broad Talent is only 1%.”
“Broad… Narrow…”
“Oh, I get it.”
“Does Broad mean something like the entire category of Magic itself, while Narrow refers to individual elements like Fire Magic, Ice Magic, and so on?”
“Correct, Host.”
“Your talent is Magic, which means you are capable of learning every branch of magic.”
“However, if your talent were Fire, then you would be unable to learn any other elemental magic.”
“Alright, I understand.”
Duke nodded.
Like I said, I’m the protagonist.
“So… this talent isn’t the Beginner’s Gift Pack itself, is it?”
If that was all he got…
That would be way too stingy.
“This is only used to determine the host’s talent.”
The slot machine’s screen began spinning again.
This time, the contents were much easier to read.
Instead of talents, it displayed titles from movies, games, manga, and anime related to magic.
World of Warcraft—
One Piece—
Fairy Tail—
Harry Potter—
The Lord of the Rings—
One Piece counts as magic?
Oh… right.
The Logia powers.
Come on… give me the Glint-Glint Fruit or the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!
They’re insanely fast, incredibly powerful, and practically impossible to kill.
Bleach
“Huh?!”
One Piece is one thing…
But Bleach counts too?
Well…
I guess some of the fights could… sort of… count as magic.
Finally, the screen stopped on—
Fairy Tail
“Fairy Tail…”
Duke felt a little disappointed.
But he quickly got over it.
After all, it was still one of the classic long-running shonen series.
If he drew one of the Lost Ancient Magics, that would be absolutely incredible.
Then—
Whoosh!
The screen split into countless character portrait cards, nearly filling the entire display.
Duke recognized them immediately.
They were all characters from Fairy Tail, ranging from D-rank all the way to SS-rank.
He thought he understood now.
His magical abilities would come from whichever character card he obtained.
Whatever type of magic that character possessed…
He would possess as well.
Then a selection cursor began moving across the portraits, just like choosing a playable character in a game.
The cursor raced across the screen before gradually slowing down.
“Ah… it’s Lady Minerva…”
“Stop… stop!”
“Damn it!”
Watching the cursor slowly glide past his favorite character, Duke couldn’t help feeling frustrated.
Minerva Orland, the young mistress of the Sabertooth Guild.
Not only was she cold, beautiful, and stunning…
Her magic, Territory, was an advanced form of Spatial Magic capable of manipulating space itself.
Its most broken ability, Hidden Territory, could hide either herself or her opponent inside another dimension.
Your enemies couldn’t even touch you.
It was the ultimate survival and ambush magic.
On top of that, she also possessed the Lost Ancient Demon Eighteen Battle Gods Magic.
But now…
It was all gone.
“Zeref…”
As the cursor slowed even further, Duke’s excitement flared up again.
It looked like it might actually stop on Zeref’s card.
Then panic immediately followed.
“Holy crap…”
“Keep going!”
“Go! Go! Go!”
“Oh, thank heavens…”
“Whew…”
That’s right.
Zeref was undoubtedly one of the two strongest final bosses in Fairy Tail.
His magic was unquestionably among the strongest.
But…
That was the Forbidden Magic of Death!
One careless mistake, and everyone around him would simply drop dead.
He had absolutely no interest in being cursed.
“August… Oh, no…”
“Mystogan…”
“Could it be…”
“Gildarts…”
“…Forget it.”
“Looks like it’s going to be Natsu.”
“Natsu’s fine.”
“He’s the protagonist of Fairy Tail, after all.”
“I’m a protagonist too, so we’re a pretty good match.”
Unfortunately…
The cursor continued moving.
It passed right over Natsu’s card…
Before finally stopping on—
“What…?! Fairy Tail Guild… Thunder God Tribe… A-Class Mage… Freed Justine?!”
“OH, NO—”
Although it was an S-Rank Orange Card, and despite Freed being an A-Class Mage with strength approaching S-Class…
His presence in the story wasn’t particularly strong.
He was basically a supporting character among supporting characters.
Even so…
His magic was undeniably overpowered.