[Host: Takeshi]
[Age: 18]
[Race: Human]
[Magic Power: ★]
[Magic: Take Over Magic, Anime Soul]
[Character Card: Ulquiorra Cifer...]
Watching Ulquiorra's character card quietly sitting in the system panel, Takeshi was extremely excited.
Takeshi, originally just a high school graduate on earth, had transmigrated to the Fairy Tail world half a month ago due to an accident, and had also awakened a gacha system.
The system he just mentioned can draw characters who have died in anime. After Takeshi uses his Take Over Magic, he can use the character's power to fight.
It's like playing Genshin Impact. However, the system requires the Host to bind with a Guild. After binding, in addition to one fixed drawing chance awarded each month, completing tasks within the Guild can also grant drawing chances.
Since he had come to this world, he naturally had to join Fairy Tail. After all, he was more familiar with Fairy Tail and preferred its atmosphere.
Moreover, Fairy Tail was also the strongest Guild in Fiore. Binding here meant he could accept more tasks.
Takeshi walked to the request board and looked at the various requests on it.
The requests on the first-floor request board didn't have clear grading, but the system panel displayed their levels.
Tasks with a reward of 1,000,000 Jewels or more were marked as A-rank. Completing one A-rank task would net him one draw.
Tasks with a reward between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Jewels were marked as B-rank. Completing two B-rank tasks would net him one draw.
Tasks with a reward between 100,000 and 500,000 Jewels were marked as C-rank. Completing ten C-rank tasks would net him one draw.
As for tasks with rewards below 100,000 Jewels, the system no longer marked them.
In other words, if he wanted to get draws, he could only complete tasks with a reward of 100,000 Jewels or more.
Takeshi first looked at tasks with rewards between 100,000 and 500,000.
Eliminate the Vulcan, wipe out bandits, kill forest monsters...
In the Fairy Tail world, 100,000 Jewels is equivalent to about 1,000 US dollars.
Getting 1,000 dollars or more for one task could be considered generous, but that was for Mages. For example, facing a Vulcan, if it were ordinary people, twenty adult soldiers might not be a match for even one Vulcan. When calculated this way, this reward seemed quite low.
Takeshi glanced at this level of tasks a few times and then stopped looking. It wasn't about the reward, it was because he would only get one draw for completing ten such tasks. One task, including travel time, would take at least two or three days. Even if he didn't rest, completing ten tasks would take at least a month.
One draw a month meant twelve a year. Including the one granted by the system each month, that would be a total of twenty-four. It was simply too few.
According to the system, within 100 draws, there was a guarantee for a gold character. It would be a long time before he could get another gold character.
He has to take on more difficult tasks. Besides, more difficult tasks offered more rewards. In his previous life, he was poor. In this life, he must become rich.
Soon, Takeshi selected a task. He walked towards Mirajane with the request form. "Mira, I want to do this job."
Mirajane was very surprised to see Takeshi pick a suitable task so quickly. "Are you starting work so soon? You can familiarize yourself with the Guild first."
Takeshi smiled bitterly and shook his head. "No need, I'm already so poor I can't even afford food. If I don't work, I won't have money to eat."
He had been in this world for half a month and hadn't been doing well. Without money for food, he could only sleep in the wilderness.
On his way to Fairy Tail, he even encountered bandits. If the system hadn't given him a draw, and he hadn't drawn a blue character, a Chunin, he might have failed before even starting. Then, he scrounged some money from the bandits, which allowed him to reach Fairy Tail.
Now, he had little left, and his desire for money had reached its peak.
"Hehe."
Mirajane couldn't help but laugh when she heard Takeshi say this.
Most Mages in Fairy Tail were in this state, too lazy to work until the last moment, only remembering to work when they ran out of money.
"Let me see what kind of job it is... Hmm?!"
Mirajane was somewhat surprised when she saw the job content.
"Wait, I can't decide on this kind of job. I need to ask Master. Please wait a moment, Master will be back soon."
"Master?"
Takeshi hadn't met Makarov when he came to the Guild.
Just then, an old man wearing a yellow trench coat and a clown hat walked into the Guild with a roll of paper.
"Master, you're back."
Mirajane immediately went to greet him when she saw him.
Makarov saw Takeshi next to Mirajane and asked, "Hmm? A newcomer?"
"Yes, my name is Takeshi. Please guide me." Takeshi bowed respectfully.
Although the other party was a small old man less than a meter tall, Takeshi knew that this short body contained world-destroying power.
Makarov's signature Giant Magic could allow him to transform into the size of an island at its maximum. His Super Magic, Fairy Law, when fully activated, could even defeat the Alvarez Empire's million-strong army.
And the old man treated the Guild members like his own children.
Both reasons were enough for Takeshi to respect him.
Makarov raised his hand and greeted, "Oh. Nice to meet you."
Then—
"Hmph!"
Makarov let out a soft snort, pushed off with his legs, and jumped onto the second-floor railing.
Everyone in the Guild looked over.
Makarov waved the thick stack of documents in his hand and said with a displeased expression, "You guys are causing trouble for me again, aren't you? Take a good look at how many documents have been sent from the Magic Council."
"First, Gray."
"Huh?"
A shirtless boy wearing only underwear looked disdainful. He hadn't caused any trouble.
Mirajane smiled and reminded him, "Gray, your clothes."
"Ah! I forgot again!"
Gray quickly went to look for his clothes.
Makarov continued, "There was no problem during your apprehension of the bandits, but after that, why were you walking around the streets without clothes? And in the end, you stole someone's underwear that was drying on their balcony and ran away."
Gray felt a bit awkward. "Well... being naked isn't very good."
Elfman retorted, "Then don't be naked."
Makarov then looked at Elfman and sighed, "Haa... Elfman, you brat, you actually used violence against your client?"
Elfman scratched his cheek awkwardly. "Because he said I wasn't a man."
"Cana! You went to the client's place to work, and then secretly drank all their wine cellar dry. To prevent being discovered, you diluted the wine in the barrels with water."
"...Was I discovered?" Cana felt a bit guilty.
"Loke, you flirted with Torch's granddaughter."
Torch was a member of the Magic Council, and Makarov had been scolded by him quite a bit during his visit to the Council this time.
"Next, Natsu."
"Eliminating monsters, destroying roads, pursuing fugitives, ruining six civilian houses, guarding a caravan but burning its goods, eliminating bandits and also burning the victims' belongings..."
Listening to Makarov recount Natsu's mischief, Takeshi was shocked. He knew Natsu could cause trouble, but he hadn't expected him to cause this much trouble.
"Alzack, Levy, Krov, Bisca..."
"You bunch! You always make me get scolded by the Council members."
Makarov suppressed his anger, and the air became heavy.
Then Makarov's tone softened. "However... those Council members can go eat shit."
Makarov used magic to ignite all the documents in his hand.
"Listen up, all phenomena beyond common sense are born from common sense. Magic is not a miraculous power, but rather the manifestation of our inner flow of energy aligning with the flow of energy in nature. Magic is the result of condensing spiritual power and concentration, no, it's the result of pouring in your entire soul."
"If you care about what the higher-ups think, magic will not progress. Don't be afraid of those fools in the Council, proceed on the path you believe in."
"This is what a Fairy Tail Mage is!!!"
"OHHHHH!!!"
Everyone in Fairy Tail cheered.
Although Takeshi had just joined Fairy Tail, his emotions were also infected by the crowd. He was now also a member of Fairy Tail.
Soon, the Guild returned to its usual lively scene, with everyone drinking, chatting, and bragging.
Mirajane came to Makarov with the request form and said, "Master, Takeshi wants to do this job. I can't decide, please take a look."
"Oh, what kind of task is it? Let me see." Makarov took the request form.
[Eliminate the Phantom Bandit Gang.]
[Reward: 700,000 J]