Erika was an otaku girl, but also a gourmet chef... at least when she was alive on Earth.
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10:00 pm after hours
An unknown man storms into Erika's restaurant and says," So, you're the world-famous Erika! Give me some of your famous sushi."
"I'm sorry, Sir, but it's after hours. I must ask you to kindly leave. You're welcome to come tomorrow."
The man screams while pulling out a gun, "OH YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO SERVE A COSTUMER? GO DIE!!!!"
Erika steps back replying in fear," I-I'm sorry, Sir, I'll gladly make you whatever you want."
The man shoots her, then walks over and whispers in her ear," Too late now. You had your chance, but you crossed The Phantom."
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{Systems loading, please wait}...
'What?' Erika wakes up, 'I'm alive!'
'WAIT SYSTEMS?!'
{Systems merging}
{All done! Hello, host. I am your system the Merging System. My abilities allow you to merge anything}
Erika sifts through her new memories and realizes she is in an 11-year old's body and is now an orphan, but miraculously -or fatefully- has the same name.
She easily adapted due to the new Erika's memories which told her of reincarnation, summoned hero's, and Gaia(Earth) which was 'sacrificed' for the rest of the magiverse.(nope just THE GOD(S)-idk gender or amount- messing around)
'Better get home before Nana(the caretaker 'mother' of the orphanage), Lily(an older sister figure at the orphanage), and everyone else worries'
Erika tried to run back to the orphanage when she realized she was quite hurt having broken bones, possible internal injuries, and many cuts/forming bruises.
'Oh right, those b*stards wanted my non-existent money!'
*Ding*
{system quest:
Rank: A
Find the remains of something living and combine with it, within 1 hour(your body won't hold out much longer than that even with the System)
Rewards: healed body, +2 VIT
Bonus Reward:????
Failure Penalty: you die}
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Erika is walking around the forest of magical beasts (In the safe zone obviously, and with difficulty) when she comes across the corpse of a dead Forest Scorpion, a lv1 magic beast.
'System how do I merge?'
{Just think 'System merge'. The specification required if you aren't merging with the thing yourself.}
'System merge'
{Merging... Quest complete! Rewards: healed body, +2 VIT. Bonus rewards poison resistance lv1- can resist all toxins lv1 and below,
scorpion stinger lv1: grows stinger that can inject lv1 poison can be used as a tail after injecting poising mana/Qi/stamina will be used to replenish it.
Initial cost: 10 mana/Qi 20 stamina replenish cost 2 mana/Qi 4 STA
Duration: until User turns off
Cd-24 hours}
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The sun is setting so Erika ran back to the orphanage.
"Erika, where have you been!" Says Nana.
"Sorry, I got caught up having fun in the forest."
"Didn't I tell you not to go into that forest? It's dangerous!"
"Stop worrying! I always stay in the safe zone!"
Erika escapes back to her room which she shares with 2 younger girls. 'Finally, that took forever' But, she had a warm feeling in her heart, as she felt love after a long time.
'Status page'
{Displaying Status Page
Name: Erika ??? (only nobles have last names)
Race: human
Merges: Black Scorpian
Level: Fighter-0 Mage-0
*the average 21 Century Earthling has 1 stat point but because mortals here aren't as technologically advanced, they typically have around 2-4 stat points. Erika is strong because of street fighting and occasionally escaping authorities after stealing food when they were starving.
STR:5 WILL:50*
AGI:6 WIS:6
VIT:6 INT:5
CHR: 3
stamina:114(Str+VIT+1/2AGI)
Attack power:5
Defense:5
Magic ATT: 0
Magic DEF:0
Passive Skills:
poison resistance lv1
Street fighting fists-attack style tailored to the streets from years of brawls.
Active skills:
Scorpion stinger lv1}
*WILL Is mental fortitude and no matter what lv you are it can be anything(like a rich young master will have an easy life and smooth cultivation without pain because of resources; while a poor child will have endured being beaten, starving, etc. and our MC has endured the stress of modern life and death as well.)