As I glare at the board in front of my face I remain speechless with frustration, I've read transmigration stories before, the protagonist always has some kind of cheat or golden finger, I gave up after two years for trying to get one to show up, and all I had to do was say the word 'tarnish'?
Without thinking or moving I create a barrage of glowing blue mana bullets around me all pointing at the board, as I do so, I accidentally put too much magic into it and my cabin begins to light up with a blue radiance
'I wonder if this is one of those sentient systems, like we've seen in shows' on voice said as Shepard started unknowingly having a panic attack.
Hearing the statement from the narrator side I blink my eyes and take a deep breath, followed by counting down on my head starting at 50.
*DINK*
Hearing this dink I hesitantly open my eyes and look at the board again,
[CONGRADULATIONS USER! On completing the magic casting tutorial quest not only on your first try, but outstandingly as well!]
[BEGGINER QUEST: make some light has been completed] [REQUIREMENT FOR COMPLETION:
1, manifest a mana bullet or or similar form of basic magic (completed)
secret requirements: 1, (cast correctly on your first try) 2, (create one(or more) mana bullet(s) that can light up the entirety of a room)]
[BEGGINER QUEST REWARDS: requirement reward: full access to the QUEST BOARD!
Secret rewards: 1, increased learning speed, 2, increased mana form density]
[SCANING USER FOR MANA FORM]
[MANA FORM FOUND, INCREASING DENSITY]
[ERROR MANA FORM DENSITY HIGHER THAN THAT OF AN EIGHT YEAR OLD CLOVER KINGDOM CITIZEN, SCANING MIND FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING]
In my brain I feel a tingle that then stops
[…oh]
[umm… this is awkward…]
I look at the board, confused as to why it started talking like a person,
[well, see, uhh… hmm, we were expecting you to remember the last few moments before your transmigration… where we told you to say the words 'tarnish system', in order to summon us… but it seems some interference in the memory wipe may have also taken your memories of us saying that… so sorry about that by the way… was really planning on having you do this when you were still eight…]
Huh.
'Huh?'
"Huh?!"
[please don't be angry with us! We didn't know! It was an honest mistake and you still survived! As recompense for this shame we will unlock one of the other boards! You already inadvertently completed the quest needed to unlock them anyway…]
[UNLOCKING RUNIC BOARD]
I look at the board with once again dead eyes, deactivate my mana bullets and go back to skining the jackalope.
[…DONT JUST IGNORE US!!]
*sigh*… "system" I begrudgingly say
[YES?]
"Disperse," I say with a wave of my hand at it
[… VERY WELL, USER]
Then the dark grey board seemingly desolves into the ground
Mind still preoccupied with a mix of relief and caution, my body goes on auto pilot, finishing up with the skinning and starting to wrap them in loose paper while they're still fresh and tying multiple knots of thin rope around each of them, then I break off the horns and put them with the organs and wrap the ready to sell carcass in more of that paper, I then tie butchers rope around multiple times as well.
I then place the carcass on the homemade winter sled I have outside and walk to the butcher's to sell it for hopefully plenty of Yul.
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I didn't like where the last chapter ended but didn't feel the need to make an entirely new chapter so I made a part two hope you liked it, next chapter will be about the various system boards and new ways to use magic!
I'll see you again in chapter three technically four!
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