[Transmigration Complete!]
[You have awakened two unique Affinities!]
[Void Affinity] [Hidden]
[Free S-Rank Active Void Skill Unlocked!]
[Void Slash]
[First Normal SSS-Rank Cheat Unlocked: Boundless Mana]
[Description: Your mana pool has no limit. Cast without exhaustion. Overwhelm without restraint. The well never runs dry.]
[Before entering the world of Montario completely, you must prove that you deserve this one of a kind opportunity!]
[Therefore your first quest will be to defeat a large amount of monsters!]
[0/1,000,000 Monsters killed]
[Survive and the reward will be grand-]
[Fail and your soul will be erased!]
[Best wishes to you Creed Ashwand!]
"Now usually after characters get transmigrated to new worlds they freak out or go crazy, but after imagining this shit happening to me for the longest and it finally happened.."
A loud chuckle was heard.
"I got to say this..is something else. Shoutout Tobey Maguire."
The words hung in the air like smoke, my own voice sounding strange yet familiar in this new throat. I let the chuckle roll out again, deeper this time, because the absurdity of it all deserved a proper laugh. Years of reading isekai bullshit, arguing in comment sections about power scaling, fantasizing about what I'd do if the system ever picked me..and here it was. I didn't panic or have an existential breakdown, just felt free in a sense.
I took a slow breath and looked around properly.
The cave was small, almost intimate. Warm air clung to my skin, carrying the faint scent of damp stone and burning pitch from the torches spiked into the walls. Their flames danced low, casting long shadows that made the space feel both protective and claustrophobic. At the far end, the exit shimmered. It was a vertical sheet of green, liquid-like energy that rippled every few seconds like the surface of a disturbed pond. Touch it, and I'd either step into the real world or get vaporized. Fifty-fifty odds felt about right for a tutorial this brutal.
"So Creed Ashwand is the name of this person I got transmigrated to. I haven't received his memories yet, so I assume I will receive them after I complete this quest.."
I wandered over to a shallow puddle near the wall. Torchlight bounced off the water, turning it into a dark mirror. I crouched and stared down.
Short silver hair framed a face that was mine but sharper, more dangerous. Crimson left eye, violet right. Looking like Sasuke in the Final Valley. My skin was still deep brown, rich and unapologetic. I tilted my head, checking angles.
"I'm still black?! It can't get any better than thi..wait hol on a second."
I stood up, glanced around to make sure no one was watching (old habits died hard), then tugged the waistband of the plain black shorts outward for a quick, private inspection.
"And still black from the waist down! That was too damn close. Would've been depressed if I had a little wee wee."
I released another chuckle. This one quieter, more relieved. I let the fabric snap back and shook my head. Wouldn't compromise on junior for nothing.
The moment of levity shattered when muffled voices leaked through the barrier. I could hear growls, chittering, wet snarls, the scrape of claws on stone. A lot of them.
"Must be the monsters."
I glanced up at the floating quest counter in my vision.
[0/1,000,000 Monsters Killed]
I whistled low and long. "One million Goddamn monsters to kill? Only reason I'm not complaining because it's technically free training and practice, but that reward better damn sure be worth it. After all before this I caught my girlfriend fucking my best friend on FaceTime and then I got killed by a fucking eighteen wheeler."
The memory hit like a Mike Tyson sucker punch even now. Her face on the screen, his stupid ass smile in the background, the way my phone slipped from my hand right before the horn blared and everything went black. Rage still simmered under my skin, hotter than the torches.
So yes my pisstivity level was over 9000 right now and still rising.
"But anyways it's best to get this over with as soon as possible. System pull up my Stats."
The interface obeyed without delay.
[Status]
[Name] Creed Ashwand LV.1
[Race] Hidden
[Class] Not yet Assigned
[Title] Transmigrator
[Ranking] Unranked
[Stats:]
[Physical] 1.0
[Mental] 1.0
[Spiritual] 1.0
[Total:] 3.0
[Affinity:]
[Void] [Hidden]
[Skills]
[S-Rank Void Slash]
[Description: Channel the essence of nothingness to unleash a devastating slash that rends both matter and space. The blade of pure void tears through reality itself, dealing massive untyped damage that ignores a portion of defenses and leaves lingering spatial wounds.]
[SSS-Rank Cheats]
[Boundless Mana]
[Description: Your mana pool has no limit. Cast without exhaustion. Overwhelm without restraint. The well never runs dry.]
"Guess I'm starting from the very bottom huh. Nothing wrong with that."
I rolled my neck until it cracked, flexed my fingers, felt the new body respond with perfect athleticism. It's not like I was a lazy discord mod type of man before, so this was perfect. A wide smirk pulled at my lips.
I walked toward the green curtain. The energy field buzzed against my skin like static electricity as I stepped through without hesitation.
"Let's get straight to it."
The instant my foot cleared the barrier, death lunged.
A massive black claw swiped straight for my face. Reflexes I didn't know I had kicked in; I hurled myself backward, hitting the ground in a controlled roll and springing back to my feet.
Then I saw it.
The thing looked like someone had taken Choo Choo Charles, painted it matte black, grafted eight nightmare legs onto its undercarriage, and replaced the train face with the oversized, distorted head of a crying red baby. Tear tracks of black energy ran down porcelain cheeks. Its mouth stretched too wide, filled with mismatched teeth. Steam hissed from segmented joints. The eyes were pale and glowing. It locked onto me and it screamed, a sound that blended toddler wail with diesel engine rage.
I did what any sane person with unlimited Mana would do.
"Say hello to my little fwiend! Die motherfucka!!"
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