Evil Equilibrium

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[Congratulations, host! You have obtained the passive ability "Evil Equilibrium" from the hero Veigar.]

[Evil Equilibrium: Your magic is corrupted by the power of Evil Equilibrium. Whenever you kill a living being with your magic, you can use the power of Evil Equilibrium to Devour a certain proportion of the slain being's magic, permanently strengthening your own magic······]

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Looking at the words that had appeared on the system panel, Ul wasn't sure whether he should be happy or sigh!

Was Evil Equilibrium powerful?

The answer was obvious.

Veigar's passive ability, Evil Equilibrium, was definitely one of the powerful passives best suited to this world.

After all, an ability that permanently strengthened your magic was undoubtedly the best way to rapidly increase your strength.

If this had happened to Ul in the past, he probably would have been so thrilled after obtaining this passive ability that he wouldn't have known what to do with himself. But now······ Although he was just as happy, it wasn't nearly as obvious!

"This passive······ came too soon!" Ul sighed inwardly.

Evil Equilibrium was indeed a powerful ability that strengthened your magic by killing living beings, but there was one catch······ You had to be able to kill them!

To put it bluntly!

Ul was currently struggling just to kill a pig. Even if he had this passive ability, how much use could he get out of it?

"I'm still too weak!" Ul lamented.

If he were a little stronger, this passive ability's incredible potential would be on full display.

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Ul was feeling a little frustrated!

He'd finally drawn an incredibly powerful passive ability, but he hadn't gotten to experience any of the excitement of winning the draw.

It was like having a beautiful woman standing naked in front of you, waiting, only to find that you couldn't get it up!

"It's all that damn wild boar's fault. If not for it, I wouldn't have ended up like this."

The more Ul thought about it, the angrier he got. Looking at the "monster" boar's corpse on the carriage, he couldn't resist kicking it a few more times.

After a few kicks!

Ul's foot started to hurt, so he finally pulled it back and asked the system, "By the way, system, didn't my status panel show that my magic power had dropped to zero? How was I still able to cast magic in the end?"

Ul rubbed his foot and suddenly remembered what had happened the night before!

Last night, the threat posed by the wild boar had temporarily made Ul forget the data on his system panel. All he could think about was successfully casting a spell to kill the boar. Although he hadn't managed to cast the spell in the end, he had definitely felt magic surging through his body at the last moment.

[Host, I already reminded you that the status panel this system created for you is only for reference. The human body itself has limitless potential, which simply can't be represented by numbers. If you insist on fighting according to the data······ you'll die a very ugly death!] Apparently, because of someone's "petty" behavior just now, the system wasn't in a very good mood. Even its tone was full of hostility.

Ignoring the curses hidden between the system's words!

Ul thought back to his previous conversations with the system. It seemed······ maybe······ it probably had said something like that.

He'd just been so eager to compare his condition against the data at the time that he'd completely forgotten about it.

"Uh······"

This definitely wasn't his fault. The system was just too hasty with its "typing"!

System: [Meow meow meow???]

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The carriage ride back to the guild was quick. Before long, it stopped in front of Fairy Tail's entrance!

After "smoothly" paying the fare, Ul hoisted the boar onto his shoulder and prepared to head into the guild to turn in his quest.

But just as Ul reached the guild's entrance, two figures suddenly walked out·······

One was a man and the other was a woman.

The man wore heavy armor and had long blond hair and a beard. His square, angular face gave him a very imposing air.

The woman, on the other hand, was dressed rather revealingly. Though she wore a white nun's robe trimmed with gold, it left a large expanse of her chest and thighs exposed. She held a wooden staff in her hand, and her hair was snow-white. Her expression was cold.

Ul ran into the pair right at the entrance. All three couldn't help showing a hint of curiosity.

The two were curious about Ul's appearance and the boar on his shoulder, since he certainly didn't look his best.

Ul was curious about their identities and strength. He didn't recognize either of them, which meant they hadn't appeared in the original story.

But their magic was quite strong. They were at least A-Class Mages, and not the sort who had only just reached A-Class······

The three of them exchanged a glance!

Then Ul stepped aside to let them pass. The pair nodded slightly to him in thanks, then slowly left the guild!

After they were gone, Ul walked into the guild as well!

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Fairy Tail was practically never quiet, not even for a single moment. When Ul walked in, the guild fell silent for an instant. But as soon as everyone saw it was Ul, they went right back to making noise.

A few people standing near Ul took the opportunity to tease him.

"Hahaha······ Ul, did a pig beat you up?"

"Haha·······"

"Hahahahaha·······"

The mood inside the guild grew even livelier!

Ul: "·······" MMP!

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Ignoring those unreliable "family members," Ul went straight to the counter!

"Master, I'm here to turn in my quest!"

Makarov, the Little Old Man, was drunk again. His face was slightly flushed, and his little eyes were bleary with drink. When he heard Ul, he struggled to open his eyelids and took a look at him, then asked, "You're hurt?"

"Yeah, I was a little careless!" Ul's injuries were only superficial, so there was no need to say more.

Makarov clearly didn't care about such minor injuries, either. After all, being a Mage was a profession where getting hurt was all too common.

"By the way, Master, who were those two people who just left our guild?"

"Mm····· They're······ hic!"