Void Terror

"Ul, I feel like you've changed a lot!"

Ul was mulling over something in his mind when he suddenly heard Happy blurt out this exclamation. His heart jolted, but his face remained expressionless as he said calmly.

"Is that so?"

"Yeah! Because you never used to talk this much. Whenever Natsu and I came to find you, it was only the two of us doing the talking!" Happy said, his voice muffled as he chewed on a fish.

"What's so strange about that? We haven't seen each other for over a month. Isn't it normal to have some changes?"

"Men and cats are the same—three days apart, and they grow so much you wouldn't recognize them!"

For Ul, fooling guys like Natsu and Happy was as easy as opening his mouth. He could spin them around without even needing a draft.

"Aye!!"

Sure enough, hearing Ul's words, the little cat Happy immediately squinted his eyes into crescents with delight.

Clearly, he was very interested in the topic of "growing up" that Ul had brought up!

After eating a bit in the cafeteria, Ul finally felt a little better.

Since Ul was still underage and hadn't become a Mage yet, he didn't have to pay for his meal in the cafeteria right now.

But that guy Natsu had already become a Mage, so he had to pay in the cafeteria. On top of that, he had eaten "a bit too much" just now, so as soon as the meal was over, he took Happy to the guild to take on a job!

If they didn't do any jobs, their next meal money would be in serious trouble.

After Natsu left, Ul also hurriedly rushed toward his own residence...

Because after realizing he was in the world of "Fairy Tail," he suddenly remembered some important things.

As soon as he returned to his residence, Ul went straight for the only bed in the room. After fumbling around inside for a while, he quickly pulled out a notebook and a few pieces of paper that looked somewhat worn.

Ul looked at the notebook with some surprise. He hadn't noticed this item before.

But after just a quick glance, Ul soon shifted his attention to those few worn pieces of paper. On them were drawn some patterns that Ul couldn't understand. The only things he could recognize were the symbols "500J," which looked like numbers and letters.

That's right!

These papers were none other than the world's paper currency.

Ul had pulled them out once before, but back then he hadn't recognized their "identity."

With money in hand, Ul quickly began to call out to that realistic system.

"Sys—" This time, Ul had only called out one word, not even getting to "tem," when suddenly a status panel appeared before him.

The images on the status panel slowly shifted. First, a little monster that looked like a penguin appeared, and then a few big words gradually emerged!

[Penguin: Use money to create happiness!]

"..."

Seeing these words, Ul was instantly speechless.

These words appeared quickly and disappeared just as fast. Before long, the text on the status panel shifted again.

"Want to top up, Host?"

"..."

Ul swore he had never seen a system so realistic in his life. It was practically the disgrace of the system world. He, Wei, was truly ashamed to be associated with this system.

"Top up!"

Ul spat out a single word.

The moment he finished, a "ding-dong" sound rang out!

The paper money in Ul's hand vanished instantly, and then a scene slowly appeared on the status panel.

"Host has topped up 1400J, successfully unlocked Level 1 membership. Reward: one lottery draw!"

"Start the draw now?"

"Yes!" Seeing the line of text on the status panel, Ul quickly replied.

Watching the black hole on the system panel slowly begin to spin, Ul felt a little anxious and a little excited inside.

Because ever since he discovered this was the world of "Fairy Tail," a trace of urgency had unconsciously surfaced deep in his heart. In this world, power was everything, and without enough strength, you could barely move an inch.

After all, he had been reborn once.

There was no way Ul was going to spend his whole life stuck in an orphanage!

All kinds of random thoughts kept popping up in his mind...

Just then!

A "ding" sound rang out.

The black hole on the system panel abruptly stopped spinning, and then a light slowly emerged from within it, falling straight into Ul's body.

Not long after!

Ul sensed a change in his body—a tingling, numbing sensation spread throughout, especially in his stomach, which felt like it had turned into a furnace. Even though he had just eaten, an intense, abnormal hunger kept surging from his stomach.

At that moment, text finally appeared on the system panel.

[Congratulations, Host, for successfully drawing the passive ability of "Hero · Cho'Gath."]

[Your body has been slightly strengthened...]

[Your stomach has been heavily strengthened...]

[Cho'Gath's passive ability: By devouring the flesh and blood of living creatures, you can extract life essence from them, increasing your own health. The increase is proportional to the creature's level...]

Seeing these lines on the system panel, Ul was momentarily stunned.

"System! Isn't this passive ability a bit off? I remember Cho'Gath's passive skill isn't supposed to be this!"

The moment Ul saw the words "Cho'Gath," he already knew what the system meant by "Hero."

After all, in his past life, he had played that game for a while. Though he was terrible at it, he still had some memory of certain heroes' skills...

If he remembered correctly.

Cho'Gath's passive ability seemed to be about restoring health and mana by killing minions. An ability like this, which increased health by devouring life, was more like Cho'Gath's ultimate.

[Host, are you stupid? How could in-game skills appear in reality? Do you understand science?]

After hearing Ul's question, a line of text slowly appeared on the system panel.

And when Ul saw that line, it felt as if ten thousand creatures had trampled through his heart...

MMP!

You, a system, are talking to me about science?

Are you forgetting what you even are?!