First Mission

[Host: Qi Yan]

[Age: 18]

[Race: Human]

[Magic Power: ★]

[Magic: Receive Magic: Soul of Anime.]

[Character Card: Ulquiorra Cifer...]

Watching Ulquiorra's character card sit quietly in the system panel, Qi Yan felt incredibly excited.

Qi Yan had originally been a student on Blue Star who had just graduated from high school. Half a month ago, an accident had sent him transmigrating into the world of Fairy Tail, where he had awakened the Card-Drawing System.

That was right! It was the system from earlier.

The system could draw characters from anime who had already died. After receiving them, Qi Yan could use their powers in battle.

Just like playing Genshin Impact.

However, the system required its host to bind with a guild. After binding, aside from the one drawing chance granted every month, completing guild missions could also earn drawing chances.

Since he had come to Fairy Tail, he naturally wanted to bind with the Fairy Tail guild. After all, he was more familiar with Fairy Tail and liked the atmosphere here better.

Moreover, Fairy Tail was the strongest guild in the Fiore Kingdom. Binding with it meant he would have access to more missions.

Qi Yan walked up to the request board and looked over the various commissions posted there.

The commissions on the first-floor request board were not clearly ranked, but the system panel displayed their grades.

Jobs with rewards above 1 million J were marked as A-rank missions. Completing one A-rank mission would earn one drawing chance from the system.

Jobs with rewards between 500,000 J and 1 million J were marked as B-rank missions. Completing two B-rank missions would likewise earn one drawing chance.

Jobs with rewards between 100,000 J and 500,000 J were marked as C-rank missions. Completing ten C-rank missions would earn one drawing chance from the system.

As for jobs with rewards below 100,000 J, the system did not mark them at all.

In other words, if he wanted drawing chances, he could only complete jobs worth more than 100,000 J.

Qi Yan first looked over the jobs with rewards between 100,000 and 500,000 J.

Eliminate the snow mountain beast Vulcan, wipe out bandits, kill forest monsters...

In the world of Fairy Tail, 100,000 J was equivalent to roughly 5,000 yuan. Earning more than 5,000 yuan from one mission was certainly generous pay, but that was only for mages. Take the ferocious beast Vulcan, for example. Twenty adult soldiers might not even be a match for one Vulcan. With that calculation, the reward seemed rather cheap.

Qi Yan only glanced at missions of that rank before losing interest. It was not because of the rewards, but because completing ten such missions was required for the system to grant a single drawing chance. One mission would take at least two or three days for the trip there and back.

Even if he did not rest, ten missions would take at least a month. One drawing chance a month meant twelve chances a year. Including the system's monthly free draw, that only made twenty-four in total.

That was far too few. According to the system, a golden character was guaranteed after one hundred draws. Who knew when he would get another one?

No, he had to take on harder missions. The harder the mission, the greater the reward. He had been poor in his previous life, so he had to become rich in this one.

Qi Yan quickly picked out a mission and walked toward Mira with the request slip in hand.

"Mira, I want to take this job."

Mira was surprised that Qi Yan had found a suitable job so quickly. "You're starting work already? You could familiarize yourself with the guild first."

Qi Yan gave a bitter smile and shook his head. "No need. I'm already so poor I can barely afford food. If I don't start working, I won't have money to eat."

He had spent the past half month after transmigrating in terrible circumstances. With no money for food, he could only sleep in the wilderness.

On his way to Fairy Tail, he had even encountered bandits. If the system had not given him a free draw and allowed him to pull a blue Chunin, he might have died before accomplishing anything. He had searched the bandits for some money, which was the only reason he had managed to make it to Fairy Tail.

Now, there was barely anything left. At that moment, his desire for money had reached its peak.

"Hehe!"

Mira could not help laughing at Qi Yan's words. Most of Fairy Tail's mages were in that state. They could not be bothered to work until the very last moment, only remembering to take jobs once they were truly broke.

"Let me see what kind of job it is... Hmm?!"

Mira was startled when she saw the job details. "Wait, I can't make the call on a job like this. We'll need to ask the Guild Master. Please wait a moment, he'll be back soon."

"The Guild Master?"

Qi Yan had not met Makarov when he arrived at the guild.

Just then, an old man in a yellow trench coat and a jester hat entered the guild, holding a roll of papers.

"Guild Master, you're back!"

Mira immediately went up to greet him.

Makarov looked at Qi Yan beside Mira. "Hm? A newcomer?"

"Yes, my name is Qi Yan. Please take care of me."

Qi Yan bowed respectfully. Though the other man was a little old man less than a meter tall, Qi Yan knew that his small body contained world-shattering power.

Makarov's signature Giant Magic could grow as large as an island, while Super Magic: Fairy Law, when unleashed at full power, could even defeat the Alvarez Empire's million-man army.

Furthermore, the old man cared for guild members as though they were his own children. Every aspect of him was worthy of Qi Yan's respect.

Makarov raised a hand in greeting. "Oh! Likewise!"

Then, "Hah!!"

Makarov let out a sharp cry, kicked off with both legs, and leaped onto the second-floor railing.

Everyone in the guild turned to look at him.

Makarov waved the thick stack of documents in his hand and said with an unhappy expression:

"You lot have been causing trouble again, haven't you? Take a good look at how many documents the Council sent over."

"First, Gray."

"Huh?"

A boy wearing only underwear and nothing on his upper body looked disdainful. He had not caused any trouble at all.

Mira reminded him with a smile, "Gray, your clothes."

"Ah~!! I forgot again!"

Gray hurriedly went to look for his clothes.

"You did nothing wrong while capturing the bandits, but why were you wandering the streets naked afterward? In the end, you even stole someone's underwear drying on their balcony and ran away in it."

Gray immediately looked embarrassed. "Well... being naked wasn't exactly good..."

Elfman complained, "Then don't get naked!"

Makarov turned his gaze to Elfman and sighed. "Sigh! Elfman, you actually used violence against your own client?"

Elfman awkwardly scratched his cheek with a finger. "Because he said I wasn't manly!"

"Cana! You went to work for a client, but secretly drank their entire wine cellar dry. To avoid being discovered, you filled the barrels back up with water."

"...They found out...?"

Cana looked a little guilty too.

"Loke, for flirting with Councilman Mikaro's granddaughter."

Mikaro was a member of the Magic Council, and Makarov had been thoroughly scolded by him during this visit to the Council.

"Next, Natsu."

"Eliminate monsters, destroyed the roads. Pursue fugitives, destroyed six houses. Escort a merchant caravan, burned the caravan's goods. Eliminate bandits, burned the victims' property along with them..."

Listening to Makarov list all the trouble Natsu had caused, Qi Yan was genuinely shocked. He knew that guy was good at causing trouble, but he had not expected him to be this good at it.

"Alzack, Levy, Krov, Lidas, Bisca..."

"You people! You always get me scolded by the Council members..."

Makarov barely restrained his anger, and the atmosphere grew oppressive.

Then Makarov's tone suddenly relaxed. "But... those Council members can all go eat shit!"

Makarov used magic to set every document in his hand ablaze.

"Listen closely. Every phenomenon that defies common sense is born from common sense. Magic is not the power of miracles. It is manifested when the 'qi' within us resonates with the 'qi' in nature. Magic is the result of gathering spiritual power and concentration—no, of pouring one's entire soul into it."

"If you care too much about what those people above think, there will be no progress on the path of magic. Don't be afraid of those idiots on the Council. Move forward along the path you believe in!"

"This is what it means to be a Fairy Tail mage!!!"

"Ooooooh!!!"

Everyone in Fairy Tail erupted in cheers. Though Qi Yan had only just joined Fairy Tail, he could not help being swept up by their emotions. He was a member of Fairy Tail now too.

Before long, the guild returned to its usual liveliness. Everyone drank, chatted, and bragged, making the place feel incredibly bustling.

Mira brought the request slip over to Makarov. "Guild Master, Qi Yan wants to take this job. I can't decide on it myself, so please take a look."

"Oh, what mission is it? Let me see."

Makarov accepted the request slip.

[Eliminate the Phantom Thief Guild: Mission Reward: 700,000 J.]