[Detected that the host has completed his first quest. The rewards for quest 1 shall be doubled!]
[You have unlocked inventory!]
The series of notifications made Orsted raise his brows. It was more generous than expected, inventory would also come in very handy.
Putting away the system for now, Orsted first went through the recruitment board, which also contained bounty missions.
'Zarestia's bed search...'
Finding a familiar recruitment from the novel, Orsted gave it a look over.
["Recruiting investigator for the bed of great spirit Zarestia! The habitat of the great spirit has been a mystery for many years - the time has come to recruit members to explore it! Working condition are negotiable, and the reward depends on the results!"]
After pausing for a while, Orsted didn't take the recruitment sheet in the end. He hadn't made any plan against Zarestia yet, coming in contact with her now was just reckless.
Crane strained his neck seeing Orsted focus on that particular recruitment. A sigh left his mouth immediately seeing him move towards the other papers on the board.
Taking a simple bounty for hunting down bandits, Orsted directly left the employment agency immediately.
Crane wanted to warn him a little, but couldn't bring himself to say anything till the end.
The existence before him was the legendary [Dragon god] - doubting his capabilities might bring upon his ire.
Walking out of the employment agency, Orsted walked into the nearest alleyway without hesitation - while ignoring the filth littered everywhere.
Even without Crane's warning - Orsted was aware that the bounty mission he took was above his capabilities right now. The bounty was clearly for the largest bandit around here.
Their sheer number could outclass him, even if their individual strength was ignored.
However, Orsted wasn't stifled, soon he would upgrade his template and grow to an adequate level.
"Don't get any closer!"
Orsted was suddenly pulled out of his contemplation. He immediately gazed at the immigrants that appeared at the end of the alleyway.
Ignoring the warning from the demihuman with cat or wolf-ears - Orsted slowly walked past them. Throughout which, not even a single immigrant dared to look at him directly.
Even if Banan prohibited slavery, as long as the guard system didn't notice - these immigrants could still be sold at other city-states. Their wariness wasn't misguided.
Feeling he had walked deep enough, sensing none nearby - Orsted focused on the system.
[You have obtained 1,000 dragon points, 100 years of lifespan and 2 gacha chance!]
[Do you wish to collect the reward?]
'....Yes.'
Orsted immediately felt a cool energy spread through his body, which he predicted to be lifespan.
[Does the host wish to use the two gacha chance?]
A frown appeared on Orsted's face, he truthfully didn't consider his luck to be very good.
'Whatever...use them.' Orsted commanded with resignation. He stared at the system interface blankly, which quickly turned into a loading bar.
"....."
[Ding! You have obtained arcane dragon slayer magic of Acnologia from Fairy tail!]
[Ding! You have obtained a second set of Orsted's signature clothes.]
[The clothes have been transferred to your inventory. The arcane dragon slayer magic will be transferred in three seconds.]
Orsted's eyes widened looking at his first gacha pull. Before he could process it's value, a storm of information and sensation covered him instantly.
[Ding! It has been detected that the host's body is very compatible with dragon slayer magic.]
The next moment, Orsted opened his eyes with a jerk. His body had kneeled from the overwhelming sensation at some point.
Dusting off his trousers, Orsted breathed in deeply to calm himself.
"...With this, everything has changed."
With Arcane dragon slayer magic, Orsted could easily make up for his slow magic regeneration.
Dragon slayers have the innate ability of eating elements, depending on the type of dragon slayer magic they practiced.
Fire dragon slayer could devour fire to recover their magic, wind dragon slayer could devour wind to recover, and so on.
However, Arcane dragon slayer magic, which belonged to Acnologia was different. With it, any element could be devoured and it granted almost full immunity to any magic.
In other words, Orsted could simply recover his mana by consuming the air or anything around him.
'I feel slightly stronger than before....' Orsted stared at his hand surprised, he hadn't even began practicing and it's effect were already showing.
Focusing upon his body, Orsted could instantly feel a faint pulse deep within him.
[The dragon seed] - which would come to haunt many normal dragon slayers in Fairy tail, rested within Orsted. Once it grew, [The dragon seed] would start transforming the wielder to a dragon. There was the drawback of madness along with the transformation too.
Orsted wasn't worried about this aspect, after digesting the information in his head. Because of the compatibility of his body, there wouldn't be any mental drawback.
'Not like it mattered, I could have dealt with it using [Rewrite].'
There was something that worried Orsted.
'System, I should be able to turn back to my human form after dragonification, right?'
Though transforming into a dragon was exciting and overpowered - Orsted was not willing to lose his humanoid form.
[After completing dragonification, the host can turn back to humanoid form immediately.]
"Phuu...."
'After practicing this dragon slayer magic more, I won't have worry much about Roswaal.'
Now with such an magic in his hand, Orsted decided to try it against the bandits he would face soon.
Remembering, the system had released two new quests prior, Orsted turned his focus towards it again.
[Side Quest 2: Sign a contract with the great spirit, Zarestia.]
[Reward: Location of Zarestia's lost limbs, 2,000 dragon points, 100 years of lifespan and 2 gacha chance.]
[Time limit: 6 months.]
[Special quest: Head near Flugel's tree and join hands with Roswaal.]
[Reward: new chain quest, 3% of template progress and 400 years of lifespan]
[Time limit: 3 years]
[Advice: Just reach near the Flugel's tree, Roswaal would meet you with the guidance of his gospel.]
'I see, so Roswaal isn't really hostile yet? I don't mind joining hands with him...' Orsted didn't really care whether the other party was a villain or a saint, he would use them if benefits were visible.
Through Roswaal, Orsted could easily come in contact with some of the characters he knew very well, like Rem, Ram, Garfield too. Knowing them, he could manipulate them to an degree. Which was a win-win situation.
After digesting all the information about the new quest, Orsted decided to first deal with Zarestia.
Around this time, Roswaal probably still hadn't destroyed the oni village either. Orsted had no intention of changing this course of history. Rather, he wished for it to be destroyed too, or it would be problematic to come in contact with Ram in the future. She was a stock with a lot of potential for him to invest in.
After deciding on his course of action, Orsted looked into his current dragon points.
[Dragon points: 1,014]
Without hesitation, Orsted used it on his template.
[Template Orsted: 2%]
Heat spread through Orsted's body like a shock - making him grimace slightly. It quickly receded after a few seconds.
A strange sensation poked at the back of Orsted's mind.
Just a little more....and all his technique would get promoted to the intermediate level.
Thinking on it for a while, Orsted used 50 years of his lifespan on the template again.
Immediately a huge stream of information was dumped into his mind.
[Template Orsted: 2.5%]
'Phuu....Show me my status.'