MM Racing Chapter 330 Asking for another day off
Chapter 330 Asking for another day off
P.S.: The funeral for that relative or elder is finally over today. Tomorrow I'll enjoy a "thank you for your help" dinner, and then it'll all be over.
But after being busy for three days in a row, I'm really tired, so I'll take another day off today and resume normal updates tomorrow.
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After a three-day, three-night workday, I lie down in bed, ready to rest for a day before continuing my workday.
But once his eyes closed, he never woke up again.
[Ding~ System binding complete.]
[Ding~ New player gift pack application submitted. Host may choose one of the following gift packs.]
[Ding~ Note that the gifts in each gift pack are different, please choose carefully.]
[Ding~ Main quest has been issued. Please check it yourself.]
In a hazy state, it seemed as if an alarm clock was ringing in my ear.
I felt like I slept for a very, very long time and had a very, very long dream.
In my dream, I was born in a small medieval European village.
His parents named him Gerald Fernandez.
"Geralt?"
"Isn't this the name of the Fairy Queen Erza's love interest in the Fairy Tail anime?"
"I've become Gerald?"
"As expected, a dream is just a dream. Is it because I like Erza that I projected myself into her image?"
In the dream world, I lived with my parents for many years.
Although they were not wealthy, their parents were unable to afford to send them to school, and they still had to work in the fields every day.
But how to put it, compared to the life of a corporate slave in the real world, he felt that this simple poverty was quite happy.
Suddenly one day, a large group of evil black mages attacked the small village.
Gerald immediately realized that this seemed to be the plot of his being captured and taken to the Tower of Paradise.
He didn't want to be taken to the Tower of Paradise, which was a hellish place.
If captured, they would become slaves.
Endless labor, an empty stomach, and the supervision and whipping of monster-like dogs and black mages.
As a spoiled adult child raised by socialism, he was still able to adapt to the impoverished rural life.
But to make him a slave?
What a joke!
Even in a dream, he wouldn't want to be a slave; no one wants to torture themselves in a dream.
So he ran away, he struggled, he was caught, he was beaten.
Almost without exception, how could an ordinary little village possibly be a match for a group of dark mages?
Even if the opponent is only a minor player among mages, it is still a devastating blow to ordinary people.
Enter the Tower of Paradise.
It was almost exactly what Gerald had guessed.
This was a large-scale slave labor camp.
All those captured were slaves, bound by magical chains, enslaved by demonic hounds, and whipped by magic.
Everything was telling Gerald that this place was hell.
Life in the Tower of Paradise begins.
Every day, his father and mother would give Geral a lot of their meager rations.
Gerald wanted to refuse, but looking into his parents' eager eyes, he had no choice but to accept.
The days passed by.
My parents' health is getting worse every day.
Finally, one day...
They collapsed while working, and no matter how the dark mages whipped them, they remained motionless.
Gerald watched this scene unfold.
He was sad, but it also seemed like he wasn't that sad.
He wanted to cry, but no tears would come out.
In his subconscious, this was still a dream world, and there was no need to be sad and cry for fake parents.
But the immense inner turmoil seemed to constantly remind him that this place was not an illusion.
In the real world, he once heard a friend who had lost his father say the following.
"When grief reaches its extreme, you become unable to respond. You may want to express your emotions, but your body cannot give any response."
"To outsiders, this would seem like you are cold-hearted, unable to shed a single tear when your loved ones die."
"Only after everyone and everything has gone far away, in the dead of night, will I be unable to stop the tears from flowing like a spring."
Gerald didn't know if he was like that, but he certainly didn't shed a single tear at the moment his parents died.
Life in the Tower of Paradise continues.
Gradually, those familiar figures began to appear in his sight one by one.
Simon, Woolley, Hugh, Miriam, Cobra, Sora, Liza, and of course, most importantly, Erza…
The dream came to an end, and a warm feeling flowed down my cheeks.
Gerald, who was sitting against the wall, suddenly opened his eyes and raised his hand to wipe away the tears that were streaming down his face.
"So, none of this was a dream. I really did travel through time. Father, Mother..."
A low sob rose from the corner, and the belated grief tore at Gerald's heart.
a long time.
The crying stopped.
Gerald, after all, once possessed the consciousness of an adult.
After releasing some of the emotions, reason once again suppressed the remaining emotions.
"System? Why are you only arriving now?"
Gerald clenched his fists in anger.
"Why not sooner! If it had been sooner, Father and Mother wouldn't have had this problem!"
However, the system binding Gerald seemed to lack any artificial intelligence, offering him no response and appearing highly mechanical and procedural.
Gerald, who had been waiting for a long time without receiving a response from the system, stopped cursing.
He opened the semi-transparent screen visible only to himself with his mind and patiently examined the information displayed by the system.
Can I freely choose the new player gift pack?
Gerald used his mind to open the gift pack page.
[New Player Physique Gift Pack: The host will receive one physical talent and several attribute points.]
[Newbie Magic Gift Pack: The host will receive one magical talent and several attribute points.]
[New Player's Gift Pack: The host will receive an indestructible magical artifact and a number of attribute points.]
[New Player Magic and Martial Arts Gift Pack: The host will simultaneously receive one physical talent and one magical talent, as well as a small number of attribute points.]
[Newbie Physique Enhancement Gift Pack: The host will simultaneously receive a physique talent, an indestructible matching artifact, and a small amount of attribute points.]
[Newbie Magic Artifact Gift Pack: The host will simultaneously receive a magical talent, an indestructible matching artifact, and a small number of attribute points.]
[New Player Attribute Gift Pack: The host will receive a huge amount of attribute points.]
After reviewing everything, Gerald did not make a hasty choice, but instead turned to open his personal attributes page.
[Host: Gerald]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
[Strength: E]
Endurance: E
Agility: E
[Magic: B]
[Magic Learning Ability: SS]
[Magic: None]
[Equipment: Magic Shackles (D)]
[Talent: Celestial Magic (To be Awakened)]
(Rank: E < D < C < B < A < S < SS < SSS)
"His talent for learning magic has actually reached SS level!"
Gerald was very surprised.
Although he knew from the beginning that he had a great talent for magic, in the original timeline, he became one of the Ten Wizard Saints at the young age of 20.
But he really didn't expect that one of his initial data points would be so high.
Returning to the newbie gift pack page, he began to ponder which one he should choose.
The system message indicates that the rewards in each gift pack are all different.
This means that even if he chooses from the various gift packs that contain physical talents, the physical talents in each gift pack will be different.
The same applies to magical talent, including magical artifacts.
This will put Gerald's judgment to the test. If he doesn't choose well, he may end up with something he can't use right now.
"Physical strength, magic, divine artifacts..."
"I don't really need magic, because my magic learning ability is very high. Whatever magic I want, as long as I know the corresponding learning method, I should be able to learn it."
"A divine artifact... As the saying goes, 'A common man is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure.' In my current state, even if I obtained a divine artifact, I wouldn't be able to keep it."
Because the system did not enable the backpack function for Gerald, he could only keep the artifact outside after obtaining it, making it easy for him to be stolen.
"In that case, none of the artifact gift packs can be selected, and attribute points... should be inferior to talents, otherwise they wouldn't have given an excessive amount."
After careful consideration, Gerald ultimately chose the [Newbie Magic and Weapon Gift Pack].
His pure physical talent might be very strong, perhaps even reaching the level of Saitama from One-Punch Man.
But this is ultimately a magical world, and he couldn't be sure what level the rewards inside the gift pack were.
What if he's not as strong as Saitama?
Just to be on the safe side.
Before celestial magic has been awakened, mastering a spell and strengthening one's physique should be the most suitable choice.
[Ding~ Congratulations, host, for choosing the Beginner's Magic and Martial Arts Gift Pack.]
[Ding~ Congratulations, host, you have obtained the Physical Talent "Body of Truth" from the gift pack.]
[Ding~ Congratulations, host, you have obtained the magical talent - Healing Magic from the gift pack.]
[Ding~ Congratulations, host, you have received 50 attribute points from the gift pack.]
[Body of Truth: Breaking the limits of the human body, infinitely growing; as long as the host is alive, each breakthrough will become the body's normal state.]
[Healing Magic: Theoretically, it can heal all injuries except those resulting in death, but its actual healing effect is directly proportional to the magic power consumed.]