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I am not sure how I wound up in this place. My memory of my previous life were a little fuzzy to say the least. I certainly know what world it is considering I've been here a good five days already. I'd spent the first few days panicking over my new destination, the 3rd and fourth spent discovering I now had superpowers and the last day was spent going through the things I could do.

I learnt three very important things by the end of that five day period.

My power, which I definitely recognised having read too many SI stories myself, was that of a gamer. Ie my life was now controlled by RNG and a confusing ass skill and stat system. I could do three things so far. Open up the Inventory, check my stats which are all at the moment 1 as I was level 0 and observe people. Other key words didn't work, either because I was still in a tutorial without a guide or the actual story hadn't started yet. Or maybe I had to get experience? Everyone I'd used observe on up until this point had been civilians and so didn't really give me any points into the skill though that might be because it was already at max rank? I wouldn't know, I still hadn't figured out how to check my skills.

Second thing was the fact that I was thrown into the Fairy Tail manga, likely meaning I was either dimensionally transported to the place or I was an SI in someone's twisted story.

Yes, I said twisted because that meant I now had an existential crisis. Plus what would happen to me if the story suddenly got abandoned?

And finally, likely my biggest problem aswell, there was something wrong here... The world was definitely different... I may have not read through the story to the end, nor do I really remember that much about it but something tells me even if I was a diehard fan of the story... It wouldn't help that much.

I sure as hell don't remember the fake Salamander guy dying. I had to hold back the urge to vomit as I stared at all the carnage Natsu had accidentally left in his wake. I could still see him running away, Lucy and Happy in tow, all of them, massive, ignorant, grins on their faces.

In the actual story this sort of thing was meant to be a running gag... When you get a first hand view of all the damage, the injuries and likely traumatising events...

Tl:dr?

Fairy Tail just went Dark Souls.

I am so glad I got the Game style magic to work with. I don't think I'd survive otherwise. I take back everything I ever said about the manga. I really hope friendship power-ups are a thing because damn am I fucked if It isn't.

Ding Ding Ding

'Tutorial updated'

Maybe I could just avoid the whole issue entire-

Ping

'New quest started'

I stared at the second prompt in front of me somewhat scared. I really didn't want to open it.

'Join Fairy Tail'

The moment my eyes landed on the so called reward, I twitched.

The reward was literal access to the rest of my ability. Refusal meant I'd be stuck as a civilian.

"This is going to suck so much..."

...

I sighed as I stared at the retreating mages, just as I as was about to start making my way towards them however I remembered another bonus to having the Gamer's ability as my power.

Looting.

I turned back to the destroyed port. I had to steady myself, the amount of damage was staggering. Honestly, how did Fairy Tail get away with so much?
I shook the thoughts away as I started walking through the broken street. It didn't take long to find the now dead ring leader of... Whatever he did. There was a about a dozen of what I assumed were the towns police force around him.

Then time stopped and for a second I felt like I'd just gotten punched in the face.

I found myself stuck somehow. I blinked as I once again attempted to move on ahead towards the port.

Nothing.

It took a few moments to process the fact that everything else also went still. It took even more to realise my ability was... Responding to it? Or maybe causing it?

"Stats," I called out quickly, relief flooded me when it responded. At least that was still working. I looked through the available stats before I caught sight of one that hadn't appeared earlier.

The Mp stat had shown up. earlier on I could only see the attributes stats minus health and mana. I hovered my finger over it and realised why.

I could see what made up the total. That meant I could plan my stats out more efficiently at the very least. I doubted there was a way to retrain stats, I certainly never found many stories that did have it available.

My 'Mp' read at 1300. It's multiplier was based on my int and level. 1200+25*level+10-

"What the hell?" Int had a multiplier of 100 to it? I wasn't sure how I felt about that... Were stats really that powerful? Or did I simply not get a lot of points? Or was everything else just that dangerous?

With that thought in my head, I quickly turned around. There ahead me stood Natsu, Lucy and Happy. Also frozen in time.

"Observe,"

-?-

I frowned at the prompt, that meant he was either much higher of a level or I needed to rank up the skill. I tried the same with Lucy only for the same result to appear. I stood there confused for a second before I opened the stats screen again.

I kept the stat screen open in my peripheral as I turned back to Natsu and used the skill again.

-?-

Not that I expected anything different out of that but I did see my Mp change at the very least. It had gone down by 50, which was a rather steep price if I was honest. I waited a few seconds before smiling when I saw it go back up. It looked like My mana regeneration wasn't a slow increase but more of a single boost. I used the skill rapidly, draining my mana down to 900 before I watched it go back up by 200 on the fifth second.

200 every 5 seconds? I wondered which stat affected the total and whether I could reduce how long it could take before it went up.

Questions for later I suppose.

I wasn't actually sure what I was supposed to do here, I couldn't move even if I wanted-

I moved forward as if to test the thought and blinked in surprise when I found myself getting closer towards Natsu's group...

I stopped, turned back and found myself unable to move again.

Was someone trying to force me to follow Natsu and the others? Which was fair to be honest, the only reason Lucy had managed to get into the guild so quickly was thanks to Natsu... If I was too far behind them... My recruitment might not go aswel-

My Mp had just changed again. It only occurred for a small second but I felt like someone had cut off my air. When I read my new stat I found out why.

I had just used up over 800 mana for some random reason.

Was it the magic currently stopping everyone from moving? I suppose I did temporarily turn it off when I tried to follow Natsu...

Looking around I realised this was probably one of those ID create powers... But I'd never heard of it completely stopping time... The 800 mana cost certainly made sense, though it hardly seemed useful considering I couldn't move myself.

What if I ran out of mana? Would that cause the whole thing to break? Don't get me wrong, I do intend to follow Natsu and the others to the guild but... Now I really wanted the loot. If someone was actively interfering then there had to be a reason why? Was there something in the port that I wasn't allowed to get?

I turned around and moved a foot closer towards Natsu, time resumed again before I quickly turned back and walked on in the other direction.

Time stopped again. I waited for the sudden loss of mana before I repeated the action.

If it took 800 for each cast then two goes should deplete me of all my mana.

When my mp stat went 0, I silently cheered. Then I grabbed my chest in pain.

I think hp starts to get used up after mp...

"Stats," I said with a groan.

My mp was 0 and didn't look to rise any time soon. It was probably due to a status effect. I did just overuse my magic. I looked up ahead towards the port.

I should technically be able to break through whatever it is holding me without my mp now powering the whole thing...

I took a step forward and a prompt showed up.

'Are you sure you wish to accept the quest? (****)'

Finally, something I can work with... I stared at the four stars beside it... I am probably going to regret this.

I clicked yes.

The quest opened and closed within seconds.

'Accept sub-reward?'

What? The quest just started? What was going on?

I clicked yes, maybe they're necessary to finish it?

'You have received 10x 'T.A.N.S.O.M' Crystals' Just below it was a prompt to continue the quest.

I stared at the prompt for a second before quickly opening my inventory. When I read over the effects... I felt like drooling.

For five minutes, I could retrain my stats anyway I wanted with no requirements effecting me... This could easily be the most broken thing I've ever heard off...

What the actual fuck have I done?

"Quests" I spoke out, hoping I could use the feature. To my fortune it was a success.

I read over the two quests, the first being to join the guild. When I read over the title of the second one... I didn't know what to think. There was nothing written inside the quest either, it was just a small three letter title. Any time I tried to open it up it'd just say I wasn't high enough of a level. But seriously.

What the hell is an E.N.D?

I closed the prompt and for a second everything looked okay, besides the inanimate characters.

Then the sky split open.

...

I woke up only to find myself in a strange room. Apparently I'd passed out. Probably from magic exhaustion. Who brought me here-
There was someone sitting across the bed from me on a chair, idly reading a book. She had... Purple hair... Probably one of the characters I should know of but can't seem to recall...

Yup, she was dressed like a female created by Hiro... Even this broken ass world couldn't get rid of his... Eccentricities... Was that the right word? Probably not.

"Looks like someone's finally up," the stranger chuckled as she closed her book.

"Where am I?" I questioned, my mind drawing up a blank on the stranger. My thoughts slowly went over towards what had happened earlier... The last thing I remembered was the... The sky suddenly splitting? Or did I imagine that?

"A room I rented," I barely managed to catch the answer.

"How long have I been out?" I turned my attention back to the woman.

She looked to think the question through before showcasing 3 fingers.

"Three days, I believe."

What the hell? Three days!? Was magic exhaustion that bad? I really couldn't risk my mana dropping to zero in the middle of a fight... Or maybe my health had just dropped too much? I didn't actually see how much I had lost...

"I see... I don't really have any money to repay you..." I remarked sheepishly. As if on cue, my stomach decided to rumble.

I'd managed to find some sort of shelter when I'd shown up here, I helped around there for a bit in return, even got some food out of it before I'd finally caught site Natsu and the others... Well caught sight of a tsunami wrecking the port at any case.

The woman chuckled again, "Theres food to your left,"

There indeed was... Why was she so willing to help? Maybe all the characters here were simply that nice... Besides the villains anyway.

"Who are you?" I suddenly questioned.

"People usually introduce themselves first,"

I frowned at the words, I tried to think about it but other then a select few things, mostly hobbies for that matter... Nothing else came to mind, and even some of that was still hazy.

"I don't know what to tell you, I don't really have a name,"

The woman's eyes seemed to sparkle at the words.

Was that bad? I wasn't't sure.

"How curious,"

"What is? How did you find me anyway?"

"Passed out, what do you intend to do?"

"Join Fairy Tail," Was my immediate response. I frowned, I hadn't meant to say that. Was my quest affecting me? It wasn't wrong per se but it was still unnerving.

The woman blinked a few times before she started laughing at my choice.

I didn't really see the funny side.

"You're going to need a name for that," She finally said after settling down.

"Any suggestions?" I joked.

She looked like she was considering the question before a gleam appeared in her eyes.

"Well, you look like a coward so-"

"I most certai-"

"A name that can scare off any dangerous mages would help you, no?"

I stared at her for a few seconds.

"Go on."

The words seemed to amuse her. "How about... Zeref?"

Her choice caused me to stiffen... Any character that would mention that name that easily...

"Hmm, recognise it I see,"

Of course I recognised it! Why would she even mention it!? Who was this person exactly?

"Can you imagine the look on Fairy Tail's faces if Zeref decided to join them?"

Ok... I have no idea how she managed to turn that around in her favour and honestly it's a little scary how quickly she managed it.

She wasn't wrong anyhow. That would be an amusing sight to see.

I am actually considering calling myself Zeref simply for the potential look on Makarov's face.

When she stood up, I quickly turned my attention back to her. Before I could say anything, my eyes widened as she dropped a considerable amount of jewels onto the table beside me.

"I have business to get to, It was nice meeting you 'Zeref'," She chuckled at the name.

Apparently my name was Zeref now.

Neat.

"What's your name?" I suddenly questioned as she was about to leave the room.

She turned her head back, a small smile on her face.

"Ultear,"

My eyes widened as I watched her leave. Ultear!? Wasn't she part of that guild that fought Fairy Tail on... What was it called again? During the bloody exam!

How the hell did I manage to get her attention!?

It took a few moments before it hit me. I had used, though not on purpose, time magic during that instance... Wasn't her power based around it? Did my usage link her to me? Could I take anything she said seriously?

Speaking of which...

I opened up the quest log and there in front of me were the two quests I'd seen. I still couldn't open the second one.

Could E.N.D have something to do with Ultear? I hadn't really gone past the arc following the exam... Fairy Tail's ease, specifically the dragonslayer fight, at beating Sabertooth? I think that was what they were called, had put me off...

E.N.D... Did it show up after? It probably did considering I don't recall seeing it elsewhere... Did it involve Ultear? It could've been why she'd put that much effort into meeting me.

Why hadn't she attacked me though? Was it just curiosity on her part? If it was because of the whole time magic thing then I suppose it made sense. Maybe she left after realising I hadn't done it on purpose...

I turned towards the food... Was it poisoned?

Thanks to my stomach, I ate it anyway.

...

After stuffing the leftovers and surprisingly around 100000 jewels into my inventory, I started on my way towards Fairy Tail. I wondered how long that amount would actually last me, it seemed a decent amount to have but I doubted Ultear of all people would be nice enough to give a stranger a lot of jewels for no reason. Looking around the street, I frowned at the state of the port. It really was going way overboard. Even from here I could still see it, people everywhere were hard at work trying to repair the damages.

I wonder if Lucy even cared that she'd caused all these people so much trouble... Not to mention the injuries and... I shook my head. No need to remember that scene.

Judging by how happy she'd been when she'd realised she was going to join... I doubt she even noticed.

Natsu certainly didn't notice the fact that he'd killed someone with his Dragon slayer magic... At least I hope he didn't. If he did know what he was doing... That didn't exactly paint a pretty picture.

My mind suddenly trailed off to the fact I'd missed three days... What had happened in all that time? Before I could think about that further, another thought popped into my head.

Slowly I found myself coming to a stop in the middle of the street...

I didn't actually know the way to Fairy Tail...

...

After some time... A long time... I finally found myself in front of the entrance, as I was about to enter however I heard a voice call out from behind me.

"Who are you?" Natsu questioned bemused.

I grinned as I turned, Idly wondering if Natsu even knew who Zeref was yet.

"I wanted to join the guild, my name is Zere... s..." I'd managed to fumble the name... Not from a mistake on my part but from what I saw.

"Zeres huh?" Natsu grinned as he turned to Happy "We've got another one already," he chuckled.

"Aye..." Happy replied, his voice didn't sound as cheerful as I'd expected, I didn't see his face. Hell I almost didn't even catch Lucy standing on the left.

I wasn't focused on either of them, my eyes wouldn't leave Natsu, particularly the guy he was helping walk. He had short, slicked back dark blue hair. I recognised him but couldn't recall his name... But that wasn't what caught my attention.

He was missing an arm.