Master Makarov announced the result of the duel, and Aiden Brooks sheathed his knife.
"Ding! Task completed, you have earned a lottery draw."
Aiden sighed in relief upon hearing that the mission was over.
"It can even grow longer!!"
"This newcomer is so strong! Another super rookie in the guild!"
"That knife can extend and retract so quickly." …
The guild was abuzz with excitement. A newcomer had actually defeated Mira, and with apparent ease.
Soon, everyone returned to the Fairy Tail guild.
The hustle and bustle in the guild couldn't settle down for a long time, as nearly everyone discussed the recent duel. After all, it was rare for a newcomer to defeat Mira so soon after joining the guild.
After filling out the basic information, Makarov used a seal to imprint the red guild crest on the back of Aiden's right hand.
"Well, you are now part of Fairy Tail."
**"Ding! Task completed, reward received: New World reward!"**
A notification about the completed task sounded.
Aiden ignored it, staring at the emblem on his hand in a daze: "I've really joined Fairy Tail..."
When he watched Fairy Tail long ago, he dreamed of being one of them, never expecting that dream to come true.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail!" Lisanna congratulated Aiden beside her.
"Thank you. Is your sister Mira okay?"
"She's fine. Sister Mira is very strong."
Natsu approached Aiden with excitement, saying, "You're so strong! You even defeated Mira! My name is Natsu Dragneel, and we'll be guildmates from now on."
Gray, smiling beside him, said, "My name is Gray Fullbuster. Now the girls in the guild can stop being so arrogant."
The Fairy Tail guild youth group didn't include Laxus due to his age. Among the twelve or thirteen-year-old mages, the strongest were actually two girls, Mira and Erza, which made boys like Natsu and Gray feel a bit inferior.
With Aiden's arrival and his victory over one of the two strongest girls, Natsu and Gray began to regard Aiden as a leader.
Aiden carefully observed the two main male characters from the anime.
When he watched the anime, he admired Natsu and Gray a lot and never imagined he would meet them face-to-face one day.
Finally, Mira approached Aiden and said fiercely, "Hmph! You won this time, but I'll definitely win next time. Just wait. I'll become the strongest wizard in the guild soon."
Aiden smiled and said, "Good!"
In the evening, Aiden checked into the boys' dormitory in Fairy Tail.
This was an apartment provided by the Fairy Tail guild to its members, with rent costing 100,000 J per month.
It was okay if he couldn't pay the rent now; he could work and pay it back slowly later. Many homeless children in the guild lived there.
Lying on the bed in the apartment, Aiden couldn't help but recall past events.
Originally an ordinary college student on Earth, Aiden died accidentally while saving a few children from drowning during a trip.
Upon opening his eyes again, he found himself in this strange world, transformed into a child.
Soon after, the god-level sword hero system awakened.
According to the system's description, it could select abilities from the Great Swordsmen of various worlds and integrate them into the host.
Gathering the power of these Great Swordsmen from all realms, it aimed to create a god-level Great Swordsman.
The Zanpakuto, Kyoka Suigetsu, was the first reward Aiden received.
Initially, Aiden was excited—reborn with a system, the standard setup for a protagonist in web novels. But soon, he felt uneasy, lonely, and afraid.
Everything around him seemed so unfamiliar, so strange it was terrifying. The best way to overcome fear was to become stronger.
So Aiden hunted down various monsters as directed by the system. He came here after hearing about monsters in a nearby village, unexpectedly saving Mira and her siblings in the process.
Only then did he realize he wasn't in some magical Otherworld but in the Fairy Tail world.
Although he found it unbelievable, given the fantastical events of time travel and system awakening, the idea of traveling to the Fairy Tail world wasn't unacceptable.
After all, compared to an unknown world, the familiar one was more reassuring.
However, Fairy Tail isn't a peaceful world. With powerful dark guilds, the dark mage Zeref, and the black dragon Acnologia, there are terrifying enemies to face—unavoidable ones.
Having finally found a place of refuge, he wouldn't let others destroy it.
When he heard Natsu declare his strength, a thought surged in his heart. He wanted to become the strongest—not just in Fairy Tail but in the entire world. Only then could he protect what he cherished.
"Open the system!"
Swish!
A transparent system panel that only Aiden could see appeared before him.
**[God-level Swordsman System]**
Host: Aiden Brooks
Age: 13 years old
Reiatsu: LV2 (Elementary)
Zanpakuto: Kyoka Suigetsu (10% unlocked, 10% unlocked to start the solution, 50% unlocked to start the bankai.)
Swordsmanship: LV1 (Beginner)
Shunpo: LV1 (Entry)
This was Aiden's current attribute panel, the result of his three months of hard work in this world.
It looked a bit modest, but Aiden was very satisfied.
"The host has obtained a new reward. Would you like to open the new reward interface?"
Only then did Aiden remember that he had earned rewards for completing two tasks today.
"A new reward interface?" Aiden was puzzled.
The system explained: "All the rewards the host currently receives come from the Bleach world. Opening a new interface will introduce other world powers as rewards."
Aiden understood immediately; it meant the prize pool he could draw from was expanding.
Aiden frowned and asked, "Then the rewards I draw are mixed from the two worlds?"
He was very satisfied with the power system of the Bleach world. Besides the Zanpakuto rewards, there were series of rewards like Kido, Shunpo, and more.
In Aiden's view, the power of Bleach wasn't weaker than Fairy Tail. In fact, he considered the world of Bleach to be half a level higher than Fairy Tail.
If the power level of the opened world was too low, it might not be worth opening.
"No, the host can choose the world rewards to draw according to his own wishes!"
Aiden breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, as long as there was no interference.
"Open it."
"Ding! Drawing a new world!..."
"Drawing complete!"
"Congratulations to the host for opening a new world reward: Demon Slayer."