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The Traveling Scoundrel- Living anew

(A/N: I obviously do not own the rights to content within this novel with the exception of the Mc and possibly later added characters if i make some ocs, i also do not own the cover art so if it is desired for me to take it down i will do so) this includes traveling between worlds/multiverse, there will be some dark moments if I'm in the mode to write them, the same with R18 content. Later worlds will be up for reccomendation, obviously i'd have to research and stuff but majority votes will win in such cases. 1st world: Danmachi

GremlinWriter · Anime & Comics
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18 Chs

Chapter 1

Upon awaking in what seems to be almost a psych ward due to the endless white in every direction, a man groans as if he has a hangover while he moves to sit up. After rubbing his own eyes and getting his bearings, he comes to realizes his surroundings. "What the fuck??? Where am I??? I remember something really painful then... am I dead then???" the man questions to no one in particular with a pause for thought between each of his questions.

A light chuckle is head nearby yet all around himself which is followed by an authoritative voice speaking, "Why yes you did young lad, and as I have found you interesting, I chose you to personally reincarnate with quite a few benefits of your choosing..." The entity seems to pause to gauge the man's reaction, while the man simply looks around a bit rather confused but respectfully remains quiet not fully believing the voice; but remaining rather hopeful that it speaks the truth. "You technically have 6 wishes, but one wish will be applied to where you wish to start your... new journey, I may or may not give you an extra wish or two dependent on the ideas you come up with- oh, also don't waste a wish on storage magic or the like because I'll give you that automatically, I'm rather tired of hearing that one..." The being says with a yawn.

The man, proceeds to cross his legs and press his hands together and press his hands together as if to pray while he enters deep thought before soon speaking of his wishes. "For my first wish, I want something like a computerized mind, I can store information, Delete it, Disable functions and control functions. I also want the computerized mind to be connected to every civilization's cybernetwork, including the worlds I'm not on or haven't been to, I would like this to ommit any information that isn't privy or useful to what I need or searching for... also the most important part of this is that I always have access to cute and funny animal videos- especially cat videos... From the content I download, I would like my computerized brain to effectively analyze how to do things i research or see and make it second hand knowledge, this includes magic even if the magic is fictional, allowing me to create 'new' magic or techniques as long as I have the energy to expend for it." the man states, clearly appearing very much more serious by the end of his first wish.

With a hearty laugh the entity responds, "Ah! That's a good one indeed! Relatively original to..." the entity becoming silent afterwards to allow the man to continue while an upbeat and comforting atmosphere takes place, presumably because the entity is happy or now interested.

"As for my second wish, I want it to tie in with my third in a specific way... I want immortality by way of regeneration, and I want it to be trainable... so it'll eventually get rid of curses and stuff passively as it 'grows' so to speak- along with of course regenerating faster and such. As for my third wish, I would like to receive mana, energy, divine energy, ki or whatever is available- proportional to the damage I take, with my body and soul regenerating and adapting to hold such energy by damaging itself before repairing if it has to." The man finishing his second and third wish with a growing smile as he imagines his new life, while the entity he speaks to remains quite allowing the man to continue while continuing to emit an ever cheerful aura.

"For my fourth wish, i would like a shape-shifting ability that works swiftly off my DNA. using my computerized mind and such to analyze DNA I Consume through any points of entry on my body including the pores on my skin to change/shape shift as I please, allowing me to change into what I take DNA from or to augment myself a new body with parts of the DNA I received." The man's smile continues to grow seeing none of his ideas denied by the entity while he continues to grow more cheerful and happy while thinking of his upcoming life and the things he can do.

"Mmmm... for my final wish... eh- I skill or the like that absorbs, copies, and merges other skills, regardless or if possibly overlapping with the DNA skill... I want this to apply growth to duplicate skills by merging them, and to proc off of killing an entity, making an entity to submit, or developing a positive relationship with them- oh, and for location I would like to start anew, Danmachi please!" the man finishes with a big joyful grin.

The entity seemingly humming in approval agrees before sending the man off.

Dizzy from the sudden change in scenery to a forest, the man holds his head for a few moments as he waits for the notion to pass and notices it the migraine vanish relatively quickly. "Does the regeneration afflict mental energy aswell-?" the man wonders quietly before standing up and quickly taking note of his clothes with a happy gaze, possibly thankful that he didn't appear naked in this new world.

He takes note of his outfit quickly, being a dark brown trench coat going to his ankles, a black button up long sleeve shirt that is thin and not tightly fitted with the bottom of his shirt tucked under his brown leather belt and black slacks for pants neatly with a matching brown leather satchel that goes well with his belt and coat and formal black shoes to go with his outfit them. "Damn, whoever it was that gave me the wishes really gave me an absurdly great outfit to start out with, literally out of this time..." he chuckles softly as he wonders about the storage magic previously mentioned and then realizes, it's as if he knows the magic by second nature.

While examining it he notices he can't define the amount of space it has. The man also notices that it's weight wont afflict him nor does whatever he have in their age, he also notices it seems that he can't store sentient living beings using this variant of storage magic.

Shrugging thoughts of the magic off after putting his bag in the storage dimension, then he starts walking to find a path around the forest after taking note that the forest seems to be like the Seoro forest which lies directly to the east of Orario.

Before finding his path to travel the man picks up a few materials along the way and makes a poor slingshot from some stone, wood, and ligaments from his body that he took out after disabling his pain receptors then waited for his body to regenerate, which seemed to finish in about five or so minutes, the man didn't care to take note of the time.

With the poorly made slingshot the man practiced a few times to figure out how to aim it before taking down a bird and thinking a few moments before also deciding to turn off his sense of smell completely using computerized brain and finishes off the bird with one of his rocks while looking away, knowing he doesn't really have a conscious tolerance for killing yet but still deciding to sacrifice the bird for the sake of testing his ability.

Taking a bit of it's blood on his finger he swallows it while analyzing his shape-shifting ability in the same manner he did his magic. After doing so he he stores his clothing into his storage dimension and shape-shifts into variant of the bird he just killed, his body being smaller and more aerodynamic with larger wings and more developed wing muscles for better flying as he proceeds to go up, and begin making his way in the direction of the city Orario.

A/N: harem members- make suggestions and I add dependent on the amount of votes each character gets- that aside-... I'm adding hephaestus, my personal opinion is non-disputable. Also, do feel free to vote for characters of different animes, comics or content because the Mc will be exploring various different worlds.

(I'm making the mc a harem through this story, hate me, my story in a sense and I'm learning- also my first writing so probably gonna suck ya know? just learning)

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