[Sickly Beauty + Card Collecting and Leveling Up + Sign-In Story]
Yu Yilü, a chess prodigy, transmigrates to another world.
The good news: it's a romantic world of swords and magic.
The bad news: he has neither swords nor magic.
System: Don't worry, Host. Although your magic is weak and you're sickly, you can collect cards through sign-ins, and you'll soon rise to the top!
[Beep. You obtained a thickheaded soldier.]
[Beep. You obtained a knight who can't stay awake.]
[Beep. You obtained a White Queen who doesn't look quite right in the head.]
Yu Yilü looks at the other mages, who can summon winds and rain, then at the scraps he's got in his hand, and falls into deep thought.
Now that's what you call a bad hand!
System: Don't worry, Host. You can level them up and make them stronger. You'll still rise to the top!
Yu Yilü: Oh? Can I level myself up too?
System: Of course. But you'll soon discover that the king is the most useless piece on the board~
Yu Yilü: ...
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As an F-rank mage at the bottom of the class, Yu Yilü is naturally scorned and mocked by the other mages.
"If I were you, I'd be so ashamed I'd kill myself. Stop bringing shame to the world of magic."
"F-rankers are born to do menial work."
Yu Yilü: I'm already on it.
Just not the kind of menial work you mean.
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The mages discover that all sorts of strange characters have appeared lately.
A red-haired boy who can cleave a mountain in two with a single sword insists, "I'm just an ordinary soldier."
Countless magical beasts live in the forest. Even high-ranking mages wouldn't dare go near it, but a knight in silver armor strolls right in, yawning.
Magical beasts? One blink, one slash, teleport, and the drops go up by one, one, one...
The girl beside him is even more terrifying. She hurls a disaster-level fireball without hesitation. Forget the magical beasts, she wipes out the entire forest in a flash. "Hahahaha! Bow before your Queen!"
The mages: (stunned dog.jpg)
And Yu Yilü is right behind them, frantically picking up the loot with a sack.
The mages immediately sneer at him. "You, a bottom-ranker, dare enter a forbidden zone? Come here to die? Hahaha!"
If they can't show off in front of that bunch of freaks, surely they can still lord it over this F-ranker.
Yu Yilü: "They fight the monsters, I do the menial work. Hey, don't kill them so fast."
But the strange characters up ahead suddenly turn around and bow. "As you command, Master."
These wastrels never pick up the loot they drop. Do they have any idea how many gold coins it takes to level up?
#Making a living is hard, picking up junk until you lose your mind#
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As the chessboard of fate is laid out, ancient and exalted beings awaken once more.
Beneath a grand plaster statue, the Bishop opens his blood-red eyes and murmurs, "He's back."
The Black Queen sits upon an iron throne in the darkness and raises her scepter. "This time, we must bring our king back."
Reading guide:
1. Chess is the backdrop for the card-drawing system. The author isn't an expert, so please forgive any mistakes.
2. Chuunibyou.
Theme: Never give up. A way out will always appear when all seems lost
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