System Error: A Reincarnation LitRPG

AARON SHIH To Trollmore, who unintentionally sparked the idea for this novel. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior written permission from Podium Publishing. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living, dead, or undead, is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2023 Aaron Shih Cover design by Podium Publishing ISBN: 978-1-0394-2984-0 Published in 2023 by Podium Publishing, ULC www.podiumaudio.com CONTENTS Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 56 Chapter 57 Chapter 58 Chapter 59 Chapter 60 Chapter 61 Chapter 62 Chapter 63 Chapter 64 Chapter 65 Chapter 66 Chapter 67 Chapter 68 Chapter 69 Chapter 70 Chapter 71 Chapter 72 Epilogue About the Author CHAPTER 1 Origin System Status Ark’tis has fallen to the R System’s Eternal King. Estimated W Inertia lost: 92,204,373 Notable B losses: Arthur Samson [Wandering Hero lv. 198], Kylie Ralston [Stalwart Paladin lv. 177], Sine [Divine Core lv. 127], Karl [Rare Core lv. 377], Alexander Kelsin [Heretical Thief lv. 94]… [expand] Notable R losses: <DATA LOST> Notable events: Personal Systems of 3,700+ Integrated returned the status <ERROR> upon attempting to analyze a [????] attack from the Eternal King. Attack power was later determined to have been equivalent in scale and power to that of a high-leveled [Legendary]- or [Unique]-class skill. All Personal Systems were disabled. Fatality rate 99.83%. Response formulating… Note: All Personal Systems available at the time possessed intelligence levels roughly equivalent to a [Common]-class human with 3 INT. Conclusion: Personal Systems for B Integrated were insufficiently intelligent to handle edge cases where R skill complexity outclassed processing capability. Proposal: Increase Personal System intelligence. Examining feasibility… Issue: Personal System intelligence cannot be raised through increased mana nor through increased W Inertia. Proposal: Include reincarnated intelligence in Personal System. Examining feasibility… No immediate issues found. Proposal: Initiate experiment with new reincarnation. Reincarnate one individual possessing high W Inertia with a [Legendary] class. Reincarnate a second possessing high natural INT and high W Inertia. Expend all mana resources necessary. Proposal deemed feasible. Initiating reincarnation process… Target found! Target Name Jerome Smith Target Age at Death 22 Target W Inertia 239,827 Target Natural INT 7 Abnormally high W Inertia detected. Natural INT insufficient. Prioritizing reincarnation as classholder advised. Reincarnating target… <ERROR: Reincarnation process failed. Reinitiate?> Mana expended: 20 Increasing reincarnation parameters… Reinitiating target’s reincarnation… <ERROR: Reincarnation process failed. Reinitiate?> Mana expended: 200 [process collapsed for brevity] Reincarnation succeeded! Mana expended: 20,000 <WARNING: Reincarnation process consumed significantly over the standard mana limit for reincarnation.> Initiating reincarnation process… Target found! Target Name Parker Wu Target Age at Death 19 Target W Inertia 38,317 Target Natural INT 17 High W Inertia detected. Natural INT sufficient. Stronger targets currently unavailable. Reincarnating target… P-System Log What the fuck? I was walking down the street just now, I swear. Heard a truck of some kind coming my way, and now I’m… here? What the hell is here, anyway? I can’t see or hear anything, and I can’t even feel my own body, but somehow I feel like I can perceive things. It’s weird—I don’t know how to explain it, but I can see without having actual visual sight? I have no idea what’s happening. Hold on. What’s with this text? Are my thoughts being recorded? Origin System Message Reincarnation process complete. Welcome to the Continent. Your body in your homeworld has died. Your soul was selected to enter the Continent, a world of swords and sorcery in which the Eternal King reigns supreme. There has been a deviation. You will not be fighting the Eternal King yourself. Your role will be to enable another. You are now able to check your status. Integration with target Jerome Smith will occur in thirty minutes. P-System Log Reincarnated into another world, huh? I’ve read and watched enough to see where this is going… Matter of fact, even the enemy seems generic. Demon Lord, Eternal King, tomato, tomahto. It’s just some big baddie that I’m gonna get tossed at. But that didn’t seem normal. Deviation? Enabling? Integration? I can… I still can’t feel what’s happening, but there’s this innate sense I have, one that’s gotten me to figure out how to open this log here. Can I use that to check my stats? Parker [ALIAS: P-System] Class Race Level PERSONAL_SYSTEM SYSTEM - Stat Current Maximum W Inertia 38,317 38,317 Mana - - Health <ERROR> <ERROR> Skills [W%M; G, P] Titles [System], [Reincarnator] Other statistics have been deemed irrelevant. P-System Log … what the hell? Whatever that was, I am pretty sure that wasn’t what I’m supposed to be seeing. I just got reincarnated into a fantasy world, dammit! I should have special powers of some kind, some mission— Well, I guess there is a mission. But what’s up with that? The class and race classifiers looked like they were placeholders from some indie game that released their pre-alpha two months too early! That skill looks like a cat rolled over someone’s keyboard! And who’s this “System” to tell me that I shouldn’t be allowed access to my stats? Alright, Parker, think. You’re not dumb. … I’m talking to myself inside a blue box. Never mind that. The