In a dark forest, a young girl tripped and fell to the ground while running to escape the attack of a Dark Magic Beast.
When the girl woke up again, she looked around the scenery in bewilderment.
The surrounding trees were all pitch black.
"Ni Tian System, what is going on here? I need to receive the plot," Yi Yan murmured softly.
"Understood, Host." Ni Tian System replied cheerfully.
As it turned out, this was a world of magic. In this world of magic, people were divided into two categories: ordinary people and mages.
Ordinary people, naturally, possessed no magic; they were just ordinary folks.
As for the mages, they were typically divided into two major factions. One was the Light Mage Faction, and the other was the Dark Mage Faction.
The Original Host was a junior mage of the Light Faction, and she had developed a crush on someone within the Light Faction—who happened to be the very person coveted by the world's female protagonist, Lis.
The person approved of and liked by the female protagonist was naturally the male protagonist.
During a battle against the Dark Mage Faction, the female protagonist noticed early on that the Original Host had feelings for the person she liked. Feeling displeased, Lis coaxed the naive Original Host, using the pretext of reducing Mo Ge's combat burden, into joining the battle as well.
The crux of the matter was that the Original Host's magic was pure but not very powerful. Consequently, she was heavily injured during the engagement and was saved a second time by the male protagonist, Mo Ge, which only made the Original Host fall even harder for him.
Meanwhile, the female protagonist found the Original Host an increasingly obnoxious eyesore! Such a minor cannon fodder character was dangerous and should be eliminated as soon as possible.
Later, while hostilities between the two factions were temporarily suspended, the leader of the Dark Faction launched a sneak attack on the male protagonist, Mo Ge.
After the male protagonist was struck by the opponent's dark magic, he searched through countless Magic Grimoires, yet found no way to lift the dark magic. However, with the female protagonist by his side, this crisis was no crisis at all.
The female protagonist, Lis, was originally an ordinary person, but her family possessed detailed records concerning the removal of dark magic.
After scouring her family's grimoires, the female protagonist discovered a method.
This method could not only lift the dark magic afflicting the male protagonist, but it would also grant magic to herself, someone who previously had none.
It was truly the best of both worlds.
After the female protagonist discussed this with the male protagonist, Mo Ge was initially opposed to the idea. This was because the primary condition of this method was the sacrifice of ten young girls with pure and untainted light magic potential, and a crucial link in the process rested upon the Original Host.
However, as time went on, the male protagonist could no longer endure the relentless erosion of his body by the dark magic. He realized that he could no longer wield any magic at all, and to make matters worse, his status was on the verge of being shaken.
After all, Mo Ge was the male protagonist of this world, and his status was that of the leader of the Light Magic Faction.
Coupled with a few words of earnest and persuasive reasoning from the female protagonist, the male protagonist ultimately gave his consent and hesitated no longer.
Seeing that Mo Ge had agreed, Lis and Mo Ge immediately joined forces and began operating in secret.
Once the nine girls had been gathered, only the Original Host, whose injuries had just healed, remained.
Pitiably, the Original Host was cluelessly deceived by the female protagonist Lis and pushed straight onto the altar by the ruthless male protagonist, Mo Ge.
When the Original Host saw the other nine girls lying there as cold corpses, even someone as foolish as her finally understood!
The two of them were using Forbidden Magic and taking human lives.
After all of the Original Host's magic was drained away, her body grew cold, and amidst her drifting consciousness, she saw the male protagonist Mo Ge laughing maniacally, proclaiming that the dark magic afflicting him had finally been lifted.
Meanwhile, the female protagonist Lis walked up to the Original Host, holding a sharp weapon, and sliced open the Original Host's wrist...
At that moment, the female protagonist Lis glanced at the other cold corpses and softly muttered, "Drinking your blood at the very end means obtaining the final trace of magic left in your body, and then I will possess light magic."
Yet that final trace of magic was the Original Host's only chance of survival.
At that exact moment, the male protagonist Mo Ge did nothing to stop the actions of the female protagonist Lis.
Amidst her fading consciousness, grief and rage filled the Original Host's heart: "Why? I didn't do anything! Why must they treat me this way? How hateful! Who can help me?!"
"Congratulations to the Host for successfully receiving the plot!" Ni Tian System cheered happily.
"Still offering congratulations? Ni Tian System! This is a magical world, right? I was clearly a novice, yet you dragged me into a mess like this." Yi Yan smiled wryly through her lament.
"Host, as for this issue, even I find it strange! I clearly selected the real world, I have no idea how it got messed up!"
You really defied the heavens, you dragged me down with you, Ni Tian System!
"Forget it, Ni Tian System, go ahead and issue the mission! It shouldn't be a simple matter of cannon fodder staging a comeback, right?" Yi Yan said faintly, forcing a sense of confidence.
"Host, as for this mission—actually, as long as you have fun, however you manage a successful cannon fodder comeback counts as completing the mission! You can return to the Colorful Space at any time."
"There's such a great deal? As long as I'm happy, without any restrictions?"
"Yes, Host."
A bargain this lucrative was bound to be entertaining.
"So what does the Host plan to do next?" Ni Tian System asked with a hint of doubt.
With that childish, milky voice and bewildered tone, Yi Yan immediately pegged it as a clueless rookie system fresh on the job.
"Since I am now you, the Original Host, then in this lifetime, I will help you alter this tragedy and achieve a successful comeback." With those words, Yi Yan touched the Purple Jade Pendant at her collarbone and prepared to set off.
"Host, watch out, there's danger—it's a Dark Magic Beast."
Hearing the system's warning, Yi Yan swiftly condensed a magical barrier with both hands, shielding herself within it.
Before long, roughly half a dozen Dark Magic Beasts surrounded Yi Yan.
Yi Yan's expression remained as calm as still water as she fluidly cast several magic balls.
"Whoa! The Host is amazing! How did you do that? Manipulating magic so effortlessly, is this a bug? Clearly, special transients like the Host shouldn't be able to inherit the Original Host's abilities!" Ni Tian System exclaimed excitedly.
It seemed the Host she had bound herself to was truly extraordinary! Not only was her temper good, her disposition high, but her abilities were also formidable—simply peerless.
I, Ni Tian System, have struck gold! I'll never be mocked or bullied by other systems again! I really can defy the heavens now. Host, take me with you to defy the heavens! Hehe.
Perhaps catching the inner thoughts of Ni Tian System, the corners of Yi Yan's lips curved up slightly as she effortlessly dispatched the six Dark Magic Beasts.
Just as Yi Yan stood casually atop the carcass of a Dark Magic Beast, two factions emerged from out of nowhere.
"Host, I'm sorry! I didn't manage to warn you in time. Their movements were just too fast! The one leading them is..."
I know, Ni Tian System.
On one side, the figures dressed entirely in white belonged to the faction of the male protagonist Mo Ge, and naturally, the female protagonist Lis was among them.
On the other side stood figures clad in black with their faces masked in cloth, their appearances obscured. He was the ultimate villain and big boss of this magical world, and simultaneously the number one public enemy most despised by the entire Light Magic Faction.