"Well… I'm fucked."
…
Imagine this: you escape your most mind-numbing college lecture… Professor Henderson droning on about the Agricultural Revolution of 14th Century Flanders, just to hide in a bathroom stall and pull your guaranteed legendary gacha in your favorite game. 
You've been saving for months. This is it. This is your moment.
...And you pull the worst fodder character in the entire game.
Then, as if the universe hadn't humiliated you enough, you hear gunshots.
That's how Klaus died… clutching his phone, staring at a trash-tier pull, bleeding out on grimy bathroom tiles while some psycho unloads a clip outside. 
Pathetic? Absolutely. But hey, at least it couldn't get worse.
Except it did.
Because now he's woken up inside [Artemis Online]... the very game that betrayed him moments before his death and not as the overpowered Protagonist with his bullshit angel bloodline and auto-heal cheat code and not even as one of the gorgeous gacha waifus everyone whales for or an extra with a decent backing.
No.
He's reincarnated as that exact same fodder character he pulled. The tutorial NPC. The guy with Metal Magic… the most common, bottom-tier trash magic in existence. 
The guy whose entire life savings (one measly gold coin) was already spent registering for the Divine Wizard Academy's Entrance Exams in two months.
Oh, and did he mention the Protagonist is basically a nepo-baby demigod? Born with the King's bloodline, raised by an literal angel mother who peaced out to heaven, and adopted by the most prestigious noble clan in the kingdom because some rich lady thought his rags looked cute. The guy trips over plot armor everywhere he goes.
Meanwhile, Klaus can't even afford a decent meal.
How the hell is a no-name mob character with garbage-tier magic supposed to survive an entrance exam designed to kill 90% of applicants? 
How is he supposed to avoid getting trampled by protagonists, villains, and every overpowered side character in between?
Just as despair sets in, a familiar notification appears:
「Ultimate Gacha System has been initialized」
「Roll the gacha wheel once daily for a chance at legendary rewards!」
「Good luck, player. You'll need it.」

The Ice Phoenix's glowing light-blue eyes suddenly flashed with an unhinged malice. 


To the ancient beast, any mortal holding its offspring was a thief that needed to be cleansed from existence.


Without a single second of warning, the Ice Phoenix thrust both of its massive crystal wings forward, unleashing a point-blank apocalyptic Glacial Blizzard straight into Klaus's chest!


The staggering force of the blast was terrifying as a wall of compressed sub-zero ice pressure slammed into the clearing. 


Even though Klaus had passively reactivated a tight Soul Mana shell around the carriage behind him, the physical shockwave picked up the multi-ton oak carriage and sent it flying fifty feet through the air like a wooden toy.


Chapter 163 - Fucking Bird