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nAll my life, I have been through many accidents and misfortunate incidents. For that, I was discriminated against by everyone around me.

nEveryone was afraid to be pulled into the misfortune that I bring around with me. I blamed myself for bringing bad luck and calamities to everyone around me.

nThe only thing I was good at in my life was cooking. Even though I was not at a Master Chef level, I am a pretty decent chef myself.

nWith my culinary skills, I could get handsome pay, but I would be fired within weeks of my joining with my notoriety to bring bad luck.

nAfter getting fired from God knows how many times, I was about to give up on my passion for cooking.

nThen, I received a job opportunity as a chef in a nearby small restaurant even after knowing that I brought bad luck.

nIt's been 4 years since I started working in that restaurant. Many co-workers and other staff complain to the restaurant owner and ask to fire me for bringing bad luck and misfortune.

nBut never once did the restaurant owner blame me for my misfortune. He was the first person to ever show me kindness in my entire life.

nHe treated me as his own son since I reminded him of his only son that died in the army service. I slowly grew up to see him as a father figure.

nBut my bad luck struck once again, and the restaurant owner nearly died from a car accident.

nEveryone blamed me for that. I began to accept my misfortune and left my job in the restaurant and lived away from everyone.

nA week passed since then, and I got a call from the restaurant owner on the day he regained consciousness after the accident.

nHe wanted me to visit him, and with how stubborn the old man was, he even blackmailed me that if I don't visit him, it was the same as him dying.

nI gave in and was on my way to the hospital that he was admitted to.

nI was on my way to the hospital. When I was in a cab, I received notifications saying that I was chosen for the Alpha Program and prepared myself to be teleported. A 1-minute time appeared.

nI didn't believe any of that and neglected it, but once the 1-minute timer ended, I was teleported and found myself in a cave with the urge to vomit.

nI tried to suppress it but failed to do so. Only after looking around myself did I take the contents in the notifications seriously.

nAfter that, I found a blinking 'S' in the top right of my vision. A similar blue screen window opened by concentrating on it, and it had statistics of my Attributes.

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nSTATUS

nName: Dante

nAge: 28

nRace: Lesser Human (Male)

nLevel: N

/A

nLife Energy: 0

/100

nTier: N

/A

nStrength: 8

nAgility: 9

nVitality: 8

nEndurance: 8

nSpirit: 10

nHealth: 80

/80

nStamina: 40

/40

nSpirit Energy: 50

/50

nLuck: ????

nUndistributed Stats: 0

nInnate Talent: (Grade Unknown) (Locked)

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nBy concentrating on the terms like Spirit, Life Energy and other things, I was given descriptions of them in the form of notifications.

nI didn't know why my luck was not measured like other Attributes. Thinking about how unlucky I was, I assumed that my Luck would be in negative points for it to be like that.

nAs for Innate Talent, I couldn't find any details even when I tried to concentrate on it. But I learned that it was a Unique category Innate Talent which was supposedly rare.

nIt took me a while for me to accept the new reality.

nAfter that, I steeled myself and cautiously explored the cave in search for a way out.

nEven though it was not clear, I could still look around myself with the dim light illuminating from the ceiling.

nBut the problem was that I couldn't tell where the light source was for the light to illuminate.

nAfter walking for some time, I realised that it's more of a maze than a cave. Time continued to flow as I tried to find the exit.

nAccording to the time shown on the top left of my vision, 8 hours passed since I was teleported.

nWithout any food and water, I was tired, but I pushed myself to find the maze exit or any viable food source.

nIn the next turn of the maze, I came across 3 rats feasting on another dead rat. What freaked me out was those rat's size. They were even a bit larger than a typical cat.

nThey sensed my presence and turned their heads towards me in unison. Then those three oversized Rats rushed towards me with blood dripping from their two sharp front teeth.

nFear took over my body as I ran without looking back. But after a few meters, I tripped over a rock and fell to the ground.

nBoth of the oversized rats neared, and I got hold of a brick-sized rock near me and swung it at my full force at the closest rat that lunged at me.

nThe rock's edge directly pierced the rat's head from the side, and its blood sprayed over my face.

nJust then, a few notifications popped up.

nLv.1 Cannibal Rat killed

n25 Life Energy Obtained

n is unlocked

n converted all Luck Stats into Fate Stats.

n1 Fate Stat = 100 Luck Stats

nFate: 83.55

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n (Unique Category) (Grade Unknown):

n- Able to absorb the Luck stats of the Beings that the host kills and convert them into Fate Stats,

n- Randomly uses Fate Stats to get a suitable reward for killing monsters of different races.

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nCongratulations! You have awakened your 1st Innate Exclusive Skill, .

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nAble to perceive Fate Halos and Fate Sequences of any existence within a limited duration and range around the Host. (Fate Sequence duration and Fate Sequence Range depends on the host's Tier.)

nCost: 0.01 Fate Stat per minute. (Constant)

n- Perception Range of Fate Sequences & Fate Halos (Host's Tier-N

/A): 100 meters.

n- Duration of Fate Sequences & Fate Halos (Host's Tier-N

/A): 1 second.

n- Automatically activates when Host is in danger.

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nOnce my Innate Talent unlocked, all the information of its description got transmitted into my mind.

nThe second oversized Rat let out a sharp squeal and rushed at me with a speed that rivalled a dog.

nThen, I perceived a virtual trajectory of that Rat's shape like some kind of sixth sense. I could sense the imaginary path trajectory of that oversized Rat.

nIt originated from the second Cannibal Rat, and the end of the Rat shaped virtual trajectory was my stomach.

nWhen I was in the way of the virtual trajectory, I had a bad premonition.

nSo, I rolled sideways from the trajectory while I was on the ground and in the next instant, the Cannibal Rat's every movement exactly passed through the virtual trajectory.

nIf I was late by even half a second, I would have been bitten in my stomach by the Cannibal Rats attack. I quickly got myself up, and then the third Cannibal Rat bolted towards me.

nOnce again, a virtual trajectory in the shape of the third Cannibal Rat pointed to my right foot. This time, I lifted my foot without moving from my position, and the rat passed from under my right foot.

nI realised that the Fate Sequence is a virtual trajectory that indicated the target's path in the next second.

nI was amazed by my new ability. When I saw the second Cannibal Rat heading towards me, I readied myself.

nThen I sensed its Fate Sequence. Instead of moving aside, I waited for half a second and swung the rock in my hand at the end of the path trajectory.

nMy heavy blunt attack with rock directly hit it on its stomach. Even though it didn't die, it took a fatal blow.

nInstead of going for the kill, I waited for another Cannibal Rat to attack me and repeated the same process of using its Fate Sequence to strike the spot it would reach in half a second.

nUnlike the second Cannibal Rat, the third one died with a single hit.

nLv.1 Cannibal Rat killed

n25 Life Energy Obtained

nAbsorbed 5 Luck Stats were converted into 0.05 Fate Stats.

nFate Stat was the only Stat that was shown in decimals.

nAfter that, It didn't take long to kill the injured second Cannibal Rat.

nLv.2 Cannibal Rat Killed

n50 Life Energy Obtained

nAbsorbed 7 Luck Stats were converted into 0.07 Fate Stats.

nCongratulations! You have reached Lv.1

n5 Undistributed Stats available

nCongratulations! You have reached Tier-1

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