1 A Humble Prologue

Have you ever had fantasies of supernatural encounters? Things such as getting involved in a secret mystical war. As a dreamer who fantasizes a lot, I must admit such thoughts have passed through my mind quite a few times.

[Congratulations, you have been chosen as a Ranker!]

Secretly participating in a grand tournament. An indistinguishable student in the day, a mythical fighter by night. Such a novel concept should be something worth experiencing, no?

[As a Ranker privilege, you may freely create one Trait of your choosing.]

Conquering your enemies with a unique power of your own, while keeping them a secret outside of combat. Struggling to maintain a facade of ordinariness as others begin to notice your abnormality.

An exciting prospect.

Though I do wonder what one would choose if they were given this kind of opportunity? A chance to gain any power they might want.

Well, usually they would wish for unlimited wishes or in this case a Trait that can create an unlimited amount of Trait, whatever the word 'Trait' might mean in this scenario.

[Would you like to gain Trait: $ +&+#?]

[ERROR]

But as expected, such a thing wouldn't be allowed, huh.

[Would you like to gain Trait: Creator instead?]

I'll gracefully decline that option. Creating isn't exactly my fancy and creativity is a lacking weakness of mine anyway.

Now, what else would people typically wish for in this scenario? Assuming they aren't selfless people that would ask for things like 'an ability that let the populace attain world peace' or 'An ability that can heal my father's chronic disease'.

The general option would be becoming an all-powerful being, wouldn't it? You can just rampage and do whatever you want to.

[Would you like to gain Trait: Almighty?]

Or maybe the power to see the future? Such abilities would be very useful in the business world. Even ignoring all the straightforward profits, just never failing an investment is a great track record, i.e. more trustworthy and therefore more net worth.

[Would you like to gain Trait: Seer?]

Could they wish to simply fake talents, to improve their growth rate? It sounds rather base, but still a practical choice. I think people would be very satisfied with this ability in terms of daily lifestyle.

[Would you like to gain Trait: Prodigy?]

Or a social creature, would one wishes to assert their dominance on lesser beings? This is a great choice for egotistical people. I consider this choice to be a very interesting one.

[Would you like to gain Trait: Overlord?]

In my opinion, those are all lovely choices, yet in the end, they simply fell flat in comparison to the cheat that is reality manipulation.

[Would you like to gain Trait: $ +&+#?]

Sadly such powers seem to be out of my grasp. What a pity. Not that I expected it to work but...

[ERROR]

[Would you like to gain Trait: Luckster instead?]

On the other hand, there is still probability manipulation. A rather discreet passive ability that can be applied to most of anything. A very solid choice. Yet I would prefer something a bit more showy that. Anything related to space-time manipulation is usually a solid ability.

[Would you like to gain Trait: Planeswalker?]

[Please choose one already.]

Now let us take this slowly oh impatient guest of mine. This could be the day that decides the fate of humankind so let us seep in the atmosphere for now and enjoy it to the fullest extent.

Nevertheless, the ability to travel between worlds… Honestly, I had no choice but to take it. It might not be the 'Reality Manipulation' power I wished for, but it is very damn close, and this is an opportunity to answer one important question that long since eludes me.

[You have gained the Trait: Planeswalker]

[Skill: Dimensional Travel has been derived from Trait: Planeswalker]

[As a Ranker privilege, you may freely create one skill of your choosing]

[Note: a Skill shouldn't be in dissonance with one's Trait.]

Huh. Then give me All-Fiction.

[Skill: Hundred Gauntlets(1) has been created under Trait: Planeswalker]

...What?

"…"

[…]

"…"

...Fine, whatever. Just use DT already. Let's see what kind of world I'll fall into. Not like staying here will do me any good.