This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 594 - : Racial Talent: [Optimism] & Skill Modification

This worked perfectly with her [Mysterious Power]! Rita admitted it—whenever she used [Mysterious Power], she was either escaping or barely surviving...

But wasn't that just the situation?

Was it really just escaping or hiding?

Of course not!

It was a tactical retreat, a strategic hibernation!

Once she got stronger—although that felt like how she was back when she was climbing the ranks as a star—no matter how popular she got, her fans would still claim she was in her "rising phase." Back then, she didn't understand this mysterious and elastic "rising phase," but now she got it. She couldn't even explain how strong she needed to be to feel truly strong.

When using [Mysterious Power] to dominate—though, to be honest, she was usually forced to activate it, making the chances of truly dominating low—Rita still thought this was the perfect combo with [Undead Will]!

Rita shared her concerns with B8017913, asking, "If I activate this racial talent, will it replace my current racial talents?"

B8017913 explained, "Each race can have up to three racial talents. This activation is for your entire race's racial talent. As long as you have fewer than three racial talents, activating a new one won't affect your previous ones."

Rita finally understood. That's why some of the Lania Kaia 12 races had two racial talents while others had only one.

However, a new question arose. The undead race had existed for so long, and with powerful figures like Mistblade and Maple Syrup, how had they not activated their third racial talent yet?

B8017913 responded, "Also, this racial talent is determined by your traits."

Rita was taken aback. "What do you mean?"

B8017913 continued, "You decide what racial talents humans will have."

Rita blinked. "What do you mean by that?"

B8017913 further clarified, "The 'activation' is a rule created by the gods. They use a Divine Game player's gameplay as a sample, analyzing the player's racial traits to extract and summarize the racial talent for that race, which is then activated."

"This is why the success rate is unknown. If the Divine Game player doesn't have any particularly prominent traits—either positive or negative—they won't be able to activate a racial talent."

Rita, for a moment, hesitated. Her interest in activating the racial talent faded slightly.

B8017913 continued explaining, "Right now, you've obtained a first-tier racial talent, which can evolve later. In any case, this is a rare reward, equivalent to winning the rarest top-tier prize when playing the game."

Rita responded quietly, "Hmm..."

B8017913 added, "Why do you seem so worried? Are you afraid it won't activate?"

Rita didn't immediately explain but instead pressed the small golden figure made from threads, deciding to activate it.

[BS Announcement: Thanks to the efforts of player BS-Rita, the human race's racial talent has been activated. Player BS-Rita receives 100,000 honor points.]

Rita leaned on her chin, watching her new racial talent materialize.

[Optimism]:

The smart human race never acts recklessly; they are always optimistic. Once formal combat begins, a certain Mysterious Power allows you to vaguely sense your odds of winning. If your odds exceed 80%, you will uncontrollably laugh and fight; if your odds are below 80%, a quick laugh will trigger a 20% increase to your agility for 20 seconds. (As long as the battle continues, this effect can be triggered repeatedly, but it can only be activated once every 3 minutes.)

Rita blinked, "…I knew it."

Well, it was still useful. After all, no one else knew that the racial talent was based on her own performance, so it wasn't a big deal.

B8017913, now aware of the racial talent system from the network forum, came to a realization, "So that's how it works."

Rita remained silent.

In her mind, she heard Nivalis's voice:

"Wow, I heard from Shadow.Q that the human race's racial talent awakened thanks to your help? It feels kinda weird, like it's your own creation."

Even the name sounded sarcastic...

Rita defended herself confidently, "Nonsense! How could I laugh when my winning chances are less than 95%?"

Nivalis: ...That's true.

Rita pushed Nivalis away and then laid out the five golden thread dice she had obtained so far:

Two [Talent Modification I], two [Talent Modification II], and one [Skill Modification II].

[Talent Modification II]: After use, you can modify one letter or number in an S-level divine talent skill. If you modify a number, you must roll the dice to determine the new number. (If a blank face is rolled, no modification occurs.)

[Skill Modification II]: After use, you can modify one letter or number in a non-divine talent skill (SS-level). If you modify a number, you must roll the dice to determine the new number. (If a blank face is rolled, no modification occurs.)

[Skill Modification II] and [Talent Modification II] are very similar, with the only difference being that [Skill Modification II] can modify non-divine skills, although since divine skills aren't explicitly excluded, this means it can also modify divine talent skills.

But the dice for [Talent Modification II] and [Skill Modification II] are no longer six-sided—they are twelve-sided dice.

These twelve-sided dice, just like the six-sided ones, have a mixture of numbers and blanks, but the numbers have completely changed. They now range from "plus" and "minus" values.

"+1," "+2," "+4," "-2," "-3," "-3."

"+3," "+2," "+2," "-2," "-1," "-3."

"+1," "+2," "+3," "-2," "-3," "+4."

Rita opened her game panel and brought the dice to the phrase "This skill can only be used once in a lifetime" in [I Could Just Steal It].

She briefly thought, "What if I roll a negative number?"

She wasn't sure if this applied to an already unusable skill or if her greediness was making things more complicated, but just as that thought crossed her mind, she heard a system notification:

[If the modified usage count is below 1, everything gained from this skill will be revoked.]

Rita immediately pulled her hand back. What a ruthless clause!

Though she could gamble and increase the count to over 3 or even 4, once something was revoked, it would be hard to get back.

She adjusted the dice to target the "10%" in [I Just Want to Improve So Badly]—was that a single digit or two?

If she used the dice on 0 or 1, what would happen if it rolled a minus?

Compared to [Talent Modification I], [Talent Modification II] and [Skill Modification II] were more complex.

[It counts as two digits: if used on "1", a number increase will affect the tens place, and a decrease will make it illogical, rendering the skill temporarily unusable.]

[If used on "0", a number increase will affect the ones place, and a decrease will affect the total value.]

Rita understood the rules and decided to use the three twelve-sided dice on [I Just Want to Improve So Badly].

She wanted to modify the "1" in the "steal 1 attribute point" part of the skill!

With the precondition that she could only steal up to 10 times from the same target, modifying the critical reward seemed like a better choice than modifying the consumption.

She still had 5 unused dry branches as her backup. She could afford to gamble.

Rita rolled the dice...

"-2"—"Blank"—"+3"!