It was the eve of the seventh month in the Yyvel Calendar, Year 678. Like every other month, once a night of the full moon rose to the occasion, townships worldwide would congregate at their centers to perform Class Awakening Rituals for those in their population who were of age.

Ever since the calamity descended onto the world more than a thousand years ago, humanity had been in a state of endless turmoil. The paradigm of society had shifted to accommodate the supernatural and even to this day, humans had yet to reclaim their spot on the top of the food chain.

What with their world's landscape changing into something completely unrecognizable, with previous technologies left unusable, and foreign constructs and monsters freely roaming, it was a miracle to some that the human race was yet to be extinct.

The population had taken a horrific dip, plummeting to a fraction of a percent of its peak, and that was only on day one after the apocalypse. Had the humans with the greatest potential not spontaneously evolved and manifested their Classes, they very easily would have been completely wiped out in days.

Those pioneers from the primeval era of chaos had paved the way for the rest of humanity. They came together to rebuild civilization and form the organization that would ensure progress continued long after they died; the Setting Stars.

…

"Status," a wizened old man said as he stood in front of a young man who couldn't have been older than fifteen. "Three Clover Apothecary, standard for the Alchemy Guild."

The old man moved down the line of youngsters to face a girl as the fifteen-year-old who had received his verdict smiled and sighed softly. "Status… Moonshot Archer? Hmm," the old man gave the girl an odd look before he shrugged and continued down the line.

"Status, Secondary Cultivator..."

"Status, Botanical Pill Concocter..."

"Status, Lunar Sword Maker..."

"Status, Undying Soldier..."

"Status—"

[System Initialized]

Time stopped, the colors of the world faded, fate dissociated…

[Status:

Name: Miles Trainer

Class: Protagonist (Primary Cultivator)

Subclass: Locked

Level: 1

Key:

L. = Lesser

M. = Magic

Parameters

Health: 100%

Stamina: 100%

Magic: 100%

Strength: L. Human

Constitution: L. Human

Vitality: L. Human

Agility: L. Human

M. Reserves: L. Human

M. Regeneration: L. Human

Skills/Abilities:

Name: Fate Dissociation System

Classification: Innate Trascendental Ability

Level: Maxed

Description: Given to the "Protagonist," Hero of Fate, or whatever else you want to call it, the system has retrofitted reality in accordance with your actions.

Effect 1: Class of Protagonist. For every Major Breakthrough your observable class of "Cultivator" evolves; i.e. from Primary to Secondary to Tertiary and so on.

Effect 2: Quantification of Self. Allows you to see abstract information about yourself represented in quantifiable measures.

Effect 3: System Path of Power. Grants access to System Points, the Shop, and Quests.

Effect 4: Retrofitted Reality. Fate has dissociated to match your pace along the journey that has been predestined for your life. Manipulates events around you such that you can take however long you want to complete Main Quests.

Name: Class of Protagonist (Observed "Cultivator")

Classification: Innate Mythical Ability

Level: 1

Description: Currently, has no redeeming qualities. However, a Protagonist holds about as much potential as a Hero or Sage Class if not even more so as you have no type or affiliation restrictions. As it stands, with the features of a Primary Cultivator, you are allowed to choose a Substituted Class upon acquiring three interrelated Skills and or Abilities.

Subclass of Primary Cultivation: Locked (Learn at least three interrelated Skills/Abilities)]

"—Primary Cultivator," the old man conducting the Class Awakening Ritual said as time resumed. "Yeesh, tough luck kid," the old man said with a sigh. "Good luck trying to find work in the Miscellaneous Department of the Frontier Guild."

[New Quest Alert]

Miles somehow found the inner calm to not react despite… well, everything.

[Quests:

Side Quest 1: Challenge Accepted, Boomer.

Description: Some so-called Sage thinks you, the Protagonist, are pitiful? He's totally right! As you are, you're low-tier fodder trash. However, you can't just accept that now, can you? Take his challenge, find a job in the Miscellaneous Department of the Frontier Guild, and complete it to prove his misconceptions about you wrong!

Rewards: Depends on the job taken and how well it is completed.]

Silently, Miles waited for the sagely old man to move on and continue with the ritual for the peer that stood to his right before he withdrew from his spot and went home. Walking slowly, he tried to make sense of everything that had just happened, but even after arriving at his home, he found it all so hard to digest.

Taking a deep breath, Miles looked through the window of the basement where he lived. As the scattered red, blue, and violet moonlight of the world's three lunar satellites made it clear how late it was, Miles decided to turn in for the night.

He figured, 'I guess it doesn't really matter what all this nonsense is, does it? Hero of Fate, Protagonist, the Fate Dissociation System… Maybe if these things help me get out of this shithole and live a better life, I'll worry about it.'

He sighed and lied on the ground before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep.

…

[New Quest Alert]

[Quests:

Main Quest 1: Experience for the Greenhorn.

Description: The world could end at any minute! Between interdimensional invasions, mysterious dungeons, and transient divine towers, humanity has no idea when another calamity might strike! As the Hero of Fate, you must rise up to the occasion and support your people. How you do that is up to you… However! For your support to matter even slightly, you need to become more experienced. So, pick a field and cultivate it such that you reach, say, Level 50.

Rewards: 10,000 System Points.]