'Unique Card', among the players of the game, is one of the most favored items of the game.
Even speed runners and hardcore type players have acknowledged the significance of this item.
Considering it from the perspective of a 'Gacha' game.
If the attack enhancement card (advanced) can be considered a 'four-star' item, then this 'Unique Card' can be considered a 'five-star' gold item whose probability of appearing is barely 0.001%.
Such a rare item is obviously not ordinary.
This item has many restrictions on it.
You can't use it during a fight; you can't use it unless you are in a perfectly calm state.
You can't use it on a mentally affected character; neither can you use it on a cursed character nor on a De-buffed character.
Your character must be in a perfect state to use this card.
Even though these are considered minor restrictions, the major restriction is that you can't use this card on the same character more than once.
This means this card is a 'one-time use' item and if you mess up, then say goodbye to it till you get your hands on it again.
'But even after all these restrictions, this card is worth the trouble…'
Sitting in his dorm's training room, Jareth was smiling in his mind happily while looking at the card sitting in his inventory.
There are some items in the game that can literally defy the game mechanics and change a useless character into the most broken and overpowered type of character.
This unique card is one of those heaven-defying items.
The actual thing that this card does is very simple, actually.
[Unique Card]
[Item Description: Created from the condensation of space-time and the blessings of the world itself, this item can manifest the phenomena freely and change the destined fates of the user.]
[Item Effects: Generates a random 'Unique Talent' for the User by changing the threads of fate and destiny…]
[Ding! Severe Warning! Using this item can affect the threads of fate! It may create unexpected changes in the world's destined fate.]
[Tempering with the strings of fate will affect many unrelated destinies, be careful to use this item with extreme caution!]
'Yes! This is the exact same thing!'
Obtained at the very end stages of the game, this card can change a character's talent.
You can literally change the destiny of a character and give them broken and overpowered talents with this item.
There are literally no other items in this world that can change the destined fate and grant talents to an individual.
All beings that are born in this world are either born with some kind of talent or they don't have any talent.
But there's no way to change someone's talent.
You can't just go and tell someone to 'Git gud' and they will become strong from just that. That's not how this world works.
Everyone's talent is determined from birth, and changing it is impossible.
The only way for the untalented to get strong is by sheer hard work and effort, but this one card can change it all.
This unique card is completely random; it can give you a very useless talent or it can also give you a much overpowered talent; it all depends on luck.
Moreover, you have just one chance in this matter, you can't use it again on the same character, and if the character has a useless talent, then it would be a waste of such a great opportunity.
Several casual gamers in Jareth's past life literally ruined their carefully built characters by giving them counterproductive talents due to this unique card.
Although the outcome of using this card is uncertain, it can definitely be considered a broken item in the game.
'One of the barely known streamers got the talent to 'Manipulate space-time' to their will and that streamer became famous overnight…'
This unique card is a one-way ticket to heaven and hell, and the result is completely random.
Thinking about all of this, Jareth slowly calmed down his beating heart and thought to himself.
'I never expected I would be able to get such a rare item right at the start…'
Jareth was expecting a hefty amount of CP, but he never expected that such a rare item would come out after defeating those Cyclops.
'Well, that Cyclops was indeed a grade-2 monster after all, and I killed it in one shot while still being a Grade-5… the reward might have been improved due to the fact that I achieved a cross-realm kill…'
Although Jareth had used an attack enhancement card to strengthen his attack, he still defeated a monster that was three grades higher in realm than him.
This was definitely a great achievement.
Perhaps that's why Jareth got this bonus reward along with the CP.
Jareth gulped his saliva and prayed to heaven for luck.
'oh god of thieves and gamblers, bless me with the luck of a lucky gambling god! I Will sacrifice more monsters to you from now on in return!'
After saying his devout prayers, Jareth finally decided to use the card.
[Ding! Severe warning! The changes done by this card in the strings of destiny will be very high!]
[Ding! Are you sure you want to use the 'Unique Card'?]
[Yes or No]
'Yes'
In an instant, as if the world had stopped from Jareth's perspective, everything felt dreamy and unreal.
'Ah, yes, I have to see this cutscene too...'
Jareth suddenly found himself standing in a white room.
The room was so vast that Jareth couldn't see the end of it and everything around him looked white and ethereal.
Jareth started to see several red-colored strings attached to his body.
'Are these the threads of fate?'
Jareth wanted to move and touch them, but he couldn't move anything in his body except for his eyeballs.
He suddenly noticed that out of the many threads of fate that were attached to him started to tremble and change their positions suddenly.
Some threads got intertwined and some directly broke off from his body.
Jareth didn't know the meaning and significance of all this so he didn't mind it too much.
Then all of a sudden, an extremely thick red thread appeared out of nowhere and attached itself to his chest.
The tread seemed a hundred times thicker and stronger than the other ones and it gave off a majestic aura from Jareth's point of view.
At this moment, Jareth knew he had succeeded; the appearance of such a strong string of fate was a great success.
Jareth finally came back from the dreamy state and got control of his body back.
The cutscene seems to have ended all the visions that he was receiving and disappeared into nothingness as if they never existed from the beginning.
'Sigh, although this cutscene didn't seem to hold much importance when I saw it in-game, now that I have personally come to this world, I don't know what it will change…'
There was no official information in the game about this strange phenomenon, and even the game staff didn't clearly talk about this strange cutscene, so Jareth had no idea what significance it held.
'Nonetheless, I seem to have already gotten a desirable outcome, it seems…'
[Ding! You have successfully altered the strings of fate and destiny!]
[Ding! A vast ripple has happened in the web of fate due to this disturbance!]
[Ding! Congratulations, You have received a new talent, 'Mana Singularity'!]
[Ding! Due to 'Mana Singularity', your skill 'Mana Control' has been eliminated!]
In an instant, Jareth could feel subtle changes happen in his body; he could perceive mana on an extremely minute level.
His control over mana seemed to have improved in an instant.
[Unique Talent: Mana Singularity]
[Talent Description: You are one with mana, no one can control mana better than you, your mana control will be so efficient and natural as if it were obeying your every command.
You are loved by mana and even if you stand in a place filled with 'chaotic mana', it won't affect you either.]
[Talent Effect: Improves mana control to an Extreme level…]
'Yes! Finally got something of my own!'
Until now, Jareth was surviving off temporary strength, but now he can see his path of improvement.
With this talent, he can certainly achieve greater heights.
Jareth could feel that his body seemed to have become extremely comfortable with mana.
'At this point, it's an insult to call it mana control anymore… it's basically 'Mana command' at this point! As expected of one of the most favored talents in the game!'
'Mana singularity' is a talent that can be considered equal to 'Sword Intent' for mages.
All Mages in the world want to achieve 'Singularity' with mana.
Everyone wants to reach this near-impossible state, but except for a few people recorded in the long annals of history, none has been able to achieve this insane feat.
A look of confidence appeared in Jareth's eyes, he now has strength and a path to become strong.
With this talent in possession, a determined look appeared in Jareth's Eyes.
'I can become strong too…'
Now Jareth can finally see the hope of survival in this cruel world.