Chapter 1. D-Rank, Not S-Rank

I really lived like a fool.

“Fucking...”

In the rain-drenched wilderness, I lay on the ground, powerless, dying.

What went wrong?

‘This wasn’t what I wanted when I became a Contractor.’

It was the age of the Contractors.

After the spatial collision with parallel worlds led to the proliferation of monsters, those who contracted with the Holy Seats gained superhuman powers and dominated the world.

‘I wanted to succeed too.’

I became a Contractor, dreaming of a rosy future.

But I failed.

The only Holy Seat I could contract with was the lowest D-Rank.

I didn’t receive any proper buffs and just wandered around, digging my own grave.

I tried everything to overcome my limitations.

I studied a lot and collected all sorts of information.

But it was all for nothing.

Struggling like this... I ended up dying like this.

‘What went wrong?’

The answer was obvious.

‘It’s because I contracted with that damn D-Rank Holy Seat!’

Contracting with a Holy Seat isn’t something you can choose freely.

From the time you’re a prospective Contractor, if you stand out, you’ll receive contract offers from various Holy Seats, but more than half don’t even get offers.

Those who don’t get offers have to offer tributes to the temple to be connected with a suitable Holy Seat and sign a contract.

If you’re very lucky, you can contract with an S-Rank Holy Seat, but if you’re unlucky, you end up with a low-rank Holy Seat.

And I was one of the unluckiest.

‘Should I have given up on my dream of becoming a Contractor when I got the D-Rank Holy Seat?’

I once posted on an internet anonymous forum, asking, “I ended up contracting with a D-Rank Holy Seat. What should I do now?”

The first comment that came up was “I recommend suicide,” and the second was “Get hit by a truck and reincarnate quickly.”

It was a hopeless situation, to the point where everyone was suggesting a reset of life.

Looking back now, maybe it would have been better to choose a quick death back then.

It would have been much better than suffering and dying miserably like this.

Who knows? Maybe a life reset was really possible.

‘If I could be reborn...’

I cried tears of blood in my heart, shouting.

‘This time, I’ll definitely get an S-Rank Holy Seat...!’

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What the hell is this?