I Hate Systems

Chapter 189: Complications Regarding a System’s Return

‘Luck comes in numerous forms and varieties. And, unless a person’s action conforms to the type of luck, it doesn’t take effect.’ The coincidental Luck System thought, smiling as it witnessed Rhizen’s actions.

‘The first is the generalised luck that is effective in day-to-day activities. This is spread out over a variety of matters and doesn’t generate any qualitative effect that would change the person’s life.’ It thought, ‘And, the second form is the specialised luck that is only effective in the respective field it is geared towards.’

‘Suppose a person’s luck is effective in playing soccer, then once he enters this path, he would eventually be able to become a pro and make a comfortable living out of it by gaining advantage through his luck.’ It laughed, ‘This luck would not only allow him to bypass a lot of hurdles, but it would also allow him to stumble upon techniques while practice that would allow his skills to also develop. It improves him comprehensively in regards to everything related to soccer.’

‘But, if this individual, gifted with the luck of soccer tries to become a teacher, he won’t be able to use it. He’ll only have the generalised luck to support him in life, which doesn’t do much since it is dispersed into everything there exists, variables of every form.’ It shook mentally, ‘So, any accomplishments as a teacher would be something that he would have to do on his own, through hardwork, through perseverance, and by grabbing hold of every chance and opportunity presented without leaving any variable untouched.’

‘Luck isn’t omnipotent. As long as one targets every single variable and finishes their objective, they would be able to succeed in whatever path they wish for.’ It snorted derisively, ‘But, only a genius is capable of doing so. The amount of smarts required to achieve this means that whatever field they choose would allow them to succeed at to a fair extent.’

‘And, if they were to choose the field of their specialised luck, such geniuses would become peerless.’ It laughed, thinking, ‘This is precisely the reason Rhizen is great, despite the countless flaws he possesses.’

‘For a regular person, even if he trod on the path supported by his specialised luck, he’ll only be passively supplemented by it. So, if in a case with no variables, this luck is pretty much useless. But, Rhizen isn’t like that.’ It was pretty excited, ‘He can actively harness this luck, instinctively. That’s what sets him apart from others and makes him the best Host for me.’

All the Coincidental Luck System had to do was continue generating luck. And, Rhizen would be able to use it all the time, ensuring the variables of various situations would work in his favour. Moreover, he was pretty smart to think of countless variables himself.

That was what made him a terrifying System Host.

But, even with this, he had been killed quite the few times. It was because the Coincidental Luck System’s opponents were from the same genre as itself, so they too harnessed the power of luck. Moreover, they were constantly providing one-use versions of their Core Skills to the Hatchling Systems so that they too were protected by luck.

Otherwise, the moment they began to target Rhizen, too many coincidences would act against them that would eventually result in their deaths. Had Neena not been protected as such, she would have died on the first day after she began to target him.

So, even though it seemed like the Coincidental Luck System was operating at a loss, its enemies too were doing the same. After all, they were using up Mental Energy to activate their abilities and help the Hatchling Systems before they entered this world.

Secondly, they were sponsoring Mental Energy to the Hatchling Systems to fight against Rhizen. Otherwise, with just their foundation alone, they won’t ever be able to kill Rhizen.

Thanks to the Coincidental Luck System’s Mental Energy reserves, Rhizen’s luck would never run out. Moreover, he too was innately blessed by an abundance of luck and was an individual capable of harnessing it.

He wasn’t an opponent that could be killed easily.

But, despite that, he had died several times. And in such times, the Coincidental Luck System had to forcefully leave his body and return to the System World alone.

There were some complications related to that. That was why Systems devoured their Hosts upon reaching the System World.

The first reason was to reclaim everything they had handed over to their Hosts. And second, the primary reason was the fact that only a System could be in a System World.

A System Host wasn’t considered that. After all, they were different creatures within which Systems resided, the resultant of which were kind of like half-Systems.

And, if they remain in the System World for some time, the laws of the world would consider them as vermin and eliminate them. There was a small window of time before the laws would take action. So, the Systems would extricate themselves from their Hosts before then and devour them.

As for System Slayers, they were straight-up considered as fragments of the Main Character System, and hence could remain in the System World for as long as they needed.

Now, to return to the System World without the Host, the System would have to pry itself from the Host’s body, causing permanent damage to itself. Quite a lot of its power would be lost as a result.

And, upon arriving at the System World, they would have to expend Mental Energy to gradually heal themselves and reclaim their authority. Powerful Systems with a heavy foundation were able to accept this loss and recover.

But for Hatchling Systems, they were unable to do so. After all, their foundation was small enough that once they extricate themselves from their Host, practically nothing of them would remain. It was pretty much a death sentence, which was also why hunting Hatchling systems was the best bet for System Slayers.

Beyond a certain level, even Grade 1 Systems couldn’t be killed. If their Hosts were killed, they would extricate themselves from them and return to the System World alone.