Knowledge is power!

As all distractions were gone, Fergal opened the status screen again. The confused patient scrutinized the screen word by word, questions went rampant in his mind.

As he read, tracing along the lines with his finger, Fergal touched the (Dead but alive) beside his name.

[Dead but Alive: 30 days left before the special status wears out and the target dies]

30 days? WHAT THE HECK? So my lifespan is -60 years and because of that, I am alive but I will really die for good in 30 days? CRAP.

Suppressing his shock, Fergal continued to search for a way out of his predicament. Thinking about it calmly, he realized that since it was a status effect, there would definitely be a cure or antidote. Having noticed that additional information would appear when his finger was in contact with the screen, Fergal touched every single word. Only when he reached the [Stats] did more information appear.

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Level → 1

[Power/Strength → Current: 10 STR (50 KG) | +5 KG/STR]

[Intelligence → Current: 20 INT (IQ: 90) | +4 IQ/INT]

[Speed → Current: 12 SPD (6m/s) | +0.5m/s/SPD]

[Agility → Current: 10 AGI (0.030s | -0.003s/AGI]

[Stamina → Current: 10 STA (Ability to run 10 KM without stopping) | +1 KM/STA]

[Luck → Current: 30 LUK | Max: 100 LUK]

[Charm/Charisma → Current: 10 CRM | Max: 100 CRM]

[Recovery → Current: E | Max: SSS]

[Control/Accuracy → Current: D | Max: SSS]

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There was a plus button for 5 of the stats. Fergal tried pressing it and a notification appeared.

[Insufficient years, please collect 10 years of lifespan to increase a stat]

Unable to do anything about it, Fergal simply gave up. After digesting the information, he decided to try to complete his first 2 quests. He found 2 gold coins in his inventory but was not able to retrieve them as it was grayed out. Hence he could only wait and see what the was all about.

[100 years per draw] popped up on top of . Glancing at his -60 years, Fergal shook his hand and dismissed the idea of using the skill.

Where should I use the on? I know I can't use it on myself since I need a target.

He pondered for a while and thought on a drunk bastard that always yells and throws bottles to people over that abandoned parking lot that claimed that it was his backyard. Even if he dies or remember something of the ability nobody is gonna believe him.

So I walk towards the downtown of the city while evading as many people as possible, one, because I simply don't like being surrounded by people, and two because I was paranoid to being stab or being pickpocketed without even me knowing it. I finally arrived towards the end of the downtown and beginning of the normal parts of the city. It was now 7 PM and the sun was setting down on the horizon, the perfect time for my experiment.

I tried to activate the moment I saw his shady figure over 3 blocks away.

...

But nothing happened.

Tried again at 2 blocks, with the shape of his body now cleared.

...

Still didn't work.

So I approached 1 block away and focused on his face.

[Total lifespan: 80 years | ??] appeared and floated above the drunk bastard head.

Come to think of it, what is displayed is their total lifespan. How am I supposed to know how many years they have left if I do not know their age? Maybe I should just trick to tell me or just ask him about it. I decided to use my ability that I was eager to try.

[Use once (Reward: 1 x Lucky Draw) completed.]

One young man and a drunk man were floating in a white, seemingly endless, space. Fergal understood he had absolute control over the place as soon as he activated his ability. A new window materialized in front of his eyes.

➝ Blank contract

➝ Unknown

➝ Unknown

➝ Unknown

He selected the blank contract, the others were greyed out and apparently not available. A sheet of paper stipulating that a contractor would give up a certain amount of his lifespan to Fergal in exchange for something that had to be agreed upon by both parties. A signature was required to complete the contract. A bloody one.

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Fergal soon canceled his ability, upon which he had been given the possibility for the customer to retain or lose his memories of the shop. He chooses to the target to forget about being there. Good, that was one of his concerns gone.

They came back to the abandoned parking lot, nothing had changed but his waist clock, it seems that the same time passes in the as he calls it. The drunkard stood up from his sleeping position that was activated because of Fergal ability and started throwing up on the hood of an abandoned car.

Fergal was too interested in what he had felt in the to pay attention to the drunk reactions. He decided to went back to the as soon as possible. It seems that it was possible to enter the first time alone to build it from the ground, this information went inside of his head when he entered the first time with that drunk bastard.

So he found a quiet alley near the drunk bastard, sat on a ground near a fence and shut his eyes to enter the since it seems that when he enters he falls like asleep.

He finally was inside the again and realize that the 'white' was not really white. It was anything Fergal wanted to see. Or to make others see. Therefore it became an old oak bar on a wooden floor, surrounded by four walls. Fergal had added carpets and rows of books. Overall, it gave the 'room' a very warm and cozy ambiance. Perfect for negotiations. People would be more at ease in such a place, and instinctively trust the owner of the place, namely Fergal. Then, made a long and dark corridor appear outside, leading to a simple door engraved with clean words 'Life Bar'.

Fergal had decided that his customers would be teleported at the end of the corridor, and would have to walk toward the door, toward the light, their mind shrouded in doubts, maybe even fear… And they would suddenly be in a world of warmth, where an innocent-looking barman smiled at them and gave them any beverage they would like…

Fergal was quite satisfied with his work, but there were no victims on which to test. Only the same drunkard swear-filled mouth as before.

Remembering that he had a lucky draw chance, Fergal decided to use it.

A box with a '?' appeared in front of Fergal. Reaching his hand into the box, he could feel many round shaped object in the box. Praying silently in his heart, Fergal picked one and pulled it out of the box. A round white ball with the number '573' appeared in his hand and instantly disappeared with the box. And the sound of a notification followed with:

[ obtained.]

He touched the word and this new notification showed up:

[ - Double the basic stats for 10 minutes. After the times concludes basic stats decrease by 50% for 1 hour.]

Double the basic stats? Looks like a pretty decent skill. Will be quite useful when I encounter any sticky situation.

A series of rings of notifications followed after that:

[Play once. (Reward: Unknown) completed]

[ obtained.]

He touched the word and this new notification showed up:

[ - See everything within a 5-meter radius]

What? See everything? Isn't that OP?