Those Receiving Their Rewards; From This Day Forth, Gods and Demons Shall Recoil, and My Path Alone Shall Reign Supreme!
"Ding, beginning class change."
"Integrating rule fragments. Loading [Destiny Thief] class template..."
"Ding! Class change successful! Group member [Kill-Stealing Kazuma] has successfully taken the [Destiny Thief] class (LV1)."
The moment the notification ended, Kazuma Sato did not immediately feel a surge in power. Instead, he experienced a strange sensation of weightlessness, as though the "weight" of his existence had been reevaluated and redefined by some higher-level entity.
Immediately afterward, an indescribable perception flooded deep into his soul like a tide.
He "saw" it!
Not with his eyes, but through an intuition beyond the five senses, one belonging solely to the [Destiny Thief]: the invisible, intangible, yet omnipresent "luck" surrounding him!
It was no longer an abstract concept. It had become a magnificent, nearly tangible torrent!
Centered on him, a dazzling radiance beyond any known color shot into the sky!
This light was not simply gold or rainbow-colored. It was more like every color in the world that represented "good fortune"—the gold of wealth, the red of passion, the blue of opportunity, the green of vitality, the purple of nobility, and even more indescribable colors of luck that existed only as concepts.
They fused together perfectly, forming a supreme and noble pillar of Primordial Color of Luck that pierced through the highest layer of the space where he stood, as though connecting to some unseen source of destiny.
Within the pillar of light, countless tiny motes danced joyfully like sprites, as numerous as grains of sand in a galaxy. They represented every small fortunate choice, accidental coincidence, and chance to escape danger.
These motes gathered into a river that flowed slowly around him, producing soft, pleasant chimes like wind bells.
Behind him, an endless sea of golden auspicious clouds condensed from pure "good luck" slowly spread out. The cloud sea churned,