The slums of the greatest Empire in the world are not as grandiose as most would assume. People struggle to live everyday looking for food clean water and shelter. Poverty leads to crime and the slums having the highest crime in the whole empire. Wealth doesn't stay in the slums as soon as someone gets a break or they get money they move out of the slums.
In one street corner inside of a tent is a woman and a baby. The two look not alike, most would assume that they were not related. The woman had brown hair and brown eyes while the baby had white hair and red eyes. She found the baby a few months ago as the baby was left near her tent. The woman whose husband died during war and child who died of of disease a few weeks ago was excited and thought that this was a gift from God. Every man in the slums over the age of 14 was enlisted automatically to the army. Being a woman alone in the slums is very dangerous so she has to watch her back all the time. The woman who was left alone in the world with a baby to look after had to get money. She offered her sewing skills for money, most people in the slums would rather repair torn clothes than buy new ones.
The baby when she found him had a necklace with his name on it, the baby was named Arthur. Everyday the woman would spend 12 hours repairing clothes, she always kept Arthur near her while working, incase he was hungry or needed to be changed. She noticed that he was a quiet baby, he didn't cry, he only yelled out a baby sound if he was hungry or uncomfortable with. She made sure that he grew up healthy, gave him a lot of attention and fed him properly.
Arthur grew up and became a young child, it has already been 3 years since the woman found him. Arthur grew to be a quite cute child, but in the slums looks actually a curse. The boy would notice a lot of people staring at him whenever he went anywhere. His adopted mother was very protective of him, she was also more on the attractive side, not super attractive but above definitely average for slum standards. Something bad would've definitely happened to her if not for her late husband's friends who went to war with him, they came back after getting injured, their friend saved their lives, so they promised each other that they would protect their good friend's wife.
Arthur was checking up on his Status today also.
'Status'
He thought in his mind. Then suddenly a status screen was shown in his mind.
Arthur's Status
Age: 3 years old
Race: Blessed Human
Potential Rank: Max
Current Rank: E
Ability: Celestial Sovereign
Ability description: Sovereign of Flame and Light
Rank E ability (E): Master of Fire
Ability Description: Can control/Create fire
Str: (13) 105
Agi: (18) 147
End: (11) 91
Dur: (18) 140
Per: (20) 159
Mag: (44) 355
This was Arthur's Stats, the numbers in the brackets being his base stats as a Blessed human and the number on the right being his actual stats as a E-Rank Blessed human. Every time someone Ranks up their stats increase. In comparison a stat of 100 for Strength, Agility, endurance, Durability, Perception is the maximum a human could ever achieve. It is the maximum a normal human can achieve. At 3 years old and only Rank-E Arthur surpasses a normal human's Limit in Strength, Agility, Durability and Perception. His Endurance is also on the upper end of human capability.
There were rarely any blessed in the slums, if they were to get blessed they would immediately leave the slum and look for a job as a hunter or any other type of job. There were a certain few who would rather be the head of a snake rather than the tail of a dragon. Even after getting Blessed they either stayed or came back to the slums to exercise their power.
Arthur could remember seeing his status in his earliest memory. He assumed that everyone had one, when he asked his adopted mother she explained it to him. Her Late Husband had a status, it was very rare in the slums, and she didn't know much about it. She told him that certain people are given a blessing from heaven and they receive powers and a status. Also that people's worth is decided from their blessing. If their blessing is good, they'll live a good life, if bad then they'll have to either live a ordinary life or join the military as a foot solider. There is a war against monsters and humans are losing.
Humans territory is a small percentage of the planet. That's common knowledge but knowing exact details are not for the people of slums to know or care.