Kim began his 4th return and quickly realised that things were different this time. Due to the awakening of his racial power he was sent to the exact moment when the apocalypse started. However he had a strategy in mind.
‘I need to find some specific monsters so that I can grow stronger. I can replace my back muscles with that of a dragonnewt which can give me wings, I need to replace my muscles with the Orc Lord’s muscles, I need to find a dragon or some other creature to gain stronger eyes…’
Kim activated his lightbulb, he had an idea.
‘Other humans are still alive right now… Some of them would have unique skills right? If I consumed them, then would I be able to gain unique skills? What if I consumed a S-rank awakener’s flesh and made my body stronger to match that? Would that work?
Kim was going through a state known as Pandemonium. After living through this world and gaining this level of power his wariness was starting to devour him, as his second return lead to witnessing this phenomenon. It was called the 2nd great disaster… The awakeners at ranks C-A were all delusional and began killing other hunters for experience points. Only the S-rank Awakeners and Unique Skill holders couldn’t be defeated by rank C-A people. Kim was now beginning to go through that phase… However he wasn’t fully crazy yet, for now he was focussed on gaining power
‘So it seems like for this return I should try to be a bit strategical… I should memorise who is gonna be a strong hunter in the future and then at the start of the next return ally with them… From what I can remember I think there was a good support based hunter called Sung Yoosung. Also I should start writing a book and keeping track of my objectives to do per return.’
Kim checked his pending notifications from the system.
[You have coins waiting to be received from your stream donations]
“Accept donations.”
[You have received 532580 coins]
“Open shop. Search for books and pens.”
[3124354654736 results have been found]
“Look for ones between 100000-200000 coins.”
[75425 results have been found]
“Look for ones that have binding enchantments on them.”
[13 results have been found]
“Show me the highest quality one.”
[Skill {Book and Quill} Cost: 200000]
[Book and Quill Lv. Max]
[Allows the user to write down information into a book that can be summoned and unsummoned whenever the use wishes it to be.
-This book is bound to the first user.
-Whenever you finish writing in this book you can gain temporary or permanent status boosts.]
“Purchase Book and Quill.”
[You have obtained skill {Book and Quill}]
Kim then began his journey. He ventured around the city in search of Sung Yoosung. He searched day and night for weeks, when suddenly, Yoosung was found.
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[Sung Yoosung Lv. 0 N/A]
Surrounded by 14 trolls there was an 11 year old boy. He had bright, blonde hair and was about 4’8. He was wearing a horizontally striped blue and yellow shirt that paired well with his hair. He was wearing black sneakers with orange, yellow and red flames on the side and above his head there was a status screen saying [Sung Yoosung].
‘Is this the moment where he awakens his power… This could actually work in my favour.’
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‘Dammit. First my parents get divorced and now this happens… Why does my life always have to be horrible?’
Before the apocalypse Sung Yoosung and his family were living in poverty. They were broke and could barely afford food. Yoosung was bullied at school, his parents divorced and his new step parents were abusive. At a young age, Yoosung developed a Abetalipoproteinemia and his parents couldn’t afford treatment. His life was a living hell from the moment he set foot on earth. Honestly he had considered ending his life a few times but never had the courage to because he still wanted to live. Yooung charged at the trolls and tried to fight them, He managed to strike one of them in the face but was then knocked down onto the floor nearly dead. Suddenly he saw a dark object run in-front of him.
“Abyssal Chains”
Suddenly dark metallic chains sprouted up from the ground and pierced through all of the trolls. They fell to the ground, brain-dead. Kim began to speak to Sung.
“Are you ok?”“No, I’m in a lot of pain. I think some of my bones broke.”
“I’ll help you.”
Kim began to ask Thanatos for help.
’Thanatos, bestow me a piece of authority please.’
{Why should I? We operate on the law of equivalent exchange. In other words, trade for trade.}
‘I’ll give up my martial arts skill and poison magic in exchange for a healing based skill.’
{As you wish.}
[Do you really wish to give up skill {Martial Arts Lv. 40} and {Poison Magic Lv. 10} in exchange for {Healing based skill}?]
‘Yes.’
[You have lost skill {Martial Arts Lv. 40} and {Poison Magic Lv. 10} and obtained skill {Healing Magic Lv. 1}]
[Healing Magic Lv. 1]
[You are able to use basic healing magic such as
-Heal
-Regeneration
-Abnormal Status Removal
*The effects of the magic is determined by your INT stat]
“Alright, I can heal you. Heal.”
Suddenly the injured parts of Sung’s body were mostly fixed. The only thing that couldn’t be fixed was his broken bone.
“I’m going to keep trying to heal you until it works… Heal, Regeneration, Abnormal Status Removal, Heal, Regeneration, Abnormal Status Removal, Heal, Regeneration, Abnormal Status Removal, Heal, Regeneration, Abnormal Status Removal…”
[You have ran out of mana]
[Your INT stat has increased to 35 due to training and experience]
[Healing Magic has increased to level 7]
Sung’s broken bone was finally repaired. Kim quickly realised his one weakness from this… In terms of stats he was too weak, after losing his training skill he had lost the best method of improving his stats.
Kim realised how his limit was his stats and skill levels however he didn’t know how to better raise them when he had lost his training skill. Kim turned to Sung and checked out his status screen.
[Sung Yoosung Lv. 0 N/A]
[Strength- 1
Agility- 2
Endurance- 1
Intelligence- 1
Skills:
Potential Lv. Max
Weakness: Literally anything that could kill a normal human]
[Potential Lv. Max]
[The user of this skill is able to grow into a S rank awakener as long as they either experience a traumatic event or are bestowed with a blessing by a god or higher ranking creature.]
‘Is chimera a higher ranking creature? If he doesn’t know that he already had this skill then I could just give him a blessing and then he will think that I made him a S rank awakener.’
“Hey Kid, what’s your name.”
“I’m Sung Yoosung.”
“I’m Kim Daehyun… You were pretty brave back there, I’m willing to bestow my power to you and make you stronger in exchange for your loyalty. What do you say?”
“Sure. Also thank you so much for rescuing me and healing me, I would literally take a bullet for you.”
[Skill {Returner} has gained a new effect]
[Returner++ Lv. 4]
[You can return.
*After each return you can choose two skills
*You get to keep all items/coins from past returns
*You keep all your stats and skills from past returns
*You are able to fully observe others status screens and see any status effects that they are suffering from and their current emotions]
[Sung Yoosung Lv. 0 N/A]
[Strength- 1
Agility- 2
Endurance- 1
Intelligence- 1
Skills:
Potential Lv. Max
Weakness: Literally anything that could kill a normal human
Status Effects: None
Current Emotion: Awe]
“Here, just sign this contract”
[Contract with Kim Daehyun]
*Condition 1: {Sung} will be {Kim Daehyun’s} follower
*Condition 2: {Kim Daehyun} will help {Sung} to awaken
*Condition 3: {Sung} will become a follower of {Deceitful Swordsman} and {Extravagant Ruler Over All Existence}
*Condition 4: {Sung} will never betray {Kim Daehyun}*Condition 5: {Kim Daehyun} will never betray {Sung}*Condition 6: {Sung} will not sign a contract with and other gods or constellations without {Kim Daehyun’s} permission]
“What are your thoughts on these conditions?
“I’m fine with all of them but I don’t know who this {Deceitful Swordsman} person is or this {Extravagant Ruler Over All Existence}.”
“Deceitful Swordsman is the god who has given me many blessings like being able to use one of the worlds strongest sword techniques. Extravagant Ruler Over All Existence is a person from greek mythology called Thanatos and he is the person who has allowed for me to obtain my level of power that I currently have.”
“Sounds good. I accept the contract.”
[You have formed a contract with {Sung Yoosung}]
[Skill {Control} has activated]
[You can now take away power, grant power and take over their body]
‘Am I able to share skills with my contracted servants?’
{Yes}
‘What about unique skills?’
{No}
‘What about skills that are linked to a person such as {Book and Quill}’
{No}
‘What about {Returner}?’
{…Yes}
‘Is that an oversight in the system?’
{Yes and a major one at that…}
‘Alright then… Wouldn’t giving him the Returner skill let him eventually gain the chance to betray me by breaking the contract?’
{That is possible}
‘Dammit… Well, thanks for the talk.’
{No problem, any time}
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“Alright. I bestow upon you my authority of {Summoning}.”
Sung’s body glowed with a bright light as he was lifted 2 feet into the air. His status bar changed.
[Sung Yoosung Lv. 1 S]
[Strength- 17
Agility- 17
Endurance- 17
Intelligence- 17
Skills:
Summoning Lv. 20
Cure Wounds Lv. 20
Cure Poison Lv. 20
God’s Blessing Lv. 20
God’s Sword Lv. 20
God’s Shield Lv. 20
Cure Status Lv. 20
Regeneration Lv. 20
Status Buff Lv. 20
*God Of Medicine Lv. 1
Weakness: Poison
Status Effects: None
Current Emotion: Shock, Awe, Happy, Excited, Loyal]
[God Of Medicine Lv. 1]
[The users clerical/medicinal skills have a 100% increased effect]
‘Oh my god, his buffing skills will be twice as effective as mine. If he were to level up buffing skills then he could easily turn a normal human into a high class awakener. I need to take advantage of this power to kill a bunch of high level monsters and quickly grow stronger.’
Kim then received an unexpected system message.
[You have gained your first follower]
[You are now a god]