21st of August
Damian woke up earlier than usual due to the intense pain of feeling like he was being burnt alive ' FUCK FUCK FUCK '. Damian looked around for the source and then remembered that his tempering skill was still activated 'Turn off body tempering '. Damian felt the pain slowly go away as his skin turned back to its natural tan colour. ' Maybe the more I use the skill the more the pain increases ' Damian thought while looking down at his bed. 'System shows me my status '.
{ Name - Damian Locke }
{ Level - 2 0/200 }
{ HP - 230/230}
{ Mana - 180 }
{ Rank - C }
{ Ability - Hellfire ( SS ) Traits: Will burn as long as the host wills or till hell collapses, able to touch the soul, able to brand, and able to consume enemy or user mana }
{ Race - Lesser Demon }
{ Strength - 21. Increases physical strength }
{ Endurance - 23. Increases health, carry capacity, magic, and physical resistance }
{ Intelligence - 18. Increases Mana, magic strength, decreases stress in certain situations }
{ Agility - 20. increases speed and flexibility }
{ Charisma - 21. increases chances for mind-related skills to work and resistance to mind attacks }
'System why did my rank go up what determines ranks?' Damian asked while looking through his stats and noticing the biggest difference.
{ Ranks are determined by the combined total of your 5 stats }
{ A - 1,000-9,999 }
{ B - 300-999 }
{ C - 100-299 }
{ D - 50-99 }
{ These are the combined stat totals for ranks D to A }
' Thank you system ' Damian thought while getting dressed, 'After today it'll be the weekend which I might use to explore more of the system or information on Alice'.
Damian wandered down the hall into the kitchen to see his family sitting at the table with his favourite breakfast already cooked even though he got up early today to do his daily mission. He sat down at the table and looked around "What is the special occasion", his parents' eyes gleamed with excitement as they stared at him.
" We heard from your sister that you managed to awaken an ability," said Howard. Damian looked over to see his sister's face plastered with joy thinking about her brother's power. Damian thought about what to say and decided to tell the truth. "I have managed to awaken an ability called hellfire and it's a rank SS ability,".
Silence engulfed the kitchen as everybody stared at Damian expecting him to say that he was joking after staring at him for 5 minutes Damian started to get uncomfortable "Stop staring it's creeping me out".
Howard coughed twice and glared at Damian "As soon as you get to the school today arrange an ability test so you can get reranked. If you're telling the truth son then you'll be able to take off and maybe break the limits here".
Damian looked down at his breakfast "I will Father and what do you mean by break the limits here?". He looked up only to see his dad smiling and laughing a bit "Just some useless gibberish from your old man".
Damian ate his food then went to the park and completed his daily mission way easier than yesterday ' Must be due to the changes in my stats, claim '.
{ Name - Damian Locke }
{ Level - 2 0/200 -> 50/200}
{ HP - 230/230 -> 240/240}
{ Mana - 180 }
{ Rank - C }
{ Ability - Hellfire ( SS ) Traits: Will burn as long as the host wills or till hell collapses, able to touch the soul, able to brand, and able to consume enemy or user mana }
{ Race - Lesser Demon }
{ Strength - 21 -> 22. Increases physical strength }
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{ Endurance - 23 -> 24. Increases health, carry capacity, magic, and physical resistance }
{ Intelligence - 18. Increases Mana, magic strength, decreases stress in certain situations }
{ Agility - 20 -> 21. increases speed and flexibility }
{ Charisma - 21. increases chances for mind-related skills to work and resistance to mind attacks }
Damian rushed to the school after his daily mission to get his ability tested 'Due to the influence of abilities and how powerful they are, the better your ability is the more privilege you get in the school. With my SS rank ability I should have the same privileges as the vice principal in the school, that's how important abilities are'
Damian arrived at school and immediately went to his homeroom teacher Miss Raven "Miss Raven I would like to arrange an ability test with the school as soon as possible".
Miss Raven looked at the student and noticed it was Damian from her class he might not have an ability but he was quite gifted when it came to academics so Miss Raven had taken note of him. "Damian I can arrange that for you right now actually as there's quite a long before school starts but you do remember the cost involved with this test, $1000 upfront which will not be refunded if nothing changes, but will be given back if the test is successful".
Damian gritted his teeth at the cost but pulled out $1000 from his bag and gave it to the teacher "I understand and I would like to proceed".
Miss Raven took the money and then walked with Damian to the principal's office where she knocked on the door. After a few seconds, a deep rough voice came from the other side " Enter ".
Going through the door Damian saw a towering figure of muscle sitting at a desk with some paperwork in front of him with everything arranged very neatly. 'System can I see this guy's status'.
{ Of course host }
{ Godrick Greenwood }
{ HP ?????/????? }
{ Rank - S }
{ Strength - ????? }
{ Endurance - ???? }
{ Intelligence - ??? }
{ Agility - ??? }
{ Charisma - ???? }
Damian stood there staring at the screen shocked ' GREENWOOD? if this is Alice's dad I might have some issues doing my mission, why is an S rank the principal of a random high school, Is it due to Alice being here? at least the system gives me the digits so I deduce that this guy is a brawler '.
"This student is here for an ability test, he has already paid the correct amount" Miss Raven spoke up then proceeded to leave.
Damian looked around the room and found it to be very tidy "Come to the front of my desk and put your hand on this orb if it lights up you have an ability the colour will determine the affinity then the brightness will determine the rank" Mr Greenwood spoke while placing a clear crystal ball on the desk in front of him.
Damian walked over and put his hand onto the orb and saw it light up with a blinding luminescent light making the whole room glow a bright red. Mr Greenwood saw this and his breathing got noticeably heavier " SS RANK FLAME " shouted Mr Greenwood.
Damian pulled his hand away to see Mr Greenwood staring at him like he was a treasure. Damian looked at him and asked "Thank you for this chance Mr Greenwood Im wondering when I would get my ranker card though "
Ranked card, something that appeared after the split, a card that would say your name, age, ability rank and your actual rank. These cards came into use after the split happened 17 years ago in 2020.
The split was an event that would break the balance in the world forever. On December 25th 2020, the world suddenly split into many different versions of itself. The earth remained unharmed but not for long as portals to the split earths started to appear randomly. Connecting the human earth to many other piles of earth or planets like the demon planet which was a massive tower floating through space said to be built by gods to house the most wicked beings in the universe. many other fantasy species appeared one after the other like elves, dragons, dwarves, gnomes, tieflings, halflings, undead and many more races. This event brought the world's population from 8 billion down to 6 billion in just one month that was until rankers appeared for the first time all holdings powers fitting of gods.
The rankers fought back against the enemies and sealed the portals at the current time causing the world to be safe once again. After that day no one has ever seen them again except for one, Chronos the ranker who uses the power of time to his advantage and has set up an academy for the brightest talents to attend called Valient Academy.
The split spewed in Mana from the portals into Earth causing people to have their own abilities but that was also the same for animals causing animals to appear called demonic beasts. Even some ore was able to absorb mana causing it to have properties never seen before and energy capabilities of the charts.
Ranker cards are made of this ore and they can detect their host by their biological code which makes it almost impossible to break into someone else's. So only you can see your own unless you make it public.
Ranker cards determine your worth in society and your position as well for example even some of the higher-up families wouldn't want to mess with Damian now due to his SS rank ability and future.
Mr Greenwood reached into one of his drawers pulled out a red card and passed it to Damian "Drop some blood onto it then it will connect with your code". Damian tore some of his skin open and dropped a little bit of blood onto the card which now showed his information.
{ Damian Locke }
{ Age - 17 years old }
{ Rank - C }
{ Ability - Hellfire }
{ Ability rank - SS }
Damian looked at his card and smiled then bowed to the principal "Thank you for your help sir".