A man tore across the island, going so fast that he was moving a mile every minute, or roughly 60 miles per hour. The island was 200 miles wide and long, so he was able to cross the entire island in a little over 3 hours.
Everytime he felt a weird sensation in the back of his head, he would stop and scour the area closest to him, looking for the boss that his title was telling him about.
Everytime, he would find it, and then proceed to beat it into pulp, the only fights that were actually a challenge were those with bosses over level 100. He had found the final boss again, but had avoided it. He had, however, seen its level.
Demonic Dino: Tyrant-o-saurus Rex
Level: 200
It was over double the bosses he was fighting, he needed more powerful bosses to level himself up quicker.
He continued to Blitz everywhere, leveling up the skill once as he ran, he killed another three bosses before he finally found something close to a challenge.
Northern Wolf: Moon
Level 130
It was only 30 levels higher, but 30 levels was still a decently large jump.
Atlas squared off against it, eyes shining red and arms covered with dense mist all the way up to his shoulders.
The wolf narrowed its eyes, white light gathering around itself.
Atlas didn’t let it make the first move, using Endless Strength and Blitz to charge directly towards the wolf, fists ready to beat the wolf to a pulp.
The wolf had basically no time to react, as to its eyes Atlas teleported, but it somehow managed to disappear from where it had been standing. Atlas didn’t stop, kicking off of a nearby tree and changing directions, coming face to face with the wolf.
Atlas still had Reaper’s Senses activated, so he had both heard and smelt where the wolf had teleported, and had changed directions accordingly.
The wolf wasn't prepared and Atlas’s fist smashed through its sleek fur, thick ropes of gray mist digging into its flesh and dealing a massive amount of damage.
The wolf howled in pain, but Atlas pummeled it even further, killing it quickly.
He snorted. He had expected that to be more of a fight, but he was reaching ridiculous levels of power now, so every little bit helped.
LEVEL UP!!! X8
Atlas Channing
Level: 100
Class: Reaper
Subclass: Lifestealer
Titles: Moonwalker, Skiller, Lucky, Boss Slayer, Strong Soul
Skills: Death Mist (SS), Weak Lifesteal (B), Reaper’s Senses (SS), Endless Strength (SS), Blitz (S), Hand to Hand Combat (B), Float (S)
Spells: Drain (S)
Talent: Complete tutorial
Potential: Complete tutorial
Stats:
Endurance: 249
Constitution: 249
Strength: 339
Dexterity: 339
Wisdom: 289
Intelligence: 289
Free points: 20
Atlas’s stat sheet was starting to look good. He put 10 points into Endurance and Constitution each, strengthening his weakest area, defense.
“Ahem.” -System of Stats
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“What do you want now?” Atlas growled, glaring at the sky. If they moved the deadline up, he swore he would find a way to kill them, he hated being forced to do whatever the crap they wanted him to do.
“Woah there, calm down, it's nothing like that. At level 100, you get a class upgrade, you usually can choose either your subclass or class but… “ -System of Stats
“Since your class has already been upgraded, we are automatically upgrading your subclass, be happy we are upgrading it at all.” - System of Gear
“Yeah, what he said.” -System of Stats
Atlas tried not to show his excitement, even if he wasn’t getting another boost to his main class, upgrading his subclass would still help him out quite a bit.
“Well, here it is.” -System of Stats
Lifestealer (common) -> Absorber (Rare)
+1 to INT or WIS -> +1 to all stats
Weak Lifesteal (B) -> Absorb (S)
You may delete the spell (Drain) to upgrade Absorb to SS tier.
Atlas rolled his eyes, could they be any less obvious? Still, it seemed like a good trade.“Fine.”
Absorb (S) -> Consume (SS)
Atlas opened the description of the skill.
Consume (SS): After defeating an opponent, you can take one of the skills or traits of that enemy. All skills will then be combined into one master skill. If the created skill is similar to another one of your skills, it will instead be turned into levels for that skill.
Atlas reread the description to make sure he understood it properly. He could take his enemies' skills? Heck yeah.
Congratulations! You have reached level 100! This is the max level for tier one and the tutorial. Complete the tutorial to advance to tier two!
Atlas glared at the text. Really? Were they going to do this to him?
“I swear on my soul this was a thing long before you were even born. It was made a few centuries ago when the systems were made. This isn’t something that was made just to annoy you.” -System of Stats
“You don’t have a soul anymore though, remember?” -System of Gear
“Oh yeah, I swear on Limit then.” -System of Stats
“Fine by me I guess.” -System of Gear
Atlas just snorted. “Fine, Guess it's time for me to test out my new skill.”
He walked over to the broken form of the wolf activating Consume. Red and black light flowed out of his hand, covering the entire body of the wolf.
The wolf started to evaporate, turning into light and rushing towards Atlas’s hand, until eventually there was nothing left of the animal.
Skill Gained! Fade Away (A): You can turn to mist and teleport up to 10 feet away. Uses a small amount of mana.
Atlas was glad for the new skill, but he wished it was stronger.
Oh well, that could be solved with a lot of training.
Well. Time to grind some skills. Bosses would give him skills now right?
***
You have leveled up your skill Blitz (S) to level 6!
You have leveled up your skill Consume (S) to level 2!
You have leveled up your skill Consume (S) to level 3!
You have leveled up your skill Consume (S) to level 4!
You have leveled up your skill Fade Away (A) to level 2!
You have leveled up your skill Fade Away (A) to level 3!
You have leveled up your skill Fade Away (A) to level 4!
You have leveled up your skill Fade Away (A) to level 5!
You have leveled up your skill Fade Away (A) to level 6!
Skill Gained! Berserk Mode (A): Enter a state of being where you lose your sanity, but gain 200% stat bonus.
Skill (Berserk Mode) has been absorbed into skill (Endless Strength)
You have leveled up your skill Endless Strength (SS) to level 2!
Skill Gained! Tremor Sense (A): Sense all tremors in the ground nearby.
Skill (Tremor Sense) has been absorbed into skill (Reaper’s Senses)
Skill Gained! Keen Senses (A): All of your senses are improved by a large amount, enabling you to see, hear, smell, taste, and feel things that much better.
Skill (Keen Senses) has been absorbed into skill (Reaper’s Senses)
You have leveled up your skill Reaper’s Senses (SS) to level 6!
Skill Gained! Enhancement…
“What have we done…” -System of Stats
“I don’t know. But I hope it doesn’t come back to bite us.” -System of Gear
“You guys worry too much, we’ll be fine. He isn’t even tier two yet. He still has 19 tiers to go before he is on our level.” -System of Knowledge
“I agree, he is just some small fry. Sure, he is doing well in the tutorial, but so are almost all of the other players.” -System of Classes
“… Okay, maybe you're right, but it's still awe inspiring to watch.” - System of Stats
“I will agree with you on that.” - System of Gear
“Come on guys, Impossible has only been beaten twice before, there is only a small chance he will actually defeat the final boss.” -System of Classes
“He is killing Bosses like they are common monsters, granted, they are only tier one bosses, but still.” -System of Knowledge
“And?” -System of Classes
“And that's insane!” -System of Knowledge
“We did that as we grew in power. It’s not that out of the ordinary.” -System of Classes
“…” -System of Knowledge
“We are literally the strongest beings on this plane, and far outside of it.” -System of Stats
“So? What does that have to do with anything?” -System of Classes
“You are comparing him to us.” -System of Knowledge
“Oh. I see why you guys are scared now.” -System of Classes
“It will take a long time and a lot of luck, but… he has the potential to possibly join us someday. He is definitely one of the most promising Players in a while.” -System of Knowledge
***
Atlas leaned against a tree, drinking water from a stone cup he had created by punching a rock. The cup had an imprint of a clenched fist carved into a rock. He was starting to wonder just how strong he was.
Atlas Channing
Level: 100
Class: Reaper
Subclass: Absorber
Titles: Moonwalker, Skiller, Lucky, Boss Slayer, Strong Soul
Skills: Death Mist (SS), Consume (SS), Reaper’s Senses (SS), Endless Strength (SS), Blitz (S), Hand to Hand Combat (B), Float (S), Fade Away (A), Toughen (B), Herbalism (D), Crafting (B)
Spells: None
Talent: Complete tutorial
Potential: Complete tutorial
Stats:
Endurance: 259
Constitution: 259
Strength: 339
Dexterity: 339
Wisdom: 289
Intelligence: 289
Free points: 0
Atlas had grown a lot over the past day, creating a skill of his own as well as earning two others. All of the other skills he had Consumed had been absorbed into his other skills.
He had killed dozens of bosses, taking their skills and absorbing them into his own skills.
He was finally ready for the big standoff.