In a world where the gods gift a chosen few with great powers, Sam Shepard could be counted among the weakest of the weak. His crappy healing ability can’t even cure minor injuries without having to drain Sam’s own life force to do it. Hero society doesn't think Sam's useful, and after failing to heal those he was tasked to save, Sam couldn't help but agree. But it turns out that giving up the hero's life isn’t easy. Not when one’s caught in the machinations of the gods themselves.

After Sam gets pulled into rescuing the hero Thunder, he inherits a strange ability from her: the training system that taught Thunder how to become a top hero. Triple-A apparently holds the secret to leveling up one's power, a feat previously thought to be impossible. Not that it'll be easy to achieve...

A series of challenging missions and the occasional hero lesson from the system’s creator guarantee a lot of cuts and bruises in Sam's immediate future. But at least he finally gets the chance to go from zero to hero. Oh, yeah, there are also ghastly horrors and megalomaniac supervillains to contend with on Sam’s path to becoming the symbol of hope that humanity needs.

Level UP Hero

[Congratulations! You have solved the challenging riddles left for you by your predecessors, earning you fame from with your pantheon.] 


[Fame with the Olympian Pantheon increased by 500.] 


[Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt, looks upon you with renewed interest.] 


[Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, enjoyed your quick wit and daring. She gifts you 200 fame points.] 


Not that Sam wasn’t appreciative of the gods’ continued interest in his achievements, but he was far too focused on this new clue for him to pay much heed to the notifications popping around him. 


“Is this the next clue?” Sam wondered. 


His friends were gathered around him and the horn in his hands. Each of them had taken their time to inspect the thing, but Sam could see from their similarly confused expressions that his friends were as clueless about this new clue as he was. 


Against Gods and Monsters, Part 1