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

With his ethereal shield and magical hammer at the ready, and with a rallying cry of, “I can do this!” lifting his spirits, Sam launched a flurry of blows against the Nemean Lion to force Apex back into his human form. 


“You know what time it is?” He swung Onus with all his might, again and again, staggering the Nemean Lion with each blow. “It’s magic hammer time!” 


When the Nemean Lion attempted to counter with its claws, Sam blocked each would-be-critical hit with Bulwark’s ethereal shield. 


Sam flung his shield at the Nemean Lion’s paw before it could complete its swing down on him, causing the great beast to once again lose its balance. Meanwhile, the shield bounced back into Sam’s hand like a boomerang. 


The Third labor, part 2