Arlemit

Originally from the slums, Adam was chosen as a candidate for an experiment to ignite the Spark - an entity that gives superpowers. However, he failed and was thrown into the Dead Lands - the place the world became after the fall of the Last Star, beginning a new era for mankind, dangerous and unexpected. He faced against monsters and dangerous anomalies, sometimes creating artifacts - the miracle of this world.

Killing his first monster in deadly combat, Adam became a Phantom - one who could evolve, endlessly moving toward power.

Follow Adam on his journey, from fighting monsters and exploring Dead Lands to endless evolution!

Endless Evolution: Last Star

Strangely enough, the stronger Phantom became, the less often he needed the genes of simple monsters.

In the beginning, Adam needed to collect as many genes as possible to become stronger, most notably when he needed genes to fill the chains around his Lock.

Only after he had collected a thousand neutral genes he could find out where his Initial Monster was. This was a direct path to becoming a K1-Phantom and could actually be done quite quickly.

But, the path to K2 wasn't as fast since there were many different conditions. Collecting artifacts was more difficult than a few hundred genes, and Midnight Crystal was a task beyond all others.

Thus, Adam had already collected the required number of genes for the Key long ago. In fact, he didn't even collect the genes of the monsters he killed anymore, because there was no point in doing so.

Midnight Crystal (Part 40)