Getting Stronger

The Strength stat signified my muscle power and force. My Agility stat signified my speed and my dexterity, how quick I was on my feet, etc. My Constitution stat described how sturdy my body was. My Mana stat showed how much mana I had stored in my body, ready to use. My Intelligence stat showcased my ability to manipulate mana, and finally my Wisdom stat showed my brainpower and Intelligence and rated it out of a 1000, with 1000 being at the level of a quantum computer.

My status screen shocked both my parents to the core as they saw how I had promoted to F-Rank and was halfway through it as soon as I came in contact with mana. My intelligence was comparable to an E-Rank human. Even my Strength and Agility confirmed that I was indeed an F-Rank.

But, the most shocking thing was my mana, which I could now directly draw through the atmosphere and circulate throughout my body faster than the other people, even surpassing those who practiced specialised arts like my family art.

I now had Infinite mana at my disposal.

My parents immediately understood that this was an unmeasurable achievement as only Divine Ranks and above have 'Infinite mana'.

And so my training sessions started.

Everyday, for 10 hours, I would intake mana, and add it to my storage. My unique mana art made it so that every time my mana stat increased to an acceptable limit, I would rank up without having to raise the physical stats manually, as they would automatically increase due to the mana imbued in my mana vessel walls.

My parents were very doting, but were unable to supply any special potions or herbs as those could not be used on someone who was below 10 years of age.

And so I went on, increasing my mana every day. Of course, I put my all into every training session, and even my parents were impressed with my dedication. Of course, on important events I was not allowed to train.

And so I reached 10 years of age. That day, my parents celebrated my birthday with a huge cake and grand celebrations. They invited all the important figures.

It was a great party, but the real attraction lied in my status window reveal which my father would be doing of mine. He had hidden my Innate skill, which was still too much information for the other people to know about me.

And so, as the lunch ended, all the figures formed a circle around the stage where we were standing. They had a look of anticipation on their faces. And so my father activated his skill and my status screen was shown.

Rank: A (90.99%)

Stats:

Strength: 5,000

Agility: 5,000

Constitution: 5,000

Intelligence: 8,000

Wisdom: 1000/1000

Mana: Infinite

Luck: (Same as potential)

Charm: Cannot be calculated as host is still a baby.

Potential: Existence or Ex rank

Skills:None

Arts:None

Talents: Calculating…(Estimated time - 1 year)

Innate Gift: Hidden

It took the figures two seconds, but suddenly the whole room erupted in shock.

A-Rank at 10 years old was unheard of.

Average people reached A-Rank at 25 years old.

Even Heavenly Geniuses reached that rank only by 15 years old. And those were the kind that only appeared once in a hundred years.

His potential itself was toweringly high.

And he had Infinte mana.

Even one of those things would make him a monster capable of razing any other to the ground, but he had all three of them.

He was undeniably special, and so understandably all of the figures tried to recruit them all at once.

But then suddenly two ZZZ Ranked auras pressured down upon them, and they immediately retreated.

Some famous TV Companies were also invited, as today was my debut as the monster surpassing all other geniuses, Adrian Goldstein.

As the camera poised at me, one journalist asked me if I had an intention to join any guild or if I wanted to join Apex. I replied "No. I will remain a lone wolf, using my own strength and resources to help humanity.

But be sure of this. My ultimate goal is humanity's survival and predominance.

And nobody can convince me of it otherwise."

With that speech, my debut ended, and my image in the hearts of the common people was solidified as a future pillar of humanity.

My birthday party ended, and I celebrated the rest of the day at home quietly with my parents.

Discussions in public forums about me were rampant.

But I did not care about them.

What was important to me was growing stronger. I had to break through A rank, which would take me 2 years since I was surpassing a major realm.

I also had to acquire two things- a very overpowered skill, and a certain S Rank Growth type armour set that would allow it to increase in rank as I increased. It could grow till Existence Rank.

It would permit me to not have to worry about armour ever again.

A special weapon would not be required now, and I could only be acquired when I became at least X Rank.

I had to become at least SSS Rank by 20 years old to live up to the image of a monster the general public had of me.

But this would only be possible if I hunted beasts and absorbed their mana.

There were two ways of growing stronger in this world-

Either by absorbing mana from the atmosphere slowly or by killing beasts and absorbing their mana, which was already refined and could be immediately absorbed.

But the second method was only safe for people above S Rank, who could hold their own against the beasts in the massive forests.