TheCreativeCove

Zarek, an average D-Rank hunter, possesses a remarkable mana reserve and a unique absorption skill that only enhances healing magic and potions. Desperate to fund his ailing mother's treatment, Zarek bravely enters a portal above S-Rank with fellow hunters.

However, their quest takes a dire turn when they encounter a formidable S-Rank monster, leaving Zarek severely injured. On the brink of collapse, a mysterious voice interrupts his struggle:

"Absorption skill active. Mana Crystal detected - S-Rank. Would you like to use absorb on this item?"

Will Zarek's absorption skill hold the key to his survival, and what secrets lie within the mysterious S-Rank Mana Crystal?

ZAREK:I BECAME OP WITH ABSORPTION SKILL

A soft silence settled after the explosion.

Where once a forest had stood, there now lay only a leveled, snowy field—scarred and scorched. Splintered trees jutted from the earth like broken stakes, and not a single trace of the monster army remained. Just silence... and snow drifting through the still air.

From beneath the snow, Maley and Bailey burst out, shaking their heads like startled cats, flakes clinging stubbornly to their hair and ears.

The rest of the party stirred slowly, rising one by one, their bodies coated in frost, their expressions dazed by the blast's raw power.

Damon stood in the center of the devastation, back-to-back with what remained of the monster.

Safe