SSS Rank Talent

[Welcome to the Infinite Realm. Everything you seek lies within your grasp—only if you are deemed worthy.]

Familiar white room, familiar body, and familiar sound. After regaining his consciousness, Liam quickly looked through everything around him in a daze.

Continuous ups and downs and reversals today made him confused. However, after looking at the white room with no boundaries and listening to the familiar sounds, he quickly figured out that he traveled to his past.

"Haha, hahaha! Did I really return?"

Liam was incoherent as he was surprised and excited at the same time. He couldn't help but laugh pretentiously as if he didn't believe all this was real.

[A new era has started on Earth and you are the new chosen player. Do you want to start the game?]

Just when his emotions were haywire, the crisp sound from the game announcement brought his attention back to the present, making him realize that all of this was real.

He truly returned to the time when he first logged in to the Game-Infinite Relam, 20 years ago.

Liam quickly calmed down his thoughts and said, "Show me the real-time and date."

Although he had realized, he still wanted to be absolutely sure. Suddenly, a floating digital clock appeared in front of his vision showing the current real-world time and date.

[25th March, 2025, 12:00 PM]

The exact date when the Infinite Realm was first launched worldwide. It is the first super immersive virtual reality game that changed the fate of the Earth with the speed of thunder; especially when it merged with reality two years later.

'Calm down!' Liam quickly took a deep breath to control his agitated emotions after looking at the date and time. This date meant so much to his life. 

In his previous life, Liam could be described with one word: Miserable. He was the lowest level of scum amongst all the people on Earth and all of this misery was due to his inadvertent early encounter with an asshole god that cursed him for no reason.

However, precisely because of this, he was able to learn the dark truth about so-called Gods. Only when you are on the other side will you see a different scenery.

'Damn, those so-called Gods! Wait for me. I will hunt you all one by one.' He thought with endless resentment even if he knew it wasn't that easy.

His feud with the Gods wasn't from one or two days. After experiencing setbacks for 20 years and losing everything, he knew this whole God's fiasco was extremely fishy.

Putting aside his increasingly distracting thoughts, Liam quickly controlled his emotions and began to pay attention to the game announcement. 

[A new era has started on Earth and you are the new chosen player. Do you want to start the game?]

"Start!" 

[Ding!]

[Welcome to the Infinite Realm.]

[To start your journey, please choose your unique ID.]

"Hunter!"

Liam chose a typical name he used in his previous life.

[Sorry! This name is already taken.]

'Damn! I was late.' Because he wasted his time, the name he used in his previous life was no longer available.

"Then use the name 'Overlord' instead."

He didn't think much and chose a random cool name. Anyway, after the game merged with reality, such nicknames wouldn't matter much. Moreover, he was among the first batch of players of the virtual game Infinite Realm. So, there shouldn't be any issues regarding unique names.

Sure enough, this time he got a positive answer.

[Ding!]

[A new ID-Overlord has been created successfully.]

[This ID has been connected with your life signal. Please remember that you cannot change your name again without a game prop.]

[Do you want to confirm your choice?]

Contrary to his lackluster behavior, the game gave him a rare reminder.

'What the?'

Liam was bewildered as this was completely different from his past life. He didn't encounter such a notice when playing then.

Although he was confused, he didn't pay too much attention and confirmed his choice as he was eager to enter the novice area faster.

[Your ID Overlord has been registered within our data.]

[As a first-time newcomer benefit, you will get a talent awakening opportunity from the game system.]

Suddenly, Liam got visibly nervous. This opportunity was the sole benefit provided by the Infinite Realm game system to a new player. 

As far as he knew, everything in the Infinite Realm was divided from D to SSS Rank. So, talents were also divided like that. However, talent awakening was random with no fixed rules. 

In his previous life, he awakened an A-rank talent Bloodlust which helped him increase his speed and attack as long as he took damage.

So, he chose a warrior class. Although he had to be a sandbag, it did help him in his arduous journey. 

'I hope the reward won't disappear.' 

When he completed his innate quest, he got a chance to acquire an SSS rank talent. However, he didn't know if it could carry on to this life. 

[Your talent awakening ceremony has been started.]

"Swoosh!" 

Along with the sound, he was covered in a white light for a split second. 

[Congratualtions! You got an SSS Rank Talent—Devourer.]

[Talent: Devourer]

[Rank: SSS Rank]

[Effect: You can devour anything you kill and increase your strength.]

[Limitation: Increment depends on your strength and the entities you killed. Be careful, a devourer may also get devoured.]

"Damn!" Liam couldn't help but curse. Although he knew about the reward, when he truly got an SSS rank talent, he was overjoyed. 

'Can I devour those Gods?' 

He couldn't help but show a sinister smile. Just the idea of devouring those sanctimonious gods made him thrilled. 

[Ding!]

[As a new player, you can now choose a basic class, weapon, and attire to start your journey. Please make your choice.]

With the announcement, a large game screen appeared in his vision showing him the available choices. 

Liam looked at the class categories: Melee, Ranged, Magic & Support, and decisively opened the Magic category.

Infinite Realm allows the newcomer to choose their basic class. However, the players can always find the hidden or special class within the game and promote it afterward. 

In his previous life, he chose a Warrior class under the Melee category due to his A-rank talent 'Bloodlust.' However, it didn't suit him well as he was constantly in danger when fighting. So, this time he decided to make a relatively safe choice. 

"Choose Mage Class." 

After he made his choice, suddenly a blue robe appeared on his body fitting his size perfectly while he got a basic staff in his hand.

[Congratualtions! You are now ready to enter the game. Based on your location you have been assigned to the Aurora Island. Good Luck on your journey.]

With the last reminder, Liam suddenly disappeared from the white room.