Sleepy_Slime

[Webnovel Spirity Awards 2025 Entry]

A hero is someone who saves those who can't save themselves, becoming a beacon of light for those lost in the dark. 

But what about someone who can't even help those around him? 

What can a person so wretched and pitiful hope to offer the world?

Cursed to repeatedly bear witness to the tragic ends of those he tried to protect, Blaine Lionheart asks himself those very questions...
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If you think the cover is ugly... Don't worry. You're not the only one. 

I thought using an ugly cover for a bit would be funny because... Well, I'm an idiot. So, until the end of January, I'm going to keep this abomination.

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(This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental)

To Be a Hero

I will update the content here as the story progresses (not just add).

This book divides power into two categories (Rank/Stars and Class) that work together to determine a being's strength.

They are broken into nine stages based on the colour of the mana core. Below are the classes from weakest to strongest. Humans all have Black-coloured mana cores, making them of the Imp class

The stronger the core, the higher it's absolute mana storage limit, by a factor of the stage of the core's class (Eg. a violet-coloured core has twice the absolute limit of a black-coloured one).

Black-coloured orb = 'Imp'.

Violet-coloured orb = 'Goblin.' (2x Imp)

Indigo-coloured orb = 'Ogre.' (3x Imp)

Blue-coloured orb = 'Giant'. (4x Imp)

Green-coloured orb = 'Titan.' (5x Imp)

Yellow-coloured orb = 'Goliath.' (6x Imp)

Orange-coloured orb = 'Colossus.' (7x Imp)

Red-coloured orb = 'Behemoth.' (8x Imp)

White-coloured orb = 'Leviathan.' (9x Imp)

Basically, it is black + colours of the rainbow + white.

No one knows how high ranks go, but as of now, there are three known ranks. The star equivalent is for humans, while the rank equivalent is for non-human species. A mana core possesses shining white stars in humans, while a non-human possesses dark orbs instead.

Filling a Mana Core

Increasing rank and class will also increase the absolute limit for a being's mana capacity. However, improving their current maximum mana storage to reach this 'absolute limit' requires absorbing mana from outside sources.

For example, someone with an absolute limit of 100 can currently only store a maximum of 10, but if they consume enough mana cores from dead creatures, they can slowly increase their maximum mana capacity to 100. However, if they try to consume more cores after this, they won't be able to retain the newly consumed mana and end up wasting a full core's worth of mana.

Mana cores also recharge naturally by absorbing mana from the environment. They do this up to their current maximum capacity, so people don't need to constantly consume mana cores to recharge their depleted mana core.

Power System (Spoilers)