Welcome to Velkan

Jin Seokhyun was falling.

The sky around him cracked like glass, bleeding impossible colors. One moment, he was dragging his feet out of a 24-hour convenience store in Seoul—exhausted, annoyed, and completely normal.

The next, the world had shattered.

He was somewhere else now.

And then—ding.

A voice rang cleanly in his mind.

[System Initializing…]

Welcome, Jin Seokhyun, to the world of Kael'dun.

A glowing interface floated in front of his eyes, sharp and digital, impossible in a place that smelled of dirt, wind, and magic.

[Unique System Detected]

Initializing Status Window…

Name: Jin Seokhyun

Race: Human

Class: Unassigned

Level: 1

EXP: 0/100

Stats:

Strength: 5

Speed: 6

Intelligence: 8

Vitality: 5

Mana: 0 (Locked – Requires First Kill)

Luck: 50 (Locked – Cannot increase through level up)

Charm: 10 (Locked – Increases through quests and interaction)

Traits:

Gluttony (SSS): Gain one trait from any being you kill.

Descent of an Emperor (S?): Grants supreme mental resistance. Possession, control, and domination attempts are nullified. Potential is unknown.

Outworlder's Code (Unique): Grants a personal leveling and class system. You are the only one in this world with it.

Seokhyun blinked.

A literal system. In his head.

Stats. Traits. EXP.

It felt like a game—but far too vivid, far too real.

Not long after, he was found by patrol guards on the outskirts of Velkan Academy, the most prestigious training institution in the continent.

They mistook him for some weak villager. Maybe a lowborn human with mana issues.

He didn't correct them.

Because something important had clicked the moment he arrived.

No one else had a system.

People here got stronger through training, bloodlines, mana, or inheritance—but not through levels or stats.

Only he had that.

Velkan was a mix of races and classes—elves, beastkin, draconics, highborn humans. The strongest went to the highest classes.

S-Class was reserved for monstrous talent.

A-Class for prodigies and nobles.

B-Class was considered above average.

Humans with no background or magic?

They were dumped into Class D.

And that's where Seokhyun ended up.

In his cold dorm that night, his system pinged again.

[Class Selection Unlocked]

System-Recognized Classes:

Barbarian – C Tier Potential

Knight – A Tier Potential

Archmage – S Tier Potential

&@62$- – ??? Tier Potential

The last one wasn't even readable. Just a mess of symbols.

But when he focused on it, he felt something stir.

Like something ancient. Watching.

[Recognition Confirmed.]

[You have been chosen.]

"...Guess that's my cue," he muttered.

"I choose &@62$-."

[Class Confirmed: &@62$- (Otherworlder)]

[EXP System Activated]

[Future Abilities: Locked – Conditions Unknown]

[Leveling up increases all stats except Luck and Charm]

He felt no power-up. No rush of strength.

But something inside him had started moving.

Class: &@62$- (Otherworlder)

The name itself looked cursed.

But the potential behind it?

He could feel it.

Like a seed of something world-breaking just beginning to sprout.

He checked the last line of his interface again.

[Mana: 0 – Unlocks after first kill]

[Future abilities remain locked until key events are triggered.]

He looked up, out the small window of his D-Class dorm.

The stars here were the same—yet completely different.

So was he.

And the world had no idea what had just landed in their backyard.