Esther Klein

"Big brother, have you awakened your talent?" The girl asked, her voice trembling with nervousness. Beads of sweat trickled down her temple, her hands fidgeting with the hem of her dress.

What talent is she talking about? I should probably say no...

[I recommend you answer yes]

But what is my talent anyways?

[You have a perfect body, time manipulation, gluttony and more. Just tell her what she needs to hear. My facial analysis indicates she will be devastated if you tell her otherwise]

Alright, alright.

"Yes, I awakened a talent," Mu Won said with a confident smile, his shoulders straight and assured.

"Really..." Esther Klein's eyes lit up like stars. "My brother is going to become a beast tamer! I'm so happy!"

She bounced with pure joy, her previous anxiety forgotten. Her face glowed with excitement, and in that moment, it didn't matter what specific talent her brother had awakened. All that mattered was that he would join the ranks of the world's strongest humans.

Esther had always been the clever one, even as a young child. She wore her smile like armor, maintaining it even through life's harshest moments. But that smile vanished five years ago when their parents perished in a dungeon break.

The government's compensation - a gold card worth 30,000 coins - felt like a hollow gesture. Money couldn't replace what they had lost.

She has been living a hard life, bullied, insulted. Sometimes she will be beaten up by school bullies because she doesn't have support.

In this world, you have to drink potions to awaken a telent before delving into the world of beast master's.

Talent was divided into two classes - low and high talent. The higher potions you take the stronger the talent of the Awakened one

Beast master's were not only master's of martial art's and beast taming but they could use breathing techniques,mana manipulation techniques and fighting techniques that could kill a normal person in second's without needing to move.

Esther was going to a school where those kinds of people exist, they were using her for their experiments yet she didn't complain.

Few days ago Adam asked Esther about the money, and told her that he was going to awaken a talent. They only had 5,000 gold left, but she agreed without a second thought.

She smiled for the first time in five years. Maybe she really wanted her brother and herself to become beast master's.

Adam always went out to look for money while she stayed at home reading, and survived in a society where powers reigned supreme.

" Do you also want to awaken a talent?". Mu won asked with curiosity.

"Yes". She smiled and tilted her head right! "I want to have a nickname like the snow empress". She nodded with acknowledgement

"Snow empress? Who's that, I have never heard of her". Mu won replied while lying down on the bed in an arranged room.

"Adam, you're lying she's the most popular female beast tamer in the world, how can you not hear of her when you have a phone". She was a big fan of the snow empress.

Mu won didn't know her, because the snow empress did not appear in Adam's memories.

"Don't worry, I will buy you a high potion soon"... Mu won smiled at his new sister, his words meant alot to her, even though she didn't believe him".

"Where are you going to get money?" she chuckled "Okay , let me go to my room now, by the way, the house is mysteriously clean today, how did that happen". She entered the house, and went straight to the room.

Though it was only a one room apartment, Esther Klein used the room as her own, while Adam used the sitting room as his own.

Mu won got dressed in a tracksuit that Adam had and was ready to depart outside, "I'm going out I will come back soon".

"Okay" Esther responded.

Mu won carried a small dagger, and put it inside his pocket. He went out on the streets and was looking around while familiarising himself with the neighbourhood..

Countries in this world were named after numbers, numbered from 1-7 each country was big as a continent. Some countries were called kingdom's because it had a king and its monarchy governmental system.

7th country, south Region.

In one of the bustling cities called jing, was where Adam was staying. There were so many people on the streets, happiness and apprehension were fixed in their faces.

Mu wom walked his way to the mountain of jing.

"This mountain is not even as tall as the kunlun mountain in the demonic cult". He murmured to himself while climbing the mountain. The mountain had stairs for people to climb, he reached the peak of the mountain in thirty minutes.

"Ugh. Cug . Ugh

" I'm never coming here again, I'm so tired after that stress".

He looked at the scenery before him—it was something straight out of his imagination. He couldn't believe his eyes: tall buildings stretched everywhere, lights and cars dotted the streets, and even the clouds created a breathtaking backdrop. From his vantage point, he could see the ocean miles away, shimmering on the horizon. In the middle of the city stood a towering building labeled "Awakened Association."

"Beautiful," he whispered.

He sat down on the mountainside, unfazed by the intense wind that whipped around him. A smile crossed his face as his black hair was blown back by the breeze, his blue eyes glittering with life.

It's time to play some games, isn't that right Uriel?.

[ Yes ]

The feminine voice replied immediately.

I left my house because I wanted to have some time to think for myself without disturbance, and also find out about what my abilities are.

Mu won thought about the phone in his mind, and the phone appeared in his hand.

He removed the dagger and grazed his pinky finger on it.

Red blood spilled from his finger, he now used it to draw a straight vertical line of blood in his phone.

The phone turned on.

"Hmmmm, this is what they call apps right, why am I only seeing the talent creator app".

It was silent for a while. He was expecting an explanation but Uriel stayed silent

He clicked the talent creator App.

A game like screen appeared on the phone

[Status check]

[Start game]

[ Shop ]

This is a game?

"Status check, is it the measurement of how strong I'm".

Let's check it out.

He immediately clicked on the status check symbol, another screen appeared, showing his status of strength and weakness.

[ Name: Adam Klein ]

[ Cultivation Level: 0 ]

[ Strength: 10 ]

[ Agility: 7 ]

[ Contracted beast: 0]

[ Mana: - ]

[ Cells: -]

[Intelligence: 21]

[Physique : 7 ]

[ Techniques: 0 ]

[ Skills: 6 {Gluttony level 1, Time control level 1, Revive (locked), language translation- max, Uriel of knowledge, talent creator]

[ Talent : poor ]

Mu Won stared at his status screen on his mobile device, confusion etched across his face.

"I thought I had a perfect - talented body, what does It mean by poor talent, and what kind of picture of me is that?".

His eyes narrowed as he noticed the peculiarities in his stats.

"My mana and cells are not even numbered, is that normal, hey Uriel I need answers".

A realization struck him about his displayed name.

" I thought the status will show mu won as my name, but it showed Adam instead, well Adam isn't a bad name, I will go with Adam from now on a leave a better life

[ You have not started cultivation, that's why mana and sense are not numbered. perfect talented body doesn't make you talented, it makes you immune to poison and abnormal status in the body]

His shoulders slumped in despair.

"My life is over, I just had to bring my bad luck from the cultivation world to the beholder planet".

[ You can copy talents from monster's and humans you kill, be it in reality or game, through the skill gluttony]

His eyes lit up instantly.

" Yeeeeeeeeees, you should have that sooner".

[ You never asked ]

Mu Won closed the status check and hurried to the shop. His expression transformed from excitement to anxiety as he saw the prices.

" Uriel must be a thief, yes that's it".

[Uriel Shop]

[ Natural Perfect potions : 10000 coins ]

[ Natural High potions : 5000 coins ]

[ Low derived potions: 2000 coins]

[ Recovery potion: 1200 coins ]

[ ....]

Everything is so expensive…

I can't lie - I'm a little bit nervous …

He exited the shop and clicked on the start button.

[ The Ant dungeon ]

He wanted to click the ant dungeon to start his free ride, but he noticed a young lady dressed in blue and white.

The strange woman climbed on top of the mountain, thier eye's met each other.

" Hey..... Can I sit over there". The young girl who was about eighteen year's old asked while masking a fake smile.

Mu won was not impressed at all, niether by her beauty or her voice, his face remained indifferent to the beautiful lady in front of him.

This kind of people can get you killed in the cultivation world, I would rather stay far away from women for now untill I achieve my goals.

" This mountain his huge, you can sit anywhere you like". Mu won replied

The young lady strached her hand, " my name is ying yi, nice to meet you".

Adam didn't shake her back, he just ignored her and gave out a cold reply while touching his mobile device "I'm Adam, nice to meet you".

He stood up and left the mountain immediately, he didn't want to get into trouble with any wealthy family while playing game's on the mountain.