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Facing extinction, humanity seeks salvation in the Astral Verge, a dangerous dimension accessed via portals that threatened to wipe out the entire planet.

Few years later, aspiring recruit Daniel Vance enters the Verge for his final assessment, hoping to Awaken a Talent and secure his future. While others gain common abilities, Daniel secretly Awakens the mythical SSS-Grade Talent: [Soul Assimilation]. This allows him to absorb essence, enhancing gear, gaining stats and EXP from slain creatures, and crucially, absorbing attributes and skills from fallen Awakened.

Witnessing the swift death of the arrogant Jaxon Rex, Daniel makes a grim choice: he assimilates Jaxon, gaining his first skill, [Kinetic Pulse]. This sets his path: scavenging the aftermath of others’ battles. He enhances gear and, after achieving his first kill on an injured beast, waits patiently to assimilate two more fallen recruits, acquiring [Quick Step] and the invaluable passive [Aura Sense].

Starting as average, Daniel rapidly gains power in secret, enhanced gear, multiple skills, and boosted stats , far exceeding his peers while remaining outwardly unremarkable. He navigates the lethal Verge alone, using its inherent dangers to fuel his growth, wrestling with the moral cost of his unique, overwhelming power.

SSS-Rank Talent: Super Upgrade System

The vast plaza of Astralis Academy's Upper House still hummed with a mixture of nervous energy and ambitious whispers.

Vice-Principal Travis Standen's fiery speech about forging peerless warriors in the Combat Techniques School had left many aspirants trembling, some with fear, others with a primal excitement.

Ayra, beside Daniel, was practically vibrating, her S-Grade Crystal Gloves looking like they might spontaneously combust from her eagerness.

Following him, the serene, elderly Vice-Principal Aslaug Winnick of the Command School had offered a different path, one of intellect, strategy, and leadership.

Her quiet words had resonated with a different segment of the crowd, those whose talents lay not in brute force but in sharp minds and the ability to see the grander design of the chaotic Verge.

Paths Of Power. Pt 2