Damigod

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

His SS-Grade familiar, Level 20, was capable of taking down a 2x opponent instantly.

That was a known quantity now. Daniel stood calmly in the blank, white virtual space, a faint, satisfied smile on his face as he recalled the triumphant Nyx into his storage ring.

The test was straightforward, the opponent merely a simulation, but the data proved invaluable. He now had a clear baseline for his strongest companion's abilities.

Outside, in the vast plaza of Astralis Academy, the atmosphere was anything but calm.

The holographic screens, which had just displayed the shockingly brief fifty-seven-second defeat of the 2x strength Sango, flickered and then reset, bathing the stunned faces of the assembled aspirants in a neutral white light.

"Impossible…" Travis Standen, the scarred Vice-Principal of the Combat Techniques School, breathed out, his usual booming voice reduced to a gravelly whisper.

NYX!