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

Daniel let out a long, slow breath, a proud grin spreading across his face.

He recalled the exhausted but triumphant Nyx into his ring, promising her all the SS-Grade jerky she could eat.

He now knew her true limit, and the incredible potential that still lay dormant within her.

He then stepped forward into the empty white space, cracking his knuckles.

The A-Grade Kinetic Void Gauntlets on his hands hummed softly.

"Alright," he thought, a cold fire in his eyes. "My turn."

The silence in the plaza was absolute. The assembled aspirants and Academy staff had just witnessed a Level 20 familiar not only defeat the unbeatable Sango but undergo a draconic evolution while doing it.

The sheer impossibility of it all was still sinking in when Director Gareth Sterling, his face now a mask of obsessive fascination, roared a new command.

"Don't stop! Raise it! Four times the strength! I want to see what the boy himself can do!"

Raise It!