Chapter 1
In a humble church located in a city named Azaria, a boy wearing a backpack named Zenith was walking down the steps.
After gathering his belongings and saying a few goodbyes, Zenith finally left the two-storey sanctuary that he was living in for the past few years.
"Zenith, I am really sorry. We would really want you to continue living with us but we can't afford to have you here any longer after considering the situation the church is currently in. Especially after we recently took in a few more abandoned babies." the priest said while looking truly apologetically at Zenith
"Its fine.. I know that the church is having a really hard time this year and I do not blame you for not letting me stay here any longer. Thank you for taking me in all those years ago. I will truly cherish the memories that I have here." Zenith said
"Alright... Oh! I think you should head to the city hall. They are hosting an awakening ceremony for all future ability users and there will also be scouts from academies all over the country waiting to scout potential students. And since you have already turned 15 this year which is a crucial period of awakening an ability, I think that you should go there first." the priest said
"Okay, I will head there now. Goodbye, I will definitely visit the church whenever I have time in the future" Zenith said before walking to the bus station
After alighting from the bus, Zenith was greeted by a large magnificent structure. He had finally arrived at the city hall, located right in the center of the city, Azaria.
"Hi! I am here to register for the awakening ceremony." Zenith politely said to the attendant at the registration booth.
"Name and age" the attendant asked
"Zenith and I'm 15 years and 2 months old" Zenith answered
"Alright, you are the 176th person in line. The awakening process wont tell you what ability you have but it will measure your total power level once you awaken it" the attendant said
After finishing up the registration process, Zenith was guided to a stadium located inside the city hall. The stadium was packed with lots of people. The spectator seats was filled to the brim.
"Lexon, Power Level 347" the man assisting the awakening process loudly announced the results shown on the digital screen after helping the boy control his newly awakened ability.
Power levels refers to the overall power one has which include their own independent power and their ability.
"Grace, Power Level 4789" the man loudly announced.
Immediately after hearing the results, the crowd cheered, some went into a discussion while others stared with jealousy and even the scouts from the academies were preparing to scout her into their respective academies.
"What!? How could she already be at the power level of 4789 after awakening? She must have awakened a really powerful ability! Damm... I hope that I could have such luck.." Zenith thought to himself.
"Greetings, I am from Great Winds Academy and I would like to offer you to enroll there" a scout from Great Winds Academy said to Grace.
The Great Winds academy located a few thousand kilometers away from Azaria is currently the official number 1 academy in the world in terms of both strength and resources.
Yet, Grace politely declined the offer.
"Hi, thanks for the offer but I will have to politely decline." Grace said.
After witnessing the incident, the crowd went in an uproar.
"Who wouldn't want to enroll in the Great Winds academy? The number 1 academy all over the globe"
"Wow.. what an arrogant bitch.."
"Damm, she must have regreted it by now."
"So what if you have awakened at a power level of 4789? Without a decent academy to back you up, you are as good as dead once you go out and explore the world."
"Ahem!" the city hall's manager said into a microphone while gesturing the crowd to lower their voices.
"Next!" the man assisting the awakening process said.
"George, Power Level 523" the man loudly announced.
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After waiting for about half an hour, it was finally Zenith's turn to awaken his ability.
As Zenith was walking up the stage, thoughts ran across his mind.
"Okay! This is my first step on fulfilling my dream of becoming the strongest person in the world. But what if I awaken a super bad ability..? Nah I guess that would be fine... I will just train harder and get stronger"
"Place your hand on the crystal ball. Your results will be shown on the screen." the man said
After managing to calm his thoughts and emotions, Zenith placed his hand on the crystal ball.
It was only about half a minute later when Zenith realized that something weird was happening.
The crystal ball remained unchanged instead of shining bright with a color signifying that you have awakened your ability just like the ones that went before him.
"I'm sorry Zenith but you are unfortunately part of the unlucky few that will not manifest an ability." the man said before announcing his results.
"Zenith, Power Level 23" the man loudly announced the results.
After hearing the news, realization struck him. In a world where strength is heavily needed, Zenith truly felt like a cripple for not having an ability.
His knees dropped to the ground and his ocean blue eyes started filling up in tears and dripping onto the cold concrete floor.
After a moment of silence due to confusion, the crowd start questioning each other and made their own discussions, some looked at him pitifully while others laughed and mocked him.
"What!? How can he have a power level of 23? Even having the weakest ability at least gives u a power level over 100.
"It appears that he does not have an ability..."
"hahahahahahaha , such trash"
"Wow , looks like we have witnessed another rare occurrence today! First, that girl awakened at a power level of over 4000 and now we have someone with a power level of 23"
"... looks like he did not awaken an abilty."
After trying his best to calm his emotions, Zenith got up and ran out of the stadium and headed to the exit of the city hall.
Zenith walked along the pavement while thinking about his future. He continued walking into an alley. The alley was dimly lit and filled with lots of trash. However, due to being distracted by his thoughts, Zenith did not realize walking into here and he also did not realize that he was being followed.
"Hey Zenith!" a boy around his age named Troy shouted.
Zenith suddenly turned around to see Troy. Zenith and Troy had lots of history together. Troy and his friends had always picked on the children living in the church. However, Zenith had always been there to defend them the children in the church.
"Hahaha! You trash! No one to help you now eh!? I found out you got kicked out of that crappy church" Troy said with an evil grin
"Fuck off! Troy! I'm not in the mood to play with you today!" Zenith shouted back
"You idiot! I don't think you are understanding your current situation." Troy retorted before throwing a punch at Zenith
However, before Zenith could even react, he was thrown back to the walls. It was this moment where realization struck him. Troy had awakened an ability. Well of course he did, not having an ability is a really rare occurrence.
Troy picked Zenith up by his throat and punched him a few times in the face and threw him against the wall.
"Stop!!! Stop!!!!" Zenith cried in a muffled sound
Zenith tried to get up but Troy kicked him in the face. He tried defending against the attacks but unfortunately due to the lack of an ability, he was basically incredibly overpowered by Troy.
Troy continued throwing all sorts of attacks, he grabbed Zenith's head and gave him a knee to the face.
"Help! Help!" Zenith shouted but to no avail.
Zenith found an opening and gathered his remaining energy to run away. However, Troy grabbed his head and smashed it against the ground.
"Ahhhh!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!" Zenith shouted before passing out due to the immense pain and loss of blood.
After continuously hitting the motionless body for a few more minutes, Troy finally decided to stop after it started to get bored.
"hahhahhahhhhhhhhhaaaahahahahaahaahahaaahahahahahahahhahhha"
After laughing hysterically and feeling satisfied, Troy finally stopped attacking and walked out of the alley only leaving a motionless body lying over a pool of blood.