Sage [#5]

Harrion nervously looked down, sweat dripping from his body as he felt the weight of the boss's presence. It's been exactly 5 seconds ever since he entered this room! "B-boss, I believe I have found what you've been looking for!" Doing a military salutation, he looked at his boss: "The Mad Hound Support slot-"

"-who?" A simple word echoed out from the shadows, a pair of brightly glowing red eyes looked at him and Harrion could swear he was going to die: "W-well, he's a kid, a Bronze kid, but I-"

"-not interested."

"Boss, wait please, his buffs literally doubled my strength! And his healing made me glow with Divine Power!"

"-...start from the beginning."

"-Ah, okay... Well, when I materialized in the Defense game of the Zombie Towers, I first saw one of the Silver Sun bastards, then one of those purple rose bud bitches, and then the kid-" Harrion stopped to think how to describe him: "-he was, honestly, quite adorable and innocent looking, but he's a sadistic sunnova bitch! We dismissed him and he simply ignored us, when I first died I thought it was game over and we'd get last place, but surprisingly no, there were no zombie when I respawned. He had placed a barrier between the crystal and us, and we had no other choice than to fight! The mage chick and the archer bitch died again, they were demanding him to heal them, so he looked them in the eye as they were killed- That was badass!"

"-and what happened when you two were the only ones left alive?"

"Well, he casted [Strength] in me and suddenly my Strength DOUBLED, Boss, it was fuckin' awesome- The little dude then healed me easily and fuck that was amazing, I never felt so strong in my life!"

"...What was his name?"

-Scene Cut-

Harrion: And then- And then-

Boss: *Menacing humming*

-Scene Cut-

Sage sighed heavily- Anonymous was defeated by Sun Jihan, whoever the fuck that is. The guy was strong, he must admit, strong and really persistent! Sage pulled out his status and decided to push his 13 points to Ether, putting it to 23. He still had 12 points from his leveling up.

[Name] Victor Sage

Level: 27

Affiliation: Bronze League - United States 7th Area

Strength: 2

Agility: 2

Vitality: 2

Ether: 23

Force: 23

Points: 12

Class: Mage

Class: Support

Skills - Mage

[Fire], [Shield], [Freeze]

Skills - Support

[Slow], [Paralyze], [Heal], [Strength], [Barrier]

Gift: Reader (E)

- Able to read everything

- Upon touching something, you can read very available information about it.

Title: None

Achievement Points: 100,400

GP: 10,000,000]

"Huh?" His Force stat also increased to 23, surprisingly enough- No, if he thinks about it, his Mana was gone when he got Ether... Which means his Mana that he used to make Force with Divine Power came from his Ether as a source, so if his Ether is the source is only natural for the stat also increase when he updates it. "I really need to find a way to be better... The guy killed me in one punch, I'm fragile as fuck right now." He looked at his physical stats that were a miserable 2 point thing and thought for a moment- He could train his body for the new stats? 'I don't want to waste points them anyway.'

Now, why don't he go out and work out?

"Thinking about it, I've never left my apartment." It's been two days since he's been reborn and he never left his apartment. He put on shorts and a sleeveless shirt, he decided to wear workout clothes and go out, maybe take a run around? 'I also need to increase the ranking of my Gift.'

[Gift: Reader (E)

- Able to read everything.

- Upon touching something, you can read very available information about it.

Conditions for Rank Up:

- Read more than 100 items

- Unlock a Unique Stat.]

He had two Unique Stats, so now he only needed to read more things! 'Well, better start now, right?' He went out his apartment and looked everywhere, and everywhere he looked he used his gift [Reader] to analyze it.

[Asphalt: Asphalt is a semi-solid form of petroleum. It has a few basic ingredients, including a mixture of crushed stone, gravel, sand, and a material called bitumen. Bitumen is a sticky, black byproduct of petroleum that holds the aggregate together.]

'Huh, that's a lot more information than before.' And he read it all instantly, there wasn't the need to ever look at it, it was like the information got downloaded into his brain! 'Well, better get running!' His stats were shit, and as he ran, he tried to keep a steady rythm but his body was hurting apl around! He powered through it with pure spite, but spite could only get you running for so long. He soon had to sit down on a bench, his body completely covered in sweat and hurting like hell!

[+ 1 Vitality]

[+1 Agility]

[+1 Strength]

"-at least I got them-" Panting, Sage tried to get up again, but his legs refused to work... So he just laid there on the bench. He considered everything - his new life, his new powers, his unique authority over the system, and everything that it entails - for a moment and blinked. He casted [Heal] on himself, he didn't even have to push Ether through it as the spell naturally had small traces of Ether on it, whih was enough to empower and increase the efficiency of the spell, healing his painful muscles.

"...you don't seem to be all that much." A voice spoke suddenly. Sage opened his eyes to look up at this handsome man's face. He was tall, really tall! Or maybe Sage is small? Anyway, he was like a marble statue of rippling muscle. His body looked like the Greek gods themselves gave life to his form... He had this whole aura around him, this faint energy trickled from his body in waves that made everything around him heavier. "..." They kept eye contact for a few moments, everything was normal for Sage because this energy simply didn't do anything to him, it naturally hit a barrier of energy that stood around Sage's body and dissipated into nothingness. "...you are different."

"And you're hot." Sage rolled his eyes for a moment and with great difficulty, he moved his body from a lying position to a sitting position: "And rude too... Who even are you?" With dark brown eyes that looked like oak wood, thick thighs and legs that barely were hidden beneath his pants, large feet and hands- Is this man a human or a giant? "My name is Madon Hounis, I am Mad Hound's leader."

"Oh, you're the leader of those punk anti guild people!" Sage offered the guy his hand: "Nice to meet ya-" To further establish a great difference between himself and Anonymous, Sage decided to develop a whole other persona for himself. While Anonymous would be stoic and not really friendly, Sage would be laid back and very friendly, but also mischievous and a little bit sadistic. "You guys do a good job takin' care of the ones rejected by guilds." Guilds were the fucking worst, not only they ate up resources and fought amongst themselves for even more resources (access to dungeons, items, and money are good examples) they also bullied the weak and rejected them.

Which is why, as a widely known fact, the Mad Hound unofficial guild was composed of mainly Support Gift users. There were many, from the [Exploration] Gift, the [Nurturing] Gift, and even rarer gifts that helped identify items, potential of people, and other things. A few people had lesser combat gifts, like the [Weapon Proficiency] gift that was more common than you think, the majority of people get one of these and it is between F and D rank.

The only exception was the leader- Not many people know what his Gift actually is, but they know it is an SSS-Rank Gift and a combat related one at that. The only reason the guild wasn't completely eliminated was because of the Mad Hound himself, Madon Hounis! Many people know he only fights with his hands that grow into claws whenever he wants! He also has a crazy regeneration ability, near immortality at least, because many powerful Diamond Rank players fought him and lost because he out lasted them.

"...Harrion told me something, and I want to see it by myself." He made eye contact and Sage didn't break it. He did feel intimidated when the guy's pulil seemed to glow a bright red color for a split second: "It seems you have a great mental strength to not be affected by my skills and gift." He openly grinned widely, showing his slightly sharp teeth, which was a little uncanny: "Cast a buff on me, Support Boy."

"I think not-" Immediately, Sage casted [Paralyze] on the guy, grinned when he was shocked (pun intended) for a second and broke free easily: "-now I'll heal you." Sage didn't even look at the guy, he casted [Heal] on Madon. There was a soft golden glow on his body as his eyes widened just enough to show a silent surprise.

"So, you affiliated with any Guilds?"

"Nah."

"Good. You're a Mad Hound now."

-Scene Cut-

Hadon: *stares menacingly*

-Scene Cut-

Sage looked at the other members of the Mad Hound "guild", and he must say, there's a lot of people with a lot of support gifts! Many are considered trash, but Sage couldn't contain his own curiosity... He started using [Reader] on everyone and their items, which easily passed his Gift from E to D.

[Gift: Reader (D)

- Able to read everything.

- Upon touching something, you can read very available information about it.

- You can now easily read status windows. If the target is weaker than you, you can see everything about them and what they can become.

Conditions for Rank Up:

- Read more than 1000 items

- Unlock a Unique Class.]

With this new part of his Gift, he was able to successfully see what everyone could become- The majority of members were all really welcoming, they all seemed very comfortable to each other and Sage saw no gift above B rank around, except for Hadon, and he must say- Damn!

[Apex Predator (SSS)]

You are the embodiment of an apex predator. Your whole body can be used to fight! You get access to the skills

- [Eyes of the Beast]

- [Unsettling Presence]

- [Howl of Hell]

- [Destroy, Rip, Tear]

- [Not Dead Yet]

- [Hunt]

- [Predator]

- [Thick Skin]

- [Bloodlust]

- [Control]

- [Unleashed Form]

He got 11 skills with his Gift! What the fuck is even this!? And besides that, Sage also saw the guy's stats and realized he had a huge way to go.

[Name] Madon Hounis

Level: 212

Affiliation: Gold League - United States 2nd Area

Strength: ???

Hunt: ???

Vitality: ???

Bloodlust: ???

Mana: ???

Points: ??

Class: Bloody Berserker

Skills - Bloody Berserker

[???]

[???]

[???]

[???]

Gift: Apex Predator (SSS)

- You are the embodiment of an apex predator. Your whole body can be used to fight! You get access to the skills

- [Eyes of the Beast]

- [Unsettling Presence]

- [Howl of Hell]

- [Destroy, Rip, Tear]

- [Not Dead Yet]

- [Hunt]

- [Predator]

- [Thick Skin]

- [Bloodlust]

- [Control]

- [Unleashed Form]

Title: Terror of the Battlefield

GP: ???,???,???]

The guy was fucking strong! He has two unique stats - Hunt and Bloodlust - and even a unique class! And a title too, something Sage hasn't checked yet. He has a lot of skills and his physical strength is something Sage cannot hope to match, but at least he knows he can easily overpower the guy with magic- or so he hopes.

But what he focused monstly on was this young kid- He used his [Reader] on her and looked at her gift, and he was surprised by two things:

[Forge (F)

- You can forge weapons.

(Upgrade Conditions)

- Have made 1000 weapons (1000/1000)

- Be Level 10 (Lvl 9/10)

- Have 10 Vitality points (8/10)

- Use 5 Akashic Pages at the same time.

Gift Forge (F) will become (SSS).]

"..." Okay, how does he make this happen?