Name: Roman Maximus
Trait: Origin Mana Enhancement
Rank: Tier - 0 (100/3700 Exp)
Trait: 10,000x Exp Converter
Rank: Tier - 0 (0/10M Exp)
Mana: 1300/1300
Strength: 1
Speed: 1
Psych: 2
Exp Storage: 6500
Skills:
Basic Martial Art (Omega Doctrine)
Proficiency: Medium
"Finally acquired enough experience," Roman chuckled, a smirk playing on his lips as he reviewed his status window.
For most, reaching this milestone would be a significant achievement, a testament to their dedication and perseverance.
But for Roman, it felt trivial—akin to receiving a banana from a doting grandmother. The accomplishment held little weight in his eyes. After seeing his Exp Storage yesterday, he made up his mind about where to invest his experience points. The decision was straightforward.
"I thought cultivating one's talent would be challenging," he mused aloud. "But now, seeing it unfold so effortlessly—heh." A sense of gratitude washed over him as he glanced skyward. "Well, I am quite grateful to you, God. Well, if you exist."
The ambition he had in his previous life began to entice him like fine wine. It was just that he was unsure where this feeling was leading.
This sudden hunger for physical power and thorough thinking about what to do with it made his head burst with ideas.
Like today, he had gone to volunteer—not because he actually needed to kill mosquitoes (well, that was something he needed to do to level up his tier rank), but the enticement of gaining sudden power through the general public and dictating the opinions of people with it was quite tempting.
And people also saw you in a favorable position if you represented yourself as a messiah or hero of the future. New Awakening Soldiers were exactly this. But unlike others, his one side wanted to harness this people's power.
Shaking off these intrusive thoughts, he focused on the task at hand. He directed his attention to the status window, contemplating the allocation of 3600 experience points to his C-rank talent, Origin Mana Enhancement.
As he confirmed the transfer, a sudden chill coursed through his body. It felt as though cold air was being funneled into him through countless tiny pores.
The sensation coalesced into a small, spherical formation within his head, reminiscent of meridians. It was an Awakened core.
This thing would increase in size in the future as he leveled up his tier.
Its existence could be debatable, but he knew this small chunk of energy core existed as if it were part of his body. But before he could intrigue himself about it, another surge of energy drove into his body. As if the energy was sucked up by every cell in his body, he couldn't help but mutter in fear, "What the heck is happening?"
The moment he awakened, the moment he poured his Exp—or Origin Power—first into his body, everything changed.
He had a body orgasm, or one could say his body expelled every impurity, which was weird, unlike other usual Awakened.
The sadder part was that this didn't actually make him much handsomer, although his skin complexion improved a little.
But this was worrisome, and he saw two ways to solve it. One, he could play the part of a person in power by showcasing his awakening talent, but that also posed a problem.
The other side of the enemy wasn't something to be trifled with; they had several star systems under their jurisdiction. He would not want to be a fool and showcase his talent only to be silently assassinated, along with his whole family.
"It's too risky," he concluded. "All my problems related to my awakening need to be dealt with personally." He straightened his posture, steeling himself for the challenges ahead. That was the second option: do it all by himself.
"Good thing I didn't have a body orgasm this time," Roman muttered, laughing at his own joke.
"Status window," Roman muttered.
Name: Roman Maximus
Trait: Origin Mana Enhancement
Rank: Tier - 1 (0/7409 Exp)
Trait: 10,000x Exp Converter
Rank: Tier - 0 (2900/10M Exp)
Mana: 1300/1500
Strength: 4 (+3)
Speed: 4 (+3)
Psych: 5 (+3)
Skills:
Basic Martial Art (Omega Doctrine)
Proficiency: Medium
Seeing his strength rise, Roman felt satisfied. He also felt like the world became much clearer, as if more colorful. His mana limit also increased seeing that he was pleased.
Than something caught his mind,
"That's weird. I didn't put any experience into my SSS-rank talent," he questioned and complained, feeling betrayed by the SSS-rank trait robbing his own experience points. "What a weird thing I have with me." He didn't panic or think too much. It wasn't in his control. "Sigh! I think that much work went into water, like others. I also need to meditate before going to the Origin World."