I opened my stat window, ready and put in 10 of my remaining 1000 experience. As I did so, I felt something into my body, and the weight of my skills hit me all at once, nearly making me faint. If it hadn’t been for my {Conviction of the Dragons} I probably would have.

[Congratulations on achieving your first level up!

Your current skills have now been ingrained into your soul, allowing you to be truly aware of them.

You have been granted 10 Stat points and 10 Skill points.]

The next price was 20, the one after that, 30, and so on and so forth. Basically, the cost for leveling up once was, (n+1)*10 with n being my current level, meaning that level ups were going to get expensive as fuck. All in all, it cost 550 experience to reach level 10.

[You have reached level 10.

Congratulations! You have reached the first level threshold, meaning you will now unlock a class.

Checking skills

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Checking traits

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Taking titles into account

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Generating class options

{Thug

Rarity: Common

You are a common thug, only good for punching people. … That’s all really.}

{Mage

Rarity: Common

You are the most common of mages, capable of simple spells.}]

The list went on for a while, but most classes weren’t that interesting. The good stuff was yet to come anyway.

[{Fist of Wrath

Rarity: Epic

You are the embodiment of pure unchained rage, a beast unbound by morality, you are fueled solely by the flames of rage.

+20 Cons

+20 Str

Skill {Art of the Sun} will be turned into {Fist of Wrath}}

…]

I had another for lust but all in all, the truly good stuff was only found in the legendary and mythic rarities.

[{Child of Stars

Rarity: Legendary

Stars, the forges of the universe, the great creators. Some claim them to be gods, others see them in a more scientific light, but all agree that they are one of the most beautiful things in the universe. As a Child of Stars, harness their power as your own, fuse atoms, bring light, give hope.

+30 Cons

+30 Str

+50 Per

Skill {Body of Stars} will be infused into Trait {Cor Stellae}}

{King of Rage and Fury

Rarity: Legendary

Many harness the power of wrath, of a rage that cannot be controlled. You? You are different, rage and fury are not stronger than your will. You harness the true power of that rage. And you shall make them kneel.

+30 Str

+30 Conv

+30 Wis

+20 Agi

Skill {Conviction of the Dragons} will change into {Conviction of the King}}

{Longing and Envy

Rarity: Legendary

You want for something you cannot have, something that shall never be yours. It hurts, doesn’t it? Use that pain, make others feel that hole that can never be filled, and as they feel your pain, your envy at those who do have it, take their power as yours.

+110 free Stat points

Skill {Ballad of Longing and Envy} received}

{???

Rarity: Mythic

You are different, are you not? A strange thing that can not be contained by my creation, fair as it attempts to be. Interesting. Very well, I shall create something new, something that will keep your race alive. Be warned ‘Herald of Myth’, death is coming, and there is nothing you can do to stop it.

???

???}]

The moment I had finished reading that last class, I started being flooded with notifications.

[Class {???} chosen]

[Warning, Class {???} does not exist.

Troubleshooting

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[ERROR

{???} does not fulfill basic class parameters.

Warning, system override initiated.

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System user {ń̵̛̛̯̥̰̣̮̖͚̼̘̤̬̩̣̤̜͇̑̽͒͑͗̊͐̇͗̍͛̈́̎͒͊̉̈́̍͌͒̄̃̇͋̊̉́͛̑̏͑̇̓̆̔̕͘͠c̵̢̡̨̨͍͇̳̬͇͉͇̤̖͉̠̹̥̘͓̜̘̣͇͖̙͕̱͉̲̣̳̭͉̤̈́̈́̔̈̆͊̊̒͋͌̎̽̈́͜͜͝͠ͅų̵̢̧̛̭͇̳̱͍̼̥̰̹̮͈͈̰̗̮̗̙͚͍͙͓̠͉͉͇̉̆̋̓̂̑͐̉͌̉̐̎͗͋́̚͜͜͜͜͜͝z̸̡̮̬̮̠͍̹͚̥̙̹͖̼͚̜̤̙̞̟̘͇̜̔̀͊̄̆͑͛̽̈́͐͆͛̇̾͌̄͋̅̽̀̑̒̑͌̀̈̃͝͝͠͝͝a̴̛̛̟̥̥̩̼̱̞̝̓͛̍̌͒̒̄͊͋͗̍̄͑̀͗̍̎͑̊̑͛̋̆̀̔̀̇͆̉̒̈̀̒̌͆͌̚̕̚͝͝s̷̨̡̢̹͇̘̭̤̦͔͇̮̰͖̭͇͎̻̯͒̽͋̈̀͋̑̊̀͊̎̈̔̍̀̿͂̆̐͋́̕̚̚͘͜b̷̡̧̡͓̣̤͚̠̤͎̪̦̟̞͚̳̠̦̲̫̻͇̪̙̮͍͌̾͋͑̐͗̈́͘̕͝d̵̡̡̛͇̤̬̪͇̭̥̺̟͈̦͙̼͉̪̠̫̙̪̍̓̃̒̍̔͋̒̐͑̂͛̾̾̑̔̎͊͐͋̽̽͂́́̈́͋̈͂̈́̈́̊́̈̎̅̎̎̕̚̚̚̚̕͜͠͠͝͝ň̵̅̊̊͂̾̎̈̓͋͆̍͛̋̄͗́̌͜ǫ̵̛̘̞̹̻͎̯̩̺͇͙̪̣̮̯̣̅̾͒̆̎́̌͗̽̿̅̽̄̀̒̋͂̃̈́̓̽̈́̍͐̕͘͠ͅi̵̧̢̨̨͍̗͉͓̖̖͖̥͎͚̼̻̟̖̻̗͍̖͚̫͈̭͔̩͚̲͖͔̝̘̥̼͙͕̬̯͚͗̋́̐̒͑̀̉̉͜͜ź̷̨̻̤̙̣̣̮͕͇̦̜̳͚̪̙͖̳͔̤͙͖̜̞̙̗̙̤̻̺̻̺͖̊͒͐̒̈́̓̓̈͆͊̑̐͂̈́̋́͜͜͜͝ͅͅͅs̴̩͚̳̟͎̫̱͙̪̙͕̖͇͎͍̪͚͓̪̽̓̌̿̈́̌̍̎̆͂̐͐́͛͐̎̋͑̍͊̊̈́́̔̍͗̈͑͂͒̾͛͐̏͗̄́͋̀̄̋͘̕̚͜͝͠͝i̶͕̮̹͕̰̞͙̯͚̪̋̐̃̀̊͌͒̒̑̃̃̆̓͐̃̈́͋̐̇̇͜͠ͅ} has been granted access to class creator

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Class created.

{Nova

Rarity: Mythic

You are something not so easily bound to this little system I have created, this way of aiding the weak and making the strong stronger. But now that your world knows of my child, it is losing hope. That is what you must become, hope for the future, hope for survival. May the light of your hope shine brighter than the darkness that is coming, because if it does not, everyone will die.

+220 free Stat Points

Skill {Nova: Star of Hope} acquired

Skill {Light against the coming Dark} acquired}]

I sighed, of course that just had to happen to me. Of course I had to have a run-in with a mysterious system admin who granted me great power and a responsibility.

Oh well, at least the skills I got were good.

[{Nova: Star of Hope

Duo

Rarity: Legendary

You are the hope of your race, the only way for them to make it through what is to come. You gain a small boost for every human that has hope for a good end in their hearts. In times of dire need, you can channel this ‘hope energy’ into a single powerful attack.}

{Light against the coming Dark

Duo

Rarity: Legendary

You are the light against what is to come, and thus you need to become strong enough to weather the storm. Siphons of a miniscule amount of exp of every living human. In times of dire need, you can siphon out massive amounts to gain the necessary power.

Experience gained per month: 1}]

Yeah, the skills were a bit weird and over the top but the idea that I had a skill that let me gain experience doing nothing was crazy. And a constant power boost, small as it might be? Really awesome. I leveled 3 more times and gained 5 stat points for each level, pushing my available points to 335, then I started investing.

[Name: Oscar Van Damme

Class: Nova

Level: 13 (90/140)

Unspent Experience: 0

Ethnicity: Belgian (Flemish)

Gender: Male

Zodiac: Libra

Titles: Mercator, Herald of Myth

Traits: Fat, Intelligent, Mana Savant, Cor Stellae

Stats:

Conv: 105

Wis: 105

Cons: 80 (+80)

Str: 80 (+80)

Agi: 105 (+105)

Per: 80 (+80)

Stat Points: 0

Skills:

{Keeper of Alexandria (Lvl 1/80), Duo}

{Body of Stars (Lvl 1/80), Duo}

{Art of the Sun (Lvl 1/80), Duo}

{Conviction of the Dragons (Lvl 1/80), Duo}

{Pakhangba (Lvl 1/160), Duo}

{Nuclear Fusion (Lvl 1/160), Active}

{Nova: Star of Hope (Lvl 1/80}, Duo}

{Light against the coming Dark (1/80), Duo}

Skill Points: 0]

As I felt the changes overtake my body I felt content. It was time to go back to school and see where I went from there.