"Eyes that see the code beneath reality… and rewrite it."
[System Notification: Character Initialization Complete]
Welcome, Kael Arin. Let the world remember your name.
Kael stood alone atop a quiet hill, the sky shifting from twilight to dawn. The air was crisp, the world still hushed in the early light. Before taking another step, he whispered a single command.
"Status."
A translucent screen materialized before him.
[Status – Aether]
Name: Aether
Race: Human
Class: Beast Master (Tier 1)
Level: 1
HP: 100/100
MP: 60/60
Stats:
Strength: 10
Agility: 11
Endurance: 10
Perception: 12
Intelligence: 15
Charisma: 9
Luck: 8
[Innate Talent – Eye of Akashik (EX)]
Type: Innate Talent
Rank: EX
Status: Bound
Description:
Reveals hidden layers of reality. Allows the user to analyze souls, traits, bloodlines, skill trees, and locked evolutions.
Passive: Constant analysis of beings within line of sight.
Active: Focused Insight (10s cooldown).
Reveals unique interactions, curses, mutations, soul-bound contracts, and blood purity.
Can detect lies and identify world-class secrets.
Cannot be suppressed by any skill below Divine Rank.
[Bound Skill – Gate of Azaroth (EX)]
Type: Skill (Divine Domain)
Rank: EX
Status: Bound
Description:
A dimensional gate fused with the user's soul.
Houses all contracted beasts in a self-contained, evolving world.
Beasts can travel between real and virtual realms once synchronized.
Contains terrain zones, elemental habitats, training simulations, and bloodline evolution catalysts.
Portable, hidden, and grows with user progression.
Functions as the Beast Master's core sanctuary.
Aether exhaled slowly, absorbing the weight of what he now possessed.
The Eye of Akashik was an omniscient gaze that pierced the System's veils. With it, he wouldn't just see weaknesses—he could uncover hidden evolutions, secret quests, and locked storylines no other player even knew existed. In his past life, entire guilds had risen to power by stumbling upon a single S-tier hidden quest. Now, he could find them all.
And the Gate of Azaroth—more than a sanctuary, it was a sovereign dimension bound to his soul. While others would spend years and fortunes on rare rituals to evolve a single beast, he could nurture entire bloodlines in weeks.
Together, they weren't just tools. They were the foundation of an empire.
And he was its architect.
[System Notification: Real-world sync request available]
Would you like to link your game ID to your verified global account?
He tapped [YES] without hesitation.
Banking Account: Linked successfully.
Player Alias: Aether registered to account: Kael Arin.
Earnings, assets, and quest rewards can now be claimed in physical currency through secure sync channels.
A faint smirk tugged at his lips.
"If I play this right… I'll never need to rely on a guild, a raid party, or a kingdom."
"I'll build my own."
Stepping out of the glowing chamber, Aether found himself outside the obsidian gates of the starting town, the morning dew dampening the grass beneath his boots. Distant voices echoed behind him—other players still finalizing their awakenings.
But Aether had no intention of lingering.
Before him stretched a dirt path winding into a mist-laden forest. Yet he didn't take a single step forward.
A raspy cough drew his attention.
Slumped against the wall like discarded refuse was a beggar in tattered gray robes. His skin was parchment-thin, his lips cracked with thirst. Trembling hands hovered near a water barrel—yet he never touched it.
Aether's eyes narrowed.
"Appraisal."
A silver-tinted window flickered into existence—visible only to him.
[Unknown Being – Analysis: Eye of Akashik]
Name: Hidden
Race: ??? (Suppressed)
State: Malnourished, Weak
Condition:
Curse of Poseidon – Divine Class (Bound)
Cannot touch water by own hands.
Can only be lifted if another willingly offers drink.
Bloodline: Vampiric (Noble Grade) – Dormant
Loyalty Chain: Servant of Vampire Baron Ordo
Potential Rank: Viscount-Class or Higher
True Age: 241
Alignment: Neutral Loyalist
Aether dipped the ladle into the barrel, then knelt beside the man.
"Thirsty?"
The beggar's eyes widened, as if no one had spoken to him in years. Slowly, hesitantly, he drank.
[Curse of Poseidon has been lifted!]
[Affinity +10 with ???]
The change was immediate. The man's posture straightened, his gaze sharpening with unnatural clarity. His voice, once ragged, now carried an undercurrent of power.
"...You've seen a revelation," he murmured.
Aether didn't flinch. "I want to meet your master."
The man studied him for a long moment—then smiled.
"He'll see you. Only once."
With a single tap of his knuckle against the ground, the earth split open. A tunnel of blood-red stone spiraled into the darkness beneath Aether's feet.
[Secret Dungeon Discovered: Crypt of Baron Ordo – Vampire Lineage Trial]
Aether stepped forward without hesitation.
"No turning back now."