The Author's POV

"pfff, you can't even remember the faces of your own teammates?"

Smirking, Jin mockingly looked at Kevin.

"Oh? so you're telling me that you remember the face of all your teammates?"

Raising his brow, Kevin turned around and skeptically looked at Jin.

"..."

Turning around, Jin pretended to have not heard Kevin and walked away.

Dumbfounded, Kevin helplessly looked in Emma and Amanda's direction, only to be left even more speechless.

Swiftly moving around the trees, Emma was currently being chased by Amanda whose face remained expressionless.

-Swish!

-Swish!

-Swish

Taking out her bow. At an inhuman speed, Amanda's fingers danced between the bow and the quiver. Soon, three arrows flew in Emma's direction at a speed that couldn't be seen by the naked eye.

-Thud! -Thud! -Thud!

"Stop! Stop! Stop! I give up!"

Taking cover behind a tree, Emma raised her hands in defeat as she fearfully looked at the arrows that were imbued on the tree she was hiding. Each arrow perfectly penetrated the hard outer shell of the tree. Looking closely, the tip of each arrow was only a few centimeters from Emma's face, sending cold shivers down her spine. If it weren't for the fact that Amanda restrained herself, Emma might've actually died.

Shaking his head, Kevin turned his attention back to the young girl, not before letting out a long sigh. He was starting to doubt whether grouping with them was the right thing to do.

'Maybe if Melissa was here things wouldn't have been as bad...'

Thought Kevin for a moment before shaking his head.

Knowing Melissa's personality, things might've actually turned out for the worse.

Sighing once again, and ignoring the commotion that Amanda and Emma were causing, Kevin squinted his eyes and took a good look at the girl before him.

She was a beautiful, light-skinned young girl with a petite yet curvaceous frame and below-average height. She had long, slightly curly black hair that reached all the way to her back. Her large crystal eyes were slightly covered by short square bangs. She had plump rosy cheeks which accompanied by her short figure made one want to tightly squeeze them.

"Did you come to me to ask me to protect you?"

"N-no!"

Quickly shaking her head, the young girl timidly pointed towards another group of people in the distance.

"They sa-id that they know where the hidden task was..."

"...oh?"

Taking one good look at the members in the distance, Kevin was reminded of the people he had previously seen in the waiting room.

Although he did not remember the young girl, he did remember two out of the four individuals gathered.

They were the most arrogant and prideful of the bunch, so of course, he knew about them.

If he didn't remember wrong, they should've been ranked around the hundreds and were extremely prideful of their ranking. They were so proud and arrogant that they thought that they could fight Kevin on equal terms.

Like they all say...

Powerful people often grew confident, and confident people were often conceited.

Power gets in the head of everyone. Kevin was no better, but because he had a clear goal, he managed to suppress his inner desires.

Shaking his head, he walked towards them

the location

way what's

"Ehm.."

avoided Kevin's eyes and swiped

a screen appeared in front

:

Age : 16

Picture : (Holographic image)

Hero program

School Rank : 1078/2055

Potential : Unranked

Profession : Monster tamer

"..Ava? Monster tamer?"

his chin, Kevin looked at the information that was presented in front

girl once again, Kevin couldn't help but

strongest in the world, Kevin would without a doubt say

such as swordsmanship, or fancy professions

begged to

the most fearsome out of all the professions was the monster

was born with a

was a set limit that could never be changed no matter

you were Ren or Kevin

talent was ranked D, then the best you could achieve throughout your

matter how much extra time you spent training, you would never

too familiar with the despair that stemmed

everyone around him showed incredible talent that made them stand above their peers, Kevin

also had low talents blamed themselves for his poor

Kevin's mentality was strong and he was never saddened by his low

that was until that fateful 'day'

demons managed to infiltrate

city, no

lives in order to

good talent, sacrificing ourselves to let you live should be enough to atone for letting you be born with a low talent that made

said to him before

dreams, like a plague that never ceases to attack the immune system. It was almost like a seed had been implanted inside of him, slowly eroding his state of mind. Kevin couldn't remember how many times he

his most dire state, he would've never been able to survive, grow strong enough to rank first in the school ranking, and let alone

owed everything

to completely change himself, his body, his talent, his

Everything about him changed.

talent over the course of a few months due to some

But, what determined talent?

was a measure

assed in regards to

something that could not be chosen

mana, strange status windows similar to the ones that appear

they gained access to supernatural powers. Powers that enabled them to do things that

to their status window they would notice that, right below

your

it meant that your aptitude

a person talented in spear arts trained in sword arts, their comprehension would be nowhere near as

talent in regards to their natural talent. Meaning that even if someone was talented in spear arts, their talent cap was still there.

believed her talent was

cap because they don't need to

the monsters, not the tamer

certain amount of control was required by the tamer to control the beasts, but even then, what mattered most was the

an unlimited number of beasts regardless of their potential. Making monster tamers

regarded. This was simply due to how difficult it was for them to tame a monster, as a lot of complicated steps were required. Moreover, the

pet was raised. They fed on monster

they were fully grown, their daily food consumption alone could

It was just inefficient.

to Kevin, this didn't matter