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 of the hidden task was, it was only natural that his

by the way what's

"Ehm.."

down, the young girl avoided

a screen appeared

: Ava

Age : 16

Picture : (Holographic image)

: Hero program

School Rank : 1078/2055

Potential : Unranked

Profession : Monster tamer

"..Ava? Monster tamer?"

looked at the information that was presented in

at the shy young girl once again, Kevin couldn't help but

thought was the strongest in the world, Kevin would without a doubt say

people would regard things such as swordsmanship, or fancy professions that were flashy and pleasing to the eye

begged

his opinion, the most fearsome out of

was born with a certain level of

a set limit that could never be changed no matter what someone

Ren or

ranked D, then the best you could achieve throughout your whole life was becoming a D-rank

no matter how much extra time you spent training, you would never be able to

the despair that stemmed

so bad that throughout his whole childhood he was bullied for it. While everyone around him showed incredible talent that made them stand above their peers,

parents who also had low talents blamed

and he was never saddened by his low level of

that was until that

that demons managed to infiltrate his hometown, and

any major city, no rescue came until

had sacrificed their lives in order

let you live should be enough to atone for

words his parents had said to him

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

strange system suddenly appearing before him when he was in his most dire state, he would've never been able to survive, grow strong enough to rank first

owed everything

system he managed to completely change himself, his body,

Everything about him changed.

SSS-rank talent over the course of a few months due to some strange elixir the system provided

But, what determined talent?

a measure

case, talent was assed in regards to

caps, was something that could not be chosen

strange status windows similar to the ones that

gained access to supernatural powers. Powers that enabled

they would notice that, right below their status, there

was your natural

then it meant that your aptitude towards spearmanship was amplified

arts, their comprehension would be nowhere

levels of talent in regards to their natural talent. Meaning that even if someone was talented in spear arts, their talent cap was still there. So if your talent cap was D-rank, then in

why Kevin believed her talent was the best, was because she did not have

don't have a level cap because they don't need to

the monsters,

to control the beasts, but

unlimited number of beasts regardless of

simply due to how difficult it was for them to tame a monster, as a lot of complicated steps were required. Moreover, the financial burden one would incur just to raise a monster could even cause some of the wealthiest

S-rank pet was raised.

they were fully grown, their daily food consumption alone

It was just inefficient.

Kevin, this