Classless King: I Absorb Anything I Kill
Aleric died once already.
Pushed off a rooftop by the same people who made his life a living hell.
He thought that was the end.
But then he woke up in Jusavia.
He was in a new world, in a new infant body and a fresh chance to start all over again.
He made himself one promise: never again would he be hopeless and weak.
Never at the mercy of people who saw him as nothing.
At fifteen, everyone in Jusavia awakens their Class. It's everything. Your power, your future, your entire worth as a person. Fire mages who burn through armies. Healers who pull people back from death itself.
Aleric's Awakening Ceremony was supposed to change his life.
It did. Just not the way anyone expected.
While everyone else got their shiny new Class, fire this, sword that, holy whatever, Aleric got a blank screen and a room full of whispers.
Classless.
His father looked at him like he'd just dragged garbage into the house. His fiancée laughed in his face and tore up their engagement contract in front of the whole academy. The nobles who used to bow to his family name? They walked past him like he didn't exist.
The academy sent a letter the same day. "We regret to inform you that your enrollment has been revoked."
And so, they exiled him and shipped him off to the Frontier Training Grounds, a glorified dumping ground for failures and corpses.
Aleric figured he'd die in the first dungeon. Just like he died on that rooftop.
But this time, he wasn't going down without a fight.
Then he killed his first monster, and something changed.
Absorption activated: Skill acquired.
He had gotten a skill that was going to change his life in ways he couldn't dare to fathom.
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Chapter: Chapter 7Aleric woke before dawn, his body aching in places he didn't know could hurt. The barracks were still dark, filled with the sounds of snoring and restless sleep. He sat up slowly, rolling his shoulders and wincing at the stiffness. His muscles were sore, but underneath the pain was something else. Strength. Real strength, building with every fight.He pulled up his status window, the blue text glowing faintly in the darkness.NAME: ALERIC SWORNE LEVEL: 2 CLASS: CLASSLESS HP: 200/200 MANA: 120/120 ABILITIES: ABSORPTION (ACTIVE), NIGHT VISION (PASSIVE), ENHANCED AGILITY (MINOR) He dismissed it and swung his legs out of bed. The cold stone floor bit into his bare feet, but he welcomed it. Pain meant he was alive. Pain meant he was getting stronger.The training yard was empty when he arrived. The sky was just starting to lighten, streaks of pale gray breaking through the black. Aleric picked up a practice sword from the rack and moved to the center of the yard. He tested his
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Chapter: Chapter 6The mouth of the Hollowed Cave yawned open like a throat waiting to swallow them whole. Aleric stood with nine other trainees at the entrance, the stench of rot and damp stone thick in the air. His fingers tightened around the hilt of his sword. The blade was standard issue, nothing special, but it was his lifeline now.Captain Brock stood at the front of the group, arms crossed over his scarred chest. His voice cut through the nervous chatter like a blade through silk."Listen up. This isn't training anymore. Inside that cave, you live or you die. No one's coming to save you if you screw up. Stay in formation, watch your flanks, and don't do anything stupid."Brock's eyes swept over the group and lingered on Aleric for half a second longer than the rest. Aleric felt the weight of that stare. Everyone here knew he was Classless. Everyone here thought he was dead weight.A trainee named Gareth, a stocky guy with a Tier 1 Warrior class, snorted and muttered loud enough for everyone to h
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Chapter: Chapter 5Three days of silence.The Swore family stayed at their inn. They should have left immediately. But Enzo wanted to file a formal complaint with the Awakening Officials. Demand an explanation. A re-test."There must be an error," he insisted. "The stone malfunctioned."Helena agreed. "Our son can't be Classless. That's not even a real classification."But Aleric knew the truth.He spent those three days studying his new status window. The one only he could see.[NAME: ALERIC SWORE][AGE: 15 YEARS][CLASS: CLASSLESS][LEVEL: 0][HP: 50/50][MP: 10/10][STRENGTH: 4][AGILITY: 5][ENDURANCE: 6][INTELLIGENCE: 18][WISDOM: 20][LUCK: ??? ][ABILITIES: NONE][SPECIAL SKILL: ABSORPTION (LOCKED)][NOTE: ABSORPTION UNLOCKS UPON FIRST COMBAT VICTORY][YOU MUST DEFEAT AN ENEMY TO STEAL THEIR ABILITY]Everything was at the bottom. His physical stats were pathetic. A normal 15-year-old awakened with stats around 10. Aleric was half that.But his mental stats were high. Intelligence and Wisdom both
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Chapter: Chapter 4The capital city of Valdris was a monster.Aleric had seen drawings, heard descriptions, but nothing prepared him for the reality. Stone buildings rose four, five, six stories high. Streets paved with actual cobblestones, not dirt. Shops with glass windows displaying goods from across the kingdom.And the people. Thousands of them. More people than Aleric had seen in his entire fourteen years combined."Stay close," Enzo said, one hand on Aleric's shoulder as they navigated the crowded streets. Helena walked on his other side, clutching her purse nervously.They'd arrived three days early. The ceremony required registration, medical examination, and fitting for ceremonial robes.Their inn was modest. Clean but cheap. Other noble families stayed in actual mansions owned by relatives in the capital. The Swore family had no such connections."It's fine," Aleric said when he saw his mother's embarrassed face. "I don't need luxury. I need focus."The next day, they went to the Registration
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Chapter: Chapter 3Winter came to the Swore estate.Snow blanketed the training yard where Aleric swung his practice sword. His breath misted in the freezing air. His thin arms shook with every strike."Pathetic," he muttered, driving himself harder.Thwack. Thwack. Thwack.The wooden practice dummy stood unmoved. Aleric had been hitting it for an hour. His hands were numb. His shoulders screamed. But he kept going."Again."Thwack."Again."Thwack."AGAIN!"The practice sword splintered. Broke in half. The impact jolted up Aleric's arms.He stood there, breathing hard, staring at the broken weapon in his hands."Ten years," he thought bitterly. "Ten years of this and I'm still weak.""You're holding it wrong."Aleric spun. His father stood at the edge of the training yard, arms crossed."Your grip is too tight," Enzo continued. "You're trying to force strength you don't have. That's why the sword broke.""Then how should I hold it?" Aleric snapped. Frustration bleeding into his voice.Enzo walked over.
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Chapter: Chapter 2Aleric's new world came in fragments.The first thing he understood: he was a baby. Completely, utterly helpless. He couldn't control his limbs.Could barely open his eyes for more than a few seconds before exhaustion dragged him back to sleep.It was torture.But mind was intact. He remembered everything. Westmont High, Handprint, the fall and But he was trapped in an infant's body that wouldn't obey him.It was like the incarnation story he had read. Who would have thought it would have happened to him.Coincidentally, the baby, him, had the same name he had in his past life. Aleric, the name that stung to him like a curse.Days passed, maybe weeks, he could barely keep counts. He was treated like a child… which that was exactly what he was. Slowly, his control improved. He could keep his eyes open longer. Track movement. Focus on the people around him.His new mother was beautiful. Long dark hair. Kind eyes. She wore flowing robes that shimmered with an inner light. No, not shim
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