All Chapters of Lord Of A Thousand Systems: Chapter 1
- Chapter 5
5 chapters
CHAPTER 1: The Thousand System Awakening
"It's painful to say this Kai Jogo, You're fired" the Hunter Association director didn't even look Kai in the face when he fired him."You're a D-Rank," the man said, reading from a document. "Your mission completion rate is forty-three percent." then looks up at Kai "That's the lowest on our roster.....We need hunters who actually succeed."Kai stood in front of his desk, tightening his fists and wanted to argue. He wanted to tell the director that the missions were impossible for him, and he was only doing his best because he really needed this job.But he didn't say any of that.Instead, he said, "When do I get my final payment?""It was already deducted," the director said. "From the equipment damage from your last mission. You're done here Kai, leave your badge on the way out."Kai's hands where shaking as he took the badge off his belt and set it on the desk.He was twenty-three years old, and his career as a hunter was over.As he went Outside the Association building, it was b
CHAPTER 2 The Crew
Kai’s strike was faster than anything Tomas had ever seen. He moved so quickly the A-Rank did not have time to blink before he was already past his guard.Tomas threw his fists up to block, but Kai was already gone. The punch landed clean on his ribs, hard enough to crack the reinforced bone beneath his aura.Tomas gasped and stumbled back as his gold aura flared out of control. He countered with heavy fists that moved like sledgehammers, each blow strong enough to turn a normal D-Rank’s skull to pulp.Kai dodged every single one.His new powers let him move faster than his body should ever allow. He shifted left, then cut right and ducked under a haymaker that would have taken his head clean off. He saw everything now, every twitch of Tomas’s muscles, every shift of his weight, predicted two full seconds before the attack came.The system fed it all to him, clear as day.Kai struck again and again. His fists blurred so fast Tomas could not track them. The A-Rank was strong, but stren
CHAPTER 3: Wrath Of The S Rank
Forty eight hours had passed since Kai joined Zenith. He stood in the middle of a B rank dungeon, chest heaving, monster blood dripping off his knuckles. The rest of the crew was a few feet back, catching their breath. Ripley leaned on her cracked shield. Baylor wiped singed fabric off his staff. Marcus pressed a cloth to a shallow cut on his forearm while Mina healed the gash.Kai did not move to help. He only stared at the pile of mana cores at his feet, counting their value in his head. The payout would cover Kim's upcoming school fees, the new math workbook she had mentioned, and a new uniform to replace the one she had outgrown. He felt a faint flicker of something when he thought of her smile, but it faded before he could hold onto it.A blue glow lit up the edge of his vision.[LEVEL UP: LEVEL 5][NEW SYSTEM UNLOCKED: COPY SYSTEM][ABILITY: COPY APPEARANCE OR SKILL OF TARGET FOR LIMITED DURATION. DURATION SCALES WITH LEVEL. CURRENT MAX: 10 MINUTES][EMOTION LEVEL: 85%][DECAY R
CHAPTER 4: Void Trail
Dawn painted the lower districts gray when Kai reached the meeting spot. It was an abandoned parking lot, cracked asphalt sprouting weeds, rusted cars stacked against the fence. He leaned against a broken streetlight, Nix's dungeon list folded in one hand, his phone open to his text thread with Kim in the other.He had messaged her at four that morning, told her to skip school and stay with her friend Jina down the block. She had not replied. He stared at the screen for a full minute, waiting for the familiar twist of fear in his gut. It did not come. There was only a cold note of inconvenience, like he had forgotten to buy milk on the way home.A blue glow flickered at the edge of his vision.[EMOTION LEVEL: 76%][DECAY ACCELERATING]Kai locked his phone and shoved it in his pocket.The rest of the crew arrived ten minutes later. Ripley moved stiffly, her left shoulder wrapped in bandages from Togo's attack. Baylor's staff had a new crack running down its length, held together with s
CHAPTER 5: The Docks
The old west docks smelled like salt and rust and rot. Kai led the way across cracked concrete, his boots crunching over broken glass and discarded fish bones. Nix stayed a step ahead, his tracker glowing faint green in his palm, his steps so light he left no prints in the grime. The crew followed behind, moving slow. Ripley favored her left shoulder, her broken shield discarded in a dumpster three blocks back. Mina kept one hand pressed to her chest, the black veins from the Void attack still peeking out from under her sleeve. Marcus limped, his leg wrapped in a bloodstained bandage. Niko brought up the rear, his eyes never staying in one place for more than a second.Kai did not look back. He held Nix's tracker in one hand, the crumpled cult report in the other. Every few steps he checked the screen, his face blank. Togo was half a mile ahead, holed up in the oldest warehouse on the pier, the one with the collapsed roof and the rotting pilings that stuck out of the bay like broken t