"It's not over until you're dead."
"Hey low-blood!"
"Don't call me that!"
"What did you say?!"
"..."
"Come on now, say it again!"
"Low-blood, low-blood, low-blood!"
*Crack!*
"Oh my, he looks so scary Darwin!"
"Hahaha!"
A group of four teenage boys surrounded and bullied a short skinny boy with glasses.
Low-blood.
That was the term used to describe those who have an almost zero percent chance of awakening.
This is a world where upon reaching your teens, almost everyone will have a chance to awaken a super power within their genes.
But so far only 45% of the population can awaken the power in their genes.
As for the rest 55% percent?
They will forever remain in the shadows of the grand stage where only the Super Hunters are ordained to stand.
"I told you to stop-!"
*Slap!*
"Low-bloods don't have the right to talk back at me," one of the bullies spoke coldly as he slapped the boy in glasses.
The boy in glasses clenched his fist tightly.
He hated it, this reality.
This world where not all men are born equals. He hated the fact that he had to be a part of the weak ones.
Hunters.
The greatest desired identity in the world.
They are also called Superheroes by the older generation.
These super powered individuals form the rulership structure of the world government.
They are the strongest, they are the richest, and they are the most influential.
Due to this, they have a habit of marrying amongst themselves. This has allowed them to maintain a constant influx of new awakeners.
Only a few would get together with a non-awakened, or as they called it, a low-blood.
"Hey, you four! What's going on there?!"
"Shit! It's grumpy fatty."
"Hmph! You got lucky again brat. But let me leave you a present," the leading boy smirked and then sparks were released from his palm and he placed it on the boy's shoulder.
*Cackle*
"Argh!"
"Hey stop that you four!"
"Hahaha! Grumpy Fatty, come catch us."
*Thud!*
The boy fell down weakly as the other four boys ran away.
*Tap!* *Tap!* *Tap!*
It slowly began to rain heavily and the glasses he wore got wet as he faced the sky while lying on the ground.
'Why?'
'Why I am so weak?' he wondered as his gaze turned watery.
"I'm I really a low-blood? Or did my parents abandon me because am useless?"
While he muttered to himself, he ignored the pain on his shoulder and the chubby figure that stood beside him in pity.
"Eli Lucifer...I am a low-blood with a surname. The others thought I made it up but it was written on a paper the day I was found..."
'But there aren't any of the noble families with the surname Lucifer in this friggin world!'
'Or maybe they are extinct or never existed in the first place and someone wanted to prank a child's entire future for whatever reason.'
'Moreover...what kind of stupid ability is being able to change the colour of my hair at will?!'
Eli thought in despair.
He was not totally useless...well almost.
He was one of the few rare people amongst the commoners who awakened an ability when he turned 13.
But instead of something cooler like superhuman strength or speed. Or telekinesis, or pyrokinesis, or something better.
He awakened the ability to change his eye colour!
In the beginning he was told that he had a transformation ability and that he might be able to transform his entire body in the future.
But it has been two years since then and there hasn't been a single change or slight improvement at all!
"Hey kid..." The man beside him finally spoke.
"Come, let me take you home."
"I can't..."
"What?"
"I can't move," Eli muttered.
"Oh, I thought you were lying down cuz you're being emo..."
"Alright then, I'll help you up."
The man raised Eli up and placed him on his shoulder.
"You know kid, I know how you feel. Life isn't all about rainbows and unicorns..."
"You mean rainbows and sunshine?"
"Yeah, whatever they say."
"Okay..."
"Anyway, all I want to say is, don't be disheartened. You have a chance that many will kill for!"
"Whether your ability is useful or not. The point is you have an ability!"
"Uh!" Eli's eyes opened slightly as though he was coming to a certain realization.
"Many people will kill to be in your shoes at the moment and you know why?"
"Why?"
"Because you have the opportunity to enter Elite Hunters Academy!"
Eli widened his eyes as he realised.
'Yes, that's right! What am I sulking for. As long as I do well in the theory exams, even if I don't get a good score in the combat exams I still have a chance to make it!'
"It seems, you have realised it. That's good. Just remember one thing..."
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"It's not over until you're dead."
A sixteen year old boy said to himself as he looked at his well toned body in the mirror with a smile on his face.
It has been a year since that incident and he took it upon himself to improve every aspect of himself that he could.
He entered a state of extreme self improvement and ignored everything else. He got his hands on very ancient and abandoned martial arts that existed in the Pre-Awakening Era.
The Pre-Awakening Era ended in the 21st Century.
After the 21st century, a series of events took place that resulted in a great shift in the world's system.
Due to the rising of super powered individuals, now called Hunters. The martial arts of those times were abandoned and many were lost.
But Eli somehow managed to find an underground bunker in the woods that had a working computer system that recorded all sorts of martial arts styles from those times.
Within this year, Eli had been practicing them like a madman and it helped him to finally deal with his bullies.
Although those four boys have abilities, they never really trained them.
Moreover, since none of them had any ability that granted him super strength or speed, it wasn't easy but it was doable.
Although the results of that battle left Eli with many scars and serious injuries, it wasn't something the current medical technology couldn't take care of.
"The admission letters will be sent soon, I wonder-?!"
[Ding!]
A cube suddenly appeared out of nowhere in front of Eli causing him great shock.
"What is-?!"
Again, before he could complete the sentence, the cube flew into his head and disappeared and then...
*Thud!*
Eli fell on the floor unconscious.
[The host of the current timeline has been found!]
[Initiate...]
[Soul Fusion!]
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