Kelvin had used the faces of different supers and celebrities to fight during the seven games, so he was able to gather a lot of popularity and fans. The title of Augustus Many Faces soon became known.
After nine games came the decision that would decide his future. He could decide to remain in the amateur league, lose all of his permanent destiny and game points, and start again from level 1. Or he could decide to advance to the professional league.
The choice was clear for him, but he wasn't given the choice. Instead of receiving a message from the tower of destiny asking for his choice, he received a visit from an unexpected character.
He was standing in the white space of the tower after having just finished his ninth game. He was going through his game points and destiny when it happened.
Name: Kelvin Thorn.
Health: 300/300. Stamina: 540/540. Focus: 300/300.
Class: Physique. Tier: 0 (Amateur League)
Level: 9
Strength: 5,065. Constitution: 10,121.
Endurance: 8,909. Vitality: 4,460.
Speed: 5,065. Mind: 6,741.
Kill Count: 126.
Fans: 321.
Game Points: 185.
Power Rating: 40506 (E-rank)
Abilities:
A. Shape-shifting (Alpha): 1-Malleable Anatomy.
B. Power Shifting (Omega): 1-Steel Physique (Fuse 0/20 | Remove 0/1). 2- Juggernaut's Heart (Fuse 0/10 | Remove 0/1). 3-Locked (Open 0/40)
His fan count is now larger than his kill count. It has been since his fifth game. It is completely normal for fan count to be greater than kill count.
Actually, the difference between fan count and kill count should be far larger. The difference for his is not that large, but it will surely expand in the future as he gains fans faster than he kills opponents in the game.
The increase in the number of fans increased his power rapidly. He decided to create a system to distribute them efficiently.
He divided his six stats into three groups. The first group is Strength + Speed + Constitution. The second is Endurance + Vitality. The third is Mind.
This group is based on who the stats interact with each other using his ability. Thanks to shape-shifting, he can convert the constitution and toughness of his body into strength or speed. He can also do the reverse in order to increase his constitution.
The same is true for Endurance and Vitality. Vitality determines how fast he heals and recovers his stamina. So the higher his vitality, the faster he recovers stamina. With shape-shifting, he can take things beyond that and consume his stamina or endurance to heal himself.
So he grouped Endurance and Vitality together. This left Mind which can be converted to the other two. After all, he needs mental focus to make use of his ability to make changes to his body.
Despite Mind affecting the other five attributes, it is the least important attribute of them all because its consumption is not as high as the consumption of endurance when he shapeshifts, and he doesn't have any ability that truly takes advantage of his mental focus.
Both of his alpha abilities rely on his physique, so the group of strength, speed, and constitution is the most important. That's why, while dividing his destiny, he distributed it in the ratio 3:2:1 across the three groups.
He distributed his kill count of 123 across the three groups as 63:42:21. His fan count made that effectively 20,223, 13,482, and 6,741 for a total of 40,446. So he is an E-rank super now.
He had favored constitution in the first group and endurance in the second group because Juggernaut's Heart relied on it exclusively. He gave Constitution 50% of the 20,223 while the other two shared the remaining equally. Meanwhile, endurance got 66% of the 13,482.
He had been hoarding his game points for the 7 months that the games took. Now he has 185 game points that he can't wait to spend.
He hadn't been able to use them yet because he hadn't found a good ability to take. The good ones he found belonged to powerful individuals that he is sure he can handle now with his increased power.
All that is left for him to do is make the decision to advance to the next league. But the notification didn't come. Instead, someone appeared in front of him.
He had never heard about such a thing before. He didn't even think it was possible, so he was taken back when someone suddenly appeared in front of him.
He stepped back in fear and caution as he examined the person. The person was a teenager like him. He didn't look to be older than eighteen. His face was smooth and handsome. He didn't have a beard, but that only meant his handsome face could be completely displayed.
The young man was also wearing blue jeans and a red t-shirt. It made him look like a teenager even more. Kelvin would be convinced that that was all he was if not for the fact that he was also wearing a winged cap, a pair of winged sandals, and held a spear with two living snakes roaming all over it.
The snakes were not the only living parts of his attire. It appeared that the wings attached to his cap and sandals were living too. They shook and fluttered as the man was examining him too.
The man nodded at him and said, "What's up?"
Kelvin didn't reply. Instead he asked, "Who are you?"
The boy rolled his eyes at him and asked, "Are you one of those people who need to have the why, how, and where before they can have any fun? I would have to answer so many questions. That would be so boring."
Kelvin didn't know how to answer that. But he did know that he didn't like this encounter one bit. So he tried to leave the tower of destiny. He tried and failed. He tried and failed again. This shook him to the core with fear.
He asked again, "Why can't I leave?"
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A/N: Who do you think the boy is?