I opened the class selection panel and the four options appeared in front of me, each one followed by a description that expanded slowly, giving a clearer sense of what choosing it would mean in actual combat.
[Warbreaker (Rare): A frontline destroyer built for direct confrontation, specializing in overwhelming enemies through constant pressure and relentless engagement. The longer the fight continues, the more stable and powerful the host becomes, allowing them to maintain dominance even when surrounded. Overdrive builds more steadily during sustained combat, and impact-based attacks carry greater force, making each strike harder to withstand and increasingly difficult for enemies to recover from.]
[Radiant Destroyer (Unique): A Destroyer who generates energy within their own body and converts it into raw offensive force. Every movement, strike, and impact is enhanced by internal energy, turning the host into a living weapon. Skills are amplified through energy infusion, allowing attacks to exceed their natural limits.]
[Impact Berserker (Rare): A high-mobility destroyer that converts speed and movement into explosive offensive power. Rapid engagement, sudden bursts, and directional shifts are rewarded with increased force, allowing the host to break through defenses before enemies can react. Skills like Impact Burst become significantly more effective, turning momentum into lethal impact, and making fast-paced, aggressive combat the core of its strength.]
[Bloodrush Reaver (Rare) : A destroyer that thrives in prolonged and brutal engagements, drawing strength directly from the flow of battle itself. Power builds naturally through both dealing and receiving damage, allowing the host to grow stronger as the fight intensifies. Overdrive generation accelerates under pressure, and the host becomes increasingly difficult to suppress, turning drawn-out fights into a clear advantage rather than a weakness.]
I went through the description of all four classes, and for a moment I actually liked each one of them, but there was one clear difference that stood out immediately. The tag beside each name.
Warbreaker, Impact Berserker, Bloodrush Reaver — all marked as Rare.
Radiant Destroyer was Unique.
That alone was enough. Without thinking further, I selected it.
[Class Gained – Radiant Destroyer (Unique)]
A surge passed through my body the moment the selection was confirmed, and a new set of notifications followed.
[Level Up Stat Bonus:
Vitality +3
Strength +5
Dexterity +4
Intelligence +2
Endurance +2 ]
[Class Skills Learned!
[Internal Generation 1 (Passive)]
→ The host continuously generates energy during combat
→ Generated energy flows through every movement and strike
→ All attacks are naturally infused with this energy
→ Skills grow stronger based on the amount of stored energy
[Living Weapon 1 (Passive)]
→ The host’s body becomes a medium for stored energy
→ Every physical strike carries additional force
→ Unarmed attacks are enhanced and can release bursts of energy on impact
→ Close combat becomes as lethal as weapon-based attacks
[Skill Amplification 1 (Passive)]
→ All skills are enhanced through internal energy infusion
→ At current level: ×2 effectiveness on all skill-based actions
→ At Level 50: ×3 effectiveness
[Limitless 1 (Active)]
→ Releases all stored internal energy in a single moment
→ The energy is channeled into the next action—weapon strike, movement, or physical attack
→ The chosen action is pushed beyond its normal limit, greatly increasing its force, speed, and penetration
→ Consumes stored energy completely upon activation
"Now that I like," I muttered, going through the descriptions again, slower this time, making sure I didn’t miss anything, especially the skills. I hadn’t expected this many changes at once, three passives and an active one but as I read through them again, the pattern became clear. This class didn’t give me something separate. It built on what I already had.
Overdrive boosted my stats. This boosted everything I did with those stats.
Every movement. Every strike. Every skill.
I clenched my fist slightly and felt it immediately, a faint pressure running under my skin, like something constantly building instead of fading. It wasn’t explosive like Overdrive. It was steady and waiting to be used.
"So this is constant..." I murmured, rolling my shoulder once, then tightening my grip on the axe. "Not just when I activate something."
That meant even a normal swing wouldn’t stay normal anymore. My gaze shifted forward, and without overthinking it, I bent slightly and activated Impact Burst again.
This time, it felt different. A faint yellow glow wrapped around my feet, subtle at first, then tightening as the energy gathered more quickly than before. The pressure surged downward, sharper, denser, and when it released the ground cracked.
I shot forward.
Faster.
Much faster than before.
The force behind it caught even me off guard as I tore through the air, my body unable to slow down as I crashed straight into the first tree, the trunk snapping apart on impact. The momentum didn’t stop. I went through the second, then the third, wood splintering around me before I finally came to a halt several meters ahead.
I lay on the ground injured and groaning for a moment, looking back at the broken trunks, the yellow glow fading slowly from around my legs.
"Yeah..." I exhaled lightly. "That’s a lot better."
I stood up slowly, my body still heavy from the strain, and bought another Grade 1 Health Potion without delay, uncorking it and drinking it in one go as the familiar warmth spread through me, stitching the damage back together and steadying my breathing. Once the pain settled, I opened my status panel again.
[Status]
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Name: Ryan Heavens
Level: 25
Class: Radiant Destroyer
Talent: Overdrive
Designation: Defier
Combat Points (CP): 590
Influence Points (IP): 160
Stats:
Vitality: 60
Strength: 84
Dexterity: 59
Intelligence: 37
Endurance: 37
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The difference was obvious.
My class had updated, and every stat had climbed noticeably, the numbers reflecting what I could already feel in my body. Strength stood out the most, followed by dexterity, while the others had also moved up enough to matter. But when my eyes shifted lower, the Combat Points and Influence Points still looked small in comparison to what the shop demanded.
"Still not enough..." I muttered under my breath.
My grip tightened slightly around the token still in my hand, and I looked at it again, recalling the description.
Bury it anywhere in the territory. A place came to mind immediately.