2009?!
He had returned back in time by 10 years?
It took Alex a moment of uneasiness before he accepted the truth with relative calmness.
Not only that today was the day he triggered his talent. The hateful day that the awakening system slapped him and told him to let go of his dreams. Because he didn't have combat-related talent, his dream of becoming the hero who kills the various monsters was shattered. Resulting in him working as a manager and seeing all the glory fall on those bastards with nothing but brawn.
In any case, he turned into one of the many background unknown characters.
He was naturally ecstatic for something as wonderful as transmigrating to happen to him. Restarting life from 10 years ago, this was something that everyone could only dream of! As long he used his knowledge right he might able to achieve his dream.
Completely awake now, Alex flipped and sat on his bed.
What should he do next? Buy stocks? Search for hidden relics only he knows the location of.
Right then, a transparent screen appeared before Alex as lines of words began to fill up. Making him let out a surprised gasp, his awakening shouldn't be triggered till noon.
"Did I trigger early?!"
Pei Qian was startled and overjoyed.
Indeed, since I have transmigration happened to him, it should be normal to early trigger, right? Perhaps his talent has even changed, too? After all, this is a general protagonist thing.
Calm down, calm down! These were the usual patterns of how things went, it was nothing to fuss about!
Pei Qian composed himself before long and looked at the message on the screen.
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Name: Alex Svein
Title: None
Level: 1
Talent: [Toxic Friendship (EX)]
Stats:
STR: 5
DRB: 4
AGI: 6
MND: 5
Stats Points: 0
Skills: None.
Seeing this familiar system he couldn't help but let out a nostalgic sigh. And soon look of disappointment appeared on his face.
"In the end, I can't gain combat talent after all."
After all, the names of talent said it all; there is no way talent with this kind of name will be combat-related. Even if it was an EX-Ranked one.
"Wait a minute! What rank?!" He quickly read the system panel several times. After his fourth time, he believed it.
"So what if it isn't combat type?! With EX-rank, even the trashiest of the talents will make me invincible!"
And he quickly checked the description of the talent.
[Talent: Toxic Friendship
Rank: EX
Description: Mark the awakened person as your "friend" and whenever they succeed in clearing dungeons, you will get rewarded, too. But if they fail to clear a dungeon, your reward will multiply 10-fold!]
Instantly, Alex understood the functions of his newly gained EX-Rank talent.
This is basically asking him to do his manager's work again; it was similar to the nature of his previous talent but way greater. The previous one was truly compared to this one!
The system also explained to him that the rewards could range from simple exp to even brand new talents and skills; heck, even relics would be given to him.
"Great, now let's check the rules. It's important to know how to use your talent properly."
Alex quickly tapped on the screen and saw the list of rules.
"It's stricter than I thought."
So he just can't choose some random target. The target must have a favorable impression of him, and the deeper the affection, the greater the reward will be once they succeed in clearing the dungeon. So affection for the target is an important factor, too.
Another two factors are the dungeon's rank and the target's strength, which are higher. These two things are the rewards he will gain.
"So I must not only do the job I hate again but become a pushover, too?..."
"That's fucking worth it!"
So what if he needs to wait a little bit to achieve his dream? He waited 10 years in his previous life so another few years are nothing to him.
So, without any hesitation, he was about to run towards the Hunter Association to register himself but suddenly stopped.
"Fuck, I can't reveal my talent."
How the hell is he supposed to explain his talent to the Hunter Association? Not only that it's EX-Rank too. After weighing the situation, instead of heading to the Hunter Association, he headed towards his friend Mark's house.
If he remembers correctly, his best friend should awaken today just like him. Currently, they are still high school best friends, which means the affection meter should be more than enough to mark him. Not only that, the talent he will awaken is a pretty strong combat type, too.
[Talent: Menticide
Rank: B
Description: His talent allows him to analyze his target everything, starting from biological structure to psychological state, and shows him their weak spots, allowing him to kill them quickly and efficiently.]
In his previous life, he could only cry in blood, but this time? Hehe, it's time for that showy bastard to pay everything he did to me back.
But there is another important fact he chose him besides good talent and revenge. Because his friend is a total coward at the beginning, it takes him almost a year to get used to being a hunter and truly take off. Meaning, in his early days, that bastard was a complete failure of a hunter!
"Free lunch baby!"