Darkness.
Not ordinary darkness. Not the kind the sun can dispel. Not the kind that fades with even the faintest light.
This was absolute.
It was darkness that gnawed at existence itself, devouring time, consuming space, and erasing memories before they could form. It was the void—a place where even gods hesitated, where supreme beings trembled, and where even Divine Cadre Captains dared not tread.
Amid this unending abyss stood a man.
His black hair, messy yet deliberate, fell over eyes darker than the void itself. These eyes did not reflect fear. Not rage. Not despair.
Only emptiness.
And yet, that emptiness… was heavier than the weight of stars.
He was clad in modern fantasy battle attire, ripped and blood-soaked, threads hanging like the remnants of forgotten lives. No helmet. No hood. No cover. Only his face… cold, unyielding, determined.
In his hand, an axe—massive, jagged, broken—but still radiating lethal intent.
This man… was humanity's anomaly.
He had no system.
No stats.No ranks.No skills.No destiny assigned.
He existed outside of the laws of the world… and yet, he was overwhelming.
[SYSTEM WORLD]
Every human in existence was granted a SYSTEM. A divine interface connecting them to power beyond imagination.
With a system, one could awaken:
Skills Classes Ranks Divinities
Ranks dictated existence:
F Rank → E Rank → D Rank → C Rank → B Rank → A Rank → S Rank → S+ Rank → SS Rank → SS+ Rank → SSS Rank → SSS+ Rank → EX Rank → EX+ Rank → EX++ Rank → EX+++ Rank → ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Each step was not just strength, but the measure of reality itself.
And yet… he had none.
The dungeon echoed with his betrayers' laughter.
SSS Rank hunters. SSS+ Rank enforcers. EX Rank commanders. Divine Cadre Captains.
"All his life… he's been an anomaly," one whispered. "Without a system… yet surpassing everything we are."
"You don't belong," said another. "You break the balance of reality. You cannot exist among us."
They raised weapons. Divine blades shimmering with godly fire. Curses whispered in dead languages, older than humanity.
But he did not flinch.
Because he had known…
From the very first moment…They would fear him.They would betray him.They would try to destroy him.
And yet… they underestimated the void within him.
[THE DUNGEON — ABYSSAL RUINS]
The dungeon itself was alive.
Its walls of black stone pulsed like arteries, veins of green-black energy threading through the cracks. Every step sent ripples through reality.
This place was not made for humans. It was made to consume existence.
And yet… they brought him here.
"Kill him."
The command sounded like thunder.
Time distorted. Space twisted.
Everything the strongest hunters of humanity could unleash converged upon him.
Divine fire, calamity strikes, spells beyond comprehension, artifacts of ancient gods—all struck him at once.
BOOOOOOOOM.
The dungeon collapsed.
Rocks, dust, and twisted dimensions fell around him.
And still… he stood.
Blood streaked his face. His arm was severed. His chest pierced. His ribs shattered.
But he remained.
His eyes… empty. Cold. Calculating.
"You're a monster," whispered a hunter.
"No," corrected another. "He is the anomaly."
The man lifted his broken axe, slowly, deliberately.
And he stepped forward.
Even without a system, even without ranks, he was overwhelming.
[SYSTEM AWAKENING]
Then, something impossible happened.
[SYSTEM INITIALIZATION…][ERROR: USER DOES NOT QUALIFY][FORCING OVERRIDE…][UNKNOWN AUTHORITY DETECTED]
The world shivered. Time cracked.
His eyes flickered.
[SYSTEM GRANTED]
[CLASS ASSIGNED: :ERROR:][MAIN CLASS: DARK GREEN SHADOWS][SUB CLASS: BLACKSMITH]
[DIVINITY DETECTED…][MERGING ALL DIVINITIES…][CREATING NEW DIVINITY…][DIVINITY OF ATHERON PRIME — ABSOLUTE]
The dungeon screamed. Walls shattered. Reality itself trembled.
Shadows erupted. Green-black and endless. They were alive, obeying his will, devouring everything in existence.
The strongest hunters of humanity vanished in seconds.
SS → SS+ → SSS → SSS+ → EX → EX+ → EX++ → EX+++
All meaningless.
[THE DESCENT]
But it was not enough.
The dungeon was a prison within a prison.
From the void, they came:
Calamities. Gods. Supreme beings. Entities beyond comprehension.
"An anomaly…" whispered one. "He should not exist…"
They pulled him down, deeper, into timeless nothingness, a prison beyond comprehension.
Time became meaningless.
Years, centuries, eons—none existed. Only pain. Only battle. Only growth.
[LEVEL UP][SKILL ACQUIRED][SKILL EVOLVED][RANK ASCENDED][DIVINITY STRENGTHENED]
He killed calamities. He devoured gods. Divine beings—reduced to ashes.
SS → SS+ → SSS → SSS+ → EX → EX+ → EX++ → EX+++ → ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Eventually, there was nothing left.
Only him.
Only void.
Only the system whispering endlessly.
[THE RETURN]
The prison finally broke.
Time resumed. Space reformed.
The world was the same…
But he was not.
Eyes glowing with dark green abyss.
Presence that warped reality itself.
Existence that rejected law.
[WELCOME BACK, USER][CURRENT TITLE: THE BROKEN THRONE][DIVINITY: ATHERON PRIME — ABSOLUTE][RANK: ??? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ??????????]
The sand beneath his feet shifted.
No sound. No wind. Only infinite silence.
The system repeated endlessly:
[LEVEL UP][DIVINITY ASCENDED][RANK EVALUATION… BEYOND EXISTENCE…]
Shadows around him quivered. Void and nothingness bowed.
He had suffered beyond comprehension, endured beyond mortal understanding, fought against everything that could oppose him… and emerged as the ultimate anomaly, a being beyond gods, beyond divinity, beyond systems themselves.
And yet… the sand shifted beneath his feet.
Calm. Quiet. Endlessly stretching.
As if the world itself waited.
For him.