The world is a loud place for someone who doesn't exist.
Kang Min-ho sat in the back of the lecture hall, the same seat he'd occupied for three years. He wasn't bullied; that would require people to notice him. He was simply... transparent. In a world where "Awakened" humans were ranked like trading cards, Min-ho was the blank back of the pack.
When the Dimensional Crack opened in the miThe monster that crawled out of the crack was a Void Stalker—a creature that hunted by sensing "Mana Signatures." The stronger you were, the faster it killed you. It tore through the student council president (B-Rank) in seconds.
Min-ho finally found his card. He stood up, dusted off his jeans, and walked toward the exit. He walked right past the beast.
The Stalker's head twitched. Its sensors picked up nothing. To the monster, Min-ho was a rock. A piece of furniture.
[System Message: Unprecedented Stealth detected.]
[Logic Loop: How can a Living Being have Zero Presence?]
[Scanning... Scanning...]
Min-ho stopped. A holographic window, blood-red and glitching, appeared before his eyes. This wasn't the blue screen everyone else saw.
[The System has found a 'Dead Pixel' in Reality.]
[User: Kang Min-ho]
[Initial Rank: F (Trash)]
[Correction Applied: Due to extreme 'Loneliness' stat, User has bypassed the laws of Visibility.]
[Evolution Initiated: F → SSR (Transcendent Loner)]ddle of the university library, people screamed. They ran. They called for the "A-Ranks."
Min-ho just sighed. He had dropped his transit card under the table, and the chaos was making it hard to find.
THE ERROR CODE:
The monster that crawled out of the crack was a Void Stalker—a creature that hunted by sensing "Mana Signatures." The stronger you were, the faster it killed you. It tore through the student council president (B-Rank) in seconds.
Min-ho finally found his card. He stood up, dusted off his jeans, and walked toward the exit. He walked right past the beast.
The Stalker's head twitched. Its sensors picked up nothing. To the monster, Min-ho was a rock. A piece of furniture.
[System Message: Unprecedented Stealth detected.]
[Logic Loop: How can a Living Being have Zero Presence?]
[Scanning... Scanning...]
Min-ho stopped. A holographic window, blood-red and glitching, appeared before his eyes. This wasn't the blue screen everyone else saw.
[The System has found a 'Dead Pixel' in Reality.]
[User: Kang Min-ho]
[Initial Rank: F (Trash)]
[Correction Applied: Due to extreme 'Loneliness' stat, User has bypassed the laws of Visibility.]
[Evolution Initiated: F → SSR
The Weight of Gold,
The red screen turned a blinding gold. A surge of cold, silent energy rushed through Min-ho's veins. He felt like he was made of starlight and shadows.
[Passive Skill Unlocked: 'The Void's Favorite.']
[Effect: You are ignored by the Universe. Damage taken while 'Unnoticed' is reduced by 100%. Damage dealt while 'Unnoticed' is multiplied by 10^3.]
The Void Stalker was about to pounce on a trapped student. Min-ho didn't scream. He didn't strike a hero's pose. He simply picked up a discarded ballpoint pen from the floor and tapped the monster on its chitinous neck.
The red screen turned a blinding gold. A surge of cold, silent energy rushed through Min-ho's veins. He felt like he was made of starlight and shadows.
[Passive Skill Unlocked: 'The Void's Favorite.']
[Effect: You are ignored by the Universe. Damage taken while 'Unnoticed' is reduced by 100%. Damage dealt while 'Unnoticed' is multiplied by 10^3.]
The Void Stalker was about to pounce on a trapped student. Min-ho didn't scream. He didn't strike a hero's pose. He simply picked up a discarded ballpoint pen from the floor and tapped the monster on its chitinous neck