How many people’s bones must one tread upon to stand at the pinnacle of this world?

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Alright, in truth, this is the story of a young man, muddle-headedly embarking on the path of “Magneto,” leading a vast number of ability users to prosperity, a well-off life, and a bright future...

About the Work

Character Card — William Carter

As of the end of Volume One.

Name: William Carter

Age: 21

Height: 185

Above-average features, handsome appearance, a smile that girls find very charming—surely you’ve received plenty of love letters growing up, right? Uh, oh, almost forgot you have an older sister...

For the character design, see the handsome young man on the cover.

Attribute Panel

Strength: 10

You’re a bit stronger than the average person, but compared to someone like Henry York, who can tear down buildings with his bare hands, you’re still weak in combat and need to keep working hard. Don’t bully ordinary people too often—beating up little kids is pointless, isn’t it?

Spirit: 50

Nearly ten times that of a normal person. Congratulations, you’ve entered the first stage, but you’re still halfway from the peak of 100. Keep striving.

Agility: 20—100

Your dynamic vision far surpasses that of ordinary people. Biology can no longer limit your neural reaction speed, and on top of that, your speed is quite astonishing.

With the aid of your ability, your speed can soar even higher. But be mindful of your body’s limits—if you push too far, your blood vessels and bones might collapse. Dying is one thing, but what if you end up severely disabled?

Your dear sister really might toss you into a blender~

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Melee Ability: Very formidable compared to ordinary people, but some martial artists and professional killers can offset your advantage with their experience. You can’t make up for technical gaps with just physical prowess.

Don’t recklessly engage in close combat with melee-type ability users—you’ll die quickly. Remember the lesson Logan Clark taught you.

Ranged Ability: With an ultra-long attack range of seven kilometers and special bullets, you’ll be invincible. However, you need to hone your rather mediocre marksmanship.

Haven’t you noticed how often it’s held you back?

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Ability: ‘Azure Eyes’ (self-named)

Functionally, it falls under the “physical enhancement” category of “matter interference” abilities—but is that really the case?

The life-mark is a blue iris in your eye, not very obvious, but don’t think you can hide it.

When activated, it enhances your vision; when deeply activated, it can accelerate your thought processes—typically by a hundredfold, with a maximum close to a thousandfold.

After collecting data, you can perform “event deduction” like Sherlock Holmes. But don’t you find this function a bit odd? It doesn’t seem related to vision, does it? Or is it that what you’re really enhancing is...

This ability itself has no offensive power and cannot affect the outside world except for yourself.

Hmm, so you’re the most typical physical enhancer among ability users, right...?

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Equipment Panel:

Pyre Scaffold · Modified, originally produced by MASTER Workshop, an alchemical weapon with a constant range of two kilometers. Comes with thirteen special bullets.

A limited-edition treasure—are you sure it’s something Edward Lane, a doctor, bought on his deathbed?

For some reason, after the tree diagram’s infiltration, it can now reach a range of seven kilometers in your hands, making it the most terrifying killing weapon.

So, young man, interested in a promising career as an assassin?

World Tree · Fragment

A suspected fragment of the World Tree, now fused with your body, becoming a tenant within you. Though occasionally disobedient, it pays its rent diligently.

Currently in a damaged state—most of its structures and components are missing, only the core remains.

It seems to have the ability to strip life-marks from ability users, and can recover from severe damage by absorbing them. The disabled are pitiful, so aside from the rent it pays, please don’t fight it for energy.

Apocalypse Armament — Sword of Lamentation (?)

That’s right, it still seems to be stuck in your body, never pulled out, and hasn’t moved since Logan Clark died.

One of the strange tenants in your body. Unfortunately, after being bullied by the World Tree last time, it’s been sleeping to recover and hasn’t responded to your summons.

It’s starving—should you feed it?

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Overall Evaluation: Good foundation, with a bit of training you’ll have great potential. Your technique is weak and needs improvement. Be careful—you’re not yet at the level to play “True Sky Driver Unrivaled”...

Volume One: Azure Eyes

Chapter One: The Funeral

At eight o’clock, as the city center’s bell tolled, heavy snow fell from the pitch-black sky, blanketing the bustling city in white.

The faint sound of bells drifted from afar, stirring subtle echoes in the silence.

Far from the noisy inner rooms, beneath the eaves in the courtyard, a young man slumped in a chair, fast asleep.

After two days of running around and exhaustion—preparing the funeral and comforting relatives and friends—he was so tired that he would doze off the moment he relaxed.