On awakening day, Lin Jin became the laughingstock of the whole school.
Others awakened as Berserkers and Flame Mages, with strength ratings of eighteen and spell power ratings of twenty-eight. Teachers fought to recruit them, and guilds reserved places for them in advance.
But he awakened as an F-rank "Shadow Battle Mage," with a rating of 1 in every attribute.
Strength: 1. Agility: 1. Constitution: 1. Spirit: 1. Spell power: 1.
The assessment System's verdict was immediate: A little bit of everything, and good at none of it!
Zhao Meng mocked him, saying he couldn't even beat a goblin. His homeroom teacher advised him to transfer to logistical support. Everyone was waiting to watch him sink into the dirt.
Then Lin Jin picked up a battered beginner's staff and brought it down hard on a slime.
[Melee attack hit a living target]
[Spell power permanently increased by 1]
From then on, while others fought over points in dungeons, he plunged into crowds of monsters and beat them down to stack spell power. While other mages stood at the back chanting spells, he swung his staff at point-blank range and smashed heads. While others called him useless, he countered by killing elites with a single fireball, soloing deadly secret realms, and storming onto the arena as the countdown hit zero.
All attributes at 1?
That was only what the assessment device could see.
As the Shadow Battle Mage's incomplete permissions were gradually restored, Lin Jin discovered that
melee could nourish magic, and magic could strengthen the body.
One day, he would unleash a forbidden spell with a punch and deal Martial God-level damage with a single fireball.
And the class everyone had branded useless turned out to have a true name that was...