Defiance of the Fall

Luck of the Draw : Successful in cheating death in an endeavor against all odds . Luck +5 , Luck +20% .

Giantsbane : Solo kill enemy 5 levels or more above you . All stats +1 .

Disciple of David : Solo kill enemy 10 levels or more above you . All stats +2 .

Overpowered : Solo kill enemy 25 levels or more above you . All stats +3 .

Slayer of Leviathans : Solo kill enemy 50 levels or more above you . All stats +5 , All Stats +10% .

Adventurer : Reach level 10 . Rewards : Strength +1 , Endurance +1 , Intelligence +1 .

Amazing… - Zac whispered . Titles were far more important than just sounding cool . From looking at his status page , he realized that most of his stats came from his titles , rather than being strong on his own .

This also gave him a few very important realizations . Almost all titles came from killing things , meaning that the system probably did not wish for a peaceful and harmonious world . It wanted a world of conflict , where people became stronger by walking over the corpses of their enemies .

That didn’t bode well for humanity . If the system incentivized killing , who knows if some people would go crazy and start massacre people for strength instead of monsters . Who’s to say that there were no titles for killing humans?

He once again realized the urgent need to meet up with his family , before some maniac starts cutting people down in an attempt to power-level .

The second important point was that there were different types of titles . The first type was the Adventurer title . This was probably a title most people would gain . He did not know how hard it was to gain levels , but seeing as he was already level 16 after three days it should not take too long . Therefore the rewards was not too exciting .

The second type was struggling to complete tasks that were extremely hard . Zac had a slew of rewards for killing monsters at higher level than him . He was a bit confused at first , while it almost killed him , it did not feel like killing the Demonling warranted all these titles . It did not feel like a boss or some monster that was more than 50 levels above himself if he could kill it with some dumb luck , a well-placed rock , and a lumber-axe . The only thing he could imagine was that the system gave him the kill credit for out-rolling the unlucky Herald and awarded him with the titles .

These rewards were a lot stronger , and gave him all stat boosts which likely increased his all-around powers . The most difficult titles even gave multiplier bonuses to his stats . Those bonuses would only get stronger and stronger the higher his level went , and the more stats he accumulated .

Having those kinds of titles would almost ensure he would be stronger than an opponent at the same level , unless the opponent also had some hidden means .

He now realized what the system meant when it said that the lottery was an opportunity . All odds were stacked against him , but if he survived he would not only gain a bunch of experience , but also amazing titles which would benefit him forever .

Protocol SL-34572 is a lottery opportunity . Congratulations user The robot voice once again droned , this time with a tinge of satisfaction discernable in the tone .

Still fuck you . - Zac muttered back , pretty sure he would have declined even if presented the opportunity again . It was only dumb luck he sat here today instead of being vaporized by the system .

Finally there were the first kill titles . It seemed that being the first in the world to accomplish certain deeds would give a powerful title as well . Most likely no one else on this planet would be able to gain the Born for Carnage or Ultimate Reaper titles as he took them .

From these facts he could somewhat imagine how the world would develop . Everyone would soon realize the possibility of becoming stronger and breaking the limits of the human body . The importance of titles would also soon be public knowledge , at the latest as soon as people started reaching level 10 . Maybe the tutorial in the safe-zones had already explained everything .

Those who were willing to take large risks and survive would gain strong titles which would make them even stronger , enabling them to level faster and gain even more titles . Some would become elites , being far more powerful than normal people .

Maybe some would keep their humanity and help the average citizens , but many would probably become tyrants , domineering everyone with sheer power .

The world had turned into a place where power was paramount . And if he wanted to protect his friends and family he would have to become one of the elites himself . Luckily he had a pretty substantial head start . Zac was pretty sure that high level titles were not easy to obtain , so very few , if any knew about the amazing power they could bring .