In the year 2350, Earth changed forever. Portals tore open across the skies, unleashing monstrosities no human had ever faced. But with the monsters came awakening – humans gained power, ranks, and a status screen that defined their place in the new world.

Two centuries later, power no longer belonged to politicians, but to the awakened.

Damian Valcor, a bored 15-year-old, only cared about passing the entrance exam for an academy. But on the eve of the results, his life was overturned when he awakened the memories of his past life.

A past life where he was not an ordinary man…
But a ruthless mafia boss.

To his shock, the world he now lived in was nearly identical to a novel he had once come across in his previous life.

Although he remembered the world, he didn’t remember any of the characters of that novel.

But he was sure of one thing. Damian Valcor was not one of the main characters.

He was just a random Extra.

With underworld cunning, ruthless ambition, and the knowledge of what lies in the future for this world, Damian must make sure to protect his loved ones, the loved ones he never had in his past life.

He will make sure to snuff out the existence of any being who dared to endanger them.

But for that… He needs to rise as the one pulling the strings. 

And to do that, he needed… Power.

"Power isn’t granted, it’s taken – and I’ve had a lifetime of practice."
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Most A rank awakeners sit between 450 and 800. Reaching 800+ requires either extraordinary talent, special body weapon arts, rare resources, or decades of brutal combat experience. Reaching 1000 in even a single stat is so rare that humans find it almost impossible. Some other species like Giants cross 800 in strength easily.


When an awakener's Aura core breaks through to S rank, the entire status screen transforms. The old numerical system cannot contain what the awakener has become.


Step 1 – Division. Every stat is divided by 100.


Step 2 – Ascension Boost. The divided value doubles. This represents the qualitative transformation the body and soul undergo during the rank breakthrough.


Step 3 – Quality Shift. Each S rank point is nominally equal to 100 points at A-F ranks. But the quality of S rank energy is fundamentally different. In actual combat, 1 S rank point doesn't just equal 100 lower-rank points – it feels like 1000 or more in real impact. 


Pre-S Stat | Divided by 100 | Multiplied by 2 (Ascension) | = S Rank Entry


THE CAP RULE – ENTRY DETERMINES CEILING


Your S rank entry value for each stat determines the maximum that stat can ever reach at S rank.


An awakener who rushed to S rank with stats around 450-500 enters with values of 9-10 and caps at 90-100. They peak quickly and can never grow beyond that ceiling no matter how much they train, fight, or suffer. Their foundation was weak and the consequences are permanent.


An awakener who spent years building their stats to 800-1000 before ascending enters with values of 16-20 and caps at 160-200. Their ceiling is double or even triple the rushed awakener's. The foundation they built at A rank carries forward for the rest of their existence.


Each stat is calculated independently. An awakener might look like this entering S rank:


The stats they invested in have high ceilings and the stats they neglected are permanently capped lower. This rewards both specialized builds and comprehensive builds – but punishes anyone who ignored any stat entirely.


S rank growth is brutally slow. Increasing from 10 to 11 at S rank is equivalent to gaining 100 full stat points at A rank. 


Power System