I Hate Systems

Origin Art—Gloss Over!

Hazen arrived at a Hunter World, observing the Hunter System there. This was its main body where its Core Skill resided within. The reason Hazen came here first was only one reason.

The Hunter System was resilient to a praiseworthy extent. After all, during the war, it had suffered a crippling blow, getting annihilated with the rest of the Grade 2 Systems during the nuclear explosion Compass Carburettor had unleashed.

But, as it pretty much had a monopoly among the Hunter Worlds, as long as Hunters existed, it would return. At that moment before its death, it conceptualised the concept of Hunter, which was why it survived.

With the paltry extent of data remaining in the System World regarding the Hunter System, Zaira infused it into the concept of Hunter and swiftly revived the Hunter System at Grade 2.

And once it returned to business, the Hunter System's growth became the fastest in Grade 2, raising a level every few years, which was unprecedented.

Since it already had its concept, the moment it attains level 199, it would immediately enter Grade 3 and attain level 200.

Grade 2 System—Hunter (Level 193)!

After the war, the Hunter System was once again beaten up, this time by Mascot who rampaged around its worlds. But as the concept dictated, Hunters were those that hunted terrifying foes.

So every time it was beaten down, it bounced back stronger. And currently, it had reached level 193, which was enough to explain its resilient nature.

It could very well be said that the Hunter System had been tempered immensely and at present, no Grade 2 System could be its opponent. Of course, there was one other reason many Systems, just like the Hunter System were growing at such an unprecedented pace.

It was because they were accumulating protagonist-type Mental Energy. Until now, whenever protagonist-type Mental Energy was accumulated in them, the Systems hurriedly shed that to the System World.

After all, if they weren't careful, one of their Hosts would become a System Slayer. Even though the existence of a System Slayer was a trap laid out by the Systems to suppress the growth of the Main Character System, a System Slayer's birth severely depleted a System's foundation.

In the past, every time a System Slayer was birthed, their source System's foundation was damaged to such an extent that it never managed to grow beyond that point. It was only downhill after that.

That was why, fearing that enough quantity of protagonist-type Mental Energy in them would lead to the birth of a System Slayer, and if worse, a Main Character, all the Systems dumped such Metal Energy into the System World.

And usually, this Mental Energy acted like iron filings towards a magnet, automatically finding its way into the bodies of either System Slayers or Arnark himself.

But now, the Protagonist Genre was no more. The Main Character System, Arnark was dead, causing the death of his Core Skill. Similarly, the Secondary System too no longer existed.

Therefore, the Protagonist Genre was no more. This meant that the Systems no longer needed to fear the birth of a System Slayer. It paved way for their growth.

After all, the Main Character System was capable of absorbing all forms of Mental Energy without limitations. The Secondary System too was similar, as it was characteristic of the Protagonist Genre.

And now, by accumulating protagonist-type Mental Energy, all Systems were able to broaden their Mental Energy accumulation range. The problems had been minimised, allowing them to be a bit careless in accumulating Mental Energy.

As a result, they were levelling up way faster than before. Moreover, as more and more protagonist-type Mental Energy accumulated in them, the Systems were changing, evolving faster, and stronger, and accumulating terrifying levels of luck and fate.

Arnark wasn't just a thorn in Zaira's side, but his existence alone caused the Systems to grow conservatively. But now, with the Main Character System no longer breathing down their necks, the Systems became unbridled in their growth.

It was why in the past seven millennia, the growth of the Systems was the fastest, breaking all sorts of records. The majority of that success had to be attributed to the protagonist-type Mental Energy.

Among them, the Hunter System experienced great success, accumulating protagonist-type Mental Energy the highest. After all, whenever Mascot attacked its worlds, even though it suffered crippling defeat and lost all its resources, every surviving Hunter in these worlds lived a tale worthy of protagonists as they fought Mascot's army.

As a result, the protagonist-type Mental Energy was the strongest. Therefore, even though the Hunter System had to run to Zaira's embrace in tears every single time, it returned stronger, evolving thanks to the purest and most beneficial type of Mental Energy—one that could only be generated by a protagonist.

System Elixir!

This was the term coined in the Astral Network towards the protagonist-type Mental Energy, and the one leading in its accumulation was none other than the Hunter System. It was predicted by many Systems that the moment the Hunter System enters Grade 3, it had a fair chance to contest the Fate System in level-up speed.

In the current era of System Supremacy, many Grade 3 Systems had a level-up speed that trumped the Invader System of the past. Among them, the Fate System's growth was a feat of the legends.

"Hunter System…" Hazen muttered calmly as he transformed into a thought and entered the Hunter System's mind. In his present state, Hazen was just a single thought. Therefore, the opponent couldn't even detect him, not to mention the powers of the Origin Art of Gloss Over that were already in effect.

Even the Regression System had difficulties in sensing him, forget a Grade 2 System.

The moment he entered its mind, Hazen caused one thought to resound in the Hunter System's mind, one that was like dropping a pebble along a snowy slope, resulting in an avalanche that mowed down everything.

"What if…" The Hunter System muttered in disbelief, faced with a revolutionary thought, "If I…were to continue accumulating System Elixir. Then, as long as I keep evolving constantly, wouldn't I arrive at a point where I can become…"

"The Main Character System?"