Chapter One: The Weakest Hunter in the World
In a world where there's no place for the weak, I was the only exception.
My name is Lotfy.
People call me "the weakest Hunter in history," and who am I? I just smile. Not because they're wrong, no, but because they don't know the whole truth.
I was born into a family where everyone was S-rank, the strongest Hunters in the world.
My father? The strongest Hunter on the planet, ranked number one worldwide.
My mother? Number six worldwide.
My brothers? Each one of them is a true monster... all above S-rank.
As for me?
My rank: E.
My level: 1.
For years I've been standing in the same place. No progress, no skills, no future.
They used to say to me:
– "You're a disgrace."
– "If you were a stranger, we would have killed you long ago."
– "You're not one of us..."
I listened and kept quiet. We lived in the shadows, watching.
Even my mother, who was compassionate toward me, couldn't do anything about my father's decisions.
But one person was different... my brother Amar.
He always took my side, laughed with me, and said:
- "You're different, Lotfi... you're not weak, but you're still asleep. Your time is coming."
I didn't believe it at first, until the day came when everything changed.
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3:47 AM
A faint red light emerged from the ground, rising into the sky like an inferno.
A new portal had appeared on the outskirts of Tunis.
A D-rank portal, according to the organization's classification, was blocked to other Hunters because it was "unstable."
Amar came to me in the middle of the night, looked into my eyes, and said:
- "Lotfi, this is your chance."
- "What?"
- "Enter the portal. Today, either you exist, or you die like a shadow."
Me? Entering a portal? Impossible. My level doesn't even allow me to face a magical insect. How do I fight monsters?
But something inside me… It was as if it called me.
Fear was there, but it was weaker than curiosity.
I put on the only armor I had—an old one, cracked from my first fight three years ago—and walked with it.
We arrived at the gate, and the air was heavy, as if you were breathing death.
Before we entered, Ammar said to me:
"If you survive, your whole life changes… and if you die, at least you died trying."
I entered.
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Inside the gate
Darkness.
Silence.
The smell of blood.
My footsteps shook the ground, not from my strength, but from my trembling.
But after 10 minutes, the first monster appeared…
A four-eyed wolf, black in color, its eyes burning in the darkness.
"I'm dead," I said to myself.
But the wolf didn't attack me immediately... it watched me.
And when it attacked, I felt the whole world slow down.
It hit me, and I fell.
But before it could devour me... something strange happened.
A strange system worked in my mind:
> [Activated: "Evolved through Survival" skill]
[Verified: You survived a battle against an opponent x20 stronger than your level]
[Your strength doubles x2]
My eyes widened.
My heart started beating rapidly, not with fear, but with excitement.
I got up... slowly... but confidently.
The wolf attacked again, but this time...
I moved first.
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