Level to Infinity

In the world of Astra, power is everything. Five great nations, the Dall Empire, the elven Elevnsia Empire, the beastmen of Yanaga, the demon realm of Abarat, and the Kingdom of Bria measure worth by a single number: level. At sixteen every child awakens before a sacred monument, receiving a starting rank and a hard max-level cap that reveals their true potential. No one has ever begun below level 5. No one has ever been capped at 2. Hoju of Teria Village is the exception. Found as an infant in the dense forest and raised by a kind warrior named Bral and his wife Tara, Hoju’s life shatters at age six when a level-100 behemoth kills his father on the mountain above their home. The village brands the boy a curse. His adoptive sister Fresha is taken in by the chief’s family and taught to hate him. Alone, bullied, and forced to scrape by, Hoju endures every humiliation with one desperate hope: that on his sixteenth birthday the awakening will finally give him the power to leave. Instead, the monument delivers the impossible. Hoju awakens at level 1. His maximum level: 2. Ridiculed by the entire village, discarded even by the church, the boy with the lowest potential in recorded history is left with nothing except a stubborn refusal to accept the fate the world has written for him. In a realm where legends climb to thousands and the strongest are worshipped as gods, Hoju will begin from absolute zero. And he will not stop until he reaches infinity. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Level to Infinity — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠