"Get up you useless piece of shit, can't even take a punch" A large man stood towering over a weak looking man.

"He can't compare to you boss, he is so weak" A red haired man stood behind them watching as he licked the huge man's boot.

"Call me weak again and this weak man will beat up up so much that you will call me daddy" The weak looking man said so fiercely to the other man that he moved backwards in fear.

"If your fists were as sharp as your mouth, you wouldn't be in such a situation" The huge man said as he punched the weak man again with his huge fists.

"Where is the money Felix, just give it to us and you may be able to escape with less broken bones" The red haired man said to the the weak looking man with ridicule.

"For once why don't earn yours, you shameless dumb bastard" Felix shouted with anger as he was thrown to the ground again by the man's huge fists.

"Did you hear that red, he called me a shameless dumb bastard, hahaha" The huge man laughed widely as he lifted Felix and slammed him against a wall while punching him.

After he had beaten him until he was unconscious, the huge man searched him and found some money which he took and left with his friend.

Felix woke up after some time with a start as he looked at his clothes and his surroundings before getting up with a surprised look on his face.

"Didn't I die, how am I still here?, did I reincarnate?, arrg" Felix screamed in pain as his mind was flooded with memories belonging to the previous owner of this body.

"Yes I did reincarnate, seems like this body also belonged to a Felix and he just died from getting beat up, wow what a "wonderful" way to die, this world has Espers who unlock abilities and kill monsters who invaded this lands while using their cores to get stronger and this body also unlocked a trash ability "light hand", what kind of trash ability is this?" Felix said in disbelief as he absorbed the memories.

"And what's even worse is that he owns a bookshop..a freaking bookshop, how could you own a bookshop at a time like this, I can't blame him, he had nothing to do, those with trash abilities lived in the slums while those with powerful abilities lived in the city, the world was divided into many continents namely, the ice continent, the fire continent, the wind continent, the earth continent and the lightening continent, darkness continent, demon continent, elf continent, monster continent and others, this planet is also called zenith, what a strange name" Felix said as he stood up and dusted the dirt off his clothes while limping towards his shop.

"Even though this Felix was a coward, that won't stop me from getting my revenge, I owe him at least that" Felix said with a smile as he recounted his past life, he was the best special ops soldier in the army, he could disarm an opponent within a second and kill him in the next, he could knock out a superior opponent within 3 second and kill him in the next, he had carried out numerous missions over the world without failing any one so he was given the nickname "Shadow" and now that he was reincarnated into this world, he would make use of all the experience that he had earned in his previous life.

"Seems like I would have to sell the shop" Felix said as he opened his bookshop and entered inside because he had no interest in operating a bookshop, he had more pressing matters to attend to.He looked around at the sea of books around him then went inside to tend to his injuries while thinking of what to do.

"If I had at least gotten a decent F-grade ability then I still be better off" Felix said while bandaging his wounds because he found out that his ability was neither for offence nor defence and it couldn't actually be called a support ability but with his fighting ability, he could manage while searching for uses of the ability.As he was bandaging his wounds, he heard his counter bell ring which startled him.

"I will be right there, feel free to look around" Felix said with surprise because it had been long since he last had a customer and he hadn't expected to have one at this time.

"Sorry for the delay, had a little accident today" Felix said as he came out to meet the man and was secretly surprised because the man wore a black cloak which hid all his features and he also kept his head down but what surprised him more was the fact that he couldn't sense any aura on the man which could only mean he was a normal man or he was too strong and the most probable was the first but he had a feeling that he was wrong.

"So what would you like to buy" Felix asked the man with a smile.

"I am not buying, I am here to give you this book" The black cloaked man's voice sounded in his mind as he slammed a huge book on the counter which caused it to shake from the force.

"So I was wrong, it was the second option" Felix thought because from the previous Felix's memories, he knew that he only high levelled Espers could possess such abilities.

"Um, I don't have money to buy the book?" Felix said to the man with a surprised expression.

"It doesn't matter, consider it a gift" The man said as he headed for the door.

"I am sorry but what is so special about this book?" Felix asked the man as he saw him leaving.

"This book contains unimaginable power, you don't know how lucky you are to receive this book" The black cloaked man said in a mocking tone.

"You really think I haven't heard that one before, half of the books here were supposed to "contain unimaginable power", I suggest you find another person to give your "book of unimaginable power" to because I already have enough problems" Felix said to the black cloaked man with sarcasm.

"Nobody has ever talked to me like that before and if you knew who I am, you would be on your knees begging me for forgiveness" The black cloaked man said as he released a terrifying pressure that caused Felix to fall to the ground.

"Who are you?, please I am sorry, it was a slip of tongue" Felix said as he tried to stand up while resisting the pressure.

"Hmm, it seems like I underestimated you, you are one of the few people who have ever tried to resist my pressure" The black cloaked man said to Felix with surprise and removed his pressure.

"Thank you for having mercy on me" Felix said with joy as he thanked the man but when he raised his head, the man was gone but the book was still there.

"Wow, looks like he was stronger than I expected, let's see what's so special about this book" Felix said as he took the book but found that it was surprisingly heavy, he had to use his whole strength just to move it.

"Doesn't even have a name, wow, this just gets better and better" Felix said with a laugh as he opened the book.

Immediately he opened the book, his sight became filled with a bright light which causes him to faint but he was later awaken by the sound of a bell.

"Ding"

[Initiating the ability steal system]

[Wake up you piece of shit and let's go steal some abilities]

"Who is that" Felix looked around but didn't find anyone so he started to wonder if he was hallucinating.

[I am in your head stupid]

"You are in my head?, how are you in my head, this must be because of that book" Felix said as he stood up from the ground to check out the book but surprisingly it was gone.

[It seems that I picked the wrong person, I am the legendary ability steal system]

"A system, a real system" Felix said with shock before bursting into laughter.

[Is there something that sounds funny to you]

"I just can't believe that I have system but I guess it makes sense, all the people who reincarnated in webnovels all have a cheat, I guess this is mine" Felix shouted with a wild laugh.

[Are you done with your speech, if you are then get up and stop that guy from stealing your books]

"Which guy.. hey what the hell are you doing" Felix stood up and saw a masked man placing some of his books in a bag.

"Wait what are you doing here aren't you supposed to have closed.. " The masked man said with surprise as he tried to hide the books he had stolen but Felix had already spotted it.

"Actually I should be asking you the same question" Felix said calmly as he stared at the masked man.

"Hmm, you weren't supposed to be included in the plan but this is just a technicality, I will just kill you myself" The masked man said to Felix as he walked towards him and immediately, Felix tensed up as he observed the man's actions while taking the knife he had under the counter.

Whoosh

The masked man blew some red powder from his hand but Felix was on guard the whole time so he was able to easily dodge the powder by moving backwards but he tripped and fell.

When he stood up, Felix was shocked because the powder had disintegrated everything it touched and these caused Felix's body to go cold in fear but he quickly recovered as he tried to formulate a plan.

"Shit, an assassin, he will most likely be at the F rank" Felix thought as he suddenly remembered his ability and a smile spread across his face.

"You have a quick reaction not like in the description, that shouldn't change anything though, you will still die because you have seen me but first where is the book" The masked man asked in a threatening voice as he took out a dagger which radiated a cold light.

"Who are you and which book are you talking about?" Felix asked the man as he searched the ground for the knife he had dropped from the fall.

"Still acting ignorant, you brought this upon yourself, i was supposed to take some of the books from the shop so that it would look like a real robbery but surprisingly you also decided to stay up late doing God knows what" The masked man said with annoyance as he walked towards Felix who was still searching for the knife.

"I don't know which book you are talking about, you can take all the books here, I won't say a thing" Felix said to the masked man as his hand grabbed the hilt of his knife.

"Oh I will but you see in our line of work, all witnesses must be terminated" The masked man said with a wicked smile as he leaped towards Felix with the intention of slitting his throat but at that moment.

As he leaped at him, he saw the smile on Felix's face and he felt that something was wrong but it was too late because Felix also pointed his left hand towards him and a bright light suddenly erupted from his hand which blinded the masked man and caused him to lose focus which gave Felix time to plunge the knife into his chest 3 times and slitting his throat while moving out of the way and letting him crash into the ground.

After he successfully neutralized the threat, Felix got up and stared at the hands which were filled with blood but with his experience in murdering people, he didn't feel bad but instead a familiar adrenaline rush.

"Ding"

[You have killed a F rank esper and gained 100xp]

[You have levelled up to level 1 and all stats increased by one and you have also gained an additional stat point with 200 system points]

"Ding"

[You have killed a F rank esper and gained 100xp]

[You have levelled up to level 1 and all stats increased by 1 and you have also gained an additional stat point with 200 system points]

"System am I dreaming?, if I am not then are you what he was after?" Felix asked the system while searching the body.

[You are not dreaming and unfortunately yes, I am what he was after... ]

"Don't worry about apologising, I don't blame you, now they are still looking for a book so I still have some time" Felix cut off the system as it was talking.

[Actually I was going to say that they still don't know that I have merged with you so you have to burn down your shop]

"Oh, you want to get rid of all evidence and make them think I an dead, I like how you think" Felix said with a grin as he heard what the system said.

[Yes, you have to make them think that you died in the fire otherwise they will continue to send assassins after you]

"Assassins, let them send more and I will kill them as I have killed these ones" Felix said with confidence as he found a card in his pocket, some F rank beast cores and the dagger.

[You really think that you can kill a F+ rank assassin with your current strength, you forget that he hadn't used his ability not to mention the fact that he could have killed you with the powder, he only died because he underestimated you too much otherwise you would be the one on the ground]

"Looks like he works for an organization called shadow, that is the only information on it" Felix said as he read examined the card.

[You need to get stronger fast because a war is coming, take a look at your stats to see how weak you are]

"Wow" Felix said with a grin as a transparent screen appeared in front of him showing his information.

Name: Felix Argus

Age:25

Level:1

XP [0/200]

HP:100

MP:50

System points:200

Stat points:1

Strength:6

Agility:6

Vitality:10

Luck:10

Intelligence:30

Esper abilities:

[Light Hand][Level 1]

Rank:???

Cost:50 Mana points

Description

Releases a burst of bright light from the palm of the user.

Active abilities

[Perception][Level 1]

Rank:D

Description

Enables the user to perceive hidden threats.

[Enhanced Senses][Level 1]

Rank:A

Description

Gives the user enhanced senses of touch smell, hearing, sight and taste.

[Perfect Aim][Level 1]

Rank:A

Description

Gives the user the ability to have a perfect aim and hit any target perfectly.

[Professional Hand To Hand Combat][Level 1]

Rank:A

Description

The user of the skill is a pro at hand to hand combat and is able to execute deadly and lethal moves.

"Wait aren't this skills from my previous life, it seems that I was able to bring back the experience of the skills from my previous life" Felix said after thinking it through.

"So let me see, I gain XP from enemies and Beasts to level up, HP is my health points, MP is my mana points, stat point is used to upgrade my stats, strength is the amount of power that I am able to exert, agility is my speed, vitality is my health, luck is..well my luck, intelligence is how smart I am, so now what are the system points, how does the levelling work and why doesn't my ability rank show" Felix said what he had deduced and asked the system what he didn't understand.

[You are really smart which shows from your 30 point intelligence, system points are gotten from killing enemies, it can be used to buy new abilities but don't get your hopes high, you can't even afford the lowest price at your current level but it can be used to upgrade your abilities also the leveling would need to be explained later because you have to leave now and lastly your ability rank doesn't show because I can't recognize it at my current level which may be because it is at a rank higher than SSS+]

"A rank higher than SSS+" Felix said with shock as he almost fell to the ground.

"Who would have thought that my trash skill would actually be so OP, this is so cool, first I have to burn this place down then I will go visit an old friend" Felix said with excitement as he found a place to place the body after taking anything of value.

After gathering all his important items, he went outside and set the shop on fire and as it burned, he stood there watching it but later left.

As he left, he saw some people gathering and at first he thought they were coming to put out the fire but he later revealed a look of scorn after seeing them going in to steal whatever hadn't been consumed by the fire.

"A bunch of lowlife piece of shits, can't even at least pretend to put out the fire" Felix said with anger as he saw them stealing his books then left.

He went through a bunch of confusing alleys when he thought he saw someone following him and arrived at a little pawnshop with the picture of a dragon on the sign.

When he walked inside, he looked around and saw a short blond man talking to a plump red faced man who looked out of place with his extravagant clothing and as he walked towards them he could hear them arguing over a bracelet.

"This is not an ordinary bracelet, do you know how much I suffered just to get it and now you are telling me to pay 10 F rank beast cores for it, you better give me a fair price or I am going to another shop" The plump red faced man said to the short blonde man with dissatisfaction.

"Are you telling me that I don't know my work, if you take this to another pawn shop the price would be even lower and now you are telling me that my price is too much, if you don't like it then go to another pawn shop or to the Esper association if you want a "fair price", hmm" The short blond man said to the plump red faced man as he pretended to be annoyed.

"Do you think I can't do that, hmm, I only came here because I thought you were an honest man" The plump red faced man said with anger as he pretended to leave but as he reached the door, he stole a glance at the short blonde man but saw him tending to other business so he gritted his teeth and walked back to him.

"15 F rank beast cores or nothing" The plump red faced man said through gritted teeth.

"Oh you are back, I thought you were going to another pawnshop, out of the kindness of my heart, I will give you the 15 F rank beast cores" The short blonde man said shamelessly with a wide grin that made him look like a little devil.

"You..." The plump red faced man almost puked blood as he was shocked by the shamelessness of the short blonde man, he just told him now that the necklace wasn't worth 10 D rank beast cores and now he was willing to pay 15 D rank beast cores.

"Thank you for the transaction, have a nice day" The short blonde man said to the plump red faced man with a mocking grin as he snatched the necklace from him while pushing the cores into his hands.

Even though he knew that he had been duped, There was nothing he could do but to accept the beast cores like that otherwise he wouldn't be able to leave the slums, he saw the way the people outside were staring at him, like a lion waiting to devour him and he was sure that if he got lost in an alley, he would for sure be robbed or even worse, he had heard a lot of bad stories about this place and he wasn't a fool.

"Have a nice day" Felix said to the plump red faced man as he walked past him fuming and that was only when he noticed that someone was standing near him but he was too angry to bother about him.

"Sup Dave, I see that you haven't changed much" Felix said with a smile after the plump red faced man had left as he walked towards the short blonde man who looked like he had just won the lottery.

"Oh Felix, I didn't see you there, looks like you also haven't changed much too, still having problems with teddy?" Dave said to Felix with a smile after seeing the bruises on his face as he placed the cores in his pocket as which bulged due to the numerous cores that had been crammed into it and Felix wondered how he could move around with all those cores in his pockets.

"Yeah same old, ever thought of getting a cash register, I still don't understand how you can move around so easily with small those cores in your pocket" Felix said with a laugh as he stared at Dave who looked funny with his bulging pockets.

"Have you forgotten where we are, do you think I would waste my breath all day just to have all my precious cores stolen" Dave said as he patted his pockets as if afraid that the cores would disappear from them.

"Could you wait for a moment, I have to make an important call" Dave said to Felix as he took out a phone from one of the numerous pockets on his trouser.

"Yeah it's me, I have a great artifact I know you will love, yes and it's a necklace, the price, well I would give you the best price I can, I'm how about 100 F rank beast cores, oh you know me it's just business, when have I ever tricked you, yes you can come for it at any time, goodbye" Dave chatted with the person on the phone for a minute the cut the call with a smile on his face.

"Okay, what are you doing here by this time?" Dave asked Felix we he walked over to the door of his shop and placed a "closed" sign.

"Um I need your help but first I need a place to crash, can I stay here?" Felix asked Dave as he went through his pocket looking for something.

"Yeah sure, you know that you are family but what happened to your shop" Dave asked Felix as he opened his door and looked around before closing it and locking it.

"It kind of burnt down, it's a long story which you wouldn't want to hear" Felix said to Dave as he handed him the dagger he got from the assassin

"I need you to find out what you can about this dagger" Felix said to Dave with a grin as he saw the look on his face when he handed him the dagger.

"Wow, this should be a D-rank weapon at the least but I have to use my ability to confirm it" Dave said with shock as he placed the dagger in his palms and then a warm light suddenly appeared on his palm as he closed his eyes.

"Ding"

[System has detected a F-rank detection ability "Analyze"]

[Would host like to steal it, the cost is 200 system points]

As he heard this, the edges of his mouth rose to reveal a smile.

"Ding"

[System has detected a F-rank detection ability "Analyze"]

[Would host like to steal it, the cost is 200 system points]

As he heard this, the edges of his mouth rose to reveal a smile.

"Yes" Felix said in his mind as he stared at Dave's hand.

"Ding"

[Stealing ability (1%..29%..54%..76%..99%..100%)]

[You have spent 200 system points and gained a new skill "Analyze"]

[Analyze][Level 1]

Rank:F+

Cost:100 mp

Description

It enables the user to see the stats of an item.

"Its aura is shows that of a E Rank weapon but the pressure and the appearance of the dagger shows that it is of a higher grade" Dave said with exhaustion as he handed the dagger back to Felix unwillingly.

"Where did you get this dagger, I would like to buy it but don't worry, I promise to give you a good price" Dave said to Felix as he stared at the dagger with stars in his eyes.

"Sorry but I am not selling, I have enemies after my life and if I tell you about it, it will only put you you in danger" Felix said to Dave as he placed the dagger in his pocket.

"Who did you offend now Felix, huh?" Dave said with a grin.

"Do you know anything about this organization?" Felix asked Dave as he handed him the assassin's card.

"This... Shadow" Dave stared at the card so intently that Felix thought a hole would appear in it and at this moment, he noticed that Dave's hand was shaking.

"Is everything okay?" Felix asked Dave after seeing his trembling fingers.

"Do you even know who you have offended?.. shadow is one of the biggest underground assassination organization in the city" Dave said in a shaky voice and Felix could sense the fear in it.

"Is this related to your shop's incident?" Dave asked Felix with a grim expression.

"Yes it is and don't worry, I wasn't followed if that's what you are thinking about, I will leave tomorrow so that you will not be dragged into this" Felix said with a smile as he collected the card.

"I don't think you understand the gravity of this situation, their leader is a S rank Esper with the fire manipulation ability, a B rank ability, where did you even get the card, it can be used to track you, damn it get rid of it now" Dave said in a rushed tone as his face became red.

"An S rank Esper, this is bad, I will get rid of it but first I need to use this to my advantage, lure them to me?" Felix said with a smile as a plan suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Are you crazy?, you are talking about luring F rank and E rank Espers to my shop maybe even higher, what has gotten into you?, you are behaving strangely" Dave asked in disbelief because he thought that Felix behavior was a little strange.

"I am no longer the Felix who used to cower in fear or submit to bullying, I am a changed man, you should expect more changes from me" Felix said mysteriously with a smile as he placed the card in his pocket.

"It will take the organization at least two days to find me with all my preparations so in that time, I need to make a plan" Felix thought to himself.

"You can stay here today but you need to leave tomorrow okay, I am already putting myself in danger by keeping you here, your room is second room on the left, you can find a first aid kit there, you look awful " Dave said to Felix while turning off the shop light which made him smile.

Felix walked to his room because he was still in pain from his injuries and after the fight, some had opened up but he had tied them up before coming here so after entering his room he took proper care of his injuries then fell asleep but with his years of experience, he knew that you should never sleep with your two eyes closed.

As Felix was sleeping, he heard a sound which was very faint but with his high perception, he heard it which made him stand up with a start.

He headed to the source of the sound and as he did, he started hearing some voices so he went closer for more clarity and he managed to catch a hint of the conversation.

"Yes thanks for coming, did you bring the money?" Dave said in a quiet voice to someone who Felix couldn't see.

"Yes but first tell me where is he?" A deep voice sounded from inside the room and Felix was 100% sure that he was the one Dave was talking to but he also started to feel rage because he knew instantly who they were.

"That lying betraying son of a... " Felix said but cut himself off because he heard something that caught his interest.

"He is in the second room on the left, what has he got that is so important that you would put up a bounty of 5 E rank beast cores" Dave said to the voice.

"They put up a bounty of 5 E rank beast cores, wait isn't that 5000 F rank beast cores, I don't care I have to get out of here, damn it, I forgot the dagger, I need to go back for it" Felix said to himself as he made his way back to the room.

"Here's the money, fan out and secure the area, find him and the book, if you find him, kill him immediately, he is considered a dangerous target, he killed an F rank assassin so treat him how you would an F rank enemy, he isn't getting out of here alive" Felix heard the voice say as he made his way to the room so he quickened his steps.

He got to the room and found the dagger on the table but as he wanted to take the bag with his things, he felt that it would slow him down so he started to contemplate on whether to take it or not but then he heard footsteps approaching his room so he took out some of the cores and stashed them in his bag while placing the rest of the things on the bed but as he did, his hand accidentally hit a vase on the table.

SMASH

The vase fell off the table and smashed on the ground and as it did, Felix heard the footsteps quicken towards his location so he grabbed the bag and looked around the room for a place to hide.

The door opened and the assassin stepped into the room and looked around the room but didn't find anything so he walked around the room and spotted the broken vase on the ground.

"This must be what broke just now so it means the target is still in the room" The assassin said as he knelt down and inspected the vase and as he stood up and prepared to searched the room, he felt a cold blade on his neck which made his legs go cold then he heard the bone chilling voice filled with killing intent.

"Make a single sound and it will be your last" Felix said to the man with the dagger against his neck.

"Oookay, please don't kill me, I will do anything you ask" The assassin said in fear but in his mind he was thinking, "Wait till you are distracted, you will see what will happen to you"

"Good boy, answer all my questions and I will spare your life but any funny moves and you won't even know how you died, how many are you and what are your ranks?" Felix asked the man as he laughed in his mind, how could he not see what the man was thinking.

"There are 6 of us, we are all F ranks except our leader who is a F+ rank" The assassin said as Felix pressed the knife closer to his neck.

"So six F ranks and 1 F+ rank with unknown abilities against me with years of deadly combat experience I think i can manage these odds" Felix said to himself but his attention was still on the assassin so when the assassin thought he was distracted and tried to disarm him, he immediately pressed his arm against his mouth and slit his throat before following with a quick stab to the heart.

The assassin fell to the ground limply with a look of disbelief as if he didn't believe that he was just killed by Felix but Felix knew why this fight was easier than the first, he had added a point to strength when the assassin came into the room and the element of surprise.

"Ding"

[You have killed a F rank esper and gained 100xp]

[You have gained 200 system points]

"Now for the next part of the plan" Felix said to himself with a smile as he heard the system notification.