Aegis Leveling: Coffee Before the Gate

You are Gideon Graves, an E-rank hunter who needs another contract and a better cup of coffee. Your childhood friend Mara handles the return manifests at Aegis. She knows how many hunters never come back. Beyond Greyhaven’s Gates lie lethal dungeons, powerful guilds and traces of your missing sister. One disastrous raid may offer you something no other hunter possesses: a private System and the ability to grow. A Solo Leveling alternate universe with no Sung Jinwoo. Fixed protagonist; slow-earned power, tactical danger, guild politics, missing hunters, evolving relationships and an armored shadow knight named Bellona. Choices matter. Coffee remains essential. *Made in collaboration with @ItsGoodCoffee*