He looked at his own body. He was scarred, exhausted, and malnourished. "Restore."
In the town square, he ran into the Iron Fang party. They looked haggard, their gear battered and useless after a failed mission. My Repair Skill Became An Almighty Cheat Skill ...
Kaito looked at the sword, then at the man who had abandoned him. He saw the "cracks" in Brad’s character—the greed, the arrogance, the rot. He looked at his own body
"Useless junk!" Brad hissed, tossing the broken hilt at Kaito’s feet. "We’re leaving. A support who can't even keep our gear intact in the heat of battle is dead weight." They looked haggard, their gear battered and useless
He turned and walked toward the horizon, where the literal cracks in the world's seal were waiting for someone with the skill to mend reality itself. To continue this story, tell me if you'd like to: See Kaito a specific legendary monster Watch him build a base using his restored materials Witness a rematch with his old party
[System Notification: Hidden Condition Met.][Skill Evolution Triggered: [Basic Repair] → [Almighty Restoration].]
Kaito walked out of the dungeon three days later. He wasn't carrying a pack of rusted tools anymore. He wore armor stitched from dragon scales he had "restored" from fossils and carried a blade that could cut through the fabric of space itself.