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From Zero to Hero

Sam Shepard is a level zeta healer in a world where gods are real and their descendants are heroes. Now, he was given a system and a mentor that enables him to get stronger and better to be the hero that is needed.

It's a web novel written by GD Cruiz. Links to the work are Here and the Tapas link is here. It has been going on for over two years and has over 200 chapters.


Web novel provides examples of:

  • Abandoned Hospital: Sam's first solo mission is at an Abandoned Asylum that's haunted.
  • Cast from Hit Points: Sam's healing abilities are at the cost of his current life force.
  • Calling Your Attacks: Heroes need to say their skills out loud in order for them to work. Sam figured that it was because the gods love to show off.
  • From Zero to Hero: Sam Shepard was the weakest of the weak but he gets stronger thanks to the Argonaut System.
  • Going for the Big Scoop: Sam was working in media when he got caught up in the opening events.
  • Lucky Charms Title: Level Up HΣ℞Θ. H - Sigma - Prescription - Theta.
  • Mask of Power: Sam gets a magic mask that was originally owned by Jason of the Argonauts. It increases his willpower and dexterity. It also hides his true identity even with people who know him well.
  • MacGuffin: In the second book, Sam is on a mission to find the Golden Fleece to cure Thunder of the Blight.
  • Personality Powers: The Triple A System gives different powers based on each person. Not even Chiron, the maker of the system, knows what it will do.
  • Police Are Useless: The Police are helpless against horrors and terrors. They usually put up barricades to keep civilians away. It is policy to usually wait for a hero to fight against the horrors.
  • Power Levels: The heroes and horrors are ranked based on powers, zeta, delta, gamma, beta, alpha, and omega.
  • Public Domain Artifact: The Golden Fleece was lost after the fall of the Roman Empire. Sam has to go and find the Golden Fleece.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Sam quit being a hero for the first time since he had such weak powers. Later on, War Maiden dropped her hammer and left the battlefield.
  • Sudden Game Interface: Anyone who got the Argonaut system gets the ability to level up.
  • Utility Belt: Heroes can get utility belts.
  • Was Once a Man: Horrors used to be gifted humans who had so many negative emotions like anger and trauma that they get turned into monsters.

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