According to Lucian he got something pretty amazing. It appeared that they really all did get different skills. Well that was good, because this meant if they ever fought something intelligent that intelligent enemy couldn't predict their every movement and technique then from studying just one of them.
"After a quick trip to the stores to get some food and other basic healing items and allow some time for our my MP to recover, which shouldn't take too long for me, then we can get back to grinding again. I want you all to at least hit Level 4 today, hopefully Level 5 even". Ren would have put up another Pseudospace so that they could all talk in peace without any students seeing them, the Pseudospace covering the entire school. As Silas would enter the school grounds he would notice that all the students in the school grounds seemed to have strangely vanished and there were no lights on. It was as if the lights all disappeared.
Of course the moment he approached the others a window appeared before him.
The Quest: 'Others Like Me' has been completed.
Reward: 4 XP, possibly more information on The Gamer power.
When the newcomer suddenly approached the group though Ren turned to him. No surprise showed on his face as yet another new Gamer showed up.
"Observe" Ren looked right up at him, before seeming to look at something else in front of him, a window most likely. "A melee type huh..." Ren nodded, glad that they didn't have just another caster on their hands. Ren held out his hand, a wooden Bokken appearing in it before he tossed it to the older gamer. "Take this. Anyway, you all stay here a moment. I will go to the school shop on the first floor and get you all a couple of Breads so you have some form of healing items. Make sure you stay right here so that you don't get caught by any students or teachers".
Luckily Sasha tested out her new skill before Ren destroyed the Pseudospace. The moment she said the command and pointed her finger towards the bush a small bullet of blue energy would shoot out of it. It moved pretty quickly. Not as quick as an actual bullet, but it would be pretty hard to dodge. It didn't seem all that powerful, but its MP cost was pretty low so it could be used alot.
With that he raised his hand towards the sky.
"ID Escape!" Just like before with the Pseudospace the sky above them seemed to crack for a few moments before shattering quite quickly, returning them back to the normal school grounds, the lights back on at the school and the sounds of kids practicing at the nearby sports fields can be heard. Currently the Gamers were located behind the equipment storage shed, so if they just stayed there then they probably wouldn't be caught, since none of them were actually students.
It took about 10 minutes, everyone recovering at least a couple of HP if they lost any, before Ren returned. He handed everyone two Yakisoba Breads, regardless of whether or not they actually wanted them. "According to my Observe Skill these heal about 10 HP each, so don't waste them. Also you all owe me 500 ¥ for all of these as each of them cost me 250 ¥". He then looked to Silas. "Before we start though lets teach you how to create Pseudospace. Hopefully you will get something interesting from it as well". Ren destroyed his own Pseudospace using ID Escape, allowing Silas to create his own.
If Silas was interested Ren went over the basic step in how to create a Pseudospace. "To create a Psuedospace you have to close your eyes and focus. Raise your hand to the sky and connect your will and the energy of your being to the energy of the world. Focus that will into a thought of creating a Psuedospace. Do this and you should get the ID Create Skill. Hopefully you get another energy based skill as well".
Silas Pseudospace Creation: 8 - 3 Focus = 5
Silas Pseudospace Escape: 27 - 3 Focus = 24
It seemed to come a bit easy to Silas, the concept of the Pseudospace creation and destruction. After he managed to create his first Pseudospace a few windows would appear in front of him.
A Skill has been created through a special action. The ability to focus energy into your strikes, Energy Strike, has been created.
Energy Strike (Level 1: 0/100 EXP) (Active: 3 MP): You focus energy into your attack, allowing it to deal more damage. Your attack deals an additional amount of damage equal to 25% of your total Focus Score. To Level Up: Use Energy Strike, get a Critical with Energy Strike.
A Skill has been created through a special action. The ability to create Pseudospace, ID Create, has been created.
ID Create (Lv 1: 0/100 EXP) (Active): Create a Pseudospace. Current Types Possible: Empty ID, Imp ID. To Level Up: Create an ID, Unknown Training Method, Unknown Training Method.
Ren allowed him to escape his own Pseudospace instead this time, Silas being able to pull off the escape pretty easily. Right after he did another two windows appeared before him.
A Skill has been created through a special action. The ability to break a Pseudospace and escape it, ID Escape, has been created.
ID Escape (Level 1: 0/100 EXP) (Active): Destroys the ID you currently are in, allowing you to escape. May not work in some cases. Higher levels may allow you to escape in certain other situations or allow you to break more powerful Pseudospaces. To Level Up: Escape an ID you created, Escape an ID someone else created.
After that bit of practicing Ren sent Silas not only a party invitation, but a Friend Request as well. He figured that it was only right to have all of the Gamers in a party so that they could all get EXP from the next batch of enemies they were about to fight. Whether or not Silas accepted them both, again, was not Ren's problem. If he didn't then he wouldn't be getting a wouldn't be getting a whole lot of EXP since that was the point of the party, so that everyone shared EXP.
"Alright then, if everyone is ready..." With that Ren raised his hand towards the sky.
"Imp ID Create" Like the many times before the Pseudospace wrapped over the entire school area, lights from the building and students all vanishing. Not too far away from them, about twenty yards, was a group of about 10 Imps. They were all stronger now, so certainly they could take these Imps on.
A knife suddenly appeared in Ren's hand without Ren having to say anything, a pretty sharp looking survival knife. "Lets be swift and quick. If you get hurt get hurt and are low on HP get back and eat your Yakisoba bread". With that one bit of advice Ren charged forward. For someone so lithe and not physically fit at all, or so he appeared, Ren was quite agile on his feet. When he was about five yards away from a couple of the Imps he aimed his hand towards two of the Imps.
"Mana Bolt!" With that two blue spheres of energy launched from his hands and straight towards two of the Imps, the Imps seeming surprised by Ren's sudden onslaught as he was quick and stealthy when he approached them, all of the Imps seeming surprised actually since they couldn't see the Gamers behind the storage shed 20 yards away.
Ren Mana Bolt 1: 72 - 25 (Close Range) - 26 (Projectile Weaponry) = 21
Imp Dodge: 67
Hit: Auto Max Damage
Damage Dealt: 18
Ren Mana Bolt 2: 17 - 25 (Close Range) - 26 (Projectile Weaponry) = -34
Imp Dodge: 28
Hit: Lucky Strike!
Damage Dealt: 25
The first one seemed to hit one of the creatures square on, blasting it and making the level 4 Imp screech out in pain, but it still seemed to be standing. The second one somehow managed to hit a weak point on the creature most likely as it fell backwards with a screech and vanished into thin air, the attack being a 'Lucky' strike judging from the Lucky that appeared over its head next to the 25 that indicated how much damage the attack did. The moment the Imp fell to the ground a window would appear in front of both Sasha and Lucian, reading as thus as the number indicating their level above their heads went up by 1, which would also increase their max HP and MP for now as well.
Your Level has increased by 1.
Still there was no time to apply stat or talent boosts as currently it was time for a battle with these creatures, which may not look too deadly from a gaming standpoint, but in actuality they were as unfortunately the Imps seemed to quickly shake out of their surprised state, ready for the other Gamers now as right now the 9 Imps had their sights set on Ren.
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