"Very nice if I do say so myself" Gilka said sounding rather pleased with himself," now I will let you handle your class selection later as it involves your survival I won't meddle. You have about 20 min before you go to the city, you should find everything you need from gear to food and accommodations for the next year around the city. Most food was magically preserved and most monsters around are of the variety that either don't need food or want more of the living kind do no worries there. am I forgetting something?"
"His affinities" Casius spoke for the first time.
"AAH! right you are. Cant have you without those."
with a wave of his shadowy hand i felt something get absorbed through my skin travel around my body for three cycles before feeling pressure in my chest and then it was over. A screen appeared unbidden before me.
AFFINITIES UNLOCKED
DUE TO THE METHOD USED WHERE YOUR AFFINITIES WERE COAXED OUT OF YOU BY A BEING IN TUNE WITH REALITY ITSELF ADDITIONAL AFFINITIES HAVE BEEN UNLOCKED WHILE STILL LEAVING A POSSIBILITY TO UNLOCK OTHER AFFINITIES AT A LATER TIME.
AFFINITIES UNLOCKED INCLUDE
GRAVITY- HIGH TIER
SPACE-HIGH TIER
SHADOW - (COMPOSITE OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS) HIGH TIER
STORM -(INCLUDES LIGHTNING, WATER AND WIND) HIGH TIER
"Some great affinities you managed to get especially gravity and shadow." Teras spoke suddenly really interested and making frown as he realized he couldn't hide his affinities from them. Seeing his from she was quick to add " you don't have to worry, not many people will be able to tell your affinities unless you share your status screen. I happen to be quite sensitive to mana affinities due to my peculiar parentage and the rest here could feel the slight change in mana type around you."
Seeing most of the rest nod he asked" What does the extra information next to shadow and storm mean?"
"The shadow one I'm assuming has the composite phrase which means that while you will be able to tell when those two particular mana types are in use most of their spells will not be available to you unless you unlock those specific types of affinities." Teras responded while he nodded.
"what about the includes lightning water and wind in the storm affinities?"
"that means though to a lesser degree you may use them individually compared to someone with the dedicated affinities and also it will be a lot easier to obtain them at a later time compared to someone who is starting from nothing."
He gave her a nod of thanks at her explanation. Turning to Gilka he also gave a slighter nod as a thank you for his help in getting the higher tier affinities despite his hands all over him being here in the first place.
"Now that that's over with still a bit over 10 minutes you should ask your questions." Gilka said in a more serious tone.
the first question in his mind that he promptly asked wasn't why me or along those lines simply because he already accepted what was happening and figured the best thing to do was move forward and make sure he doesn't die, no his first question was" why do you need me to help free you ? with every one here you could easily do anything that I can easily right?"
" You went straight to the hard hitters" He said with a bit less seriousness" why didn't you ask the common ones like why me or can I go back? those would have easy answers like I don't fucking know. But the one you asked yeesh!! Now to answer you well you would need to understand a few concepts regarding the world but since you don't have that much time thing of it like this, think of the prison like a cell built specifically to fit me but I'm not human sized instead I'm as big as several giants stacked on top of one another. No matter how squeezed in you make me my cell so to speak will have a bit of room for me to walk around and stretch and lay down. Now add on to the fact that my jailer keeps tossing people who bother him and he is unable to kill into the same cell as me so it gets a little crowded but we still fit now with just less room. My new cell mates while not as big as hypothetical me are still big. note that size in this case represents power and my cell isn't made of metal bars but of high power lasers. you following?"
seeing everyone nod he continued after making a sort of construct with the details he said." now picture that added into that cell is a normal sized human, you but one with a few extra advantages in that it wasn't our jailer that put you here but you got here through illegal means and when you get past level 100 or there abouts our jailer will finally realize your presence and he will want to take you out since he can't kill you while you are stuck here. so imagine his surprise when we the larger and more powerful grab on to the exit when its open and force our way out while you are leaving. the reason none of them would be able to do this is that if you try to leave through the gaps of the lasers and you touch them even a little it disintegrates you. the way that we will get the jailer to notice you is by me the largest push against the frame of jail and since it was a cell specifically for me the lasers don't do much other than keep me trapped inside unless I have somewhere to pull and enlarge. that's where the rest of them come in, during that moment when I'm pushing on the exit the will slip past and keep the jailer busy enough for me to make my exit."
"How sure are you it will work like that ? what if he just lets Drake stay in here?" Teras asked as she seemed to be the only one to fully understand the weird analogy.
"No need to worry, our jailer has been rather lax in our containment thinking it unescapable due to me not really trying to leave yet. He has gotten overconfident and has started to leave different beings to watch over the prison who don't know how powerful I am while he attends other more pressing matters say maybe my sister who is as powerful as me making an appearance and forcing him to go look for her."
"And she just happens to be roaming around at that particular time? And don't we need him to try taking Drake out?"
"You keep forgetting how prideful he is, we will draw his attention here first with Drake and then my sister will do the rest. And you don't have to worry about him seeing me push the limits of the prison I can do that while still appearing weak to his senses when he looks into Drake. I mean that's going to be easy, the hard part is hoping that whoever is on the other side isn't going to be able to sound the alarm too soon or even before I get out."
"You can leave the sentry to Casius and Yena with some support from Peris and her team of five underlings to handle additional security measures. I will handle creating a zone to stop the alarm and stall any of the more powerful reinforcements that might notice something is up. You will have at most 15 minutes before the jailor is back to help secure us all." Teras said this without a hint of doubt.
"Not like there are any better plans to leave this place right?" Peris agrees while the others nod.
"So Drake you up for some prison break?" Gilka asks
"Yeah I guess its a plan. First things first though, .. I need some clothes!" I point out to Gilka's amusement as he lets out a loud laugh.