Chapter 95
this is a fictional story by realTensai
Alvis exhaled deeply, his vision sharp as his remaining mana circulated through his veins. Time felt as if it stood still, Alvis’ senses at an all-time high. With Chao on his back, he couldn’t afford one mistake or else they both would die. The odds were against him, with him being low on mana and exhausted and his opponent fully rested and with no restraints. However, that only meant that Alvis couldn’t hold back.
So even he didn’t know what would happen to his enemy.
“Let’s see what you got,” William said, drawing his bow. Several electric energy bows gathered on his string and, in the blink of an eye, they raced at Alvis.
“Water wall,” Alvis muttered, and a wall of water became his guard. They absorbed the electric arrows, protecting Alvis from the attack. But he wasn’t finished yet. “Mana bend to my will. Water arrows.”
The water wall reformed into several arrows. Now charged with electric energy, they became even more destructive than William’s attack. Alvis snapped his finger as the commando to let the arrows loose.
However, William didn’t move, even though all the arrows flew right at him. But before they hit him, they changed their course and flew against the wall, fully destroying it and tearing it down.
Alvis only clicked his tongue.
“What a disappointing reaction. I would’ve hoped you would be more impressed,” William said, putting on a show. “But I guess you already know about my blessing.”
The blessing of wind.
Alvis had already done research on his potential enemies and found out that William was born with the ability to control the wind. This blessing, paired with his human intelligence, made him become one of the strongest people in their grade.
No matter what attack I throw at him, he will just redirect it using wind. To make matters worse, he hasn’t even used his blessing to attack until now.
It was clear that William was just toying with him, trying to exhaust him to finish him off with no effort. Just like Alvis, William also knew that Mika and his comrades probably hid in the dark, waiting for the fight to end to ambush the winner. With that in mind, he wanted to preserve his energy.
“I’m in quite a pinch, aren’t I?”
“At least you realize your fate,” he said. However, his lips slowly curved down, his eyebrows hinting at confusion. “But why are you smiling like that?”
“Because I already won.”
Alvis opened up his inventory, taking out the Ashen Cloak he got as a reward and putting in on in one swift motion. With that, his preparations were done.
“Devour everything in your path, Hell flames.”
Blue flames exploded from Alvis, feasting on everything that stood in their way. Within a second, the entire room stood on fire, yet they wouldn’t stop until they had burned down the entire building. However, Alvis didn’t feel any heat as the Ashen Cloak’s fire immunity effect guarded him and Chao.
Without wasting time, Alvis immediately sprinted away, using the broken wall he had shot down with his electric water arrows as an exit. William was busy warding of the flames using a vortex of wind to create an empty space he could stand in. But it was because of that, he couldn’t stop Alvis.
“I will get you next time!”
The other fourth years desperately tried their best to ward off the fire; to not be burned alive and Mika and his comrades probably tried the same wherever they were hiding.
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I’m sorry, Lia, but I’m not sure if they will all survive.
Yet he had to take that risk if he wanted to make it out alive with Chao. It only took him a few seconds to leave the research facility and reach the school grounds, but he didn’t stop running until he was safe.
Alvis made his way to the student council room and entered. He looked around, but no one was there, all probably still occupied with the quests. He gently placed Chao on the sofa before he also fell down, finally being able to rest.
“Thank god, I made it.”
He glanced at his mana bar only to see that he had 20 MP left. However, considering everything he went through today, he couldn’t care less.
They completed their first quest as the student council team and even got additional team members as a reward.
“Lia’s gonna be proud.”
A childish grin formed on Alvis’ exhausted face.
NOTIFICATION: SYSTEM CONFIGURATION FINISHED
OPEN YOUR UPDATED SYSTEM
Alvis almost jumped up as this notification popped up.
“What is going on?”
However, instead of wondering, he would just open his system.
Quest Completion: Ashen Spire Trials
Congratulations! You have successfully completed the Ashen Spire Trials.
Rewards:
* 3 Ability Points
Experience is awarded for completing a quest!
Level Up! + 3 Ability Points!
Level 4: War of Races
Mission: Win
STATS
Name: Alvis Silva
Level: 16→ 17
Class: Mage
HP: 300
MP: 450
Coins: 850
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Strength: 20
Agility: 24
Health: 25
Sense: 19
Intelligence: 35
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Available Ability Points: 6
Survival Skills
Skill slot: 5/7
[Passive]
Evasion Lvl. 5→ 6: enhanced reaction to sneak attacks or ambushes even while sleeping
Mind Shield Lvl. 1→ 2: resistance against mind spells, higher emotional resistance, calmer mind, resistance against insanity
[Active]
Advanced Mana Manipulation Lvl. 8→ 9
Assassin’s Eye Lvl. 6→ 7: estimate your enemy’s threat level to your survival from F-SS, see if they are part of a team or not and which team
Game Master Lvl. 12: see things out of the game master’s perspective, Mastermind abilities still intact
Inventory
Regeneration Potion: 1
Shop
Click to open the in-game shop
Daily Quests
Survive: no rewards
Alvis gasped, his eyes, his mind unable to keep up with every change.
Let’s start from the top.
His system was configured, which meant it adapted to the survival game. Alvis didn’t know it was capable of that, and he wondered why it only happened now.
Maybe because I completed a quest?
Alvis couldn’t say so for sure, but it was a good guess. By completing the quest, he received three ability points on top of the rewards he already got from the quest itself. It was so convenient that Alvis couldn’t hide his smile. To make it even better, he also gained experience, which let him level up, thus giving him three ability points again, making it a total of six ability points.
This is amazing.
He would distribute them later after he finished his analysis.
Another change was that he could see his coins and the shop in his system. They had been in the survival game system at first, but the configuration forced his two systems to merge into one.
Also, his daily quest that had practically just been his workout routine changed into just surviving. Since this survival game started, he always completed them before lunch in the morning. Yet it became more and more difficult to keep up with them. Plus he hadn’t even once got ability points as a reward since the game started. So, given the current situation, it was a welcome change.
Yet the biggest change was his skills.
They had turned into survival skills.
Evasion Lvl. 5→ 6: enhanced reaction to sneak attacks or ambushes even while sleeping
Mind Shield Lvl. 1→ 2: resistance against mind spells, higher emotional resistance, calmer mind, resistance against insanity.
In a survival game where everyone turned against each other, emotional resistance and enhanced reaction to ambushes were crucial.
Assassin’s Eye Lvl. 6→ 7: estimate your enemy’s threat level to your survival from F-SS, see if they are part of a team or not and which team
This was a change Alvis couldn’t be more happy about. From his gaming experience, he knew the F-SS ranking based on the threat level, yet the thing that was most important was the last effect. He could see if someone was in a team or not, which would give him a grasp of the other teams and their workings. It was essential for bigger plans.
Game Master Lvl. 12: see things out of the game master’s perspective, Mastermind abilities still intact.
“See things out of game master’s perspective?”
Alvis couldn’t grasp his mind around that explanation and because he had already used Mastermind today, he couldn’t just activate it and see what it did. With that option out, he could only theorize or wait till tomorrow.
“I will just wait,” Alvis said, his brain burning. The exhaustion slowly caught up to him and his eyelids became heavier with every second that passed. “I think I deserve a nap.”