[IC] The Gamers (A Videogame Themed RP) (Reboot)

[Renose]

Erica and Sasha were able to make it to the Ban Dojo without incident, no more Hunters coming to attack them for now it seemed, but still one couldn't be too careful. Silas would also be able to make it home without incident, no more hunters attacking him apparently. As for Ren and Lucian, the same thing would be the case, the two of them would make it to Saito's Antique Shop without much incident either except for maybe an occasional passing glance from the average passerby at Ren's unusual appearance, something that he was quite used to.

Ren entered the shop, Saito looking up from behind the counter, sighing somewhat. "Why can't I ever get regular customers..." He muttered before looking at the two of them, walking from behind the register and towards them. "So, what's up?"

Ren didn't give much time for greeting. "We were attacked by Hunters near my house and apparently Lucian met with someone who gave us a new Quest..."

Saito stared a bit dumbfounded for a few moments. "Number one, hello to you to, my day is going fine, how's yours? Two, glad to see you guys are unharmed, guess that extra training helped you out to drive them off huh... and three, who exactly did you meet Lucian?" Saito was looking at Lucian now.

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Mike, in the meantime, would be done with school for the day, waiting in the Kendo Team's room as usual, no one there but him for today if Mike chose to go. "Ah, you're here, and you seem to have gotten a slight bit stronger as well." Saito stood up from his meditating position, looking towards Mike. "Today I will be teaching you the first technique of the Senshin no Ken, but first... do you have anything you need to discuss with me?"

[Card Captor]

"Yeah. I have a quick question; is spirit channeling anything like the Senshin no Ken? I mean does it more like the Senshin no Ken then magic? I was thinking of expanding my skill set, and if spirit channeling is anything like the Senshin no Ken, then it's going to scale off of my Wisdom stat. That's the stat that boosts my maximum mana pool, which is the internal resource I use for all my skills, my mana regeneration, and my resistance to magic. It's also the stat that has the most influence in the effectiveness of Senshin no Ken techniques by the looks of it" Mike asked

[Renose]

Keiichi listened to Mike's questions about Spirit Channeling and also his talks about various other things that seemed to go completely over his head since he wasn't someone who played games at all. Something about Stats and Mana Pools or something, which is something Keiichi raised his eyebrow to. "I am guessing this... Stat thing... is something that is related to your special power." The thought about him using Mana though was interesting to him. "But you talking about Mana does explain why I feel Mana instead of Spiritual Energy... I guess that is something your power does as well. Your power really is something else."

Keiichi then took a few moments to think on the matter of Spirit Channeling. "Spirit Channeling is something mainly Spiritualists use. It is an art for channeling one's spiritual energy for interacting with the world around them, mainly used to communicate or connect to Spirits or even the spirits of others. So for your purposes of the Senshin no Ken, it probably would be unnecessary for you to learn it, but if you feel like it'll help you grow stronger in other areas, then by all means do so. As for this... 'Wisdom Stat' thing or whatever..." Keiichi sounded a bit confused as he said this last part and he scratched his head. "Spiritual powers usually are controlled by one's will, so I am guessing that yes it would go off your... "Wisdom Stat"".

Keiichi put a hand on the bokken upon his waist, looking towards Mike. "Do you have any other things you need to discuss with me, or shall we commence training?"

[Card Captor]

Mike double fist pumped "yes! I'm going to be a Spirit Bender/Asura hybrid! So much awesome!" After the pain of being completely useless in that last boss fight, Mike felt like he finally had his path in sight "I'm ready to begin now." He was finally going to learn an attacking skill suited to his tanky stat build, that was really exciting. That boss fight yesterday had made him feel pretty powerless, with him only serving as a mana battery and a very brief distraction. Now however, things were going to start to change

[Renose]

Keiichi just chuckled. "Well, its good to see you so full of energy as usual." He had no idea what Mike was talking about in terms of Spirit Benders or Asura, well he had his ideas, but were pretty sure none of them were correct, but it was time to commence with training. "Alright, today I shall teach you the first technique of the Senshin no Ken." He got into a stance now, holding his Bokken before him. "Take your stance and we shall begin." Keiichi awaited for Mike to take his stance now, giving him a nod when he did. "As you might have been aware, the Senshin no Ken is a style that focuses upon Balance."

He closed his eyes for a moment, taking in a breath before exhaling. "The Senshin no Ken is not a style of power nor is it a style that focuses on defense or offense. It focuses upon Balance and thus requires a balance of Body, Mind, and Spirit. If these three are not in balance, then you cannot achieve the power this style provides, but when they are in balance and you utilize them with your sword, an extension of your body, then you can be a force to be reckoned with. The first technique of this style is known as Zandaka (Balance). It is not an offensive technique, it is simply a state of mind and while it may seem simple, this technique has incredible potential and is required to learn all of the other techniques."

"For this technique it is best if the strength of your body and spirit are equal, but your mind can also help to balance them out if they are not. To use this technique you simply focus as you did yesterday. Close your eyes and focus your body and spirit with your mind. Feel the energy and power of both and begin to balance them out and merge them into one and that is all you need to do. Any questions?"

[Card Captor]

While Mike was planing on not putting any more stat points into STR and DEX, he was hoping that his VIT stat would take care of the 'Body' part in the 'balance of Body, Mind, and Spirit' thing. His plan was to go 2575 on his VIT/WIS with his stat points, but it was starting to look like he might go 50/50. Not that it was a problem or anything, just something to keep in mind. As he took his stance, he answered with a 'I'm good" and closed his eyes. he focused on merging the power of his body and spirit...wait a second, that sounds like how chakra in Naruto worked. Storing that thought away for later contemplation, he returned to his attempt to learn Zandaka (which was a really awesome sounding name)

[Omnial]

Lucian couldn't help but smile and simply shake his head, Ren really wasn't much of a people person, but this was just priceless, especially the way that Saito responded, "Hey Saito," he managed to get out without chuckling, trying to wipe the smile from off his face, "Have you heard of anyone going by as the Void Wizard? I received a quest from them, which has since been given to the rest of the party, and said person also gave me a warning when the others were in danger. He seemed to stop time for a while as he spoke with me, and also advised that we get stronger. That is about all I know." He stopped addressing Saito to open up his inventory to get at the money which he had stored up, "Also, I have the money that I owe you from my book," He proceeded to make sure the coast was clear, and then tapping the right buttons, made his money come out, placing it on the counter. "60k correct? So far both have been put to good use, and I would like to show you, but there is still more business ventures to make first," He closed his inventory window, "Do you know anything about time altering pseudo spaces? And the final point has to do with the room we went to before" Lucian was referring to the room with the wind elementals, "I'm wondering if we could use it again, I would be willing to pay, sort of as renting the space if you will." He was aware that he did just drop a lot on Saito, so Lucian patiently awaited a reply to it all, knowing well in advance that all he asked would not be answered in a positive manner.

[Valeric]

"Okay. Don't get caught," she replied after a pause. Although she was uneasy that Silas was going off alone, Sasha wondered how much she could trust Erica as well. She wasn't suspicious of her intentions. Rather, it was her capabilities she had doubts about. Even if she was around the same level as they were, she could still be useless in a fight.

She left Ren's house together with Erica. The girl was freakishly tall, at least for Japanese standards. Judging by her features and skin tone, Erica was probably a half like herself. "Hey. Erica, right? Name's Sasha, in case you didn't catch it. You mentioned you had business at the Ban dojo? You know them, then?"

[Renose]

Mike would begin to focus himself, focusing on not only merging his physical and spiritual strengths, but also balancing them as well. However the two 'stats' that covered the 'Strengths' of them, which he would feel now were actually his Wisdom, for spirit, and Strength, for physical strength obviously, as he focused and attempted this task, were somewhat really off balanced. He would feel like this was a bit harder than it should have been because of this, but then again it probably wasn't as easy as it sounded in the first place.

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Mike Focus: 66 - 33 Focus = 33

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It was quite difficult to get a grasp on, merging of 'energies' and 'strengths' within oneself, and Mike would have a very tough time pulling it off. It took a few very long, what may have been minutes but it was hard to tell, bit of meditation and focus on what Keiichi taught him. Soon enough though he would feel this balance and merging of physical and spiritual strength and energy within himself, his MP draining a good bit during his attempt to learn this technique.

"Good... it seems you understand the basics of Zandaka."

Mike would receive two windows stating the following.

Window

A Skill has been created through a Special Action. Through the practicing of the Zandaka technique, the Skill to enter this state more quickly and easily, Senshin No Ken: Zanaka, has been created.

Senshin no Ken: Zandaka

Senshin no Ken: Zandaka (Level 1: 0/100 EXP) (Active & Passive: 5 MP/Minute): +1 Str, +1 Wis, +5% MP. You focus your mind and use it to balance the physical and spiritual energies and strengths within you. By merging and balancing these energies and strengths you will be able to harness more of your innate strengths as a singular force. To use this Skill your Str and Wis scores must have their difference be equal to or less than your rank in Focus. If your Wis and Str Scores are unequal then while this Skill is active half of your Wis is added to your Str and half of your Wis is added to your Str. If the two scores are equal then they are simply added to one another. This Skill also lets you use other Senshin no Ken Skills while it is active. To Level Up: Use Zandaka, Attack while Zandaka is active, Use a Senshin no Ken Skill while this Skill is active.

"You seem to have gotten a small bit stronger as well... interesting. I want you to use this technique and attack me. You must practice Zandaka before you are ready to learn the next technique." With that, Keiichi raised his own Bokken, Mike able to definitely feel that Keiichi was probably always using Zandaka.

[Card Captor]

A skill that boosted two stats and gave him an percentage boost to his MP. SO AWESOME!!! What wasn't awesome was that he was wrong about which stat he needed. It looked like STR was going to be more important then VIT, which kind of sucked, but oh well. He just had to go 50/50 on STR/WIS. That would allow him to use this new skill to add each stat's base score to the other. However that wasn't even the best part; this skill consumed 5 MP per minute, but he recovered 6 per minute. That meant that he could level it up just by leaving it on. Also, assuming that skills didn't have a level cap, he could use this skill to keep boosting his STR and WIS. The more he thought of it, the more okay he was with this development. "Alright, here I go. Zandaka" he could feel the change instantly, and it was awesome. With his WIS at 19, his STR just doubled! (assuming that stat points were rounded down. If not, the he would have gained 8.5 or 9 extra points in STR, which would mean that his STR more then doubled). After taking a few seconds to adjust to his increase in power, he swung his sword at Keiichi

[Renose]

"The Void Wizard?" Saito's eyes widened a little bit as Lucian said this, Ren raising an eyebrow from Saito's reaction. "The better question is, who hasn't heard of the Void Wizard..." He seemed to be quite taken aback that the Void Wizard actually visited them, or just Lucian for this matter. "As you may know this city is divided into several districts. There are different large groups that either protect or work in each district. The Ban Family, for starters, protects the Residential District, making sure that no one does anything nefarious in or with the area of the Residential District. The Void Wizard is just a single person, so powerful though that he is his own group or 'clan', protecting the Port Island District all by himself with how powerful he, or she, is. No one knows who he or she is though..."

Then Saito noticed the money that Lucian removed from his inventory. "Yep, that'll do it. Surprised at how quickly you got this... you get a new job or something?" He took the money and put it into his pocket. Of course, he decided to answer Lucian's questions first before Lucian answered his. "I know that there are Pseudospaces that are capable of compressing time."

"Like the Hyperbolic Time Chamber from Dragon Ball Z... if you know what that is?" Ren's voice was a little quiet as he said this and as he interrupted, Saito giving a nod.

"People without a knowledge of magic or how to make different kind of Pseudospaces use Pseudospace Stones enchanted to create them. Pseudospace Stones are special stones that when imbued with certain kinds of magics or special magical materials can create special types of Pseudospaces. Although it is possible to make these spaces yourselves, you would have to be incredibly powerful, so its probably best to use a stone for now. Although with your power... you could learn how to create one yourself without the need for a stone, but I have no idea how your power works."

Then the part about them training here came up. "You don't have to pay me for the room, just let me have a good amount of any items we find and that'll be your payment. Plus, I would like to get more EXP as well."

Ren raised his eyebrow here.

"I want to see if I could Level Up using your power and get Stat Points... as it would be interesting if you could train regular Ability Users with your power and let us know just how deep your power runs." Saito chuckled a little bit.

Ren gave a nod. "I guess we could Party Up... but I think we can only have 6 people in a party... so we would probably have to make a new party." Ren checked the Party Window by saying said command, giving a nod of confirmation. "Indeed, we have to make a new party... but I am sure we could do that..." Well, Ren did have one idea, but he wasn't sure if Mike would like it or not. Well, he could invite him back into the party via Friend's List in a bit. He send Mike a PM and removed him from the party.

"Alright then, ill get the room ready, see if we can't fight slightly tougher Elementals." With that, Saito walked over to the bookshelf and flashed his ring over it, that same door appearing. He then looked back and got a tiny bit startled when that same window appeared before him of a party invite. "Man that's abrupt..." He accepted the invite and then opened the door. "Any questions though before we go inside?"

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Keiichi raised his eye as Mike somewhat 'chanted' the name of the technique or something. "Voice activation of abilities... and the fact that you are using it with no trouble now, even if it is a bit weak right now. Your power is certainly something to be admired." Indeed, Mike would now notice that the moment he used the skill it felt so much more natural now, this increase in power. Unlike before when he had to somewhat focus all of his concentration into it now he felt like he was just using the technique as though it were second nature, and the power of it was much more present within him now then it was before.

His Str would be boosted to 19 and his Wis to 23, if he checked, as the values rounded down apparently. When he moved and struck, he would feel that his swing was much stronger now than it was before, Keiichi readying himself to block the attack.

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Mike Sword Swing: 53 - 11 Skill Bonus - 11 Melee Weaponry = 21

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Keiichi unfortunately managed to parry the blow aside, but the moment he parried he seemed to have instead attacked the blow with his block and threw his own powerful sword swing towards Mike's center all in one singular, flowing movement, although Mike wouldn't have seen it with how fast it was, his defense rendered practically useless with this one move.

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Keiichi Counter(?): -6

Max Damage Hit!

Damage Dealt: 77

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The blow would be incredibly powerful like before, maybe even moreso thanks to whatever Keiichi just did, but what with what might have been just a single movement Mike was thrown somewhat across the room with an incredibly heavy and powerful hit, a large chunk of his HP down, but he wasn't even down to half with that blow unlike the last time when he had lost nearly all of his HP when Keiichi had attacked him. It was thanks to Mike's own Zandaka though that he felt the blow wasn't as heavy on him as it should have been, the increase to Str that it gave him from his Wis score probably responsible for raising his Resilience. Even his HP and MP had gone up when he used Zandaka. It truly was a powerful technique to say the least.

"Good, I can tell that you are a good bit stronger now than you were before, much stronger." He took a few steps towards Mike, helping him up off the ground. "Zandaka is a powerful technique to say the least, but it only increases your power. You have yet to learn the movements and motions of the Senshin no Ken needed for the other Techniques, like what I just did now. That, is what we shall be practicing for the rest of our session, how to fight with this as a sword style rather than simply fighting using a weapon like you seem to be doing now."

With that, Keiichi raised his own Bokken. "Ready yourself and I will come at you once you are ready. Its only going to get rougher from here..."

Mike did receive both a PM and a notification though after Keiichi had finished speaking.

PM

From: Ren Hitori

Had to remove you from the party for a bit to add in someone else. Ill add you back in later.

Notification

Ren has kicked you out of the party 'Bus Riding'

[Card Captor]

Getting back to his feet, Mike couldn't help but smile; sure he had just gotten his ass handed to him with a single attack, but he felt that he had made immense progress since yesterday, and with this new toggle skill, he felt that he was going to get stronger even faster. "If it isn't hard...it's not training" he responded as he took position. His attention was briefly caught by the PM, but he quickly dismissed it. It didn't seem as important as his training right now. "Alright...I'm ready. Come at me"

[Renose]

"Alright then, pay close attention then." Normally Keiichi would have given them proper Kendo armor to wear, but this was training for Ability Users. Naturally limits had to be pressed and risks had to be taken. Sure Keiichi would make sure not to try and severely hurt Mike, not that he knew the extent of how Mike's HP thing worked since Mike seemed to be able to get up just fine after taking hits that should, and would under any normal circumstances, break bones. Currently it was around 3:30 PM or so, only being about an hour and thirty minutes or so left until they would have to leave.

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Mike Senshin no Ken Training: 64 - 16 Senshin no Ken (Dex) = 48

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It took about the rest of the time they had for this vigorous training, but soon enough Mike had down the basic movements of the Senshin no Ken style itself and felt like he could fight with them instead of just basic weapon knowledge like he had been doing so before, two windows appearing before him. Mike's HP would have taken some hits and would be incredibly low, but it never dropped below 1 since Keiichi was holding back and always making sure to step back and take a few minutes whenever Mike looked much worse for wear in terms of general fatigue and damage since the pain of wounds stayed until HP was healed.

Window

The Senshin no Ken Skill has been updated.

Senshin no Ken

Senshin no Ken (Talent Skill) A style of swordsmanship that involves unifying the body, mind, and spirit through and with one's sword, allowing for attacks that utilize a balance of both physical, spiritual, and mental strength. You also now know how to fight, and can do so, using the movements of this style of swordsmanship whenever wielding a katana instead of just the basic knowledge and skills of melee as you had been doing so before.

Not only that, but Zandaka, Katana Mastery, and Physical Endurance all rose up in level by 1, making Mike a small bit stronger once again. "You did good, you even almost got a couple of blows on me that time, you're getting better, but do note that you still have a long way to go." Keiichi sheathed his own Bokken back upon his waist. "Tomorrow you will come here for Kendo Practice and meet the rest of the Kendo Team. It'll be a while before we can train like this one on one again, so I hope that the next time we can meet alone face to face you will have gotten a good bit stronger." Keiichi reached into the pocket of his hakama and removed a bound and rolled up scroll, handing it to Mike in a respectful way, in both hands with a small bow added.

"I shall entrust you with this. It is a scroll containing knowledge of the next technique, which I believe you are ready to learn, but I do not have enough time to teach it to you unfortunately and you look like you need to rest for the day before we train anymore." This was indeed true since Mike would be very tired and incredibly sore and in pain thanks to how low his HP was currently. "I will require though that you keep the scroll secret and return it either the next time we meet face to face or once you have learned the technique."

Once Mike accepted the scroll, hopefully doing so in the same respectful manner, Keiichi would stand back up. "Before you do go though, I do need to tell you the fatal flaws of Zandaka before you find out yourself the hard way. The first is that this technique, while strong, requires the state of your Body, Mind, and Spirit to all be in sync. If any one of those wavers slightly, the technique will be disrupted, and enemies do have ways of disrupting these. The second flaw is that Zandaka balances and thus through that merges the strengths of your body and spirit with the mind. Naturally because of this, the strengths and energies of your body and spirit are 'one'. Spells and other various powers or techniques do exist that can drain your physical or spiritual strength away. While this technique is active, whatever happens to your physical strength will also happen to your spiritual strength since, while this technique is active, they are the same 'pool' of strength." After explaining the flaws of Zandaka Keiichi gave Mike a few moments to take it in before asking the following.

"Do you have any questions or anything to ask before we depart for the day?"

[Card Captor]

Mike accepted the scroll with a small 'thank you'. "I'm good for now" he said in response to Keiichi's question "I'm not sure if I said this already, but; thank you for this, all of this. I don't think I'll ever be able to fully convey to you how much this means to me." Taking a quick look at Zandaka, he saw that the only thing that the level up increased was the MP boost by 1%. Oh well, it was still extremely awesome and worth leveling. Before he left though, he suddenly remembered something "oh, before I leave I need to ask; do you want me to return this scroll because you don't want anyone else to see it, or because you need it? I ask because one of the things my power can do is let me instantly learn any skill that's written down, however in the process it destroys the whatever it was written on. If you're going to need it back, I could make a copy of it before I learn the skill. Oh...I guess that means that I do have a question."

[Omnial]

"So the void wizard is someone that powerful, eh?" quietly listening to the rest, Lucian felt more at ease with the idea of meeting up with this person now. Clearly if they were that strong, there would be no need for them to plot a trap for the group of gamers, it must be something that would benefit them...unless he considered there group a threat? but then again, their group was a bit too unorganized and unorthodox to be a threat at current.

A new job? If you want to consider fighting monsters that you have the power to make appear and claiming their loot afterwards a job, then yes. Lucian chose to not come out with it though, Saito would know already that they could practically make something from nothing, but actual currency was a bit different, "Something like that." He would respond with the vague answer.

He nodded at the idea of Saito just getting experience as well and drops as payment. "Sounds good to me then. Though I do wish to have a moment to meditate when we are there, if it is going to be the same wind field as before, then I can gain a new ability. I'm going to ask the wind for its power and grind that ability. If we are fighting wind elementals, I will do less damage, but allow my skill more chances to level up, I do plan on using my other skills too, but nature is too strong to not be used."

[Renose]

Keiichi listened as Mike thanked him and Keiichi just gave a nod. "You are most welcome. I could not simply leave you to the fate of your pursuers without giving you a means of fighting back to protect those you care about." Then the question of the scroll came up, Keiichi raising an eyebrow when Mike mentioned that he could learn said technique from the scroll instantly, but destroying it in the process of doing so. "Well... to be honest that is just a copy of the original, which is several centuries old. I mainly wanted it back because of that and I wish for the knowledge on it to be kept where I took it from, but if your power destroys it when you learn from it then by all means, go ahead and do so."

When Mike touched the scroll he would receive the following message.

Window

You have obtained the Skill Scroll 'Senshin no Ken: Tamashī no Ha

This seemed to be a bit different from a Skill Book in its description, but hopefully it would give the same affect. Unfortunately when Mike tried to learn it by pressing the button upon the window asking him if he wanted to learn it when he touched the scroll again, the following window would appear.

Window

You do not meet the following requirements of this Skill.

--Str 10

It appeared that for now that Mike could not learn this Skill, but could do so once he achieved one more point in his Strength score, which needed to go up anyway if he wanted to use Zandaka to its fullest potential.

[Renose]

"Alright. You are correct in where we will be going. We will be fighting stronger Air Elementals, which were a bit tougher than the elementals we were fighting before." He opened the door, closing it behind him once all three of them were inside. Ren looked around, not having seen this space before, and indeed he was a bit impressed at the fact that such a large, empty, and serene place could be inside of a small building such as this one. The powers of magic one could guess, or Gaia if this was her doing since this was a Pseudospace. Dotting the area not too far from them were what appeared to be swirling, moving masses of somewhat ethereal looking wind that appeared to be larger than the ones before, these seeming to have a somewhat semblance of a human shape midst their somewhat swirling winds, but it was hard to tell.

Above their heads were Level 15 Basic Air Elementals in red text, Reno looking around for a few moments. "Well, this is interesting..."

Saito took what Lucian said before into account though and gave a shake of his head. "I recommend not using offensive air element abilities on Air elementals. Its alright if you want to try and get a new Air Ability here, but using the same element on the elemental will heal said elemental... well... except for Earth Elementals which are more physical than ethereal. But still, go ahead and meditate here if you must, the elementals won't approach the entrance."

"While you two do whatever, I am going to go train. Lets do this Undine." Ren waved his hand out, that same small girl that was made out of water appearing next to him, Saito giving a somewhat impressed glance.

"Elemental Summoning... that's pretty impressive."

Ren gave a small, absentminded nod of thanks in response to this as he began to walk forward towards the field of elementals, preparing to begin his own training while Lucian did whatever he wanted to do. Saito also headed off in a slightly different direction, leaving Lucian to either follow either of them for training or to begin meditating if he so chose to.

[Card Captor]

"Huh, well that suck" Mike said as he read the notification. Realizing that Keiichi would most likely be confused, he explained "it says that my strength stat is to low to learn it. However I'll be able to get it up high enough with one more level up, so it's not too much of a big deal, just a little disappointing. Anyway thanks again for everything. I'll going to go and do a little more training on my own before heading home" he said before leaving. As he reached the front gates of the school, he was about to send out a PM asking if anyone wanted to do some ID runs, when something occurred to him 'wait...didn't Ren solo one before? I've gotten a lot stronger since then, I think I could take on an Imp ID alone. Yeah...that sounds like a good way to test out how much stronger I've become.' The Imps were the first creatures they fought, way back when most of the party was between level 1 and 3. With the Zandaka and him being at level 10, he should be able to handle it "ID Create: Imp" and with that, he began

[Omnial]

Lucian brought a hand to his elbow and his other to his chin, thinking for a brief moment about what Saito had said, "Fair point, healing the foe wouldn't be optimal if we are trying to gain experience as well, though if we could handle them, then healing them does allow for skill grinding, which is something that we also need to accomplish." He listened and watched as Ren started off, "I'll be joining shortly, I must commune with the wind first." He sat down on the ground, taking out one of the weak air crystals to use as a catalyst. he then sat with his legs crossed and loosened up his neck tie a tad, getting comfortable before beginning, Alright, Time to focus...And ask the wind for its power... He let out a deep breath and closed his eyes.

[Renose]

Ren and Undine began to fight one elemental while Saito another a bit in the distance, there being a good distance between Lucian and any elemental since, according to Saito, the elementals stay a very fair distance away from the entrance to the room, probably some special magic thing or something. It was hard to say since Lucian didn't know much about it. Still, he soon began to meditate and focus, attempting to commune with Nature once again to ask for more power.

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Lucian Nature Rituals: 24 - 25 Nature Force Rituals = -1

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As Lucian connected himself to nature, asking it for power of wind rather than a boon of nature, which he would need to renewed soon, this time using the Nature's Power Ritual, he would hear and feel that familiar voice within his very being, the wind starting to swirl around him as he felt it beginning to communicate with him. "Lucian Bonhert. The Wind has heard your call and request for power and thus the force of wind shall form a contract with you once again." Suddenly Lucian would find himself completely alone in a wide open space.

The wind was howling, whipping around. It was hard to even keep one's ground as if the wind was trying to lift him. Try as he may to resist, he soon found himself thrown high into the sky, above the clouds. For a moment, he felt light as a feather and felt as if he could soar for ages. Suddenly though he found himself falling once again, but before he could hit the ground dark clouds began to form. His body, instead of falling downward, would find itself being sucked into something immensely powerful, something that he couldn't fight no matter how hard he tried. A mighty tornado that sucked him into its powerful grip. Instead of whirling and throwing just his body around he felt as if it was throwing his entire being around, shaking every part of him.

Soon eneough he felt as thought he harsh winds ripped away every part of him, but instead of death, he found himself looking high above a city. He was tall, powerful. He was the tornado, a force of wind able to tear and destroy everything in its path...

And after that, he returned to reality, feeling quite tired, a good bit of his MP drained. 100 MP to be exact, leaving him with 98 MP left. A window appeared in front of him now though, stating that the Nature's Power Skill had gone up in level by one, along with another window.

Window

A new Power has been contracted. Through usage of the Nature's Power Skill you have contracted with the wind once again, acquiring the Tornado's Wrath Power.

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Tornado's Whirlwind (20 + 1 MP/Additional Second): You gather the wind in which you have contracted to you before throwing it as a whipping, punishing whirlwind at a foe. This deals 5 ~ 20 Damage to a foe upon hit, plus an additional amount equal to the strength of the Ritual to contract the power. It also has a potential to knock them down or back depending upon if they can resist the force of the wind. You can spend a longer amount of time gathering wind to you to create a bigger whirlwind to throw, each additional second you spend gathering wind increasing the damage by 1%.

Now he had two powers of nature, both seeming pretty useful, each still having just six uses left. There was another mark on his other arm now. What appeared to be a symbol depicting a tornado or something with six dots around it, similar to the other mark which depicted waves or something with three lines, six dots around that one as well, this one being the Ocean's Wave power and the newest one being for Tornado's Whirlwind.

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About twelve Imps appeared for Mike. The Level 4 Imps being probably easy prey for now the much stronger Mike. And easy prey they were. With his newest Skill he was able to take them out fairly quickly. He suffered a few wounds, but nothing his empowered self couldn't tank with ease. After it all there were about four Imp Teeth and five Imp Claws to pick up, a surprisingly good drop amount. He suffered a small bit of HP damage, but after that short bit that wasn't even five minutes of grinding he found that he only gained 3 EXP from the Imps. His Skills barely received any EXP at all as well, the three that he was mainly using anyway during the course of the battle.

Needless to say, Imps were probably beyond him now and continuously fighting them would only waste more time and energy the more he continued to fight them since his new Skill made him much more powerful than they were, as did his level, and it was hardly training if one was fighting something one could beat in a single hit with ease.