3-18: How He Fights (3/3)

3-18: How He Fights (3/3)

Strength: D (300)

Stamina: D (300)

Mana: D (300)

Resistance: D (300)

Agility: D (300)

Skill: S+



That was Falandias status when translated to Japanese. It did not have any personal information, had Mana in place of Mind, and had another attribute known as Skill, which was also the only attribute without numbers. This was the norm in Falandia, and it was the absence of that last attribute that made his situation complicated.

The attribute, Skill, is a combination of ones technique, knowledge, experience, handiness, and various other related abilities. The higher this attribute is, the more a person is able to make use of his other attributes. Falandias training focuses mostly on raising this one attribute, and the number within the parentheses represents the percentage.

For arguments sake, lets say a physical strength of D has a maximum value of 100, while an A has a maximum value of 1,000. A person with S+ in Skill will be able to use up to 300% of his strength, while a person with a D in Skill will only be able to use at most 10%. So even if the former only has a D in strength, while the other has an A, the former will still be about 3 times stronger than the latter. On top of that, because low skill normally results in lots of wasted power, the resulting strength is actually even less than 10%, usually ending up somewhere less than half. When he had the opportunity to check the students statuses, he found that even the higher leveled ones only had an E+.

The team led by the Senba siblings, for example, has seen their fair share of fights despite being beginners; hence, all of their members had an E for skill, making 1 3 percent of their stats their limit.

This is the reason why in Falandia skill is considered the most important attribute, and the reason why this information could send the world to chaos.

Until now the rank of ones attributes have been the basis of all appraisal, but thats only because they didnt know of the existence of skill.

Perhaps, if word of the new attribute were to get out, those with low attributes may be saved, but it will certainly bring great chaos to society and countless humans.

That was Garestos common sense, after all, a fact they have believed in for all these years; and to Earth, a knowledge they learned these past 8 years. If word of the new attribute were to get out, that would be the same as telling them that everything theyve believed was a lie.

But what he really feared was the vengeance of those who were once denied and the fall of the current powers, for with that came the worsening of the public order and at the same time a delay in the establishment of new laws, leading to even more violence.

Of course, there was always a chance that such things wouldnt come to pass, but in the case such things did come to pass, the resulting chain of events would be unstoppable.

Perhaps Falandia might have a way of stopping such a crisis, but he did not. At least, not yet.

That was one of the reasons why he tries so hard to keeps his strength under wraps. It is also the reason why he is currently depressed despite the promotion of his skill.

Ahh But why all of the sudden?

The black figure hung his head and sighed.

His skill was still at Rank S before coming here, but that was already within the realm of legends over at Falandia, so he thought for sure it would stop there.

The attribute, skill, promotes after learning various new techniques and gaining new experiences. Garestos way of fighting, which was by relying on the strength of their weapons and their skills (preprocessed abilities) would usually be unable to promote it. Moreover, it was also not an attribute that could be promoted within a short time, though things were somewhat different given his high rank in skill.

Could it be Because I went to the academy?

And then, it finally hit him.

Because I studied another worlds fighting method, their weapons, and how they use their skills, could it be that that ended up fulfilling the condition of learning new techniques and gaining new experience? No way, right?

The higher ones skill is, the easier it is for him to make new experiences and techniques his own. Those with low skill might only gain a new card after learning something, but for people with high skill such as him, the little knowledge he gained was enough for him to devise new fighting methods.

What the hell!?

I go all the way out here to hide and yet I end up raising my rank instead!?

Various questions popped in his mind, but he ignored them and casted his special magic.

Sparks erupted from the remnants of the robot.

Cover it, Gravity (Ga Gorga)!

Immediately after the robot was covered in gravity walls, the gasoline caught fire, and in the next moment, a flower of fire exploded. All the shock and resulting winds was completely suppressed by the gravity walls, and then as the gravity walls compressed itself, everything inside was crushed.

Cold sweat broke out on the black figure as he sensed the might of the explosion through his control over the spell.

If that explosion were to have exploded in the middle of the road, the surrounding buildings would have surely been destroyed.

Why was gasoline in there? And I didnt sense any photons too.

All the machines here should be operating using photons, so why?

After seeing that not a single trace was left, the black figure started racking his head again.

Theres no reason to use something that uses gasoline in this city.

One of the appeals of this city is that everything uses photons, so its eco-friendly.

He didnt have any knowledge of mechanical engineering, so he didnt know if there were any other uses to fossil fuel, but regardless, the amount of gasoline that poured out was excessive.

In the first place, why would janitor robots be moving during this time of the night?

There may not be a lot of people during this time, but this was also the time raybeasts prowled about.

Something felt odd. It felt like he was overlooking something.

Alright, weve wiped them all out!

It may be our first time, but Id say we did a pretty good job.

Yes, thank you!

The victory cries of the students was picked up by his wind magic.

But when he turned to them and saw them, he clicked his tongue.

Idiot, pay attention!

And in the next moment, he yelled angrily, kicked himself off the ground, and ran toward them from the building.

Fly, Wind (Funt)!

Blowing himself with wind magic, he flew through the air.

He desperately prayed in his heart to make it as he rushed toward them.

Because,

a cleaning robot

was currently headed

toward a defenseless little girl