Book 1: Chapter 20: New Skills

Book 1: Chapter 20: New Skills

Scarlet

After seeing me focusing on what looks like air to the others, Arnold who it turns out is the person who turned on the shield for me before and officer Winslow shoo the others out, leaving me in silence to focus on my newly unlocked skill.

And good they are. Very, very good.

Skill Name:Achievement Requirements:Descriptions:Classifications:SP Price: Predator III

Unlocked through killing a demon at a higher level than you by at least ten levels.

Predator II is required to purchase this.

It grants the user a 12% boost in stats when fighting a creature at a higher level than themselves.

Passive

Static

Rare

20 Predator IV

Unlocked through killing a demon at a higher level than you by at least fifty levels.

Predator III is required to purchase this.

It grants the user a 20% boost in stats when fighting a creature at a higher level than themselves.

Passive

Static

Epic

30 Blood Boil

Unlocked through killing a demon at a higher level than you by at least ten levels, by killing a demon knight while below level ten, by being level ten or above, and by having blood magic.

An attack skill that slowly makes the blood of the target begin to boil, causing slow internal damage that builds up while slowing down the reaction speed of the target.

Active

Rare

20 Blood Sacrifice 20 ...

Right when Im about to repeat myself, I pause as a familiar voice enters my ear from the other side of the floor, at the staircase where that same person from before the one equipped with whats most likely magi-tech gear enters the floor.

Oh shit.

Why is oh, right. This is his building. And he was only a few buildings away.

Why didnt I think about that earlier?!

I try to get up again, only to wince at the pain and fall back down. Then I try to look out the window.

Could I survive a fall from this height? Maybe. Would there be a point? Not really. Then Id just be in even worse shape on the ground where he would just go find me instead of up here.

What about breaking the window and going into a different room on a different floor?

Not likely with my injuries.

After thinking of several other possible methods of escape, I come up blank.

So I close my eyes and try to fake being asleep.

While doing that, I also listen in on the conversation that Allen is having with the people on the floor. Or rather, by conversation, I mean him asking where I am.

You want to know where Scarlet is? the voice of Arnold asks in confusion before saying, Oh, youre probably here because shes a new Guardian. Right, shes just over here.

I dont like Arnold anymore.

After a few seconds, I hear the door to the office opening, followed by footsteps entering it as I keep my eyes closed and pretend to be asleep. Because maybe he might-

I know youre not asleep. Ive had my nanomachines watching you since I got to this building, Allen says, crushing the hope I had of avoiding a conversation with him for a bit longer.

I open my eyes and fake a smile through the pain of my arm and stomach.

Hey Allen, hows it going? I ask, acting as if nothings wrong.

He just stares at me.

Yeah, didnt expect that to work either. But it was worth a try.

Were going to be having a nice long chat, young lady, he says, a scowl plastered across his face that shows just how mad he is right now.