Later that day I was in front of Milo, Hayley, and a recovered Frederick.
In the last war as mentioned before we lost people. Beside Zak and Leon, Gabriel together with the sniper squad was completely annihilated since they couldn't get out of the building in time when the cow's dimension collapsed. There were some other people who I was familiar with and died too, but Gabriel, Leon, and Zak were in the team I joined when I first arrived here.
Frederick was recovered and out of the hospital about a week after the battle, and with the new arrival of people that wanted to join, he was in charge of their daily training. So besides Blake, the people here are currently the higher ranked members of the hunting teams.
After I explained the situation even without proofs Milo wasn't going to take his chances, I was right in about the invasion, and he thought that I was probably right about this too. It didn't take long for him to reach a decision and make the call.
A member of law enforcement was called to the meeting room.
"Send the green flare."
After what happened we added a signal system, the teams that were near Green Shelter could be called back by Dante, but those that were far away could not be contacted that way. The flares are used to call back the groups, and the colors tell them the grade of the emergency.
The appearance of an unknown group of beasts was not an immediate danger for Green Shelter, and that was the meaning behind the green flare. After calling back the groups, we had to decide how to proceed.
In the past, we wouldn't have called the hunting teams back but these teams are more inexperienced than the teams from before, and we already lost too many people the last time.
"Now that we have taken care of that we have to see what we are doing about it."
"Right now, we don't know too much about their exact numbers or location, from the time that they drank the blood a week could have gone by already. I asked Rose to survey the surroundings with her ability, and Dante is in contact with Pinky so he can keep an eye about the situation in the sewers."
Locating them was the most challenging part, there was even the chance that they might not even be in the city anymore.
"Okay for the moment we are going to increase the training of the new hunting teams, the older teams are going to be reinforced, and they will be the only ones with permission to leave and do their usual duties, If they something unusual they will use the flare to signal about the situation. I have to confirm this decision with Blake, but I think it is the best way to proceed."
We all nodded our heads, I agreed that it was the best way. The main problem was the fact that we don't know how strong the beasts are, so the new groups might only act as cannon fodder if they are in the D-Rank level or higher.
"Also Spence this mission is yours, form a team and hunt them down so we can let the rookies hunt the easy ones in peace soon."
This was perfect for my intentions. I wanted to try my new abilities in combat, and my hands were starting to itch for it… am I turning into a battle maniac?
"No problem."
I looked towards Hayley, but she was obviously avoiding my gaze. I wonder if she will want to join my team…
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After the signal was sent most of the groups came back shortly and were informed about the situation and the highly possible presence of unknown and strong beasts.
One group in charge of a specific area to the west didn't appear, and from the information that came from Pinky, we knew that there was a crocodile type of beast somewhere in that area.
The next day we had the plan to leave early in the morning, so we will not be able to sneak out with Rose. We had a short reunion with the rest of the party (Hayley included) about our findings at the NDR base and some other details.
We all agreed to go hunt the beasts together, even if the situation inside the groups was weird because of the dynamics between Hayley, Rose and I (which was evident for everyone but G), none of us would leave the others behind. Even if my power became stronger than before in raw power, Hayley was still our heavy hitter, so I was glad that she decided to come with us.
[Name: Hayley Ryan (Aes Sidhe)
Age: 19 yrs.
Rank/Potential: C/B
Attributes:
Strength: 13( )
Endurance:20 ( )
Agility: 14 ( )
Intelligence:31(+6)
Wisdom: 47(+14) (Insight) (Instinct) (Perfect Mind)
Charisma: 33 (+9)
Skills
Battle skills: Krav Maga (Advanced) LV. 1, Dodge Lv. 1.
Resistance skills: Pain Resistance Lv. 1, Heat Resistance Lv.3, Cold Resistance Lv. 5.
Knowledge: Tactics Lv. 1, History (Advance) Lv. 1, Basic academics Lv. 4.
Utility Skills: Stealth Lv. 1, Survival (Advanced) Lv. 1, Concentration (Advance) Lv. 3, Swimming Lv. 2, Art (Advance). Lv. 3.
Production Skills: Craftmanship (Advanced) Lv. 3
Esper abilities:
Passive:
D-Rank: Cold Aura (Despair Inducement, Fear Inducement, Cold Empowerment): Aura Suppression (Advance) Lv. 5, Aura Control (Master) Lv. 2.
Active:
F-Rank: Calm Inducement
C-Rank: Cryokinesis (Ice Aura, Ice Control, Ice Essence, ???) Frostbite (Master) Lv. 4, Freezing (Advance) Lv. 5, Shatter (Epic) Lv. 1.]
Ice control work like an ice-exclusive telekinesis, she can't create ice yet, but I think that the Ice essence ability should be related with it, about the appearance of that ability we are not clear since she claims to not be capable of doing it.
Another thing that should be mentioned is the passive cold aura that she can now somewhat control to empower her abilities.
About the skill from her Cryokinesis, Freezing was used as an area attack meant for control, it's her "slow" ability and in some case can cover the objectives in a layer of frosting and not let them move.
The difference with frostbite was that it froze an objective to the point that it becomes a real ice statue affecting even his insides and not just the outside like her other skill, we can say that Frostbite is the higher tiered version of freezing.
Finally, shatter was a new ability that appeared recently, and I had yet to see it in action. As the name says, she can shatter ice… it doesn't need to be created by her either. From what I heard from the hunting team she joins from time to time, the effects are terrifying when used together with frostbite.
The current Hayley might probably be able to do the same she did to the Alpha cow but without the need of her losing control.
The reunion ended after we decided to go to the area where the team disappeared, and we went to our daily training.
As usual, I went against Gerhard.
[Name: Gerhard Hunter (Aes Sidhe)
Age: 20 yrs.
Rank/Potential: D/C
Attributes:
Strength: 31(+21) (Perfect Body)
Endurance:35(+10) (Tough Skin) (Diurnal)
Agility: 16(+3)
Intelligence:14( )
Wisdom: 19( )
Charisma: 15( )
Skills:
Battle skills:
Active: Wide Swing Lv. 1, Heavy Blow Lv. 3.
Passive: Heavy Weapons Lv. 2, Pole weapons Lv. 1, Krav Maga(Advanced) LV. 1, Boxing Lv. 2, Dodge Lv.1.
Resistance skills: Pain Resistance Lv.1, Damage Resistance Lv. 1.
Knowledge: Physics (Advanced) Lv1, Basic academics Lv. 3.
Utility Skills: Survival (Advanced) Lv. 1, Driving Lv.2.
Production Skills: Mechanics Lv.3, Blacksmithing(Advanced) Lv. 2.
Esper abilities:
Passive:
F-Rank: Enhanced Strength.
E-Rank: Combat Perception.
Active:
E-Rank: Anger Empowerment
D-Rank: Solar Empowerment (Energy Cells)]
The first time I saw his stats two things surprised me.
I didn't expect his wisdom being higher than his agility, later the system explained to me that his combat perception was the reason for it, and I remembered that it was usual that some Esper abilities improved their attributes.
The second was related to his "Active abilities"… he can't control any of his abilities!!!
Anger Empowerment apparently was awakened when I was sucked into the cow with Hope. And we all know how his Solar Empowerment works.
Anger Empowerment worked when he got enraged by something, similar to a berserker ability. His physical attributes are enhanced by 50%.
About Solar Empowerment the numbers depend on the situation. The max enhancement is 200%, but he can't choose how this percentage is split between his attributes. I also discovered that when more than 100% goes into endurance, he gets 2 extra levels of Damage Resistance.
A perfect Tank.
It would be great to see how far he can go if he manages to control the light, or when he gets to C-Rank, but unfortunately, that was his limit. There is a long run until we get to that moment, but once we are there, I'll see if there is a way to improve his potential.
After the training, we all went to sleep.
It has been a long day, and I just wanted to rest with Rose in my arms and go kick beasts as*** tomorrow.