Well, would you look at that? I get to fight the heroes this round! Luckily for me, they managed to get to the semi-finals. Even if I somehow lose now, I'll still have my personal request from Triance done! It's a win for me no matter what.
Oh, I mean, there's no way I'm going to lose, even if the three of them are heroes. I mean, that's seriously impossible! Although, I should probably be careful to keep my anger in check... I seriously don't feel like being disqualified.
I haven't actually mentioned this, but the appraisal tablet things record all appraisals it does. So, I don't actually have to remember the results, luckily for me. I don't have a terrible memory or anything, but remembering all that information would be difficult! Okay?
So, right now, I'm staring these two right in the eye... eyes, not eye. There are three of them, after all. One girl, and two boys, eh? Well, that doesn't actually matter, but it's decent information for Triance.
Alright, before they decide to attack me, let's use the appraisal tablet. Heh, I'm actually kind of excited to see how this works! Triance told me all you have to do to activate the tablet is put in a bit of mana.
I do so, the tablet glowing a light blue while words began to form on it.
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Name: Yuu Hiragari
Species: Human
Lv: 52
Class: Hero
Health: 82/82
Mp: 92/102
Strength: 58
Agility: 60
Vitality: 41
Defence: 44
Intelligence: 56
Wisdom: 43
Charm: 32
Skills: [Pride], [Hero], {Larfus Language Understanding >LV Max<}, {Mana Sense}, {Mana Absorbtion >LV 7<}, {Mana Operation >LV 7<}, {Straight Sword Technique >LV 4<}, {Enhanced Mana Conversion >LV 6<}, {Physical Boost >LV 9<}, {Defense Boost >LV 8<}, {Magic Boost >LV 7<}, {Severing Slash >LV 6<}, {Appraisal}, {Thought Acceleration >LV 6<}, {Unwavering Focus >LV 4<}, {Magic Theory >LV 3<}.
Affinities: {Water}, {Light}.
Spells: {Light Ball}, {Holy Power}, {Soothing Light}, {Water Slicer}, {Holy Envelopment}, {Water Barrier}, {Light Spears}, {Light Edge}, {Holy Whips}, {Water Prison}, {Obscure}, {Scintillating Light}.
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Alright... that's, uh, surprising, to say the least. I mean, I get he's a hero and stuff, but seriously? His stats are way higher than they should be for his level, and the amount of spells and skills he has is surprisingly high. He seems to be an all-rounder, but all his stats are so high you could mistake him for specializing in one form of attack. With that, he has skills that can increase his already high stats even further.
And, with that, he has two Distinct Skills, ones of which I've never even heard of. And, when I try and use the appraisal tablet on them, all it says is 'Blocked'. Like, seriously? Hey, I'm a real hero! Why don't I have that hero skill, huh? That's so unfair! Damn it, the world is seriously against me here.
Hm... that Magic Theory skill, I've heard about it before. Oh, that's right! My teacher had that skill! She said grants a further understanding of mana, allowing faster casting and use of more complicated spells, or something like that. She also once mentioned it's what leads to a 'Magic Awakening', although, she never explained what that was. Maybe I should ask her about it sometime! But, it's such a pain to get to where she lives... Let's save that all for later.
Light magic, huh? Well, I saw it in place in the earlier matches, but it's hard to believe it even exists. Light magic is the kind of stuff you hear about in fairy tales! The attribute the Hero of Light, the first hero, used to defeat Azailq, the first Demon Lord. I mean, I'm even getting excited at the prospect of fighting someone with it!
Anyway, with that out of the way, let's appraise the big one next, the super muscular guy. I put in a tiny bit of mana, and the screen glows a light blue while words begin to appear.
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Name: Togeshi Sato
Species: Human
Lv: 49
Class: Martial Artist
Health: 145/145
Mp: 0/320
Strength: 122
Agility: 92
Vitality: 72
Defence: 82
Intelligence: 22
Wisdom: 3
Charm: 22
Skills: [Hero], [Mana Steal], [No-Attribute-Casting], {Expert Boxing Technqiue >LV 8<}, {Warrior's Eye >LV 7<}, {Charged Strike >LV 9<}, {Numerous Hits >LV 8<}, {Concentrate >Lv 5<}, {Mana Sense}, {Mana Operation >LV 4<}, {Second Blow >LV 5<}, {Speed Acceleration >LV 3<}, {Perfect Timing >LV 5<}, {Perfect Aim >LV 5<}.
Affinities: {Earth}.
Spells: {Concentrated Mana Shot}.
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Okay, there's a lot of stuff going on there that I'm not sure makes sense.
Let's start off with his stats, what? Despite not even being over level fifty, his strength is in the hundreds. How's that even possible? His physical stats are almost double what they should be, even higher than that Yuu guy! However, because of that, it seems his magic stats are simply terrible. However, the one stat of his that is magic-related and isn't terrible is his mana capacity... which is totally insane! Like, seriously? It's over three hundred! How's that fair, huh? Damn it, I can still win this, right?
But, that Mana Steal distinct skill is probably something to look out for. For some reason, he doesn't actually have the Mana Absorption skill, which means he can't absorb mana from the area around him. However, he must make up for that with that Mana Steal skill, which might just allow him to take mana from others... There has to be some limit to it, right? There's seriously no way he can just steal all of your mana, right?
And then there's the fact he only has one attribute. Earth, huh? What, is he not human or something? No, there's no doubt about it, he's human. I've never actually seen a human who doesn't have two attributes... weird, huh? And, he also only has one spell, which I assume would just be him concentrating a ton of mana into one spell.
Either way, let's just move on to the last person... I put in some mana, the tablet glows blue, we've done this twice already, you know how it goes.
However, something off happens. Instead of her appraisal results appearing, one message appeared.
[Appraisal Blocked.]
Okay, I had no idea that could happen. What, does she have some sorta skill that blocks appraisal and stuff? That's seriously stupid! Why does she have something like that, huh? What class is she to get a skill like that? Or maybe it's just a distinct skill...
Oh, damn it, it seems they're finally ready to fight. Did they finish planning something or whatever? Oh, who cares, let's just get this over with.
>Chapter B.7, end.<