Date: 9/16/3020, Saturday
Time: 12:50
Shin is jogging in the park, Damien sits on a bench as he watches.
`Hmm...I should order him some training equipment, it'll be easier for him to raise his strength.` Damien thought to himself.
"Order a model X-2990 treadmill, and some anti-gravity weights. Send them to Shin's room" Damien said as he spoke into his watch.
(Model X-2990 is a treadmill that is built in the future, it's enhanced to match the speed of the runner and its speed is unlimited. The anti-gravity weights are dumbbells that weigh about 10 grams when it is not touched by a player. When a player lifts the dumbbells, the weight of the dumbbells will increase accordingly to the player's strength, the anti-gravity weights are designed to be safe when not in use so when a player accidentally drops it on their feet, It won't deal any harm.)
As Shin continues running, he suddenly accelerates and he leaves a white energy trail. Damien watches, smiling.
Time: 14:30
"Ok kid I think this is enough for today. You did well, it looks like you learned your first ability too, acceleration."
Shin was panting, he took a sip of his water bottle.
"So what does that do?"
"Your speed is doubled and it doesn't exhaust any vitality, but the stamina used is doubled."
"Huh I see, so how do I keep track of my abilities?"
"I believe there is a new feature coming that tracks the abilities you learn. For the spells, you learn. You'll remember them, your magic is also how much intelligence you possess, so the higher magic you have, the more knowledge you have as well. "
"Hmm, I see..."
Shin then brought out his stat window. His stats read:
Title: None
Class: Devil
Level: 32
Strength: 670
Agility: 710
Magic: 1023
Endurance: 1230
Stamina: 2506
Vitality: 3040
"Your stats have gotten better, since your over level 30, I'll train you personally, but for now, you'll be exercising with the new equipment I bought for you," Damien said
"You bought the equipment for me? I can't thank you enough, sir."
"It's alright, besides I owe your parents a favor."
"Huh, what do you mean?"
"Your father and mother were like family to me. We were childhood friends. Whenever I was being bullied by the older kids in my neighborhood, Your parents came and protected me. Your father had very high strength stats for a 12-year-old. Your mother was a mage, she had more than average magic stats when she for an 11-years-old. So they were my best friends. When I heard about the news and your father's death, I became shocked, he was like my brother. I was there at his funeral."
"You were? I didn't see you."
"You probably couldn't recognize me, I was very young looking back then."
"Hmm, by the way, how old are you Mister Damien?"
"I'm 38."
"Oh ok, I knew you were somewhere in your thirties."
"Yeah, so heads up kid, on Monday, you'll be receiving your familiar."
"I'll be getting a familiar?"
"Yes, your familiar will be randomly picked at the Runes of spirits."
"Where's that?"
"It's located under the academy. Classes will be called to receive their familiars. So since we are the class 1-21, we'll have to wait for a long time."
"Hmm, I see..."
"Well kid you should go back, I'll let you off tomorrow unless you want to train yourself. It's up to you."
"Ok Mister Damien, I'll see you on Monday."
Shin leaves the park. Damien takes out a cigarette and lights it. He then looked up into the sky.
"Kenji, I hope you're seeing this...your son. He'll become a great player."
Date: 9/17/3020, Sunday
Time: 10:45
Shin is seen running on the treadmill, using his new acceleration skill.
`Hmm, I wonder what familiar I will get, I probably might get a familiar the same as Mister Damien...`
He slows down sighing, `Yeah right, I can't get a familiar like his, I'm not even a dark knight.`
He rubs his chin thinking, `But since I'm a devil, I might get a demon related familiar. Well, I won't know until I find out.`
8 hours later...
Shin lays down on his bed.
"Hmph. I can't sleep"
He gets up and starts meditating.
"I'll just meditate for the night, get my magic stats raised."
Date: 9/18/3020, Monday
Time: 12:50
Shin yawns as he reviews his stat again.
Title: None
Class: Devil
Level: 38
Strength: 1049
Agility: 1604
Magic: 1402
Endurance: 1540
Stamina: 3410
Vitality: 3980
"I wonder when I'll receive a title."
He waves his hand, closing it.
Rika walks up to Shin,
"So Shin, we're going to be getting out familiars today. What familiar do you think you'll get?"
"Well, I might get a demon as my familiar. I mean I am a devil..."
"I see, I think I might get a wolf-like familiar. Wolf-Like familiars are common for Valkyries."
"Huh, Interesting."
Damien walks in the classroom,
"Ok guys, it's your turn, follow me."
Everyone gets up and follows Damien. As they reach the back of the academy on the first floor. They approach a large white gate with golden inscriptions. The inscriptions were written in an ancient language. The gate opens up and the class walks down the stairs. Soon they arrive at the runes of spirits. It was a huge cave, the height of the cave was about 100 feet and the pillars and debris were all covered in moss, there was also ancient writings written all over the walls of the cave. They arrive on a high stone platform, it's width and length were measured to be about 20 feet.
"Ok, who's first?" Damien yelled out to the class.
"Me!" One of the players raised their hands.
Shin and Rika watch the player walk up to the platform. A small magical circle then appears in the middle of the platform. It was colored green. Shin then asked Damien,
"So how do we do this?"
"First you walk onto the platform and a magic circle will appear in front of you. The color of the circle will be the color of your aura. Second, you will have to chant..."
The player on the platform then chants, "Hear my words spirits and advance from the spiritual world!"
The runes then glowed green and wind would come out of the circle. From the circle then appear and a small tiny dragon. Fire came out of the dragon's mouth.
Damien then continues explaining, "Then after that, you name your familiar, and it will be part of you, it could be summoned at will when the player calls for it."
The class continues receiving their familiars. One of the players received a familiar that started talking.
"A familiar that can talk? Is that possible?" Shin asked
"A familiar can talk if they have the intelligence to. Familiars that talk often have more potential and intelligence than familiars that can't talk."
"I see..."
"By the way, it's your turn Miss Skywood." Damien addressed Rika.
"Yes, Mister Damien."
Rika walks onto the platform and a blue and white medium-sized magic circle appeared. She then chants the words,
"Hear my words spirits and advance from the spiritual world!"
Some ruins glowed blue and some glowed white. A wolf-like figure emerged from the circle. The wolf had white fur with glowing blue eyes, it had a glowing white horn and it had a crest on the side of its body. The wolf then looked up at Rika. It opened it's mouth and spoke in a female voice,
"Are you the one who summoned me?"
"Yes..." Rika answered
"Give me a name, master, and I will serve under you." It bowed to Rika waiting for her to name it.
Rika thought for a moment.
"Your name will be Frost," Rika said naming the wolf.
"Well then from now on, the celestial moon wolf, Frost, will serve under you"
Frost then spun around and she vanished. Rika received a white ring that had ancient writing on it.
"Hmm, now that's done, you're the last one Shin. So go up there."
Shin walks up towards the platform while Rika exits, she looks at Shin and smiles. Shin smiles back and walks on the platform. As he walked on the platform, a large black, red and blue magic circle appeared in front of Shin. The runes shook a bit and Shin looked around panicking a little.
"It's ok Shin, continue," Damien told Shin, calming him down.
Shin continued, "Hear my words spirits and advance from the spiritual world!"
The runes started to glow both red and blue. There were no traces of a rune glowing black. Suddenly, a huge dragon-shaped figure emerged from the circle. As it emerged, it's roar echoed and it could be heard from the first floor of the academy. Everyone had covered there ears.
`What kind of familiar did Shin get?` Damien said in his mind.
"This magic power, it's too much!" Rika yelled.
The dragon had stopped roaring and fully emerged. It stood 20 feet tall and stood on its legs. Its tail was about 12 feet long. Its scales and wings were black, Its belly was gray and each time the dragon breathed, its body would glow red and blue. Its eyes were glowing purple and its claws and horns were black. It then opened its mouth and spoke in a deep voice:
"Are you the one that summoned me?"
Shin was sweating and he gulped.
"Y-Yes, I am..."
The dragon observed at Shin. Its eyes glowed brighter for a second and then the dragon closed its eyes.
"Well then, give me a name master, and I will serve by your side."
Shin held his chin as he thought of a name. The dragon crossed its arms, waiting.
"Your name will be...Ronin"
"Ronin...I like that. From now on, the legendary black dragon, Ronin, will serve by your side eternally."
Ronin then snapped its fingers as it turned into a black mist. The mist traveled towards Shin and it sank into Shin's right arm. The mist had become a black dragon tattoo that covered most of his arm.
`I am now connected to your spirit, you can summon me anytime, master` Ronin said in Shin's mind.
"Well then now that you've all gotten your familiars, there are some rules. One, if your familiars are too large, do not summon your familiars anywhere outside of the school. We don't want to cause any accidents." Damien said looking at Shin.
"Two!" Damien continued, "Your familiars are not to be summoned on school grounds unless instructed. And Three, don't use your familiars for your selfish desires, you will be taken in by the Fortix police force and be given a magic-suppressing collar. Now let's go back up."
The class walks towards the stairs and exit's the cave. Damien looked at the ruin's a noticed a piece of a pillar had broken off.
"When did this happen...?"
Damien turns around, as he thought about the last three players that got their familiars.
`Those three, they are the only ones to receive a highly-intellectual familiar. But Shin...he was only a level 2 a while ago and he has a legendary dragon as a familiar? Could it be because of his class that he got such a high tier familiar?`
The Class and Damien had arrived on the first floor of the academy. The class and Damien enters the classroom.
"Now that you received your familiar's, tomorrow you'll be learning about the treasures and class abilities." Damien looks at the time. It was 13:50.
"Hmm, for today, you are all dismissed."
Chapter 5-First raid