Thaleus woke up feeling refreshed, however when he checked his system he noticed something odd. "Hey Dom, what's going on how come I no longer have daily or weekly quests?"
"Well since you have hit level 10, you no longer need a handicap to grow stronger. Now you have to rely on finding out how to grow. Think of it as the ending of a tutorial so to say" Dom replied.
"Damn, that's the only thing that helped me grow fast. Well I guess youre right though. It did kind of feel like i was cheating. Luckily theres plenty of opportunities to duel others and later on to fight beasts" Thaleus remarked.
After all the abuse he took over the years Thaleus refused to look negatively on the situation despite being a little disgruntled over it.
He had gotten use to waking up early so he decided to go to the classroom before heading to the mess hall. There was a list of all the abilities available for each student based on their grades, and performance during combat. This allowed the students to either take an ability now or wait for their performance to go up so they had more options to choose from. He noticed his own name 3rd on the list only doing to him not having the best grades. Kip surprisingly was sitting in second. "Looks like he's actually pretty smart" Thaleus smirked. "Good for him, I hope he can find the ability he told me about." He looked up at the hallway clock 6:22 am. "Welp I better make my way back to the dorms, the others should be up and ready to eat."
Thaleus made it back to the dorm as the other two walked out. "Morning, bud!" Derek practically shouted. "Ugh, can you pipe down a bit, you're too cheery in the morning." Kip looked his way irritated.
"Awwwww, did somebody wake up on the wrong side of the bed" he jabbed back.
"Alright, alright enough you two, lets go eat I'm starving." Thaleus went between both of them Kip glaring daggers while his counter part stuck his tongue out and scrunched up his face.
"Man it's like im babysitting." Thaleus thought as he directed them towards the mess hall.
They met up with Alice at the mess hall and ate with her. Thaleus scanned the hall looking for his "new friend". Not seeing him he finished his meal. They didn't talk much as they knew Alice and Kip tended to be a tad more grumpy in the mornings. After they finished eating they walked in a group to get to class. Those who didn't check the list before class like Thaleus did would be told what abilities were available to them (if they didn't have an ability yet.)
The group sat in their seats and waited for the teacher. Theh waited only a few moments before the door opened again and Shaw walked in. Normally he was a pretty happy guy however when he walked into the room today everyone felt and overbearing pressure hang onto the room. Beads of sweat formed on some of the weaker students in the room.
Realizing that he had let out his aura Shaw quickly reigned it in, letting the students breathe easy again. "Man, and i thought he was scary when he got mad at Johnny" Derek whispered.
"I apologize for the disturbance students, I just received some news that gave me some annoyance" Shaw apologized. "Anyways, moving forward today you will all be receiving or credit bracelets, and for those of you without one today is your first chance to pick one of the ones the military provides." Shaw looked directly at Thaleus and Kip when saying the last bit. "As for your allowances each student will receive 250 Credits per week. This amount will remain the same throughout your time here. However you will have chances to make more when beast hunting trips become available later in the year."
"hell yeah" one student chimed. "I can't wait" another added. The class disrupted in a bunch of willy nilly conversation as beast hunting was mentioned. Shaw let this go on for about a half a minute. "Alright everyone now that we have the announcements out of the way Thaleus, Kip would you please come to the front."
Kip and Thaleus exchanged glances getting out of their seats and coming to the front of the class. "Alright boys, since you two are the only ones without abilities..." a couple snickers cut off Shaw. He glared at the other students and the laughing stopped. "As I was saying since you two are the only ones in THIS class without abilities you may choose to pick one today or wait for the next choosing time."
"Thank you, but i took a look at what was available and I will be opting out of choosing and ability for now thank you." Thaleus's answer appalled the class. Even Thaleus was a little surprised at himself. However the abilities available just weren't what he was looking for. Kip on the other hand wanted to look through the list and see what he could choose from. "Hey Sgt. can you show me the list of the available choosings?" he asked quietly. Shaw handed him a piece of paper as he'd been expecting this.
Military Availability List:
1.Fire control
2. Water control
3. Earth control including counterparts for metal or plants
4.Wind Control
5. Multi debuff (on enemies of course)
6.Body phasing/Invisibility
7.Beast Control
8.Telepathy
9.Multi Buff
10.Bone Modifications (can be used to enhance the strength of your bones or turn them into weapons)
11. Super Speed
13.Acid Creation
After viewing the list for a couple of minutes. Kip pointed at one of the abilities on the list and Shaw nodded. He then turned around and opened up one of the draws on his desk. He then brought out a bottle which he handed to Kip. "You may sit down and take this with water after class."
"Thank you Sgt." he said happily before practically skipping back to his desk. "What did you choose." Derek leaned over and asked. Kip turned to see the expectant glances of both Thaleus and Alice behind him as well. "You guys are just gonna have to wait and find out" He grinned deviously.