The day passed and successfully Archer had two other members. He was one member short than the minimum which was good. By his thoughts having more than five would be problematic. He and Thomas would be the two frontliners. Verns was the ranger. The group would need a caster if Archer followed the party composition basics but he wanted someone as him that could fulfill any role.
The three of them were taking the self study class to learn more about each other.
Archer explained exactly how his Gears worked and his body limit. He as well explained the incident with Verns.
Thomas when transformed would have a increase on his body. Which was totally on Archer's logic. He could not control well his strength while on hybrid state and total transformation was too exhausting to him.
Verns was a total jackpot. She was total mental which means that she posses almost all of the mental mutations. Between them was the most crucial for her role. Telepathy and Telekinesis. The first was to their communication never turn off. The second which she didn't use it on daily basis would enhance her power in combat.
Archer was the leader and as so he went to rent a training ground for the next day. They would meet and practice combat of every kind. He as well asked them if they had anyone that could spar with them later on the same day but immediately no one came into mind.
Another passed and Archer was there with his familiars waiting his companions. When another group arrived on the same training ground. He felt a little worried when they got close. They were leaded by a tall girl with white hair and silver eyes. She was slim yet he felt something about her.
[TBD: Keep your eyes on her and be ready.]
[Archer: Ready for w...]
The boy fastly ducked and a flying high kicked crossed his after image. She fastly returned into her feet like she had danced with him. He fastly noticed the similiarity. She had the same aura as Aureos and this only had one conclusion. She had a draconic mutation.
"You are good.", she smiled at him. "How did you defeat my cousin?"
"I didn't defeat anyone, miss?", he said in return and getting up straight.
"Are you sure?", she was like a wild cat doing what pleases her. "Aren't you Archer?", she showed her watch with his stats there.
"Yes. What about it?", he asked and she looked at her group a little worried.
"Did you know about the phoenix heart?", he nodded a yes to her. "So. It was meant to be transformed into a weapon for uncle's family and Aureos would use. But thanks to you, my cousin was permanently crippled on his left leg which leaded them to make a transplant with the heart."
"Sorry to hear that.", Archer said and thought about the benefit the dragon boy would achieve.
"Whatever. Mother left the Karma Family either way.", she looked again at her group. "Are you interested in joining my team?", she pointed at them.
"Are you okay?"
"What?"
"There are five people waiting for you. So you reached the limit number possible."
"Oh that. I can remove anyone of them so you can enter. How about it?", she was with shiny eyes.
"No, thanks. I'm building team myself.", he replied.
"So how about I join you then?", she was a grace for the eyes and a kid on her actions but a strategist on all the way.
He noticed that her eyes were accompaning all the movements of her team and their decisions as well their conversations. Archer knew that was looking for only one of them to show disgratitude to apply order with pure strength.
"I'm good.", he said to her. "I don't need a...", he thought a little and maybe she was what he was looking for the last member.
"You didn't finish the setence.", she complained.
"Lets get in and see what you can do.", Archer said and entered the training ground.
"A battle?", she asked but he didn't replied. "Okay.", as she entered on the little passage to the arena her eyes were bright on the darkness like a predator looking for its prey.
"Boss?", one of her group asked and she turned around. "What are...", he stopped on the moment he saw the eyes.
"Disband. I don't need any of you anymore. Bunch of incomplete mages and mutations.", she without intonation and cold said to them after this returning to walk as nothing had happened.
"First time of them knowing your true colors?", he asked already ready on the stage.
"What are you saying?", she returned to her character.
"What this means, boss?", another one entered the training ground.
"I hate dumb people the most.", she said and her body started to pendulum till her vanishes.
"Are you crazy?", Archer was fast enough and followed her to stop her right hand finger nails to penetrate the boy's neck.
"What?", she asked like her dumb self and spinned into a kick after her former teammate.
"I hate this already.", Archer went and blocked again.
"This is no fun.", she started to shower with attacks against the other two.
"I got this.", Verns said appearing on their back and punching the air which pushed the girl. "Are you alright?"
"For now at least. Keep him okay. I'll deal with her.", Archer was in regret to let her try enter his team. She was a bomb ready for explode.
"That's unfair.", the girl opened her wings staying in mid air. "I just want to enter you team."
"Don't even think about this, Archer.", Verns said to him. "She is only looking after groups already formed. Entering them and making them disband not too long after."
"What's her goal?", he asked and jumped on the stage again.
"FUN.", the girl said getting down slowly on the battlefield.
"Cut the performance.", he said. "What do you want?"
"The power to destroy the Karma Family.", she said with a evil smiled and intense glare.
"So you can imitate others powers.", he deduced.
"You are smart but I don't like this.", she returned.
"Sorry about that...", he looked at his watch. "Sophia Skyheart."
"It was my birth right to beat down Aureos and show that family what they lost. You took that from me. So I need another goal and for that I need the power that took Aureos down.", she said while walking one way to another in loop.
"Lets look here. You are this strong and yet need more?"
[Sophia Skyheart]
[Race: Dragonkin (Wyrmling)]
[1st Year Student]
[Strength: 55]
[Agility: 37]
[Stamina: 51]
[Power: 272]
[Magic: 1632]
[Prana 72]
[Defense 51]
[Mutantion points: 3258]
"How do you have so much mutation points and... Oh another problematic."
"You are truly funny but I won't delay this anymore.", Sophia said.
"So I won't either.", the time was slowing as he was getting faster. The lightnings leaving his body were the only things that were faster. His attack was flawless and made the girl being pushed against the arena with full strength. He felt the inercia inversion. "Contact is the condition to copy stole it."
[Your active mutation points were all absorbed to another being.]
"You are too smart.", she started to get up and from the mist her white to silver scales were shown. "So smart that I need you to shut this mouth up forever.", the time started to slow to her and lightning started to appear. Different from Archer she was very good at handling more mutations at the same time but then blood exploded from her veins and her conscious fastly went away.
"Power is good only when you know how to handle."
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[Survive (Instantaneous)]
[Difficult: ??]
[Defeat the Dragon 0/1]
[Reward: 1000 experience and a random skill book.]
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"What is happening?", he asked himself.
"Archer. Cover you ears.", Verns said and built a defensive shield around she and the other boy.
[TIB: So she has one too.]
[Fairy Queen: Use the Ward fastly.]
He fastly casted even tho he didn't know what was happening. But then the ward was reinforced as it was trying to stop something from attacking him. As he saw where the attack was coming. Sophia was on the ground yelling and healing herself. She had a phoenix heart and most of it she had a skill already.
[Archer: What is this?]
[TIB: This is the use of two unique skills from the phoenix. Phoenix Cry is the sound wave. Rebirth is a more of a legendary as only few can use and it is an auto full heal overtime.]
[Archer: So she combined the two to avoid trouble while healing.]
[TPQ: There must be a misunderstanding here. Phoenix Cry is a offensive skill and can damage the user. So she is giving up a full heal to avoid healing in battle.]
[TBD: Sadly, there is one more skill on that combo. The Undeath Roar.]