The event had been going for about 3 hours with no breaks. As of now, 25 students have done their role and showed the skills Marvin assigned them, alot almost failed, but luckily they have luck on their side as they manage to beat the puppet.
Luna patiently watched as each of her classmates finally got their chance to show off. Even Hikari, Daryll, Xavier and Arlo finished their turn.
It was all a technique from the ancient.
Water mimicry. It was the technique that got assigned to Arlo, a type of skill that lets himself turn into water. Plants typically contains water. With Arlo able to let himself be water, he entered the puppetry and expanded himself inside of the puppet making it to shatter to pieces.
Marionette construct. A skill which allowed Daryll to make an earth doll— or perhaps dirt doll rather which posses the same ability as him, it was a puppetry vs puppetry in his turn. But instead of having wires above, Daryll controll it underground. The land is the string which he has fully control off, he finishes the wooden puppetry as his own dive under and shifted into an animal ripping the wooden puppet apart.
Shadow Marionette, it's a similar technique that Daryll used, but also not. This technique is used when each shadows touch or were fused together— it was Xavier who got this technique. It basically makes his opponent a marionette which he controll via shadow. The fight ended with the doll being bind with Xavier as he eventually attack it in that state.
As for Hikari, it was very simple for her to end the fight, but she drag it long for they at least need to finish it in five or ten minutes.
Flourish. A similar technique to the normal Flourish technique, but also very different. Unlike the common skill, The ancient Flourish technique can manipulate any type of plants from the surrounding. While the common technique only manipulates what the caster sees.
Ancient Flourish technique also fuse plants together, and of course, Flourish it. Expanding the branches or its roots to however the caster is satisfied. The fight ended when Hikari manipulated the branches of the puppetry attacking itself, generally speaking it fought itself until it eventually lose.
Ezryn glances towards Luna who was making a sour face, seemingly to be bothered by something. He noticed that, although her eyes was directly looking forward, it doesn't seem like she was looking at her front. All he could assume of was, perhaps Luna had a terrible thought crossed her mind.
However, taking Ezryn's assumption in mind, he wasn't entirely wrong when he thought that Luna was bothered by something, infact she is indeed. Numerous floating window appeared in front of her, it was the profile of Rei and the others.
It's not like she could just close all the tabs, after all, the information of each increased. With that said, she started skimming through the info added.
[ Austin Cornelius
Age: 21
Date of birth: June 12 x565
Race: Elf
Magic: ELECTRICITY MANIPULATION
{Applied Magic}
•Shadow lighting [Ancient]
•Lighthing Blossom
•Thunder Strike
•Lightning Claw
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{Learned Magic}
•Basic/Lower class
•Leap
-Unlock more-
•Middle Class
•Shadow vine
-Unlock more-
•Higher Class
•Mana shield
•Animated Shadow
-Unlock more-
Background: UNKNOWN
• Other information [LOCKED]
Likability: -10%
Affection rate: -3% ]
Since this event had happened, every one who already finished to show their assigned learned magic had shown most of their skills to the audiences, as well as their non-main skills.
However, Luna doesn't remember Austin using Shadow vine and Animated shadow, but it was added to his information. Perhaps it appeared along with the Ancient technique, like a bonus or some kind.
Luna scrunch her nose. Seeing the affection rate again, sent shudder to Luna. It almost slip her mind about those numbers, for they don't exactly appear above the love interest. But perhaps it's better that way, rather than her having an everyday crisis upon seeing those numbers increase.
[ Rei Drust
Age: 20
Date of birth: May 7 x566
Race: Human
Magic: CRYOKINESIS
{Applied Magic}
• Crystalline coating [Ancient]
• Ice coating
• Ice beam
• Spikes
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{Learned Magic}
•Basic/Lower class
•Leap
•Aera
-Unlock more-
•Middle Class
•Teleportation
-Unlock more-
•Higher Class
•Heal
•Thought projection
•Mana Shield
-Unlock more-
Background: UNKNOWN
• Other information [LOCKED] ]
[ Hikari Akise
Age: 20
Date of birth: October 24 x566
Race: Human
Magic: Plant magic
{Applied Magic}
•Flourish [Ancient]
•Vine
•Flytrap
•Flourish
•Decay
•Blossom
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{Learned Magic}
•Basic/Lower class
•Leap
•Aera
•Seed shot
•Bloom
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•Middle Class
•Rose thorn
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•Higher Class
•Plant manipulation
•Mana Shield
-Unlock more-
Background: UNKNOWN
• Other information [LOCKED] ]
[ Xavier Lester Valencia
Age: 20
Date of birth: March 15 x566
Race: Human
Magic: SHADOW MANIPULATION
{Applied Magic}
•Shadow Marionette [Ancient]
•Animated Shadow
•Shadow mutilation
•Shadow puppet
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{Learned Magic}
•Basic/Lower class
•Aera
-Unlock more-
•Middle Class
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•Higher Class
•Mana shield
•Hypnosis
-Unlock more-
Background: UNKNOWN
• Other information [LOCKED]
Likability: 20%
Affection rate: 6% ]
Hmmm?
Luna noticed a similar magic to what Xavier had used. Shadow puppet? Seems to be the same as Shadow Marionette— or not. Its a Good thing she could view a magic's description.
[ ⪻Shadow Puppet⪼
➤ The caster can mold an animal, person, or object using their shadow. It is similar to how summoning works, however, it wouldn't take any appearances only a dark silhouette of what the caster imagined it to be. ]
'I see, basically it's a summoning magic but also not.'
[ Daryll Féin
Age: 21
Date of birth: September 15 x565
Race: Elf
Magic: EARTH MANIPULATION
{Applied Magic}
•Marionnette Construct [Ancient]
•Drill
•Liquid Ground
•Tornado sand
•Diver
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{Learned Magic}
•Basic/Lower class
•Aera
-Unlock more-
•Middle Class
-UNLOCK-
•Higher Class
•Mana shield
•Shrink
-Unlock more-
Background: UNKNOWN
• Other information [LOCKED] ]
It wasn't for long when Luna noticed Ezryn immensely staring at her with odd look, but immediately turn when Luna whip her head towards him.
Luna' glance wander off to Dion who was sitting down in the bleacher where they were seated. She couldn't help but to feel uncomfortable just by his presence alone, plus the fact that he wasn't one of the main-main leads, but he has an affection and likability rate like the male leads do.
It doesn't make sense to her. And it didn't seem like it was a bug or an system error, either.
'Could there possibly be two systems? Once which is out of Agapius' control? Perhaps someone who is able to manipulate this world like he does?' Luna thought.
She soon shook her head, sighing as she discreetly laughed at her ridiculous idea. But, what if there really was an alternative system? If there really was, that'd be trouble.
Looks like the plan to finish the game smoothly would be alot more difficult that she imagined it to be.
Luna's train of thoughts got disturbed as Marvin announces the next student to present;
"Please proceed on the center field, Abel Vuitton."