"Can you tell me what happened after I knocked out, I know the ape went crazy and fought those bastards but what exactly took place. Could you also tell me how I'm in one piece again?"
Alvin looked at the boy for a minute before saying, "I will explain everything you want to know… but I want to examine your body first." Alvin began moving towards him, almost desperately so.
Both Ash and Grim stopped and looked oddly at the boy, Alvin's forehead seemed to shine with anticipation. Veins throbbed on the boy's noggin while his breathing turned a bit ragged.
"Listen man, I don't like guys... maybe you can find someone outside of the portal with the same interests."
Grim just observed Alvin with a curious look that seemed to say there was something seriously wrong here.
To be fair Alvin looked like a rapist right now and any man with enough sense would protect his ass.
"No, No, No, you damned buffoon!!!! I want data on how you have changed. You were literal dead meat after that ape over there sent you packing. Yet here you stand perfectly fine and healed. Your eye color and hair have changed and so has your raven. Tell me how the hell, that's possible, I want you to tell me if you gained any new traits or skills."
This was a pretty taboo question because tamers guarded their stats with their life and only disclosed information when necessary. Ash learned the hard way that peeking at someone's stats wasn't just formality but something actively protected against.
'Gonna have to figure out how to hide my stats. Dad will know, maybe?'
Performing inspection on others could be blocked through techniques. Working in groups you only disclosed what was need even when there was full trust.
"You know what, I'm good, I don't need to know, come on Grim."
Alvin however immediately used a skill that made Ash immobile. Pissed, Ash said, "Are you trying to start something Short Shit because I'll end it if you do."
Alvin replied saying, "All I need is to perform some simple tests." He then proceeded to take out a bag of instruments from his bag of holding.
Eyes widening at the sharp instruments and needles, Ash's white iris' shrunk a bit.
"Alright, now I'm pissed." A red hue started to emit off of Ash while Grim broke free of what was holding him in place. Black shards surrounded his claws as he moved into a blur towards Alvin. Ash's body shook as a roar escaped his mouth.
A tearing noise occurred as Ash tore the invisible telekinetic binds that held him. Like Grim, his white irises gave off a pale white light.
His veins throbbed as though he had been injected with something as he flashed over to Alvin. He moved much faster than normal even though he had no movement technique.
Athena hovered next to Alvin as Grim caused several dark shards to fly over, hitting the shield that now surrounded Athena and her companion.
The shards didn't make it through, but they caused a kind of necrotic effect as the barrier became weaker. Ash flashed over and punched out so hard that the barrier ruptured.
Following the barrier's destruction was Alvin attacking with [Mind blow]. The skill hit Ash, but it didn't seem to have any effect as he continued to charge.
Throwing punches and chaining them with kicks, Ash wildly started to attack Alvin.
Alvin was calmly blocking but noticed the sharp physical increase in power. The punches, kicks, and headbutts got more powerful as time went on.
"Increased physical strength and speed, but decreased levels of intelligence. My attack should have caused severe pain if he was in the right mind but because he wasn't, it did nothing."
Ash was drooling while sweat and steam were radiating off his body. Grim on the other hand fought valiantly and was using his new skill with greater and greater efficiency. Time was a dangerous variable to give those with newfound power.
Going on the offensive, Alvin attacked and with [psionic blast], his hits gradually getting harder and harder to test ash's limits. After charging up his attacks more than half way his face grew stern. There was a lot of force between each blow he struck on Ash and the boy shook it off like nothing.
The bloodthirsty aura on Ash getting thicker by the minute before the boy dropped into unconsciousness.
By this time Grim was beginning to give off a red hue as his attacks grew more brutal. A loud caw was emitted from Grim that seemed to shake the air, the sound continued to head towards Alvin.
"The companion is undoubtedly stronger and seems to have unlocked new skills as well. Similar to his partner, his strength is increasing while rationale is decreasing."
The sonic blast that reached before Alvin was deflected by a psionic blast from Athena. Grim flew so fast that Alvin now had to use a tracking technique instead of his eyes on the bird and leave defense to Athena. Grim seemed to get angrier by the second while he grew more adept with battling and using his new found skills. Alvin seemingly analyzing while testing Grim through battle.