When Aria arrived at the Super Power Association with her invisible Gatsby floating by her side.
She walked into the grand building with lots of people going in and out.
She saw many people who were also dressed in a similar outfit as hers but varying different styles of battle gear.
There she witnessed some unnatural features that must have affected them because of their superpowers or— were they part monster?
Aria thought that unsurprisingly this world too would have some weird people with their aesthetic to find mating with a different species appealing.
She came to an opened counter as if she had done this multiple times and said this to the women behind the desk.
"Good morning Aria! Nice seeing you again, it seems like you students are working hard too in the summer. Is it the same as usual?"
Armelia smiled behind the counter as her hands seemed to type on the air when she looked through a blue plasma screen.
"Hi Armelia, yeah— I would like to register to go outside the city walls."
"Hmm, okay let me see your card."
After Aria willed her A.I bracelet to make a plasma screen of her Super Card that was stored inside of her personal bracelet to a designated spot for it to scan and put it into the system.
[ Super Card: Aria Quan ]
Name: Aria Quan
Gender: Female
Hero Rank: E-tier
Department: Auxiliary
Class: Singer
Age: 18
Super Power: Singing
Talent: Linkage Enhancements ]
The process was done in a second and she waved Armelia goodbye as she left the Association building to the nearby market where people were setting up stalls and scouting for teammates too.
But then a voice called out her name and when she looked back seeing if she heard correctly.
She spotted two girls who were oddly familiar.
Oh right, they were her high school classmates that she made acquaintances with during the beginning of the school year but never talked to again afterwards.
They walked up to her and Aria saw through her attribute radar, they only had the beauty attribute of tallness available.
That just meant that their battle talent was too poor for it to manifest an attribute most likely meaning that their superpower was ranked lower than hers and considering that she was still a lot slower than her peers because of her hidden talent that made it a lot harder to level up.
They were… a whole another level of the majority.
However, their natural attribute to being a tall beauty allowed Aria to even see an attribute through them.
Ah how envious, Aria guessed it was better than nothing but before she started her devious plan on stealing it because she also wanted to grow out of being 5'4.
One of the sore spots that she had already acknowledged to be a set in the stone.
She asked Gatsby if she stole this attribute would she grow taller and taller to an unimaginable height or was there an extent to it.
"Aria when you steal their essence and make it your own you can think of how much of a tallness attribute you want to apply it to yourself nya~"
'Oh thank you little kitten, you're so helpful… Ah— my dreams are finally coming true 5'10 is actually within reach. Nobody will belittle me for my height! I shall tower above all others!'
She smiled and looked at them like fresh attributes that were ready to be stolen as one of them sneezed and laughed in embarrassment.
"Aria, is that you? Nice seeing you here, I was wondering if you're also here to find some teammates." Averill said to her as she wanted to come in with a hug.
Ha, played right into her trap fool.
Averill probably wanted to come and leech off her super power to join their team after seeing her from a distance.
After all she was reputable in her high school for unlocking a hidden talent late in her years and achieving success from Class D to Class S where the geniuses attend class.
It was really a one night shoot in the air from the bottom to the top. Of course people were envious of her hidden talent.
So Averill using the card of going in a hug even though they don't know each other that well.
Was a bit ridiculous.
Aria looked at Averill and smirked knowing that she was her first guinea pig to success.
"Ah, nice to see you too… Yes, I am looking for some teammates."
Aria, who awkwardly just showed her hand out for a handshake to deny her hug as if she didn't notice it.
Averill just grimly smiled and took her offer as to not offend her which was perfect enough for Aria as it only needed a couple of seconds to steal this attribute.
Immediately she let go of her hand when the pop up notification said that she succeeded.
[ Stolen Tallness Attribute +1 ]
Perfect, she was going to gradually grow in the next couple of days until she hit her ideal height.
That was enough to offset the uncomfortable feeling she had to make contact with Averill which was out of her obligation. It was all for amassing attribute points.
"Really? Well, if you're looking for some teammates you can join me and Veline's group. We already amassed a standard amount of people and—" before Averill could continue, Aria cut her off and said, "No, I'm good, actually I wanted to say that I already found a group to work with. Sorry, it was good seeing you guys," Aria fake smiled and left.
That was a total lie, she just didn't want to be with a low level group.
She was an auxiliary super user, not some charity work. She quickly left behind them and walked into the bustling market and saw all sorts of stuff.
"Come get this rare Wolf Fang, It comes from the pack leader and it's still intact!"
"Buy some Boar Meat, fresh out of today! We all have Rabbit and Pig Meat too!"
"I have some Azul Grasses and Tint-Light Weeds! Top quality you can guarantee your prices!"
She walked through and marveled her surroundings as people were selling monster meat, weapons and plants in makeshift stalls with even some just laying their products on a cloth.
They were loud and boisterous, making the place feel lively with endless chattering and bantering, she also started to feel the energy too.
As she walked further in she tried to look out for a team or any person that showed up on her attribute radar to become her victim—- she meant friend.
There was no luck until she found an imaginary glowing bright light that showed behind a group that looked like they didn't have a supporting person yet.
Which she took advantage of fully and walked straight up towards them.
There was no stopping her from her mission!
Exactly all of them had some type of attributes of the main six attributes.
Those being strength, constitution, dexterity, intelligence, wisdom, and charisma.
There were also other minor groups of attributes like the beauty attributes or luck based one that the point was, they had the main six ones that really mattered right now.
She pulled out her mission tab to confirm what she needed to do.
[ Mission tab: Newbie Guide to Stealing ]
Steal other people's attributes n times to get the basic requirement to enter the field as an G-tier villain.
—-Click to see tutorial on how to steal attributes
Reward: {{ Unlock Villain Lair }} {{ 10 sp }}
Right, she assumed that the six main attributes would help her overall become stronger as a prerequisite to being able to debut as a supervillain and not get cheaply caught on day one.
She was really lacking in the strength department.
She saw that the guy wearing red armor was a walking attribute of strength who was talking to a short boy that only came up to his shoulder.
He was a walking attribute of intelligence just the same as the shy looking boy with a big staff.
They stood together as a trio, clearly knowing each other as before just like the pair next to them.
She noticed that the ranger and a dark cloaked being both had an attribute of wisdom.
But while the black cloak looked like it was going to be a hard time to get their wisdom attribute, the ranger probably was an easier target to focus on first.
She tried walking up to the group confidently but as she got closer and closer with every step getting heavier, and they noticed her presence, she hurried in her courage and said, "Hello, my name is Aria and I'm an auxiliary super user. I was wondering if you have an opening for your team if you're going out the city walls?" Aria smiled politely.
The guy wearing red armor looked towards the boy in mage clothing and said right back after they exchanged the look.
What the hell is this?
PDA was shoved in her face?
She thought that the leader was the guy wearing red armor but they were consulting with one another through a glance.
That was one way to respond.
"Ah- yes welcome to the team. We were just about to depart since we weren't able to find one but oh— we haven't introduced ourselves have we?" The guy in red armor looked towards his teammates and shouted, "Hey guys, let's introduce ourselves with the new member and after that let's start moving and plan our strategy then."
Oh, so he was the leader.
"I'm Braven Mcvalen and I'm a spearman. He's Liu Bei and an Ice Mage," Braven pointed towards Liu Bei, the icy cold expression that fluttered across his face as he stared at Aria giving a tiny nod of acknowledgement.
Was that tsundere?
Cute.
"Hi… uh—- my name is Min Xiu and my class is Water Summoner, nice to meet you guys!" Min Xiu, who tucked his hair behind his ears, smiled welcomingly.
He had long hair that went to his shoulders and was wearing a traditional eastern garment that flowed to his shoes.
She saw some matching pair of blue ballet flats that peaked out.
This world was really diversive in dressing styles because the leader was wearing a red sheer of glinted armor, the mages were wearing some type of formal yet traditional eastern robes.
The ranger was wearing a camouflage outfit with a green cloak that covered her bow and arrow.
Both of her walking wisdom attributes were wearing cloaks but a particular one was just hiding behind a black cloak with a dark overcast of their face.
She could barely see any eyes or a distinctive facial feature of a person.
But she was no better wearing a flimsy dress that although had some protective enchantments done by the store she got it from.
It was not as cool as the armor or the vibe the mages and ranger gave off.
At least it was better to know that at least in millennium years in her old world.
This world was not going to have a similar type of society standards as heavily as dominated in the field where their creative energy can also form through their outfits.
Maybe because this world was more strength dominated than a peaceful world.
But hey, it was so diversive, she loved it!
Maybe if she just wore hoodies and sweatpants, nobody would question it?
"Hi, I'm Bella Brooke but you can call me Brooke. I'm a ranger and my friend over here is Druin but he doesn't talk much. He's a planter."
Brooke smiled as she tried to hook her arms around Druin but he swayed aside dodging her arm.
Oh no, that feels a bit suspicious.
Perhaps, it's because they are wearing cloaks, especially that Druin guy.
A black cloak? Suspicious.
Ah— wait, it's her turn to introduce herself.
"Hi, my name is Aria and I'm a singer."
Aria, who predicted their reaction, saw that they had a shocked face.
Well, she couldn't see Druin's expression but she knew that auxiliary type singers were rare and she started to feel a bit conceited through the attention that was given to her.
This feeling felt nice and it was hilarious seeing their faces.
"Haha, yeah I'm a singer," Aria touched the back of her head in embarrassment.
The ranger popped up in shock, "Wait are you Aria Quan? That girl from Flair's High School that shot from the bottom to Class S, unlocked her hidden talent late and beat that vicious b*tch in the youth's auxiliary department scoring a new record? You are the ARIA?"
Brooke looked like she was swooning, almost wanting to tug on Druin's cloak but with him dodging her still.
She was hopping around excitedly.
"No— Please can I have a handshake with you? Maybe I can rub some luck off of you, you're practically a god! Literally did me a favor beating that b*tchy as b*tch from her throne!"
Brooke started walking towards her with her hand reaching towards her like she actually wanted to do a handshake.
Aria just felt dumbfounded.
How? What? Who?
Where was she?
'Help Gatsby! I mean if she offered me to give her own attributes on her own free will… I mean— I'm totally fine with that but that's not the point! Those were the original owner's credit! It's giving me chills behind my back. It's so embarrassing to receive such enthusiasm from a fan for something I didn't even do.'
[ Nya~ Aria just face it, you are the original owner. Think for the greater bad! (๑>ᴗ<๑) ]
'…'
Okay, Aria smiled, "Haha, no it wasn't much," Brooke shook her hand firmly almost on the verge of breaking her hand off.
She just smiled while Brooke continued to blabber how much she hated Liu Xiu, the girl the original owner beat ruthlessly in the annual auxiliary youth tournament.
Just smile through the pain.
It'll go away in a few seconds and she'll just list her on her bad list.
Wait— she could use this opportunity, she almost laughed out when Brooke said something that enlightened her to use this opportunity to the fullest.
[ Stolen Wisdom Attribute 2+ ]
"I just shook hands with Aria Quan. I'm never going to wash my hands." Brooke muttered away as soon as the excitement waned off.
Aria came up with a genius idea.
Again.
"Thank you, you're really buttering me up," Aria touched the back of her head in embarrassment with a hidden devious smirk that was hidden behind her mask.
"Do you guys want to shake my hands? I'm feeling generous. This is a time-limited offer after all, I'm worth my salt. Look, maybe you can have some of my luck," Aria said in a jokey manner that her new teammates clearly saw through.
They laughed clearly in a lively mood, Min Xiu walked up to her and Aria shook hands with a joking proud face that looked a bit weird from her exaggerated expressions.
"Hi, you're a Water Summoner right? That's a pretty rare class, what kind do you summon?"
"Yeah, I summon some natives from the Atlantic World and contract those who are willing to be with me. I recently contracted an elfin dolphin, I'll show you later. He's cute and playful."
Min Xiu smiled thinking about his contracted partners.
Aria could tell that he really loved them.
After she managed to shake hands with all the party except Druin because he was adamant in his refusal.
Aria thought excitedly that she had a challenge to complete over her camping trip.
Druin walking to the Weyvn Forest with his newest party, felt a cold chill pass through his body.
She looked at all of her successful stolen pop up notifications in satisfaction as she felt the immediate boost of something different that came along with her stolen attributes.
She looked at the Weyvn Forest in anticipation for the future to amass lots of attributes and bid time to get Druin's attributes too.
[ Stolen Tallness Attribute 1+ ]
[ Stolen Wisdom Attribute 2+ ]
[ Stolen Intelligence Attribute 2+ ]
[ Stolen Strength Attribute 3+ ]
[ Stolen Intelligence Attribute 3+ ]