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Chapter 3 - Decisions, decisions, decisions.

[Error: Choice not made. Please decide]

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[Error: Choice not made. Please decide]

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[If a choice is not made then a class will be randomly selected.]

[Error: Class decision overridden]

[Class selected]

{no}

[Class selected]

{No}

[Class Selected]

{NO}

[CLASS SELECTED]

{How about a compromise?}

[...]

{You pick a class randomly, and I pick a class. He gets them both}

[Agreed]

{Class Selected}

[Class Selected]

[Error: To much power]

{Increase the amount of Xp required to level up}

[Error: To much power]

{Set evolution spacing: 150}

[Error: To much power]

{... Fine. Set evolution spacing: 200}

[Settings confirmed. Two classes, 1/10th Xp, Evolution spacing doubled]

[Configuring]

[Configuring]

[Configuring]

[Config-]

{Set Race quantity: 2}

[ured]

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[WHAT]

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I woke up incredibly groggy, the forest floor not helping my already bad back. Thankfully the bullet wounds were already gone. Wait. Bullet wounds?!

Then it all came back, the hellhole, the escape, the injury, the class selection. Wait, the class selection. I immediately turned on the system.

[...stats]

[Name: George Belos]

[8/8 Mp]

[600/600 Sp]

[ 80/80 Hp]

[Primary race: Human Varient]

[Secondary race: Skeleton]

[Primary Class: Glyph Drawer]

[Secondary Class: Litch]

[level 1: 0/100]

[Strength: 9]

[Dexterity: 17]

[Constitution: 17]

[Intelligence: 15]

[Wisdom: 22]

[Charisma: 14]

'uh.. Phil? Am I supposed to have two classes.'

'I must have miss heard you. Did you say two classes?' Phil asked, shock somehow audible in the mental voice

'Yeah, and two races' I responded, 'Why? Is it a big deal?'

'A big deal? Of course it's a big deal! Having two races is rare, but not unheard of. But two classes? Thats never been done before.'

'So what does it mean'

'I can tell you what I know. Firstly, what races do you have.' Phil said with the voice of an old man telling his grand children stories.

'It says "Primary race: Human Varient" and "Secondary Race: Skeleton".' I faithfully repeated.

'Okay then. As your Primary race is a Human Varient you'll have the appearance of one. However you'll have the resistances and immunities of both a skeleton without the weaknesses, you'll also gain the stat changes and mental effects. Then you have Evolutions. When you evolve one class you can evolve the other. Anyway, what are your classes?'

'Glyph drawer and Litch, I'm a bit annoyed I got Glyph drawer instead of Horde soldier.'

'Why are you annoyed? You've got one of the strongest classes, along with the second strongest person to ever use it as a teacher.'

'?'

'Me you dumbass.'

'Sure'

And with that eloquent comment I started to walk away, looking for any weak creature to kill. Within a few minutes I had found a mutated ant and promptly squashed it to death, anticlimactic, I know.

[+2 Xp]

As the system dinged I recalled the draw I had.

System, draw skill and talent

[Drawing skill/talent]

[First choice]

[Skill]

[Rainbow ooze: Change the colour of your ooze, 1 mana per square foot]

[Cook: Your meals restore slight amounts of stamina and health, 1 health, 1 stamina]

[Stamina increase: You last longer than the average male, 2 mana per hour]

[Cliff push: Push someone off a cliff, 2 mana]

[rock throw: throw a rock you make, 1 mana or 1 stamina per rock]

Rainbow ooze, I thought.

[Rainbow ooze has been chosen]

[Skill has been changed to fit your race]

[Skill: Rainbow form Aquired]

[Rainbow form: Change the colour of any pary of your body, 1 mana per square foot]

[Talent draw]

[Stamina increase: Your max stamina is increased by 5%]

[Pleasurer: You cause increased pleasure]

[Culinary expert: Food you cook tastes better]

[Backlash: You dont take damage from using standard magic]

[Mana familiarity; rudimentary: All mana based skills are set to Understood for proficiency]

'Take Backlash' Phil said.

'Why?'

'Cast a magic arrow and you'll see'

Shaking my head I pointed at a nearby tree and circulated the magic in a familiar way. As the magic arrow flew into the tree I noticed a few things, the standard green colour was now pitch black, the tree fell over, and I was in searing pain. Glancing at my status I saw why.

[User has used basic magic]

[Error]

[-50 Hp, 30/80 Hp]

"System, take Backlash please." I said, pain clowding my mind.

[Understood]

[Brace for the pain]

"What pa- AAAAAAGGGGHHHH" I screames out, every cell seemed to burn and freeze at the same time, I could feel my heart stop and my skeleton start pulsating with dark energy. Screaming the entire time I naturally attracted attention from some hunters nearby.

Seeing the figure on the forest floor the group ran straight to him, only to stop at the conflicting energy being radiated, it was a mixture of undead and living, yet the person infront of them couldn't be trying to become a litch, right? Discussing among themselves they decided to sit down on the nearby tree that had conveniently fallen. As they waited the undead energy started to overpower the living energy till non was detectable. Some started to stand up, placing their hands on their weapons or in the air, only as the undead energy started to weaken.

Confusion rocked everyones face as the energies reached an equilibrium then slowly weakened till it was the same as a childs. As ths aura slowly weakened so did my pain, and I noticed the group sittong on the tree I felled.

They wore high quality armour, what appeared to be naga skin for the ones with weapons, and Iron root (I think) for the magic casters. It wasn't a large group, no more than 8, but they had the aura of experienced fighters. Sending an analysis towards them I was met with this.

[Darren Koyd]

[Class: Advanced witch]

[level: 17]

[Level to low to see more]

...

[Clair syntras]

[Class: Strategist]

[level:28]

[Level to low to see more]

...

[James samson]

[Class: Ranger]

[level:25]

[Level to low to see more]

...

[Jeff clean]

[Class: Horde soldier]

[level:20]

[Level to low to see more]

...

[Sara ramirez]

[Class: Barbarian]

[level:25]

[Level to low to see more]

...

[Toby flint]

[Class: Cleric]

[level:22]

[Level to low to see more]

...

[Charles jefferson]

[Class: Meat shield]

[level:15]

[Level to low to see more]

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[Madison stone]

[Class: Cleric]

[level:21]

[Level to low to see more]

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"What are you doing here, kid?" Toby Flint asked, concern visible on his face.

"Hiding." I said, slowly sitting up and turning to face them, they looked slightly older than me, 24 at the oldest.

"Wait, how old are you?" Sara asked.

"18, why?" I asked, I was average height, right?

"Well then why are you so weak?" She asked, she was clearly on guard and for a good reason, tales of groups being ambushed by a group of bandits using weaklings as bait were so common they even got into my hellhole of a home.

"I just used a class change token." I explained to looks of astonishment and shock, again, an understandable reaction, only people with a form of system can use it.

"I see, so you are Full-Sighted." Madison said, walking towards her brother.

"And I can use magic," Another round of shock went out, but I wasnt done, "I'm also an oracle." This was met with a burst of laughter.

"No ones all three." Some of them got out.

"I can prove it."

"How?" Sara asked.

"Tell a number to your group, I'll tell it to you before you tell it to me." I said, slight amounts of gratitude on my face.

Agreeing Sara cast a spell and soon they all nodded.

"3. 2." Before she said one I started.

"2. Comma. 1. 5. 7. Point. 8. 4. 2." As I finished a look of shock passed around all of their faces.

"So can I join your group?" I asked a grin on my face

"I dont see why not. You guys." Saying this Sara looked around and was met with varying degrees of approval, after all, people with Full-Sight can see what others have to do to get past bottle necks.

"Thanks, I wont let you down." I said, grinning like a kid on Christmas day