Alfred's POV
Let's see, where can I use my new skill on? I guess I could use it on the Phylactery or the dead body over there? I need to save one just in case since I can only use twice now for this day...
I guess I should use the skill on the corpse. since the only thing worth extracting on the Phylactery is the penalty of it not being able to use some types of magic. Even if I extracted that, I don't even have any magic to use, so it's kind of useless.
Anyways, I guess I should gather Ian and Hans to discuss what information we have gathered. It seems Hans is leaning on that damned bubble film in hopes of bringing it down under his weight, granted, he is pretty heavy. While Ian, he's sitting and seems to be looking at that portal- like thing that those monsters appeared from. We were all near the door.
I called out to them, "Hey guys, shall we discuss what info we got now?"
Hans nodded and Ian spoke with a bit of panic in his voice, "So what shall we start with first, the good news or the bad news?"
"I'll go first then, since I think this will relieve some of our worries." Hans spoke and I gestured my hand for him to go on.
"Then, first, we're still alive and it seems like we have been registered as 'Players' by the system, we've gotten newbie rewards as the first batch, its in somewhere called inventory, apparently we can get a basic weapon voucher, 2 E-rank, and 1 D-rank skill book." said Hans with hurried voice
Hmm this is weird, I don't have such a thing called an inventory? neither this newbie rewards for the first batch? wait, first batch? what does this mean?
"Hans, what does this first batch means?" I asked
He replied, "Exactly as it sounds, we are the first batch to be registered as 'Players' by the system, it seems that to increase the probability of the survival of the human race, which by the words of the system, is weak and feeble, the human race is registered by batches as 'Players.' Those on the waiting list who seems to be mostly those who are old, PWDs, Pregnant women, children and their mothers are safe right now in a different realm."
So that's the case, then my family, there's a high chance they are there. The only possible members who was registered in this first batch are my father, who's as healthy as he can get, or my older brother who takes after my father. My two other siblings are much younger than me and my older sister who's between me and my older brother got her arm injured in archery practice, it's nothing that serious but it should still count as an injury that's enough to be sent to that other realm, I hope. My mother hopefully got sent there too along with my siblings, hopefully...
"It seems there is a big chance our family is safe." Hans said almost tearing up
"Yeh, then I'll go next." I said with a bitter smile
"I'll talk about my skill first, I have gotten a skill where one of its function is that I can extract loot from monsters, I can use it three times a day but it seems l already used one usage earlier, I decided to use another one on that corpse over there, hopefully we'll get something useful."
"Second, I am not sure if you have encountered this, so I'd like to clarify some things out, have you been restricted for information you asked?"
They nodded, it seems like they have.
"The system said our authority is not enough or something like that." Ian said
"Yeh, it said something like that to me too." Hans followed up while nodding his head
"I thought I was the only one." I mumbled, "Anyways, I have a series questions to ask, its fine if you only explain the gist of it, since it's something related to your survival." I said aloud
"Do you guys have any skills? Inherent or not? What is your classes and class skills?" I asked, "I know its personal since whats written on your status board can be considered your lifeline and trumpcards, but I need to get information about what you guys can do in order for us to be safe, so please trust me for now." I said pleadingly
"Don't worry about it, I understand." Hans said and Ian nodded
"Thanks guys, then as token of sincerity, I'll go first." I said
"First, my class is under the Class: Magic user, its skills allows me to transform into creatures I've killed, besides that, I have no attack skills nor defense skills, besides an inherent skill of mine which I told you before but my beginning stats are high for some reason, so even if I am a Magic user, I could probably still kill something." I said to them deprecatingly with a little chuckle
I probably knew the reason, and that's the extraction of the waste in my body, maybe that made me undergo a process of body reformation like what you see in manhuas and novels?
"Hmm, I see, so we're following that format huh?" Ian said, he got what the hidden meaning of me going first means.
"Then, I'll go next." Hans said
"My class is under Fighter, like you, I have no skills besides my inherent and class skills. One of my class skills allows me to gain mastery over skills I see with my eyes coupled with my inherent skill that allows me to gather information from the system, like a web browser, I can gain mastery over a skill just by watching, but it has its limits. It seems like I can create a server too that can let us communicate with each other like SMS. I think once it levels up, it can even do auctions and stuff." He said
Looks like he left out the part of killing something for now, that's understandable, since not anybody could kick a living thing until its bones break...
"Looks like I'm next." Ian said, "My class is under cleric, and it looks like none of us have any beginning skills besides our inherent and class skills. Then one of my skills is something similar to parallel thinking, it allows me to intake and digest information faster. I don't know if you guys have this, but I have a title of chessmaster, it allows me to have access to something called the book of strategies, I don't know what it does yet though. It seems like my inherent skill allows me to have something like the Reality marble from the faith series, you can probably rest there too once I fulfill a requirement." Ian said
Title of chessmaster huh, Ian did once win an international chess competition when we were in elementary and that Reality marble, seems like a safe place to rest and Hans inherent skill is useful too, information gathering and communication to boot too. But what is that requirement?
I asked, "What is the requirement for your skill to work, Ian?
Ian said in a bit of a worried tone, "It's related to how we can get out of here too..."