Lex and Adam where in class trying to figure out how to use their newly awakened powers when Linda walked over to them.
"Hey guys" she said with a smile
"How's your headache today Lex ?" she asked
Adam immediately gave Lex the 'i want the whole
story' look before looking away.
"It got better after taking the pills thanks for asking" Lex tried to hide how nervous he was feeling .
"Well i was wondering if ..." Linda could not finish her sentence as Ms Laura entered the classroom, prompting her to go back to her seat.
"Did you do it ?" Linda's friend , Tina asked. She was the short girl with blue hair who had been the first to take the test during the awakening.
"No Tina i didn't get the chance, and i don't even know the guy that well." Linda said
"That's what the double date is for , to get to know them better" Tina pleaded
"Why are you insisting it be a double date anyway ? "
"Trust me Linda you need me there to help you " Tina advised
"You want to be there because you want to help yourself to Adam just admit it."
Meanwhile Lex said Adam where having an almost similar conversation of their own.
"Im telling you bro ,she was about to ask you out" Adam whispered.
"How do you know that ? she could have meant anything by that " Lex argued
"She is already stalking you at night...."
"I told you it was a coincidence that we met yesterday that's it."
"Settle down class so we can get started "Ms Laura called
"Uhh Mam i think we are missing some people"
Michael said
"I see that Mike i see that" Laura sighed.She decided from there that it was best to tell what was left of her class the truth.
"All your friends are most likely dead "she began "The systems we installed in you guys where experimental, I tried my best to alter them to fit you guys individually but it seems i failed"
A brown haired girl named Jennifer lifted her hand and began to speak once Laura nodded in her direction
"Mam correct me if I'm wrong but you where one of the scientists in charge of the project correct?"
Miss Laura could not hide her surprise. She expected the students to be sad , angry or even cry after realizing what happened to their friends but instead they where asking her questions with emotionless expressions.
"That is correct"She answered
"What was the mortality rate if i may ask?"
Ms Laura felt like she was being questioned by her student and wanted to put an end to it, but her curiosity got the better of her. She wanted to know where Jenny was going with this.
"90% of the test subjects died , 9 percent lost their mental faculties. Only one percent survived " she sighed helplessly.
"Ma'am we had 24 students in this class . One percent of 24 is 0,25 so statically no one should have survived.
But 6 of us survived. You turned a 1% chance into a 25 % chance ma'm and that's not failing."
Ms Laura was shocked. She could not believe that those words came from a 16 year old girl.
"Are you not sad for your friends?" she asked
This time it was Michael who answered "We know that you did your best to save them Ms Laura, and the fact that you told us the truth shows that you trust us so we trust you"
Adam them finished off "Besides you said it yourself, we are soldiers now and we better act like it , crying will not bring back our fallen. Instead we must punish those that created the situation which led to their deaths"
A tear rolled down Ms Laura's cheek. She thought that the survivors would blame her for what happened to their friends, but here they where convincing her that it was not her fault. She felt a weight lift off her shoulders and she vowed to make Linda , Lex , Adam , Tina , Jennifer and Michael the best students the school has ever seen.
She steeled her resolve as a gust of wind vaporized the tear still on her cheek.
"Let's start the lesson" she announced "I am first going to get you all familiarized with your system screen. But before that i want to tell you all something , yesterday i also took a system pill and like you i also survived " she revealed but recieved no reaction from the class.
"Let me describe my system to you so you can have a general understanding of the difference in power between ranks." Everyone took out a paper and pen to write down Ms Laura's system
{
Name : Laura Lane
Race : Human
Rank : 3
Total : 119/120
Element : Wind -> Lvl 4
Skills:
Air step rank 2
Hurricane rank 3
Wind blade rank 2
Typhoon rank 4
}
"This is what my system looks like right now, instead of me telling you stuff you can just ask me where you don't understand."
Lex and the others could now get an idea of the power difference between them and their teacher. They noticed how weak they are after seeing how Ms Laura's stats where so much higher than them
"Miss Laura, what are skills" Tina asked.
"Skills are abilities which you can perform. They are powered by your element and 'Force'." Laura answered.
"While on the topic of skills, all systems have a built in ability which can be considered as a skill. The skill is called 'Inspect' and with this skill you can learn how powerful objects are."
An old looking sword appeared out of thin air and landed on Ms Laura's table.
"I want you all to focus on this sword while thinking 'System Inspect' in your minds."
Lex and the class did what Ms Laura instructed.
'System Inspect'
{
Steel sword
Rank 1
Element : None
It's very old and rusted, could crumble after about 3
attacks.
+3 Strength
}
"If you did as i asked this is what your System Inspect Should look like" Ms Laura said as she showed the students her own System Inspect.
{
Steel sword
Rank 1
Element : None
}
"As you can see , the inspect skill will be very useful in cases such as when your want to buy some equipment."
Lex was confused, once again his system was different from the others 'This is the best time to ask about it' he thought as he raised his hand.
"-I wouldn't do that if i were you-" a weak voice suddenly said in his mind. The voice came with it a wave of memories from the previous night. Lex remembered everything about the cave and the black dragon. He then realized that the voice inside his head sounded exactly the same as the dragon.