[User Stats
Name: Leo.
Age: 18.
Class: Lunar, Year 8.
Affinity: Shadow.
Skills: Nil.
Proficiency: 0%.
Strength: 7.
Endurance: 5.
Agility: 10.
Intelligence: 23.
Mana: 200/200.
Charm (AFP): 100 (Limit of human).
Available Points:
SP: 0.
AFP: -0 (negative)
+0 (positive).]
Ah...
... I think I overdid it...
[You think?]
"I never knew it would go so high! It was almost too easy!" I said in shock as I hid behind a building and peeped out to ensure there were no enemies in sight.
[Well, what's done is done.]
"But at this point, wouldn't the heroines lose their minds?" I asked. Though I couldn't see my face, I was sure it was probably so handsome that the weak-willed would faint just from gazing at me.
[Well... there will be some effect, but nothing major. They are heroines after all, so naturally, they have resistance to charms.]
Hmm.
But come to think of it, why don't I feel any changes in my body?
[That's because this isn't the real world. Your physical body is currently undergoing several changes to accommodate the charm.]
"So... I look normal now?" I asked, suddenly feeling something wrong in the building across from where I was hiding. It had a huge signboard that read "Supermarket" boldly on it. It was definitely a deathtrap. Just that name alone was like flame to moths. So that place was probably crawling with students waiting for the right chance to pounce on one another.
But...
... that's actually a good place to earn points.
[You look just as you do in real life, so with every encounter, it will slowly be reflected there. However, the effects of charm might not be as intense as they would be in reality.]
"I see... well, let's think about that some other time. For now, let's get me some points," I said, then gripped my 'spear' firmly before proceeding to remove and hold onto the hammer that was originally strapped to my belt.
Can't be too careful.
With that, I quietly and cautiously made my way to the building. It was a four-story structure and pretty large, too. This place would either be my only hope... or the death of me.
...
...
...
"So he left?" asked the girl with violet hair as she held onto a sword, coated with mana. Unlike Leo, who was completely absent-minded when the instructor was explaining things, Maria knew that after spawning into this world, the students would be able to pick any weapon from their graphto watches. However, that could only happen once, and there would be no replacements in case of damage or loss.
"I think he... did," replied Laren rather nervously as he trailed behind her. At first, he had dismissed her prior threat of making life hell for him and Leo if they failed to get the required amount of points as a bluff, but after watching her solo a high-tier mana beast alone, he was beginning to reconsider. This girl before him was dead serious, and if that was the case, then he was toast.
"That... bastard," she said with annoyance as they made their way through the building they had previously seen outside with the signboard that read "TZ Mall." At this moment, they were both trying to locate the food department, as that was probably what everyone would be gunning for at the moment. It was only logical; if you had to stay in a world for a whole week, wouldn't it make sense to first secure food and water to sustain yourself through the exam?
"!"
Suddenly, she sidestepped, then threw a horizontal slash, and almost instantly...
Kink!
A metallic sound echoed in the quiet space before a deafening silence ensued.
"Shit...!" screamed Loren as the arrow she had slashed seemed to be initially headed straight for him.
"Tsk." Maria clicked her tongue as she looked for the culprit at the source of the fired arrow; however, there was nothing there...
"An affinity," she muttered to herself. Affinities weren't forbidden in the exams, so it was only logical that people would try to use their affinities.
"But... what exactly is it?" she thought as both she and Loren kept their eyes peeled for any other sneak attacks.
"!" She felt something and then turned to her right; however, there was nothing there... well, to the naked eye, that is.
Suddenly, lightning began crackling from both her sword and herself, and then...
... in a fraction of a second, with what sounded like a thunderclap, she vanished...
... only to reappear some distance away from Laren.
"Huh?" he mumbled in confusion.
What did he just see?!
That was definitely the power of a high ranker.
And then...
... he slashed her sword, and the crimson liquid that dripped from it splattered on the tiled floor. Just like that, in what appeared to be the air itself, blood began gushing out, and all of a sudden, a body materialized, slumping to the ground with a dull thud, its head detached from its body...
... and in that moment, Laren's blood ran cold.
"Invisibility Affinity..."
That realization wasn't the problem; it was the fact that the person who just died wasn't the real wielder of the affinity.
They were in danger.