Steven's mouth was wide open as he thought about all the possibilities with Art's power. Steven looked where the fire had hit. It had incinerated a hole in a tree but it didn't start a fire. Steven looked at Art again and asked "Do you have a class?"
Art looked at Steven and shook his head. Steven's mouth opened up more than it did last time while he thought about the tremendous power Art would be able to get. Steven kept looking at him and eventually asked. "Do you plan on telling Naomi?" Steven said with a bit of worry in his voice.
"I didn't know I wanted to talk about it with you first." Art said and smiled. Steven nodded and continued. "I think you should tell her, especially since we will go on missions together."
Art nodded and wondered how Naomi would react. "Let's end it here for today Steven said and was obviously a little flustered about everything.
Art said bye and started walking. Art remembered that he hadn't had any target to use his Lv2 Inspect skill on and quickly turned around.
"Inspect"
[Name Steven Walker]
[Age: 27]
[Level: 32]
[Race: Beast (Howling Blaze Bull)]
[Class: Brawler]
[Exp 1900/3200]
[HP 2500/2500]
[Strength: 125]
[Agility: 74]
[Stamina: 112]
[Intelligence: 76]
[Endurance: 98]
Art looked at the stats and now It was his time to open his mouth. "What... His stats are super high!"
Art opened his own stats and felt how his face turned red when thinking back to how he thought that he was close to Steven in strength. Art stopped thinking about it and walked home instead.
The next morning Art woke up and got to school as normal. Apparently The red tears had recruited people recently and caused some trouble around town. Stacy, who had informed Art about it, had been really worried especially since the incident with Lily.
Art calmed her down and walked to school in peace. The streets were unusually calm even for the poorer areas. Art looked around and saw three people on the street. One of the people was a teenage girl that walked towards school. There was one with a suit that walked really fast. He was probably in a hurry. The last one had black track pants and a black long sleeve with a red vest on top. The thing about the man that stood out the most was the three red teardrops that were tattooed underneath his right eye.
Art looked at him again and saw that he clearly was a part of the Red Tears. Art quickly averted his eyes but it was too late. The big man quickly approached him with a big smile on his face.
Art saw how he got a message from the system.
[Defeat the mage in front of you]
[Reward: 50 exp]
Art who got the message from his system knew that the Red tear member didn't want to talk.
"Hey... you. What are you looking at?" He said and looked at Art while trying to hide his hideous smile which became bigger and bigger with every step he took.
"Nothing... Just walking to school," Art said and put on a fake smile. When the Red tear member was 5 meters away from him Art used his newly upgraded inspect skill and looked at his stats. His name was Frank and he was 19 years old. Art realized that Frank wasn't that strong but he had some kind of mind magic which Art didn't know how effective it was therefore he rushed right in and threw a punch right towards his face.
Art was fast and fought that it would hit but to his surprise Frank threw up his arms in a cross right in front of his face and blocked. Art was stunned about how quick it was. Art looked at Frank's stats again and saw that he had a little less agility than him.
Art looked at him with a confused look and started running towards him when he felt his brain getting mushed. "W-What's happening?" Art mumbled as he got down to his knees with his hands on his head to see what was causing the pain. When Art touched his head he realized that the only thing he felt was his messy orange hair. That was when Art realized that it was Frank's Mind attack. Art looked up at Frank who started to smile and slowly walked towards him.
Art felt how the pain started to lessen with each second... and after a few seconds Art heard a message and read it.
[Mind attack resistance increased +4]
Art felt the pain wither away in one second and mumbled "You never disappoint, system." Frank looked at Art as he walked closer to him. "What did you say?" Frank asked and saw how Art didn't react to the mind attack he used upon him.
"What the hell, A second ago he was squirming on the ground?" Frank started to speed up as he knew that he needed another 9 minutes before he could cast another one of his mind spells. Frank decided to finish him with his fists instead even though he wasn't really strong he was more than capable of killing someone with his bare fists.
Art saw how he rushed in with his hands at his side like he was ready to attack. Art got up but it was too late. He felt a hand on the side of his head. Art prepared for a hard blow but when he saw how much HP he had lost he sighed and a smile appeared.
[-9 HP]
Frank who looked at the spot he had punched saw that he looked completely fine. After a split second Art dashed towards Frank while he jumped back. It was clear who was faster. Art flew at him like a wild beast who was about to starve. Art punched him in the stomach as hard as he could.
Now it was frank's turn to fall to his knees, Frank looked at Art with fear in his eyes while he felt how his breakfast wanted to come back out of his mouth. Art walked towards Frank and then kicked him in the head and needed one more punch to get knocked out.
[You have defeated the Mage]
[Reward: 50 exp]
Art looked at Frank when another message appeared.
[Optional but recommended]
[Incinerate the target for extra stat points]
[Yes/No]