I ask Shona to bring up the details of the attack skills that is related to Ice element so I can choose one for myself. I want this attack skill to be good and help me in crucial and hard battles but the energy consumption should also be moderate or low so I can use it without any restrictions.
Shona filtered the Ice attack skills and displayed them in front of me so I can choose one.
> Icicle Cutter
> Blizzard Spike
> Freeze Burn
> Lance
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> Impale
> Spike
>Ice Wave
> Scatter Shot
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> Shards
There were multiple skills to choose from. I can't take a decision on this hastily as this will be my only skill until I level-up. I will have to get one skill per level-up till I reach D-grade, only then I can get as many skills I want without any restrictions.
I start reading the descriptions of the attacks to understand and decide which will be suitable for me. It is a list of twenty eight skills ranging from long to close combat. I want the skill to be in mid range and also to be an Area Of Effect (AOE) to help in big battles that will happen in the dungeons often.
When I am fully focused on the skills, I hear a knock on the door with an unexpected voice asking "Alex, can I come in?"
To be honest, I am surprised to hear this voice in my house. I immediately closed the holowatch and open the door with surprised expression still on my face. I see Dawn standing there with Zaana and my mother starring daggers at me.
I didn't tell them I have started talking to her again and she has agreed to give me some space till I get powerful enough to protect my family. I see my father smiling at me from behind my mother giving me a thumbs up, mouthing 'Good work'.
I am not sure if he is appreciating me or teasing me. Before I could come out of that, Dawn hugs me firmly as if she will loose me if she loosens the grip. My mother tried to pull her away shouting "Mind your manners girl" but she held me tightly without letting me go.
"I.. can't.. breathe" I whisper in her ears as she is starting to hold me like an elephant, crushing my lungs. She has leveled up to Mid-E grade. She lets me go immediately and stands next to Zaana who couldn't control her laughing while mother is looking at me and Dawn with fire in her eyes.
"Let the kids be hon" my father says tapping her shoulder trying to calm her which earned him another angry look from my mother. He starts looking at the ceiling immediately as if he had noticed something interesting there.
"When did you guys started ... you know, started talking?" My sister asks me trying to divert my mother to which I feel grateful. "We started talking about a month back, after he was announced as the team's leader" Dawn answers to which my mother asks "You are a leader for a month and you didn't tell us?"
"But Aunty, he never wanted that in the 1st pl.." Dawn tried to tell, but is interrupted by mother asking "But he told you?" I have no idea how I am going to come out of this fight unscathed. I feel like I can face a 100 High-E grade monsters rather than staying in this place, right now.
It took a while for my mother to calm down when Dawn said she wants to be with me in times of trouble. I had informed her about the 'Test' and she knows how devastated I was. She doesn't know about the meeting that happened in the morning and is still worried about me.
I have already checked with Shona what I can tell to my parents as I don't want them to think I am hiding everything from them and I am taking a dark path and got a few information that I can share with them and I am glad Dawn is here for this.
They were surprised to know I am having a unique System which only a handful of people has and I will be going on missions that will be harder than the patrols. They were worried about me, but not Dawn. She just smiles and says "I believe in you Alex. You can Do it"
Then she gave me a shocking and surprising news that she has come back to Havet to join us in the missions we will be taking in a week. Only then I look at her wrist and see the same model holowatch which I am wearing now. She has also undergone the 2nd awakening.
I am not sure how strong her Fire element has become as it was already powerful when we went hunting together. I can see a relief in my parent's eyes as they know I have someone to watch my back and Zaana smiling at me with a mischievous look.
It took me a minute to understand the intentions behind the look, but I couldn't tell anything to her except trying to hide my blush. I am not sure what else she is going to do as I know she is upset being stuck in High-F when we are passing her power and level as if it was nothing.
We speak for a long time and had dinner together and for some reason, my mother didn't leave us out of her sight even for a minute. I wish I could spend some time with Dawn, get to know her better and know how hard her training and her missions were.
Dawn left our house after the dinner and I went home to get some rest before deciding what skill I am going to get. I slept immediately after my head hit the pillow. I wish I will be able to sleep in peace with no dreams as I used to.
"Wake up Alex!! Wake Up! Are you okay?" I wake up startled with sweat all over my body looking at the worried and concerned faces of my patents and Zaana. I just had a nightmare, my 1st which I believe won't be the last.