Above the stratosphere was a huge floating mountain. At the center is a huge tower, around the tower are several smaller buildings.
In one of the rooms in the tower, three people are sitting together as they stared at 12 other projectjon images. This was actually a video conference meeting.
The purple haired woman in the woman who wore a fluffy coat, crossed her legs and placed her hand under her chin. Her gaze looking at the 12 projections.
"This is just the first phase of the apocalypse, if we can get through all five phases, our planet would be able to advance to at least a three star planet" One of the projections, a man with white braids and shave said.
"We have been preparing for this for years, but it seems some of our preparations were useless" a tan skinned man said, he had grey pupils.
"What do you mean, Alli?" The purple haired woman asked with a frown.
"He is not wrong, Aika, despite the preparations, there are still many humans who could not contain the descent of mana and have gone berserk, those we call aberrants" a red haired tan skinned woman said , she had a scar across her left eye which had red pupil unlike her right eye which had black pupils.
"Besides some humans who could contain mana would have received the Oracle Records and began to level up... We need to pull these people and put a leash on them..." The man with white braids said.
"... Especially those who believe that the government has crumbled, we need to show them that the government has not gone idle"
Aika closed her eyes as she sighed, she opened her eyes after a while, "why don't we each erect a school like environment for the adolescent and youths, while the older men and women would be sent to join the military in order to kill aberrants and other deterrents?"
The 12 projections went into thoughts, Aika pressed muted the video conference and turned towards the man and woman by her side. "What do you think?"
"I think it's a great idea, since the second phase would arrive in 12 months, we need to have a lot of manpower if we want to hold onto our planet... " The man said.
".... I agree with Micheal, we would have to phase invasion from other races of other planets, where there might be some without ill intent, it's better to be cautious" the woman added.
Aika nodded, "I'll leave it to the both of you, Kyoto would be place we would where the young ones would start their training. The surrounding states would be used as military or adventurer's zones, therefore, any promising individual can either join the military or become an adventurer"
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"Don't blame me, if he dies" Kisame said with a smirk as he looked at Sakura who stood at the side. Xi was in her embrace as she glared at Kisame. "... Bad man"
Zen just had an unfazed look on in his face as he stared at the man in front of him. The had moved to the ground floor where a few aberrants were just standing around.
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Name: Mura Kisame
Race: Human
Stage: Unawakened
Level: 10
Lineage: Ogre
Class: Unassigned
Gift: Reinforcement (D) - increase defence by 100% and reduce damage from any kind of attack by half.
Constitution
STR - 100
AGL- 95
INT- 50
PCPT-50
VIT- 150
END- 150
STA- 300
When Zen saw his constitution attributes, he face palmed, Kisame only thought with his lower body. As soon as he sees a beautiful girl, he becomes dumb.
Despite the fact, Zen was not going to underestimate him, besides with Kisame's stamina, he could play a game of attrition.
"So I just to kill him as swift as possible" Zen muttered.
Kisame grinned as he pulled out a gun from his side pocket and brandished a dagger with his other hand. He pointed the gun at Zen while holding the dagger in a reverse grip.
"Sh*t" Zen cursed as he disappeared from his position as Kisame shot at where he previously was.
Kisame was unfazed as he swiped his dagger to his side, blocking a katana blade as Zen appeared there. The latter was stunned as he didn't expect Kisame to be able to block his attack with his low perception.
"Surprised are you?" Kisame grinned as he looked at Zen who was looking at him incredulously.
"I made up my stats with the skills I got"
Zen suddenly understood.
[Enhanced Perception (C) - increases users perception by 100%]
Kisame's perception has been increased to 500 with just this skill being activated.
'I can still deal with it', Zen thought as he hopped.
[Tenacity activated]
[Warrior's Will activated]
Zen's whole demeanor changed as he stopped hopping and got into an attacking stance, his gaze became determined as he stared at Kisame.
Kisame rushed at Zen as he shot twice to which the latter dodged, as soon as Kisame got ten meters away from Zen, he shot at him again.
Zen tried to evade the shot but noticed how his body moved with difficulty, he felt like a load was placed on his body, the bullet grazed his shoulder and he gritted his teeth.
Even though he dodged the bullet, Kisame had already arrived before him and began to slash at him with his dagger. Zen was confused about what was going on. The more he blocked Kisame's attack, the more injuries he got, because once he blocked, he would slow to block the next attack.
With each attack, Zen felt the weight on him increase, out of 10 attacks, he could block only one or none at all.
"It has been a bit fun, lad..." Kisame said as he stepped back. Zen felt the weight on him disappear and he frowned.
"...I'm getting bored so I'll -"
"The skill you've been using deals with gravity... "Zen said as he looked at Kisame who had no change in his expression, but Zen's perception heard a change in his heartbeat.
"I guess I'm right, the skill affects 10m radius of yourself"
"There's no point in knowing about it now, it's not like you have a way to counter it" Kisame said as his face no longer had a smile but a solemn look.
"I don't need to counter it, as I have known how the skill works, I guess I'm not the one perishing here" Zen said as he went into a stance and pointed his sword at Kisame.
"I'm not the one stuck with you, you are the one stuck with me" Zen said as he disappeared from his location. He appeared on Kisame's right and sent a chop which the latter blocked.
Zen immediately crashed face down into the ground, he gritted his teeth as he looked up towards Kisame who pointed his gun at his forehead.
*BANG!!!*
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