-Ring
'Seriously?'
There goes your slacking off.
Not even 2 hours had passed since he received the cell phone, and he was already being called in to work.
Michael groggily paused his movie and answered the call "Hello?"
"There is an emergency, we need your healing as soon as possible" A female voice resounded.
"Okay? Where am I supposed to go?"
"A driver should be there already, go outside" With those words she hung up the call.
'Well that was a bit rude' Michael grumbled to himself before getting dressed and heading out.
Parked outside was some sort of supercar Michael didn't know the brand of. The driver reminded him of the one who drove him to the dungeon, back in the other continent.
No small talk was exchanged, Michael got in and then they started driving, incredibly fast.
'Holy shit this is definitely not legal" He couldn't help but think to himself. The speed reminded him of the bullet train from his previous world, but since this world has awakeners, they can drive that machinery as if it's no problem.
The drive only took a couple of minutes and Michael arrived right in front of some sort of convenience store, where a bunch of police cars were gathered.
Unlike the previous driver who had opened Michael's door, this one did not. He paid it no mind however.
He walked up to a random police officer and introduced himself "Hello I am Michael, the stand by healer. I was called in for an emergency."
The officer immediately looked relieved and explained the situation to Michael.
There was a simple robbery, however, some police trainees got hurt, if not for their constitution, they would have already died long ago.
Michael was expected to simply provide any aid he could, whether it be stabilizing their conditions or something similar.
Though he was obviously going to do a lot more than that, it wasn't difficult by any means.
'Their HP is at 5% this is pretty serious' Michael thought as he focused a little harder, trying to see their numerical HP amount.
He was left slightly shocked 'Trainees? They have 1000 total HP, that's nearly as much as mine' he quickly scanned the hp amounts of the other officers.
'2000... 2400.. what the fuck?'
Their stats are pretty high, though remember, stat calculations are different for you and them.
'I understand, but what is their level then?'
Hmm.. around 80?
'God.. you really have to explain the power systems, this different stat stuff does not make sense' Michael sighed and began healing the other trainees on the ground.
Since his Greater Heal skill was maxed out, he no longer received any EXP from it, not even to his main level.
Is it that difficult to understand? If their total stats, minus charisma, reach a threshold, their level increases.
Michael shot back at the system 'Yeah and what are those thresholds? Are you just trying to confuse me with your bad explanations?'
Ugh.. you are just too stupid to understand. Let's say everyone starts at Level 0, with barely any stats. They would need to reach 20 total stats to raise their level to 1, and that same amount continues on for as long as they can level up.
So if you were level 10, your combined stats would be 200, 50 means 1000, and I am pretty sure you are not stupid enough to not understand the rest yes?
'Huh, so my stats and the stats of those similar to my level are pretty much the same?' Michael thought. He had a fairly balanced sum of stats currently.
As I said last time, you feel the effects of your stats better, if I were to put it into comparison, let's say you and someone else have 100 AGI. You can use 100% of that at all times, whereas another would find it straining.
You increase the limit through hard work, but so do they. However as I also mentioned previously, due to them straining more, their stats rise faster.
To combat the potential imbalance you are given stat points from both skills and your level ups. Your HP and MP ratios are also being adjusted, they are much higher than someone at your level. Anyway, what I mean is, don't slack off or you will fall behind.
Michael took that information in and finished healing the last trainee, there were 7 in total, that were now back to peak condition.
However, they still remained passed out, possibly due to the blood loss earlier.
"Wow you are amazing, no wonder the higher ups advertised you as some golden child" One of the police officers said while laughing.
'Golden child? Really?'
As Michael was about to rejoice in the fact that work was over, his cell phone rang once again.
"There is an emergency, we need your healing as soon as possible" a different voice than last time resounded, though it was still a woman's voice.
Michael sighed "Sure I am on my way.."
He had been sighing a lot these past few days.
The driver from before didn't wander off anywhere, the moment Michael got into the car, they once again sped to another location.
It didn't take long for Michael to arrive, it was now a bank, and it seemed hostages were trapped inside.
As Michael was about to introduce himself to a random officer, he saw Gareth, and walked up to him instead.
It seemed he noticed him as Michael received a nod from him.
"Michael, be ready to act at any moment, we don't know when the robbers plan to make their next move" Gareth said in a serious voice.
Michael pondered for a moment before an idea came to his head "How many hostages are there?"
"There are only 3, the others managed to escape."
'Only 3 hostages inside of a bank? Must be shit robbers then' Michael couldn't help but inwardly scoff.
"I see, can you send me in then? I have a skill that can save the hostages."
Gareth's eyes slightly widened "You can save the hostages?"
"Yes, just send me in and give me something to signal you with, the moment I do, you rush in" Michael told him his simple plan.
He was obviously going to use Shield on the hostages, he already had one on himself, so the mana costs were still within reason.
He would have a couple hundred MP left after casting, and he highly doubted the robbers would deal 4000 damage before the police managed to detain them.
Gareth began to think, taking a few seconds to calculate the risks "How confident are you?"
Michael replied without hesitation "Trust me"
That seemed enough for Gareth as he simply nodded and gave Michael some sort of device shaped like a button.
"Press that once you finished doing what you need to, I am putting my reputation on the line here, make sure to not die." His voice the most serious it has ever been since Michael met him.
"Of course"
Michael then walked towards the entrance to of the bank with his arms held up in the air, signifying surrender.
He saw 2 robbers approach the entrance and quickly open the door, grabbing Michael and throwing him inside.
'Aren't they pretty weak?' As he was flung he noticed their strength was very lacking.
Yeah they are not strong, however they have something up their sleeve.
'And I guess you are not going to tell me what that is?'
Nope.
Michael grumbled and sat down, making himself comfortable.
He looked around and saw the 3 hostages, there was a single man, a woman and a child.
These robbers had no weapons, probably just some skills they were confident in, even without Shield Michael could rescue them.
Though it was better to be safe than sorry, he began casting his Shield skill, enveloping all 3 of the hostages in an invisible light.
Michael waited for a little while to make sure there were only 2 robbers and not more, before finally standing up and stretching his back.
He pressed the button Gareth had given him, and ran at the unsuspecting robbers.
Michael was really fast now, in preparation for his future position/fighting style, his agility had increased by a lot.
He quickly punched one of the robbers in the guts, sending him flying straight into a wall.
Michael went all out on the punch, he was a healer anyway, if needed he would just heal him back to full health and knock him out again.
The second robber seemed to notice what was going on, however for some reason he had fear in his eyes.
And the next moment Michael found out why, as the robber pulled out some sort of switch and flipped it, quickly pressing the button.
'Shi-'
-Boooooooom
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Gareth was standing by his car, talking with his fellow police officers.
Though he was not simply idling by, in fact, he was monitoring the entire situation through a hidden camera he planted on Michael.
That being the button, once pressed, it could scan the surroundings and transmit the view back to his computer.
Michael seemed to stand up and stretch his back 'What is he doing?'
He then noticed him running straight at the robbers and punching one right in the guts, sending him flying.
Gareth's eyes widened 'Wasn't he a healer?'
His speed was impressive, way beyond any healer he had seen anyway.
A level 35 healer, to think he even managed to level up more than 10 times in 2 years, for someone who had never done dungeons, it was an unbelievable achievement.
The reason the higher ups were interested in him was because of his age, he had a lot of potential as a healer if raised correctly.
Gareth did not like that angle of theirs so he suggested an approach that granted Michael freedom once he goes to the academy.
And it worked, they accepted and he was allowed to go through with the recruitment.
As the years went by he had gotten along quite nicely with the kid, he didn't seem his age at all.
Frankly, talking with him felt as if he was with someone his own age. Though he chuckled at that thought, no way was that possible.
Gareth thought it had something to do with why he apparently did not exist, however upon snooping around, he could not find anything out.
'Anyways..that kick was pretty strong, and his speed is something else entirely, the other robber will be dealt with the same.' With those thoughts Gareth sighed in relief.
However the one small moment he looked away from his computer, all hell was let loose.
-Boooooooom
It startled him out of his thoughts and he began rushing around, protecting the civilians from the incoming debris.
'Fuck...'
The explosion was big enough to send the bank entrance flying.
Since the police officers were all fairly decent level awakened, they easily dealt with it.
There was one problem however, Michael and the hostages. 'They are dead..'
Gareth's mind was filled with regret, he knew better than to entrust something this serious to a child.
And that got several people killed.
-Crack
Suddenly breaking sounds intensified from the already demolished building.
However Gareth quickly realised that did not make sense, as he stood up and walked to the collapsed entrance.
-Crack
The bricks in front of him cracked and he saw a familiar face.
'Michael?'
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'Ughh that fucking stings' Michael rubbed his arms which were slightly red, and quickly cast a heal on himself, returning back to normal color.
'That bastard blew himself up' he thought while staring at the pile of dried blood on the ground.
Michael had cast a shield on the 2 robbers in the last moments before the explosion, however his shield could not hold out the damage one of them took.
The debris had not buried the hostages, they all had terrified expressions on their faces, with the child's crying being the only reminder that they were still somehow alive.
Michael walked up to where the other robber should have been and removed the debris.
There was a man who, apart from his upper body, had lost all his limbs.
It seemed Michael's shield saved his life, though he couldn't stop his limbs from being crushed by the debris that weighed several tons.
His shield skill was not that strong.
Nevertheless, he cast a greater heal on him and his wounds closed up, Michael half expected his limbs to grow back, but Greater Heal in the end, was just an uncommon ranked skill.
He picked up the remaining robber who had long lost consciousness and started digging, his punches shattering the bricks blocking the entrance.
The hostages were right behind him, huddling ever so close to his small back.
Finally, he broke the final bricks blocking his path, and upon doing so, saw a familiar face.
It was Gareth.
Michael put on a small smile and waved "Miss me?"