A bright red firework exploded and lit up in the sky. Steve and his group turned to look at the firework, which had come from the direction where they had gotten off from the military vehicles.
"We need to go back," said Doven.
"Go back? Why? It's only been like 2 days," said Steve.
"That firework was the emergency signal. It would not be activated unless it was really urgent. We need to go back immediately," explained Elden.
"Well, let's go back then," said Steve, returning Icy to her monster card. "If it is an emergency, then there's no point of staying here."
"Then what about the base? Do we destroy it?" asked Kimberley.
"No, we can just leave it like this," said Doven.
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Back at the location where the military vehicles were parked...
Students were gradually coming back to the site. After some time, seeing that all the students had returned, Mr. Blackwood gathered all the students to explain what was going on.
"The monsters are acting strangely and it seems that the portals that had brought the monsters to this world 1,000 years ago have reopened and are now bringing in even more monsters than the amount that have been brought 1,000 years ago," said Mr. Blackwood. "Due to that, many monsters out being pushed outside their normal borders and there might even be chances of encountering gold quality monsters right on the border of the monster territory. So, we have decided to cancel this trip."
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Classroom 6-A...
"Well, students, there is no need to be sad," said Mr. Blackwood. "While we were coming back, I have been communicating with the school. Thee school has decided that as a compensation, they will allow you to be the first class to experience the one of the newest technology, the VRBS, which stands for Virtual Reality Battle Simulator. You will be able to battle with other monster tamers inside there, and there is no limit on what you can do, since you won't get damage in there in away way. What you do get from there is experience."
The students skeptically looked at Mr. Blackwood, waiting for him to continue.
"Hey, hey, don't look at me like that. I know that you don't believe there is a technology that will allow monster tamers to fight in a simulated environment where they won't get hurt, but it's true. We will be going there right now and you'll see that it's all true. Come on, let's go," said Mr. Blackwood, gesturing for the class to stand up. He walked out of the door and led the class towards a room filled with strange equipment.
Mr. Blackwood turned to the class and started to explained to them. "Okay, to be clear, there are 5 different types of monster tamer battles, and you will experience all of them. The 5 types of monster tamer battles are: 1 vs 1 solo battle, 2 vs 2 team battle, 3 vs 3 team battle, 3 vs 3 tag team team battle, and 5 vs 5 tag team battle.
"1 vs 1 is a solo battle is just two monsters tamer facing off against each other, no big deal. The amount of monster cards a monster tamer is limited to use is 10 monster cards. It doesn't matter if you decide to summon out all your monsters at once to fight or only someone 1 monster to fight at a time, as long as you don't exceed the 10 monster card limit. Also, before, you had to stop and be careful to not kill a monster whatsoever, but now because of the simulation technology, monster tamers aren't limited to the power they can use. If you recall a monster to its monster card, then you can't use that monster anymore throughout the battle.
"2 vs 2 team battle is the same thing, just with 2 people on a team fighting another team of 2 people. The amount of monster cards each monster tamer can use is limited to 7. 3 vs 3 is the same thing, with 3 people on a team. The amount of monster cards each monster tamer can use is limited to 5.
"3 vs 3 tag team battle is where there are 3 people on a team, but each team chooses one person to fight. They then have a normal 1v1 solo battle. The person that loses has to get away from the battlefield and the team that person was from has to choose their next person to battle. The person that wins stay on the battlefield and fight until he loses. Yes, it is possible for one person to beat all 3 monster tamers on the other team although that is highly unlikely. Each monster tamer is limited to 10 monster cards.
"5 vs 5 tag team is the same thing as 3 vs 3 tag team battle, just with 5 people on a team. Again, it is possible for one monster tamer on one team to beat all 5 monster tamers on the other team, but it is highly unlikely that it will happen."
(Author: *Cough cough* Steve excluded)
"Today, you will be doing 1 vs 1 solo battle against each other. Your opponents will be picked at random. The school have decided that each 1 vs 1 solo battle should not last more than 30 minutes. If you and your opponent are still not done after the 30 minute mark, then you will both lose," said Mr. Blackwood. "Any questions?"
Silence.
"Well, if there aren't any questions, then go into a Simulator Capsule, put on a headset, and be ready to battle after 20 minutes," said Mr. Blackwood. "Oh, and in order to motivate students to try their best, the school has decided that the first place student would get 1,000 school credits. The second place would get 500 school credits, and the third place would get 100 school credits."
The students, hearing the reward, immediately got hyped up and rushed towards the Simulator Capsules. Well, except Steve, who just casually walked to an empty Simulator Capsule. 1,000 school credits! School credits were something that was limited to the school. School credits could not be brought with any money, only earned through completing tasks and some events. The school offered some unique monsters that couldn't be brought with money. Of course, they cost a ton of school credits, but there was hope that they could actually get some.
Students were allowed to give credits to other students. Of course, everytime students transferred school credits to another student, the school would take 5% of the credit that was to be transferred. This was to allow the students to make bets with credits and pool together credits to buy something together, but would also limit what the students could buy even if they pooled their money together. This also prevented students from earning too much money from other students by completing stupid tasks for them like taking care of their monsters for a week and other stupid things.
[Lord, the family could give them many of the things that the school offers. However, Charlene seems like she wants to depend on herself. I think that you can earn the credits for today and then give the credits to the other students to put up easy tasks for Charlene to complete. You will pay the other students some credits so they will be able to earn credits while they get to help for tasks they already want help to complete, while Charlene gets credits by relying on herself.]
[You think too highly of me, lord.]
[Lord, I have been equipped with all the functions necessary to help the chosen person hide their true strength and spirit power, and affecting what the Simulator Capsule receives data of spirit power is one of my functions. What monster tamer stage do you want the school to think you are?]
[Understood, my lord. I am done. You can now start the VRBS.]