After messing around with my abilities and running some tests on the dummies made of extraterrestrial alloy, I managed to control the destructive nature of my Sage Force and Speed Force, finally bringing them under my control.
However, I still wasn't able to figure out my attributes. Although I did weed out some possible attributes, if I wanted to progress more, I would need live test subjects.
Most of the Sage Force attributes, like Mind Imprint, Sense Manipulation, Mind Reading, only works on living beings. However, the school won't allow me to leave the school premises unless I am assigned with a mission.
Now I could ask grandpa Ben to help me out with my attributes but I don't think he would allow me to use my attributes on the students, which means by the time he can bring me some mutants the time loop will reset.
Should I kidnap a second year? First years are out of the question since they live under the protection of the school and it's teachers. Second and third years are given their very own house. Although they live in pairs like the first years, to take less space.
They are totally independent, which means that the academy won't be there to protect them from a threat. In exchange for independence, the second and third years lose the protection of the academy, unless a life threatening situation occurs, the academy won't be there help them.
Fourth and fifth years are too much for me to handle currently, they are all A ranks, with some of them nearing S rank. They even have their own factions, which means if I harm a single person a whole swarm of rankers would be after my life after I promote to my second year.
Spectroscopic thoughts filled my mind as I thought about the possibilities of my actions.
The sheer amount of possibilities that can affect the timeline made me question myself, 'Who the fuck would I even go after?'
It also raised the question about where to experiment on them.
Then I remembered that a certain group of people who play a major role in the upcoming story, the Remnants of the Assassins Syndicate. The ones who should have died that night when I changed the history. The night of my emergence...
That night, after I got struck by lightning, uncle went on a killing spree in the headquarters of the Assassins Syndicate, killing off every single member he came across. He didn't care about their age or gender, all he made sure was if that person belonged to the Assassins Syndicate. However, some of the younglings managed to survive due to the sacrifice of a higher up and the timely arrival of Nolan.
If Nolan didn't stop the enraged Thomas that night, no might in the neighbouring galaxies could handle what was to come for them. The blueish grey planet, AS-130 (Vanara) was dyed blood red that day.
Every single branch of the Assassins Syndicate scattered across the galaxies to hide themselves. With their planetary level leader dead, they were left with no protection. Their entire group was like a snake without a head waiting for someone to lead them.
They do play a major role later on but due to the changes I made to the story, it might go in the wrong direction if I don't help them. Should I just take control over them?
That doesn't sound like a bad plan, but I would need a new identity. The fact that they went after went after Samuel just because he was a speedster would mean they will likely want nothing more than my head served on a platter, if I reveal my true identity so soon.
I could take over them after the time loop is over, yes but before doing that I need to make sure that the changes I make will be to my liking.
If only Holborn was here, I could ask him for some advice. He managed to hide himself for ten years from those time wraiths and even managed to alternate the timeline by bringing together the Major Families, Magic Tower and League of Hunters.
For a second I entered Flashtime, and adjusted my suit's colour and adjusting it's features just enough to make it unable to be assosiatate with my suit. I also added the properties of the Sage Force in my lightning making it look purple.
Crackle
The second years lived and studied in an entirely different planet (Annsecundus), which was colonized entirely by Paragon. The only way to get there was through the teleporters in the teleportation room.
So, I turned on my perception deceptor and hacked the security cameras for a second to give myself enough time to pass through the hallways, before phasing though the doors of the teleportation room, and running inside the portal that led to the second years academy.
The environment was nothing like that of the first years academy, it was as if the people had gone through a sudden evolution, and found too much technology allowing them to up their scale.
I knew Earth was kept a bit primitive on the outside to keep their memories and mistakes in check but damn... I did a good job.
I hate self praising myself but seriously, this world was on a whole new level.
'No, no, no, Savitar you need to stick to the point! Don't let yourself be distracted here!' I told myself.
Crackle
Before the promotion of the students, the elemination process roots out atleast a hundred students per year. This allows them to only select the talented students and leave behind the useless ones.
Which not only saves space but also provides the students with better accommodation.
Paragon really does treat everyone equally. No matter what others say about them, they don't do favourites.
I passed by the three hundred buildings before running around and finding the one I was searching for.
'Seventh row, ninth column... Found it!' I thought to myself before running towards the building and knocking on their door.
Knock Knock Knock
The door opened after a while revealing the shocked face of a male student with pale skin and curled brunette hair.
"Who ar-"
Before he could utter another word I dashed in, held his mouth with a tight grip to stop him from shouting out for help and closed the door.
His roommate was a black haired guy with a darker skin, he was as shocked as him. He tried to say something but I interrupted him.
"Utter a single word and I will kill you," I warned them in a cracked voice. Before I got inside their home, I made sure to phase my vocal cords to adjust my voice.
"Do you know how infuriating it is to see a great faction of villain fall apart in a single night?! Being reduced to this?!" I shouted. "Bloody hell, you guys are villains not some stay at home cowards! Why did you join Paragon?! To be a hero? Cause that's what it looks like to me! Did it seriously take just one night to remove your name from the history books?! Huh?! Answer me!"
"We didn't me-mean to-" the black haired kid tried to say something.
"Stop muttering and speak clearly before I kill you both, you got yourselves ten minutes. I am feeling generous today," I ordered.
"We came here to kill Ray Allen, Sir!" The black haired guy spoke.
"What are the thirty of you gonna do? Try to beg him to let you kill him? Hmpf! Stupid kids! Try to kill a normal speedster before you go after the avatar. You know what happens if you even lay a finger on him? The Speed Force is going to vapourize you and even laying a finger on him is beyond your realm," I explained, letting go of the kid I was holding.
"We have given up trying to go for innocent-" the kid I just released tried to add but I stopped him as well.
"Oh buzz off, don't try to justify yourself. You all are pure evil, there is no way back and believe me when I say this, it's better to be that way. Stay true to yourself, don't try to act like a hero," I said.
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Congratulations Ray Allen, you have found your third attribute! (Sage Force)
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Congratulations Ray Allen, you have found your fourth attribute! (Sage Force)
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I watched the messages pop up in front of my face as I munched on some popcorn, watching the two still trapped in the illusion I created.
"Status, show me my attributes."
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Attributes:-
Speed Force:
[Regeneration] (Mastery: 1/100%)
[Enhancement] (Mastery: 2/100%)
Still Force:
[???] (Mastery: 0/100%)
[???] (Mastery: 0/100%)
Sage Force:
[Sense Manipulation] (Mastery: 0/100%)
[Mind Imprint] (Mastery: 0/100%)
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"Looks like it isn't a bad option to take over them after all," I said to myself.