"I have decided to give you all the privilege to choose from either I, Peter, Iris or Dante. Stand in an orderly line before who you wish to follow." Arthur announced gesturing the other leaders to stand away from each other.
" Do this orderly, quietly and formally. Anyone who misbehaves would be shot, I repeat would be shot, that's a promise." He added brandishing his pistol.
The students rose quietly, staring at Arthur as they walked towards whom they wanted to follow. Hundreds of students flocked towards Peter.
Arthur however stood for the first three minutes without receiving a single person. Ethan, Marcus and Julian came and stood besides Arthur.
Not looking at them he said keenly watching the students. "I am truly sorry guys, but I knew you would follow my plan. I would explain why I did what I did later, for now stand in my place."
Leaving before they could respond he walked paces away back to the principal's desk, sat down and silently rested his head. Someone passing may think he was just dozing off.
However those present and could reason knew he was reflecting. After he left the selection stage no one paid him any attention and focused on chosing their leader.
'With the adults now gone, it's time to officially become one, one with foresight. Why am I even reminding my self of what's right. I gave them the freedom they could never aspire for.'
Shifting his mind of that topic he had other important things to address. Summoning his system Interface he began checking on his rewards.
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[ System T-03 P7P ]
Name : Arthur Reed
Level : 10
Title : ???
State : Normal
Fatigue : 75%
Exp : 8500 / 11000
HP : 552/ 554
MP : 590/ 595
SP ( Stat points ) : 20
{ Stats }
Strength : 13
Speed : 14
Stamina : 13
Perception : 12
Durability : 12
Mental Fortitude : 16
??? : Locked
??? : Locked
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[ Task Overview ]
»» Task Appraisal : Monster Escape
»» Tier : 5 / Level : 18
»» Difficulty : Survival
»» Failure : Death
»» Rewards : Instant Level up, ???
»» Description : Born from the fragment of heat and cold, the Thermogat youngling seeks the evolutionary path. Escape this contradictory creature or test fate.
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[ Task Rewards ]
< Defeating an aligned creature has unlocked potential abilities >
< Pyrokinesis: The psychic ability to control and create fire and hot temperatures.
( Mana Expenditure: 5 per meter large flame. )
( Cooldown: none.)
Cryokinesis: The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.
( Mana Expenditure: 5 per meter large frost. )
( Cooldown: none. )
This skill is connected to a more powerful one, master these to their laws to unlock the original skill.>
< Appraisal: The cognitive-analysis ability that allows the user to extract structured information from targets, objects, and phenomena. Output accuracy depends on skill level, target complexity, and resistance factors.
( Mana Expenditure: 10 for low-complexity targets. Cost increases with target tier, concealment, or interference. )
( Cooldown: none. Continuous use limited by mana and mental strain. )
Map: The perception-assisted spatial awareness ability that generates a dynamic mental layout of explored surroundings. Resolution quality depends on perception, environmental stability, and system clarity.
( Mana Expenditure: 2 per minute for passive mapping. 15 for active area expansion pulse. )
( Cooldown: none. Accuracy affected by anomalies, distortions, and concealment effects. ) >
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[ Congratulations On Reaching Level Ten ]
[ Unlocked System Function: Inventory ]
[ Reach Level Fifteen: Unlock Shop ]
[ System Note: Continual Level ups unlocks more functionalities. ]
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While he scrolled through his system Interface, he soon dozed off. Someone woke him some time later, temporarily stunned he saw Ethan looking at him with a book in his hands.
Arthur realized himself and sat upright, wiping his sleepy eyes. "I guess pulling a stunts that grand, really took a toll on you." Arthur sighed looking around.
The survivors had moved away from the front, and were carrying desks for unknown reasons. 'The selection is over, I really did sleep for a while.' "Off all my friends Ethan I expected you to know me better." He said.
Ethan turned to the working survivors, sitting on the principal's desk before Arthur. "I did, I just don't want people to lose freedom in me. I swear I wanted to kill those pigs from the moment they refused us entry."
He looked at Arthur brushing his curly hair with his fingers. "One of our most interesting topics of discussion before this apocalypse was how we would survive one." Tilting his head, "The headbutt earlier was acting and you played along."
After those words the duo spent a few moments in silence. ' They are demarcating the hall.' "How many followers did we get?" Arthur asked watching as the hall was slowly being divided into four parts.
Ethan kept quiet for sometime before replying, "Forty-one, plus The four of us forty-five." 'That's perfect a lesser burden.' "What about the rest." He asked again.
"Iris got 120 followers, Dante 180 and Peter racked up 527 followers." Ethan replied standing up as he saw the students approach them with tables. "Our division has been made let's get going."
Arthur stood up from the chair and followed Ethan. Utilizing force manipulation he levitated four desk and chairs and took it with him to their destination.
The hall had fully been demarcated into four unequal parts, space depended on the number of people in the division. This said, Arthur's division held the smallest space which was enough for them.
'Should I increase my division, or would it be best to work on claiming the middle school.' They reached their division, one of the windows and doors leading to the middle school's hallway was in their division.
As stated earlier the hall had six windows, three facing outside and three facing the middle school. It also had four doors, two leading outside, two leading into the middle school.
Iris's division was closer to the middle school akin to Arthur, while Dante and Peter were closer to the outside world. Looking at the forty-one survivors sitting joblessly, Arthur announced.
"Welcome survivors of the end to Quadrant Four, do mind our humble beginnings. Our expansion and development would be rapid." As he looked at his followers, all from the three different schools present.
His eyes caught someone he didn't expect to be here, before he could approach Ethan called out. Pointing to the desks he brought Ethan said, "Let's talk."