There were two reasons the weapon had interested Quinn. First, it was the only one that had also given him a defensive stat, not just a strength stat but the second one stood out to him even more. It was the fact that it increased the power of his only skill, blood swipe.
Five percent didn't sound like a lot right now but, if in the future Quinn was to get more powerful, five percent would make a huge difference. There were also other bonuses. The gauntlets acted as armor for his hands and he could still hold other weapons if he needed to.
"What a strange choice young boy," Leo said.
Quinn looked to his side to see who had spoken to him, then he noticed it was the bald teacher.
"It's not many people's first choice. With a weapon like this, you have to have no fear and get close to your enemy. But that is also the reason it is more sturdy than most and can be used as a form of defence."
Quinn had already experienced fighting more than most kids, he was used to using his fists, and with his blood swipe skill as well, he didn't always have to get up right close to his opponent.
"Do you mind if I try it?" Quinn asked.
"Go ahead," Leo said as he left to check up on other students selecting weapons.
< Basic Horned Gauntlets equipped>
< Agility: 12 >
< Stamina: 11 >
< Defence (2)>
Now when Quinn checked out his status screen, he had a smaller number next to his stats which would indicate the equipment level. Quinn now had 15 stat points in strength. He felt three times stronger compared to before he had discovered the system and was ready to test out his newfound strength.
Once everyone had finished picking out their weapon, Leo called everyone to gather around the center ring.
"Now I won't claim to be an expert in every weapon," said Leo, "Some of you might even be able to use your weapons better than me. But what I am an expert in is fighting with weapons alone. Fighting can be considered a game. You are always trying to predict your opponent's next move, you measure your opponent's ability and so on. For your first lesson, I want to see what you've got. We will have a sparring match. Two people at a time. We will all watch the match and comment on what could be improved on. Now, are there any volunteers?"
In an instant, Erin was the first to put her hand up. Without even waiting for Leo to say anything she headed for the arena in the middle and stood inside. She held a single silver longsword that shined bright. It wasn't one of the weapons that Quinn had seen on the wall so he could only assume it had been one she already owned.
At first, a lot of the students were hesitant to go up against Erin. Her reputation for being a high-power level had already reached many people's ears.
"Oh, I also forgot to add that abilities will be banned during today's sparing sessions," Leo added. "It is important that you know how to use your weapon first. Only then can you truly bring out the full potential of the weapon with your ability."
After saying those words, students raised their hands like a rocket. They all wanted to get the chance to beat the famous Ice queen. Now that she wasn't able to use her abilities, this was their chance.
In the end, a large man was selected from the crowd who wielded a two-handed axe. He was about double the size of Erin in terms of muscle.
"I think you chose to join the wrong club, your ice abilities will be useless here." The man said.
Erin didn't reply and simply took her stance. Waiting for her opponent to come forward first.
The man charged in wielding his large axe above his head. When he swung it down Erin spun her body to the side avoiding the blow and, at the same time, slashed at the back of the man's legs causing him to stumble.
She then placed her blade towards the man's neck. Inches away from his throat.
"I give up!" The man said.
Everything had happened in an instant and the room was suddenly silenced. They all knew Erin was strong but it was unexpected of her to be so skilful with the blade. Most ability users, if they had a strong ability like Erin, would rely on that power and not bother learning a weapon. But it was clear to everyone she had some practice.
After the fight had finished, two men seemed to appear out of thin air wearing a black military uniform. They then grabbed the student by both arms and escorted him to the school doctor to get healed up.
The group continued to watch a few fights, the rest of the fights had lasted a lot longer than Erin's, as most of the students were equally matched when it came to using weapons. Even when Level 4 power users were fighting against level 2. When they couldn't use their abilities, it all came down to skill and the body.
The next fight that caught Leo's attention, was the fight with Layla. Even though Layla could no longer use her telekinesis, with her bow, she was able to shoot ahead and predict where her opponent would turn.
She had trapped her opponent multiple times and continuously asked him to give up. But her opponent was a level 3 power user and he had his pride on the line. He didn't want to admit being defeated by a level two user, even if he wasn't using his ability.
That's when he got reckless and decided to charge forward. A few arrows in the boy's legs stopped him dead in his tracks before Leo had decided to call the match himself.
"The next pair, Quinn Talen, and Brandon Richardson to the arena."
Now it was Quinn's turn.
As Quinn entered the arena, preparing himself to fight, trusting all of the training that he's received so far. He put himself in a combat stance of the vampire style which was both hands at the side with knees slightly bent.
As soon as the fight began, Quinn quickly moved in targeting the sword Brandon was using first, punching the blade and shattering it in one blow. The second blow hit Brandon in the midsection, knocking the wind out of him and pushing him just over the line of the ring, ending the fight.
Sometime after class
Quinn goes ahead and patrols the campus, making sure that there's no more trouble. There was a massive energy spike and a smell of fairies wafting through the winds.
He followed the trail to an orchard on the campus. As soon as Quinn arrived at the orchard, he noticed a giant tree in between the apple and the orange orchards.
There, Lana was under attack by an invisible person, quickly noticing where he was, Quinn wrapped him in shadow and placed him in shadow lock. This restrained him. Quinn then joined him in the shadow space and knocked him out in one punch.
Quinn went up to Lana, "are you alright?"
"Well," Lana responded, "I'm okay, now. I was not expecting somebody so strong to be here, and Crow has an invisibility. He's getting help from somebody. I know he works for Pucket but
he said the white coats are working for somebody called #4. I don't know who he is, but this doesn't feel good."
Quinn nodded and immediately opened up a communication with Vincent, letting him know what's going on.
It didn't take long before Silver and Kaz showed up. Quinn led them to the Agriculture Classroom to discuss the situation which was nearby.
"This is far more serious than I thought it was," Vincent said. "We need to call in the Punishers for this. Earthborn are not capable of handling this."
Silver placed a portable teleporter and opened it up for Punisher troops to walk in immediately. They secured the young man, arrested him, and brought him to the Punisher world for Judgement.
Once Crow was escorted away in chains, Quinn returned to the tree to inform Lana the threat was dealt with. Lana invited him into the tree. Her friends arrived just after Quinn left and they were discussing what they wanted to eat for lunch. Lana thought inviting Quinn to join them would be the perfect thank you. She used a portable kitchen and always had fresh steaks in case her friends wanted some. She soon learned Quinn's steak preference to the list and served everyone.
While everyone enjoyed their lunch, Quinn got to know her friends, Kattie Bree, Alto Funnel, Almin Dester, and her brother Dobin. Fex and Vorden also joined them. Quinn was surprised to find the boys lived right next to him.
sometime later
Quickly a soldierno door The supreme commander answered come in
Sir we have a report for you the have moved in and sees an entire orphanage theatre then up pure operating an illegal base and laboratory underneath the orphanage Be found the rink #4 Owning and operating the laboratory. The publishers have arrested all the staff and taking all the children with them Also captured multiple of the pure agents they were operating the lab they are reported that rink #4 pure agent Has escaped before being captured. Oscar Oscar grabbing his head of all the things to be going on this had to happen and how on earth did they find out before we did that was in our areas how did this get overlooked I wanna call investigation and how this got mist pure operating within our own mints is not OK. But I will not stop the punishers judgment on them They thought that this could not be let go so I will trust their judgment on this but this looks horrible for us Where's born has failed to stop corruption from happening and this needs to stop.
Later on that night.
After a week beating up the bullies, hey managed to find a major distributor of the money. For some reason the second years were reporting to a major person. No one could give an exact answer who the head culprit was.
Quinn thinking about Maybe it's time we 3 heat on this criminal organization.
The very next day Quinn was walking through the school, Well this is looking better. It looks like all the bullies are scared to fight for their money anymore and don't wanna mess with anyone with the low levels.
Vorden, Looking at Quinn, I wonder who could have caused such terror in the bullies I guess it was those night demons causing trouble, winking at Quinn.
Well I don't know who these night demons are but they sure are doing a lot of good workIt's so much more peaceful around here.
It won't be peaceful for much longer those second years are not gonna tolerate this nonsense for much longer They're losing a lot of money And it's gonna start putting pressure real quick.
Oh good the mastermind might actually come out of hiding then.