Chapter 3-Training begins now
Date: 9/14/3020, Thursday
"Zzz...zzz...zzz."
'BEEP BEEP, BEEP BEEP!!!'
Shin smacks the alarm, silencing it. Shin stretches and he walks towards the curtains. He opens the curtains as the sun hits Shin's skin. He yawns as he gets a bowl and a spoon. He grabs a box of cereal and a carton of milk. He pours the cereal in the bowl. Then, he pours the milk in his cereal and starts eating. Someone rings his room doorbell. Shin walks towards the door and opens it, Damien stands there with his regular black coat.
"Get ready kid, don't wanna be late on your first day."
Shin groaned, "Yeah, yeah...I'll get ready."
20 minutes later...
Shin and Damien are seen walking down the street heading towards the academy.
"So since you transferred in late, you'll wait outside of the classroom until I call you in."
"You're my teacher?"
"Yes, I am. You won't have a problem addressing me as you are already called me Mister Damien."
As Shin and Damien walk towards the entrance, there is a crowd of players looking at a holographic board.
Shin then asked Damien, "Mister Damien, what are they doing?"
"Hmm? Oh, they're viewing the latest ranks."
"Ranks? What are ranks?"
"Ranks are only given to those that are in any one of the 5 academies. The most famous one being Overworld. You receive your rank when you obtain your dog tag. You'll start out in either rank D, E, or F, and knowing you, you'll probably get an F-rank." Damien explained
"What are the ranks for?" Shin asked curiously.
"Your ranks are important to you if you want to participate in the Terminal Battlefield. A tournament where players fight other players from other academies to earn fame and money."
"Oh ok. So what rank are you?" Shin asked Damien
"My rank? Well..." Damien brought out his dog tag, there were 3 S's carved in the dog tag.
"I'm a SSS rank. The highest rank there is..."
"So if you participated in the tournament, you can easily win right?"
"Yes but sadly I can't participate."
Shin was confused.
"Just like I said with the party thing, I can't participate in a tournament due to my overwhelming strength. Only S-ranks can participate in the tournament."
"Oh, I see..."
Shin and Damien walk into the academy. As they approach their classroom, Damien hands Shin his dog tag. They then stop in front of the classroom, the classroom number is 1-21.
"Remember, when I call you in, you introduce yourself and then show your stats."
Shin sighs, "I know..."
"Ok good now wait out here." The classroom door automatically opens up and Damien walks in, the door closing behind him.
Shin leans in the hallway looking at his dog tag.
He sighs and thinks to himself,
`I think I should start raising my stats, I can't go any further with these weak stats.`
He puts his dog tag on and his rank would magically be carved in. The letter F would slowly be carved in.
`But how will I raise them...`
"Shin you can come in now" Damien shouted from inside of the classroom.
The door opens up and Shin walks inside the classroom. As Shin walked in there were roughly about 20 other players, sitting in their seats.
"Introduce yourself..."
"Yes sir, My name is Shin Yamato, it's nice to meet you all."
"Now show your stats."
Shin gulped and got nervous, he brings out his stats.
"Hehe look at those numbers, so low."
"Yeah bro, how'd he even get a special class with that those tiny stats."
"A devil? It could be a rare Low-Class instead. Hehe..."
The classroom was teasing Shin's stats. He looked around as he already expected this would happen. As he inspected the classroom, he saw Rika. She was sitting in the seat in the back, next to the windows. She was one of the only players that didn't laugh.
"Settle down people, you should at least show a little bit of respect. Shin you seat is in front of Miss Skywood."
Shin walks towards his seat, Rika smiles and waves at Shin. Shin smiles and sits down.
"Pff lucky bastard..."
"He's sitting with Skywood."
"She's so beautiful..."
Shin looks at Rika,
"You must be famous or something."
Rika sighed
"Ignore them, they're probably jealous that you got a newly discovered special class."
"Yeah..."
As the day continued, the rumor of Shin had spread throughout half of the building. As school ended, Shin walked towards the front exit with his head down. He sighed,
"Man, I need to find a way to get stronger..."
As Shin exited the gate, Damien was waiting for him on the side of the road. They walked back to the dorms together. As they walked, Shin recalled how high Damien's stats were and so he got an idea.
"Mister Damien!"
"Hmm?"
"Umm...Can you...Can you please train me, sir?"
Shin bowed down to Damien.
"I want to become stronger, so can you please be my trainer?"
Damien looked at Shin, he said nothing.
"I know this is a selfish request but I don't want to be stuck with these stats forever! Since I've obtained a special class, I need to raise my stats!" Shin was sweating all over.
Damien sighed,
"I'll be your trainer...just...lift your head up, it's embarrassing, we're in the middle of the road."
Shin was relieved.
"Thank you, sir. I'm very grateful"
"But just to warn you, I'll be very strict since your level is underdeveloped and you need to catch up."
"Yes, so when do we start training?"
"Set your alarm for 3 am"
"...What? That early?"
"What? Don't need training? Fine with me."
"No no, I'll set my alarm for 3 am."
"Oh and since tomorrow is Friday, you'll be off on the weekends so on those days, I'll allow you to sleep until 6 am. But for now every weekday, you'll be waking up early."
"Yes..." Shin muttered. "I expected him to be strict but not THIS strict. Guess I'll have to eat something quick today." Shin thought to himself
"By the way, your gonna have to give me something back in return"
"What do I have to give?"
"Your blood" Damien's eyes glowed.
Shin gulped. There was complete silence.
"Just kidding...I don't like blood."
"Oh...ok"
Shin entered the dorms. He entered the elevator, the elevator then brought him to the 31st floor. As he walked down the hallway, he saw Rika across from his dorm room.
"Hey, Rika."
"Huh? Oh, hey Shin, you live on this floor as well?"
"Yeah, I think you live directly across me."
"Wow, what a coincidence...so Shin, umm, are you free on the weekends? I was wondering if we could go out sometimes."
"I would love too," Shin said. then he remembered his training.
"Umm, actually I'm going to have to decline to that. I have some stuff to do on the weekends."
"Oh ok..."
"Yeah sorry."
"No, it's ok"
Rika enters her dorm room.
Shin took his keys out.
"Man, I can't believe she asked me out on a date. But my training is more important."
He enters his apartment.
The clock read 17:20(EST).
"Hmm, I should take a bath and sleep early. Gonna set my alarm as well."
Shin puts his stuff down and takes his alarm, setting it to 4:00. Shin goes to take a shower. As Shin walks out of the shower, he bumps into a dresser, and a family photo drops. Luckily Shin catches it before it broke. Shin looks at the family photo, where he is in the middle with his father on the left and his mother is on the right. Shin placed the photo back on the dresser. Shin puts on some shorts and a white t-shirt. He then closes the curtains and jumps onto his bed. He turns over, staring at the ceiling.
"Well then...time to sleep..."
Shin falls asleep. Later Shin opens his eyes but he isn't in his room, he was inside a dimension of strange red, blue, and purple light. He looked around and a red and blue spirit appeared in front of him.
"You are the chosen one. Defeat the monarch. Save our realm." The spirit spoke in two different voices. It then slowly faded away.
"BEEP BEEP, BEEP BEEP!!!"
Shin suddenly wakes up. The alarm still beeping. Shin was breathing heavily.
"...Huh, Must've been a dream." He thought to himself
Shin stopped the alarm and he got up, he opened his drawer, taking out a black tracksuit. He put his water bottle and some snacks in his bag. He then exits his room and takes an elevator to the lobby. As he exits the building, Damien stood there smoking. Shin approaches him.
"Hello, Mister Damien. I hope I'm not late."
"Hmm, your good. Now let's get to work. First up, we are training your agility, now lets run to the park."
"Umm, how far is that?"
"About 3 km, now start running!"
"YES SIR!!!"
Shin starts jogging down the street, Damien is seen sliding on the floor.
"Umm, how are you doing that, Mister Damien?"
"It's one of my familiars."
"Familiars?"
"Since you probably don't know, high classes and special classes are given the right to obtain a familiar. I have 2 familiars, this one is a Penumbra, I called it "Shadow" since it is basically a shadow. Shadow is a shadow creature that can take the form of any animal and change its shape, it could even become a sword. It's doesn't have a form so it resides in my shadow. For now, it serves as my hoverboard."
"Man I want a hoverboard."
"Anyways, enough of my familiar, we are almost at the park."
Shin and Damien arrive at the park.
Shin pants. He takes out his water bottle and takes a few sips.
"So now what do we do, sir?" Shin asked
"Well drop and give me 100 pushups."
"Yes sir."
As Shin performs his pushups, Damien then continues,
"After that, you'll do 100 sit-ups, pull-ups, squats, and planks. These exercises will increase your vitality, stamina, and endurance."
"What about my other stats."
"Well you level up automatically and that's all you need to know about levels. For your strength, you'll need to start lifting weights. Your agility, well, just keep running. Your magic, you have 3 choices. One, you can meditate, meditating increases your vitality and magic as a slow but efficient way. It also helps strengthen your mind. Two, you just keep learning new spells and your magic will eventually rise. Three, you perform some magic on monsters. This will level you up as well."
"So I just have to keep doing these exercises and I'll eventually get stronger?"
"Yes, just do these exercises and you'll get stronger. After you reach level 30, I'll train you myself. These exercises will be less effective the more you increase your stats. You should also watch your vitality and stamina."
"How do I do that?"
"Well, which hand would you put a watch on."
"Umm, my left"
Damien takes Shin's left arm, he presses down some of his pressure points. Then some digits would appear on Shin's wrist.
"What is this? Is this my stamina and vitality?"
"Yes, you can now keep track of your stamina and vitality."
"Ahh ok..."
Shin continues and then finishes his push-ups and then starts to do sit-ups.
"So Mister Damien, why are we training here instead of the academies training facility?" Shin asked
"Well, the facility isn't opening until next Wednesday, so right now we're training until next week." Damien replied
5 hours later...
Shin relaxes in his seat, exhausted from his early training.
`I'm tired, but...` Shin brings out his stat window. His stats read:
Title: None
Class: Devil
Level: 14
Strength: 152
Agility: 160
Magic: 80
Endurance: 150
Stamina: 650
Vitality: 720
`My stats have risen up a good amount.` He thought to himself.
"Wow! Those are good looking stats"
Shin turned around, Rika stood there inspecting his stats.
"Did you train last night?"
"Well, I trained this morning, with the help of Mister Damien."
"Mister Damien trained you?"
"Yeah, he did. So have your stats risen up?"
"Yep. I'll show you." Rika brings her stat window out. They read:
Title: None
Class: Valkyrie
Level: 28
Strength: 378
Agility: 420
Magic: 625
Endurance: 520
Stamina: 1890
Vitality: 2004
Shin sighed, "As expected, you have higher stats"
Shin looked at Rika's Magic stats as they were the third-highest.
"How did you raise your magic that much? Also, how do you train?"
"Well, I meditate under a waterfall, it's more effective as it also increases your endurance."
"Interesting..."
"For my other stats, I hit the gym every day except weekends."
"Hmm...ok"
Damien walks into the classroom and everyone takes there seat. Shin looks outside the window thinking to himself,
"Well, no turning back now." He sighed "I don't think I'll be getting a chance to sleep well..."
Chapter 4-Familiars