chapter 24 : new partners

As time passed by and the groups formed, Luke was quickly isolated, like four other people. This will be his group. They assembled together as they had no other choices and shortly presented themselves.

A Lizardman like guy with a spear began bluntly. " Name's Lou. " Short and straight to the point, just what Luke liked.

A blue translucent blob that was probably a slime followed suit " Ozz. "

Next, what looked like a human woman with long ears, an elf with her stereotypical bow also told her name " Milfa. "

Then a six armed man who had six swords told his " Abacus "

Finally, Luke also told his name " Luke ".

Looking at him in an amusing way, Milfa reminded him of something he would have liked to forget " Hee, Luke right? Are you sick? I saw you throw up blood earlier. " With a black face, Luke just stayed silent for a while but seeing as they were all looking at him, even Ozz, probably, he answered " I'm alright, that's all you need to know " He paused and looked at her in the eyes as he said " You don't have to worry about me being a dead weight. "

Shrugging, Milfa lightly replied " Is that so? "

After these very short presentations, Lou, who spoke first once again led the conversation

" Let's cut the chitchat and just say our element and ability so that we can come up with a basic strategy. Mine is light, and my ability permits me to accelerate greatly. " He didn't specify anything like range, his speed or his strength. It's quite normal though. As they just met, trusting others with capital information would be the dumbest thing ever. Even more so with Luke around...

Ozz, with his very uniform look, said his, followed by Milfa and Abacus

" Poison, I eat. " " Electricity, I can shoot a railgun " " Also electricity, I can rain down lightning on people. "

At last, Luke also said his " Darkness, I also shoot a railgun. By the way, do any of you know all of the elements? "

Hearing his question, they all looked at Luke weirdly, which bothered him a little. Lou, who probably wanted to be the leader answered him " You are probably new to the universal war... " He shook his head and looked at Luke with a bit of... sympathy? " There are twelve elements and they are categorized into grades, based on their rarity and power. They are space, time and gravity which are high grade; light, darkness, electricity, and poison which are mid-grade; and water, wind, fire, earth and ice which are low grade. "

Finishing his speech which seemed to really tire him out, Lou let Luke the time to digest the information.

' I see, so my elements really are good huh. But he didn't say anything about anyone having two elements. Is it because people are supposed to have only one? Better not ask red flag questions and keep my curiosity and doubts to me. But this really the nurturing place of the top, we all have mid-grade element and powerful abilities. '

With that, time was up and the fights will begin shortly

* The group battles will now begin. You will fight the nearest team to you. The group battles and one Vs one matches won't allow death. You will be revived after you die. Good luck soldier Luke. *

Luke's team directly looked at the nearest team to them. It was a team composed of five snakemen, 200 meters away. They all had humanoid top and snakish bottom. They looked quite intimidating. Even though they were looking at each other, they still remarked that the area had been cleared. They were displaced in the distance from the other fight, but without anyone noticing.

Lou, who assumed the great burden of leadership quickly set the formation. " Luke and Milfa, with your abilities, you will stay at the back and shoot them. Ozz will be in the forefront with me and Abacus will be in the middle, sneak attacking them. " With no questions asked as this was not the time, they all followed his instructions.

The five snakemen also got into formation with three in front and two in the back. Then, what followed was both teams staring at each other with no one initiating the battle. They weren't searching for flaws, they just were hesitant as they all knew that anyone having the qualifications to be here should be at the same level as them give or take.

Lou decided to begin as he instructed Milfa to shoot. It's not that he didn't have confidence in Luke... well he didn't but the biggest reason is that as an opener, a lightning ability is better than a dark one as it's faster.

Taking a very short time to charge it, she shot her railgun at the weakest looking snakeman.

Shockingly, the snake-man didn't even try to evade but took the attack directly. The lighting didn't do anything to him and as he just shot it back towards Abacus. Even though he didn't expect this, Abacus still married with his swords for the piercing power of the attack and countered the lightning with his own, which descended from the sky.

The blow still did heavy damage to him though since, as tier 2 existences, they didn't have the immunity of their elements. At most, they had a slight resistance. Lou's face became ugly, the fight just began and they were on the losing end. Not only was one member heavily injured, they revealed two abilities while the enemies only revealed one, which they couldn't know the specifics of, other than the fact that it can deflect lightning.

His initial strategy was thus a complete failure, not because it was bad per se, but because of luck.

The enemies wouldn't let such an opportunity go and attacked. The two at the back used their abilities, or maybe their skills. Things looked dire from the very beginning and although they were all tensed, the only one who wasn't was Luke.