My Plunderer System
In the year 2097, humanity faced a new terror. Cities were destroyed by horrible monsters that came through the dimensional doors. To counter this new terror, humans began to awaken magical abilities and dove into the gates to destroy the oncoming waves of beasts. One student in particular became orphaned due to one of these dimensional doors. He was considered one of the weakest, and was bullied due to his inability protect himself. While being beaten up in an alley one day, the area went into chaos as a dimensional door opened, trapping him and others inside. He was face to face with death when a sudden beam of light came down. "Is this how I die?" the student thought. Waking up in a hospital later, his wounds were healed as if they were never there in the first place, and a strange screen was appearing in his vision... "Welcome to the Plunderer System" Follow Milo Fenix as he uses the system to fight back against his enemies; his weak old self, the beasts, even humans. Will he achieve his goal of becoming the strongest? Will he be able to overcome his past self as someone who was weak? Will he be able to protect the ones he cares about? Find out by reading My Plunderer System. . . . First ever time trying to write a novel so any feedback you have is greatly appreciated :) -Kowatch24
Chapter 54 - Assembling the Team
After being informed that they needed to form groups for the in field experience, Milo and Zach immediately made eye contact.
"You don't have to pick me, I know without being able to use my ability I'll be useless," Zach said.
"Nonsense, you're one of my best friends, of course this is something I'd rather have you by my side for. Ability isn't everything, and based on what I see in combat training you're anything but useless," responded Milo.
Zach, just like Milo, used an uncommon weapon in combat training. The weapon Zach wielded was a sort of combination between a sword and shield. It had two straps that were attached to the forearm, the shield part was approximately 18 inches wide at its widest point and on the end closest to the hand a blade protruded out of the shield, making it appear to have the shape of a teardrop. The blade extended out around 20 inches before coming to a sharp point with a sharp edge on each side of the blade that ran until it widened out into the shield, making it good at both slashing and stabbing.
After Zach joined his team of four, that left two more members he needed to find. After considering who else would be a good fit, Milo was considering both Luke and Chloe. The only question would be how to convince them.
When getting up to go and look for the other members he had in mind, he was caught off guard by the association president, Richard Brand, "Hello, I love to meet all the up and coming gatecrashers here at the academy," the friendly tone was surprising to Milo, as he expected someone of his status to be more uptight.
"If you wouldn't mind, could you let me in on what your abilities are? I'm a bit of a connoisseur of abilities you see, and I love to see if any students use any particularly interesting or strong ones," Mr. Brand continued.
Zach and Milo went on to explain their abilities, and hearing what their abilities were, Richard Brand's eyes lit up like sparklers. "Oh, those are indeed strong, Frost can be extremely powerful due to how flexibly it can be used, I really like your ability as well Zach, it seems quite interesting, it's a shame that it can't be used to its fullest yet, but maybe you can use it when you go on your field experience," Richard said with a wink.
After talking a bit more, the association president thanked the pair for their time, and allowed them to go out and find their last two group members, while he walked around introducing himself to more members of the class. While on the way, Milo and Zach talked about how interesting of a person Richard Brand was. He seemed much younger than he really was with how he conducted himself, he definitely seemed like an eccentric man, but didn't seem like a bad person.
Milo then told Zach his plan for their last two team members, the reason for selecting Luke and Chloe for their group, was due to the balance he was hoping to achieve in the team. Milo himself would act as the dealer of the group, Zach and Chloe would act as secondary dealers/support and lastly Luke would act as their support. While his plan didn't involve a tank, due to the level of the Gate they would be attacking being so low, they should still be able to close the gate fairly easily without a tank.
Once they found him, they approached Luke and asked his thoughts, he thought that they would make a good team and agreed to Milo's proposition. Chloe was a little more difficult, not because she didn't want to join them, but because she was so friendly to everyone that she felt bad telling one team no. Eventually, with some help she had declined her other group invites and joined Milo's group. With this, Milo had finalized his group of four.