Chapter 8

The first thing we notice is her face all beat up and a stab wound on her thigh. It seems to have been inflicted on purpose, so she can't walk. The first things me and Daiki do is add pressure to the wound. After having reduced the bleeding we clean it up shroud it in bandages. Regrettably, we don't have the facilities to stitch it up, for her facial wounds we apply some ice to the wound to reduce the swelling and wait for her to wake up since she was unconscious. A few hours go by, in the meantime, while waiting for her to wake up, Daiki and I decide to kill some goblins that were roaming from their group. We also decided to organize our things, so that once the girl wakes up we can leave. She suddenly wakes up screaming, I conceal her mouth so the monsters don't hear us. Once she calms down, I withdraw my hand and ask her what happened and why she was beat up so bad. "They used me… they used me as bait." She replies while panting, Me and Daiki look at each other and look back at her. She doesn't seem to be lying, "why would they do this?" I ask. "They told me I was useless, so they used me like cannon fodder." She responds. "how could they do such an evil act?" Daiki asks, "I don't know? But it's unright, we need to put an end to this," I say, "regardless, how do you feel?" I ask, "In pain," she giggles, as she releases a few moaning pains. "That's fine for now," I reassure. "let's get a move we need to level up to make it out alive," I say, "one sec," she says as she places her hands on her face. Light glowing from her hands, she lowers them. Her face which was beaten to a pulp only a few seconds ago was completely healed in a matter of seconds, "how did you do that?" I ask in utter shock, "it's my magic, I'm capable of healing," she replies, with a slight smirk. "and they said you were useless," Daiki claims laughing harshly. "I didn't reveal it to them." She adds, "I didn't trust them. I knew they would betray me and leave me to die. "She added, "they're monsters; They walked by many dying students, they didn't even look back," she says, as she finished healing her stab wound. She makes her way to Bee and heals him, "I noticed he was injured, I'm sorry for what happened little buddy." She empathizes, as she pets him below the neck, Bee's tail wags excitedly as his wounds finish to heal. We make our way out of the cafeteria and walk towards the school's main entrance. We make sure not to get caught by goblins to make sure we don't alarm them and get attacked by the remaining ones. The closer we make it to the portal the more goblins there are. Once we spot the portal, we discover a larger goblin, bigger than all the others by an incredible amount. About 10 times bigger than the other ones, We look at each other and all agree that he was the one that made the scream earlier. We make a retreat back to the cafeteria to make a plan. Once we make it back, we talk and come to the conclusion that all the students and teachers have left the school grounds or have already died. We all agree we need to get as strong as possible making it as easy as possible to defeat the boss, as to not put ourselves in danger. Since I'm the only one who knows we can level up I also know how to do so. Which is why I suggested the first thing we do is walk around the rest of the school to try and find as many roaming goblins as possible to level up. I noticed that while hunting in a group we share the experience gained. For the present this isn't efficient for me since I'm incapable of maximizing my growth. However, I know that I won't be able to kill the goblin boss by myself. Therefore, I decided to not declare anything and stick together and decide what to do next. After a few hours we have all leveled up a few times. I make it to level 6 Bee has made it to level 5 Daiki is level 5 as well and the new girl, Aiko, is now level 4. By retaining a healthy and friendly relationship, I gain access to everyone's information window making it easy to notice and keep track of everyone's progress.

Aoi:

Stat power level: 53 (E rank)

Skill power level: 1629 (A rank)

Total power level: 1982 (B rank)

E rank

Level 6 exp 11%

Strength 12 - 15

Agility 13 - 18

Mana 10

Intellect 9 - 10

Skills:

Energy conductor - E rank, Proficiency: 94%

Unique skill — Adaptation/ Evolution — SS rank

Raking - E rank, Proficiency: 16%

Jujitsu - F rank, Proficiency: 92%

Mix martial Arts - E rank, proficiency: 12%

Duel wield - E rank, Proficiency: 85%

Bee:

Stat power level: 28 (F rank)

Skill power level: 8 (F rank)

Total power level: 36 (F rank)

F rank

Level 5 exp 89%

Strength 6 - 7

Agility 6 - 8

Mana 5 - 9

Intellect 3 - 5

Skill:

Bite - F rank, Proficiency 89%

Unknown -??? Rank, Proficiency 23%

Daiki:

Stat power level: 30 (F rank)

Skill power level: 64 (E rank)

Total power level: 94 (F rank)

F rank

Level 5 exp 76%

Strength 23

Agility 7

Mana 0

Intellect 0

Skill:

Bash - E rank,

Fury Punch - E rank

Bash allows the user to strike his target with a heavy strike, causing physical damage. Fury punch allows the user to punch the target, causing more damage than a normal punch. 

Aiko:

Stat power level: 38 (F rank)

Skill power level: 1653 (A rank)

Total power level: 1686 (B rank)

F rank

Level 4 exp 48%

Strength 2

Agility 4

Mana 17

Intellect 15

Skill:

Heal - A rank.

Ranged Heal - A rank

Mass heal - B rank.

Something I've observed is I can see other peoples stats and skills depending on the status I have with them. If they are my companion like Bee, I can see their stats. If they are my friends, like Daiki and Aiko, I can also see their stats. I believe the reason Bee can also increase the rank of his skills is because of our bond. Does that mean that if I forge a bond with my friends I'll also be capable of having them increase their skill rank? To add, from what I can tell Total Power Level is an estimate of your rank by combining both your stat points and your skill points. Furthermore, Just because your total power level is high doesn't mean you're strong since most of your total rank points come from the skills you obtain. In short your skill rank for most people is your max potential. However, for me, I don't have a limit since I can get infinitely stronger over time. What defines your power depends primarily on your stats. The rank of your skill makes the skill more useful and powerful, however to obtain the most potential is by upgrading the stat that the skill uses for example mana, for a healing spell or magic spell and strength to increase the damage of physical strength skills. After grinding a few mobs, we decide to head to a barren classroom to try and rest for the night. "We'll take turns as lookouts; we'll each have 2 hours and a half shifts. I'll take the first shift; you guys rest, Daiki you take the second shift and Aiko you take the last one." I say, They both agree and head to bed without hesitating. During the 2 hours, nothing happens except for a few goblins that walk by, since they are separated I get Bee to slaughter them and consume their lifeless bodies to distinguish whether it will increase his stats and proficiency. Since Bee has increased his stats, he is finally capable of taking care of a singular goblin by himself. The two hours and a half go by and Bee Manages to level up to level 6.

Bee:

Stat power level: 28 (F rank)

Skill power level: 8 (F rank)

Total power level: 36 (F rank)

F rank

Level 6 exp 5%

Strength 7

Agility 8

Mana 9 - 10

Intellect 5 - 7

Skill:

Bite - F rank, Proficiency 98%

Unknown -??? Rank, Proficiency 26%

As usual all his extra points went into mana and intellect. My shift has now ended, and it's now Daiki's turn, so I wake him up and head to sleep. I wake up six hours later, it's now morning. I give everyone food from my Bag. And we make our way back to the cafeteria. Today we plan on killing the boss. Since we don't possess any information on the boss except for the fact that it's a goblin we need to be careful and coordinated. The first thing we do is lure out The goblins that are located close to the boss. We decide to grab their attention using Bee to make them run after him due to their low intelligence. Once he successfully does that they chase after him and he leads them to the cafeteria where both me and Daiki cover one of the entrances. Because of the trap it was easy to kill close to 100 of them. Aiko was in the back and healing us when necessary. Her healing skill is devastatingly effective when it comes to fights requiring endurance. After finishing to kill the monsters that followed, we take a 10 minute break and make our way back to the school's entrance to investigate. Luckily almost all of the goblins had followed Bee to the cafeteria and there were only a few dozen left. Which is a lot less than we thought. We discuss how we're going to deal with them and decide that Daiki will distract the boss while I finish off the remaining goblins. While doing so Aiko will heal Daiki from afar to make sure he doesn't die.

Daiki makes a run for the boss while I use my Area Of Effect energy conductor skill to slow the goblins down and finish the close ones with my daggers. I then transition to Heat to kill them from far. By the time Daiki makes it to the boss, I manage to have killed half the goblins. Once Daiki makes it to the boss he gets hit straight in the face and flies to the other side of the room without touching the floor and hits the Brick wall at full speed. I pause and look back. "DAIKIIIIII" I scream, he gets up hastily and runs straight back to the boss. Thank god for his large body. Aiko uses her healing skill to heal him up before he makes it back to the boss. In the meantime I finish killing off all the goblins and make my way to help him. I use my heat skill to concentrate on his chest to try and burn a hole through him. However, his skin is extremely firm, making it difficult to leave a small burn wound. We both make it to melee range and launch a series of attacks using my daggers and his fists. Barely managing to deal any damage. While doing so I dodge all of the bosses' attacks whereas Daiki just takes the hits and lets Aiko heal him. A few minutes go by, and we start getting tired. However, after having fought for a few minutes the boss is also getting tired and is constantly receiving damage. We hold out for as long as possible with Bee biting The boss from behind. Striking him over and over again with my daggers and alternating to my energy conductor skill to try and scorch him whole. I manage to deal a limited amount of damage, continuing to repeat the same moves over and over again. We end up in a corner, unfortunately we don't have anything to deal a finishing blow. We conclude our barrage by regrouping and considering various approaches. "We need to figure out how to finish him off," I shout as Aiko and Daiki make their way towards me. We keep holding our own for a few seconds, and an idea comes to mind "GUYS… give me a minute," I shout, "ok we've got you," says Daiki, I retreat behind Aiko and concentrate on trying to add mana to my body and weapons to increase its power. After a few attempts of continuous failure, I finally manage to pull it off for a few seconds before its effect falls off. I keep trying, each time holding it for longer until I can withhold it long enough to be able to slash my daggers across and launch a wave of mana forward. At the same moment, I receive a notification. "Mana Slash unlocked" I rush back to the front lines, passing Daiki and adding mana to my daggers, I simultaneously jump into the air leaping forward. I use Mana Slash and land back on the floor behind the boss in a crouched position. A few seconds later a resounding "thud" comes from behind me. I stand up with my head aloft, I look next to me. There it is, the boss goblin's head on the floor covered in blood. Directly after slaying the boss, it disappears into thin air, and the monster's flesh turns into thousands of pieces slowly levitating into the air as the dark blue color turns to light until it completely disappears.