Welcome Feast

'Argh!'

Shun could feel pain all over his body while the world around him kept moving haphazardly like he was in some sort of weird tunnel, he wanted to concentrate on the surroundings but the weird phenomenon's occurring all over his body prevented him from doing so

His head felt like someone was pummeling it with a heavy rod, except the rod was made out of information that was stuffed inside his brain to the point he couldn't forget it even if he wanted to, his body also pulsed with power and emptied again, over and over, it only lessened when a feeling of power arose from his heart which now seemed a lot stronger, his mind seemed to be struggling as well, not only with the information, but something else as well, but that sensation was soon overcome as whatever was tugging at his mind was vanquished quite fast when he exerted his will toward it

Finally, after what seemed like days his body and mind calmed down, but before he could even catch his breath he felt gravity pulling him down and then he beautifully met the ground with a loud thud

"Uhhh" "Agh! What the hell!" "Uwww I nee..bleergh" "That… Was Sick! Better than any roller coaster I've been to in my life"

Various concerning sounds came from the students, especially the last one, very concerning, it seemed everyone had experienced something similar to what Shun had been through, though some of them seemed to be a lot more well off than him

"Welcome! Heroes from another world"

That was what everyone heard as soon as they got together their bearings, looking around they saw weirdly dressed people who looked to be from the medieval ages, around them were many guards equipped with swords and spears which further confirmed their view about the situation

"I, the king of Avihal, the land of the heroes, welcome you to our world heroes!"

Turning their eyes, the students looked at the man in the very middle of the formation, the man who addressed himself as the king was a fat bellied man who was dressed extra extravagant, he had so many jewelries on you could go blind

"Come my heroes, let us guide you to the banquet we are holding in your welcome, please this way"

The person who stepped up was an elegantly dressed girl, seeing her the word princess came to mind, she guided the dazed students toward a large hall where many people they guessed to be nobles were cheering and laughing, seats were presents to the students before the entire hall quieted down as the king prepared his speech

"Young heroes from afar, we have invited you here to our world to ask of your help, but first we shall present you with our hospitality, enjoy the banquet to your hearts content, worry not, for tonight is all about you, tomorrow we shall inform you of our request, now I will leave you to your deeds"

After the king spoke he drank his glass in one swing, everyone else in the room followed suite, even some students were encouraged by the scene that they also did the same, though most of them ended up choking on the wine or spitting it out

After that the king got of the main seat and headed toward the exit while many nobles, princes and princesses surrounded the students

"WAIT one moment"

A loud sound reverberated through the hall, all of the chatter and laughs ceased with it, the sound came from none other than Rekka who looked sternly toward the leaving king

"I would like to know the reason you called us to another world right now, rather than participate in your little party"

His words were rather overbearing for a student talking to a king, but that was just his personality, he never really put standing and the sort in his eyes

"Why must you be in haste young hero, what can wait till tomorrow can wait"

The king answered with a smile and a frown, the two contradictory expression on his face spoke volumes of his thoughts

"Being dragged into another world on the spur of the moment is enough reason for wanting to know soon as possible the reason were here"

Rekka's words resonated with the students as most of them snapped out of the jovial attitude they had been quickly wrapped up in and nodded at his logic

"Hmm, as you wish then, I shall explain the reason you are here"

Seeing all of the students nod the king resumed his normal smile but waved his hands causing the nobles to back off the students and look at them from a distance with serious faces, this created a tense atmosphere among the students

"Our world, Orbis, is in a great turmoil recently, many human kingdoms have started to fall down to the hands of the wretched beasts and the wicked wastes of other kingdoms, thus in this great time of need we have called upon the keeper of the world, her ladyship Levia, to bless us with heroes from another world to help us defend our people and strike down those evil doers"

"So you want us to fight for you? What makes you think we are even strong enough t do so"

"Surly her ladyship has bestowed upon you her blessings as she did with all the hroes she had called forth for us, please do tell what has she granted you of skills"

Suddenly all the eyes on them turned uncomfortable, no matter how much the nobles tried to hide their greed many students who were perceptive caught on to their desire

"First tell us more about this world and its stricter, Levia had not explained much to us"

Rekka said to the king cautiously, him calling Levia directly by her name seemed to make the king wince but other than that the king normally explained to them

"In this world all humans gain skills when they come of age, they would gain three skills randomly given to them by her ladyship, these skills are divided into five ranks, from highest to lowest they would be, Legendary, Epic, Rare, Uncommon, and lastly Common, once they are granted these skills they would be able to use them as if it was a part of themselves, these skills are further categorized into three categories, they would be, Occupations, Abilities, and other. Each skill in the ability and occupation categories have a Grade which portrays the mastery of the skill the wielder possesses"

The king Then falls silent so as to let the students process the information, then he asks yet again

"Now could you tell us what your skills are"

It didn't sound like a request at this point but more of an order, this compelled a few of the weak ones to finally give in under the pressuring eyes

"Uu I, I have the, le-legendary blade master skill"

The first to speak was the punk Sid who spoke of his skill in an unsure tone, but when the eyes around him looked at him approvingly he started feeling relived, and when he heard some of the nobles praise him lightly he suddenly turned smug about it

"I, I too have a legendary skill! Its Calamity of Earth!"

Jack followed ensuing more praise from the nobles then the other students joined in speaking out their skills, one after the other weird and super sounding skills came out like falling dominoes

"Oh Ocular Master, what a wonderful skill" "Indeed it would be of tremendous help" "What do you know, that girl's Starry Sky Sword is exactly what we need"

One after the other praises rained down on the students, some of them though were not given any attention after saying their ability, especially one of the students told of his two epic abilities, the nobles practically ignored him, only a six of the twenty something students remained mum, among them was Rekka and the two sisters who were around him, Shun and the guy with the glasses who retorted about not needing any help with the cleaning

"What a wonderful blessing we had been bestowed by her ladyship, all of you are indeed heroes, but what of you young man, how come you haven't stated your skill?"

The king turned his sharp eyes toward Rekka, it was clear that he harbored ill intentions, the king didn't take likely to his earlier behavior

To his credit Rekka remained calm under all the watchful eyes, and with an uncaring tone he stated his skill

"Master of Arms, Legendary Rank"

His words issued gasps from the surrounding nobles, even the king widened his eyes like saucers

'Sadly there aren't any noodles to go along with the show'

By the side the quite Shun was looking at the scene like it's some movie, and it was truly playing out like one, the main character smacking the face of the arrogant aristocrat, dazzling him with his cheat like ability, etc. As for the noodles? He didn't like popcorn so he used noodles instead

Somehow while he was lost in thought he felt everyone looking at him suggestively, he then noticed that everyone seemed to have already stated their skills and they were waiting for him

'That's weird I didn't hear him talk'

By him he meant Mamoru, the boy in glasses, but when he looked toward the boy in question he saw a weird grin plastered on his face, it made Shun inch slightly away from the boy before looking back at the crowed, then he stated his skills in a light tone

"Epic rank Soul Rend, Rare rank Stealth, Rare rank Cooking"

As soon as he said so he noticed the glimmer in the king's eyes quickly dim, some of the surrounding nobles even showed slight scorn, but a sudden noise saved him from trying to awkwardly extract himself from the attention

"Guhe Guhahaha, You call that skills? All of you don't know what real skills are, now behold me who has four skills! I have the Legendary Fire Element Mastery, Rare Telekinesis, Rare Fire Rain, and lastly Rare Rank-Break!"

Those words were spat by Mamoru who was crazily laughing next to Shun, his stupid grin made Shun very uncomfortable as he started to inch away from the weirdo, but contrary to his expectation the nobles in the hall didn't seem to be disgusted instead they were clearly astonished, some of them even looked gob smacked

"What great heroes we have been blessed with, now pleas please continue with your banquet, mister how about you accompany me for a walk?"

The king hurried the students to get back to the banquet while he personally invited Mamoru out, the boy had a smug grin as he walked out with the king, a women Shun presumed to be the even queen took the chance to walk side by side with Mamoru clearly pushing her body toward him

'Was it the four skills or one of the skills that caught their attention? No they had a surprised expression the second he said that he had four skills, hmm it's as I guessed then'

Shun contemplated a bit before he shrugged and started to eat to his heart's content, one or two nobles came to try and talk to him but he got out of the conversation pretty quickly by pointing at his stuffed mouth, other than that nobody came to presumably because he had bad skills, he didn't mind though since the good food was better than any vain praise a noble could dish out

"You're gonna get fat if you eat too much you know"

One of his classmates looked at him worriedly, if he recalled correctly she was the one with the Ocular Mastery skill, but he couldn't really recall her name

"Don't worry, I never get fat no matter how much I eat"

He spoke whilst food filled his mouth, the girl wanted to remark on that but was soon pulled away by a few princes

The banquet continued for hours into the night but Shun excused himself after only a few half an hour, he told them he was gonna head out for a walk, which he did, a walk to the library is a walk

After asking the maids and guards around he found where the library was, once he told them that he was one of the summoned heroes they let him in pretty easily

Once he was inside he saw rows upon rows of books, it was so large that not even the largest library on earth could compare to it

'Rule number one in games: Read the manual'

Taking a deep breath, he asked the receptionist to fetch him various books, the classification of skills, list of occupations, list of abilities, list of other, explaining grade, know your country….

Once he sat down with his new books he focused hard, he knew that he might not get the chance to get things as easily done as now tomorrow, for one they would probably give him tasks that he couldn't refuse barring him any free time, for two he knew that once his skills were exposed everyone might start to treat him with contempt, no he was pretty sure they would, so he decided that it was best to strike while the iron was hot

So for the rest of the night and until slightly over seven in the mourning Shun was immersed in books, so much so that his eyes looked to be blood shot at this point

"Erm, young man the king calls for you and the heroes to gather in the conference hall, please hurry about"

A displeased voice came from behind him, he turned around to see a guard looking at him disapprovingly, with none of the respect from yesterday to be seen

"Alright lead the way"

A hoarse voice came out of Shun's mouth when he responded, then he followed the annoyed guard to the conference room while organizing the information he had gotten over night