Well I went to see the movie Scorch trials today and it left me totally on edge after all that suspense so I came back and finished the second chapter. After this I think David will need to grind and come up with some real skills... Maybe raid the library?

Chapter 2

Boom! Another crashed ripped the area as I saw Zagul swing at Serena missing narrowly and sending an entire tree rocking backwards. It had some amazing power on it that's for sure. I also noted the armor on it was much fuller then even an ursa major in the pictures I had seen. Using observe I could see quite a bit.

Name: Zagul
Title: He Who Eats Life
Level: 63
HP: 129000
MP: 2500

STR: 160
VIT: 129
DEX: 80
INT: 25
WIS: 10
LUK: 0

A significantly older ursa than your standard ursa who surpassed the mindless state to awaken to a slightly sentient state. He grows stronger and smarter as he feasts on the minds of sentient creatures.

That… Was plenty explanative for what I was seeing. He grew stronger by eating humans and awakened like the goliaths did. I was quite surprised that there was an awakened ursa so close to Atlas but maybe that was why they had brought us here. As I glanced towards the teacher he simply was sitting on a folding chair sipping a cup of coffee reading his scroll. I could not tell if he cared for the students under his care or not… Then another crash and the ursa sent a chunk of log flying down towards the crevice in the valley between us. Except… That wasn't a log it was Serena! With a quick observe I could see exactly what happened. She had attempted to teleport again and possibly had not had enough aura remaining as she definitely did not have any right now. Closing the observe window I sprinted down the slope towards the downed Serena.

"Aaron! Jon! Back me up!" I shouted over my shoulder hoping they would hear. In the moments I sprinted towards Serena the ursa leaped towards her with a vengeance clearing the space faster than I could normally. So I focused all the MP I could spare into my legs and accelerated forward. Making a quick glance I knew I would make to Serena first by mere seconds. I needed to hit this thing as hard I could and knock it away or it would undoubtedly get us before I could pull her free. Glancing back I knew Aaron and Jon were still far behind me with an expression of hopelessness on their faces.

Gripping my sword I focused all the remaining MP I had leaving enough to survive if this failed and it hit me. Focusing it through the blade as an extension of my body, I did not stop when I reached Serena instead I leapt forward gaining a bit more momentum as I slashed at the ursa on the left as hard as I could. The blow forced the ursa off course causing it to hit ground on the side of Serena and tumble down the hill as one of its legs seemed to fail it. As this point with all my momentum eaten by the strike on the ursa I spun back towards Serena still lying completely still and checked her HP. It did not seem to be decreasing or in jeopardy and so I immediately rushed towards her side. I glanced at the ursa, who had fallen down the slope a ways, as he started to climb back up. At that moment Jon and Aaron reached my side.

"What now?" Aaron asked.

Ignoring the popup windows indicating new actions creating skills, I considered for a moment that ursa still had around 100000 health left. Which means my strike which ate almost everything I had left me basically depleted and even though the ursa has around the same DEX I did not think I could dodge those swipes it was making at Serena. This meant the only way I would be able to defeat it is either put my points into DEX or STR hoping for a one hit kill. Considering how the level difference was so great I doubt a one hit kill would work. This left speed and teamwork and attempting to survive.

"Give me ten seconds to regain the strength I spent on that attack and keep it busy. Then give it your best hit to stun it and I will pounce again and then play the decoy for you two to land some shots." I replied.

Hopefully my next hit would do enough damage to impair its movement further so we would win a long term fight. They nodded sagely and I left their actions to them.

"Go!" I shouted as I called up the status screen to input my stats.

Name: David Gale
Class: The Gamer
Level: 13
HP: 8900
MP: 6600
STR: 99
VIT: 87
DEX: 79
INT: 62
WIS: 65
LUK: 0

Point: 60
MONEY: 2500 Lien

I decided to raise STR to 101 and see if it gives bonus skills like it did with my other stats at 50. Raising STR to 101, a flurry of pings popped up at I noticed three new skills. However not having enough time to check in this brief moment I immediately spammed the crud out of the DEX increase button until it had eaten all my points. Then I applied and waited. Unlike raising stats through training this was exhilarating and filling. Instantly I felt a huge shift and new passives presumably taking hold.

Counting in my head I knew there was only two seconds until they would stun the ursa and expect me to be there. Before even the notifications finished popping up I blazed forward like a rocket despite not pouring any MP into my legs. If I were to compare my speed now to when I chucked all my MP into my legs it would be like I had super charged that event. Something was making me wicked fast and I did not have time to look now. I also could see visibly that time was moving slower now. While I knew I was moving much faster my perception had increased drastically and I could see where Aaron was slamming the ursa with his best shot to disorient it.

With the added time for study I determined the best course was to strike its right arm since it was slightly away from its body and neither brother would be in my path. I immediately pushed on more speed for the strike. Not able to glance at my MP bar I summoned whatever power I could into my sword which felt like a ridiculous amount for some reason and I sensed I still had plenty for my aura shield. I activated sword dash amping up my speed another notch and increasing my attack power and swung hard at the ursas right arm. My sword connected perfectly with the arm and met incredible resistance. It was like I was slicing through what I imagine reinforced steel would feel like. I felt like my sword would rip out of my hands but I held firm and then I was past the ursa watching an arm sail past me. Instantly the ursa roared like no Grimm I have ever heard. If you thought Grimm wanted to eat you on an average day, well, this ursa most definitely proved me wrong.

A new skill has been created through action.
Detect Bloodlust (Passive) 0.00%
Due to coming into contact with enormous bloodlust you are now able to detect it in your average everyday life.

Immediately I felt a shiver down my spine and leapt away from the ursa. Where I had been moments before became a huge crater as debris flew towards me. I glanced towards the ursa's HP as I steadied myself during the landing and saw that the removal of an arm had cut its HP by another 20%. Then I glanced at my MP bar and saw it still had exactly the same amount as before. Surprisingly, my HP bar had actually dropped a ways despite not taking any damage! While I was not in any danger HP wise, I did not think I could afford to take any more damage or this would get seriously more dangerous.

As the ursa stumbled lacking what was its forward left leg I saw Aaron and Jon both hit the ursa hard with strikes that left bone shattering noise. Then the ursa seemed to realize it was now a three legged animal and began moving as if that was completely normal albeit a bit slower than before but it still gave me significant goosebumps as some sort of black fluid flowed out of the wound like a stream splattering on the ground. As the ursa charged me I activated field preparing to dodge the moment it swung and counter attack. The instant it was in my range I dodged sharply out of its charging path and dropped my sword to slice it as it ran. The ursa tried to adjust but I had moved to the tip of my swords range in case it would be able to… and it nearly did hit me despite that. However because it got so close and still missed me my sword sank in deep as it carved its way through the ursa and I held on to my sword with all my might.

CRITICAL HIT flashed as the ursa passed my sword and I knew it had taken some hefty damage from that one. Still not wanting to let up the assault I dashed forward activating sword dash as the ursa had just managed to stop. I instantly closed the distance and sliced hard along the ursa's back leaving a deep mark there. The ursa viciously tried to smack me with its hind legs and I nimbly dodged out of its path. The effort seemed to be becoming significantly easier for me as I believed I was getting the hang of the new speed I could produce. Glancing at the ursa's bar I could see it still had around 30% left but it had some nasty status effects applied like missing arm and broken spine symbol whatever that meant. I mean if it really had broken its spine how is it standing up and charging me AGAIN? This time as the ursa charged me, I also charged the ursa and leapt over its head far higher then I meant to as it plowed through where I had just been. It tried to stop but well it was going downhill and even if it thought three legs was plenty apparently its physical mass disagreed and it went tumbling. As soon as my feet hit the ground I sprinted down the hill and activated lunge. Checking my MP bar it had recovered a decent ways and my HP had also risen three fourths of the way to maximum to my great surprise.

Jon and Aaron then immediately plowed some hard hits on the ursa's backside as it turned towards me with a vicious glint in its eye.

Meanwhile I fed power into lunge and increased my speed as high as it could go. The ursa lurched forward as it sustained the blows from Jon and Aaron. Then my sword connected with the ursa's head cleanly stabbing all the way to the hilt. But I did not let up there! I immediately poured aura freely into my sword as I sliced the ursa like a good steak freeing my weapon and leaping backwards out of range of… Nothing as the ursa completely collapsed. Panting very hard I checked its HP bar and saw it hit 0 finally.

You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!
You have leveled up!

I blinked wildly at the spam of level up screens. I guess I could understand considering how I had just slain something fifty levels above me. In reality the only reason I was still 13 was because I had to level up and training stats all day just did not increase my level for me. While for other people levels seemed to be an approximation of their general strength. Sighing deeply in relief I glanced towards Jon and Aaron, who just looked completely dumbfounded that we had managed to kill this beast. Then I checked Serena and saw that she had actually woken up and was watching us with her mouth open. Finally I looked at the scum of a teacher who was still reading his darn scroll! Safe training my butt he really does not care about us at all! Despite this I calmed myself and walked over to Serena.

"Are you alright?" I asked inquisitively.

She nodded. "Yes… How.. Did you do that?"

I frowned deeply. I mean sure it was a legitimate question since I am pretty sure that was pretty bloody far above anything I could have ever done before today. "uh" I stammered "I guess the adrenaline hit me".

"Ah…" she murmured.

"Heeey! We helped too you know!" Aaron protested.

"Indeed you did!" I agreed readily hoping to divert attention "Without you guys I most definitely would not have been able to land any hits. If my first strike had not removed that ursa's arm…" I shuddered.

"I know what you mean." Jon uttered "that ursa was so fast and kept moving despite losing a limb as if it was a minor annoyance. I mean it's a freakin limb you would think he would care about it!"

"When we get back to a teacher who actually cares about us…" I spoke while glaring in the direction of the still oblivious teacher, "I will totally pick his brain about today. I have never heard this from my mom or any teachers!"

Sheathing my sword I turned back towards Serena and offered my hand to help her up. "Is anything broken?" I inquired.

Frowning slightly at trying to stand she replied "No I seem to be intact."

"That's good" Jon replied "When I got to you, you had nada no aura and frankly you seemed to be out like a light. How much of that fight did you see anyways?"

"hmm" She mused "I came to right as I saw David here leap over the charging ursa. Then I noticed that it was missing an arm and I honestly thought that the teacher had stepped in and made it into a training exercise. Only to glance up and see him sipping coffee, blink our direction, and then return to his scroll. It was then I realized one of you had actually severed its limb that was so solid I could not even dent it."

That actually surprised me since she was a ? to me and significantly stronger than I was. Speaking of which I could see her level now. Using observe I gleamed the answer I sought.

Name: Serena Heartwing
Title: The Girl Who Leaps
Level: 65
HP: 2700/5200
MP: 1500/10200
STR: 35
VIT: 52
DEX: 70
INT: 140
WIS: 91
LUK: 0

P.S. I'm still mulling over all the skill values and stuff if somethings exceedingly wrong I'm probably going to go back and edit things for balance sake since I frankly have no idea how strong everything should be.

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