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Hey guys! Guess who`s back! It's Cyan! I know you guys are here for the story and not me so the answer can't be Spiffy. That should be offensive to me and add the status effect "Depression" to my body. But why would I be upset? It just means that you guys like my work!
Anyway, enough mumbling, it's time for the story. After I answer a question that is! This is for you commenter "H. "! Last chapter you asked about aura and semblances for MC Cyan and i'll be real with you, I didn't think much about it before your comment. You see I feel that the time period Cyan is in lacks aura as I feel aura is, as odd as it sounds, more scientific.
He is currently in "remnants magic era". He will learn magic now; then when the world is wiped of humans and rebuilt, he will get an aura. I also wanted to give him a proper semblance that was cool and powerful but not too overpowered. I eventually came up with the semblance; I won't tell you guys what it does yet as that is a "spoiler" for the story but I can give you a name for it. I have named it [Reality Check]. With that out of the way, let's begin.
It's showtime!
(Chapter warnings: Horror elements.)
Chapter 7: Out of the Package.
(The forest)
I start walking through the forest, just like yesterday. Compuii and I enjoyed the scenery. I was definitely not having flashbacks from silent hill. Nope!
We were making our way to the fountain I visited before to make a plan of attack with my partner. She says that fountains like that one have unique functions, one of which is the ability to ward off Grimm. Once I got there and sat on the ground, me and my partner made our plans.
"Let's look for some weak enemies! There any close by Compuii?" I ask.
"Many. But if we change the meaning of the term weak to your weak then there are no candidates found." She says bluntly, poking fun at my situation.
'Ouch! But that will change you know.'
"I mean enemies I can beat Compuii." I say with a bit of depression in my voice.
"The market has opened slightly. If we cross out the enemies who are in large groups then we have a single huntable candidate."
"What kind of enemy is it? You can check that right?" I ask.
Her avatar nods. "Correct. I can see which enemies are around and give you basic information. If you want the stats and other such info, then I must scan them while your in combat before I can access it through the map. The enemy I found is called a wall crawler."
"So it's a spider? Good thing I don't have arachnophobia." I smirk.
"Incorrect. It's not a spider, though I can see were the confusion may come from. When I say wall crawler I mean that it crawls in walls. It is a blind rat Grimm that kills families in their sleep. They are only ever found in plains and old houses but thanks to the ID system we can fight one without needing to look far. They were eventually renamed as the death plague later in time." She corrects.
'The more you know'
"Thanks for the tip. Whereabouts is it?" I ask.
"To the north."
So I begin to head north with Compuii's guidance. I start thinking to myself. 'What will the fight be like?' Thoughts similar to the previous flood my mind. 'What does it look like? What kind of stats would this thing have? Hell, what do my stats look like now?' I pull myself from my thoughts and summon my scroll. Pressing the top button to get into the status menu.
[Updated!]
[Cyan Palette:-]
[9!1:-!#$044 4#]
[Power level: 39]
[Stat level: 32]
[Money: 0 Lien]
[Stats]
[Vit-4]
[Str-10]
[Dur-2]
[Spd-14]
[Vig-2]
[Value]
[HP-20/20]
[MP-0/0]
[TP-0/0]
[ -13(10+3)]
[ -0]
[ -0]
[ -6(2+4)]
[ -0]
[ -0]
[Spe-14]
[Acc-0]
[Eva-0]
[Bonus]
[4% bonus to food benefits.]
[5 pounds of liftable weight.]
[2% extra equipment durability.]
[0.84mph movement speed. (Makes movements sluggish if below walking speed.)]
[1 HP regen every 30 mins.]
Well look at me, I'm still pathetic! But when it comes down to it I have gotten considerably stronger than before. Only a matter of time before I become god! The speed also explains why my body feels like it's being controlled by Plankton.
Well if this rat is able to be killed by me, then I shouldn't be too weak right? Speaking of, the destination is up ahead. It's a small open area with a river close by, it's beautiful looking and would be a great place for a picnic. But for now it shall be an area of battle.
I take out my scroll and access the map function, the word "Enter?" appears by my icon. I press it and watch as the world begins shifting, doubles of everything cloud my vision as the world seems two split into two, warping the world in the process. But just as soon as the world changed, it turned back.
A dome could be made out when I looked around. The most interesting thing I saw was a tree that's length was in between the out and inside of the dome. Half of it was frozen in time while the other half flowed as if nothing happened. Of course I couldn't stare at the spectacle for long, my foe came from the bushes in an attack stance.
"Compuii, what are the stats?" I say while summoning my stick.
"Doesn't work that way. I need time to scan for the details like stats. Just play keep away for awhile; they mainly wait for their enemies to be asleep to kill them but when their presence is known, they act like any other Grimm. It's strength is stealth, which it now lacks."
It starts to leap at me, I dodge the first attack and block the second. The third time it jumps at me allows me to bat it away. It slowly starts to get up as it stares at me, allowing me to look at it's downed form. It has a slime like form, just like my first fight, only the glowing orange eyes where different from it's ink like body. I believe this means its a newborn Grimm.
"Scan complete."
[Power level: 40]
[Grimm: Death Plague]
[Rank: Newborn/1]
[Stats]
[Vit-3]
[Str-7]
[Dur-?]
[Spd-10]
[Vig-?]
[Value]
[HP-6/15]
[ -5]
[ -4]
[Spe-10]
"Compuii, what's with the question marks!?" I ask; having a vague idea.
"I am also affected by the system my operator. I have my own skills, the more I scan, the more info I can find. For stats, the stronger my scan ability, the higher stats we can view. However you should know that my skills are affected by your stats. For example, with my scan abilities strength, we can see stats that are stronger than yours by 2%, if one of your stats was 100, we could see stats as strong as 102. Which is us-" The rat lunged at me once more during her long explanation.
[-1]
"Not the time for an entire school lesson Compuii!" With another strike the rat bastard died. "That wasn't too bad."
"Don't worry, there are more behind you." As she says that, I'm hit in the back. I look back to see two more shapeless creatures.
[-1]
"These things aren't strong at all; only annoying." I say with a grunt.
"I suggest defensive tactics. If you can play your cards right you can do this without any damage." One of the rats jumps at me, I bat it away just like the first one. "Good, now attack it while it's down!"
I don't listen, instead I attack the other rat, knocking it towards its downed rat companion with a golf swing. "Operator, what are you doing? This isn't part of-" I begin walking over to the two useless enemies.
"Now that all the enemies have been knocked down, it's time for an all out attack!" I say to myself. An evil glint in my eyes.
The two toppled rats have almost gotten up, Compuii is flabbergasted at my lack of compliance. But that didn't matter to anyone at the moment. The only thing worth mentioning during those moments was the earth shattering battle cry.
"REEEEEEE!" A single swing was all that was needed. The damage killed and dissipated the first Grimm, allowing the stick to pass through and hit the second, ending both their lives. Once both rats were dead and had fully dissipated a cracking sound could be heard. The world had gone back to its original state.
"That was unorthodox. Though I suppose it did work, congratulations operator." Compuii congratulates.
"Thanks my partner! Now, what did we get?"
"See for yourself." I look at the scroll and find two notifications.
[ID destroyed. Reward: 2 FP, 0.12 Lien.]
[Daily quest: One after another.]
[Description: Time for a trial by fire. Kill two enemies. The first one to test your worth, the second to prove it wasn't a fluke.]
[Completed!]
[Reward: 3 Dur.]
[Total: 2 FP, 3 Dur, 0.12 Lien.]
"Could you do me a favor. Whenever I get FP could you please put them into the speed stat? Just until my speed is 100 in value." I ask.
"Of course. May I ask why though?" She asks in return.
"While the other stats are good I feel that speed is the most important. Strength is nothing in the face of something faster and would allow me to whittle down enemies without getting hurt for the most part. If I can't scratch an enemy, I could run away to ensure my survival." I honestly say.
"You make good points. I just know that most gamers horde their points until they know what they want to put them into, this way they don't regret it later on. Why don't you just do that?" She counters.
"Because I know what I want. I'm weaker than everyone else due to my circumstances, I can't afford to save points and use them later. There is a good chance that the enemy I would be fighting at the time would kill me before I could, yesterday's danger reminded me of that fact. That's why I won't hold on to my points, for now anyways." I explain.
"Understood. I shall set a temporary rule on FP until the stat "Spd" is 100." She states. "Do you want to do the last two quests and call it a day?" I nod and bring up my quests.
[Daily quest: One after another.]
[Description: Time for a trial by fire. Kill two enemies. The first one to test your worth, the second to prove it wasn't a fluke.]
[Daily quest: Kill Grimm with a strength level that's over 100.]
[Description: Show your stuff by killing something a child could]
[0/1]
[Reward: 7 Vit.]
[Daily quest: Creation!]
[Description: If you want it done right, you gotta do it yourself. Make a weapon instead of finding them.]
[0/1]
[Reward: 2 Str.]
I began forming a plan. "I think we should do the third one first. That way we can be better prepared for an enemy whose strength is over 100. I know that the previous ones were easy but their strength was 40. I won't truly know the difference between them until I face them head on but we must prepare for the unknown first, just in case."
"You're quite intelligent operator. Now I owe the pervert something, nice going smarty pants." She says, complimenting me, but being unhappy about it because of a bet the pervert and AI made without my knowledge. "I will unlock the crafting menu for you, you should still have usable materials from one of your earlier quests that can be used for the process. And because your so smart, I won't instruct you on how to use it."
I open my newly unlocked crafting system; finding two squares side by side with an arrow pointing to another box; in the corner was a bag icon for what I assume will be used for getting inventory items.
Well she was right, it was easy for me to figure out. I press the bag icon and gaze at my inventory. There was a section for my equipment and my actual inventory. The items that I could possible use for weapon creation were spread out between the two. The first four items were from my inventory, they were a knife, another smaller knife, a chair and a fire crystal.
From my equipment there was only one item, the trusty stick. Now comes the difficult part, what items to choose. I mean the stick is a given, we've been through battles together and our relationship really had a breakthrough, but what else?
After careful consideration, I chose the larger of the two knives. I put my trusty stick in the left box and my knife in the second. The box at the end of the arrow had a question mark, with a quick tap the screen began to shine.
The shadow of the new weapon descending filled me with hype and once the light ceased to shine, the masterpiece was revealed. It was as long as a short sword, but unlike a short-sword, it's properties were reversed.
A short sword had a hand wide handle that was attached to a longer blade.
This weapon was the opposite; it had a blade as long as a short swords handle and a handle as long as a short swords blade. It was basically a much larger scalpel. I read the legendary weapons description.
[Knife on a stick: 100/100]
[Rarity:?]
[Description: What did you expect when you merge a knife and a stick!?]
[Properties: 50 Physical attack.]
"Why would you merge those things!?" Compuii yells at me.
'Hmph, fool!'
"Because when you are a man like myself, you must make a weapon in the image of Wa!" I shout with pride as I hold my new weapon. The quest that was just completed giving me 2 points into strength.
'Yes, the only being capable of fighting Shaggy head on, Waluigi!'
"The calculations of this weapon doesn't make sense! It's stronger than what the fire stone and false knife would create!" She shouts with extreme confusion.
"Well it just appears that my faith in Wa has been rewarded. Now off to kill Grimm!" I say as I begin to make my way through the forest.
I follow the map and guidance of Compuii. She says that the Grimm that I need to face has to be on it's own for my victory to be assured. So she had to find a specific Grimm that didn't move in groups and wasn't too powerful. Which we did.
In the dense trees was a Grimm that Compuii called a Copycat. Just like the other enemies I faced it's body had a sludge like consistency as it moved about. It was a large cat that walked on two legs and by my partners decryption was more of a doll than a cat when fully formed.
But even in its semi-formed state her facts held some truth once it turned around, it's face wasn't cat like, it had a deep red frown and two red flames for eyes. It didn't notice us yet. It allowed us to view its stats.
[Power level: 150] [Grimm: Copycat]
[Rank: Newborn/1]
[Stats]
[Vit-?]
[Str-10]
[Dur-?]
[Spd-10]
[Vig-?]
[Value]
[HP-50/50]
[ -10]
[ -?]
[Spe-10]
The plan was simple, just needed one hit. And that's what happened, it's just I wasn't the one who executed it. The Grimm had struck me in the jaw.
[-4]
It looked at me and groaned as it stumbled towards me. It tried to grab me, but before it could I stabbed it in the throat. Killing it instantly and completing my final quest. I look at the growth for the day.
[Cyan Palette:-]
[9!1:-!#$044 4#]
[Power level: 100]
[Stat level: 46]
[Money: 0.12 Lien]
[Stats]
[Vit-4⇒11]
[Str-12]
[Dur-5]
[Spd-14⇒16]
[Vig-2]
[Value]
[HP-38/55]
[MP-0/0]
[TP-0/0]
[ -62(12+50)]
[ -0]
[ -0]
[ -11(5+4)]
[ -0]
[ -0]
[Spe-16]
[Acc-0]
[Eva-0]
[Bonus]
[11% bonus to food benefits.]
[6 pounds of liftable weight.]
[5% extra equipment durability]
[0.96mph movement speed.]
[1 HP regen every 30 mins.]
'Good job me!'
I am getting a good feeling about this whole situation now. It will be tough but I will pull through.
"Operator! There's a presence nearby!" Compuii warns.
"Is it pyramid head?" I say seriously.
"No. The alarm would have activated. This entity is different. It's not Grimm, it's not a human, it isn't apart of the system or even outside of it. It's existence and aura just feel wrong in every way." Compuii starts to panic. I can see fear on her avatars face as she shakes.
I try to console her the best I can. But eventually I feel a shiver down my back and hear a faint sound that was a mix crackling and ringing. Once I turned around I saw it, my eyes agreed with Compuii description of what she felt.
It looked wrong. Its mass circled a tree and snapped it in half, making the tree's top half plummet downwards, revealing its body. It looked like a heavily glitched image, that took properties from other images to make a mashup picture. It's head was made up of faces of many humans, pieces of its face changed as it moved.
The best example I could give you to paint a picture of what it looked like would be from Doki Doki Literature Club. When Sayori's portrait became glitched at the title screen.(AN:No, this isn't crossing over with DDLC. It's just an example.)
The thing began to move. It's limbs appeared to move almost instantly to different positions, giving it the illusion it was twitching. Once it became mobile I could tell, even though I was slower than average, that it's speed was abnormal.
In an instant it had it's arm thing around my neck as it jerked me upwards. It placed its other limb on my face, the mere touch sending me into a frenzy as pain shot throughout my body. It was unbearable, I almost didn't here Compuii shouting at me. Almost.
"Shout retreat!" She pleaded. I did just that, finding myself suddenly on my bed. The pain was dulled but still lingered, my body felt paralyzed. A loud screeching was heard in my ears as a glitched exclamation mark appeared in my vision. I brought out my scroll and looked at the notification.
[Notification: Mail received.]
[Opening mail…]
[Letter: Subject: Guess what?]
[̶̠̬̿͆͠T̵̫͕͍́͆h̴̚͜e̴̠͉̅͊̇r̶̮̋̀͘e̸̾̑͜ ̷̧̂͒͝ͅi̸̟͌̂͝s̸̡͚̟͗̒ ̵̱͉̋̋ñ̶͙͉̹ő̸̬̦̉͗t̸̬̙̿ ̶̨̼̞̅á̸̪̯̯̓ ̵̣̣̑̔d̷̛̠̬a̷̞͔͝y̵̳̓̇͝ ̶̥̠̿̎̀t̴͔̅h̸͈͗̄͜ḁ̸̇̓ț̵͕̄ ̶͚̃̄͜g̷͇̱̩̀̄̈́o̴̡͎͕̎́̈́ĕ̷̜͈̰͠s̶̝̊̂̑ ̸͚͈̯̀̈̚b̸͙̓̇y̸̼̤͆.̵̜̆̀͛ ̵͕͙̮̏̀̚Ẃ̵̖h̷̢̢̗͒̆ẻ̷̢̡r̶̫̍̀́ͅê̶̙͆̽ͅ ̴͓̹͇̓͊I̷͕͑̍͜ ̷̨̈́ḓ̶̂̄̓ó̴̺͕n̴͓̥͆͜'̷̲̮̼̿t̸̤̗̒ ̷̧̛̝̓̐t̶̫͋̈́ȟ̸͈͈ǐ̸̱͎̈́̕͜n̸̙̜̦͛͘k̴͖̫̚ͅ ̷͉̟̉̓á̸̜̝ĺ̶͎̯̮̚ļ̶͓̫́ ̶̪͓̞̈́̿s̵͉͎̒ḥ̴͑̌̾o̶̖̓͜u̴͚͓̒l̶̢͈͌́ḋ̸̲̫͜ ̸̟́d̸̡̋́̽i̸̢̨͓̕ė̴͕́̌.̸͕̈͋͜ ̸͙͓̾̿̓I̶̧͓̓͒̽ ̵͕̖̔͘s̸͎͚̿̅̆e̴̼̅̿a̷̬̟̽̈́̅r̷̝̯̘̉͐c̸̪͋͌͌ḧ̶̻́͂ ̸̝̭͖̌̈́ä̸͈́n̶̘̕͝͝d̷̪͐̽͗ ̴̘̞͑̐s̸̰̊ẹ̶̝͚̏͛å̴͎̐̕r̴̛̰̘c̵̮̙̪̃h̴̡̛̝͕̉͠ ̴͔̗̝́̇̿b̸̭̀̇u̷͚̓̄t̴͎̤̏͒͠ ̵̭̿̓͗c̴͙̑̾͠a̷̧̛̒͠n̵͕̓͘ͅ'̷͙͓͈͒͒ẗ̴̯́͂ ̴̺̂̈́́f̴͖̮̾̊i̷͖̇n̶̠͎̅͐d̵̲͔̎̕̕ ̷̲̅̃a̷͎̗͂̓͘ͅn̶̤̼̖̈̊ẏ̴̟̩̯͝ ̷̨̛̫̝m̸̡̬̈́̀̓ȩ̵͓̳̀͝ḁ̷̑ľ̷͓̼͉s̷̗̀̇́.̴͔̗̜̏́̒ ̸̙͙̰̄S̵̱̗͊̕̕ͅo̸͇̻̅͒̚ ̷̲̼̳̄͊t̴͓͖̔͘h̵̢͒͗̍ë̶̟̘̤́̉͘ ̸̖́̆ṋ̴̻̃e̶̯̱̪͗͝x̶̲͗̓͆t̸̢͍̲̂ ̴̭̤̙͝o̸͔̳̣͐͆͠n̶͕̂̓e̵̘̘͛̐͝ ̴͍͌̊̍I̵̱͐̿ ̸̮̮̱̓͂f̵̬͇͗̿i̵̘̭̭̎̀̃n̸̯̄d̶͓̯͉̓ ̶͍́ś̷͇͈̪̀ḧ̴̘́͆a̶̮̙͓͂l̶͕̑̋͊l̷̮̼̒̎̍͜ ̴̤͖́͜l̵̜͈͑͘ȯ̵͙̖͇̐̓s̸̮̀́é̵̤̦̩̽ ̴͚̝̠̄t̷̮͖͗̀h̸̘̓ẻ̷͎͙̔͑í̶̤͎̙̂́r̶͔̰̈̏̂ ̸̛̲̠͆̍ḩ̵̞̊̒͝ḙ̷̀̒͜ě̴͈͎̀͂l̴̛̹̓͗s̵̺͔͕͐.̵̜̐ ̶̫̘͇̈̽̓B̵̢̨͑ȩ̸̙̇͘c̸͖̀a̴͍̜̓ủ̷͓͑ͅs̷͓̽ͅe̴̦̺̒̒͌ ̵͙̮͐̓̉t̵̞͂̚̕ẖ̴̢̓̕e̴̠̾͊ÿ̶͔́̑̈́ ̸̦͓̀̓͝a̸̢̤͕͛͝l̸̢̖̗͐w̵͚̤̿͠a̷̻͚͐̉y̴̢͕͍͌͐͝s̵͖̜̈̓̌ ̶̱̖̌͝ȓ̶͗͜͝u̷̡͔͒̿͠n̵͉̜̙̿ ̴̖̪̤̋̎f̶̯̞̑̉͗r̴̥̾͠o̸͉̞̒m̶͈͊ ̸̦̝͑͜w̶̜͙͗̈́h̷̖̀͂̍à̷͍̯̲ţ̷̓̊ ̸͇̰́̑͠n̵̢̺͍͂͝e̷̤̐̑͠e̶̩̥̋̀͘d̸̛͎̂̈́s̸͉̲͐͐̇ ̴͖̋t̴̮̞͙͗ö̸̻́ ̸̬͕̻̒̑͝b̶͕̗̈́̋́ě̷̢̦͚͗̚ ̴͈̐̽d̶̛̜̠͂̄ǫ̵͎̒̕n̷͖͔̾̉͝e̴̻̺̤̋.̴̲̹̈́ ̸͉̥̣͐Ḇ̴͖̆u̶͖̠̒̈́ṱ̸̘͗ ̴̢̼̱̌̓̃t̴̠̟̖̋͂́ḩ̵̦͋ã̵̱̠̆̇t̴̥̗̑ ̴̮̏j̵̝͍̏͝u̵̱̰͠s̸̢͎̉͜͝t̷̡͎͌̀ ̷̖̚̕m̵̳͙̖̃a̶̡̰̘͋k̶͉͙͕̋e̴͕̟̊s̶̄̈́͆͜ ̶̤͉͌ì̵̬͇̋͐t̴̪̥͆͂̾ ̴̤̜́͝ḁ̵͛̽̀ḷ̶̠̣̌͝l̴͚͎̅̎ ̵̗͈͙̾t̷̰̾ḧ̶͕́͘e̵̦̓̐ ̷̙́m̷̢̰̘̉̿ò̴̭̳r̴͙̘̟͑͋͝ę̴͚͎͂̅͂ ̸̦̮̎̋ḟ̶̡͍̺̋̅u̵̫͚̓n̶̛̥͙̓̔.̴̯̑̊͘ ̶̘̄S̴̡̙̯̈́̃o̶̘͓͖̓́ ̷͖̼̆r̶̠͙̚ẹ̵̽͛͐͜s̶̮͂̋t̷̛̗̯̙ ̴̬͚͂̒w̴͕̻̒h̷̻̔i̴͔̩͝l̷̥̰͂̽̌e̶͈͖̓̐͋ ̶̻̽y̷̺͊̃̈ͅȯ̸͔̖͝u̸͎̕͘͝ ̶̨͙̞̓͝c̴̺͇̀͆̿á̵̜͚̑͑n̶̤̖̎̂,̶͎̝̽ ̴̢́́̇b̵̙̭̀͜e̵̻̽͛̚c̴͎͆̽͊a̷͓͕̱͝ư̵̘̋͌s̸͇̗͇̈́e̵͚̯̅͘͜ ̵̙̒o̴̖͆ņ̴̛̤̃͑c̶͕͛̚ë̴̢̘́ ̵͚̞̖͋̾ỳ̷̘͑̏o̶̧̦̺͌̏̊u̸̜͙̒͛̿r̶̬̐͂ ̸͕̘͇͆i̸̗̽̅̀n̸͈̖̍ͅ ̵͕̱̑͂m̸͇̣͉͗̆y̸̭̕͝ ̶͔̲̗̉̔s̷̹͌į̵̌̈́g̶̯̭̮̓͗h̵͓͈̀̿̅t̷̗͛͛̚.̶͎͉̖͊ ̵͙̀Y̸̮̯̤̅o̸̻̲̾̅u̴̡̮͒̍͘ ̸̺̣̌w̵̟͘i̶̺̞̓l̵̝̗̍̚l̷̨̻̜̇͋͝ ̷̬͝b̴̗̩̓ͅě̴̠̚ ̶̛͎̌͝ͅu̵̙̚n̸̡̻̳̏̈́̍ǎ̶̫͚͙̌̆b̷͕͈̔̕l̵͍̦̖͂̒è̷̼ ̸̻̘͛t̵̆͘ͅö̸͚̜͍ ̴̨̭̜̆̂ẇ̷̡̪̖͗į̸͍̞̂̔͊n̶̗̫̈́͂ ̷͍́͗t̴̠̺͝h̶̝̔̈e̴̼̥̎̄͛ ̷͎͙͍̐̔̚f̴͙̉͑i̸͈̣͋͑̉g̴͔͚̠̓͝ĥ̵͍̓t̵̙̉.̴̮̉̀͜.̷̻́͆]̸̧͎͖̿͛
[I found you(•)]
Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed the chapter and the new Grimm that came with it. I am actually very pleased with how the Grimm turned out in the story. The rat Grimm are supposed to be Grimm that represent the black plague disease. The second one is a "copy-cat" which is self explanatory. But those are simple aspects of a greater picture; I actually want to go into some parts of the story that may seem questionable.
First is the created weapon; yes, it is a large jump in power but when you consider that the average strength is in the hundreds then a fifty doesn't seem so bad. The fountain abilities that were explained in this chapter well have a much larger use later on. As for the creature that showed up at the end, it's story arc will have significant impact on the story as a whole, more so than the fountains.
Well that's all I can think of, comment if you have any question or want to show your support to the story. If you guys also want to take a guess as to what the future semblance can do than comment some theories. If you can guess it correctly, I will gift you a reward once we get to the semblances debut; it won't be money, but you will get something special on top of bragging rights. With that said, I will see you guys later.
Have fun! Spiffy!