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Chapter 3 : Crimson Mage
[Walk a Total of 10km in a Single Day] +50 EXP
[Walk a Total of 20km in a Single Day] +100 EXP
[Walk Continuously in an Hour] +10 EXP
[Walk Continuously in Two Hours] +25 EXP
[Walk Continuously in Three Hours] +50 EXP
[Walk Continuously in Four Hours] +75 EXP
... I should have stayed at them...
It was getting dark and I just realized, I don't have anywhere to stay!
Should I go back? That's the house where I live so it would be weird if I don't stay there. But it would be also embarassing and confusing if I come back there.
I have a different body now. They can't really recognize me as Taylor if I am in the body of this girl.
Great, so now even coming home is hard for me. Damn it!
Then where should I stay? On the streets?
Looking around, I find myself in the poorer area of the Docks. I was walking around the whole street since morning and surprisingly, I was not tired at all.
... Hmm... nevermind, I won't try and sleep in the streets...
Then I should really go back to my home!
I was just thinking like that when I felt someone tailing on me.
[Detect Enemy] +10 EXP
[Detect Enemy] +10 EXP
[Detect Enemy] +10 EXP
I turn my gaze on my back while still trying to walk straight on the streets.
I saw three guys wearing clothes that have red and green in their colors.
I recognized those colors as the sign of being an ABB Member.
Azn Bad Boyz. A Pan-Asian gang led by a Parahuman called Lung. Lung was one of the feared Cape in this city, with a feat of being able to fight toe to toe with an Endbringer!
You see, Endbringers are those massive killing machines who attacks random cities every three months. Not once they are defeated.
And the leader of ABB just fought an Endbringer head on and still live.
It might be also the reason why he was pretty proud. Always fighting those who offends him.
That was what I learned about him because I occasionally look at the PHO, the most popular site for all Parahuman related topics.
I think this gang is also the one who are ruining the lives of the people from the DWU (Dockworker's Union).
Now these three might be targeting me. Maybe because of my looks?
I didn't have the chance to look myself at the mirror before going out of my home so I still don't know how I look like. I think I don't look Asian at all.
Well, that's not really the MO of the ABB. They are not that active on hitting up people who are not Asians, but I think they might do that if they felt like it.
Their rival gang, Empire Eighty Eight, is the one who mostly hunts those who doesn't have a white skin. Basically, that gang is a community of racist nazis.
My mind is going on weird angles so I should stop thinking about it and just deal with these three.
I am a Parahuman. I don't have any mask though.
I think those who wants to be a Cape always puts up some costume before going out to do whatever. Maybe becoming a hero and doing good or maybe becoming a villain and doing evil.
Not once in my life did I ever heard of a Parahuman doing Cape things without any costume. This might be some sort of unspoken code for Capes, to just hide our identity so we won't be associated with our civilian lives.
Or maybe they are doing that because it's fun?
Anyway, I should also look for a mask. Right now I only have Reina as my form. I can't afford to let them see how I look now.
I can also just buy another form using my EXP. There are some names there who have a very cheap cost.
What to do? What to do?
At the same time I am thinking that, I was also going to a place where it was less crowded.
[Fearless] +20 EXP
And when I was just getting to the darker corners of the streets, I felt the three now approaching me. I can hear their hasty footsteps going near my direction.
... I think this place is okay...
I turned in their direction while trying to obscure my appearance by using the darkness on my surroundings. I was just hoping that they don't remember my face.
[Ineffective Concealment] +1 EXP
[Ineffective Intimidation] +1 EXP
I think this might be useless because my hair is very distinguishable. It is so distinguishable that I was surprised it wasn't mentioned when I was talking to Kurt and Lacey.
... Ugh, my mind is wandering again!
The three of them just continue going towards me, not even bothered by the fact that I stop and turned to them. It seems like even with my peculiar dress, it doesn't even register to them that I might be a Cape.
Is it because I don't have any mask? Maybe the mask is important to be seen as a Cape huh...
"Hey there, why don't you come with us?" One guy said, not even stopping to let me respond.
They are already outstretching their hands to grab on me. Are they trying to abduct me?
I think I heard somewhere that the ABB kidnaps young girls to turn into their prostitutes.
Maybe they are not here to beat me up? Maybe they are here to turn me into one of their prostitutes?
... Ugh, of course they are. ABB is not known for beating people not like them. That's more of an Empire thing!
Anyway, I should deal with this thugs.
I felt for the powerful feeling inside my body and turned it outside of me. I thought of the image of flames, burning brightly as it burns any who tried to touch me.
And I release all of this power without saying anything.
[Surprise Attack] +50 EXP
[Surprise Reveal] +100 EXP
[Turning the Tables] +100 EXP
Flames erupted on my surroundings, making the men gasps in pain. They took a step back as they hold their hands that were burned with my flames.
"C-Cape!" One of them screamed.
The other two tried to hastily take something in their pockets but I won't let them of course.
I think of some small fireballs and then imagined of releasing it on the ground just near their feet.
Then those fireballs truly appeared and it makes some dangerous small explosions, causing the three of them to jump back in fear.
[Sadism] +20 EXP
[Intimidation] +10 EXP
"Leave me alone" I told them with the best threatening glare I could manage. I also created some fireballs to surround me for added effect.
"Y-yes!"
After one of them shakily replied, the three of them runs away.
[First Combat Experience] +500 EXP
[Winning your First Combat] +1,000 EXP
[Sadism] +20 EXP
[Intimidation] +10 EXP
[Mercy] +10 EXP
[Theatrical Threat] +100 EXP
[Kicking the Hornet's Nest] +500 EXP
[Enemy of ABB] +300 EXP
... Oh, now I just got a lot of EXP. Then I can pick another form!
I can pick a lot of forms that are cheap. I don't know what they can do though.
Anyway, it seems like I became an enemy of ABB. Not like I care. I was planning on beating them up in the future.
They are one of the many gangs who are surely pressuring the DWU. If I wanted to protect the place where my Dad's friends are working, I don't need to be scared of them at all.
[Fearless] +20 EXP
And it seems like I have a versatile pyrokinesis. I can just think of an image and it will be done by my magic.
... Am I just calling my powers as magic? What is wrong with me?
Regardless, I think I can't defeat my foes with just the power of pyrokinesis. I need more power.
And I think I have enough EXP to choose for a new form. So I need to find somewhere to stay first before picking something. I would prefer if there is no people in there.
There is a lot of abandoned buildings here. I think one of those buildings will be enough to hide my transformation.
With that in mind, I walk deeper on the poorer parts of the Docks.
Kenta was a prideful person. He doesn't let slights go unpaid. But he was also not a fool. He won't do something that will result in his fall.
So he just got a latest report about some of his members encountering a Cape they thought was just a simple girl. The girl only have pyrokinesis and it seems like she was good enough to scare three of his guys without hurting them too much.
They only have first degree burns on their hands, which is surprising considering that the Cape uses fire. It's either the girl can only use weak pyrokinesis or she have a fine control over fire.
But it doesn't matter to him. The only thing in his mind is that a teenage girl with flame powers was wandering around HIS territory.
The girl might have fine control of fire or she is just a weak pyrokinetic but he is Lung. Fire alone won't stop him.
So with that, he decided to make an example out of her.
"Lee, take some guys and hunt that Cape. They said she have a distinguishable feature. You can't miss her" He said as he leaned on his chair.
A person on his back wearing a demon mask didn't respond. After sometime, that guy became a dust.
**End of Chapter 2**
Forms :
Reina (Currently Used)
EXP : 3,508
A/N
I don't know if I calculated it right. Anyway, this is where I will end this chapter...
I don't know what to think in this chapter. I felt that it was short but I was satisfied by how it came out.
Anyway, next chapter there are more characters that will be revealed that she can pick. There are tons of female characters from all the Isekai stories that I watched and read so I can't really just lump it all in a single chapter.
Anyway, she will pick another character in the next chapter. I wonder who will she pick though... she doesn't know any of the characters in her menu xD
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