Level One
Pushing against Adam and Felix, Bruce and Liam attempted to overpower them.
("What the hell?! This guy won't budge!") [Bruce]
"What's wrong? Having trouble over a few extra people? Believe me, I know the feeling." [Orion]
Bruce pressed harder against Adam, causing his feet to slide against the church's stone floor.
"Orion? What do you want me to do with this guy?" [Adam]
"Isn't it obvious? Kick his ass." [Orion]
"That's what I've been waiting for." [Adam]
Switching up his posture, Adam grabbed Bruce's wrist and threw him to the side.
"Agh!" [Bruce]
He crashed into a few wooden benches, breaking under his weight.
"Huh… Adam's really going at it. I guess that means I should do the same." [Felix]
"Don't think I'll let you!" [Liam]
Attempting to make the first move, Liam grabbed at Felix's arms.
"Wrong move." [Felix]
Liam managed to grab Felix's arms, but soon found that he was taking a blow to the side.
"Gah!" [Liam]
Outside of Liam's view, Felix had landed a kick to his opponent's ribs. This caused Liam to release his grip on Felix's arms, a grave mistake on his part.
"Orion, do you think bringing these people will help you?" [Dante]
"I dunno. Does it look like I'm winning?" [Orion]
"..." [Dante]
Observing the room, Dante could see Bruce having trouble with Adam's brute strength and Liam simply being overpowered due to the sheer difference in skill.
"Bruce! Liam! Turn off your ID transmitters!" [Dante]
"Their what?" [Adam]
The two immediately backed away, pulling out a thin card and tapping away on it immediately.
("Are those their student IDs?") [Adam]
"Oh, this is bad." [Felix]
"What? What's going on?!" [Adam]
Confused as to what was going on, Adam assumed a defensive stance.
"Alright!" [Bruce]
"Done!" [Liam]
A loud beep came from their cards, startling Adam, but nothing seemed to happen.
"Huh?" [Adam]
"Adam, I'm going to tell you this as fast and simple as I can." [Felix]
"Yeah?" [Adam]
"I don't think you knew this, but we have something that transmits our information to the government in real time. Within the student IDs, we are tracked when and where we use our abilities." [Felix]
"O… kay?" [Adam]
Still unsure of what that meant, Adam simply acted as if he understood.
"...Damn it, Adam! Basically, they just turned it off so they can use their abilities without being recorded! It's akin to committing a crime and wiping your fingerprints off it!" [Felix]
"Yeah, but what does that do for us?" [Adam]
"Low level abilities don't have transmitters!" [Felix]
That was when it clicked.
"Oh… Oh crap." [Adam]
Without giving Adam a moment to process his thoughts, Bruce lunged at him.
"Sword!" [Bruce]
A flash of black came out of his sleeve, entering his hand in the shape of a shortsword.
"Bro! You did not just do that!" [Adam]
Bruce swung the sword at Adam, who narrowly evaded at the cost of a few hairs.
"Fine! We'll make it fair!" [Adam]
Raising a hand, Adam inhaled sharply.
"Krin-" [Adam]
"Don't! You'll kill him!" [Krino]
Reacting quickly, Adam shut his mouth.
("The hell was that?") [Bruce]
Ignoring the strange actions Adam did, Bruce continued to attack.
("Krino! What the hell?!") [Adam]
"My lightning will literally kill him! Look at his weapon!" [Krino]
("I am!") [Adam]
True to his word, Adam's eyes were stuck to Bruce's blade. If not, Adam believed that the blade would cut him down where he stood.
"Look closer!" [Krino]
("What do you mean?!") [Adam]
Attempting to observe the specific details of the blade, Adam understood.
("...It's completely metal.") [Adam]
"Yeah. So if he came in contact with me upon my calling via lightning, he'd die." [Krino]
("God damn it!") [Adam]
Ducking and rolling under benches, Adam tried to buy time for a solution.
"Stop running!" [Bruce]
"Throw away the weapon, then I'll stop!" [Adam]
As he ran away from Bruce, Adam noticed something strange about Bruce's weapon.
("What's that?") [Adam]
"Rod!" [Bruce]
The sword deformed, instantly changing into a long rod and striking Adam's forehead.
"Ack!" [Adam]
("A rod?!") [Adam]
The attack patterns changed. Instead of avoiding slashes, Adam now had to avoid a constant stream of thrusts.
("I can't believe it transformed! A rod! Really?!") [Adam]
That was when Adam had a sudden revelation.
("A rod!") [Adam]
Opening up his hand, he began to compress air within his palm.
"Air rod!" [Adam]
He spun the air within his palm into a weapon, allowing him to deflect Bruce's polearm.
"Huh?! What just-?!" [Bruce]
"Pressure Cannon!" [Adam]
Utilizing his opponent's confusion as an opening, he fired a burst of air at Bruce.
"Shield!" [Bruce]
The black polearm flattened itself out, turning itself into a wall defending against Adam's attack.
"Damn! So close!" [Adam]
Bruce lowered his shield, eyes full of surprise.
"Who- Wh- What level are you?!" [Bruce]
Seeing his awe made a smile stretch across Adam's face.
"Well you see… I'm level one." [Adam]