CH 14: clearing the building +new skill

13 students were cramped together as they searched through the building

*WACK*

*SMASH*

The sound of goblins being killed echoed throughout the halls as they slowly made their way downstairs. As they got to the bottom John noticed that he had leveled up once again after all their group had managed to kill 15 goblins during this time

[Lv 3 (12/40 xp)]

John added his stat point straight to defence and continued on. Before they left the building John done a head count and after checking they had the right amount of 17 he collected back together the group he had before

"Josh, David, Terry, Jack, katlyn, ole, Jake come over here for a second" John mentioned before heading of to a corner

"everyone else keep an eye on the doors." John ordered as he turned around

Josh, David and Terry kind of expected getting Called to the front as they helped John out in the class although they believed he could of dealt with it himself and they had also been helping out with clearing the building. The other 4 however had no idea as to why they had been called over

"I would like to form a party with you guys or in other words a small group which works together" John suddenly blurted out

The seven of them looked at him in surprise, after all why ask them, asking Terry made sense she was the head of the baseball team and had a great hit aswell as being extremely helpful since this disaster had started and even josh and David made sense as they had helped when the others needed it but why the others? It's not like they had done anything note worthy

"Well? What do you say?" John asked as he put his hand in the middle of their huddle

The others looked at his hand a couple of them even stiffled a laugh as they realised how cringy this was.

"sure it can't hurt and I've been helping anyway so it's not like it's bad." Terry was the first one to voice out her opinion as she put her hand in the middle on top of John's

John blushed slightly as her hand touched his

'dammit why am I blushing like this she's just putting it in the middle' John screamed internally

"OK sure I can't see why not" josh spoke up next

"well count me in." David followed after josh his smile reaching from ear to ear

"well? How about you guys, it can't hurt to join right?" John asked once again

"OK"

"sure"

"why not"

"I'm not being left on my own"

The others soon followed after them and put their hands in the middle. John's smile grew as he succeeded in creating his party

[title (party leader) gained]

[skill (morale boost) gained]

[skill (true team) gained]

[due to the convincing used to bring the party to your cause you will gain some additional benefits ]

[+2 stat points]

[skill (magic tracking) gained]

[+1 to each stat]

[all party members will gain the following benefits ]

[+2 to each stat]

[skill (blunt weapon proficiency)]

[skill (dagger proficiency)]

[party members stat range]

[HP: 12

STR: 3

AGI: 3

MAG: 3

DEF: 3 ]

[party's shared skills:

(blunt weapon proficiency Lv:1)(dagger proficiency Lv:1) ]

John smiled as his party became set in stone but immediately turned into surprise as he stumbled backwards.

"what the." John mumbled as he looked around

All he could see were weird colours surrounding everything moving around. Close to the ground he could see more brown and darker colours, near people he could see some blue and red dancing around them and in the air some sort of grey, silver and white moving around. As Terry walked towards him he could see the colours in more detail, as she stepped on the ground the brown moved slightly reminding him of how atoms only moved around a fixed point in a solid. The silver and white around her moved around her, as she walked the colours would part out of her way but immediately filled in the gap behind her, some even came out of her mouth as she breathed. The red covered her skin like a blanket and in some places the red was darker and more condensed than in others. The blue was more inside her body, underneath her skin attacked to her clothes some even escaping from from her mouth along with the white and silver as she breathed out.

John stumbled more and tripped backwards, Terry rushed towards him but she was faster than she expected and she fell over along with him

*CRASH*

John landed on his back and Terry fell on top of him the rest of the party went to go help but stopped soon after as they felt that their body's were out of sync. Looking at John and Terry they immediately turned away as they believed that the two would be embarrassed considering the position they were laid in.

John was laid on his back his arms stretched outwards, Terry was ontop of him face down her left knee in between his legs her right just to the side her arms latched around him In an embrace her head next to his, John could feel her breath on his ear.

"ouch." John breathed as he slowly opened his eyes

"ugh." Terry moaned as she lifted her head and looked into John's eyes, her hair splayed across his chest and across his face aswell

'her hair smells, nice' John thought before the realisation kicked in

John and terry stared at each other for a few second before Terry quickly jumped off him In shock. They both quickly stood up and coughed calmly as though nothing happened both looking away from each other as they did so.

"well of we go." John finally spoke as he walked towards the main group

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Hello, your amazing author here for another update :)

Think of this as an apology for the missed chapters so you guys have 2 today instead of 1

I'm feeling much Better now and I have just started my two weeks easter holiday. So what does this mean, well two things

1. I should now (theoretically) be able to write and release one chapter every day, for you lovely readers

2. I should now be able to stock up on chapters for the future incase I am unable to do anymore writing such as what has happened recently

Thank you for reading this, and I would just like to say another few things

1. Thank you for reading this far I hope you like whats happened this chapter and don't worry this will not turn into a harem John will only have one girlfriend and possibly only one love interest (possibly)

2. I'm sorry once again for the few days with no chapters.

3. Any ideas for skills or how the story should progress after the school arc please let me know in the comments as any help should be greatly appreciated

4. And another thank you to bryson99 who has now gifted a total of 3 power stones