It's all up to them to choose

The area that we reside in hasn't changed a bit. The first stage has successfully ended for me and Silvia. It's not good to celebrate just yet. The upcoming stages will be harder than this one, so I need to prepare beforehand. But what do I do? The only clue of finding any information about the stages is the function that is apparently locked when I wanted to check it in the first stage. I do have some things to try out though. I can try making my hidden title give me some info about the stages.

From what I've noticed, whenever I think or fulfill specific conditions, my hidden title grants me some sort of skill or feature. Then again, I'm not too sure about this. I mean, there is a huge possibility that titles only grant skills or abilities that are based off of their names. For example, it can mean that I, who has the `3-time loop player' title, can get the 3-time loop skill but Silvia with the title of 'Domination goddess' cant. Instead, she has the absolute domination skill but I don't, somewhat proving my theory.

I don't waste any time and try getting info out of my hidden title. I don't know exactly how to say it, but I try to phrase it as best as possible.

"I need information about the stages up ahead."

No response.

I try again.

No response.

Well, there goes my last chance. It was kind of impossible to begin with. If I could ever do that, it wouldn't make sense at all. It's true that knowing about how the stages are going to progress is a huge advantage. But knowing it doesn't mean you can successfully pass it. I need to stop thinking about pointless things, it really makes my head hurt and my thoughts become distorted.

I'm still sitting down in the same position I mentioned earlier, besides one of the trees in the area that was previously Silvia's domain. Silvia seems to be thinking about something else. Looking at the survivors, I see the same blond haired guy surrounded by different people. I see other small gatherings as well. The numbers in the small group vary to about 12 people per group, so they're not big at all compared to the blondies group.

Now that I look at him, the guy seems to be really full of himself based on the expression he's making. Maybe he's scheming something, I don't exactly know. The only thing I know now is that I need to be vary of him and his party in the future.

"Hey, Silvia. I think we should get going."

She jumps back to reality in an instant and looks at me:

"Oh, yeah. Let's get moving!.".

Honestly speaking, I'm slowly starting to get worried about her. The reasons being that first she hasn't been talking a lot during the first stage and most of the times I looked at her, there seemed to be something bothering her, even now. I'll give her mental support later.

Appraisal.

[Status window]

Name: Silvia Mariana Silverlane

Race: Human

Age:15

Level:11

Class: Dominator

HP:330/330 MP:90/220

STR:55 DEX:55

DEF:55 INT:50

Will:10 Clarity:11

MAG:62 MAG DEF:59

Title: The domination goddess

Skills:

Absolute domination Lv.3

Appraisal Lv.2

Sense Lv.2

Water magic Lv.1

Earth magic Lv.1

My god, I will never stop getting amazed at how fast her stats have been growing. Her mental stats have developed, but not much compared to a normal level 11 individual. Even a level 5 has better mental stats than her. If she doesn't have enough mental preparation to stand up by herself, it's going to cause some problems. Another objective has been added to my to do list.

A thing I need to mention is her class. At first when I checked, her class was unknown, like how mine is now. But when I checked her stats after defeating some ghouls, her class had been changed to dominator. In the novels that I read, I never saw a class named dominator. Most likely an author hasn't come up with it until now.

My class is still unknown. Damn it, I kind of feel jealous of Silvia. I'm worried about what kind of class I will gain in the future.

Based on my experience with these kinds of stories and video games, your class is really important for your future. For all I know, a normal person can just choose a class not suited for them and suffer for the rest of their life.

The question here is, why didn't I get a class? I'm most likely getting ahead of myself. It's too soon to think about classes. I just passed the first stage of the tutorial. Come on Leon, get it together!

While walking towards the remaining ones, we got some strange stares. I can't fully describe it. Its like a mixture of fear and despair or something like that. I can't trust any of these guys. Its better to have Silvia's sense skill on at least for the time being.

From what I've seen, there currently seems to be four teams that are formed after the end of the first stage. There's the blondies group, a group full of old people, a group consisting of middle aged people with their kids, and a small band of teens, teenagers and small children. I guess I never considered there would be small children that were randomly teleported here and separated from their family.

The groups seem to be in some sort of a conflict based on their dialogue with each other that I heard.

" You people tried to kill my family! You must pay you bastard!" says one of the men in the middle aged group, addressing the blondies group.

"You tried to kill my Mom first you fucker! You want me to apologize? I have only one thing to say to the likes of you, FUCK YOURSELF"

"Why you little…"

As a fight was starting to grow between the two groups, I step up and try to end this idiotic conflict.

"Hey, hey guys. You are grown ups so you should know it's not wise to start conflicts at a time like this. We have bigger things to worry about."

"Who the hell…WAIT! I know you! You and the girl were over in the back having a nice time watching people die_"

"What were we supposed to do? We don't want to die as well. We didn't do anything to you so stop blaming us. Aug, Come on, use your brain old man! Is this really the time to start having problems with everyone?"

"Oh, What is this? You dare call me an old man you brat? You really want to die huh?"

After saying this, he shouted "Slash" and a strong looking wind shaped like a long sword came in my direction. Shit! Am I going to die?

I close my eyes, mentally preparing myself for the pain that is about to befall on me. But something strange, I can't feel any pain.

"Leon! Are you ok?"

I hear Silvia's voice crying out to me. I open my eyes and see the middle aged man and the others looking at someone with shock. As I follow their eyesight, I see Silvia, having a look of worry and sadness on her face. I see, she saved me. Not caring about the current situation, I walk over to her and pat her head gently.

"Thank you for saving me Silvia."

Her eyes lit up as she says:

"No problem! I'll always save you Leon! Because you saved me!"

"I see. I'll do the same too."

This is the worst time to have a conversation like this. This sure is embarrassing. Everyone is in pure shock. Most likely at Silvia's power. It actually was my plan to create a situation for Silvia to show her power. They may have seen her display her power during the first stage, but it's different from then. To put it in simple terms, the shape of her domain is way more scary than what it was. As it looks, she blocked this guy's slash with earth magic. The inside of the domain is the color of blood, the ground is pure red, with her domain skill being in level 3, her domain expands on a distance in which all of the people present are in it.

"Ok Silvia, I think it's best if you deactivate your skill now."

She happily nods and deactivates the barrier. The people present get released by the influence and come to their senses.

"You see what she can do, right? Killing us would be a waste wouldn't it? We can use her power to pass the stage. What do you people say? Either we work together to survive, or we fight each other and die. Which one would you prefer?"

Now let's see. This is the best thing I could come up with. It's all up to what the people present choose.