EgoPlex

"Gordon! Why are you late? The awakening ceremony is right now!"
Jessica said urgently when she saw Gordon come through the doors of the awakening center.
Shrugging Gordon didn't say anything. The last thing in the world that he wanted to do was tell this beautiful girl that he had been tripped and beaten on the way to school today. 
It was times like this that he wished that he bruised more easily. Then maybe he could get some attention. But this thought was fleeting in his mind. Gordon actually preferred to deal with his problems in his own way. 
And awakening to become a beast tamer and maybe even have his own talent would be the first step. Once he had a powerful beast the bullies wouldn't dare pick on him. 
"Come on, let's get in line."
Jessica whispered to Gordon when she realized that he wasn't going to tell her what had happened.
Together they went to the back of the arena type auditorium to wait for their turn to awaken.
They had been friends since childhood and had been there for each other through thick and thin. Jessica had been the only friend that stuck with him despite all of his quirks.
Slowly the line inched forward. Occasionally some people in their class would cheer if in addition to becoming a beast master a student also awakened a talent.

Lichen Tree Beast Tamer

With Elise evolving Alba according to the plan Gordon knew that he could rely on her to produce a better result then he ever could. Realizing that he wasn't needed Gordon had struggled to come up with something he could do to help the situation. It was only a moment before he realized that what he had to do was distract and destroy.

This was going from the pot into the fire, but Gordon knew that everything else was taken care of. It was time to put himself in the line of fire and see how things went.

So here he was with [Basic Invulnerability] active and surrounded by his combat oriented Skill Tomes. The monstrous clams were reacting to his presence. Somehow they knew that he was here. Gordon could only assume that the apocalypse system was somewhere guiding the battle.

Using Invulnerability