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Sam lay there for a few minutes before his hopeless thoughts where interrupted by DTA.

"Are you alright?"

"I can only afford one of the basic classes or one basic abilities." Sam sighed

"Let me take a look at the list. I'm sure I can find you something worth of a hero." DTA said

After a few minutes Sam heard a DTA whisper "Why did they raise the prices?"

Sam sat up confused. He thought DTA knew what the prices were. After a few more moments DTA finally turned and addressed Sam.

"I do have a solution. Buutt it will require lots of work on your part."

"What do you mean?" Sam asked

"Well first off, let me explain how the scaling system works in Nova." DTA brought up a screen and showed it to Sam.

F : E : D : C : B : A : S : SS : SSS : +

"These are the scaling grades for everything on Nova. From weapons to skills every thing is graded with this scale."

"F is the weakest and SSS is the strongest. The solution I found is in the + level abilities. + abilities usually show up around the B or A level. They will show as B+ or A+ respectively."

"What these skills do, is allow the level of the ability to grow in power until they increase in scale. Going from a B+ to an A+ or an A+ to a S\S+."

"But I can barely afford the F ranked abilities." Sam said

"Yes but I can give you access to the F+ abilities. I just have to tweak the system a bit. The only problem with + abilities is that to upgrade them, you have to use them a certain number of times. At F+ level they will be very weak, and will take a lot of use and work to make them useful."

"Also Unlike the regular abilities + ones don't give you the information straight into your brain allowing you to instantly use them. You have to read the instructions and practice."

"Why would you do that for me?" Sam asked in surprise.

"You have been polite and understanding, and if I'm honest, I get graded on how well the Heroes I transfer do in the crisis they are sent to."

"Alright let me see this list of F+ abilities." Sam said with a resigned sigh.

With a small dinging sound the screen for the magic abilities changed showing some new options.

Plant growth F+ : 500

Flame F+ : 500

Heal F+ : 600

Far sight F+ : 200

Blink F+ : 500

Finally some prices that he could afford. Sam kept scrolling down the list. When he saw a ability he thought sounded cool, he would concentrate on it to get the details.

Blink F+ : using the power of space magic, you can instantly travel 5 feet in any direction. Like walking but different.

Flame breath F+ : gathering the fire in your belly, you can spit motes of flame. Useful for lighting candles.

Cat claws F+ : using animal magic, your nails become sharp claws. Great for shredding blankets or drapes.

All the descriptions has sarcastic lines at the end for some reason. When asked DTA said they where comments from the creator of the shop.

After he had looked over the lists Sam decided he would chose magic abilities. He had always loved stories with magic. Now he had a chance to use it he would not pass it up.

Sam switched back to the magic abilities list. All that was left was to decide what type of magic he wanted to use.