Yeah, Rachael[Linda] was fast, but Archer[Quinn] had seen faster. With his boots and stats, along with the activated skill. He too should be able to achieve a speed similar to hers. Not being able to use his abilities, in itself this was quite a fun challenge for him.
Charging in, Rachael[Linda] matched him going in as well, and the two met in the middle quickly.
"So what if you have speed. That's just your Skill[ability], for me with just this equipment I have more power than you." She shouted.
Rachael[Linda] threw another fist, however, being prepared this time, Archer[Quinn] had avoided it. He dodged the attack, and his eyes had locked with hers. He threw a punch of his own, but she too had moved out of the way.
This continued, and Archer[Quinn] didn't break eye contact. While fighting, he was thinking, he could have used the phantom punch right now, he could have tried using Stun[Daze]. Blood swipe. And then he even had his shadow Skill[ability].
It looked like there was no winner as the punches would continue to avoid each other to the outside. Still, for Archer[Quinn], he was satisfied, knowing there were several things he could do. He had grown stronger.
After feeling he had shown enough, he pretended to stumble, gritted his teeth and prepared himself for the next punch. He could tell she was putting full force into each of her hits now. She was going too fast to not be able to. Whereas the first time, she must have held back a little, worried that she might kill him.
But now, all she wanted to do was hit Archer[Quinn], as she had gotten carried away. The blow had hit, and once again he was thrown across the room to the same place as before, hitting the container. This time his body had made a large dent in it, and he fell on to the cold floor.
[-30 HP]
[50/100 HP]
Archer[Quinn] was still conscious, but he pretended to lay on the floor lying still.
"Archer[Quinn]!" Arian[Fex] said, running forward and picking him up off the ground. When he turned him over, Archer[Quinn] gave Arian[Fex] a wink showing that he was all alright and to play along.
Shaking his head, Blip was a little worried he might have been gravely injured. After a few moments though, he could see that Archer[Quinn] was waking up and Arian[Fex] was carrying him over his shoulder. Archer[Quinn] gave a quick thumbs up to Blip showing he was okay.
"You guys are some good kids." Blip said.
After everything, the assessment was over, and the four of them were told to wait patiently while they discussed things over. It looked like they would be getting their grade there and then.
"How do you think we did?" Arian[Fex] asked while they were waiting.
"I'm really not sure." Archer[Quinn] replied. "I don't know how they judge these Traveler things, but I think we can trust these guys. They seem like good people. It would be best if we all started at rank D. We could then go on the higher grade hunts and gather funds quicker."
Finally, it looked like the decision had been made. The three of them stood up, and Blip was in the centre with his tablet in his hand. For the first time, he looked a little nervous, making them a little nervous. Even though it didn't really matter what grade they got.
"First, for Paul. We have decided to give you the grading of a Rank F Traveller." Blip said. Paul didn't think he would care about such a thing, but for some reason, when he had heard those words. His fist automatically clenched up, and a strange feeling was felt in his stomach.
Rank F, the lowest rank for a Traveler. That wasn't something fit for a head general. But that was right, he was no longer a head general.
"Please don't be disheartened about this. You showed great skill and honestly, with the obstacle course, you performed at a speed and time quicker than average. But with only an intermediate tier weapon as beast gear, no soul weapon and no Skill[ability]. These are things that even rank F travellers have, even if they aren't so strong.
"So it was impossible to give you a higher Rank based on just your fighting and physical skills alone."
After hearing the reasoning, it made sense to them, but now Archer[Quinn] realised that there was a high possibility that they would all get a low grade based on those requirements.
"Next, Fiza[Kazz]. At first, we thought that Lawson[Nat]e was being over-generous with your score. He thought you deserved to be in Rank D. But honestly, us two just couldn't see it. However, he does get a say in all of this, and you do have a healing Skill[ability]. Reluctantly, we had finally come to a compromise and awarded you a Rank E."
Both Blip and Rachael[Linda] didn't want to award this at all. Especially since she had only shown skill on the same level as Paul. Perhaps a little better. But their discussion had already gone on for too long, and Lawson[Nat]e refused to budge. Love was a strange and powerful emotion.
"Archer[Quinn]." Blip said. "Your speed Skill[ability] helped you immensely in the obstacle course, and we saw you use it well in the fighting assessment as well.
We look forward to seeing what you can do in the future here. However, the speed Skill[ability] is a common one and easily countered by other Skill[ability] users. It also doesn't have much effect on beasts.
"It would have been nice to see what your soul weapon would have been, perhaps then you would have gotten a higher grade, but because of this, we too have awarded you with Rank E."
It wasn't the worst result, and it wasn't the best result either. The artificial grade didn't matter much to Archer[Quinn]. After fighting Rachael[Linda], a Rank B Traveler, even though she didn't use her Skill[ability], Archer[Quinn] could guess if he was to go all out, he would probably be around the B to A level. If his system was correct in gauging how strong she was.
"Finally Arian[Fex]. You were very creative in using your string Skill[ability]. We never thought someone with such a strange-sounding Skill[ability] would be able to use it so well. Your fighting abilities were extraordinary as well, and your string was strong.
"There won't be many who will be able to see your string, at the same time, I could tell my king tier dagger struggled to cut it, I thought it would be easier. Which means it's quite the strong Skill[ability]. For all of these reasons, even though you have no soul weapons. We would like to award you with Rank D."
"Yes!" Arian[Fex] jumped up, shouting. "In you face losers. Who's the best, who's the man. Me!"
For a second Arian[Fex] had lost it. He really didn't know what had come over him. When seeing the faces of the others and Archer[Quinn]'s strange look. He realised it wasn't anything to celebrate over. They had all held back during the assessment.
"Sorry." Arian[Fex] said as we went to sit back down.
"Remember this Grade isn't the end. Just because you didn't get a good initial assessment doesn't mean you can't rank up. The first three ranks are the easiest to rise through. So if we have made a misjudgement, you can prove it to us very quickly." Blip explained. "You can use Joseph[Sam] as an example. He was given a Rank F in his initial assessment and is now a Rank C in only two months. He proved that we really did make a mistake."
This was good to hear, for if Archer[Quinn] and the others started to rank up quickly. They wouldn't be too suspicious of them.
"I look forward to seeing all of you. I'll get Lawson[Nat]e to show you around the shelter, and base and he can show you all where you will be staying."
Lawson[Nat]e walked forward and led the four out of the warehouse.
"I think those kids will grow quickly." Blip said as he went to leave but then noticed that Rachael[Linda] wasn't coming with him.
"What's wrong?"
'I'm just going to stay here and train for a bit." Rachael[Linda] replied.
"Don't work too hard, sis." Blip said as he left to perform the rest of his shelter duties. He would have to now input the grades given into the system and hand out the Travellers Tag's later on.
When Blip had finally left the warehouse, Rachael[Linda] didn't go to train as she said. Instead, she went back to the desk and started to watch back her own fight with Archer[Quinn]. She watched it a few times, and then also watched what Fiza[Kazz] had done.
'These people are strange, even Paul in the end. But why the need to hide their strength?' Rachael[Linda] thought. 'If they were just honest, we would welcome them even more with open arms. They would even have a better chance of going to the big three.'
Her curiosity had gotten the better of her, and she had stopped watching the videos. Deciding to go online instead.
On the screen, she had written the words. "Blood Changer[Changer[Evolver]]."
The first search result had appeared.
( Is there a hacker named Blood Changer[Changer[Evolver]] in Power fighters? )
It was a forum post and she noticed there were many other topics on thier about the Blood Changer[evolver]. It seemed to be quite the hot topic a while back, so she decided to click on the forum post, and the first thing she could see was a video.
To be continued....
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