Chapter 51: Phantom Lord (1)
~Silva POV~
[August 1, X784]
Status.
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Name: Silva Knight
Class: The Gamer
Race: Human
Title: Fairy Tail Wizard
Level: 18 Exp: 0/150%
HP: 1800/1800
MP: 1800/1800
STR: 50 (+15)
AGI: 34 (+30)
VIT: 50 (+30)
INT: 37
SEN: 37
LUCK: 32 (+15)
Stat Points: 27
Cash: 35,000J
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Looking at my status screen with a satisfied nod with all the work I've been putting myself in for the past 9 days saving up my Daily Request points I finally have enough to finally start upgrading my stats.
But that wasn't all I did over the course of my time.
Oh no…
I tried to increase the skills I could gain and get better control over the skills I did have under my belt from the best that can offer to me.
Thankfully enough with some insight thanks to Levy I finally managed to crack some skills and understanding from the Mana Manual Method getting a better understanding once we figured out the language barrier.
After that, it was all basically a cinch at understanding some of the concepts and ideas written in the manual but some were still foreign. And frankly enough that was where our deal ended because now, I can figure it out on my own enough thanks to her.
Although she did say she would come by to see how my research into the book is going because she seemed to have a new spell in her Solid Script Magic using 'MANA' to restore other members' MP to her surprise and joy.
And trust me I had a blast of a time being creative with my Rune Arrays trying to understand them when the lessons with Levy came to an end.
Skill List.
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<Cryokinesis> (Active) Lv.30/100 Exp: 33%
Description: By drinking the artifact blood Demon's Extract the user has gained the skill <Cryokinesis>. This skill grants its user the ability to freeze anything by reducing the kinetic energy of atoms, meaning effectively making things colder, ranging from chilling levels to absolute zero. You can manipulate and generate ice mold as the user sees fit.
<Decoding> (Active) Lv.24/100 Exp: 78%
Description: A skill to decode, decipher, and solve magical problems that come from Runes, Magic Circles, and Rune Arrays understanding them at a fundamental level to solve them by continuous study.
<Ice Make> (Active) Lv.23/100 Exp: 80%
Description: A form of Molding Magic that allows the user to create ice at his will and to shape it into objects. The first one is called Static Ice-Make. This type of Ice-Make is characterized by the creation of inanimate objects, such as weapons, or by affecting the environment around them. The second type is called Dynamic Ice-Make. This type of Ice-Make focuses on creating animated ice sculptures, usually in the form of living creatures, and controlling their movement.
<Freeze> (Active) Lv.30/100 Exp: 69%
Description: Freezes anything that is in contact with the user or mentally commanded to freeze the air or water vapor into ice.
<Rune Arrays> (Active) Lv.20/100 Exp: 70%
MP Cost: Varies
Description: Rune arrays are sequences of runes and shapes that serve as instructions for the magic used to make them. They are often in an overall circular design, called magic circles. The more complicated an array is, the more time it takes to draw.
Since mages draw these designs using their mana, powerful and skilled mages are able to manifest arrays almost instantly, while weak mages require time to prepare the arrays in advance. Once drawn, arrays can be placed in midair or onto another surface, including a mage's body.
<Glyphs> (Active) Lv.5/100 Exp: 34%
MP Cost: Varies
Description: Glyphs have a variety of effects on objects, monsters, and people Glyphs can be used as a solid shield or barrier. They can be for propulsion, as they have the ability to control motion, with the basic Glyph type exerting push forces on other objects and acting as a solid surface which is similar to the skill <Attraction and Repulsion>.
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Going over my progress for the last few days all the skills I gained were indeed something worthwhile grinding.
Looking down my screen on my Skill List I saw my skill <Mana Manipulation> level to be at Lv.40 followed by <Courage> at Lv.20 both steadily getting closer as the more I feel around the mana in the air and the flow of nature the more I truly get to understand them.
It's only a matter of when I'm going to unlock my Magic now with the progress, I'm doing at the current rate I'm heading towards now.
All that remains is how should I use my time wisely now I have free space with Levy already done helping me out since I could grind using the Mana Method Manual to further my progress of Magic Power mastery.
It's still a process I'm dealing with but at the very least though I should consider taking a job soon because I'm going to be needing Jewels soon with my current cash supply not looking too good at the moment.
Better get a job soon.
Plus, with the skills I gained, I should be able to handle some problems that come out my way better call in to cancel my training with the Ice Duo for the remainder of my job since I only need to practice more with my Ice-Make.
With everything going so far, I should be able to handle some threats this world has to offer at the very least.
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Feeling pretty happy for the day I began to make my way to the Guild building but that was when I heard murmurs spreading around causing me to be curious what they could be mentioning about.
Hearing this a sense of unease settles in my heart as I could only feel something off about this…
Gazing my eyes to the Guild at the distance looking different my heart began to beat a bit more rapidly fearing a good suggestion that was about to happen soon.
An event I thought I had more time to train before it occurred without realizing it I already sprinted fast before I see the view as the sense of horror spread to my heart about the whole situation.
The Guild was vandalized beyond recognition with metal pillars piercing through it as the time I spent there flood my head of good times only to be washed away muttering in anger, "Phantom Lord…."
[Ding!]
[The quest is generated!]
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Destiney Quest: Phantom Lord
Description: [THE GAMER] has come to find that his guild headquarters is in ruins thanks to a rival guild known as Phantom Lord. A few more vile actions committed by one of Phantom Lord's members lead to a full-blown war between the two guilds. Lucy's past is also slowly revealed...
Objective: Assist the Guild in fighting off the Phantom Lord members making sure they win!
Bonus Objective #1: Defeat half or majority of the Element 4 [0/2].
Bonus Objective #2: Work together with Erza to defeat Jose before Makarov arrives.
Rewards: 250,000J, Lacrima of the Scholar, +20 Stats, and 600 EXP.
Bonus Reward #1: Hound of the Red Plains – Hrunting.
Bonus Reward #2: Demon Sword Lostvayne.
Please choose one of the rewards:
-Blessed Random Item Box (Select)
-Cursed Random Item Box (Select)
Failure: Varies depending on the objectives handled…
[Accept: Y] or [Deny: N]
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Fuck.
Looking over the objective I didn't hesitate to accept the quest but the objective this time is going to be extremely difficult this time around.
If I plan everything just right and account for certain scenarios to play out as well as outmaneuvering some key players right away…
Hmm…
Each single one of my ideas is difficult enough as it is at my current level.
The amount of time and focus I would have to place in depending on the situation would be challenging all in their own rights no matter what I choose.
Even with Status Recovery I would no doubt that I would use it up in one of these scenarios immediately to have spare energy to use wisely before continuing in my quest.
No matter what I do in the end each choice comes with me trying to achieve something already tricky or too much for me to handle.
And the punishment is also weird as well because it varies depending on the objective this time as well. I would be too focused on either saving, attacking, or defending in each of those cases.
Gritting my teeth at such choices I'm conflicted on which one's to go for because I want to help all of them as best I can, but I also know I can't at the same time.
Taking a gulp and looking at the guild I can't help but know if I'm being tested on which choice is right or which one I'll have to live with knowing that if I tried on whichever decision will change drastically on each scale.
One is saving a friend from being kidnapped during the Guild War.
Second is fighting alongside my fellow guild mates ensuring our guild building stands tall and proud.
The last is just completely near impossible for me to do unless I team up with Erza and in all likely hood…
I'll be a liability unless I do 'THAT' at the right moment, but I never perfected it yet to be useful in combat.
…
Sigh…
I'll think it over later since I want to see what's the state of the guild currently and try to think things through and be wary of being a target myself in the night just to be sure.
Shaking my head for now I began to head inside the Guild to do some scouting to determine the situation with my own eyes and plan accordingly for the upcoming fight ahead.
Guess got to prepare for the Guild War then.
Gulp...
Chapter 52: Phantom Lord (2)
~Silva POV~
Entering through the guild halls and Fairy Tail's Basement level I was met with disgruntled expressions of the members murmuring about the recent events happening to the guild building.
As I was entering through, I met up with Mirajane attending the Requests Board along with Master drunk off his ass asking her, "Hello Mira I can't help but notice what happened to the Guild building? Do you have any idea who did this?"
She gives a curt nod as she began to explain to me in a frustrated tone about the whole situation, "Yeah. It was Phantom Lord they got us good when the Guild was empty to launch a sneak attack. Fortunately, though no one was harmed but…"
Her eyes dart towards the rest of the guild members clearly displeased by recent events but didn't act as I voiced out in a defeated tone, "Not everyone is happy about the situation? Damn…"
Understanding my frustration Mira could only nod as she left me to attend to her duties but not before giving me a tip as she did with everyone it seems with concern, "Yeah… but for safety reasons I suggest you stick together with people from the Guild Silva. Phantom Lord might have discovered your personal address and might attack one of our members when they're alone…"
I nodded in understanding as I take a look over the guild till my eyes landed on the familiar group going over to greet, "Sup everyone I guess you just got the news of what happened?"
Erza, Gray, Natsu, Lucy, and Happy all eyes landed on me but responded with a curt nod with Natsu voicing his displeasure of recent events, "Damn that Phantom Lord going around destroying our Guild… tch. Cowards not facing us when where here…"
He could only grumble as my eyes landed on Gray noticing Ur is not around asking him in a curious tone, "I see… Say Gray have you seen Ur she's usually with you at times. She's on a job I'm assuming?"
Gray replied with a curt nod and response with a shrug of his shoulders in a neutral tone of his voice, "She's on a job. It would take about a week's time before she could return and wanted some alone time."
I nodded in understanding seeing Erza I wondered if she knew any good Magic Weapons, but I shook that idea since she seems to be in her own world of deep thinking as I took my cue to leave with a few goodbyes here and there.
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Leaving the guild building I leaned back to one of the outside cafés in Magnolia Town to ease my mind as I began to look over my stats after my training earning a +3 in stats.
That leaves me with 30 Stat points to add to my stats with the current dilemma occurring and what will happen tomorrow seeing Team Shadow Gear is around safe meaning the attack between them and Gajeel would occur.
Frowning at the idea there are too many things to think things through.
Walking around for a bit I finally decided on which stats to focus on for the upcoming fight being prepared for what's to come.
And I need to get many passive skills as I can to be able to make myself useful in the fight ahead and what's best than placing it on these focusing on what I need most?
Hmm…
Good enough.
Here's hoping for something good about adding these stats into each category here.
Status.
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Name: Silva Knight
Class: The Gamer
Race: Human
Title: Fairy Tail Wizard
Level: 18 Exp: 0/150%
HP: 1800/1800
MP: 1800/1800
STR: 50 (+15)
AGI: 34+16= 50 (+30)
VIT: 50 (+30)
INT: 37
SEN: 37+13= 50
LUCK: 32+1= 33 (+15)
Stat Points: 30-> 0
Cash: 35,000J
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[Ding!]
[Your AGI stat has reached a 50-point mark!]
[Passive Skill <Peak AGI> has been added!]
[Ding!]
[Your SEN stat has reached a 50-point mark!]
[Passive Skill <Peak SEN> has been added!]
So far so good now to personally check them out.
Here's hoping the stats I picked give me good skills to rely on for the Guild War ahead.
Just please let it be worth it…
Skill List.
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<Peak AGI> (Passive) Lv. MAX
Description: This passive skill can be unlocked once reached 50 stats in AGI. Described as the users' abilities are much better than the likes of an ordinary human, they possess perfect flexibility, balance, bodily coordination, speed, reflexes, strength, and endurance. The user is able to move in any type of physical way flawlessly. They could be the finest dancer in the world, the best martial artist, the greatest athlete, etc.
-This passive skill grants the user an increase of 15% in evasion and speed.
<Peak SEN> (Passive) Lv. MAX
Description: This passive skill can be unlocked once reached 50 stats in SEN. Described as the user's five senses are pushed to the highest limits of human perfection. Individuals with this ability are capable of seeing further away, and able to see in complete darkness, ultraviolet and infrared light, acutely touching ink on a page and feeling another's breathing, pulse, and heartbeat as well as sensing the vibrations of others close to your vicinity without having to physically touch them.
They have a large hearing range and can easily hear sound clearly through a thick bricked wall and from a mile away in complete silence, having a smell capability similar to an animal's, being able to smell pheromones and other distinct smells with perfect precision, tasting more accurately than normal members of their species as they can distinguish what ingredients or chemicals are inside each product or food they taste.
-This passive skill grants the user increase of physical attributes by 15% only active in battle.
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Whoa…!
Suddenly everything went into overdrive as I felt the great changes in my body as well as an immediate understanding of my organs going for a drastic change.
Taking the time to adjust and sniff a bit I was a bit shocked at how my body proceeded with the Guild's scent of each member differently along with peak vision making things look and sound better for me to adjust.
Even I feel a change go over my Teigu Demon's Extract as I subconsciously like the blood in me changed lightly as the new sensations of my organs and blood cells are reacting to the changes causing me to pant getting a hold of my new sensations.
Getting the hang of my new senses and sniffing around the place I managed to find and lock down on Team Shadow Gears distance apart causing me to smirk.
With the new sensations processing my physical abilities and enjoying the newfound rush I began to focus on what I needed to plan before Phantom Lord began their attack.
Best to stalk in silence unless I want to cause a ruckus…
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Waiting till it was past more into the night the new passive skill <Peak SEN> is certainly putting in the work seeing in the night just as it was clear as day.
This will definitely come in handy in night missions.
But that's beside, the point I began to sniff the area around me as I cautiously try to avoid getting attacked or ambushed.
I recall that no Team Shadow was crucified starting the way which leads me to doubt that this is the Anime verse of Fairy Tail.
The reason I doubt it is because I believe I'm in a mix between the Manga and Anime versions with the recent changes in the storyline.
The Anime version had Team Natsu return after helping Lucy on the job which would kick start them staying at her place leaving Team Shadow Gear to be attacked by Gajeel the Steel or was it Metal Dragon Slayer to pounce on the offensive?
In the Manga version, it was soon right after the Sub-Zero Emperor Arc that the Phantom Lord one's start soon after.
But considering the Changeling occurred I thought or safely assumed it to be the anime verse of Fairy Tail however, such ideas lead me to disregard the idea because while I can assume it could be the case I don't have real concrete proof of it happening in future events.
With Rongo Rongo however, I can search for such events and derail them early to earn myself some EXP in the process.
Although most importantly I have been placing my markers near or a few distances away from the Guild for a few reasons stopping the Jupiter Cannon attack and ensuring we have a fully powered Erza on our side from the get-go.
My Teigu Shambhala Trump Card <Lost Realm> will transport it into its pocket dimension nullifying the attack or return to sender via portals.
There was a reason why Teigu was so god damn powerful.
Afterward is Element 4 to consider as I'm more than willing to take the bullet for my good old friend Gray here to ensure my plan goes off well without dealing with one early on at least I hope I remember it was like that.
I mean I only know a few things from the show since it has been a long time and even then, it has been a long time since I could forget the small details that occurred only major events one's that I remember well. Maybe I should've invested in INT to help me remember.
Well…
No use in regrets now.
*Sniff*
*Sniff*
Smelling the air again I can detect a swift change of pheromones of another male target, heartbeat ecstatic pumping in excitement, and a distinct smell of iron on his person causing me to glare.
Time to make a proper introduction.
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~Levy POV~
Walking down during the night through Magnolia Town I listened to Jet speaking out worried about my safety, "You sure this is okay? Shouldn't you and the other girls be at the girl's dorm?"
Nah.
Despite the dangers and warnings to the guildmembers, I think were okay as we are in a group that works well together.
Besides it's best to be safe with a team we work well with.
Having no worries, I replied to Jet with my arms open with no fears causing the two boys to drop down dramatically and return up of my intentions, "It's fine. I don't want to split up our team!"
The two began to go over how they would protect me as usual but their good friends to have around.
We have been childhood friends for a long while now and together we can overcome many challenges ahead.
*WOOSH*
"Ack!"
Not before regretting those words and not heeding the warning we were suddenly attacked from behind I felt a blunt force aimed at my head causing me to hit to a nearby wall as pain circulated through my body.
"LEVY!"
"Why –"
"<Iron's Dragon Iron Fist>!"
*BAM*
Regaining my vision from the brief attack from the blow to the head as I got the view of the attacker and horror seeing the scene before me with Droy and Jet knocked out.
….
"AHHH!!!"
I was clearly out of it for a few minutes only to reopen my eyes to see Droy and Jet beaten with injuries shown causing me to tremble at their broken limbs.
Clear signs of blunt damage and broken bones I could see sticking out as a tall and muscular young man with long, spiky black hair, which is usually kept slicked back, revealing his forehead. He has red eyes with slitted dark pupils and no visible eyebrows. Most of his exposed body is covered in sets of simple, round studs.
The most visible studs are on his face, with three of them above each of his eyes, two on each side of his nose, and two on his chin, just below his mouth. His ears are adorned by two sets of five earrings each. He also sports four studs on each of his forearms, with his right one being covered in scars.
But what got me even more scared was the fact his a member of the Phantom Lord Guild, as he bore their Phantom Lord mark on the top of his right shoulder.
He had a sadistic grin as I tremble to try to regain –
"AH –"
Before I could scream in pain the man with red eyes seemed happy as I felt my insides harmed from the force of his hand turned into metal he responded stopping my screaming, "Hehe… sorry little fairy but I need you and for your little simps to start the spark. Then again when your old man sees you beaten up will do just the trick."
My eyes widen – Ack!
*BAM*
He slammed his fist at my stomach as he began to beat me down over and over feeling my body in pain and spitting out blood as I try to call out for mercy, "St—Ack!"
Trying was the keyword as I try to get a word in the man soon goes for another but stops himself as his eyes dart towards the side with a shadow over us…?
*Fwp*
*PEW*
Like that, he avoided the incoming feathers out of nowhere moving to the side as I was suddenly held trying to regain my vision as I saw a figure I recognized before finally succumbing to my pain…
Silva…
He had an unreadable expression but from what I could tell he glared in the direction of the attacker with anger evident in his expression muttering to me, "I'm sorry for arriving late… but rest assured you can take it easy from here."
That was all I remembered before blacking out…
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