Chương 5: First battle

"998, 999, 1000!" Alex was saying as he finished his push ups. He was now twelve and finishing his training for the day. He was in the middle of a wooded area and there were two magic circles, one above him and another below him. After a while of trial and error, he managed to figure out a gravity spell to train with, but he needed to be away from buildings to use it. He was only able to use five times the normal gravity, but his strength was increasing at a greater rate than it was before. When he thought about how Gohan was able to use the super Saiyan at his age, and he wasn't even at Gokus level yet when he was this age made him feel inferior.

The problem he was facing was that there weren't any battles for him, while the two of them faced countless battles. He was also growing frustrated that his level stagnated at fifteen, and his job level was stuck right before reaching one hundred. It was due to his fights with the bullies and delinquents that he managed to get them up so fast, even if he didn't kill them, but now they weren't enough for any progress. He did manage to get his dragons breath and scales up to levels four and three. He figured out a way to form scales on a small part of his body, and leveled it by forming them under his clothes to protect himself during fights. He managed to level his breath just by practicing it, and trying different ways of using it.

After dinner, Alex was thinking about how to further increase his strength when a news report came on. It was about a potential killer in the area, as there had been disappearances with only a bit of blood left at the sights the people vanished at. He started thinking about it, when suddenly Ddraig spoke up.

<Partner, I wasn't too sure so I didn't bring it up, but I've been feeling demonic energy around lately. There is good possibility that this is a stray devil. If you're up for a real fight, this might be a good chance for a test run.> When Alex heard Ddraig's words, he had to fight not to smile. This could be a good chance for him to increase his strength, and jump the last couple of levels he needed to get his next job. He quickly looked at the calendar to check the lunar cycle.

He had expressed a "love for astronomy" so that his parents would buy a couple things for him to keep track of the lunar cycles. They were concerned though, since he was always "scared" of the moon. They weren't too far off though, except he was scared for them and not himself. If he looked at the full moon, there was a good chance he would destroy a good chunk of the country, let alone the city when he went ape. He was somewhat curious how a battle between him and Devils would be at that point though. He shook the thoughts out of his head, and focused on the current objective.

There wasn't a full moon that night, so Alex went to bed early. After he was sure his parents went to bed, Alex snuck out of his window and left to track down the stray devil. When he started getting closer, he activated his boosted gear and started the boosts. He wanted to be prepared instead of waiting after the battle started. His gear was nothing like the small gauntlet that only covered his wrist and forearm seven years ago. It already covered his whole hand, and was a little past his elbow. He wasn't able to use balance breaker yet, as he needed the strength and a catalyst.

When both his senses and Ddraig confirmed he outside the building the stray was in, Alex took a deep breath, and walked right in. It was some kind of storeroom as there was a lot of empty space. For a few seconds there no sign of any life, except the boosted gear going <BOOST> every ten seconds. Suddenly a giant centipede appeared, with the head of a man.

"What's this? Supper came to me tonight. You look awfully tough though, I'll have to properly tenderize you." As the stray was talking Alex got into a battle stance. The stray suddenly surged forward, but the gauntlet suddenly shouted <TRANSFER>. As it got closer to the boy, it saw him open his mouth and the the last thing it saw or heard was the roaring flames that soon consumed it.

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Alex sat a ways away from the building that he fought at, as he watched it burn to the ground. He was sweating a little. Weren't his flames a little TOO powerful? He had torched the centipede almost instantly, and because he made the flames so intense they quickly spread to the building itself. Or maybe it was the twenty boosts he transferred to them? Either way, he wasn't going to get enough practical battle experience this way. He did level a little bit though.

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Name- Alex

Age- 12

Lvl- 16

Abilities-

Saiyan bloodline

Devils transformation

Boosted gear

Job- hatchling draconian warrior (100)

Jobs available- apprentice Mage, apprentice martial artist, draconian warrior, apprentice pyromage

Job history- none

Skills-

Dragons breath (5) level up!

Dragons scales (3)

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Alex looked at his new job option and asked Lauren,

'Is the system mocking Me?' He could swear she was trying hard not to laugh, now that he thought about it this was probably the first time he heard her laugh.

'The job system chooses new jobs based on your actions, if you used ice magic more often then you might get a ice based job. Since you practiced your fire breath so much it appears you qualify for the firemage job now.' Alex didn't buy it, but didn't say anything back. He thought for a moment and chose his new job, apprentice Mage.

[NOTICE! Magic power increase, magic resistance increase, new skill learned Devils charm]