When the question asking about their abilities arose, everyone in the circle was a bit hesitant to answer. After all, it was an awkward question due to it being quite personal. It was as if you’re revealing your weakness to another person. However, at the same time, it should be a given to know your teammates’ abilities.
Although, the main problem was that the school still didn’t know about Quinn’s ability. As for Peter, they assumed that he still had his duplication ability - The one that he most recently copied from someone else.
"I don’t have an ability." Quinn quickly answered all the while he lifted up his wristwatch to show Cia that he was a level one. After seeing this, she quickly ignored him and moved onto the next person.
Quinn was fine with this since this expedition would be quite different. The whole class would be travelling together for the orange portal expedition. Thus, he would have to hide his abilities to the rest of the class. Hiding them from one more person wouldn’t hurt.
"I already know Layla’s, and most people learnt about that pretty boy after the event with the second years in the assembly hall. That means I just need to know yours." Cia said as she looked towards Peter.
Peter then gave Cia a rather uncordial glance, since he wasn’t in a great mood. What annoyed him wasn’t Cia’s attitude towards him, but her disregard for Quinn, his master. free𝑤ebnovel.com
"I can show you first hand if you want," Peter said, raising his fist.
"Peter!" Quinn snapped, so Peter immediately put his fist down and went back to his master’s side.
"What the hell was that all about?" Cia asked in bewilderment. She knew her teasing could piss off some people at times. Hence, because of this, she was usually quite cold at gauging people’s snapping points and when to stop. Still, Peter’s outburst seemed a little abrupt to her.
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"Well, my ability will be a little hard to explain, so why don’t I just show you?" Cia looked at all the people in the group. At first, she would have tried using her ability against Peter. However, judging by how he acted, she didn’t want to do that now.
Out of all the people in the group, there seemed to be one target that stood out as the weakest.
As Cia lifted her hand, smoke gradually appeared on top of her palms - The smoke was coloured in the shade of blue that the skies had. It started to form a certain shape - its body was similarly hued to the smoke. After a brief window, a pointed blade emerged on one end of the fully formed thin rod. The final product was a short spear, spanning half of Cia’s height, made of animate smoke.
Without warning, she looked towards her target and threw the spear. It flew through the air and managed to hit Quinn dead in the chest. The spear had permeated his body, a part of it protruding on his back.
The others couldn’t believe that Quinn had just been attacked right in front of their eyes.
"Quinn!" Layla shouted. "Are you okay?"
When the spear had made contact with Quinn, he felt no pain. Although he could feel the object piercing him, it didn’t seem to have inflicted any physical damages - No bruises, scratches, or holes where blood could trickle.
Still and all, there was definitely an effect. Part of his energy felt like it was being absorbed by the weapon. It was a similar feeling of when he was out in the sun, only a lot weaker.
Finally, the notification sound was heard.
*Ding
[You have been affected by Spirit Spear]
[All stats have been reduced by 10 percent]
The sensation that Quinn had was just confirmed by the system message.
Peter was outraged, having the urge to lash out at Cia, but suddenly, he could feel an immense amount of pressure burning the side of his body - It was Quinn.
"What...did you do to me?!" Quinn said, his anger evident in his voice that became a bit deeper.
The others had never seen Quinn like this before, so they were stunned. Meanwhile, filled with rage, Quinn started to walk towards Cia. Right now, Quinn was unsure what Cia’s skill was. All he knew was it had reduced his stats by ten percent.
If this was a permanent effect, then he would have lost a lot of hard work.
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