The first thing I did after entering the room was dash into the bathroom.
Stripping off my bloodied clothes, I tossed them into the dustbin and stepped into the shower. Warm water streamed down, washing away the sticky stench of blood that clung to my skin.
I closed my eyes, but every time I did, flashes of the grotesque scenes I'd witnessed earlier came flooding back. Blood. Roots. Torn bodies.
"What am I even doing here?" I muttered, frustration creeping into my voice.
A sudden sharp pain shot through my head as memories forced their way in, fragments surfacing chaotically. I clenched my head, leaning against the shower wall until the throbbing finally subsided.
Ten minutes later, I emerged, a towel wrapped loosely around my body. "Ahh! I feel alive again," I sighed, the hot shower having worked wonders.
I opened the closet, pulling out fresh clothes—a black t-shirt, a grey jacket, and black jeans.
I took out a a small card from the bag pack, it was the id card I had gotten just a week prior, pressing my thumb on the card it emitted a strange glow as it formed a holographic screen infront of me.
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[(Personal Status)]
[(Academy Status)]
[(Credits)]
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it was the academy id I had gotten after I passed their written test, I clicked on the personal status and a panel opened up.
|Personal Status|
Name : Cardea
Age: 16
Class: none
Grade: none
Rank: F
Combat power: -F
Strength : F
Endurance : E
Agility : E
Intelligence : C
Mana : C
Luck : C
...
|Title|: None
|Skills|: Engraving
|Technique|: Dash
...
although the card was handed out by academy it worked more like a citizenship card the only good thing being one can decide how much of the personal status can be seen by others or if nothing at all.
I stared at the stats and groaned, "That's… low. Nothing here screams combat-ready, but plant type monsters generally are weak against fire and lightning type attacks if strong enough"
I put on the bracelet given by the academy, namely the LCHEMIST Academy being in the top three world wide its a fairly reputable academy and the bracelet is like an all in one type of gadget.
it works as a storage item, a appriser, and growth meter that connects to the id, and obviously you can see the id in the bracelet you can even call the people who you have exchanged I'd with but that part is empty.
...
|Academy status|
name: cardea
class: not assigned
grade: unclassified
rank: unclassified
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right they did mention id get assigned class, grade and rank after the enrolment thats in 20 days.
ugh where in the hell did I get stuck in!!!!
'okey enough stalling, lets think'
its a plant type monster, something that feeds on living beings more specifically blood, hmm,.
I raised an eyebrow. "Even Mutant plants shouldn't be causing such carnage. From what I recall, they don't like bright or crowded places. UNLESS!!!!"
" it is a unique monster variant!, most unique variants are extremely dangerous,' Sliding the curtains aside, I froze, mouth agape. Black, vein-like roots wrapped around the entire building, forming a dome over the 30 floors of the hotel.
"this scale—the monster is ascending, and this building, soaked in blood, is its nutrient source…"
"if I want to know about the monster I need a clear image for the bracelet to analyse it, and Thats extremely dangerous but no way around it, guessing by the dence roots that seem harder than steel I cant break through and the only place thats favourable for a plant type monster to undergo ascension would be the lobby on the ground floor where there is a fountain."
I sighed, leaning on the windowsill. "if I had to roughly estimate of its power ranking?, id say "
Based on size and mobility in hibernation, It is a Bishop-grade C-rank monster. After hibernation, it should ascend to Knight-grade B-rank.
[ Grades and ranks are categorized as follows: ]
| Grades: King > Queen > Rook > Knight > Bishop > Pawn |
| Ranks: X > SSS > SS > S > A > B > C > D > E > F |
[ For example, a King-grade S-rank can fight a Queen-grade SSS-rank. ]
[ Generally, higher grades overpower ranks. Three ranks higher are needed to match one grade. ]
[ However, X-rank transcends this rule. ]
My head throbbed as memories resurfaced, fragments of explanations and past battles making it hard to focus.
" I cant wait for the rescue squad, unique monsters don't take more than 10 hours to complete ascension and I was out for at least one and it took me 2 hrs to get back to the room meaning I have less than 6 hours until it wakes up... "
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