LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 9 The Gakes «2», Paths Crossed
The Skills, how do they work? They certainly are mistaken for magic. There are some Skills that make magical phenomena easier to create but magic can be done without the use of a Skill. So they are logically independent from Skills, even though there is a possibility that the skill system itself had been created with a primordial type of magic.
Ok, but how do they work? For its fundamental workings, we simply don't know. But as for a less in-depth explanation: Through the activation of it by certain means, unless another Skill or a stat competent interferes, usually resulting with an increase or/and a decrease of the stat points affiliated with it.
There are thousands of skills, and many more that we are unaware of. There are probably a lot more skills than the ones we know of, yet to be discovered perhaps yet to be attained or in terminology of Skill researchers, yet to be Wielded.
So there may be exceptions to the definitions that seem to be valid in the present, but could be proven to be wrong with time and further research.
[An Analytical Look at the Skills, Muhammad Nordcount]
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⟨Gray is Elliott(MC)⟩
Gray:«Is that a human child?»
Black: "More like a granny."
Blue: "Though it seems they are at least a bit different than the ones in the mother land."
Gray:«Hey, why are you talking as if we are not human.»
Blue: "Are we really a human though?"
Gray:«Umm, you are right but I feel like a human.»
Green: "It's true that we are now in a body of a rock but I believe we are still human.
Black: "Do any of you want to suck blood from their veins or I don't know, calcium from their bones or something? If not, I think we retain our humanity."
Gray:«Why are you talking as if losing our humanity is no biggie?»
Blue: "Gray, shut-up for a minute. We need to get as much info as we can, when we can. Focus on the situation, we'll talk about those later"
Gray:«Fine.»
Black: "Is she(?) even a kid? I mean her hair is gray and she looks all gloomy like someone going through their middle-age syndrome."
Gray:«Why don't we Appraise her?»
White: "Hm, so far we hadn't had any repercussions for using Appraise and used it relatively often, but we don't know if it will stay like this".
Green: "But then again, we won't get much info if we don't use it."
Black: "Oh c'mon, we should just Appraise her."
Blue: "I'll have to agree with Black on this one."
White: "It's settled, then."
Blue:«Black, can you go and Appraise her? You are the smartest out of all of us after all.»
Gray:(That doesn't make any sense but this way we will be doing our best to minimize the damage. If Appraising hurts us, I hope that he will get the brunt of the damage.)
⟨While not remembering that Black is part of himself.⟩
Black: "But I won't have a choice if you phrase it that way!"
Black: "Alright, here we go!"
Blue: "For some reason I have a bad feeling about this, this may end bad. We should pull back."
Black: "Too late to pull back, should have used protection!"
Either physical or mental sparks appeared out of nowhere in our vision. Then we have started to witness someone else's what I presume, memories.
Gray:«Hey, what the hell did we just watch?»
Green: "I believe something not so good..."
Black: "Have you finally lost it?"
Blue: "What are you talking about Gray? You dozed off for minutes there."
Gray: "What?? So none of you saw those?"
White: "We don't know what you are talking about Gray."
Gray: "I saw some visions through a girl's point or view. It was, terrible."
Black: "Oh, cool. So what?"
Gray: "You don't understand. It was not something like 'my photos don't get as much likes as before' type of ‘tragedy’. I think we still have a lot of time, let me tell you."
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White: "Since this happened after we tried to Appraise her, it probably is safe to assume that the girl in the visions is the one we see now. "
Blue: "All that was terrible..."
Black: "So she lived all through that..."
White: "Gray, before you do something stupid, remember that there is nothing we can do now."
Gray:«...»
Black: "Your next line is: 'I'll do what I can then'."
Gray:«I'll do what I can then!»
Gray:«?!?»
Green: "Gray, I know how you feel but we are simply unable to do anything."
Blue: "What now, do you expect yourself to have a protagonist power-up by head on rushing to our demise?"
Green: "Who are we going to help by going for a suicide mission, without any strength or power with us."
White: "Hey, I think she is looking at us from that bamboo cage."
Blue: "I think I know where this is going..."
Green: "Those eyes... I am sad now..."
Black: "Damn, I wish I can cry, washing away my sorrow through my tears~"
Gray:«I have decided, I am not sure how but I want to help her.»
Blue: "There goes the protagonist line... Oh, well. We can't really stop you."
White: "I guess so. I would have been more comfortable supporting you if we had some powers but if that's how you want to perish, the choice is yours."
Green: "Look what you guys did *sniff*, I am going to cry too now."
Black: "I think you are crying already."
Gray:«Thanks guys.»
White: "You've told us that you've seen through her life but how recent were the latest memories?"
Gray:«I only remember some of the major events I have seen, it was all too fast. I think I have seen like a few year's worth of memories. Though at some events, the time flow slowed down.»
Blue: "How fast it may be, there's no way you can see through years worth of memories in just a few minutes and furthermore remember them."
Green: "That's true, so you probably have experienced time at a different speed than us."
Black: "Magic is weird, really."
Blue: "The fact that I agree with you more and more concerns me..."
Green: "So what are we going to do now?"
White: "We should wait and see how all this turns up."
