A week has passed since the first day.
There wasn't much difference since the first day; every day they ran but only till eight of the night now.
After that, they cleaned up, ate dinner, and were given time to spend on their own, and finally slept either at ten or eleven of the night.
During their given time, the boys would gather in the training area and try out their skills, experiencing how to use and control them. After trying out their skills, they would give each other ideas and suggest how to use them effectively and improve them more.
So far, only Nagi and Ritsu have managed to use their skills. Ritsu realized that he has flawless shots in anything he does, be it throwing pebbles on everyone each time they fell or throwing something at the trashcan.
When he tried to shoot a bird in the sky, he failed miserably, realizing that he could only hit nonmoving objects or targets so far, motivating him to do better.
Nagi was the first one to use the awakening skill given to them; on the second day of their training, everyone got punished by the instructor. When everyone was about to hit rock bottom and tried to run away from training, he unconsciously used it on everyone.
Since then, he has been using it on everyone when getting punished. Each time they were about to give up, screamed, or tried to talk against the instructor, he would use it on them.
The skill calmed their emotion and returned to their rational state, but sometimes it didn't work, allowing Ritsu to throw pebbles at others, agitation them more leading them to get punished more.
As for the girls, they would gather at the library and spend their time reading all kinds of books within it. So far, they have barely read out an entire book since each time they go in, they'll choose another book, forgetting the last one they took.
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"You guys ready?" The instructor asked, standing behind a barrier filled with multiple monsters.
Everyone nodded in affirmation; although they nodded, some of them were still not ready. Right now, they are about to fight and take another life that isn't a small bug on the side of the road. These were living creatures that bleed out, cups of blood when sliced open, scream when in pain, and most of all, fight back when attacked.
Looking at their faces, the instructor hesitated for a bit, "I'm asking again. Are you guys ready now?" He asked once more, and once again, everyone nodded,d, this time with more confidence in their face. Seeing this he stepped to the side of the field and screamed out:
"Then today! All of you will now kill your first monster." The moment he screamed out, walls appeared in the area, separating everyone on their own, creating tunnels for the opponents they needed to kill. Seeing walls appear on their side and departing from each other, everyone begins to panic on their own.
"All of you need to kill your monster to get out of the box. Well then, good luck, everyone." He said, opening the barrier and allowing the monster in it to enter the box of the seven Heroes.
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Minutes have passed since everyone started fighting, and so far, none have even touched their monster.
This was obvious since the monster they needed to kill was an agile-type monster: < Bald rabbit > Unlike the common horn rabbit in this subject story, this one is more annoying.
Unlike the horn rabbit, which is a ferocious creature that charges at you with their horn, this one was much easier for this world native. Meanwhile, the ones who got transferred to this world would have more of a tough time.
The < bald rabbit > has no hair on their forehead that acts like a mirror, and this mirror-like spot allows them to reflect the sunlight into their opponent's eyes-blinding them for a moment, then head-butted them on their groin, stomach, and jaw. Knocking them out, putting them on their knee while some lost their life on them.
Slapping his own cheeks, Nagi examines the monster before him. Every now and then, it would jump nonstop; when this happened, he would follow it with his eyes; the moment his eyes locked on it, the rabbit would reflect the sunlight into his eyes and then attack him.
With this on his mind, he looked at the sky and saw a large cloud coming on its way to him. Seeing this, he slapped himself again; he locked his sight into it, and seeing the rabbit jumping around him, he followed up and began turning himself as well.
"One," he said in his head as he spun around one time.
"Two" he counted again.
"Three" and again.
"Four," he screamed out in his head as the rabbit reflected the sun into his eyes. The rabbit, seeing he blinded the opponent once again, jumped to it.
"Since it's a four spin then it's to the groin of mine!" He said, tapping his knees together and covering his "buddy" with his hand like he was receiving a volleyball pass.
As the rabbit jumped it couldn't stopped it's movement, hitting it's forehead to Nagi hands, going unconscious. Seeing the rabbit knocked out, Nagi grabbed its head with both hands, high in the air, and slammed it to the ground floor, cracking its head open.
Blood spattered all over the ground, some going into his face; seeing its head destroyed, he realized how strong he had gotten just by reaching level 5 in this world. As the blood went down in his face, instead of wiping it off, he thought of others.
"Everyone can you hear me!" He yelled out along with his newly found habits of the monster. He explained what each count of spin meant: three spins around them to confuse them, four for going into their groin, five for the stomach, and six for the jaw.
If it only spins once, it reflects sunlight, two for running away, and most of all, before all of the attacks from three to six spin, it reflects the sunlight. Gasping for air, he roared out, "Forget about everything I said before. And locked eyes into it when I scream out 'Now' the sun is about to be covered by the cloud."
Everyone looked up to the sky and saw a large patch of cloud coming to the sun; seeing this, they stood up and prepared for the signal.
As the cloud cover the sun Nagi yelled out the signal along with his skill [ Tame ] to everyone putting their emotion calmed, hearing the signal all locked their eyes into the rabbits, making them use their moved.
They narrowed their eyes, receiving only small bits of it. Remembering the words of Nagi, they locked their knees together and prepared for the head-butt to the groin.
Just like Nagi, their stats are higher, causing the rabbit to be knocked out and fall to the ground. Looking at the rabbit that beat them down all this time, unconscious, they grabbed the knife that was given to them and stabbed it to death.
"Congratulations everyone! You'll have successfully killed your first monster..., well then! How about you all look at your status screen?" The instructor said, clapping his hands together while releasing the barrier that separated them.
Everyone wondered what he meant by that and summon it. Their eyes widen at the sight of their windows telling them they have obtained a new skill.
"Wait..., what is this?" Nagi asked.
"So how about it?" The instructor said his legs crossed while sitting on a chair. "Like your new skills, heroes?" He laughed then continued "What you all killed today are what we call in this world [ skills monster ] they are a rare type monster that gurrenty obtaining a skill when killed by someone." He said, sipping his juice in his hand.
"So what skill did you guys obtain?" He asked them.
[ High leap. Level 1 ] Yuki said with a smile. "Perfect for a Spearman," the instructor said, throwing a towel at him.
[ Enhanced hearing. Level 1. Passive ] said by Nagi, wiping off the blood in his face.
[ Heavy kick. Level: 1 ] by Ren receiving his towel.
[ Scared prey. Level: 1. Passive ] by Ritsu. "That's good for you since you need to be more aware of your surroundings."
After praising and telling them what their skill could do to the three boys, the instructor looked at the girls, used cleansing magic on them, and asked for their turn.
[ Bunny fur. Level: 1. Passive ] said by Mei.
[ Enhanced hearing. Level: 1. Passive ] said by Koharo.
[ Reflection. Level: 1 ] from Mio.
The instructor was quiet for a moment before saying something. "That's some good skills girls." He said trying his best not to smile from ear to ear.
[ Bunny fur ] "It may not be the best defense skill there is, but at level 5, it can reduce all physical type damage by over 30% in total. Not only that, you'll also gain heat and cold resistance by 40%; with this skill, you don't have to worry about frostbite and burns at all."
[ Enhanced hearing ] ".... Not much is known about this skill since all the ones who have it won't say a thing, but the last time I met someone with this, he said he could learn new skills from others by hearing it only. But you need to reach level 7 on it first."
And finally, he looked at Mio, the last one whose skills are not explained yet by them.
"Your skill, [Reflection] — it's not just a shield. You can trap incoming attacks, store them as long as you want, and then release them when needed. And the best part? You can even learn the skills you've trapped." He said, then suddenly went silent.
Looking at the quiet instructor before them, they wondered what was going on in his mind; suddenly, he took a big sigh and looked at them.
"Since it's still early, ALL OF YOU! START RUNNING!!!" The instructor yelled out making them run in fear.
Chapter 5 end.