"9,999.."

Finally! The 10,000th chicken is slain!

[Accumulated Enough Experience, Begin Travel?]

Another world.. I'd be lying if I'm not excited. Swords and magic, here I go!

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It all started one day. I was about to sleep during our principal's freshman welcoming speech when "It" arrived.

[System Panel Activated.]

"Hmm? What's this?"

I tried to shoo it away with my hands, only for it to pass through.

"Hey, Lugh. What're you doing?"

"Ahh, nothing. There's just a fly."

Crap.. What is this, a panel? Is it a hallucination? Nope, I had my fair share of exercises lately.. Then what is this?

Wait, a panel? From the novels? Can I communicate with it mentally just as the novels said?

[Lugh Austere Bayer]

Rank: G+

Latent Potential: C-

Exp: 0

Strength: F-

Agility: F-

Stamina: G

Vessel: G-

Wisdom: G+

Traits:

[Dagger Mastery (LV1)]

[Dexterous Hands (LV2)]

It's all true.. [Dexterous Hands (LV2)]? So that's why I can easily FC some 28 difficulty songs on many rhythm games..

Anyways, is that what I think it is? Vessel:G- ?! Is the Vessel stat the mana stat? Holy... The dream of all men! Magic! Just by imagining myself being a Grand Wizard sends chills of excitement down to my spine!

"Man! Exp..exp.."

"Hey dude, are you really alright?"

Crap, I now looked like someone who had delusions in front of my friend.. 

"Nah, I'm just so bored that I'm just thinking how to clear <Crystalis>."

"<Crystalis>, the new highest difficulty song in the game? Surely, you'll be able to clear it in 10 tries, I know it."

Dan Roseburg, a good friend of mine who came from the Frostdragon Empire overseas. To be honest, it was all a coincidence that we became friends.

One day, I was playing a rhythm game during break time. He saw it and found out that I am playing the same game as him. Furthermore, he's the Ranked #1 while I'm the Ranked #3 worldwide! Ever since, we became good friends.

Wait.. What if I use this to see his panel? Appraisal in novels work like this anyways..

[Aria Frostdragon]

Rank: D

Latent Potential: EX+

Strength: D+

Agility: D

Stamina: D

Vessel: E+

Wisdom: E

Traits:

[Sword Mastery (LV5)]

[Dragon Form (LV3)]

[Frost Control (LV3)]

Wait.. Hold up.. I didn't expect this. He, no she is crossdressing? Moreover, a part of a royal family?

Frostdragon surname along with that crazy EX+ potential.. She's 100% from the Frostdragon Empire, and a protagonist level character at that.

Her traits basically confirmed it.. All those myths are true!

In planet Aquamarine, there are 7 major powers: 5 nations from the Federation and Two Empires. One of those is the Frostdragon Empire.

There's a famous myth whereas its founding king killed an adult frostdragon, bathe in its blood, ate its DRAGON heart, and became one himself.

Of course, all those are just myths; There's no Superpower nor magic in this world. Or so I thought.

It's a mess.. I'll go check this out later. Organizing my thoughts comes first.

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"Hah.. What a tiring day."

It was DEFINITELY a tiring day. The shock that came from that confirmation couldn't compare to anything else that I've experienced in my life.

Dragons, Phoenixes, Sword that splits the boundary, I guess those are all true. The panel..

[Please fill up the experience needed for world travel. (0/10000)]

This prompt popped up minutes later after the panel appeared. I assume that those numbers must be exp. World travel.

Shock and excitement. Those are the two prevalent feelings that I've felt ever since this morning. Even if that world travel turns out to be dangerous, I won't have any regrets.

Now that I got the panel, I tried to appraise basically everyone in this school, and oh boy. To my surprise, it almost looked like this school is a breeding ground for monsters.

[Anna Yeriel]

Rank: D+

Latent Potential: EX+

Strength: D-

Agility: D-

Stamina: D

Vessel: C-

Wisdom: D+

Traits:

[High-speed Calculation (LV6)]

[Four-Element Control (LV3)]

[Staff Mastery (LV4)]

Anna Yeriel. Our intelligent class monitor. Who would've expected that she is a MAGE?

[Scarlet Chase]

Rank: D+

Latent Potential: EX+

Strength: C-

Agility: C-

Stamina: D

Vessel: D-

Wisdom: D-

Traits:

[Dual-Dagger Mastery (LV5)]

[Shadow Control (LV3)]

[Stealth (LV4)]

Scarlet Chase, another classmate of mine. A bright and "sunny" girl during school. Who would've thought that she's an assassin?

[Maria Eizenburg]

Rank: D+

Latent Potential: EX+

Strength: D

Agility: D+

Stamina: D-

Vessel: D+

Wisdom: D

Traits:

[Rapier Mastery (LV5)]

[Wind Control (LV3)]

[Convergence (LV3)]

Maria Eizenburg, the last one of the three beauties on our class. She's the head of the girls clique. Now, who would've thought that she is a Physical-Magic Warrior Hybrid?

 

With all the things that I've seen few hours ago, I am surely tired. Even after checking some other students, nobody reached the EX+ rank potential; A- is the highest.

I'm sure as heck that something's going on here. If you insert a protagonist(Definitely not me with my C- Potential), the puzzle piece will be completed.

As I am going to the school gate, I saw an 'average' student from my class. Used to it now, I tried to call out the Panel.

[Red Steelheart]

Rank: F-

Latent Potential: God

Strength: G

Agility: G-

Stamina: G-

Vessel: F+

Wisdom: G

Traits:

[Regression (LV?)]

[Sword Mastery (LV0)]

[Energy Manipulation (LV0)]

[Material Decomposition (LV0)]

[Analysis (LV0)]

[Sword Body (LV0)]

[Life Control (LV0)]

[Death Control (LV0)]

I found him. The protagonist.