Scarlet
I swear, some of these tests are just trying to torture us. And why does Allen keep staring at me like I’m doing him some great disservice or something? It’s getting annoying and awkward.
Allen takes in a deep breath before letting it out again. Then he repeats that process once more and says, “While your capabilities may be theoretically impossible, don’t let that get to your head. It doesn’t mean you're immediately the strongest person even close to your level or anything like that. All it means is that your physical capabilities will rise at a slightly faster pace than everyone else on average. But there will still be people who – even at the same level or below you – can challenge you with ease as long as they focus on one stat or just happen to counter you.”
I nod my head, taking his advice to heart.
He nods back before pressing the okay button on the screen that appeared after I finished the last physical test, making the screen go back to the three main stats, but with Physical crossed out this time. Then he waves for me to do the rest myself as he goes to the edge of the room and sits in a chair while rubbing his temples.
Does he have a headache or something? I know my capabilities are quite good, but is it that big of a deal?
“Probably,” Tar says, his amusement clear in his voice. “Noble demons are known quite well for having a stronger talent in both magic and physical prowess over humans after all. So it makes sense that a half blood lycan would be stronger than most humans at the same level. But as he said, don’t let this get to your head. Humans are crafty, and magic is – as some would say – without bounds.”
I nod my head again as I reach out and touch the button for Mental stat capabilities.
Processing
The measure of the processing power of an individual's mind.
Intuition
The measure of how fast and efficiently an individual can understand new things.
Resistance
The measure of how strong an individual’s mental resistance is towards mental attacks.
Offense
The measure of how powerful an individual’s mental offense is.
Reaction
The measure of an individual’s ability to react to active stimuli.
Willpower
The measure of an individual’s mental endurance.
Huh. Not what I expected.
Video games make it sound like things like wisdom or intelligence should always be mental stats or something. But on second thought, it makes sense that they’re not. After all, you can’t really measure just how intelligent someone is. Not accurately at least.
By the way, Tar?
“Hmm?” his voice echoes in my head as I reach out and touch the processing box.
I would’ve thought there would be a reflex capability or something in the physical stat. Why isn’t there?
“Oh, that. Yeah, reflexes aren’t really something that improve in your body,” he says, confusing me in the process. “I guess the Reaction capability would be the closest thing to reflexes, even if it’s still different. Because that’s your ability to react to something, not your instinctive reaction to something.”
Huh. Okay. I’m just going to pretend I understood that and move on.
“Yeah, let’s just say that your reflexes don’t change as you grow stronger and leave it at that,” he says, clearing it up in a better way.
Hmm.
Anyways, I walk over to the processing test to find that the test is basically just overloading me with mental stress in the form of random useless information and seeing how I cope with it, and how much I can actually process via answering questions about the information it’s slamming into my head.
By the time I get out of the test, I have a rather strange urge to go punch whoever made these tests in the face. But I doubt that would work out well for my career, assuming they’re still alive.
Before I even see my result, I surprisingly find Allen letting out a sigh of relief. Which probably means it’s not as ‘theory breaking’ as my other capabilities.
I walk up to the terminal before looking at the results.
Yep. Tier C.
“Yeah, most of your mental capabilities won’t be as good as your magical or physical, and you should know why by now,” Tar says with what sounds like a yawn.
Yeah, yeah. Blood lycans are stronger in both physical and magical stats than in mental.
Also, are you just watching me get tortured while almost falling sleep?!
The tanuki doesn’t say anything in response, making me narrow my eyes in suspicion. But after a few seconds, I just press the next button and head back to the platform.
Why do I feel like this next one will be a quiz of some sort?
The rest of the mental tests fly by rather quickly, albeit painfully in some of their cases. Such as the resistance capability test. And by the end of it, I’m looking at a row of almost straight Tier Cs, with the exception of Reaction and Willpower, which are both Bs.
I glare at Allen who seems to be jumping for joy for some odd reason.
Why is he happy at my bad results?
“Um, those aren’t actually bad by human standards. They’re pretty go-” Tar begins but I mentally respond with a big, ‘Don’t care’ before he can finish as I continue glaring.
The culprit in question seems to notice my look and coughs lightly once before pressing the okay button and then the Magical button, showing the next capabilities for the last stat. But I continue glaring at him for a few more seconds anyways, just to drive the point home. Then I turn to the screen.
Capacity
The measure of the amount of mana an individual has.
Power
The measure of the purity of an individual’s mana.
Control
The measure of how much control an individual has over their mana.
I blink in surprise.
There are only three capabilities for the Magical stat?
That’s… surprising.
“Well, the only magic you can use are the skills you have. And you don’t get much control over those until Class IV or even V, which only a couple of humans have ever reached,” Tar explains in response to my surprise.
Oh. Okay.
I select Capacity first before turning around and finding the platform to now has a single orb on it.