The next morning.

The next day, in the kitchen of a certain “Open Guild” in “Path-City”, 5 people were eating in a long table.

- “Could you eat slower? you are making me lose my appetite, you idiot!" shouted Liger to Feran who was sitting right next to him.

- “I'm sorry, I'm just very hungry, I didn't eat anything last night, and this is very delicious" said the young boy with a pleased smile as he continued to eat.

- “I'm glad you like it Feran! this food was specially made by me and by Veno, although it's still not as good as the master's food" the young Sakura replied quite happy to see someone enjoying her food so much.

- “I didn't know Samuel could cook" the boy casually commented.

- “Ha, of course, I know how to cook! my mother taught me how to cook long before I even got to first stage level 10, at that time I was just a kid" the old man said with a big smile as he was remembering the good old times of his childhood.

- “Great, do you think that you could teach me how to cook? the truth is that I had to learn by myself, so I’m not that good at cooking" the boy said as he scratched his head in shame.

- “Hmm... Feran, did your mother never taught you how to cook?" asked the curious little Sakura.

- “Oh, I don't have a mother. My grandfather used to cook for me, but after his death I had to learn to cook on my own" Feran words were so casual, and he replied without even stopping enjoying the food, leaving the rest stunned as they directed their gazes to him, even in this world, not having a mother, or someone dying is really sad, but Feran seemed to be handling it quite well.

- “What do you mean you don't have a mother?" asked Liger, somewhat sad and gloomy.

- “Liger, that's personal..." said the old man with a serious tone.

- “... it’s not a problem, you know? You can ask whatever you want... hmm... and to answer Liger’s question, well, I’m an unwanted child, my biological parents abandoned me, my biological father abandoned my mother sometime after my birth, and mother had never wanted to have a child, so she wanted to abandon me, Luckily his father, my grandfather, he couldn't accept that, so he decided to sent his daughter to study to another country and then he raised me on his own" he replied with a light smile, for someone like Liger, it was obvious to know that Feran was still dealing with that fact in his life, but that somehow he could handle it.

On the other hand, the rest of the people at the table were a little nervous because they didn't know what to do or say.

- “Ha, in that case, I will teach you to cook, kid. Do not worry, I am an expert in the art of food, I can even make dishes of special food that increase certain statistics" said the old man with a smile and raising his chest in pride.

- “Wow! Really? can you increase the statistics by just eating?" Feran asked with a certain gleam in his eyes, to which the old man only nodded.

- “That reminds me, master, what will happen with today's training?" Sakura asked that with curiosity, and upon hearing the word training, Liger's feline ears automatically reacted.

- “Master, I can take care of Feran’s training for today, I know it's only been a day, but I think he could practice better with me to prepare against enemies who use long-range attacks" Liger immediately stated while rising from the table.

- “Huh? I think you are right, for today it won’t be necessary for Veno to help with the training, or at least not for a couple of hours. Today you will face a magician in your training, are you ready, Feran?" Feran's eyes lit up, with a smile in his mouth, looking at Liger with confidence before winking at him.

- “... this idiot..." Liger whispered to himself feeling a little embarrassed.

After finishing eating, Sakura and Veno went to attend the beastiale and humans that arrived at the guild, while the old Samuel, along with Liger and Feran, went to the training yard.

- “Alright! first of all, let's check your statistics once again, shall we?” and with that Feran only smiled with confidence about to show them the result of his night training.

With a proud grin, Feran showed his stats to Liger and the master.

Status.

Name: Feran.

Level: 2. (22.85/150)

Race: Human.

Title: Shieldman.

- Vitality: 56 (+52)

- Magic E: 11.5

- Strength: 18.5 (+25)

- Magic P: 5.5

- Defense: 28 (+46)

- Magic D: 22 (+26)

- Speed: 17 (+15)

- critical: 0%

- “Hmm... huh? This stats... aren’t they slightly higher than yesterday?” the old man asked with curiosity as he was quite sure that there was something weird with the stats.

- “what are you talking about?” asked Liger not knowing the previous stats of Feran. The human boy on his side only could smile as he was expecting them to ask.

- “Do you remember that yesterday night, I told you I would train as I used to do so in my world... well, apparently my training went better than expected, as my stats actually increased a bit!” Liger, who couldn’t see the stats was confused, that was until Feran looked at him with a smile and suddenly the feline eared boy was able to see the stats of the boy.

- “... “.5” in stats? I’ve never seen stats like that!” the magician was in shock at the sight of such stats.

- “Hmm... yeah, they aren’t common. As you might know, Liger, increasing just stats instead of the level is actually possible, but it’s rarely done as it has its limitations and it’s not as “rewarding” as just leveling up... yet... 6.5 increase in your stats... isn’t? It will be hard, but if you can pull it off, your stats might increase a lot, it’s said that for a person in the basic stage, a proper training could even make them twice as strong, but as I said, it’s actually weird that someone actually does it, even I haven’t done it before... my training always raised my level but not purely my stats... this is quite interesting” said the old man as he kept looking at the stats of the young human.

- “well, in my world we don’t have “your” leveling up system nor skills, so it ain’t uncommon for people to exercise or train to increase their “stats”, not everyone does it of course, but practicing at least a sport can help with their physical capacities”.

- “oh? So even without knowing your stats or levels you still train, how do you measure your statistics then?” asked the old man with curiosity while Liger was very attentive about the answer.

- “Hmm... competitions? Participating in activities?... we don’t really have the same system to measure our “stats” as you do, but we have certain... tests or objectives that we can use to compare our mental and physical capacities, we train until we can reach or surpass an objective, whether this is to run for a certain amount of time without blacking out, or to run a certain distance as fast as possible, or to lift a certain weight, to remember certain things, analysis, calculations, you know? Many different things to measure our capacities... I don’t know if I’m able to explain myself correctly...” although Feran wasn’t sure if what he was saying made any sense for the people standing in front of him, yet it seemed like both the old man and the other youngster were able to imagine what he meant.

- “I see... what about fighting? Without stats and levels, how do you fight?” asked this time the young feline eared boy.

- “We don’t have “stages” or “titles” or at least not like the ones here... we do have different “fighting styles” and martial arts, I’ve been practicing martial arts almost my whole life, after my grandfather passed away I kind of stopped, but still trained every once in a while, I suppose that now would be a good moment to restart...”.

- “styles you say?... that sounds interesting! Hahahaha” the old man was excited at the words of the boy while the magician could only roll his eyes even though he was also interested in those “styles” Feran just mentioned.

- “Anyway, enough talk! let’s train!” Feran now said with burning passion on his eyes, obviously excited about the prospect of training against magic.

- “That’s right! okay, just like yesterday, you faced Veno fighting using only basic attacks, so Liger should do the same, however, you should know that since Liger is a magician, he has a passive skill that lets him do distance attacks with magic power" Feran looked at Liger who just nodded and started taking distance from him.

- “Hmm... how does that work? Liger’s passive skill I mean...” the boy asked in curiosity.

- “Liger is a magician, and all magicians possess a passive that is acquired at level 5, this skill is called "magical use". This is the thing, as you should know, there are basic or normal attacks, which only make use of statistics, for example, if your “strength stat” is 25 and your enemy’s defense is 20, the 5 points of difference becomes the total damage... do you understand?" Feran only nodded.

- “Well...for the offensive skills that deal damage, they have a specific damage, which is added to the power of statistics, for example, if I use a skill that deals a specific damage of 50, that is added to the 30 of statistics force, making it a total damage of 80 points, which is then calculated as a difference with the 70 defense that the enemy has, and generate a damage of 10..." Feran nods once again.

- “Now, Liger's passive works like a normal basic attack, but it has a trick, if Liger attacks from close range trying to make a melee attack, then the stat to consider would be “Strength”, on the other hand, if Liger wants to use magic and focuses on that, especially from distance, then he uses magic attacks that consider his “Magic Power” for the basic attack... in other words, thanks to Liger’s passive he can make physical and magical attacks and is also able to fight in different distances" said the old man with a smile.

- “of course, most magicians just take their distance, our strength stat, as well as most of our physical stats, are usually pretty weak so we prefer to remain safe, which is also why most of the time we need someone to cover the vanguard...” Liger explains from the distance.

- “I see, now I'm ready to fight!" the young human indicated with excitement.

After Feran got in position, the old man raised his hand, indicating the beginning of their training and the fight began. Liger started to quickly attack Feran with small magic spheres that were appearing around him, his attacks had a fairly long range.

- “Just so you know Feran, I haven't stopped using my passive, which means that it's a level 4 skill, so the distance I can fight is greater, the speed is also greater, and if I touch a target, I can turn it into stronger magic, generating 10% specific damage from some spell as direct damage" upon hearing this Feran was impressed, and at the moment he blocks with his shield one of Liger's magical spheres, this sphere grew and became a flame that exploded, throwing Feran away, leaving him very weakened.

A few hours later, in the king's castle.

A couple of hours had passed since everyone had woken up, finished eating, and now they were in the inner courtyard. The nine young men were all lined up in front of the king, his children, and generals, at the sides of the king.

- “Very well young people, today you will begin your training, independent of whether you want to help us in our war or not, training and leveling up is absolutely necessary to be able to survive at least until we can send you back. If you have any question feel free to ask" the king observed the young heroes who only nodded but didn’t ask any questions.

- “Very well, in that case, the first thing will be to give you all the necessary objects so that you can see the most basic information you will need, such as title, statistics, and level" the old man indicated with a smile.

Julie decided to raise her hand. As the people from Liberteas noticed that, they thought it was weird that she would do that, so the king gave her a signal to speak.

- “I have a question, what do you mean by title, statistics, and level?" the girl asked with a puzzled expression.

- “Hmm... well, to put it simply, in this world everyone has a title, this title determines our abilities, our strengths and weaknesses, and what we can be in the future, among other things, is one of the foundations of our world, and statistics are a numerical form in which the physical abilities of people are measured, these abilities and their development depends a lot on the type of title you have, the higher the level the stronger the person is" the king replied with a calm tone.

- “And how exactly does a title work?" this time Seiras was the one to ask.

- “Well, there are 5 kinds of titles, basic stage titles are the weakest, advance stage titles are the most common ones as most humans in this world have this titles, elite stage title are the strongest, and there are only a few people in each country who has reached these titles. On the other hand, there are some “special” titles, which determine the rank of a person and in some instances give bonuses, for example, I have an elite stage title and a special title which would be “king”..." said the elder.

The prince suddenly takes a step forward.

- “I would be another good example, my special title is “general”, this determines my rank as a member of the Liberteas army, but my real title is the elite stage title known as “Paladin”..." the oldest prince spoke proudly.

- “There are also the “top 3 titles” or “Superior Stage Titles”... “Hero", "Champion" and "Legend"... these titles possess even more power than the elite stage titles, so they are the best of the best, and according to the stories, only those who come from other worlds can have one of these titles”.

As the explanation was finished, Seiras and Julie nodded their heads to indicate their understanding of their words.

- “Well, now that everything has been explained, I think we can proceed... first of all, each one of the young heroes will be provided with an especially forged and enchanted object to enable them not only to see their information, but it will also serve as a containing object, that is to say they will be able to keep their money, equipment and other objects they want inside it".

With those words, a group of soldiers arrived with 4 pendants and 5 rings, the rings were given to the young men, and the pendants to the young women, once all of them had an object in their hands, they proceeded to wear them.

The king was filled with excitement and expectations, so he, his children, and his generals, all were carrying an object to see the statistics of the heroes. The first to check his statistics was Alexander.

Status.

Name: Alexander.

Level: 1. (0/10.000)

Race: Human.

Title: Hero.

- Vitality: 70 (+50*)

- Magic E: 20 (+50*)

- Strength: 58 (+50*)

- Magic P: 12 (+50*)

- Defense: 24 (+50*)

- Magic D: 24 (+50*)

- Speed: 42 (+50*)

- critical: 10%

The moment Alexander checked his stats, everyone took a deep breath in surprise... since they were all companions everyone could see Alexander's statistics, while the king and his people could only see the stats by the use of objects. Alexander’s classmates seemed surprised, but the expression of delight and excitement was more notorious on the side of the king and his people.

- “Congratulations, Sir Alexander! It seems that you received the superior title “Hero”, one of the 3 superior titles of our world. The total growth of this title is +150per level, the only bad thing of this title is that due to it’s great power It requires so much more experience to level up, and once the level is over 50, the experience required to continue climbing will be monstrous" the king couldn’t hide his joy at the sight of such title, this was because he knew a method for Alexander to level up much faster than originally would, and also because a “Hero” has joined his forces.

- “Well done Sir Alexander! just what I expected of you, not only you have one of the 3 strongest titles, but it seems that you started with many passive bonuses" the princess was applauding at the boy, action that was followed by the generals and the other people in the room, this brought great satisfaction to Alexander.

After a few seconds and a few rolls of their eyes, the next ones to review their respective statistics were the 3 friends, Ryu, Hayato, and Tora.

Status.

Name: Ryu.

Level: 14. (0/750)

Race: Human.

Title: Brawler.

- Vitality: 37

- Magic E: 10

- Strength: 68

- Magic P: 5

- Defense: 33

- Magic D: 5

- Speed: 35

- critical: 0%

Ryu was the first of the 3 friends to check his stats. The moment his stats appeared for the others to see, an audible gasp came from his classmates, yet he didn't even care the reaction of the people in the room or what his title was, the only thing it mattered to him was that despite being apparently level 14, he was still obviously inferior to Alexander in terms of stats.

Status.

Name: Hayato.

Level: 14. (0/750)

Race: Human.

Title: Thief.

- Vitality: 38

- Magic E: 10

- Strength: 35

- Magic P: 5

- Defense: 28

- Magic D: 5

- Speed: 71

- critical: 1%

The next one was Hayato, who was quite surprised to see his statistics, and how different they were to those of his friend Ryu, also noticing that he was already level 14 just like Ryu, he assumed it was because of the fights they had before arriving at the castle.

Status.

Name: Tora.

Level: 11. (250/600)

Race: Human.

Title: Barbarian.

- Vitality: 32

- Magic E: 10

- Strength: 77 (+10*)

- Magic P: 5

- Defense: 25

- Magic D: 5

- Speed: 20

- critical: 0%

Finally, Tora made his statistics to appear, however, he didn’t even pay attention to them, for him his statistics didn’t have any value, at the time of fighting he would finish all his enemies with his raw power, or that was what he thought.

- “Wow! the guys are already over level 10, how did they do it?" asked Trish in awe and disbelief. Hayato looked at Trish with a smile and stared at her.

- “We beat up some people before coming to the castle" the answer generated some laughter, Ryu, Tora, and even the youngest prince laughed at Hayato’s answer, the funniest thing is that it was true. Trish and Seiras only could put a hand on their forehead and sight in defeat.

- “I don't know why I asked when the answer was so obvious, of course, you 3 would start fighting the moment you got here" she said with clear exhaustion and giving them a scolding look.

- “Hmm... it was 6 of our soldiers that you “beat up” before coming here, it is no laughing matter” The princess stated firmly while sending a glare to Ryu and his friends, receiving back an angry look from Ryu.

- “let’s leave that for the moment, our soldiers weren’t the most capable, so they took it as an experience and opportunity to grow, besides, no one got really hurt, so it’s better if we don’t make a big deal of it... right?” The king interrupted the glares the princess and Ryu were sending each other, trying to calm them down, but by the look he sent Ryu and the others, he obviously didn’t like the fact either, and he probably didn’t like them, as it was usual, they weren’t popular with other people.

- “Why don’t we continue checking the stats of the heroes? other matters can be attended later. Now, can I point out how... interesting are these lads..." the one who talked was Blaze, who seemed quite interested in Ryu's group, obviously they were problematic, but they seemed to have great potential, of course, the group also caught the attention of the prince and the general Land.

- “Yeah, it’s for the best...” is all that the princess replied before making her face as stoic as possible, and the king got a tired smile on his face.

The next ones to see their statistics were Seiras and Julie, Julie on her side was very nervous about her results, but Seiras kept her calm demeanor and her head held high.

Status.

Name: Julienne.

Level: 1. (0/100)

Race: Human.

Title: Healer.

- Vitality: 28

- Magic E: 25

- Strength: 5

- Magic P: 47

- Defense: 10

- Magic D: 25

- Speed: 18

- critical: 0%

Status.

Name: Seiras.

Level: 1. (0/100)

Race: Human.

Title: Magician.

- Vitality: 28

- Magic E: 25

- Strength: 5

- Magic P: 49

- Defense: 10

- Magic D: 20

- Speed: 21

- critical: 0%

Unknown to the girl, their titles were perfect for them. The moment the titles were visible, everyone seemed excited, especially the king and the princess, both girls had magic-related titles, one focused on healing and support, while the other was responsible for attacking at a distance, both also possessed very good statistics, that sight brought a smile to the people beside the king.

- “Oh! A healer? They aren’t that common in comparison to other titles, it’s quite a pleasant surprise to see it, you must be really blessed Lady Julie, on the other hand, Lady Seiras is a magician, they aren’t as rare as healers but they are still very valuable, it was to be expected of the heroes” The princess smiled in satisfaction as she praised the girls titles.

- “Also, it is quite interesting that you 2 who seem to be so close to each other have these titles that also work as a team, a healer and a magician, offensive and defensive, the titles, just like you, fit perfectly" this time the one to talk was the general with blue hair, Torrent.

- “Good to know that we fit so well, even in this place" Julie said with a smile, hugging Seiras, Seiras just smiled and stroked her head.

- “I think now only Lady Uriel, Lady Trish, and Sir Markus are left to check their stats" said the king with an expectant look directed to the remaining kids.

Markus and Trish were next to review their information.

Status.

Name: Trish.

Level: 1. (0/100)

Race: Human.

Title: Soldier.

- Vitality: 44

- Magic E: 10

- Strength: 17

- Magic P: 5

- Defense: 40

- Magic D: 17

- Speed: 15

- critical: 0%

Status.

Name: Markus.

Level: 1. (0/100)

Race: Human.

Title: Soldier.

- Vitality: 42

- Magic E: 10

- Strength: 40

- Magic P: 5

- Defense: 20

- Magic D: 14

- Speed: 17

- critical: 0%

- “Hmm... I didn't expect this" the king looked quite surprised at Markus and Trish.

The oldest prince, on his side, couldn’t help but slightly smile when he saw this, he already had 5 people in his sights, 5 people that he considered a real potential for war.