Gregory woke up refreshed and excited to start the new day. The rest of the group was rather curious about humans, especially since Gregory was far weaker overall than many would suspect for someone of his level. His mental abilities were quite high, but his physical capabilities made him quite vulnerable despite any other skills.

It was worth particular notice that except for the demon and faerie, Gregory was weaker in nearly every way than every other member of the group at a base apples to apples comparison. This not only made his physical deficiencies next to the rest noticeable, it made him incredibly at risk in many regular dungeons, or trials as this group called them, because of his weakness. These were things that Gregory realized on a subconscious level, but didn’t realize that it would be so exaggerated. The book in the human city mentioned that the beings were stronger than humans, but they didn’t mention the exact numerical value stronger. It also didn’t mention that the mental aspects were also enhanced over humans, it only mentioned that they had stronger minds than the barely sentient races without mentioning that they were also stronger than humans’ minds.

Elise and Lily both looked at Gregory, watching as he made a stretch when he got up. They quickly woke up the rest of the group before leading the way onto the first trial they would need to pass to get to the mountain where the dragons had hidden themselves in. The entrance to this trial was a large forest with multiple winding roads and exits all around the perimeter of the woods. For many it would be near impossible to bypass this place, and even with Gregory’s map he couldn’t figure it out. Luckily, the group he had knew the way to get to the center and the cave system that followed. The forest was a trial by itself, and then the cavern was another trial. By passing both of them, it would be possible to make it into the center of the mountain range without using flight to get there. It was probably the smallest of the dragon realms, but it wouldn’t stop being a safer way to meet dragons if one knew the way.

The group hadn’t realized how much of a difference traveling with a human made, until it was midday and they all felt that no progress had been made in getting to where they wanted to be. All of them had forgotten that humans grow much slower than any other race, and they were the one race that hardly ever had bonuses to their stats. So, even though Gregory was the same level as them overall, he was much weaker than them in every way except magic. As they traveled, they ran into various encounters showing Gregory just how weak he really was. They ran into various magically resistant creatures while traveling as well, creatures which would have led Gregory to an early demise should he have tried to travel this way on his own. Perhaps that wasn’t entirely true, but it was true that he would have turned around before making it anywhere near where the dragons were at. He also learned something about the auto-loot that his unique class gave him, which was that it didn’t work when he did the least damage. Gregory also managed to reach level 40, even if only barely, and was able to gain one more unique class and one more regular class.

Eventually, Gregory saw something rather intimidating. There was what looked to be a human flying around the field attacking creatures with a combination of abilities that scared him. It seemed he had powers the likes of which he hadn’t yet heard of. Not only was this person disappearing and reappearing in different places, but they were also using magics to create black holes and consume attacks coming for them. Even with Gregory having gained a level, he still felt powerless against whoever this person was. Seeing the rest of his group ready to face this threat steeled Gregory somehow, and he resolved to stay and fight. He tried watching what the person was doing with their magic, but it was too far away to see clearly enough. When they finished clearing the area of creatures, they turned their attention to Elise’s group. They moved quickly, teleporting closer by the second. It was then visible that their level was at 71, but it was also obvious that they were a pure human which seemed to set the rest of Gregory’s group at ease.

As the person approached, it became obvious that it was a guy, until he vanished from view. In the next moment, two things happened. The first was that Gregory felt an immense amount of gravity weighing down on him and the group, stifling and almost entirely stopping his movement. The second was that the rest of his group was attacking, but their attacks didn’t seem to reach the person that had attacked them. The person using a bow, and the other using a crossbow had their arrows and bolts aged so much that they vanished before they reached the attacker. The rest of them using magic had their attacks teleported through what looked like a black hole. At the same time, the man attacking them was teleporting around the field and making it look like the group didn’t stand a chance. Of course that wasn’t exactly true, but the extra gravity made it hard for them to react fast enough to avoid his attacks. Trying to attack him back was almost impossible without putting themselves at risk. Gregory felt helpless as he watched the fight unfolding, not even sure how to do anything to help since he couldn’t muster the strength to move. It was at this point that his passive abilities finally gave him something again. He got a notification about a new class having been unlocked.

You have unlocked the Arcane Warlock Unique Class due to learning the basics of the class.

You have gained access to Spatial Magic.

You have gained access to Temporal Magic.

You have gained access to Gravity Magic.

You have learned the spell Teleportation.

You have learned the spell Chrono Shift.

You have learned the spell Gravitas.

‘Incredible, it seems that this unique class has really boosted combat potential, but at the same time, that person is still far stronger than I am. Now I need to do what I can to get out of this and try to help the group fight him.’

Gregory used Gravitas on his own location, and felt an immediate drain on his mana reserves. He wondered how this opponent of theirs could keep up the spell like he was, but ignored it. Using all his power, he focused on reversing the force of the gravity on him and the rest of the party by an equal amount to the amount of gravity being applied to them. Immediately, his mana plummeted down, and he nearly collapsed with the cost it placed on him. He wasn’t able to get rid of the gravity the other mage placed on the group, but he had lessened it by about a quarter. Gregory kept the rest of his mana reserved for teleports, just in case whoever this was would attack him. He could feel the constant drain, and could tell that his mana regeneration didn’t even cover the amount that was being used up for the gravitas he was applying. It was not magic that he could keep up, but he could at least perhaps use it long enough to make the other person leave before any danger befell their group. With access to more of their speed, the rest of the party that Gregory was in were able to outspeed the opponent they found themselves facing. After just a minute, this foe that seemed impossible to beat was losing stamina with the requirement to actually dodge in addition to teleporting. He even started attacking Gregory, which is when Gregory used the reserve he was keeping for teleports to stay away from him. Eventually, the man left them just as quickly as he had made himself known. However, the man had done one positive thing for the group, he had given Gregory access to some of the most powerful schools of magic, schools that had been lost to time, and would give Gregory more versatility once he could master them. He also got another luck curse, which was to be expected considering what he had survived and gained.

Luck being abused has gained you the Ancient’s Luck Curse.

‘Ancient’s Luck Curse’

Ancient’s Luck Curse

For your luck having been abused so greatly, luck has been halved

(720 Hrs.)

‘Status’

Name Gregory Jeffrey Drake

Age 19

Level 40(2%)

Class Wizard, Sorcerer, Cleric, Enchanter

Unique Class Gamer, Master Scout, Arcane Warlock

Race Human

Title Fearless, “Outnumbered, not Outgunned”

Health 1125/1125

Stamina 1500/1500

Mana 7500/7500

CON 30(25+5)

STR 15(10+5)

AGI 30(25+5)

INT 150(145+5)

WIS 330(296+29+5)

PER 115(100+10+5)

FTH 15(10+5)

LUK MAX

Passive Skills Life in a Game, Passive Luck, Reverse Engineer, Multi-Casting(N5), Observant, Skinning(N1), Filleting(N1), Barrier Vision, Photographic Memory, Cloth-Working(N1) Armorer(C/L)(N1), Repair(C/L)(N1), Clothier(C/L)(N1), Embroiderer(N1), Metal-Sewing(M-A)(N1)

Feats The Wise One, Perceptive, Lucky, Kingslayer

Traits Trained, Educated, Boosted

Debuffs Ancient’s Luck Curse

Active Skills

Riftwalker N/A[10M,10S]

Flare Novice 9(23%)[10M]

Bolt Novice 3(37%)[10M]

Slice Novice 8(46%)[10M]

Flame Engulfment 3(27%)[20M]

Identify Novice 2(17%)[N/A]

Healing Novice 1(0%)[20M,10S]

Self-Healing Novice 1(0%)[30M,10S]

Mana Bolt Novice 1(0%)[10M]

Mana Sphere Novice 1(0%)[15M]

Mana Manipulation Novice 2(3%)[VARM]

Homing Mana Sphere Novice 1(0%)[75M]

Homing Mana Bolt Novice 1(0%)[50M]

Expanding Explosive Mana Sphere Novice 4(0%)[1000M]

Spiraling Mana Javelin Novice 2(19%)[700M]

Spiral Mana Bolt Novice 5(4%)[20M]

Stealth Intermediate 1(0%)

Portal Walker N/A[30M]

Enchanting Novice 1(0%)[VARM]

Stat Buffing Novice 1(0%)[VARM]

Defensive Buffing Novice 1(0%)[VARM]

Damage Buffing Novice 1(0%)[VARM]

Teleportation Novice 1(15%)[VARM]

Chrono Shift Novice 1(0%)[VARM]

Gravitas Novice 1(23%)[VARM]

Unspent Stat Points 11

Unspent Trait Points 6

As they finished the fight, the rest of the group looked toward Gregory with a bit of curiosity. They were sure that we wasn’t able to use those magics before the fight, but just during the fight, he had gained access to magics that were supposed to have been hidden away for ages. To have gained access to such magics so quickly, and without any formal training, meant that Gregory was likely a prodigy when it came to magic. What he had probably wasn’t just potential, it was most likely an ability that gave him access to more abilities than he was supposed to have. At this point, Elise responded with high curiosity as to what Gregory’s actual ability was. It was obvious that he had a ‘unique class’ as they were called, the question to them was what the ‘class’ did.

“You gained access to those magics quickly, are you sure you aren’t from this world? Or perhaps, there is more to you than you are letting on. I assure you, we are not intending to harm you, we would just like to know what your true power is. Having somebody like you, a person that is able to grow so quickly, is very intimidating even if you are an ally.”

Gregory hesitated for a moment before responding back.

“You are right, I have a different ability that I had first let on. My true power is that of a ‘gamer’. I have the ability to gain regular and unique classes based on level, in addition to whatever it is you mentioned I assume. They are powers that have so far given me far more power than I would have thought possible for somebody of my level. However, I have seen people way stronger than me, so I still know that I am not the strongest person that was brought to this planet right away.”

They all smirked at this, hardly believing that Gregory could be so humble considering he was so strong compared to most humans. Of course, that was another thing. He was only strong compared to most humans, many other races were much stronger than he was and would make him look quite weak in comparison.

Elise responded to Gregory’s words with a motivation to get him stronger, stronger to the point that he could go with them and be of true use to their team.

“Let’s get you to that mountain then, you are definitely a person that will make the world a better place.”