Chapter 10: CHPT 10: Rest and Recovery (Classes intro part 1)
Claude kept his eyes closed and listened to the light fizzing sound in front of him. After a while he could smell a serene and calming smokey smell, almost like sage...someone was using Healing Magic.
He opened his eyes and saw a middle aged Hispanic woman with elegant but mature features and soft hazel eyes, it was Prof. Callista and Claude guessed she was using Healing Magic on his right arm which took the brunt of Samuels blow.
"That bastard! Right when I was about to win he cheats...and then he was REBORN!"
As he thought of the absurdity of it all he couldn't help but clench his jaw and ball his fist in anger. This seemed to grab Prof. Callista's attention.
"You wanna tell me what happened?" She asked with a look of concern.
"That filthy meathead cheated and the System seemed to reward him for it by giving him an early Rebirth..and a RARE Class rebirth at that...dammit!!" He roared— slightly from pain in his ribs and mostly from jealousy.
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Rare classes are common classes with added effects, they have the same basic skills with added elements. As the class levels they begin to stray further from their basic counterpart, for example Mana Knights/ Mage Blades are Knights with lower defense but a much higher mana pool and they can use aura very well— like all Knights, but they can also learn to control one or more elements through harsh training which Knights cannot do. Due to their obvious rarity and incredible advantage in battle all Rare Classes are in Guilds and very successful.
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"You should refrain from having angry outbursts while your ribs are broken"
"Good idea." Claude responded.
His ribs were throbbing from his previous show of anger which only added on to his pain, he was yet again bested by Samuel. "I can't wait until I'm Reborn, I don't even need anything crazy, I just need something to help me bridge the gap between these stuck up airheads" he thought to himself.
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Prof. Callista met Claude the first day she started acting as Healer for the spectator sparring matches at the academy, back then he was fighting Samuel as well. It wasn't a good fight by any means, the young Claude was terrified of the big and confident Samuel, and Samuel knew it. He walked all over Claude and ended the match with a painful looking bodyslam. Almost everyone laughed and didn't even make an attempt to hide it, Claude was so angry he stormed out of the ring and went home, he didn't even take Callistas healing which was a first.
She always thought Claude was....off, he never tried to make friends and he trained incredibly hard showing discipline and motivation some adults don't even show...but the scariest part was he seemed perfectly fine being alone the only thing the public beating did for him was make him angry..with everyone— despite what he says about noble students. In all honesty, Prof. Callista was scared of what Claude would do if he got the power he truly desired.
After she finished his arm she looked up at his face and saw that his dark aquiline nose was still scrunched up in an angry scowl as if he was replaying the loss in his head over and over.
"So Claude, you're around the age of being Reborn, what Class interests you the most?" She asked in an attempt to cheer him up and out of genuine curiosity.
"Due to my less than luxurious upbringing I'll probably become a basic Swordsman class, it's unhealthy to hope for a Class when we all know this System could care less about our hopes." Claude replied honestly.
Prof. Callista considered his response and then replied saying, "Come onnnnn, weapons aren't the end all be all in deciding what you become. Take The Dominator for example, she was a prison guard for years before she got her specialized class."
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A Specialized Class is even more unique than the Rare Class, this Class is made based off of your lifestyle and significant repeated actions you've made during it. A specialized class takes longer to manifest which is why most people usually get there's when they're around 20 years or older. The beauty of a specialized class is that you get your very own class and skills, while other Reborn individuals can get a few skills based off of repeated actions and movements, a specialized class gets a whole set with stats to match
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"To be honest I'll take any class and make it strong." Claude said.
Prof. Callista glanced at him with a look of surprise, "That's a good mindset Claude, now I need to heal your ribs so brace yourself."
As Claude readied himself to be infused and intertwined with Prof. Callista's mana he watched as she focused and beautiful white and yellow energy began to flow freely from her long and delicate hands up into the air. She then looked at him and he gave her a nod signifying he was ready.
Once her hands hit his abdomen the white energy seemed to be pulled to his broken ribs, ignoring armor and skin. It was always painful to have broken bones healed, but once the bones were connected it was soothing. He could feel her hands heat up through his armor whenever she poured more mana into him healing rib after rib, he eventually fell asleep sometime during the process.
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By the time Claude woke up it looked like it would be nighttime soon so he got his things and began to head out, all he could think about was how lucky Samuel was. On his way out his face collided with a pair of female breasts.
Claude quickly jumped back and kept his eyes on the ground saying, "My apologies, I didn't hear you I must've been too deep in my thoughts."
"It's fine, you can stop averting your gaze now it was obviously an accident." A familiar feminine voice replied in a humorous tone.
Claude looked up and realized it was Ursula.
"Man your really light." She said after looking him up and down.
Claude felt uncomfortable under her gaze so he turned the attention on her saying, "oh yea? And how'd you get so jacked?"
"Genetics and hard work" she replied smiling brightly.
"Hm, then I'd hate to see your father." Claude said.
"Yea you probably would, he's an ass." She said with a hateful expression
Claude didn't know how to answer that so he decided now was a good time to close the convo.
"Erhm...well anyway thanks for bringing me to the nurse, I gotta head home before it's too late."
Her sullen expression turned into a light smile as she watched Claude stumble over his words while holding such a serious expression, "Alright, see you tommorow." She said as she watched him leave.
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Once Claude entered the forest that encircled his fathers cabin it was already night time, the crescent moon and luminous stars gave an eerie glow to the city of SkyHaven, Claude loved the night so he walked rather slow on his way back hoping he'd get caught in it. Everything about it was beautiful, the richness of the night air, the sound of the crickets and the way the trees hummed in unison when the wind blew made him feel as if he was in his own dark and starry world.
"Man it's nice out." He thought to himself as he eyed the moon.
Claude decided to grab a lantern from inside and read one of his many books about Tangent Heroes under the night sky. He drifted to sleep reading an entry on The Red Knight of Rage, Rory Legrand.
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