"My name is Dante, and I am of the Portinari Family. I am the number 1 student of the first year's Unique Batch," Dante declared, giving them what they wanted.
Lucian and Harold were almost taken aback as they ran. Damn, bro, you're that fierce? No matter if it was the Unique Batch, the Portinari Clan, or his position within his class' hierarchy, all of them were enough to slaughter the two of them with ease.
Harold and Lucian exchanged a quick look and seemed to decide something before smiling at Dante.
"Boss Dante, we seem to have descended together, so why don't we work together? After all, we're all pure humans anyway," Harold suggested with an ingratiating smile.
That was another thing about specific shared worlds. They split their servers based on race, so unless specifically indicated, most shared worlds would not have aliens, mixed breeds, and pure humans play together.
You could also allot this reason as to why Dante almost did not see another player in the wild when he descended the first time. You could be sure that no matter the city or outpost in the other two servers, every 100 meters in the wild would have a student voraciously hunting for prey.
Lucian glanced at Dante hopefully. Internally, Dante frowned as he'd prefer to go solo. Otherwise, how could he easily descend with his main body and absorb power? Even right now, he could likely resolve whatever was chasing them if he landed with his real body and used his real SDI.
However, the issue was not to offend these two, not because they posed any threat, but because Dante did not want to start a feud with idiots so early into his life in this universe.
It was entirely possible that these two were sensible and would hold no grudge whatsoever after being directly rejected, but it was also entirely possible that their heads were up their asses and they would develop resentment.
However, that did not mean Dante would be pressured to accept them based on this.
"Lucian and Harold, contact me when you come out of the game world, for I have some things I would likely need your help with. We can collaborate then. As for in here, I'd rather roll alone due to a bet I made with the second and third place among my batch," Dante responded with a nod.
Lucian and Harold were surprised, but they smiled.
"No problem, my man. I'll be taking my leave!" Harold laughed as he activated his extremespeed and bolted away like the flash, leaving nothing but an afterimage.
Lucian also nodded to Dante. "I shall also separate from here. With two superpowers, I guess whatever is behind us can only beg for your mercy. Good luck."
The fellow opened his bag and poured out all his water. He then controlled it carefully before jumping on it and veering off to the right, looking like a fired bullet.
You could be sure that the other two 'natives' behind Dante were absolutely floored by what they were seeing and could not understand why their comrades had turned into superpower users right before them.
Unfortunately for them, in order to protect the minds of students, no one descended with memories of their body's past lives up until now, so Dante had no clue who these guys were to him.
Dante stopped and let them pass him, which confused the other two. Dante only smiled and gestured for them to go, which they did without hesitation. Dante was speechless, as he expected a dramatic scene of them stopping to stand firm with him since they seemed close.
…alright, even if they were blood brothers before, it clearly did not matter in the face of life and death.
Well, it only made things easier for him. He turned around and saw that the bushes behind him were ruffling crazily, and he quickly used his superpower to descend with his real body to gain an advantage.
The best part about his superpower, whether it came to traveling between universes, between quantum markers, or between the quantum world and the real world with his body, all of it was instant.
No, not so quick that it was fractions of a second, but literally instantaneous. Otherwise, he would not have been able to survive Sylphia's attack back then as she struck immediately and even damaged him a bit.
This was also Dante's confidence for ascending or descending. If he brought his main body in and he saw that there was trouble, his body might be slow to react, but his brain wouldn't. The moment he made the thought, the 'switch' would happen, so any fatal blow would hit his virtual body.
Warning! Detected that there is a functional anomaly within the SDI value of the player! Resetting the SDI to the lower recorded value of the two!]
Player Name: Dante
Player Race: Human
HP: 10/10
Strength: 10.7 -> 1
Agility: 10.7 -> 1
Dexterity: 10.7 -> 1
Intelligence: 10.7 -> 1
Constitution: 10.7 -> 1
Vitality: 10.7 -> 1
Mutation Index: 0% (Safe)
Radiation Index: 0% (Safe)
Superpowers: Quantum Entanglement, Absorption.?
A strange power descended upon Dante, wanting to weaken him, but a grayish purple light glowed from his body and shattered this power brutally. Before Dante could be amazed, he received another notification.
Warning! Unable to reduce the player's SDI for unknown reasons! Maintaining the current SDI value and entering monitoring mode!]
In other words, his SDI returned to his normal amount in reality, which was 10.7 points in all fields. Dante immediately felt the difference of being nearly 11 times stronger in all aspects, and his confidence soared.
Like the other players, he dared to chat even with 1 point in all fields, but with his natural amount, he was like a tiger given wings. Not to mention, his trump card was here: his Bionics and Psionics came down along with him!
Even his AI chip was here, and all three were supposed to be banned! However, just as the AI managing this game world could not suppress his SDI, it obviously couldn't suppress his Bionics and Psionics, which were a part of his body.
Dante stretched his limbs and glanced through the bushes to see what was chasing him and was surprised. No wonder those fellows were running crazily; it was actually an E-grade monster!
Monster Name: Yao Guai
Monster Rank: E
HP: 220/220
Strength: 14
Agility: 6
Dexterity: 1
Intelligence: 0.4
Constitution: 15
Vitality: 18?
Dante's eyes shone. He didn't care that it had higher stats than even the Withering Irradiated Zombie back then. After all, one was a withered humanoid, and the other was a literal mutated bear the size of a bus.
In fact, the higher the SDI, the better, no?
The rampaging bear soon caught up and focused its bloodshot eyes on him. The 10 kilometers area surrounding this spot was all a part of its territory, and these wretched prey
had snuck in to try and steal some fruits.
If it didn't crush their skulls with its foot and then turn their flesh into its excrement, it wouldn't be able to calm down whatsoever. Seeing Dante here, it thought he was the weakest link and had fallen behind, so its eyes glinted with cruelty as it charged over.
It would simply stomp him to death and go after the others, then come back for his flesh later.
Dante saw the bear increase its speed and even tuck its head in slightly, looking like it was going to ram him. He raised his eyebrows and found himself smiling as he activated his bionics slightly, only about halfway.
This boosted his physical stats by 5 times, which came out to 53.5. The bear, who was now like a toddler before him in terms of power, could only yelp as it was kicked to the side the moment it was about to collide with Dante.
It flew for an entire kilometer, crashing through various trees before hitting a nearby stone formation and causing a dent in it, then falling to the ground.
Dante walked over calmly with his backpack slung over his shoulder while the Yao Guai struggled to stand up, continuously coughing out green blood as it trembled with pain and fear.
It could only half-stand by the time Dante reached over, and it kept roaring weakly to try and deter him. When it realized it wasn't working, it began to whimper in a deep tone, obviously begging for mercy.
This amused Dante, as the fellow was full of bloodlust and excitement when it felt it had the advantage, but now, you wanted mercy when you were at a disadvantage? Brother, the world does not work that way.
Dante kicked its torso again, sending it crashing into the giant stone and cracking it in half, falling out on the other side.
This time, the Yao Guai literally could not get up as its ribs had pierced all its organs, so it lay there while spewing disgusting blood endlessly, breathing weakly as its life faded.
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