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Stepping in with my fists hot and a cool head, I throw a spear straight right hand but they... They hit me? With what?! Jab?? Cross?? Rear Jab??? ... Getting stung over and over, which hand is it?!! Crap! Here's another-! Getting stung by their attacks, how am I suppose to do anything if all I see is their fist disappearing from their hips?! And I can't get the trajectory right, cause everytime I think I do, I still get stung! Again! AAAAAHHHH!!!! You know??? If I can't dodge your attacks, I'll just cover up! Tightening up my guard even more, I step in and instead of my face, they sting my hands which is much better but it still hurts... I gotta step in now!!! Opening my guard just enough for my spear right, as I pivot my foot, turning my hips, my shoulder and fist shoots forward and I land! Is how it should be... Instead I eat another punch and this one has more weight behind it... Buckling, I hang on but gettin' countered every time is really... Bad.... Throwing a low leg kick, they lift their leg to check it but I got them this time!!! Putting my foot back down, I use the momentum to throw an overhand right, and for split second it grazes their cheek but then a white flash!... I'm on the ground and waking up to a pair of leather boots, I reach out grabbing ahold of one of them, but my strength isn't enough, and they easily break free.. Watching them walk away and vanishing past a container, I need to get up!!! Fighting back up to my feet, or more like, my knees.... I crawl as fast as I can to keep up and by some miracle I do; enough that they lead me to a secret meeting with their friends; all wearing cloaks too; and there are definitely more than a few Magicia VI; even Magicia VII are here too... This is terrible!... Listening carefully and as close as possible, they're talking something about throwing authority? Stupid? Big Boss?.... And Crow seems to be the one that's been handing me the L's... Attack?? Imminent??! 1 or is it 2 weeks??!..... Noticing that Crow and a few of their friends have turned towards my direction, I better get out of here before I'm six feet below! C'mon legs!! We need to go by yesterday!!! Running as fast as my legs can go, it's not that fast but I think I slipped away before they really caught on I'm here...Aghk!!!.... Ow! Ow! Ow! Tssst.... That's gonna feel like a kick from a donkey tomorrow morning... Ughhhhhhh.... Sneaking into my room through the window, I had a few close calls but I made it in alright, and thankfully I have an emergency Heal Stone; Heal Stones are stones roughly the size of an average palm imbued with healing Magicia. The way they work is the user presses on the sigil and either use incantation or Magicia. Good thing I'd bought it with my savings from doing a few part-time jobs, at least this will fix most of the injuries... I better start cooking up a stratagem to take them on...

2 weeks later!!!.... February/22/2019...

. That's it for the traps! Alright!!... Now all I've gotta do is somehow bring them all to Fuller Academy without alerting anyone. Leaving home, I drive the wagon pulled by a Fanta Snail, and most think they're only good for affordable prices and low cost of fuel, but if ya know a little more about transportation animals, then you'd know that Fanta Snails can increase their speed with a little help of a few herbs and thankfully I've given those to the Fanta Snail earlier on... I should arrive at Fuller Academy under 10-13 minutes, which is pretty good time considering I'm going through the back path; uneven soil mixed with pebbles; bouncing slightly from every pebbles and small stone that strewn the path. But clearly, fate sure has a sick sense of humor! Hearing a loud blast from the middle of town, thick, dark clouds of smoke like a wall rising to block the clear clouds. Hearing Fuller Academy sound their alarms, the barrier is going to be activated in 5 minutes, I need to to go faster! Yah! C'mon Fanta Snail, you can do it!! Going up Boro Mountain in lightning speed, we get in before it's too late and just as the barrier closes too... Now, time to set up the traps. But first, a few treats for the Fanta Snail for their lightning speed... Setting up the traps around the blindspots and weak areas of the barrier, Fuller Academy never cheap out on their defense systems, but still, if there's a group that targets Fuller Academy; they more than likely have a plan to breakthrough the barrier. Hmm... I wonder why I haven't seen anyone yet? I can't imagine that they wouldn't notice a 10ft split deck wagon, pulled by a Fanta Snail... Somethin is going on here and I feel like I'm not gonna like it... But for now, I guess I've got some time to check things out; walking around towards the front of Fuller Academy; I stick to the foliage of mother nature; finding the grand front doors of Fuller Academy; they're locked and there's a sign too. Getting closer the sign says that all the students have either been sent to shelters or participate in helping the authorities, and great, just great! I trapped myself in here thinking this is their target, but what if it isn't??! What if my instincts are completely off and while I'm in here, everyone is out there! Helping and putting their lives in danger! AAAAAHHHH!!!! No! Jack pull yourself together and keep a cool head and your fists hot! Speaking of, am I hearing whirring or some kinda unique buzzing?... Following the sound to the back left side of the barrier's parameters, I stick to the foliage to hopefully keep my presence a secret, the best option I have to survive let alone fend them off is to have the element of surprise! But what I find shakes me to my soul... The cloaked figures from 2 weeks ago are all here! And they... They... They have a flipping Dungeon Gate???!!! NANI!!!!! What the hell?! This is insane!!! And it seems like they have it close to breaking and that would be a catastrophe that would take at least the entire Fuller Academy, to fight them off, and handle them. Preparing for that section of the barrier to break eventually, I do a final check on the traps, and unleash the Fanta Snail to be free to at least keep itself safe and away from the chaos as much as possible. Getting into position, the deafening silence has my nerves in a bundle of twists and knots, the pressure is on and every second feels too long..

BANG!! BANG!! BANG!!! BOOM!!!....

Hearing the explosions and the screeching and cackling of monsters, this is it! Letting the traps take out as many of their numbers as possible, I use the projectile traps to further whittle down their numbers, throwing paper bombs left! Right! Front! Anywhere the monsters are getting too close, there's still more to them and thankfully most of my traps are to slow them down and take them out simultaneously, quite literally slowing down their speed while greatly diminishing their strength and vitality enough to the point that they're mostly one shot K.O even for me! Left with no choice but to expose myself, I knock out as many of them as I can and slowly I'm starting to tilt the battle in my favor, just a tad, but it's still far from over... Here comes the second wave but thankfully their numbers should be far less than the first. But the biggest problem is their increase in quality, their physical stats increase and even their intelligence to some extent. And now I'm starting to run low on traps and supplies... Alright Jack, you can do this! Just keep your head cool and fists hot! Making light work of most of the wave 2 monsters, there's still more and after another 30 minutes of fighting them off, I've whittled down their numbers to 50 wave 2 monsters, and 1 boss monster. Taking a knee, I'm so glad that the Fanta Snail put their head on the line to help me out, but they've done more than enough, and I honestly do not want them to get hurt anymore! Getting back up, the 50 wave 2 monsters step into view, past what's left of Boro Forest inside of the barrier, and I keep my fists hot and head cool! Meeting the first one to break the standoff, I dodge an one hand axe attack from a pale-ish white goblin, I counter with a strike to their jaw and they collapse from the force and I add in a few more for good measure. Chaos consumes the battle! Crap! Barely dodging arrows, I need to take out the archers! But these tanks are getting in the way!!.... C'mon think! Aha! Baiting one of them to lose their balance, I use the chance to take their shield even at the cost of getting knocked around by the rest of them! Using the shield to blow through and reach the archers, I knock out as many of them as I can but 2 of them did get 2 arrows in; but they aren't anywhere near a vital organ so I'll be fine; splashing Heal potion on the wounds; they slowly heal back to stop the bleeding. Fighting on, getting punched; kicked; cut; knocked back; I have to.... I have to GET UP!!! Digging deeper than I ever have! I think... I think I'm tapping into whatever it is that helped me out when I sparred against Danni, Jeremy, and Kimberly a few weeks ago. I slowly start taking less damage and deal out more, and after about.... 25 minutes, they are done and out!... All that's left is their boss.... I just need to.... Need to.... Knock him down and then I'm a step closer to getting through... Through this... Barely able to catch my breath, I feel like my entire body is on the verge of breaking down!......

Boss Van: Wyu Wyu Weee!!!! A mere human defeats my army! Wyu Wyu Weee!! Duel me human! I'll give thee a befitting death!!!" He shouts. Slimy and a voice that gives a chill, and scream crazy coocoo! I've got an ominous feeling...

" Yeah?.... Well... I'm not done yet! So killing me? Never happening!!"

Getting back up to my feet, I barely have time to react as the sharp edge of a one handed sword, just dodging the blade by a single sheet of paper. Parrying his strikes using my gauntlets and having no chance to counter, I need to break his rythm! But how??!.... Stepping back, and moving laterally, it still isn't enough to get me enough time to hit back!.... I need to close off the distance! But even with whatever this is, it's still not enough! I'm barely staying alive!! How am I supposed to get any closer???!!!..... What was I thinking?? Me being able to handle this with only help from a Fanta Snail! This is a suicide mission!!!......... Silence.... Darkness.... They fill my head and everything feels... Far... Far away.... Like I'm nowhere... Feeling an object plunge into the left side of my abdomen! I wake up to the image of the most creepy grin and a blade plunged through the left side of my abdomen..... The pain!!!!..... Wait! Flowing my strength from the ground up to my right hand, I throw an overhand that hits Van right on the jaw! And... And he stumbles back!! Taking the opportunity to throw his sword away, and using my last Heal Potion, I bite down on my mouth guard and with my courage and heart fuelling my body; I drive forwards; unleashing a barrage of compact strikes! And finishing the combo with everything behind a low leg kick that knocks him off his feet! Getting side control, I whale down punches and elbows, smeshing though his guard, and slowly breaking him down to nothing but a knocked out 7ft tall pale-ish white goblin....... Collapsing near the back of Fuller Academy; my eyes falls dangerously close to shut; I need to... I need to stay awake; and thankfully I've got more incentive to; the Cloaked figure steps forward... They are just as I remembered...... And crap! I need to get up..... Slowly they start stepping away and motions for me to follow, and maybe it's because I'm going in and out, but I feel like I should follow them... I need to take them out... Leav-Leaving the barrier, I follow them back down Boro Mountain and facing off in a duel; I need to keep up... Keep my spirit! Igniting the fire burning inside, I clench my fist and step forward! Leading off with a jab, I'm fast enough to at least get them to cover up which means I... I can reach them!!! Bobbing and weaving like a madlad! I unleash a compact barrage on the Cloaked Figure, and for the first time, my fists lands even partially is amazing! For the first time, I'm able to block their straight punches!... Trading blow for blow, theirs still hurts and they land a little more than me, but I know one thing for sure! They sting! Mine breaks and goes through!!.... Punishing their body, I hit their hips and slowly they start slowing down, their legs are taking a dive and their hands speed is going down too! I just!... I just!!.... Need to hang on!!!.... Throwing everything I've got, I dig deep and put everything behind a right straight and just before it connects, I'm met with an uppercut that sends my head back and even though I connect, there's not much there... And I collapse to the ground... Becoming one with the void of dark nothingness. I'm back to nowhere, and my body feels the heaviest, most pain, most broken it has ever been.... Even breathing feels like it's too much to do..... Am I gonna... Is this... How I die??..... Well.... Wait... Why am I underneath a tree?... Oh well.... This isn't so bad.... I had a... Good run up to now..... My blood tastes like Rocky Shore Ramen....... Why.... I wanted... Them.... Now..........................

Who's making all the racket?!... Can't a guy catch some Z in peace??!... Wait! The fight! The monsters!.... Hold on... I defeated the boss, meaning they've gone back to their dungeon... And that leaves the Cloaked Figures to deal with, I lost, but I know where they meet so maybe if luck is with me I'll find them there.... Just need to get up and... Uuuuuuuuugggghhh!!! My entire body feels like it's broken to a million pieces and then broken even more... Wait... Isn't that... Hoping that I'm right, cause I could really use their help right about now... I call out to the Fanta Snail and thank heavens my hunch is right; moving past the trees and stopping in front of me; Fanta Snail you are a life saver!... Lucky me I thought ahead and asked that a saddle be put on their shell, getting up there though, takes more effort than I'd like but it's a small price to pay for not walking the rest of the way. Driving to the abandoned warehouse where their meeting went down... Arriving under the cover of dead of night, I park the Fanta Snail a little further away in case things get crazy, and go on foot the rest of the way; sneaking inside through an open window; I stick to the shadows making sure to have as little silhouette as possible; scanning the area; no one seems to be here.... But there are desks and even makeshift tables and chairs from crates and smaller crates, even a few drinks... So where are they?.... Investigating the desks and the schematics laid out, blueprints pertaining designs of some sorta machine, schedules of government officials, and more... But most of these are from a few years ago, the latest is a couple years, which is odd.... Why launch an attack on Sun Coral City using old and outdated information? There's something I'm missing here to make sense of all this... Hmm.... Looking around more, most of the drinks are reduced to target practice or rubbish on the floor, gotta be careful not to step on those shards of glass, but some are still cold, even have the water running down from being out of a cooler....... Hmm.... No food... Returning to the desk and moveable board with their schematics and blueprints, I'm trying to wrap my head around why and how they'd be able to launch an attack against the city with outdated information, and why leave all this here? Why not pack it up once their mission's a bust... Nothing is making any sense and there is an ultra annoying and painful headache banging my brains.... All this thinking is really gonna fry up my circuits... Hmm.... Maybe if I look at this from another angle, I can see something I missed; pieces to the puzzle I need to complete it......

Earlier today. The Attack in central Sun Coral City...

Kimberly: Everybody, take cover!" Casting an AOE Magicia, Healer's Hands; I conjure the many sigils in their correct order mentally; successful, I cast the spell and it works like a charm. Hmph. Time to end this farce in 1 fell swoop, channeling Mana through my body, Tyrian Purple Aura radiates off me, and casting Tyrian Vines; they burst forth from the ground and entangle their targets, effectively restraining them for the authorities to handle. Hmm... I wonder how Jackie is doing? I hope he isn't in any trouble... No! I must have confidence in his capabilities to handle himself, even in this chaotic situation. I need-eth to.... Now, where were we? Ah yes... The problematic pest that is causing such a fuss and running a muck... Casting a myriad of spells to keep them busy, casting Ghost Running; Rabbit Dance; Feather Fall; utilizing my enhanced movement speed and dexterity to maneuver myself behind them, I plant my foot and cast a sphere of Mana that temporarily disable the Earth's gravity; an innate talent I discovered in my childhood. Launching the sphere forwards, it narrowly miss them by a fraction of an eyelash, but a benefit to the spell is I don't have to hit the target; I just need to aim close enough that the effects will take place. Floating off the ground with many openings to choose, casting 1000 Wind Daggers; The Magicia manipulates the air around the target to cut them; the Magicia doesn't stop until 1000 cuts are completed; or the user no longer has the Mana to support the Magicia. And there is your explanation of the Magicia, now, stop running you pest and let's end this show of yours!

Jeremy: Danni! Grayson! We need to neutralize their Tanker, but their Healing mage is too effective, have any suggestions?" I ask. Doing my best to keep focus and in control under the pressure of the chaos that ensues. How do all of them maintain their mental state so effortlessly?...

Danni: Glad you asked, Jer-Jer! Grayson & I need you to launch us towards him but shoot Grayson after my 2nd kick!" I say. Slapping Jer-Jer on his shoulder for that extra bit of good luck and motivation, I know he can do it! He's the most technical Magicia guy we know outside of Kimberly, course she's better! She better than all of us! And not in a condescending way!!... She's great...

Grayson: You go high and I'll go low?!" Holding out for a fist bump, I'm having so much fun! But I wish our bro Jack was here, it isn't the same without him, y'know? But I'm sure he's out here somewhere getting in on all this action too! Getting a fist bump, Danni's got a very cool and infectious smile! Now I'm pumped!!!... Waiting for Bro Jer to do his thing, I get low and ready to shoot a classic takedown on that fool! Doing his thing, he launches Danni towards the huge fella and she unleashes hell! Hitting him with her special 3 blazing chopping roundhouses!!! Landing 1 to his lead leg, 1 to his left ribcage, 1 more to his other ribcage, she's on fire!!! Now's my turn to shine! Launching me, everything blurs a little and it's so trippy but cool... And hitting him with the smoothest and hardest double leg takedown; he slams to the ground hard!!! And owning side control, I own him on the ground, combining grappling and smashing his guard! Going for a triangle choke, he's got one hell of a neck on 'im! It's like choking a log! But I've got... This!!!!

Jeremy: Piercing Sloth's Decay Bullet!" Casting Magicia Piercing Sloth's Decay Bullet; the Magicia is made of both my Mana and the steel alloys scattered about the place; also, it contains poison and de-buff affects; this is an advance spell that I'm still having difficulty doing; but have improved. Hitting their Healing Mage on the right side of their abdomen, they quickly get back to their feet and arrogantly thinks I've made a blunder, but in truth, they are the one to made a blunder! The Magicia isn't meant to simply kill their target, oh no, being creative rewards the user with a very potent way of shutting down the target's ability to use Magicia. But now it is too late since the affects only gets worse with every attempt to Heal it using their own Mana or the direct Mana of others.

Lars: C'mon... Work! I know you old circuits and wires got some life left in ya! Yas!!" I shout in joy. Finally got the backup generators for the hospital running again and there's more to do, but this is a great start! Hmm... I wonder how's Jack? We didn't saw him in Fuller Academy and there are even rumors of his expulsion???! Uhm. Wait a sec, for what?? I know our bro, he ain't that kinda guy to go to a library to steal the books or information on them! So why won't they do their jobs better and dig a little deeper into what Jack said?! And when I checked the security system, there was an almost seamless lapse in the system right around when Jack said he saw them! So what gives???!.... Anyways, gotta stay calm and just get through this! Next up is the Evac shelter, their system and generator is almost fried and someone's been going around sabotaging them and the generators! I gotta... I gotta stop them! No matter what!... I can do it! Grabbing my bag of treats and tools, I book it to the Evac shelter, hopefully everyone's alright.... Hang in there guys!

Back over to Jack....

What was tha-! Getting my socks blown off and my back on the ground, it's a good thing I've rolled and trained with Grayson, cause, I'd be out like a candle in a tornado if I wasn't.... But still.... The way I am now... That might still happen.... Crap! They caught me finding their base I guess? Anyways, I'm out-matched and out-numbered, and unlike before, lack any advantage that can help even out the playing field... Hold on..... Most of them look just as tired and injured as me. What in the blue blazes happened to them??? Wait a sec. Isn't that?... Gasp! That is!!!.... Fragments of Tyrian Purple Vines!... They fought Kimberly! And my crew! My best friends!.... If they hurt them, like personally drag all of you to meet death in his 2 story penthouse flat! Breathing deep and tapping into whatever it was from earlier, I can feel some of that energy flowing in my blood, and even a little in my veins... There! The Cloaked Figure that's been whooping my *** and handing me fat L's!.... Taking my stance, I lunge forward and feint a jab but snap out a lead leg kick with my own lead leg, and hearing a loud SNAP! They buckle and nearly fall but use some type of movement Magicia to gain distance and keep them on their feet. Alright... Let's fight! Switching up my attacks, and putting in more feints, it's working but only until the rest of their Cloaked Friends join in! Getting knocked around, I knock them back too but there's too many fists and feet! Not to mention some of them can still use offense base Magicia!... Not good!... I need to!... I need to take them down!!... But..... No!

" I WON'T DIE HERE!!!!"

Digging deep again, the odds are high and I'm neck deep in fatigue and pain! But I won't DIE!! Feeling a surge of whatever energy that has been helping me survive by inches this whole time, suddenly bursts from my core, and floods my body! Knocking them down and away with every push kick! Elbow! Knees! Roundhouse! Punches! Even headbutts!... This is it!! Taking some of their stuff of their desk and moveable board, I sprint outta here with Godspeed! And riding the Fanta Snail back towards the safer parts of Sun Coral City, I drive to my training grounds and after all of that... I think I'm done... After that last surge of whatever energy, all my adrenaline is crashing and OMG!! The recoil is INSANE!!!! It feels like I'm being burned from the inside and the outside all at once!.... Dropping to the ground, I thankfully had enough energy to at least keep the documents safe up on the saddle.... Instead of having them crumpled or torn down here.... It hurts!!.... But!... I.... I.... I DID IT!!!!! Letting a river of tears I've been holding back, flow down the side of my eyes, I actually pulled it off.... I handled a Dungeon Gate Catastrophe, and beat up most of those Cloaked Figures!... I did pretty well, huh? What do you think, me? Did I did good?... Or how about you, Fanta Snail??.... Or you! Capt Franky!... Or Teddy McBrown?!..... Did do good or what???!..... Huh.... I'm still up... But I can't move... Uuuuuuhhh..... Why can't I go to sleep?! I'm so tired but my mind won't rest.... Well... If I can't sleep and if I can't stop my mind from running, then I better get back up! I. Need. To. Get. Back. Up!!! Breathe!... I need to breathe and get back up!... Get up!... GET UP!!!.... GET UP! GET UP!... Digging deep again! I feel like I've hit the bottom... And I feel like I'm too weak to break through it! But I'm not gonna quit! I've quit too many times! I've failed too many times!.... I'm stopping that now!!! Mustering up what's left of my strength, I need to get up and I'm doing it now!! Pushing myself back up, it feels like the whisper of the wind could set me back down, but I'm still sitting! And soon I'll be standing!.... Focusing on Mana Flow and Mana Breathing, whatever that energy is, I can feel it growing in my core. Through the FLAMES! The PAIN! I will get through this!!! I will get back on my feet!!! Moving up to my knees, I don't care if it takes me all night to get back up, I'll do it! I won't quit! I WON'T STOP!!!... Feeling more of that energy being made inside of me, deep in my core, even through the pain and the burning that's still inside and outside my body, but it's not going to make me quit!... I'll make my words true! Slowly... My words becomes truth... Slowly I am getting back up. Going from my knees to a knee, then to my feet, I stumble a little but I keep my feet beneath me and I am back! Back on my feet! Alright.... Now... All I have to do is take a step and keep moving forward!... Slowly but surely, I walk back home with some help from the Fanta Snail, and after about 2-3 hours or so of walking... I finally am back home! Oh wait.... They should be in the Evac Shelter, so I guess it'll just be me tonight. Feeding the Fanta Snail supper, with a little extra for all their hard work and help, I take the documents and files back up to my room, and as I'm about to put the documents away there's a tiny whisper in my mind, and it's telling me to stop. To go back out... To them....

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