Abyssal Awakening

Power – D

Speed – C

Physicality – E

Spiritual – SS

Endurance – A

Instincts – S

"Power is self explanatory same with Speed. Physicality is how strong your physical body is and how well you can control it. The Spiritual category is how efficient you are with the powers of the Abyss. Endurance is stamina and instincts is your sixth sense." Torgeir explained.

Alice\'s graph was heavily skewed towards the Spiritual side of things, making her an absolute monster with Sigil abilities. Her instincts were also top notch with her endurance coming in third.

However, the rest of her stats were poor.

"The lowest you can get is F rank while the highest is triple S. As for the meaning, a D rank means you have the same power as Warriors with three Spirits. With this in mind, your overall average is around B rank or a five Sigil Hunter. That\'s even if I include your extremely high Spiritual Stat."

Hearing this, Alice nodded her head as her eyes focused on her Spiritual stat.

Her spiritual stat was in the realm of Lords! Double S!

On the opposite spectrum was her physicality which was the same as a two Sigil Hunter. Even if she wasn\'t injured, the value probably won\'t go up by much.

\'Seems like I\'m a caster type fighter rather than a physical one. Which honestly makes sense since even my Void Flux – Cleave is energy based rather than using raw strength.\' Alice thought inwardly.

\'Do you think the stats will chance if I take over?\' Alyss asked curiously. She was interested in what her own stats were.

\'Probably. You\'re better at using your body than I am.\' Alice nodded. It was just a guess but she wanted to say that Alyss probably has an S rank in physicality.

"I must say, it\'s the first time I\'ve seen someone with that high of a Spiritual Stat. While some people can increase their stats with enough training and experience, the Spiritual Stat is one of the hardest to increase. It\'s based on how compatible you are with the energy of the Abyss after all and how well you can utilise it." Torgeir remarked while looking at the stats.

When they first saw the double S, they thought the ritual ran into an Error. After all, having this stat right now meant Alice was comparable to the esteemed Lords at the top of the food chain!

Yet no matter how they tried to redo the test, it continued to show up as double S.

Next was her instinct. Torgeir wasn\'t surprised by this as much considering Alice\'s fast reaction to his killing intent.

The rest of her stats were more in line with someone of her calibre.

"Have you any thoughts on becoming a Shaman or a caster of the royal family? Someone of your Spiritual Stat can easily get accepted." Torgeir asked curiously, wondering what Alice wanted to do with her talents.

"Maybe in the future if I feel like it. Though I\'m curious what your stats are like." Alice grinned, wanting to compare herself.

Thinking about it for a moment, Torgeir nodded his head. Since Alice was a rare genius with a double S rank in the Spiritual category, he wanted to show her favour so that she would view the Verona Queendom favourably.

Who knows, if he could scout her into staying in the north, he might be able to get the Numbered Equipment he wanted for so many years.

Watching Torgeir step into the circle, Alice could see the strands of energy linking with his body.

As the ritual began, flashes of colour pulsed through the strands and soon, he opened his eyes.

"It\'s done???" Pausing in surprise, Alice didn\'t think the process was that quick. To her, it felt like tens of minutes had passed when in actuality it had only been tens of seconds.

"Yep, it\'s that fast." Torgeir chuckled as the staff handed him his report.

Power – B

Speed – A

Physicality – A

Spiritual – S

Endurance – A

Instincts – S

"As you can see, your talent in the Spiritual aspect is greater than mine." Torgeir smiled. He had an average of A.

"What about Egil and Bo? Have they done it before?" Alice asked, wondering what their stats were like.

"Of course they have. In fact, you have to go through this before you go to the interview. Occasionally there will be a few who haven\'t done the stat check and still signed up but we\'ll go through this process eventually.

"Egil went through this before and if I remember correctly, he had S ranks in both Physicality and Endurance. Though his Spiritual stat was extremely bad and dragged down his average." Torgeir recalled while walking over to the other staff members and searched through the files.

"Ah here it is."

Egil:

Power – A

Speed – A

Physicality – S

Spiritual – E

Endurance – S

Instinct – A

"Jeez…" Alice muttered seeing the absolute monster of a stat line that Egil had. Everything was A or higher across the board except Spiritual.

"It\'s why he was looked upon as an ideal Warrior. Though if it wasn\'t for him being a known troublemaker, I would be more than happy to accept him." Torgeir sighed at the wasted potential.

He could only hope that Egil was true to his word and proved himself to be capable of working in a team.

Flipping through the files, he soon found Bo\'s stat line.

"Here\'s Bo. As you can expect, he\'s someone who\'s entirely focused on speed.

Bo:

Power – C

Speed – S

Physicality – B

Spiritual – C

Endurance – C

Instincts – B

"He\'s pretty average in everything except his Speed. In a serious contest of speed, there\'s no one here that can match him. Even if you go the capital, you\'ll rarely see someone faster than Bo."

Making a mental note of all the stats in her mind, Alice handed the sheets back to Torgeir.

"Right then, sorry for the wait. It\'s your turn next." Torgeir turned to Selen with a smile.

Nodding her head, Selen entered the circle without saying anything and waited for the process to be over.

After waiting a brief moment, her stats were revealed.

Power – C

Speed – B

Physicality – A

Spiritual – A

Endurance – B

Instincts – B

It was a pretty average and consistent spread across the board with nothing standing out a lot nor any major lacking stats except power that\'s at a C.

\'An all rounder huh?\' Torgeir thought to himself while scanning Selen\'s stats.

Alice, Egil and Bo were all specialist warriors. People who focus on one thing and one thing only while Selen was good at pretty much everything but not excelling.

"Alright. Now that we\'re done with this, let\'s get you your new uniforms. Wouldn\'t want to hit the wrong person on the battlefield after all. After that, it\'ll be your new schedules and accommodations." Torgeir handed the sheets back to the staff.

Leading the two out of the basement, Torgeir nodded at his staff as they prepared to send Alice\'s scores to the capital.

This is a rare case of a double S rank, he couldn\'t let her slip through his fingers.

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Making their way to his office, Torgeir handed them their new uniforms, schedule and keys to their accommodations.

Both Alice and Selen were put into the same room since they were familiar with one another.

Once she was in her room, Alice didn\'t hesitate to try out the uniform.

A light blue shirt with leather belts, arm cuffs and a skirt. Black pants and boots with a large fur coat.

Giving herself a twirl while looking in the mirror, Alice folded her arms.

"It\'s pretty cute I guess though not what I would usually wear. What do you think?" Alice asked, glancing at Selen who didn\'t try the uniform and got into her pyjamas.

"I don\'t see why the outfit being cute or not matters as long as it can protect you."

"Ehh~ That\'s a bit boring don\'t you think? Obviously, I want to look cute when I\'m killing someone during a battle. If I make a name for myself and get a statue made, it has to look good. Who wants to look at an ugly statue?" Alice sighed.

"Again, it doesn\'t really matter to me." Selen shook her head while climbing into her bed.

Before Alice could continue, she could already hear light snoring from Selen.

\'F*cking hell she slept fast.\' Alice blinked her eyes.

This was the first time she was going to share a room with Selen and the sheer speed of which she could fall asleep was simply remarkable.

A talent even.

Shaking her head, Alice let out a sigh. As long as the uniform looks roughly the same it should be fine for her to make some adjustments.

Grabbing a dagger from her pouch, she began to tear away at her uniform.

If Velouria could see what Alice was doing, she would shed a tear in happiness.

Once she was done with her modifications, Alice looked in the mirror with a happy grin. Her shard acted as a needle once she split it into fragments. For the thread, she used the excess fabric.

Placing her uniform by the side, climbed into the bed and closed her eyes.

Retreating into her mental scape, she looked towards Cayla who struggling in her sleep but showed no signs of waking up.

\'Before you ask, no, I don\'t know when she\'s going to wake up nor do I know why she\'s still asleep.\' Alyss sighed.

She was also worried for Cayla but all they could do right now was to stay by her side.

Furrowing her brows, Alice nodded and drifted off to sleep. She looked forward to the training tomorrow since she\'ll be meeting the squad that she\'ll be part of.