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The last whip was only slightly different as well.
[Whip of the Wisp]
Level 4
Whip
A whip enchanted to turn intangible twice a day upon utterance of the command word 'Mistborn.' Useful for bypassing mundane and lesser magical defences, it is useful as a hidden trump card.
Durability: 30/40
Special Ability: Intangibility. Upon the trigger word being uttered, the length of the whip, aside from the handle, turns insubstantial for up to ten seconds before reverting back to solidity.
Piercing Damage: 0
Slashing Damage: S Divided by 2
Bludgeoning Damage: S+12
Issei replaced the whips into his inventory as he considered what he had uncovered. The whips were…interesting, but he wasn't really of the inclination to use them as weapons. They were…not his style, bluntly put.
Dismissing his thoughts, he turned his attention to the magic eyes that he had taken from the Packmasters. There were only two of them, but they glittered as if they were made of a precious stone, like emeralds. Something about them made him wary though.
"[Observe]" he said firmly.
Warplock Eye
Level 5
Artefact
An eye carved from purified Warpstone and loaded with various enchantments, allowing the user to see through it and even perceive the use of magic. Warpstone is a volatile magical substance, however, and creates mutations and insanity with constant exposure to flesh.
Special Ability: Magic Perception: The user can see the flow of magic on people. Blue if not in use, Orange if being channelled passively to a spell or item and Red if being used actively.
Warning! Replaces your actual eye if used!
Eying the two eyes a lot more warily than just a few moments ago, Issei replaced them inside his inventory and resolved to find a way to dispose of them safely as soon as was possible. No way was he even touching those things again without gloves or tongs.
You make a very sensible decision! +1WIS!
"I swear this Gamer thing is taunting me…!" Issei grumbled. Lying back on his bed, he wondered what he should do for the rest of today. He could go out and raid another ratman den, but he really didn't want to annoy Gremory-senpai more than he already had.
Rias Gremory…just who was she anyway? The way she spoke implied that she was in charge of Kuō somehow, but how? Who were the members of the Occult Research Club and what relation did they have to her? Issei wasn't skilled at reading people by any means, but they had all deferred to her as their leader in a manner similar to how a samurai would treat their sworn liege lord in one of those period dramas that his father liked to watch.
Information. He needed information on Rias Gremory and her…group…before he could carry on attacking the ratmen's bases in Kuō. He thought for a minute before facepalming. Duh. He had his [Observe] skill. He could casually scan her at school and she'd be none the wiser. At least…he didn't think that [Observe] counted as a spell, so any magic protections she might have wouldn't be set off.
'Well, I should get my homework out of the way.' He thought morosely. He hated doing schoolwork, mainly because it was boring. He wasn't too bad at it, but things like maths and history weren't really his cup of tea. If anything, he was most fond of Classical Japanese, if only because it gave him plenty of time to think during class.
Sighing in frustration, he reached for his schoolbooks.
Five Days Later
Kuō Academy
[Schoolwork] (Passive) [Level 20, 14.39 EXP]
The combined ability to complete all aspects of schoolwork, from homework to classwork to replying to the questions of the teacher. Level Max: 100
- Passively grants +10 INT.
- Passively raises the chance of successfully completing classwork correctly by 30%.
- Passively raises the chance of successfully completing homework correctly by 35%.
- Passively raises the chance of successfully answering the teacher correctly by 30%.
Issei's eye twitched as he regarded the new skill he had received after completing his homework. Five days on and he still couldn't believe that this kind of skill was available. It was certainly convenient, make no mistake about that, but his suspension of disbelief was having major difficulty accepting it.
"Issei!" a familiar voice called.
He looked up to see the other two members of what the school referred to as the Hentai San'nin-Gumi (Perverted Trio), Matsuda and Motohama.
Matsuda LV6
[Perverted Baldy/Sexual Harassment Paparazzi]
Motohama LV4
[Perverted Glasses/Three Sizes Scouter]
The fact that until recently he had been a lower level than Matsuda pissed Issei off somehow.
"Dude! What happened to your cheek!?" Motohama asked in concern.
Having taken the bandage off, Issei now had a long, thin scar down the length of his jaw. It wasn't glaringly obvious, but it wasn't hidden either.
"Some nutjob broke into my house and held me and my parent's hostage." Issei replied sourly, "He tried to kill me after going ever further off the deep end after a phone call. Otou-san and I took him down after I got a lucky hit in. I was lucky to get away with just a scar from his knife attack."
"Shitty luck, man." Matsuda said sympathetically, "Your parents alright?"
"Eh, shaken but not stirred." He replied with a shrug.
"Anyway, want to go peek on the Kendo Club?" Motohama asked eagerly.
It was so, so tempting, but he had to remain firm. He wanted to get rid of that damn Oppai Baka title.
"Sorry, can't." he told his shocked friends, "I'll be buried under with catch-up work for being off for a week, remember?"
"Crap. Forgot about that." Matsuda cursed. Of all the Perverted Trio, he got the highest grades and helped his friends stay above the cut-off point for their teachers to have a 'discussion' with their parents, "Need some help?"
"Let me have a look at what I have to get through first." Issei demurred, "You two go have fun."
"Again, luck sucks man." Motohama commiserated as he and Matsuda headed off to their usual peeking spot.
Sighing despondently, Issei padded to the Staff Office to talk to his teachers. On the way, he spotted his quarry, Rias Gremory, talking with the Student Council President, Shitori Sōna.
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