After confirming that the battery was charging, Alex took the bag that was in his hand and handed it to the driver
"Give the ring to Professor Estella and tell her its functions, take the other items and distribute them, believe me, with your evaluation skills it will be a piece of cake" Alex instructed the driver Aroldo
So Aroldo got on the bus, and he immediately did what he was asked to do. After receiving the news that everything was in order with the bus, the students shouted with joy, and without even being ordered or asked, they sat down in their seats.
After everyone was ready, Aroldo called Alex who was on the roof of the bus.
"Everything is ready for us to go Alex, all that's left is for you to come in" said Aroldo with an excitement that was not in the least inferior to that of the boys
"You can start the bus, I'll stay up here on the roof in case something happens." Alex chose to remain seated on top of the bus as he found it easier to observe the surroundings as well as being quicker to react to any enemy attack.
So he sits in the lotus position, Vegeta style, on top of Bulma's ship.
The other passengers on the bus also had skills, some even special ones, but Alex knew that for these people who had never fought in their lives, it would be impossible to effectively use their skills in a life-or-death struggle.
He knew that if he put them to fight, it would be like putting a newborn sheep in front of an alpha wolf and asking it to fight, simply impossible.
They need time to adapt and a safer environment to be able to blossom their potential, and Alex was willing to get that for them, he wouldn't be anyone's babysitter for long, but now it was necessary.
He would also be like them if it weren't for the passive skills calm mind and sacred body, in addition to his class that made him different by nature.
Because he also has no fighting experience, nor would he be able to keep his cool if it weren't for his broken skill set, which clearly made him the main character no matter how you look at it.
'Sometimes it's good to be the protagonist, even if you have more responsibility, than being the extra' he sighed internally
"I'll use one of my skills to make arrows for you to guide the bus along the safe route I've found." Alex immediately after saying this, created a black arrow as he braked in front of the bus that pointed to the right.
This was Hill's ability, Alex could use skills sometimes better than their own owners, either because of his greater mana capacity or because of his sacred hero body.
Which allowed him much more exceptional control over his mana, his skills and especially his own body if it was something physical, no one could learn faster than him.
He also used another skill to increase his weight, so he wouldn't slip off the bus if something happened.
'It seems that this loot was quite fruitful' he appeared as he looked at his status screen, which showed two more skills that he had obtained after observing the skills of two items that were in the bag that the goblin had.
STATUS WINDOW
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SKILLS
- SOUL SKILL -
( 8/10 ) SKILLS IN USE
( 8 /1,000 ) SKILLS INVENTORY
- CLASS SKILLS -
- GENERAL SKILLS -
Weight Disc Ability, before granting the ability to remove or add weight to objects attached to the disc, making it possible to carry heavier objects than normal;
Due to the user's class ability, the skill was upgraded to S rank;
The user now has the ability to create gravitational fields around the user and other beings;
The larger the radius of the skill's use, the greater the mana consumption;
Removing and adding weight to objects and living beings;
Limited amount of mana used;
Ability present in the G-rank spatial level, granting the ability to store objects, but due to being a G-rank ring only small objects were possible, as the square space was only 1 cubic meter;
Skill upgraded to S rank, now space storage has 500 cubic meters;
Organic objects do not decompose;
Stores only non-living objects, anything living cannot be added to storage;
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'These two abilities are incredible, especially the last one, the ability to store water and food is simply fantastic, with all this volume I am able to store a small house inside without any problems' Alex was excited because the ability was incredible especially for the situation he found himself in.
He looked at the wrist where he could see a black tattoo, with golden symbols, it had a branch, which went from the wrist to the palms of the hands and were on both arms, but after a moment of observing he replaced the arm protectors he found on the bodies of the goblins.
Pious!!!
The bus engine roared, and it began following Alex's turn signal at a slow but steady pace.
Towards the unknown
And so Alex refocused on the surroundings, as the bus moved forward, passing by gigantic trees, and exotic animals for the group.
The students were amazed at the sight, they saw a bird the size of a pigeon, this bird had a light cyan blue color, with red eyes, beak and claws, there were also cute squirrels, which made the forest seem not so haunted.
And after about twenty minutes of traveling, things seemed to be calmer among the group inside the bus, they managed to relax, some even falling asleep from mental and physical exhaustion. The lack of attacks due to the safe route suggested by Alex, and the breathtaking landscape, contributed to this calm.
Even Alex managed to relax a little, even though he never let his guard down.
After spending hours in this new world, Alex can finally have some peace and relax. He had a lot to do, a lot of hard work to get stronger, and no one knows what he will have to go through to be able to return to Earth.
So even with all this on his priority list, Alex allowed himself to relax a little and observe the landscape. Of course, he didn't let his guard down, because letting his guard down in a situation like this in hostile territory only means one thing: death, and he's not willing to die right now.
But for now, he's going to observe the landscape and allow himself to rest his mind. He and the others needed it.
But unfortunately it didn't last long, the world seemed to be willing to make them understand that there was no safe place in this new hellish world, because suddenly
Bommmmmm!!
A sonic boom rang in everyone's ears
The earth shook, giant trees shook, birds flew, animals ran around, the whole forest was shaking from side to side
And winds that seemed to want to knock the bus down began to come, slowly at first but increasing in intensity with each passing second.
But before they could become unbearable for the forest and the poor bus, a purple shield appeared miles away, protecting everything around from any disturbance and destruction.
But the earth did not stop shaking, nor did the sight of distant lights, much less the sound of nuclear explosions that occurred at every moment.
But Alex came out of his stupor and acted quickly and created a circular black shield that seemed to be formed from several hexagonal shapes, he surrounded the bus with this shield mitigating the sounds, and reducing the impact of falling tree branches.
But I couldn't reduce the panic or fear that was taking hold in everyone's hearts, they were terrified and rightly so.
"I'm going to die"
"This is our end"
"I want to go home"
"What did we do to deserve this!?"
"..."
Some screamed in fear, others in pure despair, and others were left without a reaction.
Alex was stunned, even with the calm mind ability he was jaw-dropping, due to all the confusion that was happening, but also due to a notification that appeared on his status screen.
And mainly because he saw with a little difficulty, but he saw, the cause or rather the causes of this devastation, were more than thousands of kilometers away, but he managed to see, two beings, two aberrations of nature, who exchanged blows and with each of the blows, devastation occurred, it was frightening how two people, even if they didn't seem human, could destroy an area kilometers away just with punches and physical exchanges.
"If I were closer I would be able to copy them, their skills and especially their fighting ability"
Ale thought because his ability allowed him to copy everything he saw, if he saw in detail he could copy how they fought, and thanks to his sacred body he would be able to replicate it safely and practically in the same instant
But quickly the thought of getting closer disappeared from his mind 'if I get even a little closer I will definitely die, the shock waves alone would kill me'
He knew that if it weren't for the purple dome he would already be dead
Because he could see that this fight was too surreal, it was hard to believe even seeing it with his own eyes
If you told him a day before, he would say 'of course it's possible, in novels and animes, but in our reality, what two people fighting can do is dirty the sidewalk with blood'
Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine something like this being possible.
But it was, and he could only hope that this catastrophic fight would not calm them down.
But the calm mind skill worked its magic and he could think rationally again.
So he got down from the roof and went to get on the bus to calm everyone down and try to explain what was happening and weigh up plans for what to do next, but first he looked at the notification that appeared.
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COPIED SKILL
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WARNING: USER'S BODY AND MANA CORE DO NOT SUPPORT THIS SKILL AT THE CURRENT LEVEL
ABILITY BLOCKED FOR PRESERVATION OF USER'S LIFE, UNTIL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET
REQUIREMENTS: ALL STATS 100+; MANA 500+
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Alex was surprised because it was the first time he saw restrictions on his ability, but after checking for a few seconds he realized that it wasn't the ability that had restrictions, it was himself, as he is too weak to use some abilities.
Since there was nothing he could do about it, he stopped thinking about it and decided to just get stronger so he wouldn't be restricted like that anymore.
But he was curious 'What if when I use my buff skills, and reach these requirements, will I be able to use the skill, or will it only be when my basic stats reach this level that I will be able to use it?' but he couldn't test it now, because his buff skills still couldn't take him to that level.
But at least he can solve one doubt, his copy ability could only copy a skill when it was active, when the skill was already activated he could not copy
Like when he saw the students' various defensive skills, he didn't see them being active, but he saw them already activated, and he couldn't copy
He already suspected this, but only after copying the Myriad Shield was he able to confirm his theory.
Closing the notification screen, shaking his head and freeing his mind from those thoughts and doubts, he got on the bus, as things that were already difficult became even more complicated.