Aetherios System [Slow Build OP MC, Isekai LitRPG/Cultivation] Chapter 13: Chapter 9.2: Reunion (pt 2)

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Chapter 9.2: Reunion (pt 2) Chapter 9: Reunion (pt 2) It was a couple a hours later that Alex finally finished explaining everything to his team. They hadn't learned any more than Lance and Holly had, so Alex had to use his go-to method of drawing things in the dirt with a stick. He was getting better at dirt-art at least. Is dirt artisan a system skill? Maybe I should practice this more, Alex mused to himself. He decided to mentally log that question as something to explore later. The first topic of course was the quest they all had received. Everyone had roughly the same guesses about its meaning that Alex did. This system wanted them to become stronger and to do it quickly. If they all failed to impress in whatever way before the timer ran out, then they would be dead. The reality of the situation hung over them all. Each person first in denial of these facts. Something that Alex had went through himself when he first read the quest, so he didn’t blame them. Alex simply talked them through all of the thinking he done about it. VR, radiation poisoning, a bad dream… etc. The captain took the most convincing, as he still hung on to the idea that they would get rescued, somehow. But once the whole team started yelling at him, he finally accepted the truth. Alex had never seen the man so beaten down, so unsure of himself. It was a stark contrast to the Eric Thompson he knew. It took a few more minutes for everyone to recollect themselves after that. It was a rough pill to swallow. Each person wanted to get back to their world of course, but no one knew how they even had gotten here in the first place. Hell, no one even knew where “here” was. “I think magic would actually be the way to do it,” Alex told everyone once they recollected themselves. “The screen says spells are a thing right? So maybe there is one to get us back?” “You really think magic would be a thing?” Devon asked. “Well, we got here somehow right? And this place already has video game elements with the stats and all, so why not?” Alex shrugged. “It’s something to think about at least.” “So we might run into wizards and stuff? With magic wands?” Allie looked at Alex skeptically. “What else, dragons and trolls?” “Uh… maybe?” Alex said, unsure of the validity of the idea. He had met an elf, but adding dragons to the mix might be a stretch. He had no doubt any of them could handle a fucking dragon right now, so maybe them not existing was for the best. Alex’s hesitation didn’t extend to Garret though. “Dibs on the first dragon egg we find!” He said. “If anyone is going to be a dragon rider, it’s me.” “Dude, you can barely even ride a bicycle, how the hell would you ride a dragon?” Devon laughed. “Hey,” Garret looked at Devon, offense all over his face. His expression slowly turned to disappointment as he realized the truth of Devon’s verbal jab. Garret had embarrassed himself in front the whole team last week by crashing on a bike they had found in the city on a scouting mission. “Maybe they have draconic training wheels or something.” He muttered. “Very much doubt that,” Allie said. “And I will not be treating any dragon fire wounds. I doubt that’s even possible either.” Garret slumped back even further at her words. “Look,” Alex jumped back in before they could go even further off track, “The point is, magic will probably be our long-term goal to getting the hell out of here and back home. Not to mention our way of not getting killed by this damn system quest. If it really exists anyway” “Most probably not a feasible goal right now, but let’s get back to the idea later,” Eric added, putting an end to the discussion. Alex could only agree and let the topic die. He didn’t want to get into some kind of argument about the existence of magic when they knew so little right now anyway. The next topic Alex needed to tackle with everyone was the concept of experience points and the stats that the system seemed to use in their status screen. Luckily, video game knowledge tra