The World Cataclysm

'What a coincidence?!'

He couldn't help but wonder about how high were his chances to meet someone related to his past life, maybe not directly yet it was something to work with. He already acquired a way to communicate with a top-hunter from his past.

Will was one of the top-hunters in his past life and even was an Ability Holder. Dave didn't know specifics of his innate ability, only that Will was able to amplify his body with his ability.

He had heard Will was an odd person, even called as a madman among other hunters, so at least he had a guarantee while talking with him. If he couldn't talk his mind with Will, he could threaten or control him with his sister...

"I never knew that you were such a valuable hosta...ehm... I meant a nice sister to raise your own brother all alone. It must have been hard for you! Did you get any help from your relatives?"

Immersed in his thoughts, he was close to calling her a hostage, yet he was able to quickly change the meaning of his words. Even though he intended to call her as his hostage, he truly thought that she was an excellent older sister.

As far as he knew, living in Newdale wasn't cheap at all, yet she was able to send her brother into a high school, which should have been really expensive, not to say about basic needs of a person and school necessities.

"A bit from our aunt and we used some savings that our parents had."

Even though she tried to answer his question as much as she could, Dave noticed how strained her face was. It should have been truly difficult if mentioning of her relatives stresses her so much.

"If you want to meet your brother, you should be strong enough to keep your life and defend others, otherwise there won't be any meaning if you can't help him."

Perhaps, his words may have been sounded harsh, yet it was a reality they were in. Strong consumes weak and steps on their bodies, living a comfortable life, while weak desperately clings on its life. It was the only truth he had learned in his past life.

At his words, Rebecca's eyes flickered in confusion and hesitation, but after several moments, she seemed to become determined to survive till she met her brother. Even though she was still worried about her little brother, now had a way to follow and a goal to chase after.

Finishing his breakfast, Dave stood up from his place and returned to his room, leaving Rebecca with the responsibility of waking up others.

He quickly entered a meditative state, continuing to expand his mana reserves, which was proceeding much faster than a day before. He was confident to increase his mana pool by threefold in the following week due to his increased spirit stat.

...

After two hours, when everybody had eaten their breakfast and had readied themselves for the day, Dave led his hunting group outside, leaving Rachel and Kate with a duty to prepare a meal for them. After a day of rest, everybody was refreshed and eager to kill other zombies, even Rebecca with her new-found determination wanted to hunt zombies faster.

"Before we go anywhere, I want to test some item in safety."

However, Dave's calm voice stopped everyone in their tracks, as he took something from his backpack. It was Basic Elemental Contract Scroll, which he had gotten from one of the Treasure Chests

While they were in safety, he wanted to test their compatibility with it, perhaps, there would be someone fortunate to contract an elemental.

"Yesterday, I have obtained an Elemental Contract Scroll, yet I'm unable to use it, so you should try contracting an elemental. I'm sure it will greatly boost your strength, so let me show how to use it."

Briefly explaining its uses, he opened a scroll and saw numerous runes on it and also a magic circle engraved in the centre, making it even more profound-looking. Making a cut on his finger, he let a drop of blood fell on the magic circle.

However, nothing had happened after he had dropped his blood on it.

[You elemental affinity (Light) is too low]

Even though he didn't have any hopes for it, he was still depressed by his poor talent since he also wanted to become an Elementalist.

"This is how you need to use it, so come and try yourselves. Perhaps, someone would be able to pull it through!"

At his words, Brian shamelessly rushed to him and took a scroll from his hands. Seeing how he didn't ask for an order, he was amused by his reaction, yet it seemed Adam and Rebecca had no offence to his actions.

With a face unwilling to do it, he still lifted his Failed Dagger and made a small cut, making pained expression on his face. Following Dave's instruction, he let his blood drop on a circle and waited patiently.

However, it only glowed slightly and returned to his normal appearance.

Brian had failed!

'It seems that Brian truly has a magic affinity since it showed no reaction at my turn.'

Now, it was Adam's turn, approaching them as he patted Brian's shoulders. He followed the same steps as Dave had shown, but the magic circle showed no reaction, not even glowing as in Brian's case.

Adam had also failed!

And it seemed that he had also had a poor affinity with magic as Dave did. Even though Dave was saddened that he had failed, he also felt a kinship to Adam since both of them were bad in magic. Well, he knew it wasn't a competition.

When both of them had failed to activate a scroll, Dave had also lost his hope in it. It was difficult to obtain the scroll, yet he thought it was harder to find a person compatible with it.

Though he had forsaken his hopes, he still urged Rebecca to try it since there was no harm in trying. Therefore, Rebecca changed places with Adam and approached scroll timidly, as she had already imagined that she would also fail.

Proceeding in the same way as others, she borrowed a Needle Rapier from Dave and poked her finger with it, making a small cut on her finger. She had no confidence to activate a scroll, though she wanted to become stronger with it.

However, when she had dropped her blood on the magic circle, it shined brightly as never before, illuminating their surroundings with a bright milky colour as a star had descended on the planet. It was so bright that everyone was forced to close their eyes, so to save their eyes from becoming blind.

Seeing the sudden reaction from the scroll, Dave was shocked that Rebecca had so much affinity to light. Never did he thought that he would be able to find the right person just after he obtained it. He even thought that finding someone one the campus would also pose a hardship.

As a bright light had slowly faded away, he was able to see an orb of light floating above the scroll. It was shining brightly, illuminating its surrounding, but it was hard to notice its eyes in all the light, though he had a pair of shaded areas, resembling a pair of eyes.

At the same time, Rebecca also looked stunned, as she gazed at the mass of light hovering before her eyes. It was slightly larger than a human's head and was looking around itself, as it was curious about where it had been transferred.

"Rebecca, you did it. Go and finish a contract with a help of the System, before it fades away."

Calming himself, Dave urged her to proceed the last step before it would be too late. Still stunned by her success, she nodded her head as she hurriedly approached an orb of light. She seemed to be reading system notifications as she gazed blankly at the air.

Perhaps, Basic Light Elemental might not have offensive capabilities, only useful for serving as a lamp, with right adjustments and training, it would be extremely useful on later stages since it would allow Rebecca to gain control over light-type magic.

Elementalists spent mana on keeping elementals in our world and also spent their mana to control light in the surroundings. They borrowed power from their elementals to use light-type magic.

'It seems I have to teach Rebecca about meditation, so she wouldn't solely rely on the System. I can also teach Adam and Brian with Rebecca, so I won't repeat myself the second time.'

It should be easier for her to learn Meditation than to Adam since she already had high enough mana affinity and her Elemental could assist her with sensing mana in her surroundings.

"Rebecca, so what name have you given to your Elemental Spirit?"

Even though Dave had never contracted one, he still knew about procedures of contracting an Elemental. The final step should be giving it a name.

Blushing slightly, she seemed to be flustered by his question but still answered him meekly.

"Star. I called it Star since it looks as a bright star had descended from the space."

At her words, she blushed even more as she was finding her name too childish.