>>5271606“What do you bring to my empire, besides that inexplicable knowledge?” Freeza asks you directly.
“Out of my companions, unfortunately I have the weakest job of Adventurer, and am a liability in most direct confrontations.” you say honestly, without bravado while stealthily channeling your magic and using Create Earth in your closed left palm for a sneak attack later. You know that Freeza can probably tell by looking at you, but best to be honest just in case. “But as an Adventurer, I possess the most useful skill in being able to learn the skills of all classes. Here, please hold onto my weapon so I can demonstrate my signature ability.”
“Very well.” Freeza says, taking ahold of your unsheathed, and still unnamed Japanese-style blade. “Now what?”
“STEAL!!” you shout, channeling a large chunk of your magic into the ability while throwing your right hand forward. Then with a flash you’ve done it. Your blade is once again safely back in your own right hand.
“So you can take possession of others’ items, even despite the power gap between us? How interesting.” Freeza says, looking from you to his now-empty hand. “So you’re a thief, then?”
“It’s an ability based on Luck, my only really good stat.” you answer him, sheathing the blade. “So I’ve developed my style around it. But I have other utility skills, like Lurk and Enemy Detection, as well as some basic magic like Tinder, Bind, and Create Water. But as I said, I can learn the skills of any and every class. Bind!”
And again you cast a spell, this time the target not Freeza but your troubling Crusader Darkness. The adamantite-infused wire rope leaps from your belt around her, pinning her arms to her sides.
“K-Kazuma?! Now’s not the time for this sort of play!” Darkness shouts at you, yet despite her protest you can see her cheeks glowing crimson. The damned pervert.
“S-Shut up! I’m just showing Lord Freeza my abilities!” you shout back at her. “Don’t make this wierd!”
“Break Spell.” Aqua says, oblivious to the mood with her hand pointed towards the bound Crusader. You all watch as your harder than steel wire immediately goes limp and drops to the floor. Darkness looks longingly at it a moment, Freeza reappraising Aqua once again. Which is your moment to strike!
“Wind Breath!” you whisper, raising your left hand and blowing it at Freeza as you run forward. He turns the instant he sees you move, just to take a spray of dirt and sand directly into the eyes.
“You-?!” he snarls, but you’re not done yet, sliding behind him as his eyes are shut and activating Lurk the moment you get his wierd little hover pod between the two of you. And once in it’s shadow, you vanish.
