Quinn decided to think long and hard about Logan’s suggestion. For him to be able to use his ability. He needed to follow and use Vorden’s plan. This way, others wouldn’t go after him. But before even that he needed everyone to think his ability was just like everyone else.
But the problem was the shadow ability was linked to the vampires. Most likely, only vampires where able to learn this type of ability, and if that was to be added to the game, it would cause a big problem.
"I’m sorry." Quinn said, "This ability it’s not mine, do you know what happened to me recently?"
"What happened to you?" Logan said puzzled.
Quinn went on to explain how recently he had gone to a red portal planet along with his friend Vorden. And while there he had discovered the ability book and learnt the skill only to have the book disappear.
"I see." Logan said, "I guess I have been in my room too much I didn’t really focus on stuff going on outside. So because of your plan with your friend you need the ability on the watch."
Logan sat down, thinking for a while. The robotic hands had finished massaging him, and now behind him, coffee was being made from another machine.
"Well how about this, you still help me get the ability into the game but I won’t make the ability public. If you want, you can come up here and play the game on a private server, and practice using your abilities in the game. You won’t have anyone to fight against, but you can still use your abilities freely while no one is looking. I get to study you a bit more, and you get to practise, it’s a win-win."
As soon as Logan finished talking, he turned around and started to take a sip of his coffee, letting out a sigh of relief.
"Ahh, the perfect temperature, so what do you think?"
There seemed to be no downside if Quinn was to agree. The only thing was he would feel a bit like a lab rat being looked at all the time, but this solved a few of his problems. Before going to the portal expedition, Quinn wanted to unlock the shadow void. That way if he was in a dangerous situation and in the sun, he would at least have a fighting chance to survive.
"I say go for it." The system said. "If you want to unlock the Shadow skill I told you about earlier, you will need to level up your current shadow abilities to gain skill points. Then you can unlock the Shadow void. This is perfect for you."
Although Quinn found the system annoying, it was clear that it was on his side trying its best to help out the user.
"Alright Logan, I’ll do it."
Logan jumped out of his chair and had a smile on his face.
"Great, let’s get to work."
Following Logan’s instructions, Quinn did as asked and got into the strange large glass test tube. Once he was inside the glass lowered, and now he was trapped in a small space. At the same time, Logan rushed over to his computer and started typing away.
"Can you hear me all okay, Quinn?"
"Yeah, little nervous this is going to hurt."
"Relax you, big baby," Logan said. "Now, all I need you to do is slowly use your abilities while in the tube."
Quinn proceeded to use his abilities as instructed. He started off with the shadow control and started to move it around in the tube. Numbers on the computer screen were scrolling about like crazy, but as Quinn looked over, it seemed like Logan wasn’t typing anything.
Right now, his eyes were closed and his hand was the only thing on the computer.
’Is it his ability?’ Quinn thought.
There were some strange instances where Logan had mentioned a few things. He had touched the capsule Quinn was using and said it wasn’t hacked, and then when the two of them touched hands, he also could see the system messages. And now there was this.
The tests continued with Quinn demonstrating his Shadow cloak skill, and also his Shadow equip skill. The only thing he didn’t show while in the test tube was his dimensional space.
"And we’re done," Logan said, rubbing his eyes. He then got out from his chair and started to walk over to his bed.
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