Vanessa stayed in that location, hidden inside the library but returned to her apartment to get some of her stuff.
Damian was happy to have received more Erotic Coins, although there were not enough for him to buy the Slime Ring yet; at least he was on the right path.
"Classes are so boring," Magnus said when he spotted Damian.
They kept going every day to class, attending classes about ability control with Vanessa, fighting with Wayne, beasts with Isac, and crafting with Sebastian!
But of course, there was also some good time, and that was the workout in the gym! Magnus loved it, and with time, Damian started liking it, too, especially as it was granting him some free attributes!
He had used his coins to get three of his attributes, strength, agility, and endurance, to 10, but with constant training, his attributes jumped to 15 each!
That was great, considering he did not spend a single coin with it! Not only that, but he was getting better with the usage of his ability as well!
Everything was going in the right direction. Damian spent the three months before the tournament studying like any other student, training his mental abilities, and having sex with Vanessa.
Aurora still talked to him daily, but they had yet to have another moment together, as she was also focused on her studies and training. For some reason, Aurora has been working harder during the past months.
"Did something happen, or does she just wants to stand out in the tournament?"
Damian did not know, but he did know one thing: he finally got his desired item one week before leaving the school for the tournament and the secret mission Darius gave him!
<Name: Damian Romero>
[Erotic Coins: 250]
[Attributes:]
<Strength: 15>
<Agility: 15>
<Endurance: 15>
<Ability Power: 15>
<Slime Ring (Grade 1, Divine Item(Broken) : Grants the user the ability to control slimes. Not necessarily the slime beasts but the slime substance itself>
<Price: 200 Erotic Coins
The constant sex with Vanessa had paid off, and he got himself 250 Erotic Coins. It took him almost three months to get it, but that was only because the System gave him a few quests, and Damian was still trying to understand how to get more of these.
"Let's do this," Damian internally said as he clicked the buy button; a ring appeared right before him!
It was a black ring without stones, gems, or anything fancy. Anyone would see that as just an ordinary ring, but Damian knew that could not happen.
He now had two rings on his fingers, a spatial one and the Slime Ring.
"Let me test this."
Because it was an item, it was way easier to use, and Damian got it on the first try. So the ring was like a new part of him, and with the thought, he could do many things with it!
The ring turned into a black sticky substance, leaving his finger and transforming into the shape Damian had in mind: a sword.
"Let me see how sharp this is," Damian thought.
He was already in the forest area of the school, away from everyone else. He had many things to test the sword, but he chose a big hard rock.
Damian did not believe the sword would be that sharp, but it worked when he tried cutting a small piece of the stone! But, contrary to his expectations, the blade slashed and easily cut it.
"Wow. This thing is freaking awesome!"
With this thought, Damian changed the slime into a dagger, a bow, a gun, and a shield. It could turn into anything, even armor that would keep protecting his body, like one of the villains he once read in an HQ.
"The final test to see if it was truly worth it."
The item had already passed his test, but there was one thing he needed the item to be able to do, and that changed his appearance!
That black substance moved toward his face, modeling an utterly new look! Damian went to the nearby river to see his reflection, and sure thing, there was no way anyone would realize who he was.
Another thing was that the ring did not limit itself to doing one thing at a time. For example, Damian could change his face and his height and still create weapons or use the ring as armor, all at the same time. So it was like the black sticky substance from the ring was endless!
"Worth the fucking price!"
After seeing what his item was capable of, Damian went looking for Serana and Hazel. The two girls were busy studying and talked with Damian almost daily.
He and Serana had sex a few times during the past months, but despite acting like a shy girl near him, Hazel never tried or said anything.
Damian left a note behind their door -- a boy was not allowed to enter the girls' dorm, but Damian had his cloak, and no one noticed his presence.
"What is this?" Serana said as she grabbed the letter from the floor.
Hazel was beside her, as the two lived in the same room, and she was also curious. No one used letters, even the two, who were new to that world, knew it by that point.
"Damian? What didn't he message us? Well, it makes sense; this is secret information."
"Serana and Hazel. We must start our plan. Meet me in the woods at noon."
When the time came, the two girls left their dorm, following the route Damian had written on the note!
With his invisible cloak, Damian mapped the locations where the cameras would not film them so that Serana and Hazel reached the indicated area of their meeting without anyone noticing it!
That was only possible after countless hours of watching everything and understanding all the possible routes!
Serana and Hazel arrived at the location, deep inside the woods in the school courtyard. It was still inside the perimeter, yet no one went there, as nothing was there!
A figure wearing a dark cloak stood leaning against a tree, and the person was also wearing a black mask covering the entirety of the face, and the two girls did not know how the person could see through the mask!
"Is it you?" Serana asked, just to be sure it was genuinely Damian.
"Yes," Damian said, "let's start our reunion. This is the start of a villainess organization, The Dawn!"