Dungeon Raider System

Kalos retreated from the workshop, stomping his feet and attempted to slam the door to make a point, but it was mechanical and instead of the loud sound he expected the door stopped mid track an the started closing by itself without emitting a sound.

"You shouldn't have done that." Connor said to Uriel who still had the unfriendly glare stuck on his face.

"I didn't do anything." Uriel shrugged dismissively.

"I know, but... that guy is really dangerous. You should have let your girlfriend go with him, he's a jerk but from what Amy has told me, he's a gentleman with the ladies."

"It's her choice whether she wants to make new friends, but I won't let anyone insult my friends and get away with it." While Uriel spoke, Medusa was cupping her cheeks over the mask in the background but it looked weird instead of cute.

Although her appearance never fit her character, now it was more true than ever.

"He was just offering to help her to make a flux condenser, he's one of the top of this class."

"I don't get it, why does everyone think I need help making a flux condenser? It bothers me so much that they think I'm incompetent just because I'm a woman!".

"What? It's not like that, it's not because you're a woman, but because you complained when you heard today's task."

"I see... maybe I'll apologize to that creepy guy then." Medusa said placing the tip of her fingers on the mask at the spot where her lips were.

Fermi then started his lesson by pulling a diagram and projecting it into a holographic pad in front of the class. It was in 3d and it was possible to rotate it or zooming in and out by simply tapping it, such technology wasn't mainstream and it was Uriel's first time seeing something like that. It was worlds apart from Lamar's old school blackboard and certainly much more eye catching.

However, the contents of the diagram were also incredibly complex. Too much for Uriel to understand and he turned to see Medusa expecting to see her taking notes like Luna on hers, but that wasn't the case.

"As you can see in this diagram, a flux condenser is more complex than the capacitor..." Fermi explained in front of everyone, though Medusa wasn't paying any heed.

"Hey, shouldn't you be writing down what the professor is saying?" Uriel asked Medusa.

"Don't be silly, I already know how to make flux condensers. Do you remember the contraption I made for your pet?"

"It's not my pet!" Uriel replied.

"You two, stop interrupting the lecture!" A voice was heard from behind and both Uriel and Medusa lowered their heads in embarrassment.

"Now, the most important thing to have in mind is that while increasing the intake of flux energy will result in higher performance, it will also drain your energy pretty quickly."

"Professor, won't it cause the device to overheat?"

"No," Fermi shook his head. "Don't think of flux like energy, it's completely different. Electricity is like a field but will run through the path with less resistance which is the wiring. Let's say you turn on the lights, electricity will run through the wire then it will circulate the light bulb producing light and also heat.

The law of conservation of energy dictates that energy won't disappear but it will transform into other types of energy.

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Flux energy doesn't behave like that. It's also a field, but it doesn't follow any paths. Following the example of the light bulb, flux energy will cause all the electricity to be turned into light without any heat residue."

"But that breaks the conservation law!" Several students gasped.

"It really doesn't," Medusa said loudly. "there's a little bit of energy loss that could never be explained until they made the hadron collider. That is flux energy, it's some sort of residual energy present everywhere and it can't be consumed, it can only be harnessed. This allow us to make the most of other types of energy."

"Marvelous! Yes, yes! I always have trouble explaining that. That's also how we activate our traits, we can manipulate flux energy to produce kinetic energy, electricity, heat, even matter!"

The students couldn't even begin to understand Fermi's passion for flux energy. From the moment they were born they've seen the effects of flux energy all around them, wireless electricity transmission, traits, advanced weapons, those were daily occurrences for them. But for the old professor it was nothing short of a dream come true.

"Enough ranting, let's get to work." Fermi said as he gathered his breath.

Uriel turned to the materials in front of him, but he couldn't tell whether they were parts or tools, but he also didn't know what they were or how to use them which made him wonder why would Nika recommend him to attend to Fermi's class.

"I can't do this." He let out a sigh.

"Think of it like a puzzle that you need to put together."

"Huh?"

"Do you know jigsaws? I used to do a lot of them when I was a child. This is the same, you won't be able to see the picture until you finish it, all you can do is take one step at a time by putting two pieces together, then two more and putting them together.

If you get lost, you can check the picture on the box and try to see what the next step is." Medusa talked as she swiftly connected the parts in front of her and then soldered them together.

"I see! The diagram is like the picture on the box!"

"Exactly!" Medusa directed an unseen smile at him.

"I can't do it." Uriel replied with annoyance.

Before the class came to an end, Medusa was able to turn in her flux condenser to the professor who complimented her on how neat it was. There were no excessive soldering, misplaced parts, crossed wires like in most of the other student's contraptions. It was an efficient flux condenser in all aspects, so professional it could be sold on a store.

Uriel's condenser, if it could be called as such, didn't work and ended up being just wasted materials, but at least he did learn how to solder.