Max Stats in the Apocalypse

Just like how the room was wide, the headquarters of the Anti-Society Supreme Council, or ASSC, had plenty of room available for each of them to use. Just the wall across the wide monitor, there was a vacant wall. And just behind that wall was a path to the extension hallway of the headquarters.

There was a long hallway, and there were doors every 10 meters. And at the very end of the hallway was their restroom, which made it unnecessary for Roger to check.

In the meantime, before the pact happened, he entered the room that he was given to. After the pact, this room will be his permanent room for the rest of his stay in the group.

Roger rested for a bit over an hour to refresh himself from the nervousness he was feeling for his family. Despite controlling himself, he still had to worry about the method he should use to find them.

As much as he contemplated it, he could only stare at the ceiling while being blank. He was being swarmed by his emotions, and no one was there to help him cope with them. What he knew was that Iana, his wife, was the best person who could offer him some comfort.

However, even after her death, Roger maintained his independence from Iana when it came to emotional issues. And his only way out was to relieve himself with small violence. Punching, kicking, and making someone bleed was the best way for him to refresh, and also to lose his sanity. This remedy was a double-edged sword for him. That was why, even though he wanted to be independent, he would always think of her as if she was just beside him.

'I have changed so much... I can barely remember your beautiful face.'

Roger clenched his teeth as he realized that he had completely forgotten about her when he was around his family on Earth. He was so preoccupied that he wasn't even able to pay some respect to her death anniversary.

'Just why am I the last one to die of the two of us... If ever I was the first one to die, will you also feel the same as I feel?'

It was stupid of him, but Roger just showed that he was always weak when it came to emotional matters. He was still vulnerable in this part of life, which he had forgotten to hone.

'As usual, an impulsive person like me won't learn how to be sane in times like this.'

Roger lifted his body from his bed and sat down, with his elbows resting on his knees.

'Should I search the whole country? It is the best method to use, but I don't know anything about the country's map. And... tsk, it will take more time since I have to be vigilant about monsters. Even if I could just easily kill them, I would need to unleash my whole power.'

'That pledge to my wife of not using my whole strength, despite having max stats, was a stupid one.'

But, just after he thought of it, he seemingly heard someone shouting, nagging at him from heaven. He awkwardly smiled and then mumbled, "I am sorry... I know it was for me to not be affected by my title..."

"To be sure about the methods I should use, I must first have use of this group. They will help me hasten my searching since they have a hacker that could go onto the internet and search for things for me."

Roger stood up from his bed and went back to the "monitor room" to meet with the others who hadn't left to prepare for the pact.

First, Roger saw Shiona, sitting on a couch with her normal phone just near the wall of the hallway to the rooms. He approached her with optimistic eyes and then stopped before her.

"Can you tell me about your unique ability?" 

From behind her eyeglasses, Shiona darted cold eyes toward Roger, who seemed to be anticipating her answer. She lowered her phone and then faced him. "Why do you want to know?"

Roger immediately answered, "Because I want to get to know each one of you. And I know that you might be vigilant towards me, but there was a pact, right? And from the pact, I know that you are confident that I won't be able to betray the group because of it.

Shiona intently looked at him, slowly fixed herself, and sat straight on the couch.

"Sit, I will show it to you."

Roger sat down on the couch beside her and waited for the showcase of her ability.

Shiona clasped her hands together and immediately disconnected them, but, in the middle of it, white sticky threads appeared that seemed to be making an appearance of a net.

"Is that a spiderweb?" Roger asked.

"Yeah." She coldly replied and continued. "I can create a web and shoot it as well."

Shoina swayed her hand, looked to the side, and a huge net of spiderweb just appeared, sticking onto the wall.

"So, what is the best feature of your ability? There is no way that you can just throw some web and be considered as a test subject for the Supreme Council." Roger stated.

But then, Shiona was slightly hesitant to answer it. 

"Well, when I was caught by the Supreme Council, they offered me a scholarship to study to make use of my ability. But, ASSC attacked and rescued me before a collar could be attached to my neck."

'Collar...? Are they trying to seal and manipulate the subjects through direct contact with their brains? Putting a collar is the most minimal but successful way of making a slave.' Roger speculated and nodded.

"I hope you can discover the full potential of your ability. It is just... your attack seemed to be less offensive and weaker in damage. Sorry if I may be insensitive, but it is what I can observe."

"I know. You don't have to worry."

Just when Roger was about to stay quiet for a moment and chill, he saw James, playing with some water on his hands. And looking at it, he became curious about his unique ability. 

He was curious about their unique abilities, but since they still didn't have a pact, he had to make sure that they wouldn't suspect him. 

'The information they have is so important to me. Being friendly with them doesn't hurt.'

Roger casually approached James and touched his shoulders. "Hey, do you have some time to spare with me?"

James stopped playing with the water and it immediately vaporized. He looked at Roger with bored eyes and stood up. Having a tall physique made Roger lift his head. James's sharp and bored facial expression was what Roger could notice about him.

"Yeah, what about it?"

"What is your unique ability?" Roger then asked.

James looked down and went back to his seat. He then created water and then manipulated it, creating different shapes and then solidifying it into ice. After a second of watching him, the water disappeared again and James stopped.

"Was that okay?" James asked.

Roger smiled and nodded. "Yeah, but can you explain?"

"I can create water and manipulate it. Unlike normal mages who can't. They can just create water, but they can't manipulate it or even use it to their will. They were restricted by the rules of magic and mana, which means that they were not unique enough to have their will followed by water."

Roger awkwardly smiled. "I see... that is a good ability."

"What is your ability?" James suddenly asked, not even making any hint of his expression, giving Roger utter confusion at his question.

"I don't know. It is complex." Roger answered, cutting the topic to be dragged about him.

Followed by his soliloquy, Roger thought, 'It is not like I don't want to tell them. There is no problem with other people learning about me since I could just control them or win over them. However, I don't feel like talking about it since it is bothersome.'

"Okay, so but be sure to include that in the pact. You must tell us what your ability is so that you can have a good pact with the group." James suggested.

Roger nodded. "Okay, no problem with that."

Roger continued to ask about the others who were inside. 

He found it amusing to have a unique ability that could be accurate shooting. Luis's ability is high-accuracy, but before Roger could underestimate it, he knew that there was more to it. And just as he anticipated, Luis had deeper use of her ability.

Luis could create unlimited ammunition in any shooting weapon she could hold. And just at that, Roger knew that this kind of ability could not be underestimated. Roger also noticed that Luis, having a unique blue hair color, also seemed to be open to anyone. She talked to him casually, which made the atmosphere lighter for Roger.

On the other hand, Oliver, who had long hair and an average build, was a normal person for him. There was nothing special about Oliver's appearance, but Roger noticed how innocent he was. He was not innocent, like dumb or ignorant, but the innocent type that didn't hurt anyone in his past.

'His ability is weapon creation, which requires him great flexibility.. It is hard, but I see that Luis and Oliver are a match since Oliver could produce the weapon for her.'