‘A magic user. And one at the third rank of mastery at that.’

The man did not hide his strength. He didn’t think it made much difference. What was the main reason people hid their powers? It was because they believed that they’d be at a disadvantage if others knew their exact strength and power level. However, even if players were to PK (player killed: the act of users killing other users), they would gain nothing out of it, except just end up getting all kinds of penalties from the system, such as taking away experience points and lowering the item drop rates, plus a plethora of fines. Due to these factors, the act of users killing other users was rarely seen in DIO. Since this was the case, there was no real use for users to hide their abilities. Perhaps if one wanted to put on an aura of mystique? And in regard to that, the man had no interest in creating any mystique. And in regards to that, the man had no interest in creating any mystique.

“Well, I don’t think anyone else will come if we wait longer, so let’s start. My name is Jeros. I’m a magic user and am very weak in close combat; I haven’t trained in any defensive spells. I’ve only focused on offensive spells, so keep that in mind.”

Though his manner of speaking sounded crass and informal, all he was doing was describing his ability. If they had known each other beforehand, this wouldn’t necessarily have been the right approach to strike a conversation, but to fight together with strangers, it was an essential explanation. Adol nodded after hearing Jeros’ explanation.

“That’s good. I specialize in defense more than offense, so I’ll...