Seeking out the Magic (Open)

John raised an eyebrow at that latest piece of information. Or at least, he would have if he had any eyebrows. As it was, the gesture was just a slight flexing of his facial muscles. Regardless, his interest was undiminished. If Dust and Luna could evolve as they said, then it was more reasonable to imagine them in combat against a serious threat. He idly wondered if he himself was able to evolve like that but all of his other powers had come by instinct and he wasn't feeling any impulses that might involve him becoming more powerful. Most likely he would simply have to find more statues to increase in power.

"I see. So there are three further levels of power which Digimon can advance through. Am I to assume then that your current forms are more natural to you, that you choose to stay in them rather than your stronger forms?" he inquired curiously. "Or are your more advanced forms simply unsuited for tasks other than combat?"

John kept an eye out as he spoke, for either a statue or for this black knight of Dust's, but the majority of his attention was on his mirror image. Now that he knew how to get to the world where they came from, or at least the general locations of the portals, it seemed less immediately pressing to find one of the statues here. They would doubtless be more common in their own world, after all.

"I see, so the level above us is Champion and whatever destroyed this district, assuming it was a Digimon, was probably at least Ultimate level, likely Mega or Super Mega," John guessed. Dust's sudden reluctance to speak further was curious but John had plenty of other questions to concern himself with. There was no need to press him on that particular subject just yet. He didn't know exactly how large the gap between levels was but he couldn't imagine an increase of a single level could result in a Digimon powerful enough to cause this sort of devastation. Of course, it could have been multiple Digimon but it would probably have been harder to keep quiet an army of monsters attacking the district than a single, monstrously powerful one.

"So this black knight that you're looking for with the girl, is he a Digimon?" John asked. "And if so, what level is he at? You mentioned he was large so I imagine that he's probably at least Champion, yes?" he guessed. It would be useful to know exactly what sort of creature he was searching for and how likely he was to escape if it turned out to be unfriendly. Hopefully being with Dust and Luna would be enough to ensure peaceful relations but there was no harm in being prepared.

"I see, thank you," John murmured, deep in thought. That info on the relative power levels of Ultimates and Megas was certainly helpful and he could use it to roughly guess where Champions would then fit on the scale of power. Considering his own level of power, he quickly guessed that it would be the height of foolishness to get into a fight with anything on a higher level than himself, essentially tantamount to suicide. Thus, he did become somewhat concerned when he heard that the Digimon they were looking for was at the Mega level, powerful enough to destroy an entire district overnight. Probably also powerful enough to deal with an Ultimate, a Champion and a Rookie if it should turn out to be hostile.

"And does Alphamon particularly want to be found? More to the point, is he likely to react poorly if we do find him?" he asked somewhat nervously. Having gained powers such as he had had given him a great boost of confidence but it was quite clear that his own powers paled in comparison to those of other Digimon and he had no intention of facing those Digimon before gaining an equivalent increase in power. Dealing with supernatural powers beyond one's control rarely ended well.