I still felt like I was carrying the weight of the entire universe when I found myself in his Universe.I couldn't see his outline anywhere or perhaps I was too tired to see it.I remained still on the ground until I completely healed.Even after complete healing, I still staggered to my feet.I guess no amount of Special healing could beat a good sleep."You have only four days left." It wasn't someone else said it that I realized how unnerving it sounded.In the next four days, I would either leave the academy or begin to go on missions.No!I couldn't possibly leave the academy.I was going to decide my fate this time around and I have decided to remain in the academy at all costs."I have a daily routine update. I combat replicas of myself created using my elemental abilities but my prototype takes control." I explained to him.I still hadn't gotten the hang of fighting against my prototype and I had a feeling he could teach me all I needed to know about it.My prototype was the u
Landon just stares at me for a while before he laughs."It wasn't a joke, Landon. I'm requesting that you break into the flame elemental facility." Why would he take this as a joke?"There's no way I'm doing that, Kastian. You have no idea what I risked to get you into the facility the other day. Another Special who wasn't under the influence of my illusion might have come and we would have been jinxed, you especially. Worse? The Principal could have come." He's no longer laughing.There is nothing but pure anger in his eyes as he speaks."If he had nothing to hide, he shouldn't be concerned that we snuck into the facility." I blurt out the words just before I'm able to stop myself.The angry expression on Landon's face changes into suspicion."The Principal doesn't have to hide anything. The rule does not let any Special be there unnecessarily. It's where injured Specials receive healing after returning from missions." The look on his face does not match the tone of his voice.He loo
Writer's POVLangrid, Aki and Micah meet up, not to train Kastian this time but for something else.Micah already knows a little about the subject of their discussion while Langrid knows all about it.At the moment, it is Aki who is in the dark.Complete darkness."You are no longer Callin's shadow. He's going to suspect that something's off about you and then monitor you. You are not safe being in this meeting with us." Aki still wasn't comfortable around Langrid.In truth, none of them were exactly comfortable around him."I have this entire area invincible." He gestured to the four walls of the tiny classroom."Even if any Special comes in and stands so close to us, he's not going to be able to see us. The only person my Stealth doesn't completely work on is Kastian who will not find us here. The kid doesn't know any other place in the academy but his dormitory, training grounds, the healing facility and the Principal's office."Micah and Aki share a look, questioning each other if
Writer's POVAfter they had successfully brought Nancy to the academy, Ivan returns to the Principal's office to give his report."What are those?" Ivan asks as he makes his way into Callin's office.The Principal lazily takes his eyes off the paper he's writing on and brings his attention to the stack of folders Ivan is pointing at."Research for a certain Special who wouldn't give away how he's supposed to win a fight without exactly fighting to the one Special who is unfortunately interested in helping him." Sarcasm drips from Callin's tone but it doesn't bother Ivan."You do not need to know, trust me." Ivan takes a seat."I understand that you are skeptical about my plan–"Before Ivan is able to speak further, Callin cuts him short, "If you think you understand that plan of yours that I have no idea of then I assure you that you are very wrong. You have no understanding of my skepticism."Ivan considers the Principal for a while.Whenever they went on missions, they always talked
Beginner's guide on flame elemental ability, E-grade Special edition, D-grade Special edition, C-grade Special edition.I stared at all of them, sprawled out on my bed.I had very limited time to feed them all.Picking up the Beginner's guide, I flipped open the first page."Ava Ash and Sabrina Jonas." My mother had co-authored the book with another Q-grade Special.It seems as though there was no book my mother didn't have a hand in, in the entirety of the academy.Smiling in pride, I began to read."Flame elemental ability is one of the first Special abilities to be discovered. It could be combined with different other elemental abilities during missions but a proper understanding of this ability could make its user stronger than he could ever imagine."I was damn sure my mother had written this preface herself. It was just so -----her."Before you can learn to use your flames, you must learn to calm your mind, your thoughts and your emotions. Without control over all of these, your
A while later, we were still green fists against red fists.I was throwing back half as much punches as he was.Whenever he threw a punch, I didn't dodge it, I merely blocked it with my green flame.If there was anything I have achieved during our short fight, it was that I had learned to use green flames for both attacking and defending.I wiped off the beads of sweat from my forehead.It came at me with an unmistakable whirl speed but I was faster thanks to my speed abilities.I caught it hand midair and punched it hard in the gut.It bent over in….. wait…was that pain?Well, whatever made it bend over like that didn't last for long because soon, it attacked me with its other fist.I imagined a shield and burning red flames wove into a shield to protect my face from getting burned.I pushed it when I could, creating distance between us.I didn't just want to keep fighting, I needed a way to end this damn fight once and for all without giving up.I refuse to give up this time, not wh
I sat on my bed, his words repeatedly replaying in my head.What was possibly going to happen if I bled out?Why had he even thought such an advice so important that he went as far as bringing me to his Universe to tell me about?FLASHBACK"What?" I took a step backward."Whatever you do, Kastian, however you fight, do not bleed to the ground." He sounded harsher but only out of desperation."I will be fighting against a Special in a high rank, I am not ranked and since he challenged me to the fight, he definitely already knows he has a higher chance of winning than I do. In case you do not understand what's about to happen, I'll gladly explain. I'm getting into a physical combat with Ivan who has absolute control over his abilities; unlike me. As far as I can tell, I am going to bleed and I am going to bleed a lot."He grabbed me in the twinkling of an eye, "It's difficult to explain, Kastian but you have to keep your blood all to yourself. You have no idea how important this is.""N
Kastian's POVI stepped out into the hallway, expecting to see Landon waiting for me as always but he wasn't there.Was he probably still in class?Someone from his friend group, luckily for me, walked into the hallway.He seemed in a hurry but nevertheless, I stopped him."Hey." He jumped back in fear when I approached him."I just wanted to ask about Landon." I put my hand up at once, startled that I had startled him."Oh, Land." He sighed, placing his hands on his knees like he's been running for too long.I guess everyone called him Land.There was a temporary look of fear in his eyes but before he blinked it away, I saw it."Did something happen?" I asked him but he shook his head almost immediately."Hey," I tried to reach out to him but he took several steps backward, with a suspicious look in his eyes.What could have possibly happened to Landon?Slowly, he took the same steps back to me; closer to me.He considered me for a while before speaking."He went up against a B-grade