12hrs Earlier"How many have been sold to the public, and how many do we have in stock?" General Allen asked his lead scientist, Albus Ranger. "Excluding Mark's batch, we've managed to sell out fifty six bottles of the serum. That's about five hundred and sixty centiliters." The old doctor answered as he scribbled away at the large book atop his table. "And how is its authenticity? Is it as good as Mark's?" "Almost. It's the same formula, but ours seems to last only half the time of Mark's serum." Albus answered."Twelve hours is plenty. Villains are likely to make moves while the heroes are distracted with the contest tomorrow. Make sales to the heroes that will patrol the streets tomorrow, they need to be as strong as possible in order to curb the increment in crime." General Allen ordered before taking his leave. He was going to the event as well, he wanted to see for himself what the son of Harold Black was capable of. **CURRENT TIME!"Is this the side effect of the serum?"
"What are those?" Michael asked as he raced behind Ben Fury. "We have no idea, it's the first time everybody's seeing them. I think the mutation in their system had gotten out of hand." Ben theorized as he led the students to safety. Even without the system momentarily going frenzy, Michael could tell that those creatures were dangerous. Charles had mentioned something about supersoldiers, but this beyond anything he had expected. And if Ben said this was his first time seeing such monstrosity, then this was probably different from the supersoldiers Charles spoke about. "What about the event, is it going to continue?" Henry asked in a pained tone. The wounds he had sustained from his fight with Damian were yet to heal, and the more he moved, the more difficult it was to keep himself from bleeding out. "It's canceled for now, new information would be communicated to you people by the guild leaders." Ben answered before giving the boy a good stare. He was currently the most outstand
While the other students found their way back to the dorms, Damian took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the crowd. He wanted to meet and talk to a member of his family, just one. He knew they'd never visit him, not while he was in shadow vanguard and not Myriad. He had put up a decent performance at least, and was hoping to get congratulated by his family. However, the sudden chaos had completely ruined his plan, and now instead of seeking safety, he was seeking validation that he might never get. Finally spotting the silhouette of his eldest brother, Damian rushed forward, pushing through the opposing crowd as much as he could. Finally, he reached his target, and with his last strength managed to grab onto his jacket. "A.. Aaron.." He breathed before pulling himself out of the crowd. "Damian? You should be with your classmates, what are you doing out here?" Aaron returned with a serious look on his face. He offered help to his little brother, but the boy had rejected his offe
Mark studied the creature before him painstakingly. Although its structure looked like a human's, it was impossible to consider the new being before him a human being. "What exactly did you say happened to him?" Mark asked for the umpteenpth time, his curiosity piqued, and his fingers tingling with anticipation. It was unlike anything he had seen before, and solving mysteries was one of the things he did the best. "We have no idea. One second he was a regular guy, and in the next second, he was screaming in agony, and his skin and everything about him immediately began to change. We suspect that the mutation levels of his cell might have exceeded what his body could handle." Charles explained. "If it had just been one victim, I would have concluded on the assumption of over-mutated cells, but it wasn't one victim. There had been four of them, and they were volatile in nature. I believe someone had a hand in it, perhaps a villain?" "It's unlikely to be a villain." Mark answered as t
Ben Fury remained at Shadow Vanguard's headquarters. He had received the information that more monsters, or rather Deviants as they were being called now, had broken out in the city. A ranked heroes were supposed to be at the frontline, but he couldn't move yet, not until he was certain that everything and everyone was alright here. There was yet to be a discovery on what caused these sudden changes, so there was no guarantee that one of the students wouldn't suddenly turn and attack others. "Perhaps you should take a break, master Ben. The third years can handle the patrols." One of the teachers, Ruth Ruby suggested. She used to be Ben's teacher, one that he wasn't exactly glad to see. Ruth had once tried to force a sexual relationship onto a younger Ben Fury, and while Ben kept it a secret to save the lady's reputation, he hadn't forgiven her for it. "I think I can manage on my own. Besides, no student is allowed outside the dorm." Ben replied in a formal, yet cold tone. He was do
Ben returned to the headquarters and found it in the exact condition as he had left it. Aside from Ruth, everybody else seemed to be normal, and everything seemed fine for the time being. Dusk was fast approaching, and it was time to serve the students their dinner. Because of the extra mouths around, it had taken a bit longer to prepare the adequate amount of food for everybody currently present in the headquarters. "I'll take care of the first year's, please focus on the second and third year' students." Ben offered, and the workers gladly agreed. The numbers were higher than what they were used to, so having an extra hand meant a lot to them. Without wasting any more seconds, Ben got straight to work. While he served the youngsters, his mind remained troubled with thoughts. He was yet to hear from Charles since they parted ways, and while he believed in his master's capabilities, he wasn't sure of the condition the man was in at the moment. Was he still a human? Or has he become
[Ability Magnet Failed! Enemy's resistance is too strong!] The system alerted the moment Michael tried to catch his enemy off guard with the ability. Thrown off balance by the notification, Michael's confidence faltered, and for a brief second he lost track of the man in front of him. Exploiting his opponent's moment of disorientation, the enemy rushed in to get a hold of Michael, but was promptly intercepted by an even faster Ben who immediately grabbed Michael and teleported a considerable distance away from the man. Ben took a second to get a good stare at Michael's face before returning his focus on the enemy. He had never seen anybody as angry as Michael Black at the moment, and he could understand the boy's feelings. According to the reports and vague description they had gotten from Michael, Ben was able to piece together various pieces of information and confirmed that this was the man who had attacked Michael Black and Daniel Hardwood a few weeks back. It was no wonder the
Ben was the first to realize the sudden jump in the opponent's energy level, and such increase had prompted him to re-strategize almost immediately. He couldn't let the villain before him get back to where the students were, not anymore. And at the same time, having Michael around would really weigh him down. The energy output of the man in front of them at the moment rivaled his while in peak form, and with the injury he had, it would be difficult to perform at full strength while also protecting Michael Black."Quickly, race for the exit—" Ben had barely finished when he felt a presence behind him. Instinctively, he crossed his arms to immediately block a powerful kick, before effectively teleporting out of a descending blade's range. "He's gotten stronger, I can barely keep up." Ben lamented as he inspected his arms for fractures. Luckily, he hadn't sustained any, which meant he could still engage in close combat with his hands. "He injected himself with something, it must have m