"Who is there?" The principal asked without moving his gaze away from what he was doing.
"It is Gregor Stiff." Replied a slender girl who was at a corner of the room viewing the whole building as recorded by the surveillance cameras around the premises. Immediately the principal herd his name, his nonchalant fascial expression faded away and was immediately replaced by a more welcoming face."Hello Gregor." He greeted."Hi Luke." He replied casually. The principal was clearly older than he was and ranked higher than him but to him, he showed a high level of regard."It's been a while since you came into this humble abode of mine, I hope your being here spells out no trouble for anyone." The principal inquired."I came to obtain your permission to host free lectures open to every student before the field expedition commences." Gregor went straight to the point."Though your lectures are formidable you chose to stay in a place where all students can reach you without selecting and grooming students on your own. Now what is the reason why you want to host this lectures. The principal asked after few moments of thoughts"Because I have not been able to reach enough people." Was his simple reply.The principal knew that even though he had spoken few words to him, he was determined to have this lectures and had no intention to be his obstruction."Tilas tell Serah to come here at once." The principal ordered and a man stood up at once."What role will she play in this?" Gregor asked."She has the widest class room and you..""Nevermind I will use the duelling platform.." Gregor cut him short."Oh." was the only word that exited the principal's lips in response."Nevermind." Tilas who had passed the information chipped in after Gregor told the principal his intended venue."Have you ever heard of any man who lacks a souls?" Gregor asked the principal absent mindedly."Yes the undead." The principal replied."The undead?" You mean humans infected by the beast invaders disease?""Yes.""Are these the only ones you know?""I also know of the vampire undead class but this only exists in the world if fantasy but right now I can no longer doubt fantasy.*****"How strong have I become now?" Jerry asked Raf."I don't know. You can check it out yourself." He replied obviously tired of the 'weak pest' who was always filling his head up with questions even when he needed to think.Unlike the insatiable Levi, anytime Rafael gathers soul energy for Jerry's absorption, he always complains few moments later that he feels as though he had become turgid and would burst open the next moment thus making him to stop. But he was always satisfied by his very little progress and this frustrated Rafael who does what is considered the hardest part.Levi on the other hand enjoys it so much. He spent the whole night a day ago nourishing his soul and depriving Rafael of his sleep. He had learnt to gather a reasonable amount of energy but enjoys it most when it was gathered by Rafael. This he calls a hardly exhaustible fountain of pleasure.Just as he named it, he still believes it is for pleasure and nothing else. To him that was not the real definition of strength. Strength in his own terms, he believes he would disclose to the world sooner than later.Rafael believed that at his level Levi could be on par with the highest ranker in the third hundred and had encouraged him to defeat the bully but his cowardly nature prevents him from such this also added to Rafael's frustration.Night by night he sleeps off in hope of seeing the beautiful girl actualizing her plans of getting him released but no sign of her nor her help was forth coming.He only prayed that she was putting her plans in place and would actualize it the night to come. When she does, he would teach these boys why he ranked twenty two in the first year."I know you are angry at my laziness but I will try to improve." Jerry told Raf."Yes I am and please do else even Gregor can't help you." Rafael replied firmly"If you know you will be present in our class which will be held on next week's Wednesday indicate by putting your hand up." Their homeroom teacher spoke in a loud voice causing the noisy class yo go silent.A good number of students raised their hands up including the unserious ones who only saw it as a medium to meet up with some friends who would be beyond their reach in their hostels."I will put your names down the teacher said gleefully as he was satisfied by the turn out. He turned his back to bring a paper down, then the general alarm rang out."Master sub three Gregor had proposed to hold lectures open to all students at the dueling platform.The time for the lectures are as follows.Tuesday by nine a.m for the first year students.Wednesday by nine a.m for the second year students.Thursday nine a.m for the third year students.I repeat..." He stated and went through his announcement once more and ended it by stating his rank and name as was practiced normally in the school."Interm sub five Tilas reporting from the principal's office.""Indicate once more if you're in for the class." Their teacher said after getting out his pen and book but shockingly not even a soul stirred.""I thought most of you agreed to the class." he wondered aloud."Yes but it clashes with Gregor's class." They replied.It was then that the magnanimity of the announcement dawned on him and he left the class with feelings of anger and jealousy directed towards Gregor who ranked lower than he did.Every body looked forward to wednesday in anticipation but Rafael dreaded to think of that day. It was the day of his execution."Rafael you look so worried today." Jerry observed aloud. "What's wrong." "This little brain of yours won't be able to carry it even if I were to tell you?" "Then what of mine? Two heads are obviously better than one." Levi asked. He was obsessed with the feeling of absorbing soul energy and little by little he was beginning to draw closer to the source of his hardly exhaustible fountain, Rafael."Not when one head is you, Levi. Even cowards are unable to share my thoughts with me." Rafael replied rudely. After feeding Levi soul energy on constant occasions he had encouraged him to at least challenge anybody to a fight at the dueling platform for him to rank higher. In those occasions he showed him combat tricks which he noticed many other students were vulnerable to but he always waved the idea away He would either say he would not like to make a little leap from his current position or that he was not ready to face the selected opponent if the latter was ranked much more higher th
Beating their expectations, quite a number of students were already at the dueling platform even before their arrival. They were lucky to get a space at the front row where they sat patiently for several moments with high spirits.Being unable to hold back any longer, Jerry and Levi resumed chatting with lowered voices and facing no opposition from Rafael who was too immersed in his thoughts, their voices gradually began to rise till in grew as loud as that of others who also chatted happily.Though Levi was eager to show off his inventions and Jerry could not wait to see it their excitement could not soar high enough as they were concerned about the sudden mood swing of their friend. Soon it became their distraction and they turned to him and worried their brains on how to draw his attention and possibly enliven mood yet he was oblivious of this fact."At my soul nourishment level who should my strength be on par with, Raphael?" He inquired.Though Rafael's condition caused him great
Levi's short speech dragged the attention of everyone nearby then followed by whispers of passing the information to those who did not hear it clearly. Soon the whole dueling arena became as silent as a graveyard."Dare to accept my challenge." Levi encouraged to the shock and surprise of everyone.At this point Jerry knew that there was hardly a remedy for their situation. He yelled out appealing sums of money which he was certain that he could hardly procure to catch rank hundred's ear and avert the situation but to worsen the situation his voice was soon swallowed by the encouragements, taunts and cheers of those who eagerly wanted to watch the fight."What Rafael said was rank two hundred not one hundred, buddy." Jerry felt like bursting into tears"I happily accept the challenge and wish that it begins now." Rank hundred replied and proudly hit his badge and it began to shine brightly. His rank immediately disappeared.The noise in the arena doubled as everyone roared in exciteme
Rank hundred was sure he had won and nothing could change that fact. Even the judges who were unwilling to announce the results, or those amongst the crowd whom he had bullied or others who hated him. He really felt glorious."I thought rank three hundred and eleven would be a dark horse it is really unfortunate." The principal lamented."It really looked like he was gonna become a hero and save so many from the tyranny of rank hundred." A female chipped in."Don't give up bro stand up once more." Tilas encouraged with his whole body jerking in excitement."If you were rank three hundred and eleven I doubt that you would have listen to that." The female chuckled lightly"But that was just a basic fist art it was nothing spectacular or formidable.""Now to you it is not but I can swear you howled in excitement when you were taught about it." She snickered expecting a reply from Tilas instead she heard him clench his fist and scream "yes!"On turning back to the screen, she saw rank thr
When Rafael began to feel sleepy suddenly, he became scared and feared that something bad was already happening to his body in his dream world which urgently needed his attention and it tried to drag him there.He was so scared of whatever it may be and strongly resisted the urge to sleep however he was not given a choice. Frustrated by his continued sneezing he soon found solace in what he dreaded most."Regin please your life is worth more than mine even if you have not found a purpose in life yet I assure you that you would still find one. Please escape now." He heard familiar voice imploring weakly as though it was her last words.When his consciousness awoke in his other body, he first noticed that the air he breathed in seemed to have the ability to weaken him.When he opened his eyes he scanned around briefly. Firstly he noticed that his cell was hazy. A white coloured gas hung on the air and made him to sneeze violently. Asides from the tranquilizing gas, that he noticed that
Without much hesitation Rafael concurred and through the directions of the voice in his head he was soon standing below a wide opening however, it was too far from his reach especially as he carried a weight along."How do we make it out of here?" He asked the voice in his head."Put the weight down and try to jump out." It replied."I can't leave her that way. Do you realize that it was through her help that I was able to escape from that dungeon? I will not leave her to suffer for helping me. Even if I leave her I doubt that I will be able to jump that high" Rafael rejected the idea."Do you have any other feasible plan?" Rafael asked but the voice kept mute. "Hello!" Rafael called to the voice as he heard it no longer."Are you angry that I rejected your idea?" He asked in realization."We were kept hostage by her father and even for a day he never cared to repay our mothers favour neither did she. They all left us here to suffer yet you have pity on her. I don't believe I can be s
Immediately Rafael saw her eyes open, he swiftly put her down and took a fighting stance. He was awed by the fact that even in this situation that he knew could lead to my death he was still fearless. Perhaps the fearful gazes casted on him by the soldiers. Made him confident. He took a fighting stance and got ready to fight but surprisingly, the soldiers were now moving back it seemed like another person they were scared of had appeared in in the midst of the trio making them believe they stood no chance."What could be their reason?" Rafael wondered and turned his gaze to look at his team. But on looking at them he could not decipher what made them look formidable yet even the commander in chief who Rafael was yet to understand his identity had a worried look on his face. "Could she be a Banshee?" The man's lips twitched probably in fear.Rafael turned to look at his team one more time. This time the only thing he noticed was that the girl's hand was still placed on his father's c
One kilometre, two, three, four, five, six.... kilometres Rafael continued ti run deeper into the woods and estimated the distance he covered as he continued running. He didn't know how the military and other law enforcement agencies here works but he knew that in reality before the invasion, if a criminal was on the run especially if he continued his crimes or heightened it it wouldn't take so long for the law enforcement agencies to catch up with him once more.He wished to continue but he reasoned that if he was not going the right way it would be more stressful for them to find the manor of the gate fairy secondly he particularly found comfort in that very area so he stopped and prayed that they wouldn't be attacked also that girl would wake up soon."What.... My estimation was it fifteen kilometers or hectometers." Rafael reasoned in shock. "Why does this look like reality yet in another second seem like a dream. I have gone this far carrying a weight that was perhaps as heavy as