Rafael gasped for air in shock immediately he awoke on opening his eyes he thought he was wrapped up by snakes but in realization his heart beat began to drop back to normal. Looking around made him understand that the snakes were wires if the brain monitor and also explained to him why he felt as though he were monitored.
On his desk the tired Gregor was fast asleep and unaware that he had woken up. He disconnected the system from his body and sat up on relief."You did it, right." A sleepy voice inquired."Nope." Was Rafael's simple reply. This made the sleepy Gregor to wake up at once."Then what made you so happy all of a sudden?" He asked with a voice which showed both elation and surprise."Why did you monitor me?" He inquired with a slightly embarrassed face and trying to show displeasure."I am sorry now tell me what happened." He asked trying to fill up his curious heart."Someone has agreed to help me." He replied."Who,why do you trust this person?""Because it seems like she has a more workable plan for my escape." He replied trying to offend his teacher who he thought was too full of himself but failed as his teacher understood his words."Then I hope to see you get stronger soon." He said in conclusion to this Rafael just nodded. He picked up his bag bade gregor bye and left to freshen himself up for his daily classes.Gregor checked his watch and a startled expression came over him. He was so sure that the sleeping pills he had given to Gregor were in perfect condition.These drugs in certain cases were used as lasting tranquilizers for beasts how then was he able to wake up three hours before it's effects should even begin to fade away even in lower tiered beasts.This convinced him that he should pay closer attention to this new wonder he discovered few weeks ago.While few students paid attention in what they were being taught by their homeroom teacher, others spent their time chatting with their seat mates and friends but this neither bothered the teacher nor the interested students.Among the students who seemed to be interested in the teacher's seemingly unending lectures sat Rafael but in truth, his gaze was what was on the teacher; his mind was occupied by something else. He was only jerked back to reality when he noticed that the teacher was speaking directly to him."Um?" He asked with a widened eyes."What do you think is the reason why you can't gather soul energy for someone else."Because you gathered it I guess." Raf replied without giving the question any thought. The thoughtless answer from him got his teacher dumbfounded for a while."Did his reply make sense even to him? I never knew him as someone so dull if this is how he has become then I think he is now a total jerk.""How can you make such a rude comment about him? I still
Though Rafael was regarded amongst the few serious students, he had another reason for wanting to research on the topic asides the fact that it was an assignment by their homeroom teacher. At least for that moment, he knew that nourishing his soul was impossible but it was possible to help his buddies grow and then grow by their influence.Even though his food and other benefits might remain the same, no one would object if they decide to take him out of his ugly room with leaking roofs or even give him a portion of their meal in appreciation. The thought of this almost made him drool over the little but well decorated book before him. Many books in the library were written by the celestials and their direct students even before the invasion and their scope circled around soul nourishment as a weapon for self improvement and human freedom. Looking around the library and noting the countless books authored by celestials and their direct students one would think that they were countle
"So will you pay up now?" Bonny's assistant questioned him again.I-I h-have nothing on me now asides my daily allowance." Rafael stammered cowardly."Then I will take it from your bones." He threatened walking closer to him steadily."P-Please I beg of you." Rafael said panting in fear and walking back altogether but his pleas fell on the bully's deaf ears as he was already set to devour the boy who could no longer inch backwards as his back was already placed against the wall.With one hand he raised him off the ground and another he got ready to administer punches but before his moving hand could connect to the former's fearful, face it was stopped by an intruder.He left the lifted mass and it dropped to the floor and continued sobbing then he turned to know who had stopped. On turning around his gaze met that of an innocent looking young lady."Why did you stop my fun?" He queried."Because you lack a good memory she retorted boldly. He racked his head trying to figure out the
"I'm off." Jerry anounced and stood up.""Where are you going to?" Levi inquire half heartedly as he was busy with his laptop and other self invented tools. "To pay Rafael's dues at Team Fifty's Tent." He replied.Team fifty's tent was the name Bonny have to his room as it was the meeting place for his gang whose members ranked from forty-seven to fifty-one. "I don't think there's need for that anymore." Rafael informed him."Why?" he inquired."It's best if we leave the details out for now I can always tell you later but now we have to discuss." Rafael explained and turned to look as Levi."Levi." Rafael yelled out loud in order to draw his attention the issue."You can speak while my ears listen." He said still not paying attention to the issue."That won't work." Rafael informed him as he got up and walked towards him. "Spare us some of your time tonight. He told him and closed his laptop."Okay." Replied Levi while biting his lips in frustration. "But you must be brief and not
"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 groom
"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
Principal Rojo spent some moments inspecting the fallen Jerry. He wasn't sure he had seen very correctly. "What powers was this which I just saw?" He found it difficult to believe and digest the fact that the boy he just knocked out tried to use the power of lightning against him. That he definitely had never seen. "Lock him up in a different cell. Make sure they lack nothing and keep them guarded always. He ordered no one but soon another group of staff came running to do his bidding. He continued towards the door and tugged at it to open it. But was unable to do so. When he tried harder he noticed that unless he destroyed the door he would be unable to pass through it. He didn't need to think so much before he realized that however it was done, it was obvious that the door was locked by one of the students to prevent his passage. Levi wouldn't let him cross after he had knocked Jerry out. "You would certainly grow to be bigger if you continue this way I really encourage this." He
With more zeal than anytime ever before, the students from principal Luke's academy assembled when they were invited to the dormitory hall. It was now no news to them that their hero was yet to return from the principal's home and needed an explanation for that. Many especially those who now thought him close friends of theirs were already preparing to go demand an explanation from the principal when he came to them. They eagerly went to meet him to hear what he had to say and when he got satisfied with their numbers he began to speak. "As punishment for their several categories of crimes, those who worked with the inverses are punished by being infected with the beast's virus. Most of these people become crazed beasts of theirs which they easily deploy to deadly battles but on special advantages to them, very few of them become first-class infectos. These people are very useful to them and could be easily mistaken to be normal human beings when in truth they can be best described as
Rafael was mad at how the little boy made him bleed from his mouth and especially made him get hungrier than he already was but he could only bite his lips bearing the pain. Of course, he would not want to create a bad impression of himself by fighting them all even if he was strong enough to. Even that he doubted he was able to do. On the other hand, the boy who looked like the least infected of the infecto trio felt like he was being underrated for being small instead of being respected in the place where he ruled. He did not take Rafael's ignorance as honesty. The only way to establish his position before him was to make him see what death looked like and plead for his life. This he thought and that he did. "Make a feast out of him." He commanded the other boy who seemed to have been eagerly waiting for this moment. In a jiffy, he untied him from the pole in his cell and without unbinding him grinned widely and roared as he lifted him off the ground with ease. His roar was rep
Unquestionably, Jess genuinely missed their days of training and collaborative duels when they both came out at the top of their squad by working together. The collaboration between the strong and the cunning fox obviously looked nothing short of amazing and the impact of their attacks was nothing a little less than deadly. It always thrilled everyone that their collaborative techniques looked harmlessly beautiful but at the same time was very fatal; a thing no one dared to mess with but at the moment things had gotten more serious that they barely had time to even sharpen their collaborative battle techniques much less go on a mission together. She had always dreamt of the day they would fight by each other's side once more but never had she thought that the enemy would be so huge at this moment the thought of who their enemy was made her dread his insinuation. All along she had not seen that request coming else she would have found means of preventing him from bringing it up but
"I don't think dumping him inside the infecto camp in that manner is the best idea." A pretty middle aged lady replied respectfully with a slight frown on her face. "But he is an infectos and that's just where infectos are meant to be kept." Principal Rojo insisted calmly and instead of being disturbed by the woman's suggestions he slowly rested his back against his sofa. And turned his attention to scan through the pictures in his living room like he was just seeing it for the first time. "The other students who don't know what he really is would surely come to demand for their friend. It would have been for the best if instead of disposing him secretly, you publicly made an example of him after which you do away with him. What will you do when the students insist on seeing him?" "I am no criminal. What I did was just the supposed thing to do and so I would go to them and tell them what I have to tell them not waiting for them to come to demand from me. I am in charge here Jess an
Rafael was met with two shockers. First he could not understand why select was given to him as an option. Secondly the fact that the infectos just like beasts had cores.He tried to see what lay after the select and surprising to him another menu rolled out before him.[Absorb core][Reward: Select][Replenished health + 10 stat points][Reduce the beast virus in you + 3 stat points]"What the...." He subconsciously exclaimed. What really were infectos that they are able to reduce the beast virus in him?" Just when he asked rhetorically a theory began to unroll in his mind but just as he was about to make sense out of the logic he was distracted by a presence he felt behind him however before he could turn, a hard rock was smashed on his head and knocked the living daylight out of him even before he could feel pain.In response to his state at the moment, the chair he sat on became immaterial and he fell off from it to the floor to continue his deathlike sleep. Regin knowing that h
As Rafael was moving away from the scene where the fight just occured, he immediately remembered how low the girl had been and his conscience pricked him even more. "I might have even killed her after making her crash in such way he greatly feared. He tried to turn to look at her body but his heavy heat wouldn't just let him. He closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. then summoned the courage to turn once more. With his heart beating so loudly, he turned to where he left her to die or survive but he could not see her. Again his brain cells judged him for being negligent. How the heck did he believe that only slam would be enough to take out one who has a monstrous stamina. The hairs on his body rose in fear and his whole flesh kept anticipating for a surprise attack but for a moment it seemed like it was not getting what it wanted immediately. He kept turning around cautiously to spot the girl wherever she was but failed to spot her. Once again he was scared out of his wits but
Never in Rafael's dreams did he imagine that the figure standing before him was the same which had tormented him for long. Was this really the way infectos behave? Scaring people out of their wits for no reason spectacular or dangerous!" He sighed in relief and at the same time felt ashamed of himself for behaving more like a little scared child. Standing before him was just a simple looking girl just the type of girl he loved to spend time with the most, The innocent looking nerd type. How he wished that they could chat a little both for the fun of it and to know more about what he has gotten into. His heart forgot to beat not because of how scary the creature before him looked but because he wondered what a harmless looking young lady like her was doing there in the dark middle of nowhere to the extent that he doubted if she was really the one who had been tormenting him. What was wrong with her? Was she in danger? Just in a split second his fears vanished and his whole body whic
Regin who was also scared just like Rafael did not say a word all along but he unexpectedly did. He spoke to Rafael and his complexion turned awful. "Why does he want me to say this." Rafael could not help but wonder but he went ahead hoping for the best. "I want to urinate." Rafael spoke to the guards who led him to this point with unease. They looked a bit baffled by his request but found a reply for him almost immediately. "Do you have any plan?": Rafael asked Regin. "No I only feel urged to do so." "Urged? When you are nothing but a speaking mind. I am now in control if the body how then are you urges to use what you don't control?" Rafael was surprised and embarrassed at the same time for following his directives "There are no restrictions once you get in." One of the guards pointed towards the strongly locked entrance of the so called infecto camp. The guards who led him there all feared that Rafael had an escape plan and refused to accede his request. The entrance was unlo