James was so surprised he had to fight even two days after he almost died from the fight. Axel took a few steps back, then picked up a wooden sword, a straight sword of medium size."Y-you can take the weapon behind you," Axel said in his typical stammering style, similar to a mentally unwell person. He swung the wooden sword a few times to gauge its weight.James looked back, seeing a variety of wooden weapons. He walked over to them, and he also touched them. All the weapons were very unfamiliar to him. James didn't find any projectile weapons at all. Everything was just melee weapons."No pistol or crossbow models?" asked James, still looking for projectile weapons among the wood."Y-you won't find any, James. The training weapons in this place are only melee weapons," replied Axel, walking to the centre of the room.James scratched his head. He had never used a weapon before. Of course, choosing a weapon would be difficult for him. He didn't know what weapon would suit him and mat
The medical room was a lonely place in NEST. The people here preferred to use regenerator serum instead of treating them manually. Even the medical staff here provided more regenerator serum than medical supplies. Most people just came in, injected the serum, and slept elsewhere.Thea, the ponytailed female medic, handed a shot of regenerator serum to James, who was applying ointment to his bruise."You, just use this, your body will soon heal as before without any major risks. You will only feel sleepy," she said kindly.James shook his head as he smiled kindly back at Thea."No, I've had enough of this," he replied as he showed the ointment.Thea shrugged her shoulders, then returned the serum to its original place."Though it would be easier if you used the serum. It's rare for a HORNET to use the manual method like you.""I had a bad experience using that thing. I'll just use the traditional way to avoid the same thing happening," James replied.Thea realized that James was the ne
Anne still doubted Sisca's words. James had no basis in fighting, surely he would find it difficult to train like Anne was doing now. "James will get beat up." The blonde woman said with a frivolous smile. Sisca took a regenerator serum from her pocket. "You're the same way, battered. Catch this!" Sisca threw the serum and Anne caught it. Anne looked at the object in her hand, then furrowed her brows. She felt that it shouldn't be used on small wounds like this. The woman wearing a white sports bra pocketed the serum, not intending to use it. Sisca surprised to see that. "Why aren't you using it? I dare to beat you up because i brought that serum for you. You need to use it to get better!" Sisca protested. The sexy woman in front of Sisca only replied with a small, haughty smile. Instead, she returned to her boxing stance. "That serum would be very useful in a dangerous situation. Wouldn't it be a shame to use it on this small wound?" She said. Sisca tapped her own forehead, s
Axel chuckled mysteriously. He laughed as he continued to crouch down and stare at the tiny ants walking hand in hand. To Henry, it bothered him a lot."You're not planning anything bad, are you?" asked Henry suspiciously.Axel glared at the ants and chuckled even louder. He then killed the ants one by one by squeezing them with his index finger. Honestly, it was not a comfortable sight for Henry."L-little ants. Destroyed! D-dead!" he said with satisfaction.Henry felt a tense aura from Axel. This wasn't the only time he had behaved like this. He crouched down."You don't have to kill those innocent ants, Axel." Henry held Axel's wrist. Making the man become quiet. Axel was a person with mild down syndrome, so he sometimes had the thoughts of a child. But he wasn't a weird person, he had the power to produce a liquid full of bacteria like Komodo dragon’s saliva, it came from the sweat on Axel’s palms. As a fighter, Axel is extremely dangerous if he is already using a sharp weapon. H
Eight o'clock in the morning is when the NEST residents have breakfast. Inside the large room, about 400 people eat every day. Although HORNET has more than 900 members, most of them still mingle outside with the monsters to gather information and look for other superhumans to rescue. The others monitor their movements from inside the NEST and are ready to send help when a member sends a distress signal.James grabbed some bread and cappuccino for breakfast this morning. It had been ten days since he had eaten the same thing for breakfast. The other HORNET members looked at him and smiled down at him. However, James didn't care at all. He continued to leisurely devour his bread.The reason why people smiled down at him was because James had various bruises on his face from his strenuous training with Axel. He was considered a freak for refusing to use the regenerator serum. Almost everyone in the room knew James, the strongman who didn't need a regenerator."Hey handsome, can I sit h
Owen patted James' shoulder several times. He tried to calm the shaken man down."James, they'll be fine as long as they don't know the identities of the monsters. You don't have to worry about them for now," Owen said.James shook his head. He didn't feel that way. He recalled the time at work when someone died just because they accidentally saw the scales of a monster.A chill ran down James' chest. He quickly turned around and walked quickly out. Owen immediately panicked. He came out from behind the storefront and grabbed James' hand."No James! Don't! Trust me, they'll be fine out there! You can't leave NEST unless you're ready!" Owen prevented as he reassured James.James glared at Owen."Let go, Owen!" James let go of Owen's hand and walked steadfastly towards the exit."James!" called Owen, but James didn't care. Everyone in the room was watching them, as they seemed to be arguing.Anne sensed that something was wrong, she quickly finished her milk and walked over to Owen who
Zen looked down on James with an annoying smile. he stood puffing out his chest. On the other hand, James felt very disturbed by the inclusion of this person in his conversation."Move Zen, I need to talk to Henry." James said shifting Zen's body away from him. Unexpectedly, Zen's body was moved easily."Henry, please let me out for a moment. This won't last long." James pleaded.Henry shook his head."No James. The surface is very dangerous for people like you. People with superpowers without proper training will only make them weak in the face of monsters. You'd better calm yourself down and train your body until you're ready. Your parents will be fine, I'm sure of it." Henry replied while patting James on the shoulder."Huh? Does that mean if I'm stronger then I can just come out?""That's not entirely true, but not only that. All the humans in HORNET don't know much information about the monsters, nor should we be careless while on the surface." Henry retorted.James was adamant,
James entered the training room and slammed the door loudly. It’s voice was so loud that it startled Axel who was waiting for him. James walked quickly to Axel and stopped right in front of him.He looked at the guy who often looked down with piercing eyes. The look of someone who was upset."Axel, I do want to see my parents, but fighting Zen is not a good idea! He'll maim me for life!" protested James.Axel clasped his hands together with a thump. He smiled widely and chuckled happily."Y-you're going to win, James!" he said regardless of James's protests.Axel pranced around happily. He loved this situation so much, he imagined that Zen would bow down to him and ask for forgiveness.On the other hand, James became annoyed with the behavior of the human in front of him. James grabbed Axel's wrist to make him stop prancing. Unexpectedly, James' hand was immediately rejected by Axel. The look on the man's face changed briefly."Sweat! Don't touch my sweat! There's a lot of bacteria!"