“I knew you would sign that piece of paper in the end. Still, I’m surprised it took you so long to make up your mind.” Apollo addressed Gary in a teasing tone.“I value my freedom, that’s all. Getting told what to do by a giant corporation I don’t really know much about doesn’t sit too well with me.” The Werewolf responded. He wasn’t lying. If the AFA had been the one to organise everything, the teenager would have signed a lot sooner. Especially if there was no commitment clause to indefinitely serve them for as long as they were alive. However, suddenly finding out that NIRV was apparently the one behind this entire special lesson had been really off-putting, especially with all the secrecy they had to uphold.Gary had already learnt a few things and secrets about them from Tom. Only time would tell whether he would regret signing that piece of paper. He could only hope that him restricting his freedom was actually worth it. Of course, if Xin’s powers actually originated from her h
Numba wasn’t the only one unhappy with the teams. Gary had never really interacted with either Wu or Snow. Apollo had been the only one among the three who had given him the time of day, while his friends had treated the green haired teenager like air during the meals.Meanwhile, Apollo had paid special attention to Mr Corvus’ words. According to the adult, the teams were the way they were because they wanted to distribute the strength of both teams as evenly as possible. He knew the strength of his friends, as well as Sty, so the current team rosters told him a lot about the power of the other two...Apollo was the first to change out of his outfit. Since they were all boys, there was no reason to waste time and ask for a changing cabinet. Besides, given his muscular body, he had nothing to hide. In fact, he was quite proud of his scars. Wu and Snow did the same, without uttering a word. Seeing this, Gary joined them as well.It only took a few minutes for both sides to finish changi
There was a relatively large room with several screens inside in an unknown location. Some monitors showed what was currently going on in the special lesson. The cameras could rotate 360 degrees, zoom in, and they had so many that they could view whatever was going to happen inside from any angle. On the outside of the plastic of the monitor, one half of the room, the monitor was painted in a slight blue colour, while the other red to indicate which room they were watching. On top of that, there were also several people inside. A few men and women were in white lab coats with the letters NIRV, written across their shirts. They had tablets in their hands and were looking at other screens monitoring a number of different things. Finally, there were also the three professors that were also seen as the head of the entire AFA academy. Humfree, Wood, and Hao. They were busy people, but the three of them always insisted on being there at the beginning of everything. When new students ar
The dreaded two-headed beast had entered the room. Saliva was dribbling from its mouth and onto the floor. It continued to make constant noises out of its mouth that were unheard of and out of this world. The second that Numba saw it, his legs started to shake, and he had almost collapsed. "I knew something had to be up…all the red flags were there, talking about death and getting Involved with NIRV. They're making us fight real beasts! The things that our bodies are based on, how are we meant to win against that!" Numba argued. "How are beasts even a thing...how is one standing in front of us!"Although Sty was having a go at Numba before, he even seemed hesitant to go in and attack such a thing. It wasn't what he had expected either. To be honest, he hadn't actually read the document and just signed the thing when he saw the others had as well. "Haha, now this is more like it. I knew coming to the AFA was the right thing to do!" Apollo said as he punched his hand into his fist.T
Both Wu and Snow were stunned as they saw the beast. Their brains needed a moment to handle the surprise of seeing one in the flesh rather than in some textbook or documentary. The feeling of having to face something that should be extinct and was now threatening your life was hard to describe. It was a natural reaction for them to think that everything they were experiencing now was just a dream, but their senses and their inner Altered beast knew it weren’t true. They could feel something react inside their bodies when looking at this thing. Meanwhile, the last member of their team had a different take on the situation.‘Huh, somehow I pictured them scarier. … am I going crazy? Or is it because I fought against Billy who turned into a bloodthirsty Werewolf? No, that’s not it. Even Damion was more of a monster than this thing before us.’ A simple beast was doing cruel things in nature, were as humans did stuff to each other for what reason? Gary didn; understand, but a human was the
Before Wu could transform, it looked like there was a type of routine that he would need to perform. He let out a few punches as they neared the beasts, and he got into a stance. Sweat started to cover his body, and in less than a second there seemed to be a pool of water below his feet. It was amazing in a way how a person was able to sweat so fast. Focused on the pool of water, it was only then did Gary notice the two antennas on his head.‘What type of Altered is he?’ Gary thought. Looking at Wu again, he could see his forearms were slightly larger compared to before, but there looked to be little difference on the rest of his body. He could only assume it was a partial transformation but even then, what difference would a pair of antennas make? “I know that I don’t look as impressive as those two, but I promise you, as long as we’re talking pure strength, I’m no weaker than Apollo.”At the same time, Gary had transformed himself, though he didn’t fully transform into his Werewol
Usually, Gary would be fascinated by the rewards the system would present him with. They were like an incentive for him to keep working harder and stepping closer to reaching the Level 25 he was aiming for. It was an addictive feeling and quite thrilling to see oneselves progress in a way like this. However, this time, he was far too obsessed with something else. That was the beast's dead body on the ground. 'The beast's body is right there. It's right in front of me. If I just took a quick few bites of it, it wouldn't be a problem, right? Otherwise, it's just going to waste. Maybe I can just say I’m really really hungry or something. Would that work?' Gary considered, but he soon remembered that everything in the special lesson belonged to the group called NIRV. It made him think twice about whether or not he should do such a thing, but instead, there was another solution, the beast's tail that was still in his hand. Quickly turning away, Gary didn't know if just the tail was enou
The NIRV employees looked to be having a field day with the crystal they had extracted from the beast. First, everything was handled carefully and delicately as large metal prongs were used to hold the crystal, and then it was gently placed into a container as if it was an explosive that could go off at any second. Everything was a slow and steady process, and James was occupied overseeing the crystal restoration and would be busy for a little while longer. This gave enough time for the students to think about the rewards they wanted, and eventually, it was Wu who was the first to make a request. "I would like to request a new type of Altered DNA. One that has yet to be used on others, and at the same time, for that Altered DNA not to be made again, I and my cooperation should gain exclusivity over the Altered DNA." Wu slowly put forward his request. He carefully worded his sentence to avoid sounding like he was asking for too much, although it was hard to tell if he succeeded. Hea
Xin had already expended a lot of energy in her Altered form, and holding her breath during her combat had worn her out quite a bit. Her single wing sticking out from her back was still there, but the lightning power that sparked from it was dwindling.“Big guy, be careful; this one’s tough,” Xin commented.Austin stood strong, looking at Gil getting up on his feet. As he did, Gil’s body muscles were flexing in and out. The smoke that was lingering from his body was starting to grow as well.“I know. I hit him with a pretty big shot, and I know I’m not weak,” Austin replied.After just getting back out from the hospital and recovering, the first thing Austin didn’t expect was that he was going to have to get into a fight, but from a single look, he could tell this person was strong.Not wasting any time, he had jumped out of the window and knew what he needed to do.“You're a bigger hitter than me, so I’m going to have to support you!” Xin said.As soon as she finished her sentence, G
With Xin being who she was, she had faced many different types of Altered, but going up against Gil was the most unique one yet. For one, he was a rare Mythical type. These had great power and a chance of great elemental ability as well.Not only that, but she had seen something somewhat unique to an Altered which she hadn’t seen before. The fact that Gil was able to transform his body, and in doing so, it affected his powers.Being large in size, he was strong and durable, while being smaller in size he had incredible speed. It was because of these transformations that Xin had felt like she had already seen it all.They had been fighting for a while now, so he had to have used either his partial or full transformation. There was nothing left for him to show, with no surprises, it was time for her to finish off the fight herself.The one wing that extended out from her back, the same size as a hand, was covered in yellow sparks that continually went off. They were condensed in size, g
Sparks from Xin’s Altered form couldn't stop flying off from her body. The strange hardened feathers constantly were shooting off small bolts of energy from one to the other. Even just standing still, her elemental power was activating.“You think things are going to change just because your appearance is now a little different!” Gil shouted as he lifted both of his hands up, locking them together. He was in his large form, having shifted from the smaller one.Doing so allowed him to pick up more strength than he usually would. The attack was going to be a big one. Gil’s hands smashed against the ground, and the whole building started to shake again.The people from above fell from their seats. Shelves tumbled down from the vibration, and it looked like the building was warping from within itself. However, the shaking had eventually stopped.With it stopping, the people on the second floor could see that they were now okay, and it was the same for Amy and White, who were close to the
The message sent out by Kai was heard loud and clear by everyone in the Howlers, and some of them took it to heart. Instead of trying to win their fights, they now were trying to last as long as possible.Raven had transformed his body; large heads had appeared and were in the air. Numba had been picked up by one of the Hydra Altered’s heads, its teeth biting down on his stomach and flinging him to the side until he hit a wall.“This Altered’s strength is crazy; does he have the same strength in each head?” Numba thought as he tried to get back up.Charging in were both Marie and Olivia at the same time. They struck from two sides, trying to hit the heads, but weren’t fully committing. They were carefully waiting for a strike and moved from side to side.Marie had avoided attacks from one of the Hydra’s long winding heads, while Olivia, as she jumped back, swung her hands and used her whip. It was effective in hitting the Hydra, but she didn’t dare try to wrap it around its head due t
There were a lot of decisions to make with the new stats and pawn points that Gary had managed to achieve, and it was best if he used them now because at any moment, he felt like something was coming.The fight against Ice was far tougher than the fight against the North and the South leader, but all of this was for more to come.‘First, I will allocate the stat points,’ Gary thought as he tapped his system, giving himself a few points in two areas.The first was his endurance.[Endurance 88 >>> 90]‘The strength difference at every ten is increased, but as the numbers get higher, the difference isn’t felt as much. Either way, as I’m fighting tougher enemies like that of Ice, Endurance seems to be a big factor in getting hurt less.’[Dexterity 82 >>> 85]‘With that, rather than being able to hit harder, I need to be able to hit more and get my attacks in, so I’ll increase my dexterity.’As for the pawn points, Gary then went ahead and used two of them on his health. Each pawn point at
---The final plan that Carter had, to try and turn those who had allied up against each other, had failed. Carter already knew about Ice’s past; there wasn’t much he could do with that.He was one of the few prisoners who knew what they had done. Through the extent of his own powers in a clash, he had killed those around him that had no involvement. He wanted to stay in the prison, but he suddenly had a change of heart.Then, there was Blackjack, the first man Carter was unable to get any information about, so he only had Gary, and now even that hadn’t worked.“What were you going to do?” Gary asked as he moved forward. “I bet if I was in here, and the Phoenix Gang wasn’t already targeting me, you would threaten my friends, my family, that are on the outside.”“You are a cruel person in this place; those that are already trapped, you force them to do your bidding by trapping them even more in this place. I can safely say that you are a person that I don’t mind getting rid of.”Gary n
---In the center of the prison, many had backed away from Ice standing in the middle. He felt like an unstoppable giant. No matter what attacks landed on him, they barely left a mark; if they did, it was almost as if it didn't affect him at all.His giant club was hitting the physical-type Altereds and overpowering them with his strength. Even those that were fast and could get closer were affected by his strong ice powers.He could block attacks with his ice, freeze those who came close to him, and create a number of unique attacks of his own. When a group of prisoners approached him, he slammed his foot on the ground. Ice grew from the floor in several sharp spikes, piercing those who took a step too far."What are we meant to do, Stinger? This guy is too strong!" one of the prisoners exclaimed.They looked around, waiting for an answer, but the prisoners themselves were struggling to even see Stinger. That was because he had hidden himself among the crowd of prisoners, waiting for
Blackjack was on the move to the North side. He was quickly going past the Altereds that were trying to attack him, ducking and weaving through them all at a fast speed. At one point, he leaned back, and one of the prisoners accidentally attacked another.‘It’s a good lucky day today, I knew it would all go well today.’ Blackjack smiled as he progressed further and deeper inside. As he finally got near the end, he threw out the last of his cards.They came out sharp, hitting four of his opponents on the head, causing them to fall to the floor, and that’s when he could see Calvin sitting on the floor, healing one of the prisoners.“Calvin, it has been a while, right?” Blackjack asked. “I’m surprised to see that you teamed up with the South Group. After going against them for so long, it resorted to this.” “I had invited you several times to join my side,” Calvin stated. “I had even healed your body after the fight with the Warden, and yet you still refused. So what else was I supposed
The fight continued with all three of them continuing to fight against the Altereds coming their way. Although most of them were relatively easy to deal with, there were a few tough ones.Those that knew how to fight either waited for the right time to strike and got a good hit in or were harder than just a single hit or two to take out. When this was the case, Gary would use one of his skills.He would use his Lethal Pounce, Claw Drain, and even once in a while, he even used his Claw Strike to attack them from surprise. When this was used, it seemed like next to no one could stop it.Blackjack had been keeping an eye on things that were happening around him, and when this happened, he would focus on just avoiding blows that he was able to do with ease.‘Is he conserving his strength?’ Blackjack thought. ‘That’s surprising. I don’t see many Werewolves fight like that. Is it because he’s worried about when he has to go up against the Warden? No, that can’t be it.’With a keener eye, Bl