It was fairly easy for students to get a day off at the academy, and due to Gary’s position it was easier for him. It wasn’t as if he was a failing student. With that, he was following the instructions he had been given by Izzy.Heading outside of the academy, there was the driveway and here she was waiting, unlike himself she wasn’t in her AFC uniform and appeared to be dressed up a bit, at least the most dressed up he had ever seen Izzy before.She was wearing black shorts with fishnet stockings, and a relatively short open black top that showed her midriff and belly button. The clothing showed off her hard working body in a different light that Gary had never seen before.“Now I feel a bit underdressed.” Gary commented. “It’s okay.” Izzy smiled. “It’s just when I see my parents I always feel a bit more comfortable in something like this. They will understand.”It was hitting Gary a little bit that he was going to see Izzy’s parents, it was a strange development because he wasn’t g
“All of you inside the vehicle step out now!” A voice shouted from outside. Looking through the window Gary could see a man with a baseball bat. He was slapping it into the palm of his hand and behind him at the border there were a number of people. Naturally Gary started to count how many of them there were, and it looked to be around ten in total. ‘If it’s just ten of them, then I can deal with them, but the problem is, why are they even here in the first place?’ Gary thought. “Everyone, let’s just listen to what they have to say, this isn’t our territory. We didn’t expect this to happen.” Maz said, as he pushed a button to open the side of the van door to let the others out. Izzy had told Gary some of the details. In order to set up the appointment quickly and not to cause too much trouble for Gary, Izzy and her parents were to meet him in a nearby town. The town was a nearby tier-3 town and chosen for safety reasons. If someone caught wind that a member of the Howlers was ent
The bat was easily stopped, and was held in Gary’s hand, he could feel that the attacker was trying to pull away yet was unable to. The situation had changed in a matter of seconds as those approaching the food van soon turned back to look at what was happening, and started to walk forward. ‘Gary… you're getting involved because of my family.’ Izzy thought. ‘I’m so sorry for this happening, it should have been me, I should have been the one to protect my family… but..’“What are you trying to do?” The man asked, still acting tough. Even if the boy was strong, he had numbers on his side and the person in front of him just looked like a kid. “Do you really want to get involved, you know what will happen right? We won’t just stop at you, we will track who this truck belongs to and go after everyone you care about for messing with us. “So it's better to just take a beating and get out of here! The man shouted. Moving his other hand, Gary reached into his pocket, he then pushed on the b
The two of them followed Maz into the restaurant and as somewhat expected, it was completely empty. According to Izzy, the restaurant wasn’t owned by her family, so the most likely case was that they had booked the whole thing out.There was no staff, no other customers, only tables, but at one table there were two people sitting down. In an instant, Gary could recognize them as Izzy’s parents. Maz continued to walk towards them and eventually stopped.“Gary, please introduce yourself, this is Mrs. and Mr. Shamone, from the Shamone group.” Maz said with a hand gesture. Gary bowed to both of them, he never really cared for respecting elders and such. He thought it was quite a silly rule. Was he meant to respect someone like Damion just because he was older? In a lot of cases, it was the older generation that allowed for the situation to get to what it had become. Which was why he didn’t usually just bow his head in front of those older than him. However, in this situation, he was jus
Late at night, Izzy had returned to the academy, but unlike she had expected, it was on her own. In the middle of the conversation with her parents, Gary had wandered off. She had done as he asked and spent time with her family. They didn’t do a lot of exploring though, since it wasn’t exactly a safe town nor was it one where they had much influence. Instead, they talked about what had happened and they had a lot of questions regarding Gary, including some personal questions as well.When she eventually left her family, she wrote a message to Gary asking if he was still in the town, or if he had left yet, but there was no reply. In the end, she decided that the best thing for her to do was just to return to the academy.It was hard for her to sleep that night, because she kept thinking about one of the questions her parents asked her. “Izzy, it seems you might be more interested in this person than just as a friend.” Her mother asked. “If it's him… I guess he would be acceptable.”I
The Howlers had been non-stop busy after taking over Notsburg. Or more accurately, Kai had been busy working alongside Harry mostly, because in terms of why they were so busy it was due to the investments they were running. To put it simply, Notsburg was a money maker, an incredibly large money maker, and due to them not having a leader who cared about extravagant yachts, bribing of other gangs, buying super cars, or jewels, they had a lot of money on their hands. At the same time Kai didn’t want to just waste this money. He didn’t want to spend it on things that wouldn’t give them a good return. Because after all, although their wealth was large, when it got to this point, it was more about power and influence. Who cared how much money one had, if one of the King’s at any point and time could just come and forcefully take it away from you? At one point, Kai was considering using all the money they could to buy Altered solutions. There were a few problems with that, there were onl
When the special lessons were first introduced to everyone in the room, there was an explanation for how things were set up. That they were put into teams of three for their own safety. That if they wished to defeat some of the beasts they would need to work together, and the fact that at times all six of them would be put in the same room together, if the beast they were going up against was a strong one. Which was why, it was safe to say that Gary as well as all the others were deeply confused. ‘Are they telling me to go on my own, because the beast I will go up against is weak?;’ Gary thought, but quickly shook his head at that silly thought. ‘After what I did last time, that wouldn’t make any sense. I practically took out the beast on my own last time. So why would they put me on my own this time… unless they have discovered something or they want to find out something… is this a trap?’NIRV didn’t exactly seem to care for the students' lives as much as the teachers, so a trap o
Originally Gary had gone into what he deemed was his final special lesson confidently. He knew it would be a little bit tough, but he never imagined something on this scale. For something to trigger a warning from the system. ‘A beast that will really give me as much trouble as when I faced against Midwak… is that even possible?’ Gary thought.The barrier had been lifted, allowing Gary to see the beast in full sight, but just at a glance it was hard to tell if it was fierce or not, and he had no idea about a certain fact that those from NIRV knew, the fact that this beast was classified as a humanoid one as well. It was standing on its two muscular legs that looked like tree trunks. They were thick, solid, and muscular and it was hard to see where the toes were on the beast. The theme of its muscular body continued upward on its human-like shape, but around its chest area, it looked like the beast had an exoskeleton. Almost like a ribcage, but on the chest going toward the centre.T
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