The woman was unfamiliar to Zeke, but her fancy attire and her elegant demeanor made her assume she was their first client.“Madam Rodrey, it’s always a pleasure to meet you.”Sulong was speaking with extreme politeness as he fawned over the beauty. Even Zeke was momentarily stunned by her seductiveness as she crossed her legs. He averted his eyes from her exposed thighs and went to Jack.The lanky Jack leaned closer to Zeke and whispered, “She’s madam Bella Rodrey, the owner and manager of the brothel opposite this building, but rumor is…” Jack gulped some saliva and lowered her voice even more, “She has several secret identities, like being a lobbyist and a weapon dealer in the underworld.”Zeke could remember Sulong talking about her, but as she wasn’t an enemy, he didn’t think much of it back then.A soft feminine chuckle echoed within the relatively silent office as Bella glanced at Zeke, who only nodded back in greeting.“Isn't it time you introduce your new friend?”“A-ah!
Hanging from the top of the gate was an eviscerated and mutilated headless body.The rest of the corpse, which was the head, was right next to it, pierced by a bloodied hook.Zeke stood there, in absolute shock, for close to a minute. His hands were clenched into tight fists and his mouth was wide-open.It wasn’t the first time he saw a corpse or a gruesome sight, but it was the identity of the corpse that caused him to have such an extreme reaction.‘N-no… it can’t be. It can’t be.’Zeke’s body twitched as he lowered his head and mumbled incoherently. His eyes were hollow and his face was dangerously pale.The students were panicking and calling for help while the civilians notified the authorities.Barely two minutes later, the Dean, Professor Nayro and even Solas arrived at the scene.The Principal used his magic to lower the corpse to the ground. The elderly Dean covered it with a large cloth and shouted at the crowd to step back.Meanwhile, Zeke was kneeling on the ground and sta
“Aren’t ya going to attack? Hehehehe! I can’t wait to slice you up.” Kley kicekd Maxine in the abdomen, sending her body rolling dozens of meters away. Zeke injected himself with an illusory syringe before shooting forward. Thunderbolt shots from his hands, but the assassin spun around and easily extinguished the voltage. “You’re at your peak state. Show me what you can do, boy!” In but a couple of seconds, Zeke crossed the distance separating them and clashed with Kley. Using [Sreyzhanian Arts] and the empowered from [Self-injection], he avoided the rapidly-moving sickles and unleashed a torrent of punches. While [Fists of Fury] landed on Kley’s blody, they barely made him budge as he cackled and swept both his sickles downwards. A violent gale made of a black-colored aura descended upon Zeke, who leapt back while leaving a lightning orb. [Spark] exploded upon contact, letting out a rain of thin thunderbolts. This time, Kley was hit by the voltage, his clothes had small holes
Counsellor Mary was so surprised to see Zeke that her drowsiness and sleepiness disappeared. She fixed her slightly messy attire and positioned her special tools as she motioned for the gloomy youth to sit down.“I’d like some counselling, please.”Zeke lowered his head as he uttered those words, looking dejected and sad.“I know it has been hard for you ever since our last meeting. I also heard about your friend’s death… my condolences.”“Thank you.”He wryly smiled and kept looking down, his hands clenched as he struggled to voice his thoughts.“Let me prepare some tea for you first. It will help.”He meekly nodded and patiently waited for her as the unique fragrance of the tea leaves spread across the oddly-decorated room.Soon, a small cup of tea was in front of Zeke, who sipped from it.“This one is different from the tea I served you during our first meeting. It’ll ease your heart a bit.”Just as she said, Zeke felt inexplicably serene a minute later. A warm sebastian swelling w
The first three days of the Final Exams were uneventful and devoid of unexpected tragedies. Except for revising, Zeke busied himself with the mundane Daily Tasks of the System. In his free time, he would just stay in his room buried in books. At last, the tired students glimpsed a glimmer of peace as the Theoretical Exams, which were infamous for being soul-draining, were over at least. Beginning from the fourth day of the week, Thursday, and ending on Saturday, the First Year students will be undergoing the Practical Exams. Just like last time, it was a long chain of one on one fights while abiding to several conditions and restrictions. Zeke would have been excited for it were it not for Samuel’s death and the subsequent disappearance of his father, Vans Valort. When Zeke went to talk with the detective at the police station, he was told that Vans quit his job right after his son’s death and hasn’t been seen since. There was also the noticeable absence of Katrina, but Zeke di
After Nayro finished his explanation, the First Year students were instructed to split into evenly-numbered groups as their opponents showed on a massive screen behind the podium.There wouldn’t be more than one fighting arena, but, generally, the fights would last for one to two minutes, at most.Even with over a 100 students, the whole thing wouldn’t take more than a couple of hours.For the first day, the students would only fight three fights to determine if they passed or not. However, most students- excluding the few defects- perform relatively well in the Practical Exams.As mentioned earlier, Zeke’s first three opponents would be of ‘similar’ ranking to him.He was more than confident to win, but he didn’t act overly-arrogant. With Samuel gone, he had no one to actively talk to so he stood there and patiently waited while the final preparations were completed.The fighting arena was at the center of the large room, surrounded by a semi-translucent half-spherical barrier.The
The two students took the stage; Zeke was solemn-faced and didn’t look particularly excited, as opposed to the seemingly frustrated Veronica.There was a hint of animosity in her eyes as she stared at him, though her anger was to be expected after he had stolen the shipment from her team.Azmer did say that the Ivory Oak Order wanted to have a word with him, but even if they threatened him, Zeke wasn’t going to return Angel to them.The child was mentally and physically scarred and she was suffering from a serious medical condition. “Get ready, both of you.”They stood 20 meters away from each other and patiently waited for Nayro to signal the beginning of the fight.The Zyth’s beady eyeballs were fixated on Zeke, eager to see more of his ability. It wasn’t just him, Solas and the other teachers were interested too.“Go easy on me, okay?”Veronica playfully winked at him as snakes slithered from her clothes and hissed menacingly.The second the fight started, deafening azure lightnin
As he looked at Fylard, Zeke used ‘Aether Control’ and saw how his body was like a vacuum, absorbing the tiny green particles in the air non-stop.Fylard was like a sponge as violent gales whistled within the arena, swirling uncontrollably.A milky aura covered the metallic Raul, further increasing his defences. He had confidence in his own ability, but Fylard’s Wind-aspected magic was getting stronger by the second and it would be folly to underestimate him.The two students prepared themselves before Fylard’s body was enveloped by a vibrantly-colored wind; Like a bullet, he shot at Raul while unleashing all of his stored energy.Likewise, Raul leapt in the air and performed a swift and strong punch that let out a milky-colored blast.For a split second, there was a blinding light and a deafening silence before the ground cracked and shattered and the barrier protecting the arena shook momentarily.When the bit of dust and the clashing energies subsided, the crowd saw Fylard covered