The darkness was cold and empty. There was no sound, sight, feeling or taste.His body floated aimlessly and lonelily in this empty and dark space. His every breath was even and unperturbed, but there was something about that tranquility that was unnerving. It instilled a feeling of being a prey to a lurking predator. His eyelids were too heavy to open, probably due to drowsiness, or something else he couldn't fathom yet. Suddenly Nux's eyes snapped open, and his whole body twitched like electricity had just gone through it. His neck hair stood on their ends, and a tingling sensation was felt."That's all." A voice said.Nux shot up into a sitting position and raised his fist, almost throwing out a vicious punch at the Mutant before him.Martin flinched and subconsciously backed away. The last time Nux punched him, he had suffered internal damage and had to be healed.This was the second time they were meeting, so Nux wasn't so surprised by his looks and was able to hold himself bac
Nux realised that he had passed out for a very long time as it was already nighttime.He left the building after passing by so many beds having people on them. He could see healers going about, doing their works quickly and diligently.New patients were brought in almost every minute, though old patients were discharged at the same rate too, creating an equilibrium. He saw different types of healing powers in play, and was surprised by the ingenuity of some of them. Some powers had nothing related to healing at all, but were used to heal nonetheless.Nova was asleep when Nux exited the Infirmary, but jumped to his feets and wagged his tail wildly when he noticed Nux.Nux rubbed his body as he stared at the night sky. There weren't much people flying in the sky. Most had probably gone to bed or were up to something.There wasn't a curfew, so Nux could still move about till dawn without being questioned.The Medallion vibrated lightly, and a loud voice rang in his head."This is Teache
"Hmmm." Teacher Joseph closed his eyes, having a weird expression affixed on his face.'I was confused by almost half of his thoughts.' He thought. 'Asura's Wrath? What does he know about the Asuras? Aren't the Asuras still in hiding?'Teacher Joseph then clicked his tongue. 'Supreme Beasts, that's to be expected. That old geezer always steals our students.''He also doesn't seem like a Mentalist to me, he's more of a fist fighter...' Teacher Joseph paused for a full minute, his eyes closed and his face still contorted. 'Is he actually related to the Asuras?''Aish! Too much thinking isn't good.' Teacher Joseph claimed. "I'll send your answer to the Headmistress." He said out loud. "Wait for her reply, because your stay here might be shorter than you expected." Teacher Joseph looked up, and Nux followed his action subconsciously. Both of them looked up at Aegis, and Nux was surprised see it spinning rapidly on its axis, producing a rough and sharp sound. It was then that Nux notice
"Are you challenging me to a duel?" Nux asked with a hollow stare."Why would I be challenging a lowly thing like you, why would I even challenge a student in the first place?!" He ranted loudly, ganering more attention to himself. "First you disrespect and insult me... then you beat my disciple... and now you dare ask me for a duel!" Nux could feel the fat bellied man's anger. His face had turned beet red from embarrassment and anger, and he was this close to actually attacking Nux.Nux knew the rules of the Academy, and the fat bellied man knew it too. No one, under any circumstances and no matter who they were, was to fight anyone without it being a certified duel with witnesses, and a teacher overseeing it. The fat bellied man felt it to be beneath him to challenge and duke it out with a student, so he kept claiming and spouting shit, but Nux was unfazed, unfortunately for him. "You know what, I accept your duel." The fat bellied man claimed in a gruff voice."I want One Thous
The Palm Strikes kept ramming into the crater, burying Nux in further.Within his mind, his Soul Sea to be precise, the waters were turbulent, and the space around looked to be shattering. There were several tears in the fabric of reality, and the distortion caused the whole Soul Sea to surge and quake violently. The sky tore apart under the disturbance, and the water boiled furiously. The three Beast Soul Islands were surprisingly calm, seeming as if nothing could shake them. The Original Island was the calmest, standing gallantly without the slightest disturbance seen on its surface.The original Beast Soul stood, 'staring' at the island. No one could know what was on it's mind, and being unable to see it's expressions made things worse.The Beast Soul was rooted to the spot where it stood, but then it began to move. The dark sands created a perfect camouflage that hid it from view, as it turned into a tide of darkness, and flowed smoothly over the Original Island. The tide of d
The skintight aura dissolved, and Nux immediately collapsed to his knees while breathing haggardly. He had been running on sheer will power and adrenaline since he ran out of Mana. And though he had regained some of his Mana, he had used it up immediately to stamp Runes on the floor, and make Darius fall for his trap. The fight, albeit shorter than the one he had with Gregory, was harder. He had run out of Mana since the beginning of the fight therefore taking a hit on his stamina, and if he hadn't been helped by his Beast Soul, he would have lost.'What was that aura by the way?' Nux asked himself. Darius, still frozen in the same position, looked down and saw blood dripping from his forearm. "How?" He asked in disbelief. "Just treachery taken to the next level." Teacher Joseph said loudly, hands akimbo, and a bright smile on his face. "He has won the battle since, and was just waiting for blood to eventually come out of your injury."Darius lowered his arm with a deep frown writ
The name was successfully changed, and Nux immediately moved on to the next thing on his mind. World Runes.'Teacher Joseph speculated that the Gauntlet has a Sharpness Enchantment, making it's cutting power unholily sharp.''It was so sharp I was able to injure Darius without actually touching him.' Nux thought, still not completely believing that was possible. He still seemed to be underestimating the strength of the Arm Of Finality.He stared at the Arm Of Finality with Rune Sight activated, and all sorts of colours reflected in his irises, making him see some odd Runes that he had never seen before.There was a Red Rune that looked like liquid which flowed smoothly and calmly, but exuded great danger. The Rune was positioned at the claws of the gauntlet, and at the sharp elbow point, two damage dealing points. Also there were Inscriptions, consisting of Brown and dark Pink Runes, within each hole at the back of the hand. Other types of Runes of various elements floated around the
Nux didn't stop when he heard those words, instead he seemed to pick up speed and buy the Spells faster.One table... three tables... ten tables, in just fifteen seconds.'Shouldn't they be here by now.' Nux thought, turning around, and for the first time since he started purchasing Spells, he stopped."So I'm not the thief." He subconsciously muttered. He didn't dilly dally for a second more and resumed action immediately.'But who was that though?' He thought to himself.The few seconds he had used to look back and check out what was going on was enough for him to picture everything.He could see a small sized female student struggling in the hold of two senior male students. The girl was so small she barely had any impact when she kicked around and tried to free herself. Her long black hair had blades at the their tips, her lips were black and thick, and she had several ring piercings on her face along with black bags under her eyes. Adding all this features along with her tight,