Nux turned around and froze. Every other thing around him was thrown to the back of his mind, and he completely focused on what was in front of him, not intentionally, but through a subconscious instinct. On the sand, just a few feets away from him, the towering form of a blue and white scaled Dragon could be seen. It's luminescent scales were beautifully carved, and glowed with incandescent lights. It appeared like each piece was intricately crafted by master artisans, as there were no scales with the tiniest blemish, crack or scratch on it. The Dragon's main horns were tall, and bent backwards slightly. They were so thick and long, they could be mistaken for twin bone-white spires, and with the addition of two more shorter horns curving backwards on each side of it's face, there were six horns in total. It's snout featured a nostril as big as an average hut, breathing out hot air as it slept, it's eyes were closed and fluttered from time to time as if wanting to open, and it h
"Nobles sure are pricks." Nux thought when he walked through the small crowd. There were those with superiority complex so great, they didn't spare him more than a single glance, while the major ones wanted to exert their dominance in some way. Their stares bore down on him, and some even activated some spells that attacked his psyche. He could have dismissed them easily had they been used one at a time, but when up to ten people stacked their spells and attacked him at the same time, it proved to be effective, albeit barely. He pushed through the assault with a calm expression, and branded each and every one of their faces in his mind. He would repay them ten folds.The Martial Hall was big with a spacious interior, and had the style of a modern Earth Dojo.The dark brown wooden floor boards didn't creak as he walked, and it gave off a smooth shine, almost as if it was polished.A Shoji separated the room into two. It had flowery patterns as it's designs, and had soft light coming
"You've got to be kidding me!" Nux cursed underneath his breath. He had been steps away from exiting the dojo, but now he had to face the Nobles again. It wasn't that he was afraid, but it was just a hassle to deal with people in general. Nux turned around slowly, giving the person who had touched him a bored stare. However, his eyes brightened the moment he saw who it was. A green haired girl stared at him with a deep frown, and a sinking feeling was felt in Nux's stomach. It was Delilah.'She's a Noble too?' He creased his brows."Where do you think you're going?!""Where do you think I'm going?!" Nux retorted. A vein popped up on the side of Delilah's head, and she reeled in her urge to attack him. It was better if she used her head, rather than her emotions, to deal with him. "My master wants to speak to you." Delilah spoke. 'Wants? To?' Nux thought. 'Even their choice of words aims to downgrade me.'"Tell him or her that I'm busy." Nux turned around and began to walk away
"Vibration." Nux cocked his head to a side. "This is a Vibration Element Beast Soul."Nux stared his Soul Book, where the doodled image of the Resplendent Quetzal was, with a raised brow. The next page, where the spells were meant to be, had only one spell written on it in unique symbols. "Frequency Reading." He read. Nux tried to cast the spell, but he felt nothing. In his previous life, he knew next to nothing about Vibrations, so he didn't know how to approach the situation. He deactivated the spell and activated it again, this time, focusing on a piece of cloth laying on his bed. Still, he got nothing. He tried many ways until he finally figured it out. He activated the spell with his eyes closed. The only difference between the real world and what Nux could see at the moment, was the lack of colors and steady shape of objects. Everything within five meters of him was projected in his mind perfectly. He could see the wavy outline of things in his mind as if they were being s
"Flaming Shield speaks for itself, but what's breath of the Dragon." Nux asked. "Does it let me breath out fire...?"He tried casting the spell, but realised that it was passive, which implied that it was already active and working, though he couldn't feel or sense any changes to his body or see its effect on his surroundings, despite him taking his time to thoroughly check his whole body.This was one of those situations where he couldn't find anything out of place in his body, because it was beyond his ability to sense them. He gave up on trying and casted Flaming Shield, scanned it for a second, before dismissing it and finally leaving his treehouse.He moved with his eyes closed, scanning his vicinity cautiously, and at times suddenly flooding the Frequency Reading spell with Mana and gaining a wider view.He couldn't see the people he thought to be tailing him, however, that didn't make him lower his guard one bit. There wasn't a particular time given to be at the Martial Hall,
A cold aura burst forth from Gregory in violent waves, and his presence seemed to multiply, bearing down on the surroundings and filling everywhere with a bluish cold air.'Icy Aura.' Gregory thought with a wicked smile.Nux faltered slightly die to the cold, but immediately regained his focus soon after his body adapted. Gregory waved his metallic Fans, and two chilling arcs of Ice shot towards Nux. 'Flaming Shield?!' Nux thought swiftly, his mind calculating and going through several simulations at once. 'No.' He dived to the side, avoiding the arcs of Ice, and then barrelled towards Gregory.'Just like Sir Nicole taught me.' Nux thought as his intent blazed. His onyx eyes reflected light, and just at the right angle, they almost seemed to do the opposite. Gregory scoffed when he saw how Nux was charging at him with wild abandon, and swung his fans in a wide curve, conjuring twin blizzard balls and spiralling them towards him. Suddenly, a thick blue shield of solid flames manif
Nux appeared to stagger forward after throwing out a vicious punch, his strength waning. His stamina was great and all, but it wasn't infinite. Moving rapidly for the past thirty minutes seemed to have made him tire out.A normal person would have given up, forfeiting the match before they got too weak to defend themselves from any attack, and risk suffering injuries. But Nux persisted, and that seemed to be coming back to bite him in the ass. He faltered for just a second, but that tiny opening wasn't missed by Gregory, and his clone stepped forward swiftly, and let it's blade-like metallic fans fall like guillotines. Unexpectedly, Nux swiveled on his feets, twisting his body like a ballerina, and blasting a Fireball right at the clone. Even the clone seemed to be taken aback as it crumbled like a brick wall, sending icy rubles flying everywhere. Gregory was suddenly filled with dread. Nux made use of his residual momentum to hurl another fireball right at Gregory, and dashed r
Nux walked out of the dojo breathing a bit too hard. Behind him, was a mound of something releasing thick black smoke, and spasming from time to time. The smell of burnt flesh permeated the air and was irritating, and the students backed away from the dojo, letting Nux pass while also retreating from the smoke. The Nobles were all speechless as they left one after the other, though not without giving the smoking mound an annoyed stare. The fight had taken a lot out of Nux, and he had almost lost had he not acted decisively and swiftly. He, as an all-rounder, was talented in all three major categories of the Awakened. His mental strength was just as good as Mentalists, helping him unlock the ability to split his mind two ways. He could only split his mind for five minutes, which was not much time, and his Mana was also running low. So he used the limited time he had to plot against Gregory, split his mind to control a Draconic Flame Rune, and orchestrated a scene where Gregory wo