(AN: okay so while rereading the chapter I released yesterday, I discovered that I accidentally said that Annie has black hair, and I think I repeated this a few times throughout the story. Tehee😋But I think for better clarity, you should note that Annie actually has red hair. I just mistook Suzuki's look for Annie.So.... Yeah, Annie's hair is red, or at least some shade of red, vermilion maybe....)**** The crowd cheered as Annie went ahead with her announcements.With her cutesy fashion if doing things, pretty voice, and all round charisma, she captivated the entire crowd in a matter of moments.And just like that, the event kicked off, and everyone was excited to what was to come next.During all the events that took place, Earl worked the curtains and other stage props, Jake worked the lights and off stage preparation.Sidney was more of a flexible personality, as he worked a little bit of everything, while William was the least busy of the bunch.Disregarding this fact howeve
As Earl tried his best in avoiding people as he ran past the crowd of attendees walking the school grounds and ordering food from stalls.'... Don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about this...' thought Earl as he increased his speed slightly and began weaving through the crowd.While lost in thought however, he accidently ran into a rather strange looking person before falling down to the ground."oof!!" said Earl as he landed on his butt, he immediately shot his look up at the person he ran into.But still making sure that hid face was covered with his cap."I'm sorry, I was just rushing is all" said Earl.The man standing in front of him wore a tank top, some shorts, and flip flops.He wore a cap that covered his black, wet, long hair, and he wore a serious expression.'... Shit!!! I might've pissed off the wrong person...' thought Earl as he stared up at the man.The man, still having a serious face and piercing gaze, reached out his hand and bent down slightly."are you okay
huff*....*huff*.... Earl panted as sweat ran down his face, and his cap fell off of his head all the way down to the ground beneath them.*huff*.....*huff*.... Williams panted as sweat and tears ran down the side of his face, and his whole body was trembling as he felt Earl's tight grip on his arm.****(Que anime opening😋😇)****Earl was leaned over on the ledge. His entire upper body was over the ledge, and his other arm was helping wedge his body as his feet were tip-toed and nearly off the floor.Earl's arms were shaking, and he was struggling to keep himself stable as he held onto Williams for dear life.Williams felt Earl's strong grip on his hand as he looked up at him in shock and confus seesawion, 'how did he catch up to me?' thought Williams.'.... I don't know how I did it, but I forcibly activated the third eye buff skill and was able to grab him in time!!!...' thought Earl as he grinded his teeth.Trying desperately to not let neither he, nor William fall off the ledge
"Ughhh!!!..." groaned an annoyed Annie as she squeezed the space between her eyes with her fingers.".. Where the hell is Earl?!!" she yelled out loud as she paced up and down, "... Pacing isn't gonna bring him back you know..." said a nonchalant Sidney. "... Yeah, but he's working the curtains, and now he's gone, and so is our free guy!!!" said Annie."well, he said he's going for a number 3, don't know what that is, but it sounds... Weird...." said Sidney once more."well fuck!!!" grunted Annie as she squatted on the spot while holding her hair."WHOA-" "-HEY-" "-WHAT?-" "-SHEESH-" said Jake and Sidney interchangeably, "he only went to bathroom, Jesus Christ Annie!!" said Jake, "I've never heard her curse before!!" said Sidney."well what do you want me to do? The current team's got the crowd occupied for at most 5 minutes before the next group goes out.We're running out of time" said Annie."... You know what..." said Sidney as he jumped down from where Earl was meant to sit, and
Earl was standing face to face with Dia, while protecting William behind him."Will, whatever you do, stay close to me, if you get too far I won't guarantee your safety.Remember, he's going to capture me, but they want you dead!!!" said Earl in a serious tone."g-got it" said Will as he stuck as close to Earl as possible, '... This guy went head to head with Soki, even if he was completely beat up, he still survived the fight.That means either two things, he's got some incredible regeneration, or he's just that strong...Well, lets hope it's the former. I'm glad were in the third year building, at least now we can fight without having to worry about the crowd or people' thought Earl.A huge grin plastered on Dia's face as he raised his right palm, showing an open cut, probably caused by a knife.As the blood dripped from his hand, it began swirling around, before eventually creating a sword.'....' Earl became dead focused as he watched his opponent closely, and with a smile on his
"I knew it..." said Sidney as he spun around and faced the same man whose corpse was laid on the floor, burnt, standing in front of him with the third eye open."... There's something strange about that third eye!!!" said Sidney as he retook his stance.".... Your on our list reject, I was asked to capture you..." said the man in a serious tone as he too took a stance.Sidney reached into one of his pockets and picked a small scroll, "... So that's why you infiltrated this festival?!!" asked Sidney."well, yes, that is why we illustrated this festival, and to make things easier for you, I suggest you shouldn't try fighting me...." said the man as flames engulfed his fists and hair.".... I'm rather deadly" said the man as he stared down Sidney."funny..." said Sidney as he threw the scroll in the air.As it flew about, opened up, they were multiple alchemy circles already inscribed on the scroll and all of various lengths.".... I would've said the same thing" said Sidney as he drew a
After informing the teachers of what happened, William headed back to the first-year section to warn Horace Glenn, while the three teachers all headed toward the second-year block.**** As Sidney pulled his hand out of the three-eyed man's chest, a gaping hole was left behind as the body fell to the floor lifeless."... Damn it!!!..." said Sidney as he turned around and looked at the man, still holding up his flaming fists.At this point, Sidney was drenched in sweat, and panting heavily as he faced the man.'... I'm running out of mana...' thought Sidney as he retook his stance.".. Gy, Scarecrow, Octopus, Berry... Go back" said Sidney.Simultaneously all his soul puppets instantly sunk into the ground, leaving alchemy circles where they sank.Seeing this, the three-eyed man lowered his hands and looked straight at Sidney, before deciding to speak."Have you finally chosen to surrender quietly?" asked the man, "... *huff* like I'd surrender..." said Sidney."hmm.." said the man as h
As Sidney and Charlie both ran on Gy's back, they slowly neared the location Williams described."Sidney, stop here!!" said Charlie, "here?" asked Sidney, "yes here now!!!" yelled Charlie."Go back Gy" said Sidney.Immediately, the sprinting one-eyed dog stopped in it's tracks, and nearly instantly sunk into the ground beneath it.Leaving an alchemy circle behind in it's place."so what are we doing?" asked Sidney, Charlie didn't day anything, and simply looked at Sidney from head to toe before walking on ahead of him."Sidney..." said Charlie, "yes?" ".... You do know you can't fight... Right?-" "I can!!!!" said a determined Sidney, interrupting Charlie.As Charlie looked at the desperate face of Sidney, he let out a sigh, and decided to speak.".... Going from your report, you fought at full strength against that reviving freak, and killed him a total of 53 times, all in the span of 2 hours.Not only are you severely mana deprived right now, you can barely stand on your own two feet
With the pact made amongst one another, talks about the ORA continued, and eventually everyone started sharing their experiences specifically with them.One-way or the other, it eventually divulged into a topic of backstorues, making all the students share details of their transformations during the search for Sidney and Earl.They all were glad to hear that Williams lost his stutter. Hearing his back story and what happened to him only lit a fire in their hearts concerning the ORA.They'd hated them deeply already, but to think they'd take advantage of abandoned children like that... It reminded them that there was nothing the ORA weren't willing to do for their goal.Giving them all the more reason to train and become strong enough to fight them and take them down.Henry revealed the promise he made with his village elder, and everyone showed their support, especially Crystal and Ruby.Earl, Sidney, Annie, and Ruby never knew anything about this, and how could they? Henry was always
Jake laid down on his back, completely shocked silent. He watched Earl distinguished the attack he would've hit Jake with, before smiling and saying the words, "I win."It took a moment for Jake to realise it, but he'd lost the match. The final match in the mini tournament that they were holding, he'd lost that match. He'd lost to Earl.He was completely shocked by the whole thing. The moment he and Earl's fists collided, he felt the brunt of Earl's attack send him flying backwards, and he saw Earl fly off too.But it seemed Earl either recovered insanely quickly, or Jake was thrown a lot harder by Earl's attack than he would've liked to think he did.Before he knew it, Earl was standing over him with an attack ready to be launched straight at him.For some reason his mind went back to when they were kids, back when he'd bully Earl, call him names, and always boss his around because he was stronger than he was.He then remembered the fight that happened back in the entrance exams, the
"Flaming lotus!" Said Earl. "Vortex!" Said Jake. "Whoa!" Said Sidney, "what the hell are those moves?" He asked. "I don't know... But this is getting fun," said Crystal.Both Crystal and Sidney knew that Earl was going to lose the contest no matter what. It didn't really matter what happened when it came to him, he'd already lost two matches, nothing could make up for that now.However the situation for Jake was different. If he won, he would 'officially' be the strongest soon to be second year student in the entire school.Earl wasn't fighting to win, or at least not to win the current mini tournament they were all having. He was fighting for his pride, he was fighting to win and prove himself.Jake was fighting for the same reason. For the longest time he'd been on top of Earl when it came to power and fighting prowess. Ever since Earl got his alchemy, he'd been growing extremely fast, but he still hadn't been able to beat Jake once.This fight wasn't just for the title of strongest
As the smoke cleared from the battle fought, on the floor was Jake and Sidney, both with satisfied looks on their faces.Earl and Crystal had their mouths held open in complete shock. They had a feeling the match would end quickly, but not in one attack.Both of them had their mouths held open in complete and utter shock and confusion. Crystal slowly turned to look and Earl, and Earl slowly turned to look at Crystal."That was..." Said Earl, "... So cool," said Crystal. Their shocked expressions slowly turned into huge smiles."Those guys are crazy," laughed Crystal. "I know right... They're even crazier than I am," said Earl with a huge smile on his face.Both of them hopped down from the training dummies and made their way over to the middle of the training grounds.Sidney and Jake were both huffing and puffing on the floor, breathing heavily. Blood ran down the side of both their faces."Wh-what... are we gonna... do now?" Said Jake. "What do you mean?" Said Sidney, "I won that fig
The explosion was large and huge, far bigger than what anyone was expecting. Not Jake, not Sidney, not Crystal, not Earl.However as the dust slowly settled, the aftermath came into view. The dome of crystals that Crystal had made to protect herself from Earl's attack was shattered to pieces, with only a few stems of crystals sticking out of the ground.Earl was standing there, with his hand held out, and with dust all over him. He began coughing as he waved his hand in front of his face, trying to clear away the dust.It didn't work very well. Earl opened one eye, looking at the place where Crystal was supposed to be. The dust hadn't cleared up, and as a result, he hadn't seen her to confirm she was down.'On second thought, maybe I used way too much firepower,' thought Earl, 'I hope she's okay,' he thought to himself.As he looked down into where she was once—the shattered dome of crystals, he saw a silhouette, one that closely resembled Crystal. It wasn't moving, and it was laid d
Sidney was there, holding himself up using nothing but one of his hands, and with a crystal spike not too far away from his throat, he accepted whole heartedly that he lost the fight."I can win her in close quarters combat," said Crystal. "That's probably what you were thinking right?" She smiled. Sidney couldn't help but see the irony of the whole situation.He'd known that the Lloyd's were stronger than normal, but he'd put his hopes in his enhanced body holding out. And it was the right call at the end. He bet on himself and won.His enhanced body proved strong enough to withstand the 100% force of the Lloyd's, but what he'd misjudged was Crystal's battle iq.She waited for the instant his hand made contact with the floor and picked her moment to strike perfectly.As Sidney remained upside down, he dispersed the mana he'd gathered in his throat, allowing the tiny alchemy circle to show itself.A mouth came out from the alchemy circle, biting repeatedly like a pair of jittering tee
Earl was panting on the floor, pinned down by a butt load of straw, which doubled as the other end of Sidney's arm.Earl messed up. He'd let the curious side of him out too much, egging Sidney on to press on the offensive. This was what ultimately caused his failure. Earl hadn't even shown all the tricks he had up his sleeve. But to be fair, neither had Sidney, both men had simply fought, and one ended up being the winner.Earl didn't feel bad in the slightest though. The thrill of fighting Sidney for the first time left him with a smile on his face."That's the match!!!" Yelled Jake, "Sidney wins, and Earl loses!" He added. "You're amazing, Sid," said Earl, wide grin on his face as he remained pinned down. Sidney reverted back to normal, the straw dissipated.He walked over and held out his hand, "that was a lot harder than I expected," he smiled. Earl grabbed his hand, Sidney pulled him up."So you can like, transform into Gy now?" Asked Earl. "It's a new spell I got," said Sidney
Chapters 225: A winner, Earl Vs SidneyCrystal still stayed in shock as she slowly turned her head around to see Jake. He had most likely used his wind to slow his fall so that when he landed next to her it would sound like he was farther away.She was still completely capable of fighting. They'd only just started the fight after all, and she hadn't shown all she had to offer, but the fight was already over.If this was a real fight to the death, he would've lopped off her head in that moment. Perhaps she was just overconfident before, but she'd been sloppy in her first match.No, she couldn't even make herself think she would've done better. There were still two people she would fight later, she could show more of her power then.As for now? She'd totally lost. A smile sat on her face. "Whoa... You weren't playing around," said Crystal. "I kept your face in tact, now you can seduce Henry another time without worrying about how pretty you are," Jake smirked."You think I'm pretty?" As
The rules of the mini-tournament were clear enough for everyone to follow. Whoever won the most battles would be the winner, and the ones who lost the most would be the fourth strongest.Though it wasn't completely official, it was still going to be had. The four of them knew that the difference in power between them would most likely be miniscule at best.Crystal was a natural talent, and she came from the family of the Lloyds, known for being incredible combatants. She was bound to be one of the strongest in the school from birth alone. Jake was the epitome of hard work. Luck was on his side from the beginning, so he was something of a big fish in a small pond.But now that he'd been introduced to the river, he still held his own. Wind alchemy wasn't seen as something incredible or noteworthy by most, but Jake had changed that fact in the minds of the students.He'd held his own as one of the strongest people amongst them, and he didn't look like he would stop growing anytime soon