Till the end, no one really knew why.. But that day, the day when all the remaining students of what would later be known as the Pike incident witnessed both their fellow classmates die and Ruby's mother being hanged in front of them, they weren't overcome by fear...No, for some odd reason, they were instead overcome by hate and anger... They had met what their greatest hindrance would be, and they faced it with crying eyes, and moving fists.**** Sidney slammed his foot down, and looked over at the Xavier seated on the floor with a smile on his face.Tears ran down Sidney's eyes as he wasted no time in taking his stance.Some mana had been recovered, along with a good chunk of health and stamina, and with the anger and sadness brewing through all of them, his head was filled with violent thoughts.Just then a memory flashed through his mind.He placed his fingers on glass, he was surrounded by water, or only what he could assume was water, at that point, he wasn't even a fully grow
Out of the 80 students who initially embarked on the visit to Pike village, only 22 students survived the coup d'etat.It was a devastating experience for the students to experience, fighting for their lives, watching their classmates die, it was a truly scarring sight.Both Xavier and the scar chinned man were apprehended by the prime general units, while the remaining students were taken to intensive care, and had to do so for two weeks after.Unfortunately, Spearhead survived, and was also apprehended. An additional 30 criminals were arrested, having the remaining 170 criminals all found dead, either by the teachers, prime general, or students.Not much was said to the students after that day, and Horace was duly informed on the outcome of what had happened.Seeing as the prime general lost his wife on the same day, Horace didn't have anything to say or do about his students death, but loathe the ORA even more.While Spearhead, Xavier, and all other remaining criminals were being q
Even after returning back to Wallace's Academy, the students attitude was still a depressing one, and almost none of the students had spoken at all.All the remaining 22 students, were now fused into one class, and had their class name be Phoenix, by way of coin toss.But even as Mr Stevens ans Miss Kayla both taught the students, no signs of change, or getting better took place.Both the teachers, and all other school staff were feeling bothered by this, and feared that the students would soon be overcome by depression.So, after discussing a few, a decision was reached.**** Earl and the rest of his class were all seated in their seats, learning from Miss Kayla.No one had said a word since, and they all had their eyes glued to the board as they learnt.'.... This sucks!!' thought Earl as he, and every other person in the entire class took their pens, looked down at their books, and began jotting down.'... Annie and Sidney both still sit next to me, and yet I can't look them in th
Earl, Sidney, Jake, William, Annie, and every other remaining student were all gathered outside in the assembly grounds. A few new personnel surrounded the students, and a few extra ones were guarding each individual places, like the toilet, dorms, classrooms, and so on.Although nearly no one knew of the location of Wallace's academy, these were all measures taken just in case.Earl had his head down and was sweating buckets as he stood in line.The events of three hour ago still played in his head over and over.Mr Adams told him everything, from the build up of the ORA, to the birth and rescue of Sidney, projects Genesis and Infinity respectively, to his father's repeated fated battle between he and Rai.And eventually to his fathers death.Flashback to after the story."so.... That's how he died huh?!!..." asked Earl with his head hung low.Mr Adams looked at the floor as well as he answered with a heavy heart "yeah..." A single tear drop left his eyes and fell on his hand, but
The crowd of students all stood shocked, standing in front of their eyes were the enigma's they knew nothing about, a group of students that were currently one of the best in the world.What's more, they were personally trained by an even bigger personality, Horace Glenn.When looking at the line of students, three aspects stood out in particular.One, they were all muscular, and not in a weird way either. Their muscles all complemented, completed, and cemented their looks and appearances.From the tallest male, to the shortest female, all of them all had nice looking bodies, as their builds were enough to tell anyone who looked at them, just how honed their abilities, skills and bodies were.Two, their aura's were intimidating. If not that Horace was doing the introductions, none of the students would be able to approach them normally.Three, their poses and faces. While some had smiling faces with attractive and friendly posture, some were grinning forcibly, while some looked like t
Ruby and Crystal were both standing in the middle of the court.The net had been removed, leaving just the outline of the pitch remaining, and whilst nearly everyone had taken seats in the stands, Earl and Leon we're sitting not too far away from the two ladies."... Sir, please can you-" "I thought I asked you to shut up!!!" said Leon in a stern voice, shutting Earl up.Earl then turned his attention over to the two girls in the middle of the circle in worry and anxiety.'... Just when I became friends with her too, shit!! shit!! shit!! This is not good..' thought Earl as he could do nothing but watch the two of them."... Ruby, please, we don't have to do this.." said Crystal as she raised her hands slightly in front of her and shuffled back a step. Ruby, not giving an answer simply squared up and stared down Crystal with a cold gaze."... Ruby, I said I'm sorry.. Please, I really am..." pleaded Crystal as she shuffled back another step.Ruby held down her head after hearing what Cr
Earl and the rest returned to class as instructed, and the day went by without neither Ruby nor Crystal returning back to the classroom. When Earl, Sidney, Jake and William we're headed back to their respective dorms however, they met familiar faces at the door.Standing in front of Earl and Sidney's dorm room were two people.The first was Leon Glenn, with his usual scary looking face and neutral demeanor, the other was a girl.She was slightly shorter than Earl, about 5'6 (Earl grew an extra inch through all these events, hence, making him 5'7)She had long, beautiful, black hair, which fell till her hips, with one chunk of hair covering half of her face.She had shining green eyes, sharp teeth, and big, long earrings.She wore a huge jacket over her clothes, and shorts.She had a huge smile on her face, more like a grin actually, a petty one, as she looked at Leon.It seemed as though she was teasing him or something, judging by the encounter the two were having.Both Earl and Sid
Leon, who was dragging Earl along, and Kelly, who carried Sidney up on her shoulder, both came to a stop as they approached a stone wall.In front of that stone wall, waiting patiently was a guy, a second year.He was really tall, about 6'6, he had black shaggy hair, and a dull expression, with bags under his eyes, a lot like Sidney actually."Leon!" called out the guy with a huge grin, contrasting with his overall gloomy expression."... Art, nice for you to join us" said Leon, as both he, Kelly, Earl, and Sidney's faces took a confused and awkward shape as they looked at who he held under his armpit in the air.Similar to how Kelly carried an embarrassed Sidney, Art, carried an angry and ranting Jake, in between his armpit."I told you to put me down you big oaf!!!!" yelled Jake as he kept hitting Art on his side."why are you carrying him like that?" asked Leon."he was proving difficult, so I decided to carry him, this way, he wouldn't be able to complain huh?" said Art with a beam
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