Sidney and the Dragon bandits were soaring through the air. Inside of Jade D, a vehicle that looked like a cross between a jet and a bus, they soared roughly 100 meters in the sky.The sound on the inside of Jade D was loud. The air crashing into the vehicle, the heavy engines keeping the thing flying, it was all way too loud.Sidney was shocked that this thing could fly in the first place. But Viking proved to be a better engineer than Sidney had thought him to be.Spike and Viking were at the pilots seat, flying the thing. Veronica and Ronda sat at a table playing poker, both fully loaded with weapons.Jester was eating his chips quietly, sitting down in between Wolfgang and Hans, who were currently arguing about something.Julian and Sidney were leaning up against windows on opposite sides of the room, looking down.Sidney had binoculars in his hands. Down below it finally came into view, the place they were headed for.The city looked fairly large. What closely resembled people, b
Earl stood dazed for a moment. He was roughly 6 meters away from chief Uvo, and he had Tyger in his hands, but he couldn't believe it.Chief Uvo had a spear made of blood running straight through his chest. And standing in front of him was none other than Dia, the blood Alchemist, clutching the other end of the spear.The chief was stabbed? Was the chief going to die!? Why the hell was Dia here!? The ORA... Of course they'd be responsible for something like this."DAD!!!!" yelled Tyger as he broke free from Earl's grasp, "grab the child!!" Yen's voice rang loud and clear in his head."Tyger!!" Earl reached out and grabbed Tyger, pulling him back as his eyes zeroed on Dia. The second Earl pulled him, a blood spike flew straight into the ground where Tyger once was.Earl shot a glare at Dia. "YOU!!!" He said, almost growling in a cold and sinister tone. Dia finally realised who it was that stood before him."That white hair... That scar on your left arm... How could I miss it?" Smiled D
A huge gust of wind swept the entire arena as Dia took off with Earl in tow. "EARL!!!!" Sidney yelled at the top of his voice, looking up at Dia.His heartbeat was racing, he couldn't believe his eyes. He felt happy, angry, worried, anxious, he felt all sorts of things at the moment.It was so confusing. He didn't know that humans even had this many emotions. "Dia! The ORA sent Dia!!?" Thought Sidney as he watched them get farther and farther."Shit! I finally found you and this happens," said Sidney as he clicked his tongue. "Who are you!!?" A Drakeman soldier asked as he pointed his spear at Sidney.Sidney turned around, that's when he realised he was surrounded. All the traitors in the arena were killed and on the ground, the allies had slaughtered them all.The chief's standing body was still at the centre of the arena. "This is bad," thought Sidney. "Spike said these guys hate humans... And Jester isn't here, I can't convince them I'm on their side," Sidney raised both hands."I
Standing on a pile of corpses was Spike and Jester, along with a few ally Drakemen warriors, all covered in blood and all panting."These men..." One of the Drakemen said, "where did they get this devil's magic?" He asked, turning to Spike."I've never seen a Drakeman use devil's magic by simply swallowing a blue liquid," he added. Spike shook his head, "it's not alchemy.""This is something else. Something a lot more sinister and disgusting," said Spike. "Something isn't right either. Drakemen can't use alchemy because they basically don't have any mana in them. But there's definitely mana in Storm... But it's not normal mana." "What do you mean?" Asked the Drakeman, "this is a drug. It's made with mana but it's not alchemy, and I don't think it simply 'gave' your people the ability to use alchemy, it only strengthened them," said Spike."And if we don't find and take down all these Storm users, it could be really bad," he added.Jester turned to Spike and pointed in a certain direc
Emilia was inside the old broken down house. The inside of the house was a stark contrast to the outside however.The floors were swept, not a single cobweb was in sight, and Emilia was sat down on the floor in a certain room, with a book on the floor in front of her.She still hadn't learnt how to read all the characters in the book, the chief hadn't taught her all there was to know yet, but the little she understood kept her entertained.Not to mention, the book had an abundance of pictures. She still didn't know why the chief had taken her from the hands of Mrs Catherine, but she was grateful.All the time she'd been given had given her wounds time to heal, and she'd been able to learn a lot in a relatively short time.No one except the chief had been visiting her, and he'd bring food, books, and a few other things for her from time to time.She was strictly warned never to leave, and she'd listened to that rule completely, never trying to even open the door to see if it worked.A
Tyger was stationed outside the house, hiding behind a rock. Eight of them, they were eight traitors with red marks on their foreheads.He'd heard a loud scream coming from the inside, and he'd seen one of them get scolded for looking into the house.Emilia was in danger. The more he hesitated, the worse things would get. He didn't have any time to waste.He'd thought up multiple plans, but no matter what he'd thought up, he'd always see himself getting killed by the end of it.He was weak. He knew he was weak. But still, that wouldn't stop him from trying. Fighting eight Drakemen warriors? And they were all armed?No plan could account for a small boy winning, not in the short notice he had. So he decided on something he would've never considered in the past.Now that the entirety of Wyvtenament was in turmoil and chaos, now that each Drakeman fought or ran for their lives, now that his father was dead... He was done being a coward.He took a step forward, coming out from behind the
Sidney was rushing as fast as he could. He had a rough idea of the direction that Earl headed, and he would try his best to get there.Kipple, the chief of the Drakemen, ran beside him. They'd passed a horde of enemies on their way here, but the both of them were incredibly strong.Sidney knew the Drakemen were stronger than humans on a normal day, but this Drakeman, the chief of them, he was a cut above the rest.If they'd fought Sidney could tell; it'd be a tough fight and he'd be able to injure him, maybe even fatally if luck was on his side, but ultimately he'd lose.The gap wasn't too big, but it was apparent enough for one to be clearly stronger. Perhaps in the future he would be stronger, no, he definitely would, but for now he had to settle on being weaker.They began heading in a direction Kipple remembered. "I remember this place," said Kipple, "you live here don't you? I'd expect you to," said Sidney."This was where we first met him," said Kipple, Sidney turned to him, "Ea
Sidney and Kipple were currently locked in battle against the three eyed man and C9. It didn't take much in terms of picking opponents.Kipple was taking on C9, and Sidney was taking on the three eyed man. This took place moments before the final fight between Earl and Dia concluded.The fight lasted no more than a minute. The reason was simple; The ORA underestimated them."I'll kill the you as the blunder that you are, child!" Said the three eyed man, "I'm in a rush, so I'll make this as quick and painless as possible," said Sidney.Sidney slammed his foot into the ground and gathered mana in his hands. Blood began dripping from his toes.He drew an alchemy circle using his toes, one made from his blood. Out of the alchemy circle jumped out Berry, the bioluminescent jellyfish.During his training with Spike, he learnt a valuable skill, one that he wouldn't have had he not been with the bandits.Mana and Ki are very similar yet very different. Each grants power, but said power does v
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