The refectory was lively this evening, it seemed unusually active. A party was going on inside the refectory hall. The hall was vibrating with loud voices of students.
Xero wondered what was going on inside there. He had a bad feeling about the refectory. For some reason he could sense dense arua arising from inside the refectory. He was only 6 feets away from the hall and he could sense the quantum of magic.
He walked into the refectory only to notice some students tied to a poles in the hall. And behind them were large boards. Each placed neatly behind each one of them.
There were about 40 students tied in the hall. All of them were brutally injured. It was then that Xero recognised the face of his roommate, Tenny.
His eyes widened in horror. Rage built up within him and he could hear his breaths loud. Then he looked around to notice five guys standing in the centre like the orchestrators of this mishap.
The crowd of students were cheering them on. Although some kept quiet while they watched. Xero stood at the entrance watching the torture unfold before him.
The first guy, a level 8 user with thick brown hair smirked and gathered magical energy in his left arm. The other four smiles at him as he took a step forward and within a second the refectory reverberated in effect to the blazing strike he had shot against one of the victims.
Then another guy walked up to the victim and dropped his palms against his chest. Suddenly the body mass that had just been blown off away was restoring instantly. He was a level 15 healer.
Xero then noticed that they were mostly level 1s, 2s and 3s. He gritted his teeth in anger. Why would they take this humiliation and torture this far? This was inhuman of them.
The level 8 was about gathering another wave of energy when Xero held his hands. Everyone stared in awe.
The guy took his time to notice the level on his watch. A level 1. That was pathetic. He smirked widely and decided to seize this opportunity to take a new puppet.
"Seems like we forgot a piece of artwork over here." The guy said smiling at the crowd.
Xero stared at him with pure rage and disgust. Then he swung his fist and aimed right for his gut but he moved away faster than Xero’s eyes could follow.
"Hey kid. Don’t think you can fight me off. I’m user superior here." He said from behind Xero.
Then he slammed his fist right into his back. He was sent skidding across the hall while he hit chairs and tables.
Xero tried to stand but his vision was blurry. He cursed himself as soon as he noticed his HP was 28. Then he turned back to notice that the guy was standing right before him.
Before he could take his time to process what was going on, the guy kicked him hard on the stomach. Blood gushed out from his mouth as he spat it on the guy’s trousers.
"Damn you. How dare you insult my uniform?!" He raged and then he gathered energy from his right hand was about shooting it into his ears when he was held back by a guy with silver hair.
"Romeo, you don’t want to spoil our fun do you?" The guy said and the Romeo looked at Xero with disgust before throwing him down to the ground.
"Set him up. He is going to lick my shoes this night." Romeo said in anger and flexed his fingers.
Xero grinned lightly. A familiar felling washed over him and he dashed towards Romeo. Before Romeo could turn his neck, he had dragged his hair backwards and his knee struck at Romeo’s skull.
Romeo dangled around for a while before he regained consciousness but before he could retaliate to the earlier hit, Xero charged at him.
He took a faint step forward just before sidestepping behind him and knocking him from below his feet. The next moment, Romeo was down to the ground.
Everyone gasped in shock. A level 1 had successfully brought down a level 8. How was that possible? They stared at Xero with doubts and disbelief.
"If you think in your wild dreams that I’ll let you have your way, you are joking." Xero said in anger as he stared at the other four students.
"Seems more agile than I expected. Don’t know if we should dispose of him quickly." One of them said and smirked.
"No. Not yet. Let’s help him play." The guy with the silver hair said and levitated himself above Xero.
"Let’s see how you fist fight against someone above your shooting range. I would really like to see you try."
Xero gritted his teeth in frustration. He knew there was no way in hell he could reach that height except he could fly. That was one of the things his system didn’t access to him.
Then he looked backwards to see Romeo gathering up a sizzling bright yellow energy. Xero stared at the both of them while the crowd watched in silence.
"I’m screwed."
[Murderous Intent Detected. Target confirmed]
[New Quest Loading...]
[ Optional Quest; Kill Romeo Desen]
[Accept Or Reject 16: 34: 45]
"What the hell?" Xero muttered in confusion.
Just then the energy shot at him and in that instant, he moved without his will, barely dodging the devastating blow.
He was still trying to balance his feet when something came from above him. He could swear he saw the air shift.
Then gravity fell upon him and he sunk into the ground. He tried to move his limbs but they seemed too heavy to lift. The gravity seemed to be centred on him alone.
"Damn it." He wanted to turn but the gravity pull was too much for him.
The silver guy smiled and looked at Romeo signalling him to finish him off. Romeo smiled and licked his tongue.
Just as he was about to strike Xero again, a thick voice echoed into the hall.
"No one moves within a ten meters radius."