Chapter 8: Duel
Mike pulled Loki closer. "What's wrong with you!"
At that moment, everyone from the cafeteria went silent except Clara. She walked at the moment Loki spit on Mike's face. When she saw what had happened, she instantly threw herself between them.
"Get your hand off of him!" she screamed.
Mike wiped the spit off his face and stared at Loki.
"What, are you going to chicken out?" Loki continued
"He's not himself these days! And... And it's my fault!" Clara cried. "I shouldn't have forced him to fight me!"
"Not himself?!" Mike yelled at Clara, "That doesn't give the right for this loser to be a jerk!"
"Please!" Clara pleaded.
"Tsk. Fine." Mike clicked his tongue and decided to walk away. He gazed at Loki and said, "You're a lucky loser."
Meanwhile, Loki was standing and staring with annoyance on his face. He wanted to start a fight, yet this girl stepped in. He thought to himself, "Should I just kill her?"
"Clara..." Loki whispered. "What's your problem?"
Clara looked surprised at Loki and yelled with tears in her eyes. "What's my problem?!"
"Tsk." Loki clicked his tongue and walked away.
"This is bullshit!" Loki kept cursing in his head. He thought this would be one of those novel moments where it would be easy to start a fight. But then again, he realized this was his life. This is real life. Unlike in novels, people here have a moral sense. When Clara said Loki was unwell, Mike felt pity for him.
"Tsk." He clicked his tongue again.
But then he heard someone calling out for him. "Yo, Loki!"
Loki looked back and saw a guy who seemed younger than him. But he does not have memories of him, so he didn't know who this was. "Who are you?"
"A challenger!" a guy smirked. "I challenge you to a death battle. Do you accept?"
"Okay." Loki's mood turned to excited mode. Death battle. That means lots of blood and money.
"Alright." The guy grinned wider. "Let's go to the arena."
When Clara and Julia noticed this, the two instantly turned pale. They knew the person who challenged Loki. His name was Drake Winston. A number two esper in the school, with a highly enhanced reflex and ability to manipulate wind. He is known to be very cruel and never passes a chance to fight someone, just for killing.
The two wanted to stop them, but Darvin lost his patience and knocked them out with two clean punches into the heads. Then he dragged both unconscious girls out of the cafeteria.
While Darvin was dragging the two girls, Darvin called the nurse and asked her to pick them up.
The duel was about to start, and Darvin went to the betting booth. He used all the money he had saved. "You better win, dork!". He found himself a seat to watch the fight. To his surprise, hundreds of students came to see Loki's death. They were cheering Drake and shouted, "Kill him!"
"Bunch of assholes." Darvin frowned. "Let's see who will die here."
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"So, you planning to kill yourself, haha!~" Drake laughed when Loki entered the arena. "You should thank me for the help."
"Well..." Loki scratched his neck awkwardly. "We'll see who is the suicidal here."
"You know..." Drake stopped laughing. "If you will beg, I might consider leaving you alive..."
But Loki just pulled out the pocket knife. "Likewise, if you beg... I might let you live."
Drake stared at Loki with wide eyes. He quickly recovered. "You asshole!"
The crowd was cheering, "Drake, kill that loser." "Kill him, kill him!!" "Kill the punk!"
"Do it now!" Drake yelled. "Beg!"
"Stop talking!" Loki replied without hesitation. "You're making me bored here!"
Without thinking twice, Drake took out a dagger from his jacket. And the next moment, he was gone from his spot. Drake reappeared behind Loki and stabbed him in the neck.
"This is what you wanted!" Drake shrieked angrily.
The crowd loudly applauded while Loki collapsed onto the floor. The blood was streaming out of his neck. The crowd began cheering even louder. However, the crowd went silent when Loki stood up again. They couldn't understand how a powerless person could survive that. They began questioning. "What?", "How is he still alive?", "is this Loki?".
Everyone looked at Loki with confusion. But their questions became more confused when they saw Loki smile.
"He... He started using it..." Sara was among the crowd, and she knew what was going on. "It's over..."
Sara was one of the rare magicians born with a superpower. Her power was a future sight. She knew how powerful Loki's ability was and what he would do with it. So she did everything to ensure he would never learn about this ability. However, she knew that it was too late now. She cursed and blamed Clara for this. Because she heard the rumors that Loki's personality changed after the head injury, and she believed it couldn't be a coincidence that Loki awakened his power just a few days later.
Drake continued cutting and slashing Loki, but Loki stood patiently and endured the pain while smiling as the wounds kept healing instantly.
As Drake tried once more to stab Loki, he got thrown back by a blast of wind from Loki's right hand. Drake fell to the ground. Everyone looked stunned, and nobody knew what to say or do. They could only continue watching Loki as he made a couple of steps forward. The crowd looked worried.
Even though they thought Loki was crazy, nobody wants to watch another guy get slaughtered. They watched in silence as Loki walked to Drake. He stopped next to him and pointed his palm at Drake.
"Die," Loki smiled maliciously at Drake.
Drake's body began glowing red. "No, no, no... It's not fair! You hid your powers!"
But before he could finish the sentence, his body burst into flames. The fire spread through the whole arena and faded the next moment. Darkness engulfed the entire stadium.
"Damn it!" Darvin laughed. "We're fucking rich!"
Everyone around them stared in disbelief. Darvin grabbed the mana gems he won from the bet. He was supposed to get coins. However, it was such an enormous amount of money receptionist decided to use gems instead.
After leaving the arena, Loki skipped school, ran home, and collapsed on his bed. "Ugh..." He sighed heavily. He was exhausted.
Suddenly, Loki opened an eye. But he was not inside his room. He was in a forest. He could feel a presence in front of him. But whose? Next, he heard a voice calling for him.
"Roger?"
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