Boom!!!
An explosion rang in kel's head, he was both enraged and embarrassed at the same time.He had planned to mock nigo till he retaliated but got triggered instead.
"Pffffft"
Laughter resounded among the kids who were present, they were all expecting to see nigo being mocked and not do anything but who would have thought that nigo would reverse the situation?
"I never thought nigo had a glib tongue, he absolutely demolished kel's plan" someone said
"Hahahaha...... I never knew that nigo would speak up"
"He has always been a quiet person who doesn't get involved in a scuffle no matter what, who would have thought that he would be this good when it came to insulting people"
"Karma has finally caught up with kel today"
Words of mockery filled kel's ears from all sides alongside laughter.He was being mocked in front of the whole section, his pride was being trampled upon and all this was because of one person; Nigo!
He looked up to see nigo's face and nigo was smiling at him with disdain.His last thread of tranquillity broke as he couldn't take it anymore.
BOOM!!!
Kel took off with his energy surging in his utility network, he made his attack with his hand stretched out to grab nigo by the neck.
Whoosh!
Ejiro who had been prepared for the worse case scenerio grabbed Nigo and dashed to to the side with a movement skill
Bang!!!
Kel missed but the shock wave affected those of weaker utility strength than himself, they felt an oppressive might assault their bodies.
He was shocked for a moment before hatred overcame his rationality. Normally a user in the beginner domain can not be compared to one in the staff domain but Ejiro was different as he trained only on movement skills since he joined the school, according to him: Having good speed would increase the speed of his research, so he didn't learn any other skill except his movement skill.His movement skill wasn't any ordinary skill, it was a special ice movement skill that zara gave him in the past and he had mastered the basics and move to the advanced style of the technique. With his speed currently he can match users at the A- tier Staff domain how much more kel who was just at the D- tier of the staff domain.
Nigo and Ejiro who were closest to the shock wave were not faring any better as Ejiro was sent flying for some meters before coming to a stop.Nigo felt his internal organs ache as his body couldn't stop shaking due to the power of a staff domain user he just experienced.
Ejiro shoved him behind before saying "Kel, do you plan to fight in here without care for you getting punished with expulsion?"
It was known to the students that using utility energy on a fellow students was punishable by expulsion from the school no matter who your parents were. It was a rule that had no regard for status as the school did not belong to any individual or nation and was run by teachers from all over the world. So why would any child dare to fight and risk being kicked of the school?
Kel looked at him with hate filled eyes, he shifted his gaze to nigo behind him, he pointed at him and shouted "I don't care what happens to me after now but no matter what,I must make you pay!".
How could he let nigo go without making him pay for the insult he had received? even if he got expelled he still did not care anymore! the only thing on his mind right now was to hurt nigo badly.
"Aren't you scared zara would beat the pulp out of you,if you harm nigo?" Ejiro said with gritted teeth, he glanced behind him to see nigo's calm gaze, he was surprised because the nigo he knew would never rely on the power of others to solve his problems that's one of the reasons for him ignoring a lot of things people say about him. He knew zara would jump in to fight anyone who dares to lay a hand on him but he didn't want her to experience unnecessary troubles because of him.
"Heh..... why will I care about that witch" kel responded and then clenched his fist. Flames erupted around them then he took his stance ready to attack.
Boom!!
A red gate appeared behind him,it had two bars a the sides and at the middle,it had the symbol of fire at the center.
Boom!!!
The silhouette of a yellow coloured gate appeared behind Ejiro as his energy surged,wind began to orbit around him. The gate was similar to that of kel's gate with the only difference being the symbol of wind replacing that of fire in the middle of the gate.
BOOM!!!!
Kel dashed towards nigo and ejiro.
Ejiro poured utility energy into strengthening his defence and dash to meet kel head on.
Flames surged around Kel's fist as he threw a punch with no special technique at ejiro.
Normally dodging such an attack from such level of user strength would be an easy thing for ejiro but he couldn't dodge it as nigo was behind him.
Ejiro released wind utility energy to cover his hands as he made to grab kel's fist with both arms
B A N G! !!
The collision of utility energy resounded in the air,the energy around Ejiro's arm dissipated with kel's fist still flying towards his chest. Although the attack had lost eighty percent of it's power the remaining utility energy was enough to do serious damage to Ejiro.
Bang!!!!
Ejiro was sent flying backwards for some metres before stopping.he dropped to one knee and spat out blood from his mouth.he looked back to see nigo standing there and said "What are you still doing here? hurry up and run!"
Every kid present was expecting nigo to take the initiative to run as far from the area as possible, even if they knew that ejiro would still get beaten. But nigo stood there and didn't move, he clenched his teeth but his gaze remained calm; How could he abandon his friend and run away while he suffers because of him?
He said "That's enough ejiro, I can't let you continue to suffer for my sake"
"!!!" Ejiro was shocked, even the kel who had lost his sanity was surprised by nigo's guts.
Nigo's words caused everyone present to feel shock once more as they wondered to themselves: if this is the nigo they knew
They didn't know if it was due to loyalty or due to foolishness but one thing was certain for sure and that is the way they saw him had changed
Kel made to move forward but ejiro grabbed his feet and screamed at the top of his voice "unless you are ready to kill me right now, you aren't going to lay a hand on him!"
"What are you doing, I said don't sacrifice yourself for me anymore" Nigo said without hesitation because he knows his friend.
"Hehehehe...." kel laughed menacingly as he looked at ejiro who had grabbed his feet before releasing fire utility energy and clenched his fist "since you choose to add your self to the abuse list, how can I refuse?"
He threw a punch at ejiro with all the power in his body as he planned to knock him out so he could beat nigo.
BOOM!!!
"Ah!!!" A shrill scream filled the air as the explosion resounded.it was not the voice of ejiro as everyone had expected but the voice of kel.Yes! It was kel's voice
Suddenly, the temperature in the room decreased and an oppressive aura filled the air of the hallway.This aura was as cold as ice and caused shivers to go down the spines of everyone present.
Even nigo who was standing by expecting the residual aura from kel to hit him was shocked, as well as ejiro who was kneeling on the floor holding kel's leg
Kel stopped his shout but his arm still felt like it was being pierced by needles, he could not withdraw his hand because the figure before him was still holding his fist.His pupils shrank when his eyes met with the gaze of the figure.
"T...... Th.......That's !" The kid who wanted to shout swallowed his words.It was because the person who had appeared before them was the most popular kid among the nascent section,a genius that only a few people could stand shoulder to shoulder with, it was non other than the number one girl in school Zara.
"So you called me a witch didn't you?"
Zara said in a voice filled with icy anger, she looked at ejiro who was struggling to stand to his feet and then shifted her gaze to nigo who was standing behind her.She examined both of them with her energy to know if there was any serious injury on them.After noticing that there was no major injuries she heaved a silent sigh of relief and turned to look at kel.
Kel was still in shock and fear as he didn't know how to answer her question.
"How dare you harm my friends!"zara said this time with an icy hatred in her eyes
"I......it was.......I........."kel stammered as he felt an immense pressure envelope him. It felt like a heavy stone was against his chest.even in the hall everyone could barely breathe as they felt their lungs freezing except nigo and ejiro.This is the power of an S -tier staff domain user.
"I....Ha!"
Boom!!
Kel tried to struggle free from her grasp by forcefully releasing flames but how could the power of a D -tier staff user be compared to an S- class staff domain user? just as the flames ignited they died down instantly.
Zara looked at him and made a slight push with her arm and
B A N G! !!
Kel was sent flying to the crowd behind him and they all fell to the ground with him.
"Augh...." kel groaned as he struggled to get on his feet, zara didn't pressure him with energy,she let him continue until he was on his feet.
Blood trickled down his lips and nose as he looked at zara
"Apologise to them now!" Zara said giving him a leeway which shocked everyone except her two close friends. that was because zara was very lovable but when you get on her bad side she was indeed like witch.
Nigo and ejiro were not surprised because they knew zara was trying to humiliate him before sending him to the infirmary with more beatings that is.
Kel's eyes widened he said "I am"
Boom!
Flames exploded from his hands and he sent a flame storm towards zara, the silhouette of the fire gate appeared behind him.
"Fire art:sweeping flames of fury....Ha!"
Whoosh!
The flames flew from his arms and swept the ground like a broom till it got to zara. After that, kel turned around to make an escape but zara wasn't surprised she had expected him to do something like this, his plan was to use the attack to create an opening for an escape.
Zara simply tapped her feet lightly and then ice utility energy formed ice from underneath her feet and began to make it's way towards the flames
Tssssss!
The sound of ice quenching fire came from the collision and the flames disappeared. Everything happened so fast that kel had not even moved an inch before his flames dissipated.
Zara didn't move she just stood there watching him run away and then a grin appeared on her face "I gave you a leeway to resolve this without violence but you attacked me instead and tried to run away"
Whoosh
Zara disappeared leaving behind a silhouette of an ice image and appeared before the escaping kel grabbing him by the throat
Everyone present were shocked at the speed zara just displayed. They had never seen such instantaneous movement skill before, nigo didn't see her move but his face was calm because he knew what that technique was. It was the "Ice Reflection shadow".
An ice technique that forms the image of the user and reflects it to the destination of the user wants to appear. like a mirror reflecting one's image.
Ding!
Shards of ice appeared around zara and then she willed them to piece kel's body while holding him in the air
Pffffft
Blood flew out of the holes in his body, his arms,legs and abdomen were pieced by ice.
"Apologise! "Zara commanded but before kel could respond she threw him away
Bang!
He hit the floor and slid before he came to a stop twenty metres away from her, he coughed out blood as he rolled on the floor in pain, blood flowing out of the bloodied holes that filled his body.
Bang!! Bang!!! Bang!!!
"Apologize!" zara kept yelling and kicking him about not waiting for him to speak up.
She infused utility energy into his body to prevent him from passing out as she continued her one sided massacre.
Chapter notes!
Ice Blue: the Domains have tiers between them, ranging from the S- tier to D - tier. Except the beginner domain which ends with E- tier.
The list goes like this:
S - tier
A - tier
B - tier
C - tier
D - tier