"Bastard, just who the heck do you think you are!?"
As expected, Kyke filled was with rage now, getting pushed into the wall like that was sure to get anyone riled up and he was already furious to begin with.
Just before Arsha could get close to him, three floating balls made out of earth appeared in the air beside Kyle but he didn't leave them like that.
In the blink of an eye, the earth balls transformed into short arrows, and without hesitation, he launched them at him, it was a battle in the classroom now.
Arsha didn't even try to do anything about the arrows allowing them to get quite close to hitting him but before he could actually do anything, a stream of lightning was blasted toward the arrows turning them to sand on the first touch.
"That's enough you two, stop this nonsense at once!"
Now there were three angry people in the room, Miss. Class representative felt that she had let things go too far and now she was getting involved.
Kyle shot her a death glare just like he did when she tried to get involved the first time.
"I told you to stay out of this, bitch." Kyle snarled.
He quickly formed five earth arrows at that moment and launched them all toward her.
Claudia did not attempt to dodge that, the lightning sparks her body was generating at that moment were enough to turn all five of them to sand.
"Your sister's the bitch, jackass."
That sure ticked her off well enough to shift her attention away from trying to stop them from fighting, now she wanted to zap Kyle even if it was just a little.
"Looks like I'll have to electrocute some sense into you."
"Claudia."
Jessica tried to call her roommate back to her senses but she was quite deep in her rage now to listen.
However, just as she took the first step toward Kyle, someone grabbed her by her left arm. The person standing closest to him at that moment was Arsha, so it was obvious that it was him.
"Didn't you hear him? He said you should stay out of this and I agree." He remarked.
Looking at that cold expression on his face mixed with rage gave her a quick flashback what happened on the day he knocked her out and that sure sent shivers down her spine.
Her confidence definitely got a massive slash there but still, she wasn't planning on backing down easily.
"Just what are you trying to do now?"
She sounded quite fierce and confident with that response but that was a totally different story inside. However, there was a way to get him to let go of her.
"Try increasing your electrical output and I'm going to melt your arm right off your body." Arsha threatened before she could even do it.
"Melt my arm off?" She gulped.
"He's going to do what?"
"This guy just keeps getting worse and worse."
"He really is the devil."
That comment was the only thing that was able to get a somewhat loud reaction out of the students present in the class at the moment and that was because what he just said he would do was something he could actually and given the way they viewed him, they believed he would actually do it if Claudia was foolish enough to meet the condition.
"Hey, what do you mean you'll burn her arm off?!" Jessica sprang up from her seat with a furious expression on her face. "Let go of her now." She demanded before joining both of her hands together.
"Your wind wouldn't scratch me and you know it so keep quiet and sit down before I blow your head off." Arsha snapped right back at her.
"Well, how about we find out?"
The room was suddenly filled with a strong surge of wind and it was obvious who was doing it.
The wind force was gathering all around Jessica now blowing her hair up and turning everyone's attention to her.
While all this was going on, someone was busy watching outside with his arms crossed.
"That makes four of them now." He smiled.
"Try preventing these from scratching you!"
Jessica was just about to launch her attack when she suddenly got lifted off the floor and pinned to the ceiling but she wasn't the only one.
Kyle, Claudia, Arsha, they were all pinned to the ceiling now.
"You kids sure love causing trouble, huh."
Everyone turned their gaze to the entrance at that moment as a man slowly stepped into the room.
"Sir. Gravin." The students gasped.
The man they were all looking at now was a man who seemed to be in his late twenties,
He had dark curly hair but with how somewhat straight it looked now it was obvious that he tried quite hard to keep it straight.
He had an oblong-shaped face with a well-defined jawline and he gave off a somewhat mysterious aura.
Well, that was because he had this habit of not sticking around for long for anything.
Gravin always had a silver-coloured suit on and today wasn't any exception.
"Looks like the four of you have been causing quite a commotion here." He said before looking up at the four who were still pinned to the ceiling.
Jessica looked quite embarrassed and unlike the other three avoided eye contact with Gravin.
Arsha was staring at him with a straight face, Claudia had an awkward expression on her face, and just like she always did, she tried to cover it with a smile.
Finally, Kyle didn't seem to be happy with this outcome and was shooting daggers at the teacher with his eyes.
"I see you're still as sharp with your tongue as ever, Arsha. Melting off the arm of a young pretty lady will end up devaluing her, try to think of the man that might marry her in the future, and blowing off someone's head will just kill them." He articulated. "Also, Claudia."
"Yes."
"I think I saw your body tremble for a second when he grabbed your arm, did anything happen between you two?" He asked bluntly.
"No, my body didn't tremble and why would you assume that something happened?" She responded abruptly.
She also had to put up a serious tone to make it sound believable.
"If you say so." He shrugged before turning to Jessica. "You could have stayed out of this Jessica but I'm glad you completed it."
"Huh?"
"What are you talking about, Sir. Gravin?" Claudia inquired but there was no response from him as he turned to Kyle.
"Finally, the catalyst of all of this, you must be quite upset that I decided to cut in just as you were about to take him out while the girls were distracting him." He remarked. "However, I think you should be thanking me."
"And why should I do that?"
"Let's see, what's the simplest way to put it." He responded with his hand on his chin. "You would be at the clinic now with a lot of burns on your body."
Gasps from the students quickly swept through the class as soon as they heard that and Kyle seemed more annoyed now.
"I have to say you're quite bold to upset the second and third ranked students in your class while they're in the same room, if Arsha had not stopped Claudia you would be at the clinic now but with a different kind of burn."
Listening to everything Garvin had said so far it was clear to the four above that he saw pretty much everything.
There was only one outcome whenever students were caught using their abilities inside the academic block of the academy and right now the four of them were waiting for Garvin to tell them what their punishment was going to be.
"Alright, I'm going to let the four of you down now," Garvin said before snapping his fingers.
Claudia was caught off guard so she ended up landing flat on her face, Arsha landed on his feet just like Kyle and Jessica used her wind ability to slow her fall.
The class sure had something to laugh about now and Claudia didn't like the idea of being a laughing stock
"You should have given us a heads up Sir. Gravin." She groaned as she slowly got up on her feet.
"No, you should try paying more attention, Claudia," Gravin responded.
They were all on their feet now and just before saying anything, Gravin scanned all of them carefully with his eyes.
Kyle still looked quite upset, Arsha looked as disinterested as ever, Jessica couldn't hide the mixed expressions of worry and embarrassment on her face and Claudia would put on that awkward smile anytime his gaze came toward her.
"How about we forget all of this happened?" Gravin remarked.
"Huh?" Claudia uttered with a confused expression on her face.
She wasn't the only one who was confused.
"He's just going to let them go?"
"If anything I want to see that Arsha get disciplined properly."
"Oh no, I want to see Miss. Self righteous get punished properly unlike what she was asked to do yesterday."
"You're going to overlook this?" Jessica inquired.
"No, I didn't say that, silly."
"Huh? But you…"
"I meant to overlook the fighting part, I'll just have to punish you guys for playing with your abilities in class, and the punishment for that isn't that much of a big deal." He explained.
"Oh."
"If you're going to punish us then just do it and stop playing these games." Kyle snapped.
"Who said I was playing games?" Gravin responded immediately. "If what you're saying is that you prefer the full punishment then I don't have any objections."
The only response Kyle could give to that was a huff before turning away from him.
"Alright then, follow me." He said before proceeding to start heading toward the door.
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"I don't understand, Sir. Gravin, you said we were only getting punished for playing with our abilities then why are we out here in the forest?" Claudia inquired.
She wasn't kidding, they had gone past the barrier and were now in the forest filled with beasts away from the academy.
"This isn't really a punishment, Claudia, I just want you guys to help me with something and your sins shall be forgiven." He disclosed.
"So you want us to help you fight beasts?"
"I'll explain in detail when we get there."
The other three seemed to be dragging their feet as Garvin and Claudia seemed to be walking ahead of them while Claudia just kept asking him questions, some of them being a bit personal.
"I had no idea they were that close," Jessica muttered.
"Seriously, you're surprised?" Kyle remarked.
"Huh?"
"She's like that with mostly all the teachers especially the male teachers, just your typical teacher's pet and I wouldn't be surprised if some of them gave her….."
"That's enough." Jessica snapped, interrupting him. "It's obvious that you don't think highly of her."
"And why would I think highly of a slut?" He retorted.
"What did you just call her?" Jessica fumed.
That air was starting to get a bit stale now and that was because she was boiling in her head.
She wanted to hit him with the biggest wind slash she could conjure but she was hesitant because she knew that would get her in more trouble.
Gravin seemed to have noticed what was going on as he stopped to turn his gaze to them at that moment.
With his attention on them now, Jessica calmed down allowing the air in the area to flow freely once again.
"Your sister's the slut." She muttered as she continued moving forward. "The girl you came to fight for today is also one."
"Alright, guys, I've gotten tired of Claudia's questions so do any of you have any questions? This is your last chance to ask me anything before we continue moving forward."
It didn't look like Kyle and Jessica had any questions but Arsha had his right hand in the air.
"Yes, Arsha."
"You said we're here because we used our abilities, right?"
"Yes, that's correct," Garvin responded with a nod.
"Well, I don't recall using my ability in class today."
"Yeah, that's true, he didn't use his ability," Claudia muttered.
"Oh yes, the only one who knew I was there from the start but refused to do anything, you've got quite the sharp eyes, Arsha."
That was a shocking revelation for the other three and now they had their gaze on him.
"You knew all this time?" Claudia inquired but there was no response from Arsha.
"You're getting punished for pushing Kyle like that but let's just stick with what I said earlier to avoid confusion." He said before turning away from him. "Your senses and physical capability seem to be better than that of a normal person, I wonder why."
They continued their walk after that and after just five minutes, they walked into an area free of the shade of the numerous trees in the forest and in front of them were two paths divided by huge trees and bushes making it for someone on one side to see what was going on on the other side
There were two curved hills on both sides but even standing on the highest point of that, it would be difficult to see what going on on one side from the other.
"Looks like we're finally here," Gravin revealed with a sigh of relief.
"This is our destination?" Claudia responded.
"Correct."
"Alright, so what are we supposed to be….."
She wasn't able to finish that statement as she sensed something move quite fast around the trees surrounding them.
Jessica noticed it too as she slowly backed into her roommate in a combat-ready pose.
Arsha didn't act like he noticed anything and Kyle just kept moving his eyes as fast as he could.
"Oh, I see you guys have noticed them too," Garvin remarked with an amused smile on his face.
"There's exactly fifteen of them." Claudia disclosed before the beasts could properly come into view.
"Yeah, but what tier are they?" Jessica inquired.
"They're Unique tier, all of them." Arsha disclosed.
"Unique tier, seriously?" Claudia tried to confirm but there was no response from him. "I guess that's not too bad."
"Here, I brought something for you guys."
They turned their gaze to Gravin at that moment to see a small portal open in the air and out of it came falling a gauntlet, a katana blade, and two long swords.
"I believe you'll be needing them for the time you're here."
"How did you get your hand on our weapons?" Jessica inquired with a shocked expression on her face.
The beasts decided to show themselves at that moment as they slowly stepped out of the shadows to reveal a pack of wild dogs.
They had a somewhat brownish fur and looked quite malnourished but that was just how they were, no matter how much they ate that wouldn't change. It was just like Claudia said, there were fifteen of them and they looked quite ready to devour them.
"There's no time for questions, Jess."
Claudia quickly picked up her weapon at that moment and charged toward the dogs, her body flickering with lightning sparks.
She was just about to close the distance when she suddenly stopped moving, her legs had been caught by the earth and to make sure she didn't escape easily, it stretched up to her things.
"What the?"
"Claudia?" Jessica gasped.
That wasn't the end of her getting trapped as she quickly got enclosed by four earth walls.
"This isn't good."
She knew something deadly was coming but just before anything could happen, one of the walls were smashed down and she was grabbed by her arm.
The earth binding her legs suddenly crumbled as she was quickly pulled out of there.
There was only one person in the group who would smash through an earth wall like that and now she had her head on his chest as her breathing spiraled out of control.
That was quite a close call because looking at where Arsha just pulled her out from, there were numerous earth spikes there now, those would have killed her if Arsha had not stepped in when he did.
"Thank you." She muttered under her breath before letting go of him.
'I had to do that, I wouldn't hear the end of it if Sis finds out I let you die to Unique tier beasts while I was close by to do something.'
"Nobody charges in like that against Earth dogs unless you're a powerful Earth user, of course, that's exactly what they want you to do so that they can trap you and crush you." Arsha articulated.
"Oh, I see, I guess I was careless."
'I guess that extensive knowledge of beasts is very useful when fighting them."
After seeing him smash through their earth wall like that, the beasts were a bit hesitant to attack but he wasn't the only one they were wary of, they could sense certain things after all.
"In that case, they're all yours, Arsha," Garvin remarked. "You can do it right?"
Arsha wasn't too quick to respond as he let out a sigh before lowering his gaze a bit and at that moment he met Claudia's gaze.
"Hmmm."
After a few seconds, she got uncomfortable and turned away.
"Fine." He muttered before stepping forward.
The beasts launched multiple earth shards at them from every direction at that moment but just before they could get close enough to them, they all came crashing to the floor.
Arsha closed his eyes at that moment instantly turning his surroundings dark but he could still sense it, the mana aura coming from every living thing specifically but his focus was mainly on the fifteen beasts.
"What's he doing?" Jessica muttered.
He tapped his right foot on the ground at that moment and just where the beasts were standing, hydro threads came bursting out from the ground.
None of them could escape the threads, it pierced through them and now they were all hanging mid-air growling in pain while trying to break free.
"What?" Jessica gasped.
Claudia had a shocked expression on her face, Kyle was trying quite hard to hide his bewilderment and Gravin was not hiding that amusement on his face.