*★ «CHAPTER THREE»★*
*Fighting the inevitable ones*
"Can't believe he stole your girl boss! Let's kill him"
The whole classroom fell silent.
No one dare speak. Every student froze, trembling on their sir – some find it difficult to breathe properly, some in great fear reached for the edges of their chair, preparing to run the moment things exploded.
A tall, muscular second year student, that's what he is. The faint aura around him distorted the air, proof of the terrifying strength he possessed. Students started murmuring in great fear.
"That's him" a student murmured "that's soul ... the guy who tore a training robot in half last semester"
"What's he doing here?" Another student murmured, shaking."someone is definitely in trouble..."
Behind soul stood Bam, the second ranked member of the inevitable ones.
He has a broad shoulders, dark tattoos glowing faintly across his arms – every inch of him radiated violent intent.
Seraphina gripped her skirt tightly as she trembled.
"Ethan" she whisper as quiet as she could. " let's run while we can.... please."
"So...." Soul faced Ethan, scanning him from head to toe. "You're the pretty boy who laid your filthy hands on my discipline?"
" Yes" Ethan said without hesitation.
Soul's grin widened, stretching into something cruel.
" Interesting. I can see you are not even scared" he gnashed his teeth." Or probably, you are acting tough because a girl is beside you"
Seraphina swallowed hard, her heart pounding violently.
"Anyway," soul continued, " none of that will matter since we'll be murdering you... and then I'll take my girl from you" he winked. "You can go cry in heaven if you want, lover boy" he laughed mockingly.
At this moment, the student had started murmuring in fear–some begging Ethan under their breath to just apologize, while some are cursing him for putting them all in danger, some can't even utter a word.
Soul dragged a chair with his foot and sat on it, leaning forward with his elbow on hs knees, resting his face in his palm.
"So tell me, pretty boy..." He said. "Did someone, by any means, give you an hint of what usually happens to anyone who messes with me?"
Ethan tilted his head thoughtfully.
"Hmmmm... Since you are a bully, I guess you usually apologize to them"
The entire class gasped in shock.
Seraphina pinched his arm in panic.
Bam froze mid breathe
Soul stood up angrily.
".... What?"
"What audacity?!" Bam thundered. " I should teach you how to know your place, you pretty fool!" Bam thundered.
"Can we quickly wrap this up, pls?" Ethan asked casually "you won't believe I haven't eaten since morning, and you are here wasting my time"
" Alright... " soul said, his voice dropping to a dead calm. "Since you are in a hurry to die, I'll deliver a quick death." "Bam! " he said. "I'm leaving this to you"
Bam raised his hand, gathering a massive burst of wind magic. In an instant, he launched it toward Ethan with the speed of sound.
The level of power that came out of that single strike was too much. Desk flipped, paper flew, the air shaked
Students screamed and run for cover
Ethan was standing there, yawning.
But then, the wind blast hit him.
Emanating dust that covers the strike.
No one saw what happened but everyone was very sure the attack hit him, and even fool was very assured he can never survive it.
The dust started settling, everywhere started becoming clearer.
"Wait..... What?" A student screamed. "how?.... How the hell is he still alive?"
Bam's eyes shook.
" H–huh...? Boss... what just happened"
" Seems you'll have to go all out bam. Don't hold back"soul said.
" Sure..."
Bam charged again, far more ferociously. His tattoo started glowing, aura flaring, magic crackling, it was as if all the force in the building was parked into his hand
The floor shattered beneath his leap.
The air screamed from the force.
He jumped with the reinforced punch, aiming at Ethan's skull.
Ethan sighed.
Immediately when the punch was about to hit Ethan, Ethan raised a finger.
GBAAAAAAM.
he tapped bam's fist with a single finger.
Bam fall back, hitting his head at the wall. His aura shattered like glass. He hit the floor on bothr hands, sweating uncontrollably
"W-what...... What the hell are you..?" Bam croaked.
"Just allow me eat in peace" Ethan said, dusting his shirt casually. "You fools just go around troubling people."he shouted.
" Will you shut up? You bastard." soul clenched his jaw, fury boiling.
"I will show you bastard, how brutal I can become when I'm angry."
He unleashed his aura– the classroom started shaking, windows cracked, student trembled, the intensity in the atmosphere could kill ordinary human.
"Soul is getting serious!" A student cried.
"No one survives when he gets serious!" Another voice said.
Seraphina hold Ethan's arm tightly, breathing heavily. "Ethan, you might be strong, but this is really dangerous"
Ethan turned to her and smiled gently.
" don't worry. I'm only playing with them"
Soul roared
"INEVITABLE STYLE: SOIL CRUSHER!!!!"
He dashed forward, faster than sound, his fist wrapped in black flame that scream instant death.
Ethan's expressions didn't change. while everyone panicked, he stood there, unmoved.
Immediately soul's punch was about to hit him, he vanished.
Soul punch hit the wall if the room, cracking and breaking the wall and glasses.
Before he could turn, Ethan was already behind him
"Too slow"
Ethan threw a punch, almost making the building to collapse. And when the punch hit soul, his body locked. The shockwave was enough to kill him.
He staggered, fighting for his life as he breath heavily.
The class went silent, too Shock to utter a word.
Who would believe the infamous inevitable leader could be dragging his life in the hand of a year one student and not even him only but his second in command.
Ethan calmly placed his hand on their shoulder
"I'm sure I can eat now." "And listen, If I found any of you bullying a student next time, I won't hold back that much" "I don't even understand why someone as weak as you would be bullying people" he stood up.
He turned to seraphina.
" I will be going to the food canteen first"
She quickly gathered her books and ran after him.
As they walked out, whispers erupted instantly:
" Who is he? "
" I'm sure I sensed no magic from him, what kind of monster is he"
" I Can't believe someone just humiliated soul"
And from the ground, soul trembled with rage.
"..... Ethan.. " he whispered.
" you just declared war"
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The news had circulated the whole school, everyone was shocked to hear that the fearsome soul was defeated with a punch from first year student. If some hadn't saw the videos, they wouldn't have believe. "Who would have believe such" a student said after watching multiple videos of the incident "you know I almost thought this people are unbeatable." Another one said "who's that guy?" That's the question everyone kept asking.
"The video had started trending online" seraphina said as she scroll through the screen of her phone. "what video?" Ethan asked reading one of the comics he borrowed in the library. "You and soul fight, ofcourse." She replied "soul?...... Can you remind me who soul his?" He rest his back on the chair, trying to remember who soul his. " huh?, You've forgotten already? leader of that guy that was bullying me" she describes, trying to remind him." Oh.. that big guy?.. what's up with him" he asked. "I think someone was taking the video when both of you were fighting and posted it" she assumed. "I see" he said flipping through another page of the book. "That's all you have to say?" She asked. " excuse you?" He raised his gaze from the book. " Who are you, for real?..... How can you beat the most fearsome student and still be this calm?" "Ok... that's it" Ethan said as he stood up "I'll be leaving first" he parked his book and started leaving. "What? Did you just ignore me?" She asked, quickly parking her stuffs. "See ya" Ethan waved his hand.
As Ethan closed the door behind him, he turned only to see a black-dressed man blocking his path. "Can you excuse me pls, you are standing on my way" he said staring at the powerful looking man. He was unable to see his face because the guy was wearing a mask.
"I see...." The guy muttered. " silver hair, red eyes, perfect build, stunning physics and this innocent behavior" the guy said raising his eyebrows." So...It was you after all"
" Sorry?... who are you" Ethan asked.
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