Ohma paused the TV and was blankly staring at the screen. That place was once used to be his hometown he was sure of it. Even media was showing the same name as his hometown. It wasn't Coincidental. A moment later he jumped up from his bed and ordered the AI to show the same news. It was a reel hardly of 10 seconds but ohma repeated it multiple times. The same name, same signboard and same buildings but it was all ruined. As he continued watching the video repeatedly his hands started shaking out of anger, his irises became yellow while pupil turned red. His canines grew longer touching his lower lips. The nails increased both in length and sharpness, his muscles tightened to the extreme, if anyone could observe ohma right now they will be able to see that some of his veins were completely turned golden his blood was changing. No it wasn't pure gold it also contained black specks intermixed with golden. His blood was turning golden-black. Both the colours were trying to assert supremacy over the another and in return led to creation of more of this new blood. In this tug of war ohma was the one that benefitted the most. But he didn't cared about it. His anger was already making him blind.
BAM
He smashed both the AI and TV. His breathes were ragged and his height kept increasing along with that his power, bloodlust and madness was also increasing.
Suddenly everyting stopped ohma's height which increased due to his half transformation subsided, the weins on his body disappeared, his canines and sharp fingernails ready to tear apart everything returned to normal. Only his eyes remained same containing that beastly look in them.
Taking a deep breath ohma controlled his emotions and got dressed. Leaving his room he started making his way through the lobby and arrived before another room. This room belonged to 'MIKE TAKOR' a section 7 cadet just like him. He gently knocked the door and after some time someone opened it. The one opening the door was a girl named 'NINA' she and mike had good friendship. she was a tall girl with short black hair. She was also ranked in top 100 cadets of this academy though that wasn't entirely what she was capable of being a rank 14 warlock.
"What do you want?" she asked him
"where's mike I want to meet him" ohma answered without hesitation
she nodded and closed the door. After some time she opened it and signaled ohma to get inside. Ohma went inside and saw a weak sickly youth was sitting on the sofa waving his hands at him. Ohma sat before him. The youth was in glasses with short black curly hairs.
" I've some private business with you" ohma spoke
Listening this Mike waved to Nina and she left without hesitation.
" There you go, now why you wanted to meet me?" Mike spoke unhurriedly while preparing coffee for the two.
" I want your help to hack the database of government and council" ohma spoke without batting an eye.
" That's a bombshell you dropped out of nowhere, but its not impossible give me more details" he inquired
Ohma ordered the AI present in Mike's room to show photos of the incident. He wanted to know everything about the incident including all the insider information present. This person Mike Takor was perfect for this job even before this he had broken through government protocls hacked government database multiple times and this was the reason he was in section 7 for the past 2 years.
" My fee is really high consider it carefully, you might not be able to afford it as you might already know the reason i'm in this shithole is because I tempered with government and council's information. If they found out I leaked their information again they might just get rid of me" he spoke blatantly.
" I don't have money"
" Then why did you come here?"
There was silence for a few seconds and the one to break the ice was none other than ohma
" I am strong"
" How much, are you saying you're strong enough to save me from the council" he mocked without a care.
" Strong enough to kill you, that girl hiding in the walls won't be able to save you"
with that sentence the air became tense and then Mike started laughing lightly. He wasn't trying to mock Ohma cause he already knew what ohma said was true. In this entire campus there wasn't anything that he didn't knew. He already knew about ohma's true strength. Mike took his safety as the utmost priority and having unstable elements wasn't to his liking so he always kept a look out for everything that happened in this academy. There were many like ohma hiding their strength but the growth ohma showed in this short amount of time was nothing sort of incredible and considering the level of danger his ability was giving him he had to update ohma's current renk to 17 or even 18 in his database, so he relented.
" very well but you will have to show your worth first. Defeat one of the top 10 champions of this academy and I will process this request of yours for free and further dealings could be made between us, by the time your match ends I would have retrieved the data from council" Mike replied in a dignified tone.
"I want everything related to that incident no matter how small it is, name of every suspect involved."Ohma nodded and once again confirmed his requirements and left.
After Ohma left Mike had a somber expression on his face. He was still in a dilemma weather to get involved with this person or not but he soon made up his mind.
" Ohma I've great hopes for you and this incident I hope its not just some small fry that would be a letdown." Mike hoped that the person involved in the destruction at the border should be some big fish so that he could have more dealings with ohma after all ohma was the person who might be capable of giving him what he wanted. The reason why Mike was still in this shithole of a country. Ohma might be the one to free him, maybe.
with that hope Mike got to work not knowing that this small deal he made with a newly awakened warlock will bring a storm which will wreck all without distinction and lead to the birth of a truly heartless beast.
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Ohma was walking through the lobby with his hands inside his pocket. He was in despair. He only felt this kind of despair once when Ema's husband had died after 4 year later when he was adopted by the couple as first child of the orphanage. That expressionless face Ema had made given him immense fear. Will she blame them, will she change and more importantly what if she harms herself. He was really afraid. He stayed with her for 3 days continuously not leaving her alone for more that 10 minutes. The fourth day it wasn't needed. From the fourth day she carried a gentle smile and tended to the children. Ohma swore that day he won't allow her to be sad again and did his best in everything. He did chores to not be a burden to Ema. He studied hard so that even in the town he could get a reputable post in town management. He made up his built to intimidate others with nefarious intentions and even fought with some. The only regret he had was he wasn't able to do anything to the killer of Ema's husband, even that was completed when he awakened. But it was all for naught.
Ohma wanted to surprise her after becoming a officer under the council or by joining some big organisation. That was the reason he wanted to leave academy after 6 months. But now there was no Ema no orphanage. But even now there was little hope inside him maybe by some miracle it was some other town, maybe there was someone from the orphanage still alive, he wanted to see with his own eyes. That was the reason he was headed towards the registration office for champions.
Reaching his destination ohma typed his information and chose his opponent. The officer recieved it with usual expression but the next second his eyes widened and he stared at ohma with shocked eyes.
" Are you sure you didn't misspell the name or are you trying to play a prank on me?" he asked in an inquisitive tone
" No I want to challenge the no.1 champion of this academy 'LAISON' and I am fully aware of it. There is no misspelling, please proceed." ohma answered without any change.
Ohma wasn't going to be indecisive anymore. He partially blamed himself for what happened. If only he had requested Solad at city Soma he would have definitely made some arrangements for his family but he was too stupid he was definitely going to make them pay. Whoever was responsible for this.
After ohma left the officer uploaded his request for the whole campus to see and informed Laison about it as well since that was procedure.
The whole academy was riled up since a challenger came out of nowhere to compete for the first position. That was truly bold of him. While anyone could challenge for any rank but it was norm to start with lower ranks since academy was only responsible for ensuring your survival but you might get crippled for the rest of your life and they won't take any responsibility for it. While injuries and limbs could be healed and regenerated using tech and drugs but sometimes even deaths happened in Arena and now some nobody came out of nowhere and challenged the no.1 champion of academy. Many were angry and irritated. Especially champions from rank 2 to 10 they were practically ignored.
But the most annoyed was none other that no.1 champion of Academy no.2 LAISON.