Somewhere inside the academy, three girls sat in a comfy-looking room with sofas placed in an L shape. A square-shaped, luxurious-looking table was placed in the middle, and a high chandelier illuminated the room. Additionally, a holographic TV was mounted on the wall.
"Heina, do you think your minions are through dealing with that Ethan guy?" An oval-shaped girl with braids and a petite frame said.
"They should be through by now," Heina said, with a profound smirk.
"Hey girls, I'm not sure why you have such hatred for that Ethan." I mean, just look how handsome he looks," a white-haired girl with a curvy hourglass shape said. One noticeable thing about her was the pair of beautiful red ruby eyes she had.
"Kya!" The white-haired girl screamed when a hand suddenly whacked her head.
"Sasha, why did you slap me?" The white-haired girl said, staring at the one with the braids.
"Why won't I when you are busy fantasizing about that Ethan guy? Remember, Quincy, he is the enemy," Shasa said in an annoyed tone.
"Is he? He is your enemy, not mine," Quincy said and focused on the holographic TV on the wall.
Shasha shook her head in submission. She didn't feel any hatred towards Ethan, but since Heina, the queen of their little squad, hated him, she too hated him, although it was just for show.
A loud sound echoed inside the room during their conversation.
"Are you expecting anyone?" Shasha asked Heina.
"Yes, it must be my minions," Heina said with a smile, and she rushed to the door.
Immediately after she opened the door, the bloody appearance of the leader of her minions appeared, and he fell towards her.
"What the?" Heina said as she quickly pushed the bloody figure off her body, but alas, the blood had already stained her clothes.
Seeing the commotion, Shasha and Quincy walked toward Heina, and their gaze landed on the bruised and battered figure on the ground.
" what? How? " Heina said, in disbelief.
Shasha had similar reactions too, but when she looked at Quincy, the latter had a smirk as if she liked the state Heina's minion was in.
"Don't tell me that Ethan-" Heina stopped when she noticed Quincy kicking the bloodied figure, and he was now lying on his back.
Immediately the bloody figure turned, their eyes fell on the deep bloody engraving on his chest. The engraving was in the shape of an alphabet, and out of curiosity, they read it aloud. "Hello, Heina. How do you like my gift? " Heina read, and her eyes fell to the lower region where there was another engraving.
"From Ethan Hawk."
After reading the last part, Heina's teeth clenched together, and she folded her small fist, drawing out blood before she screamed,
"Ethan!!!"
**
Meanwhile, in a dark room, several screens could be seen replaying the video of Ethan's fight with the other groups.
A figure stared at the fight with an intense gaze as if he was examining the fight.
"Ethan Hawk, you're a troublemaker, huh?" The figure muttered as the screen slowly zoomed in until it displayed Ethan's face.
"Your flame is special, but let's see how far you will go."
**
Inside the dorm room, Ethan was seated in one of the dorm rooms, while Noah and Ileus stood at his front as if they were about to interrogate a criminal.
"Ethan, we heard that you have an upcoming duel against Kai Boulder," Noah finally spoke, breaking the silence.
"Do you care to tell us?" Ileus chimed in.
Seeing his friend's serious gaze, Ethan took a deep breath before finally opening his mouth.
"I got into a little scuffle with Kai Boulder in the dojo: his red-haired girlfriend was assaulting Helen with the false claim that it was training, so I decided to interrupt the fight, and saved Helen from a dangerous attack. Apparently, the red-haired girl is a bitch, and she decided to frame me up. So her no-brain boyfriend, who witnessed everything, took her side, so a challenge was issued, and now we will be fighting in two days."
The two teens were still quiet; they were still trying to process everything Ethan said, but in all of the explanations Ethan gave them, it was only the part of him saving Helen and getting in trouble with Kai.
After a long moment of silence, Ileus finally said, "So you got into trouble because of a girl?"
"No, it was out of the kindness her mother showed me, and besides, if it had been any of my friends, I would have still done the same," Ethan said.
The blue-haired teen, Noah, was in deep thought as he gazed into the distance before shifting his gaze to Ethan.
"Do you know what you have gotten yourself into?" Noah said in a worried tone.
"No, care to enlighten me?" Ethan asked, after seeing Noah's worried gaze.
Noah was silent for some time; it looked like the blue-haired teenager was contemplating whether to spill what he knew or not.
"Should I tell him or not, but we are not supposed to lick out information about other pureblood families. Oh, I almost forgot we are not an ordinary regular family, so I should just spill it out, "Noah thought. Then he took a noticeable deep breath before saying, "The Boulder family is one of the pure-blood families. Although they are not in the top five pure-blood families, they are still powerful; their family's population is the second highest among pure-blood families. "
"The name of their ability is called colossal transformation. Just as the name sounds, they can transform their bodies, and when they do that, their abilities and other physical abilities will increase tremendously.
"It doesn't end there. Their ability level will also skyrocket along with their transformation. And some rumors say they are connected to the most notorious assassination organization, the Manhunt. And this is just one of the deadliest groups they are associated with. "
"Woah! So they are that influential? " Ethan asked with a slightly raised voice.
Ethan wanted to avoid such instances as much as possible. Although he knew that someday he would have a confrontation with the pureblood, he never expected it to be this early. Anyway, the deed has already been done.
"I don't regret my actions. If the same situation occurs again, I will repeat it over and over again," Ethan said in a heavy tone, and his gold eyes narrowed into slits.
"Hahaha! I would have been disappointed if you backed out now. Anyways, we are in this together, " Noah flashed a smile.
"Yes, we are in this together. It would be fun to be hunted by them, and we, on the other hand, would act like John Wick, "Ileus chimed in.
Seeing his new friends behaving like this put a smile on Ethan's face.
The next two days came in the blink of an eye, and now, the most awaited fight will begin.
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[AN. 100 power stones for two chapters daily]