Even without the system telling him, Alec could tell the student was conjuring something behind his back, more like hiding his ability from being seen.
"Come on boy, are you suddenly afraid? What happened to your big balls?" The other student taunted him.
"You are not hiding your ability, are you? Show me what you got asshole," Alec answered back with a smirk. He wanted to reel up the bully so he could act abruptly and in the process make mistake.
"How dare you weak piece of garbage!" the other student barked as he immediately charged forward, swinging his right hand towards Alec's shoulders.
Luckily, Alec's increased stats allowed him to move his arm to block the attack. However, the student's hand managed to slice through a part of Alec's arm, drawing out blood in the process.
[-2 HP]
[8/10 HP]
"Shit!" Alec groaned in pain as he took a step back from the boy.
Looking over at his affected shoulder, he saw a slightly deep cut on it. It almost looked like he has been clawed by a wild animal.
"How the fuck was he able to do that?" Alec couldn't help but ponder. He never thought there was an ability like such.
Quickly using his Mystique skill, he was able to see through the student's ability.
[Name: Sheldon chucks]
[Race: Human]
[Ability: Permutation]
[HP 7/7]
[Blood type: A-]
[????]
Seeing that, Alec looked at the student who now held his hands into view. It appeared the bully had the ability to transform his hands into looking like an actual claw of a tiger though still at a weak level because it was only limited to his hands. His ability hardened his nail into hard sharp claws.
From the cut, deep in his hand, Alec knew the nails were sharper than they looked.
Now the fight has become a little bit more serious for Alec. The stinging pain he felt in his arms was real. The game-like system made him take things a little too easy.
His pain quickly reminded him that this wasn't a game. But he feared that every one attack took 2 HP of his health strength and wasn't sure what would happen once his HP drops to zero.
The student charged once again at Alec with claw-like hands but this time Alec wasn't gonna take it easy like the last time.
As the student swung his left hand, Alec managed to throw a punch directly at the student's stomach. The student staggered back in pain. The shock in his face showed that the force at which the punch landed was far greater than he had expected.
Alec smiled when he saw a the pain on the bully's face. Though the reason he was took part was to free Davin, it wasn't completely because he had other reasons. Alec simply wanted to test out his new found strength and also torture bullies like his uncle.
Toughening up his confidence, he moved quicker than Alec had expected after the punch. He maneuvered his way around Alec and in the next second, he slashed his claws at Alec's back.
[-2 HP]
[6/10 HP]
"Let's end this fight quickly," Alec muttered before speeding toward the bully.
The bully was caught off guard because he had thought his attack would slow him down or better still wound him greatly but unfortunately none of this happened. Though the attack was painful, it still didn't stop Alec from attacking fast since his wound started to heal up that instant.
With a swift motion, he lifted the student with both of his hands by the legs and threw him up against the side of the wall.
'Well, his strength wasn't that bad, neither was it the best. Wait, what the fuck am I even thinking? He is too weak for what I thought of him and his speed isn't great to talk about either. Or was he perhaps holding back his strength? Yeah, it's quite understandable since the opponent was only a level-one ability user. I think I will have to find a tougher opponent who will push him to his full limit," Davin thought.
Looking at the boy on the ground, he could tell that he won't be able to get up again.
"Oh shit, I wrongly picked a weak ass for this. I thought he was strong considering how confident he was," Davin thought.
However, Alec didn't stop there though. It was important to teach this bully a lesson, otherwise, they would just come back for more. Alec needed to scare him from ever trying to mess with him again.
He ran up to the student who was still lying prone on the ground and kicked him in the stomach with full force. The kick was so hard that the student coughed off blood from his mouth even forcing him to lose consciousness.
[First fight completed]
[+40 Xp received]
[95/200 Xp]
"Oi, you got him really bad. Is he dead?" Davin asked, even though he knew the student was alive.
"I don't think so 'cause I can still hear.." He paused when he realized what he was about to say. "He'd wish he was if he ever attacks you again."
Alec was actually quite relieved the boy wasn't dead. He had no idea how the academy might punish him for killing another student.
Fortunately, the system didn't require him to kill the boy before rewarding him Xp.
Using his Mystique skill, he was able to tell the state of the boy. He had only 1 HP left. Since he was unsure the boy would survive with Zero HP, he decided to end the fight.
Having heard footsteps coming from afar, Alec immediately suggested.
"I think we should get going now."
Davin was a little bit surprised when he heard Alec say that because that was what he was to say just now.
"Yeah, we really should go now," Davin half-heartedly agreed.
However, as soon as Alec took one last look at the boy on the floor and was about to turn to start leaving, a notification popped out before his eyes.
[An optional quest has been received]
[Drink the blood of your victim to absorb a stat point]
'What the….? Is this thing crazy or what?!' Alec subconsciously exclaimed.
Even if he would gain an additional stat point there was no way he was going to drink someone's blood. The very idea made Alec feel sick and wanted to vomit. But strangely, when he looked to the ground where Sheldon had spat out the blood, he magically felt drawn to the blood.
'Shit, when did blood suddenly turn to become attractive and alluring? Just maybe a little wouldn't hurt. No way Alec! You are fucking going crazy." Alec battled inwardly, without taking his eyes off the blood.
Without knowing, Alec took a step toward the blood.
"Alec! What the fuck are you still waiting for? Come on, let's leave immediately," Davin uttered, noticing the footsteps had become louder than before, meaning that anyone coming was near.
"Yeah, sure, let's leave now."
Saying that, the two of them left the corridor but while doing so Davin noticed that Alec kept turning his head to look at the boy on the floor.
'I guess he must be worried about the boy. Tsk, what a caring creature he really is," Davin awfully thought.
Unbeknownst to Davin that Alec was battling within himself whether to go back and try a bit of the blood or not.
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