"Hey! D-did he just defeat Josh?! But how? How is that even possible?!"
"How am I supposed to know?! I don't even know the guy!"
"Wait, don't you guys know what this means?"
On his watch, the rank that would be displayed had changed, and now, after defeating Josh, Zain had ascended in rank, becoming the sixth strongest student amongst the first years. Almost immediately after everyone else had realized this, their impression and thoughts regarding him began to change.
Some of the girls stopped looking at him like he was some disease-carrying filth, and even some of the boys stopped looking at him the way they usually would when he would walk through the hallway.
In essence, this victory of his was already making his life at the academy a whole lot easier.
"Hey, Zain. You did good out there… defeating Josh. Proving to all of us that you're not the weakling that we thought you were," one of the girls had gathered the course she needed to wake up to him and spoke her mind, hoping that he would fall for her feminine charm and fall for her.
If she was able to get one of the strongest students infatuated with her, then the others wouldn't try anything with her. She would pretty much be safe and dotted over. No one below his rank would dare try anything with her.
'I would've just done this with Josh, but with his personality, I don't think any woman can even pretend to love him,' she thought, batting her eyes and moving closer towards him. 'Let's just hope he's stupid enough to fall for my charms and become my new boy toy in this retched school.'
Not giving her a response, Zain turned his head and stared at her, his expression unreadable.
'Ahh, I see, this girl wants to use me as her personal bodyguard around this school. Why else would she start acting all cute and nice around me right after u just defeated a high-ranking student? More or less, she's seen what I'm capable of, and wants to take advantage of my strength.
'Sorry, bitch, but I don't do well with leaches like you,' he thought, squinting his eyes at her.
His gaze the shifted towards the student named Ken, whole Josh was picking on before his intervention. Looking at his current state, the student was bleeding profusely, abd had lost consciousness sometime during their fight.
"You need treatment," Zain said, picking up his unconscious body and taking him to the infirmary.
"Wait, is that it? Zain wins and leaves? Just like that?"
"I mean, what were you expecting, really? For him to beat up the rest of us? He's already beaten the strongest one here. There isn't a top five student in our midst now."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Still, I wanted to see some more fighting," the student replied, as he proceeded to punch the air with his fists.
"If you're interested, then you and I can go at it! Come on! Let me finally ascend in rank, even if it's just by a little bit!" The other student replied, getting ready to fight.
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Back in the arena, Kayden's body was being kicked up and down like a living football, only that he wasn't shaped like one. His Mana was still lessening as his body was being healed from the numerous injuries he would incur from her attacks, and by the looks of things, she wasn't planning on ending her reign of terror anytime soon.
'Think! Think! Think!' these were the words that rung in his brain over and over again, yet he was unable to think of a way out of his current situation. 'Even now, I'm not with my teleportation ring. That would've helped a lot in getting away from her. But without it, whatelse can I do?" He wondered to himself.
"Aren't you getting tired of getting your body whacked up and down?! Come on! Do something else!" Kayla yelled, getting more pumped with every kick she would land on his body, which were strong enough to force his body to change its direction of movement. Whether she would want him to fly up or descend, that all depended on which direction she would kick him.
Still, her attacks weren't only harmful because of the force behind them, there were also damaging to his body because when his body would be sent moving in one direction, it would do so with immense speed. Then, when she would deliver a kick that would send him in the opposite direction, both forces would clash, severely damaging his body in the process.
What this also meant was that she would have to increase the force of her kicks each time to completely push his body in the opposite direction.
Also, with each kick, his body would be moving at a much faster pace through the air, producing loud noises and bangs as she would strike him. The motion of his body to and fro in the empty space would constantly break through the wind, producing much louder noises as though gunshots were being fired repeatedly.
Fortunately, students who were passing by would simply assumed that there were those who wished to engage in some training that were inside. And that was in fact the case, so most likely they would be allowed to go at this undisturbed for as long as they wished.
"I guess you can afford to keep going for a little while, because I'm far from done!" Kayla yelled.
[10,000 Mana points remaining]
At times, one wouldn't just loose consiousness because they had run out of Mana. A good example of this is during the time when Lucas and Dan had sparred. The latter hadn't run out of Mana during the fight. Instead, he had been delivered a blow that his current body didn't have much resistance or tolerance to, which forced him to loose consiousness.
Thanks to his resilience as a werewolf, none of her attacks so far had knocked him out, but that didn't mean she wasn't capable of doing so if she wished.
"What the fuck is going on here?!" A voice suddenly yelled upon opening the large double doors. "Kayden! Why is she attacking you?!" The student asked, before quickly rushing to his aid.
Readying a fist, he was ready to land a blow, when she had raised up both of her arms in a cross position, blocking the attack, though the force was able to push her back somewhat. She was more surprised by the fact that a random student had suddenly entered the arena and had decided to attack her right off the bat, ignoring the fact that she was stronger than everyone else.
"What the fuck do you want?!" Kayla yelled, swiping both her hands out, delivering two slashes of yellow energy that went out, managing to miss the student who had entered as they continued towards the doors, doing nothing to them as the attacks had dispersed as soon as they had made impact.
Since Kayla was being distracted, Kayden's body had made contact with the floor for the first time in a while. Though he was too hurt to barely move, his Mana was able to heal his injuries to the point that he was now able to stand up, and he had gotten a good look of the person who had interfered with the fight.
"Shawn! Is that you?!" He yelled, rushing tiwards him. "What are you doing here?!"
Landing on his feet, Shawn had rushed forward once again, ready to attack, when Kayden had suddenly jumped in-between the both of them, raising both of his hands in the air.
"Shawn, stop! Before she kills you!" He warned, but neither of them were able to understand a word he was saying.
"Get out of my way! Let me have her!" Shawn yelled, looking angry and frustrated that Kayden was getting in his way. "I know how this girl was been making your life here a living hell, and I can't just stand back anymore!
"I don't know why, but for just the brief time we've known each other, I can't just sit back and watch you get pummeled time and again by her! And even if I'm weaker, I'll do the best I can to help fend her off!" He declared, teleporting behind her, delivering a kick to the side of her neck, sending her body crashing towards the floor.
"The gap between our strength isn't much, so I think we can both take her down if we work together," he said, running towards her, swinging his leg downwards and striking at her head, sending it and the rest of her body hitting the floor once again.
"Besides, I think this academy should finally have a new Titan one, someone that's not as heartless as her," Shawn explained.
Hearing what Shawn had said, he felt the need to agree with him, if only his situation wasn't as complicated as it appeared to be on the surface.
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