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Chapter 17 - The Harsh Reality Of This World 1

**Adam Walker's POV**

The attack might not have touched us but the shockwaves certainly did. My consciousness went blank for a brief moment before I regained my bearings.

I stood up brushing the debris that fell on me due to the explosion. I looked around and saw, "chaos" that was what I saw.

I saw what in human terms could be referred to as demons attacking the surrounding cadets, but the weren't demons, I knew what they were.

Asuras, that was what they were, the race that invaded the human federation 3000 years ago and also the reason the academies were made compulsory.

In the past three thousand years the Asuras have attacked many places in the human federation before they were killed or forced to run away.

But it doesn't make sense, how did they manage to infiltrate the academy, it just doesn't make sense with the principal here, after all he is the strongest human for a reason.

But I didn't have time to think before an Asuras came before me, from it's aura it was merely mid iron rank, it was about six feet tall with black skin,long sharp nails, red ram like horns and a face filled with malice.

I brought out my katana, just as it swiped it's arm towards my head and I blocked it using the sheath.

I increased the gravity acting on the Asura instantly displacing it's balance because of the sudden weight increase before beheading it with "quick draw" the first move of my weapon art.

This was my first time killing anything that looked remotely human, but I didn't feel what people usually say they felt, like guilt or the urge to vomit, in fact I felt nothing neither guilt nor relief.

I looked around and saw three cadets fighting an Asura and were about to get overwhelmed.

I used the force of attraction to drag the Asura from them and towards me where his neck met my blade and just like the first one it was beheaded.

I wasn't some hero of justice or something but saving them didn't exactly cost me anything since I could easily dispose of the asura.

If they were fighting one stronger than me or even as strong as me well in that case may their soul rest in peace cause I would simply sneak away.

I saw as they ran away in panic, ungrateful bastards not even a "thank you for saving our pathetic asses".

I saw Lily, Ashley, Owen, victor and emo dude in a fight of their own and they were holding their own even though they were outnumbered.

I saw them all using their bloodline abilities to fight the enemies.

Lily was using thorns and vines to entangle and prick the Asuras to death.

Ashley using constructs of light to bombard her opponents.

Owen using his telekinetic force to crush his side of the battle, I knew his bloodline was psychic but I didn't know what it did specifically.

Victor using his blood red flames to burn his opponents and emo dude using his lightning to pulverize his opponents.

Seeing them in action I could tell emo dude was the strongest among them and after him came Owen. The rest I didn't really know.

As I was pondering who was the strongest among Owen and his friends, I felt an aura closing in on me and this one was way stronger than the ones I killed before.

Soon it came before me, this one was taller and buffer than most and was laughing maniacally, from it's aura it was peak silver.

" Hahaha a prey, how long has it been since I last killed a human?" he said putting his finger on his chin as if he was thinking before answering his own question.

"Oh I remember, just yesterday 'kukuku' and you'll be the next one I send to hell" he said with a creepy laugh.

"I don't know if I'll go to hell or not but what I know is you'll go there today" I replied to him.

"Now I've changed my mind how about tearing your limbs off one by onoe?, Oh your screams will be music to my ears kukuku" he said with a dark chuckle.

Just as he prepared to attack me I raised my arm towards him before " repel!, attract!, repel!, attract!, ... I kept repelling and attracting his body while he was cursing at me and trying to attack me with each attraction.

" You bastard I'll skin you alive, I'll avenge this humiliation" he shouted in rage.

"Big words for a kite that only blows in the direction I want it to" I said and I could see his face distort in pure rage.

The federation did not reveal too much information about the Asuras but among the ones publicly known was that they easily lose their mind in rage.

" repel" I said but this time I moved slightly to my right before "attract" and the moment he was coming at me I also moved to him with my hand on my katana.

When there was only half a meter between us he swiped his nails in an attack which I ducked before "quick draw" and I passed by his right side.

I turned to see him holding his neck, trying to stop the blood furiously pouring out of the cut I gave him before his body went limp and his eyes lost its shine or darkness in this case.

"Ha" I sighed before I moved away from the asura's corpse and soon came back to where Owen and his group were.

I looked around and saw that Owen and his group were about to finish their opponents. And In a minute or so they were done dispatching the remaining Asuras around them.

I walked closer to them and the moment Owen sighted me, I could visibly see the relief on his face.

Just as Owen was about to speak, something landed in front of us with thud sound.

Looking at it we saw that it was an asura's corpse and from its remnant aura we could tell it was a gold ranked.

But how did it get here I thought and as if answering my question Aurora slowly landed in front of us like a celestial angel only without the wings.