"Next, Asher and Marcus come," the instructor called out the main characters next.
Asher looked at me for a moment before he walked to the arena.
'The author portrayed Asher as a good natured kid with a kind personality, but seeing his actions towards me and seeing that stupid face... Fucking Pokegirl Collector.'
Marcus and Asher walked to the arena, taking their stance, they took out their holographic weapons.
"Ready… Fight"
Clank!
As Kiva's loud voice resonated, within seconds another loud noise resonated in the training ground as the two of them approached each other and struck, 'Fast, so fast.' I thought while looking at their movements.
They created a gap between themselves and again rushed toward each other.
Clank! Clank! Clank!
The weapon's clashing sound reverberated across the training ground as they exchanged fierce strikes. Marcus's every swing was met with a powerful parry.
Seeing Asher blocking and parrying his strike, a smile bloomed on his face, and then a sudden shift happened in Marcus techniques.
Marcus attacked Asher with a series of slashes, mixing them with feints. His footwork was sharp and fluid, leaving behind afterimages. Moving with the sword, he looked like he was dancing—a deadly dance.
'As the author portrays him in the novel, his sword plays like dancing with a sword. And seeing his capabilities, the people started to call him The Dancing Grimreaper. But.' I observed the fight as a sudden shift also happened in Asher's fighting style.
Asher's movements became even faster, and I could hardly see his movements. Evading Marcus's slashes, Asher closed in. Changing his weapon into a dagger, he aimed it at Marcus neck.
But it didn't hit him; with a swift backstep, Marcus dodged the slash. "Man, your quick weapon switch and striking are quite amazing, and to think you improved with only a few days of training." Marcus, surprised a little, said it with a smile.
'Well, his occupation is weapon master, and his sensei is a S rank martial artist. What do you expect from him? Not only that, he is supported by a system.'
Smiling a little, Asher changed his dagger into a gauntlet and rushed to Marcus.
As he rushed to Marcus, Marcus tried to stab him, but it got deflected by Asher. He tried again and again, but all of his strikes were deflected by a mere touch of Asher's hand, leaving his guard wide open.
'That's his technique called 'Astro Deflect.' A defensive technique. With this, he can change any weapon's trajectory with his bare hands.'
As Marcus weapon's trajectory changed, he rushed in, changing his gauntlet back to a dagger, he slashed Marcus wrist, making him drop his sword, and then he placed the dagger on Marcus neck as he did not want to hurt his friend.
"Winner, Asher Blake" Seeing Asher's smiling face, instructor Kiva became irritated and said angrily, "How many times do I have to tell you to finish your opponent and don't show any mercy?"
"Bu–"
"There is no but's leave."
'The fuck, she barked at me like I'm her servant, and she left him like that without giving any punishment. Bitch'
"The fuck you need" Sensing my gaze, she asked.
"N-nothing"
"Mmm… Next, Vicky and Nana come."
'Sigh. Thank God she didn't pick me.'
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Thump! Thump!
'Man, I can't calm down my heart' Just now, Alicia finished her fight with Seisha Krieger. The fight took only a minute, and Alicia won the fight.
'She is that strong and did nothing to Jadel when he tried to force himself on her,' I thought while looking at her smiling figure. Alicia, she is 7th in ranking, and when he tried to force himself on her, she did nothing to Jadel except resist his attempt.
'The author surely took inspiration from Pokemon and made Asher. The difference is that Ash is collecting Pokemon while he is collecting girls, and the author set perfect situations for him, sigh.
"Okay, everyone, that's it for today; your classes are over, and don't wonder around on campus, got it?"
"Yes," the students said in unison.
In the morning, I got a message saying that today was only going to be a half day class. The professors and instructors have some business in the academy, so they will be conducting it.
'Should I go and train? I need to get used to this body... Nha, maybe after I sleep'
As I was walking on campus ground I heard someone calling my name. Turning around, I saw Tom Nikkel standing with his goons, smiling creepily at me.
"What are you thinking so deeply that you can't hear me calling your name?"
"…" I ignored him and started walking.
"You are ingnoring me, fucker."
Feeling a sudden grab on my collar, I stopped, and before I could turn around, I was slammed to the wall.
"Argha!" I grunted at the sudden impact.
"W-what are you doing? Why did you do that for–"
Bam!
"Gah!"
Thud!
My words were cut off by the sudden punch in my abdomen, causing my legs to lose strength instantly and fall to the ground.
"Cough, cough, wh-cough, why are y-you hitting me?" coughing, I asked, not knowing the reason for the sudden aggression. "What did I do to you?"
"Ha, what did you do?" He turned around and looked at his friends. "Haha, did you hear guys this fucker asking? What did he do?" Said while pointing at me.
Turning around, he looked at me. Instead of answering, what I got was a kick to the face.
Bam!
"You want to know?"
Bam!
"Then I will tell you."
Bam!
"Argha!"
"Do you remember how you mercilessly broke all my fingers when sparring? Do you remember humiliating me while stripping me naked?"
Bam! Bam!
"All for what? Just saying I'm better with Alicia than Asher, and she is quite a beauty that I want to experience." saying that he kept hitting me.
"You tormented me until you got suspended, and you're still asking me, What did you do to me?" Squatting down, he grabbed my hair and lifted my head. "And you think I won't take the chance when you became powerless? No fucker, I beat you until I became satisfied, and there are more people who want to do the same."
Every time he said that, I started to remember what Jadel did to him. All of what he said was true. Jadel tormented him until he got suspended.
Bam!
"What are you guys waiting for? Let's beat the shit out of him." The other guys also came in, joining the party. I lay there crawling, protecting my head from the beatdown.
"Stop." A loud voice resonated, causing my body to instantly jolt up. "Shouldn't we stop them?"
Hearing the voice I looked up and saw the main cast standing there. It was Alicia's voice saying to stop the fight. Hearing her voice and seeing the main cast, Tom and his goons stooped, hitting me, hesitating if they wanted to continue or not.
"No need," Asher said frimly. "He is getting the karma he accumulated all these years; didn't you hear a saying, 'You can even avoid God, but karma will always come to find you."
"But h–"
"No, but, Alicia, did you forget what he did to you? Forget it, no matter how close you two were when you guys were young, what he did to you is unforgivable. Let's go," it was Acelia who said. Saying so, she dragged Alicia away from the place.
'Basterds, can't you guys see I'm in pain? Are you guys really the main characters I know?' I asked myself, seeing their cold reaction towards me.
'Mmm! Haha! What a pleasant feeling to awaken with.'
'Damn you'
'Hahahahaha! That's it! Grow your hate.'
'Fucking basterds. Just wait, I'm going to beat the shit out of you guys'
'No! That's not it! More, you need to grow your hatred more.'
'Kill you! All! I'm going to fucking kill you all! Just wait.'
I don't know why, but I'm feeling rage. I'm becoming mad with the rage, as if something is triggering me. As my rage increased, my passive skill, bloodlust, activated again, stunning the goons.
I heard grasping sounds and sounds of sudden movements. They retreated backwards as they couldn't breathe while standing beside me.
One of the goons asked Tom, shivering, "I-is it a-alright right? w-will he do something a-after he recovers?"
"I-it's a-alright" Taking a deep breath to calm down, he said, "The teacher said he was a goner if he activated his skills. Let's leave before the teachers come here." saying that they left me there.
I lied there with a bloodied figure. As my consciousness slipped, I saw a shadowy figure laughing; although he was laughing, it didn't look like that.
'Hehehe. Grow stronger, Mr. Transmigrator, you are my ul–'