Another Mission

His tail waggled furiously as he awaited this battle.

"Saru.. I have far surpassed you now. You do not want to face me." Brandyn explained, glowing his purple eyes.

[NEW QUEST!]

[Quest: 3rd Time's the Charm]

[Showcase your strength and take down Saru.]

[Rewards: 20XP]

He stood over the slightly crouched Saru with an imposing figure and his eyes did not waver from Saru's. He didn't move his body and his whole demeanour strook fear into Saru. However, the past weeks of humiliation fuelled his every action that ensued.

As Saru approached the archdemon, he did nothing but wait for him to get close. Close enough.

"GGRAAH!!" Saru exclaimed, with his hand cocked back as he waited to strike.

Due to this rash attack, his entire head was open. This was exactly what Brandyn was expecting. With his Lucifer Strike activated, he shot forward his right fist and slammed it directly into his jaw with twice his ordinary strength.

*thud*

Saru immediately lost control of his legs and dropped to his hands and knees. His vision started to sway quite powerfully and blood already started to drip out of his mouth.

Saru felt overwhelmed with rage but also defeat, as his arms trembled under his own weight. How could he have lost again?

This time, Saru barely had the strength to continue on fighting. Brandyn hadn't even been hit once and he was more than ready to dish out more attacks of his own.

The weakened student slowly raised to his feet with the last of his motivation, as he did not desire any more humiliation. Once he was up again, he charged at Brandyn like a rabid animal and swung his body forward sluggishly.

Once he did this, his arm came flying over his shoulder in an attempt to deliver a downwards slash. His anger was akin to a rabid beast and the only thing on his mind was to defeat his target. As his arm came crashing down, Brandyn simply stepped back and watched his claws slash right ahead of his face.

Since he had just put all of his weight into the attack, he fell to one knee and slammed into the lockers adjacent to him. He approached Brandyn like a drunk man, with blood already dripping out his nose and mouth.

"Oh god.." Brandyn said to himself, in second hand embarrassment for his opponent.

*CRACKLE*

*VZZHH*

The dark, sinister electricity started to form in his hand and condense into a sharp bolt. The bolt crackled and was energetic, as it rattled around in his palm. Once Saru began his approach, Brandyn timed his attack perfectly and hurled the spear forward.

Using a large portion of his strength, the bolt darted towards Saru and stabbed directly into his chest.

"GRAAHH" Saru exclaimed in agony, as the electricity discharged in his wound.

Blood spurted out from his wound and as he was already lightheaded, it wasn't long before he lost consciousness.

*thud*

Laying on the middle of the hall, he lifelessly stared at the ceiling and made no movements whatsoever.

In this school, teachers had very minor influences on the conflict between students. The officials of the school believed that matters between the students should be handled between the students. This entire ideology was popular across Helios and was permitted by the government to be installed.

As Saru laid on the ground, students just walked past him as the fight had ended. Many people chuckled as they walked past him but he wasn't even aware of these people walking past him.

[Quest Complete!]

[+20XP]

"20XP? That's literally nothing. Well, there was no chance I would've lost anyway."

With this defeated student laying right beside him, Brandyn just continued on with the packing of his schoolbag.

The last few hours of the school day flew by and something odd occurred as Brandyn walked through the halls. He didn't hear a single rude comment from the crowd that surrounded him. It felt as if he had entered an alternate dimension.

As he approached the front gate of the school, which was crowded with the students and their loving parents, he smirked as he turned back.

"So respect does come from power. This world.. without power, all that is left is suffering and pain." Brandyn thought to himself, clutching his schoolbag in anger.

"I promise. Once I am strong enough, I will destroy everything that remains of this abominable hierarchy." His heartbeat started to race and he looked quite odd, standing in the middle of the large, open gates.

*ping*

He felt a vibration from his thigh and reached into his pocket in reaction. It was not his ordinary phone but his second phone. A single app remained on the phone, which had a notification.

"I have a second mission for you." It read.

"Yes. More XP. More power." Brandyn whispered, while starting to uncontrollably smile.

Now walking towards the closest train station, he started to read the series of messages that appeared on this phone.

As he did this, a TV in a restaurant beside him displayed some breaking news.

"BREAKING NEWS: Mysterious blood found in a local Salham park and remains of a firearm 'mega pellet'. Blood has been identified to be of schoolboy Cole Esteban."

However, he was glued to his phone screen and didn't notice this.