Boom!!!

An explosion rang in kel's head, he was both enraged and embarrassed at the same time. He had planned to mock nigo till he retaliated, but got triggered instead.

"Pffffft"

Laughter resounded among the kids who were present. They were all expecting to see nigo being mocked and not do anything. But who would have thought nigo would reverse the situation?

"I never thought nigo had a glib tongue, he absolutely demolished kel's plan" someone said

"Hahahaha...... I never knew nigo would speak up"

"He has always been a quiet person who doesn't get involved in a scuffle, no matter what. Who would have thought he would be this good when it came to insulting people"

"Karma has finally caught up with kel today"

Words of mockery filled kel's ears from all sides alongside laughter. He was being mocked in front of the whole section. His pride was being trampled upon. And all this was because of one person; Nigo!

He looked up to see nigo's face. Nigo had on his face, a smile of disdain. And that broke Kel's last thread of tranquillity and he couldn't take it anymore.

BOOM!!!

Kel took off with his User energy surging into his user network. He attacked with his hand stretched out to grab nigo by the neck.

Whoosh!

Ejiro, who had been prepared for the worse case scenerio, grabbed Nigo and dashed to the side with a movement skill.

Bang!!!

Kel missed. However, the shock wave affected those of weaker user strength than himself. They all felt an oppressive might assault their bodies.

Kel was shocked for a moment, before hatred overcame his rationality once more.

Normally, a user at the Beginner User domain cannot be compared, to one in the staff domain. But Ejiro was different. Because, he had trained only on movement skills since he joined the school. According to him: Having good speed would increase the speed of his research. So, he didn't learn any other skill except his movement skill.

His movement skill wasn't any ordinary skill. It was a special ice movement skill zara had given him in the past. And he had mastered the basics and move on, to the advanced style of the technique. With his speed currently, he could match users at the A- tier of the Staff domain. How much more kel, who is just at the D- tier of the staff domain?

Nigo and Ejiro who were closest to the shock wave, were not faring any better. Ejiro was sent flying for some meters before coming to a stop. Nigo on the other hand, felt his internal organs ache. And his body, couldn't stop shaking due to the power of a staff domain user, he had experienced.

Ejiro shoved nigo behind him before saying "Kel, do you plan to fight in here, without care for yourself getting punished with expulsion?"

This is a known fact to the students; that using one's user energy on a fellow student(s), was punishable by expulsion from the school. No matter who your parents were. It is a rule that has no regard for status, because the school did not belong to any individual or nation. And it's activities were carried out by teachers from all over the world. So why would any child dare to fight and risk being kicked of the school?

Kel looked at him with hate filled eyes. He shifted his gaze unto nigo behind Ejiro. He pointed at nigo shouting "I don't care what happens to me after now! But no matter what, i must make you pay!".

How could he let nigo go, without making him pay for the insults he had received? Even if he got expelled, he still did not care anymore! The only thing on his mind right now was to hurt nigo badly.

"Aren't you scared zara would beat the pulp out of you, if you harm nigo?" Ejiro said this with gritted teeth.

He glanced behind him to see nigo's calm gaze. He was surprised because; the nigo he knew would never rely on the power of others to solve his problems. That's one of the many reasons for nigo ignoring a lot of things people say about him.

He knew zara would jump into a fight with anyone who dares lay a hand on him. But he didn't want her to experience, unnecessary troubles because of him.

"Heh..... why will I care about that witch?" kel responded, then clenched his fists.

Red Flames erupting around his fists, he took his stance, ready to attack.

Boom!!

A red gate appeared behind him. It has two horizontal bars at the sides. And at its middle; is the symbol of fire at the center.

Boom!!!

The silhouette of a yellow coloured gate appeared behind Ejiro.

As his energy surged, wind elemental forces orbited around him. The gate is similar to that of kel's. With the only difference; being the symbol of wind replacing that of fire at the middle of the gate.

BOOM!!!!

Kel dashed towards nigo and ejiro.

Ejiro poured User energy into strengthening his defence. And dashed to meet kel head on.

Flames surged around Kel's fist as he threw a punch, with no special technique at ejiro.

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Normally, dodging such an attack from such level of user strength, would be an easy thing for ejiro. But he couldn't dodge it, because, nigo was right behind him.

Ejiro released wind user energy to cover his hands, as he made to grab kel's fist with both arms

B A N G! !!

The collision of user energy resounded in the air. The energy around Ejiro's arm dissipated with kel's fist still flying towards his chest.

Although the attack had lost eighty percent of it's power, the remaining user energy was powerful enough, to do serious damage to Ejiro.

Bang!!!!

"Ugh!" Ejiro was sent flying backwards for some metres before stopping. He dropped to one knee and spat out a mouthful of blood. He looked back to see nigo standing there "What are you still doing here?! hurry up and run!" He shouted out to nigo.

Every kid present, expected nigo to take the initiative, to run as far from the area as possible. Even if they knew ejiro would still get beaten. But nigo stood there and didn't move. He gritted his teeth but his gaze remained calm; How could he abandon his friend and run away while he suffers defeat or even harm because of him?

He said "That's enough ejiro, i can't let you continue suffering for my sake"

"!!!" Ejiro was shocked. Even kel, who had lost his sanity was surprised by nigo's guts.

Nigo's words caused everyone present to feel shock once more. They bagan wondering to themselves: If this is the nigo they knew

They didn't know, if it was due to loyalty or due to foolishness. However, one thing was certain for sure. And that is; the way they saw him had changed!

Kel made to move forward but ejiro grabbed his feet, screaming at the top of his voice "unless you are ready to kill me right now. You aren't laying a hand on him!"

"What are you doing? I said don't sacrifice yourself for me anymore!" Nigo said without hesitation because he knew his friend.

"Hehehehe...." kel laughed menacingly as he looked at ejiro, who had grabbed his feet before releasing fire user energy and clenching his fist "since you've choosen to add yourself to the abuse list, how can I refuse?"

He threw a punch at ejiro, with all the power his body could muster. He planned to knock him out, so he could beat nigo.

BOOM!!!

"Ah!!!" A shrill scream filled the air as the explosion resounded. It was not Ejiro's voice as everyone had expected, but the voice of kel. Yes! It was kel's voice.

Suddenly, the temperature of the hallway decreased and an oppressive cold aura filled the area. This aura was as cold as ice and it caused shivers down the spine of everyone present.

Even nigo, who was standing by, expecting the residual aura from kel to hit him was shocked. As well as ejiro, who was kneeling on the floor holding kel's leg.

Kel stopped his shouting but his arm still felt like it was being pierced by needles. He could not withdraw his hand because the figure before him, still held his fist. His pupils shrank when his eyes met with the gaze of the figure.

"T...... Th.......That's!" The kid who wanted to shout swallowed his words. It was because the person who had appeared before them; was the most popular kid of the Nascent section. A genius that only a few people could stand shoulder to shoulder with. It is non other than the number one girl in school 'Zara'. (Home girl getting that intro)

"So you called me a witch, didn't you?"

Zara said in a voice filled with icy anger. She looked at ejiro, who was struggling to stand up to his feet and then, shifted her gaze to nigo who was standing behind her. She examined both of them with her energy, to know if there was any serious injury on them. After noticing there was no major injuries, she heaved a silent sigh of relief and turned to look at kel.

Kel was still in shock and fear, as he didn't know how to answer her question.

"How dare you harm my friends!" zara said this time, with an icy hatred in her blue eyes.

"I...... It was.......I........."kel stammered as he felt an immense pressure envelope him. It felt like a heavy stone was against his chest. Even in the hall, everyone could barely breathe as they felt their lungs freezing, except for nigo and ejiro. This is the power of an S-tier staff domain user.

"I....Ha!"

Boom!!

Kel tried to struggle free from her grasp by forcefully releasing flames. But how could the power of a D-tier staff user, be compared to that an S-tier staff domain user?

Just as the flames were ignited, they died down instantly.

Zara looked at him and made a slight push with her arm and

B A N G! !!

Kel was sent flying to the crowd behind him, and they all fell to the ground along with him. (innocent spectators lol)

"Augh...." kel groaned as he struggled to get on his feet. Zara didn't pressure him with User energy. She let him continue until he was fully on his feet.

Blood trickled down his lips and nose as he looked at zara.

"Apologise to them now!" Zara said, giving him a leeway which shocked everyone, except her two close friends. That was because, zara was very lovable and sweet but when you get on her bad side, she was indeed like witch.

Nigo and ejiro were not surprised by this. Because, they knew zara was trying to humiliate him before sending him to the infirmary. With more beatings that is.

Kel's eyes widened. He said "I am..."

Boom!

Flames exploded from his hands and he sent a flame storm towards zara. The silhouette of the fire gate appearing behind him.

"Fire art:sweeping flames of fury....Ha!"

Whoosh!

The flames flew from his arms and swept the ground like a broom till it got to zara. After that, kel turned around to make an escape. However, zara wasn't surprised, she had expected him to do something like this. His plan was; to use the attack to create an opening for an escape.

Zara simply tapped her feet lightly on the floor and ice user energy formed an ice circumference from underneath her feet. Making it's way, increasing in radius, rapidly towards the flames

Tssssss!

The sound of ice quenching fire came from the collision and the flames disappeared. Everything happened so fast that kel had not even moved an inch, before his flames dissipated.

Zara didn't move. She just stood there, watching him run away and a grin appearing on her face "I gave you a leeway to resolve this without violence. But you attacked me instead and tried to run away"

Whoosh

Zara disappeared, leaving behind a silhouette of an ice image and appeared before the escaping kel, grabbing him by the throat.

Everyone present were shocked at the speed zara just displayed. They had never seen such instantaneous movement skill before. Nigo didn't see her move but there was no reaction on his face because, he knew what that technique was. It was the "Ice Reflection shadow".

An Ice User Art, that forms the image of the user and reflects it to a destination where the user wants to appear. Like a mirror reflecting one's image.

Zara carried kel up from the ground while holding his neck. A blue glint flashed at the corner of her eye

Ding!

Shards of ice appeared around zara. Then she willed it to pierce kel's body while holding him in the air.

Pffffft! Splat!

Blood flew out of the holes in his body, his arms, legs and abdomen were pieced by ice.

"Apologise! "Zara commanded but before kel could respond she threw him away

Bang!

He hit the floor and slid before he came to a stop twenty metres away from her. He coughed up blood as he rolled on the floor in pain. Blood flowing out of the bloodied holes of ice which filled his body.

Bang!! Bang!!! Bang!!!

"Apologize!" zara kept yelling and kicking him about not waiting for him to speak up.

She infused user energy into his body, preventing him from passing out as she continued her one sided massacre.

Chapter notes!

Ice Blue: the Domains have tiers between them, ranging from the S- tier to D - tier. Except the beginner domain which ends with E- tier.

The list goes like this:

S - tier

A - tier

B - tier

C - tier

D - tier

(AND E-tier for Beginner user domain only)