The chubby boy spat fiercely on the ground, his expression twisted as he shouted at Sphinx, “Damn it, you monster! How dare you not listen to me? Just watch how I’ll teach you a lesson!”
After saying this, the chubby boy swung the thick branch in his hand and struck it forcefully against Sphinx. Sphinx lay still on the ground, not attempting to dodge or escape.
The branch, as thick as a bowl, struck heavily against Sphinx's back with a loud “crack,” breaking into two pieces and falling to the ground. Yet Sphinx remained on the ground, not making a sound, and there wasn’t a single scratch on his back.
“Hey, not bad! This monster has some skills. Come on, watch this,” the skinny boy squinted and smiled as he pulled two black spheres out of his pocket. He tossed the two small black balls into the air.
With a loud “bang,” the two black balls transformed into two orange-red fireballs the size of soccer balls, hovering in the air. The skinny boy waved his hand, and the two fireballs flew towards Sphinx, striking him and igniting the feathers on his back, producing black smoke and flames.
“Ha ha, burn, burn!” the chubby boy shouted excitedly, clapping his hands. The others cheered along, eagerly watching Sphinx as he caught fire.
A pained expression appeared on Sphinx’s face. He let out a beast-like low roar and suddenly stood up from the ground. His wings opened wide, and a cold whirlwind appeared out of nowhere, enveloping him. The icy whirlwind extinguished the flames on him within seconds, and its powerful force blew away the surrounding crowd, knocking them to the ground.
“You… you guys are going too far!” Sphinx glared with anger at the group lying on the ground.
“How dare you, monster?! ” The chubby boy scrambled to his feet, furious as he shouted at Sphinx, “Do you know my dad is very familiar with the principal of this school? If he says just one word in front of the principal, you’ll be kicked out of school! Just wait and see how you’ll die!”
Upon hearing this, the anger on Sphinx’s face faded instantly. Fear appeared in his eyes as he looked at the surrounding crowd with a fawning smile and said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it. Are you all okay?”
“You’re not allowed to move or resist. Otherwise, you’ll be kicked out of school immediately, do you hear me?” The skinny boy jumped up from the ground, angrily shouting at Sphinx.
“Okay, I won’t move.” Sphinx obediently lay back down on the ground, his head pressed against the earth, folding his wings back, remaining motionless like before.
“Hit him! Throw stones at him, crush this monster!” the chubby boy shouted, picking up stones from the ground and throwing them at Sphinx. The others also picked up stones, throwing them at Sphinx while loudly cursing at him.
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This time, Sphinx did not resist. He displayed a submissive expression, lying on the ground without moving, allowing these people to curse and throw stones at him.
“These bastards, just know how to bully others with their power.” Rulu, who was in the tree, felt angry upon seeing this. He wanted to help Sphinx stop these delinquents, but then thought that if he helped this time, he couldn’t help the next time. Besides, Sphinx had the ability to resist these people; he just feared their power and willingly allowed himself to be bullied.
“Forget it, I haven’t even solved my own problems. Why should I meddle in others’ affairs?” Ultimately, Rulu did not intervene. He lost interest in watching these people bully Sphinx and wanted to leave. Just then, a clear, reproachful voice of a young woman came from the nearby woods: “What are you guys doing here?!”
“Hey, that voice…” Rulu felt the voice was familiar and quickly turned to look. The young men and women throwing stones at Sphinx also stopped and turned to the source of the voice. They saw a girl with orange-yellow hair, wearing a white and blue long dress, walking out from the nearby woods toward the crowd.
The girl had fair skin, regular features, and a tall figure, her long orange-yellow hair cascading down to her waist. She stood about 1.7 meters tall and appeared to be around seventeen years old. She frowned, looking a bit angry as she approached the group on the ground.
“I was wondering who it was; isn’t this the discipline committee member, Shari? What wind brought you here?” The chubby boy wore an irritating smile as he addressed the girl.
“Wang Daxiong, you know I’m a discipline committee member?” The girl named Shari became even angrier upon hearing this. She walked over to Sphinx and shouted at the chubby boy, “You should know that fighting is prohibited in school! You’ve seriously violated school regulations and will face severe punishment.”
“Where’s the proof?” Wang Daxiong replied with a nonchalant attitude, looking like a pig that wasn’t afraid of boiling water. “Who says we fought? Who has evidence to prove we fought?!”
The skinny boy beside him also wore a smirk and squeaked at Shari, “Discipline committee member, don’t wrongfully accuse us. We didn’t fight; we just saw Sphinx here looking bored, so we were playing with him.”
Shari, hands on her hips, spoke with authority, “Wang Daxiong, Liu Jiu, don’t think you can fool me. I just saw with my own eyes that you both threw stones at Sphinx. Apologize to him immediately and promise not to do it again. If you do, I might consider letting you off this time.”
“But we really didn’t do anything! Why don’t you ask him?” Wang Daxiong said with a brazen smile, completely disregarding Shari’s words.
“You’re not admitting it, huh? Fine…” Shari turned angrily to Sphinx and said, “Sphinx, tell me, did they just throw stones at you?”
Sphinx looked at Shari with a timid gaze, then at Wang Daxiong, Liu Jiu, and the others, stammering, “He… they…”
At that moment, Wang Daxiong shouted loudly, “Oh, last time I saw the principal, he said the school’s expenses are very high, and he wants to get rid of some people. Isn’t that right, Xiao Liu?”
Liu Jiu quickly nodded in agreement, “Yeah, the principal said those monsters who stay at school don’t pay a cent in tuition, just eat all day. They eat a lot, but their brains are dumb; many monsters can’t even recognize words. Keeping them around is a waste of money; he really wants to kick these monsters out of the school.”
Wang Daxiong said, “Exactly! If it weren’t for my dad being wealthy and having a good relationship with the principal, saying he’d cover the costs of keeping these monsters, they would have been kicked out long ago.”
“You guys stop talking nonsense! I haven’t heard of such a thing!” Shari realized that Wang Daxiong and Liu Jiu were intimidating Sphinx and quickly scolded them loudly.