1335 Set Ablaze Author's Note: Unedited Chapters ------------- It seemed to be a mix between urban and medieval. This happened to be the same city where DD's employer was located. Old Man Shin managed to bypass the guards and was now heading towards a particular direction. The direction of the Mixedblood school in this small city. It didn't take much time before he found it. A school gate that had the sign 'Gifted Mixedblood Academy' The streets around the school were deserted due to this being nighttime so it made it easier for him to get in. It wasn't much of a sight for soreeyes but compared to a lot of poorly structured areas, this school was very well to do. Multiple three storey structures were scattered around the place and they just happened to have a lot of recreational centres as well. Not like Old Man Shin cared about all of that. He was here for one reason alone... The school had a very large space behind that was still under construction. This was precisely where Old Man Shin was headed. After a few seconds he could spot some rows of uncompleted buildings and a massive field like space with nothing but smooth land. There were also a couple of trees at the edge of the smooth land and tall grasses. Old Man Shin walked towards one of the uncompleted buildings on the right and infiltrated it. He climbed to the top and could see construction materials scattered across the place. Piles of bricks and sands could be seen all around. Old man Shin walked till he arrived before a five feet tall pile of bricks. He moved around it and that was when it came into view... The battered looking body of a young boy, sprawled on the ground right behind the pile of bricks. "Bruce..." Old Man Shin squatted with a disheartened expression. It happened to be Bruce whose upper half was leaning against the pile of bricks. His cheeks were swollen and he had bloodstains all over. He was currently unconscious as he seemed to have taken a heavy beating. His clothes had been torn up and multiple cuts could be seen on his chest and abdominal region. "Hey Bruce..." Old Man Shin shook him while taking out a handkerchief to clean his wounds. Bruce's eyes weakly fluttered open as he heard his name multiple times. His eyes were also swollen so he could only open them a little "O...ld... Man... S-hin..." He weakly muttered before coughing a few times. "You don't have to speak. I'll get you to a doctor now," Old Man Shin voiced while reaching out to grab the young boy. "He... hehe... hehe *cough cough*" Bruce light laughter caused Old Man Shin to pause for a bit. "I fo...ught ba-ck th.. his time..." He voiced before passing out once more. Old Man Shin face dropped as he instantly realised what happened here. 'He's just thirteen... how could they be so cruel?' Old Man Shin suddenly recalled a memory and his face turned even darker. 'It's the same everywhere eh?' He was mostly appalled because even when Bruce came back with injuries, it was never this bad. It turned out that when he decided to resist his bullies this time, they decided to inflict even worse physical injuries on him. What Old Man Shin didn't understand was why Bruce would be here instead of back home where he was supposed to get the blanket. Why would he come to school so late? Ba...dump! Ba... dump! Ba... Old Man Shin's eyes suddenly widened as he noticed something, "His heart beat is slowing... He's dyng..." Old Man Shin noticed that Bruce's heart was about to stop beating. He was sure that in less than a minute Bruce would be dead. He couldn't imagine how Bruce Mother would feel if she lost her only son. It would all be too devastating. Old Man Shin knew he had no medical aid with him so it was practically impossible to save Bruce since he couldn't be gotten to a doctor in less than a minute. 'The timing couldn't be any worse...' Old Man Shin said internally as he racked his brain to find a way out. Grrrrhbbbllll~ His figure suddenly trembled a bit as he felt something. He slowly held his right hand up, "I'm not sure that's a good idea," He tried to go against the thought in his mind. He recalled Bruce mother pleas before he left the hospital. --------------- "Please bring my son back..." --------------- "How cruel would it be to bring back her son's corpse..." He muttered while slowly lowering his hand. He placed it on an injured area while muttering,"Bruce... wake up," ########## The sun had began peaking out the nightsky, slowly chasing the darkness away. However, the slowly rising red sun wasn't the only source of illumination in a particular area. A couple of settlements had been set on fire and everyone around could be seen running helter-skelter in a bid to save their homes. "Nobody leaves until you tell us where he is," A group of people in black jackets blocked the natives from escaping. "We told you, he's not here," One of the natives cried as he held onto his little daughter. "Liar!" Bam! One of the men in black Jacket kicked the father to the ground and yanked his daughter from his grasp. "Felicia!" He screamed while grabbing the feet of the man. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Kicks rained upon him from the subordinates of the one holding onto the kid. They soon gathered all the settlement people together and held them captive so they could watch their homes get razed to the ground. Amongst the thirty plus men who were clad in black jackets, one of them who seemed to be a superior had brown trench coat on. His small scar above his left brow making him look quite nefarious. It seemed like there were still a few others in the luxurious hover cars parked up front but right now the one in brown trench coat seemed to be controlling the black jacket men wreaking havoc upon the settlement. The little girl was handed to the man in brown trench coat. "Since all of this isn't enough motivation for you people to give him up, maybe I should turn it up a notch," Toxer said while holding the girl up like a helpless chick. "Felicia!" Her father kept screaming and tried lunging forward but he was continously held back. Toxer placed the little girl before a blazing wood from a house by the side. He slowly brought her face closer to the fire causing the girl eyes to widen in horror. "Papa!" She cried out and struggled to free herself yet the callous Toxer kept pushing her face towards the flames. All of a sudden roaring engines blarred loudly across the vicinity as a group of twelve sped in the direction of the blazing settlement on hover bikes. "That's them," One of the biker yelled. "Fire!" Dildier instantly screamed out. Bang! Bang! Bang! Boom! "Kiiarrrhhh!" 09:39 In just a moment, the group of twelve began to fire projectiles in the direction of the men in black jackets. Red powerful beams fired from the weapons in their hands, tearing holes in the bodies of the men in black jacket. "Kiiarrrhhh!" Cries rang out as blood and brain matter splattered across the sandy terrain. Toxer swiftly moved to the side, dodging a projectile that exploded the moment it hit the structure behind him. "Tch... its the neighbourhood riffraffs," Toxer spat. Boom! "Be careful not to hit our people!" Dildier yelled as they arrived before the settlement and jumped off their hover bikes. In just a minute, more than seven black jacket men had been downed but this was only due to the fact that they had been taken by surprise. The moment they understood that they were under attack, they armed themselves with more powerful weaponry than that of Dildier and his men. Bang! Bang! Boom! Boom! Ballistic shots were exchanged as the bloodshed increased. In a few more minutes, Dildier's men had managed to take down several more men from the other side while only losing one from their side. Dildier wasn't trying to play a game of attrition here since he didn't want to lose anyone else so he decided to end everything in one fell swoop by using a high grade destructive bazooka. He grabbed the weapon and charged it up, causing it to emit a bright red glow. "Get the people away," Dildier yelled. From the other end Toxer witnessed his men getting dropped and cursed, "These idiots," -"What are you doing Toxer? Get rid of those men now," He heard a voice from the communication device glued to the side of his left ear. "I'm on it," He responded while throwing the kid in his arms away and stepping forward. "I can't believe they really got outdone by some common riffraffs," He spoke with a distasteful tone while walking in the direction of Dildier and his men. "Die!" Dildier yelled as he activated the weapon in his grasp. Thwwooosshh~ A massive pillar sized purple beam blasted forth from the glowing weapon. At this same moment, a large mettalic arm phased out of Toxer's back. -------------------- Author's Note: Today is my birthday guys. Expect a mass release of five chapters at the end of the week. Thank you all for the never ending support. Join My Discord Server