Reunion after more than a decade

"Didn't I tell you I was lying about my name? Call me Anyariel instead", Her chromatic eyes stared at him playfully.

"Oh- Sure then", Aavesh smiled back at her while inwardly he felt a mix of terror and comfort at the same time.

Comfort because he had someone who he could talk to and terror because that someone really liked causing Chaos all the time in the most unpredictable sense.

For some reason that glint in her eyes shook his calm state of mind completely, he had to be really careful around her.

Then a Strapping handsome young man with gold dragon scales forming a pattern on his face stretched his palm out and spoke, " Zhong, Nice to meet you"

He gave off a very gentle aura yet deep within that gentle aura, Supreme Strength existed.

This was indeed Wang Zhong, his old friend - kind as ever, but without the crippling back pain.

"Aavesh Adhi", Aavesh replied with a courteous smile and then immediately crouched to avoid a Fast Flaming kick to his face.

"Hah! Your reflexes are sharp rookie, wait you - you didn't even reach Stage 2.0 - what fuck is up with your Cultivation mate?", asked the red skinned, dark haired beautiful tiefling Girl who grinned at him.

"I take Body Refining very seriously", Aavesh replied as he took a step back to avoid other potential blows.

"Do you now? Heh I ain't gonna judge ya Buddy- I'm a freak like you too",She slapped his back hard, as Aavesh grumbled internally.

"Anyway My Name's Camilla, Welcome to this class of Freaks"

"The most Deadliest freak is ofcourse the white haired Dhampir on the left -my Sister Yuna"

She replied with an ingratiating tone while pointing at a deathly pale Girl at corner of the room who seemed to be engrossed in painting.

She briefly gazed at him, her eyes narrowed as and she slowly nodded at him, which Camilla caught at the corner of her eyes.

Aavesh nodded back at her.

" You've already met the toughest freak and the Craziest Freak- Zhong and Elder Sis Yariel"

"The most Cunning freak is that guy with Orange Eyes and that stupid evil Smirk! Yes- Aiden- I'm talking about you! Don't pitch your MLM schemes to me again you infuriating Bastard", She scolded the Handsome Guy - who seemed to be hiding his true Appearance, he looked at her with a puppy like expression and shrugged innocently.

Aavesh however nodded at her, he knew Aiden's track record all too well in the previous timeline.

He made a mental note on not taking Financial Investment advice from this fellow.

Camilla harrumphednand pointed to Angel like pure beautiful girl who was sharpening her sword quietly.

"She's Alena- the Sword Angel Freak - I don't like her much but I respect her mad sword skills - She's just too straight for my liking "

"I see"

" The handsome half orc with the Flute is Kai- the Musical Freak, he doesn't need sound to make you listen to his times and you've already lost by then, he's nice but just a bit messed up in his mind, he's like a Kind Rebel if you catch my drift"

" Noted"

She then pointed to a handsome couple - AGhost boy and Human Girl Pair who sat beside eachother while Playing Chess.

"You see that couple huddled together- Petrov and Alyssia, They are star Crossed Freaks or the Mystic Freaks, they are divination masters and superb hand to hand combatants, but they are kinda neutral in personality - too steady those two"

"Okay"

"And lastly me- I am the Battle Freak!", She gave him a wide smile which caused Aavesh to shrink back a little.

"And it's because - you - like to beat em up?", Aavesh asked hesitantly with a Cough.

"YES- you have no idea how annoying those young masters and little little princess complex bitches can get!", She bellowed and then she narrowed her eyes at Aavesh.

"Oi"

"Yeh?"

" U a young master", She squinted at him.

"Oh Hell Naw",Aavesh vehemently denied.

"Then why you spoke your surname freak?- you got some kind of complex? ", She stared piercingly at him.

"Um- I didn't know and was just saying the Truth - I don't want no smoke"

"You don't want no smoke? Really?", She leaned forward with burning eyes

"Really!", Aavesh nodded furiously.

He definitely didn't want smoke from her, his gaze already told him that she was unordinary and She would be a great headache for any combatant.

"Well- it can't be blamed on you, We just have our three Rules here- So listen up little freak!", she snapped suddenly almost catching him off guard.

"One- No Surnames and throwing the Family Weight - Don't ask why"

"Two- What stays in Class- stays in class"

"Three- Snitches get Stitches"

"Capiche?"

"Capiche ", Aavesh agreed - they were simple enough to follow.

" Oi- Now introduce yourself properly - and tell us what kind of freaky are you", She folded her arms and everyone now gazed at him curiously.

Anyariel caught his eyes and smiled with a hint of mirth that didn't escape his eyes.

"This should be interesting", She muttered while shuffling her deck of Tarot cards.

Aavesh calmed himself inwardly and tried to call on his confidence, they were the Prestigious Heroes of the previous timeline and they were people whose strength he could only dream of reaching.

But it was different now, he had changed and been through his Own Journey of Torment to survive and gain strength.

"My name's Aavesh, I've Yet to reach Stage 2.0, I like Runes and Cooking - I don't know what kind of Freaky I am?", He uttered while everyone else's eyes widened.

"Whoa whoa what do you mean you didn't reach Stage 2.0?", Aiden spat out.

"You like cooking? me too- we should compare notes sometimes mate", Zhong gave gently smile and showed the cover of an old Cook book from his place.

" Runes?", Alyssia muttered curiously while Petrov stared carefully at Aavesh and spoke, " I smell something very familiar in your blood"

But before others could speak, Camilla immediately spoke,

"Oi- Oi Oi! You don't know what kind of Freak you are? Come on! If you don't know- then we will give you the Title ourselves"

"Sure- fine by me", Aavesh shrugged helplessly.

" What kind of weapon do you like to use", Yuna asked curiously.

"Well- Not to brag... But Anything- Take me as a Jack of all trades if you want", Aavesh replied with a confident smile.

"Really - Something tells me you are more than just a Jack of all trades", Anyariel spoke softly as she picked up 'the Fool' from her Tarot deck and gazed at him knowingly.

They all looked a bit skeptical at that so Aavesh simply activated his living metal weapon - showing how it transformed into different types and even into absurd daily use items.

"A malleable Weapon?", Alena stood up.amd immediately gazed at the living metal carefully.

"Okay we can accept it- a little bit", Camilla coughed and continued her interrogation.

" What's your Battle Strategy like? Any Exploits you'd like to share?"

"Well... I have fought demons during the Rift Invasion"

"That was a decade ago, you'd be less than 10 years old", Kai spoke now with a bit surprise as Camilla nodded and spoke," Now that's a little freaky- Don't stop give us more"

"Well I participated in the Ten Tyrants Program"

" That was you?- Bro that was brutal", This time Zhong spoke with a bit heavyness in his voice.

" Damn!", Even Camilla gasped as Aiden gazed at him seriously now.

Only Anyariel smiled at him with a hint of melancholy.

"That wasn't a nice team, Khorramzadeh was an Asshole",She spoke out as others stared at her in disbelief.

"You mean the kid that saved you from that horrible horrible man- was him!?", Alena pointed at Aavesh in disbelief.

Anyariel nodded.

" He looks different now because just like us, he's hiding his true Appearance", She spoke while gazing at Aavesh with a bit of mirth in her voice.

Aavesh felt a bit emberassed and stuttered a bit as he injected in," Um- um I -I had help with that, but I did do stuff for a decade-"

"Like ?", Petrov and Alyssia asked in unison as Camilla gazed at him in her questioning mode.

"Well I practiced Combat in Myriad Battle Plane, I saved some refugees from Pirates occasionally, dealt with curses, fought a couple of mindflayer pod nests,dropped a Fusion Bomb on a Tyranid Splinter Hive Fleet, fought against the Nids again - got chased by a Hive Fleet and Wiped a Low level Demonic Cult on Sarkoris- yeah that's it, probably did a lot more random stuff but these stand out"

"That's actually -quite the Experience ", Kai Muttered in Stupor.

"You dropped a bomb on a Hive Fleet", Alena spat with a wide expression.

"Wait- Wait wait, guys you are missing the main point, you- you actually fought in the Myriad Battle Plane!", Camilla interjected with a bit of yearning in her voice.

"At the outer Edges Yes, my Cultivation was stunted for a while , I just broke through recently that's all", Aavesh replied honestly.

"Wha- woah woah Woah, Brother, you did all this without Even Reaching Stage 1.0?!", Kai shouted in stupor.

"I wiped the Demonic Cult after breaking through-"

"Bruv that ain't the point- Point is why is your Cultivation so horrendously powerful? All of us can tell when people lie here but- you didn't lie- not dven once, since entering here",Aiden pointee out as the others nodded.

"What's your Mythic Power?",Yuna asked with curiosity.

"Renegade Aeon", Aavesh spoke the truth, because for some reason he felt a strange bond forming with these guys.

"It's Alignment is Lawful Neutral", he clarified again.

"Damn- so you were indeed the last one to join us here", Camilla muttered.

"Anyway - your nickname is going to be the Brutal Freak, cause you just give off that Hidden No Fucks vibe buddy ", Camilla uttered.

"Welcome to our class- Aavesh the Brutal Freak", Anyariel playfully uttered and Aavesh smiled as he inwardly relaxed finally.

This was nice.