chapter 25 delayed genocide (final)

Nobe calmed down, not much though, and explained what he could to Rina, he didn't have time to go into detail and jut skimmed past the points that need explanation. This annoyed Rina but she understood his situation, after all she too nearly experienced death by the same person.

At the end of the explanation Rina asked a question that Nobe too had no answer to, "Who affected the spell then?" although that question was on Nobe's mind, the one that was itching at him was quite simple but also difficult, "What element does the intruder possess?"

Normally one would think time, but each element has nearly countless applications and most of those are hidden and not to mention the passives and actives of each element, some are unexplainable, but their effects greatly boost the use of affect the enemy. This is another reason why commoners are looked down upon, although they may have the same elements, those belonging to houses already have the knowledge of passives, actives, and skills that they already possess and how to use them as for the commoners, they'll have to develop and figure out how they work on their own, and this alto of times results into death.

Alas, Nobe had little time to think as he slowly felt the pain coming from both his body and head, he honestly thought that he could survive experiencing them at once, so he decided to reside his life to fate. But as he was mulling on whether he should say some badass quote Rina pulled his shirt and pointed at Mono.

Well, where he was supposed to be as nothing was there, Nobe looked at Rina in slight pity and thought. 'The shock must have been great tsk, tsk, tsk.' He then slowly whispered to her "He is probably in another spatial field that we can't see." His tone was filled with care and worry.

Rina looked at Nobe like he was a fool, "I know he's in a different spatial field I'm a space user as well you bum, I'm pointing at the stands there is no one in the arena but us."

Nobe finally looked around and found out that what she was saying was true, he begun looking around frantically all confused, he then looked at Rina and shouted, "Where are they? You're a space user so you should know right? We aren't in hell are we?"

Nobe's question(s) spiraled out of control until he begun asking about when he last cooked, Rina was getting tired of his madness and was about to hit him to calm him down but that's when they heard a voice, it was smooth with no cracks, the voice held an indifferent tone but also held a bit of friendliness.

Rina looked back and attacked with all her might at the owner of the voice with a strike capable of flattening a building with a palm strike, she then followed up with a dome shaped barrier that protected both her and Nobe, reinforced around 3 times. Her reaction scared Nobe for a moment until he remembered that she is a space user, although the voice sounded familiar he too wouldn't like to take any chances now, after all his leg muscles were hurting so bad like he did 4 marathons back-to-back.

Rina on the other hand was at a loss, who ever that was is clearly the intruder and he was able to sneak up on a space user without a single sound. Naturally she was scared, not about him sneaking up on her, cause her father, the patriarch and her mom do it all the time as training, what scared her as of now was that she didn't hit anything with that strike, 'Fast!!', Rina thought as she focused fully on her spatial awareness to locate where he vanished to.

But she didn't need to do that as she heard his voice once more and this time not behind her but behind Nobe, "I see the backlash is taking effect already, I have already taken the other one, so come along now." Rina knew that Nobe was in not state to fight, so his protection was in her hands but what the man said about 'the other one' caught her ears, naturally questions arouse, and answers soon came, remembering Mono's location and the spatial field he resided in, she looked back only to find nothing there.

It doesn't take a smartass to know what happened but none the less she looked at the man with growing anger, to take someone she treasured and considered 'worth her time' Rina really wanted to feed this man his own organs but the moment their eyes locked, she felt a sense of relief wash over her, she still wanted him dead but at a later time though.

This mana was none other than Jethro, Rina had respect for him since his entrance as he treated both genders equally but mostly his strength, as mentioned before space users have enhanced senses and these senses also enable them to gauge one's strength near perfectly but despite this, Rina couldn't even see his aura.

Rina looked at Nobe who passed out in Jethro's arms, with a relief over his face as well , he seemed to know who his savior was. Jethro looked at Rina and said, "I'll take you to where the rest are, and don't worry you won't be asked anything but do keep this incident to yourself." Rina looked at Jethro in slight annoyance, she hated being told what to do sometimes.

As she was about to retort the scene changed and she found herself in her dorm room, she stopped and gawked at nothing for a solid minute, surprised at what Jethro just did. Her roommate, Emily, who was eating dumplings on her bed, threw one into her mouth which entered perfectly. Rina stopped gawking and choked for a while then begun chewing, as she was chewing she looked at Emily with a pout, coupled with her big cheeks right now, Emily took a picture of her on her watch and sent it Rina. Rina looked back at the picture and Emily while Emily just smiled and giggled at her, with a frown Rina rushed to Emily and begun tickling her.

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In a dull colored room, Jethro appeared with Nobe's intense convulsing body and then lay him on a bed. Nobe's shaking body then slowly calmed down as the quivering reduced at a slow pace, his face that was contorted into an intense frown like he was in pain soon relaxed, although his heavy breathing continued on, Nobe was in a better position that before.

It was surprisingly nighttime, and the sky was clear, with the moon shining it's lunar light on the trees and grass below accompanied by the twinkle of the countless stars in the sky. Jethro started at this since from the window in the room for a moment.

He then looked back at the two students breathing heavily and sweating a lot and sighed. Jethro really had begun taking an interest in these two but mainly Nobe. The first reason is in regards of their elements and the second is in regard to the renovations they did to their room, that was certainly a first.

"It's been a while since we had creative brats here." Jethro muttered as he looked out the window once more in reminisce of the past