Chapter 41: Limelight

"We need to keep fighting" the commander tried to cajole everyone.

"just shut up old man, we are tired already" a rare gen shouted at the commander .

" If you aren't too weak, we would have taken out this unending beast" another rare gen stated angrily.

" I..I...I'm exhausted" a boy with an explosive ability exclaimed and released the last energy in his body.

An eye eater saw this as an opportunity and immediately dived to take him out, but a hand came from nowhere and gripped it firmly.

"it's time to end this" the owner of the hand said, the smell of roasted meat entered the boy's nose, making him open his eyes which were shut.

"Hmm....how did..... who did this?" the boy was perplexed at what lay in front of him.

Bright and his comrades joined the battle causing it to tilt in the humans favour.

Andy was doing well by making every beast that got on her way to be burnt to ashes, same could be said about Noah, Andy's fiery snake was on a killing spree. Ice shards flew around with precise control and it pierced every beast it came across, multiple water blades that cut through every beast accompanied the ice shards, immediately dealing with the one's the ices shards missed.... They all displayed great powers and left the others doing nothing.

"Who are those kids?" the commander asked his nearest subordinate .

"I don't know sir, they just arrived from the other side sir, they might be some of the senior students that are sent by the academy" the subordinate replied

"I've only heard of how strong they could be, but never in my life could i imagine this much, they have good control of their ability and at the same time stick out for each other" the commander commented. "But wait I didn't receive a message to open access to the teleportation matrix, how are they now here?"

"I don't really know sir, I'm also confused." the subordinate replied

" Commander" another subordinate called out

" What is it? " he asked

"Are you noticing that boy with curly hair?" a subordinate asked

" He's impressive with his bare hands, and taking them out at a fast pace" the commander responded

"Commander!!!"

" What's the cause of the alarm informant?" the commander asked almost angrily.

"Some first year student that were thought to have been killed are back and are taking care of the beasts easily, they have cleared the front gate and even made some of the beats scurry away" the informant answered.

"How many are they? " the commander asked

" They consist of two rare gen, followed by ten regular students" the informant stated

" That's amazing, where are they? " the man asked

"That is not what i wanted to really bring to your notice sir" the informant said awkwardly.

"So what is that? "

"They are being led by one of the regular student" the informant responded with a wry smile.

"What did you just say, how is that possible, where are they?!!! " the commander urged

" They are.... oh, they are here already" the informant replied while pointing at Bright and his group.

.........

"They aren't that much here, let me scare them away" Bright muttered and released part of aura, he made it spread thin and made sure it is being felt by the beasts.

They all scurry away, running for their dear life, everything became silent for few seconds, suddenly a loud shout could be heard.

"Victory!!!" the surviving students screamed so loud before falling to their knees due to exhaustion.

"That was a close call, we could have all being killed" a student said with an huge sigh of relief.

"Isn't it that boy who saved us from the advance tier giant tortoise and that multiple legged beast? "

"Yeah that's true, it's the same guy, as now he's working with his group and another group"

"They are so strong"

" They make a great team"

"Are you only noticing their strength? Don't you see how goodlooking the are"

"Quite fascinating, the girls are beautiful while the guys are all handsome, but what should i call the guy with the curl hairs, i don't even know what to Accord him with, he's such a beauty"

"I would love to have him in bed" a girl said with a smirk

"I don't blame her, she should be from the succubus race, what a shame"

"Now that you mentioned it, don't you think those rare gens in their group are from the succubus race too? "

"They look like one, with the beauty, the well defined curves and good shapes"

"Shut the fuck up pervs, they should have left you weaklings to die in the merciless claws of those beasts, your eyes needs to be plucked out, so you won't be able to see again!!! " the female rare gen who countered Bright back then shouted and shut them up.

.........

"Tell them i seek their attention, they should all report here right now"

"Yes sir"

Moving out of the commander's office, the previous informant walk through the doors that's divided the office from the main passage way, '(I have to approach them meekly)' he thought. He walked till he got to where Bright and his group were seated, the girls were busy assisting the medics to attend to the injured students and soldiers, while the boys sat down and we're just watching, Bright sat alone busy counting the numbers of stone he picks and threw into the distance.

"Hey guys, the commander seeks your attention, he asked me to escort you to his office" the informant said

They all looked up with a scrunched up face, the thought ' why would the commander seek our attention ' run through their heads.

They all stared at a certain someone who wasn't paying attention at all but was busy doing his own thing.

Noticing the gazes on him, he voiced out without looking away from what he was doing" go on I'll be right behind you"

"We will need to get the others here" Noah spoke and then proceeded to call them over.

They followed the informant to the commander's office, on getting there he was seated on his chair and laid his arm on his armrest.

"Welcome young one's, our fellow here (pointing to Ronald) told us about you guys taking it upon yourselves to get to the source of the recent beast outbreak and if I'm correct you guys went ahead and succeeded in the risky mission" the commander said

" Is that a way of telling us thank you?" Bright said in a low but audible tone, his face were on the tilled floor, he stood at the back of the group.

"Oh my bad hahaha.....thanks for helping us win this battle both by taking care of the reason behind it and also helping us clear the one's that attacked the basement" the commander said with an awkward laugh.

"Go straight to the point, tell us what you want?" Bright added not minding the others bewildered reaction

"I can see you're the serious type and you're acting as their mouth piece, alright it's simple...i want to know..."

"Here is it" out of the storage devices given to the both teams, two huge eye eaters fell lifelessly on the floor. Everyone in the room opened their eyes wide.

'That was why he asked for the space rings, he killed two advance tier beasts?' Mikel thought

'Why are the others surprised?' the commander thought to himself

Also noticing the surprised look on the faces of his companions, Bright quickly gave an excuse. "Do you guys really think i was going to leave the bodies after we killed them? Haha... i wouldn't want to waste that much point "

Quickly understanding his meaning their expressions changed and they wore a calm look, Bright sighed internally with relief.

"You mean the twelve of you killed the two advance tiers leaders of the beasts and you came back with no injury? " the commander asked again

"I'm sorry, but that's all we can tell you " Bright answered and made the beasts go back into the storage rings before walking out of the office, followed by his companions.

They were all left speechless in the office.

"That boy.... too bad I can't look into him, i would have love to, such talent is rare" the commander muttered

" Hmm, here I thought you would punish him for being rude...you decided to let him go" the informant spoke

" Don't you see it? He has that confidence in him, that shows he is not scared of anything, i won't want to get on the bad side of someone like that" the commander said with a smile

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After an hour the help that was being sent for arrived...

"So this is what happened here, hmm...so he didn't say much, well he will have no choice but to open up when he gets to the academy"the leader of the reinforcement said while scratching his itching jaw.

........

The students were all gathered around after some questioning and investigations, they were told to all move into the teleportation matrix which will transport them back to the academy.

Getting to the academy, all the space rings were having collected with each groups name being registered, the school decided to give two days rest for everyone in the first year. Investigations were going on and students were being questioned about how the hunt went.

Rina's group and Andy's group were being called and awarded gold medals🏅for coming out on top, other rewards were being given to them and others who came close to their score.

......

"So what do you have to tell us?" an investigator asked Bright

" I don't really have much to say other than what the others have said" Bright replied

"We need to get information from you" the investigator said

"What information? " Bright inquired

"Let's start from how you awakened your powers, because our record here shows you don't have any ability before embarking on the adventure, but now you suddenly awakened an ability and a strong one at that" the investigator voiced out

"And who sad my ability is a strong one? " Bright questioned not bothered about the constant change in expression of the man behind the investigator.

"For you to perform such feat, you will surely posses a great ability, so back to my question" the investigator said

"And what could that be? " Bright asked innocently

"Have you lost your mind, or did you trade your memory with your ability? " the man behind the investigator questioned angrily

Bright ignored the sudden outburst of the man and continued staring at the female investigator.

"It's okay Mac, let's take things gently here" she tried to calm the man down, turning to Bright." You... tell us how you got your ability and I'll know if you're lying with the aid of this lie detector, so don't think about lying." she stated

"Okay.... it's simple... " Bright narrated his made up story

"I have heard about people who unlocked their powers at the point of death but their potential is not as special as yours, you're really an anomaly" the female investigator commented

"Well as you know, I am new to my ability and I am yet to get used to it, so I've nothing to tell you right now..... not that if i actually know about it I'll tell you, it's mine and mine, so it will be kept to myself. " Bright said and stood up to leave, he walked out if the office and went straight to his dormitory.

"The lie detector didn't get triggered." the woman muttered

"Why don't you let me force him, I'll surely get something out if him" the man spoke while walking forward.

"Mac we need to take things calmly, not everything should be used with brute force, we are mere investigator in the academy, if he gets hurt now that he is in the limelight, you know what will happen" she responded.

" Hmm... whatever" Mac said and also walk out.

"Let's see if he won't open his mouth to talk when he stands in the presence of the high echelons." the muttered. "By the way.... is it me or my eyes are deceiving me...his looks after embarking on the adventure looks far more handsome and girlie than his previous look....is it his also part if his ability, if it is, what kind of ability will that be... nevermind why am I troubling myself on that young boy, let's go and submit the little information I'm able to gather. " she voiced out with a sweet smile.

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