Chapter 19 – A Fateful Encounter (1/2)

Chapter 19 – A Fateful Encounter

“Haha, that’s what you get for not paying your respects towards me, trash!”

A large boy arrogantly spoke down the crumpled figure on the ground, while a group of boys howled with laughter behind him. The large boy at the forefront was around ten years old and it was clear that he was the ringleader of the group.

The large boy stood at least a foot over Calron, and appeared to be more like a sixteen-year-old teenager than an actual twelve-year-old kid, which was due to the fact that he had an abnormal amount of muscles bulging through his robe.

From his attitude and the expensive-looking robes, Calron guessed that this boy must be the spoilt son of a rich household, as commoners like Calron did not have the luxury of nutritious food, and were usually weak and thin like him.

Calron abruptly stopped in his tracks and gazed at the sorry figure of the beaten-up boy below him.

It was a fat kid.

A trail of snot was dripping from his nose, and his chubby face was scrunched up as if he was desperately trying to force back his tears. Both of his eyelids were completely bruised black from the beating, and it was obvious that the fat boy was currently in a great deal of pain, but Calron could not help but contain his laughter as he continued to look at the chubby boy.

It was just that with his eye bruised black, the chubby boy greatly resembled a fat baby panda. Calron imagined that most older girls probably would not be able to keep their hands away from trying to pinch this cute chubby boy’s cheeks.

The fat kid was roughly around the same age as Calron, but was surprisingly even shorter than him. The most striking feature about the fat kid was his piercing arctic-blue eyes.

The chubby boy’s eyes faintly reminded Calron of someone he had met before, but he just could not recall it at that moment.

Seeing a stranger had appeared before him, the fat kid suddenly glanced up at Calron while his eyes lit up with a trace of cunningness.

“Big brother!”

Calron was simply stunned when the chubby kid addressed him as his brother.

Big brother? I’ve never met this Fatty before, so why the hell is he calling me his big brother? We are both at the same damn age!

While Calron was still pondering this, the fat kid quickly pounced on him.

“Big brother, these goons are bullying me! Please teach them a lesson!”

After saying those words, the fat kid rushed behind Calron in a flash and stood there with his tiny chest puffed up like a plump peacock. Although the Fatty looked really chubby, he was surprisingly very nimble on his feet.

Calron was at a complete loss for words.He had never seen a fellow as shameless as this fat boy, and it was quite obvious that the boy did not even know who Calron was, but still wanted to make him into a scapegoat to escape the beating from the bullies.

“Hey trash, who’s this brother of yours?”

The large boy asked while he stared intimidatingly at Calron.

There was an evil glint in his eyes, as if he had just found a new prey and looking at Calron’s simple robes, it was obvious that he was just a commoner, so even if the large boy bullied him, no one would bat an eye.

“Mister, I don-”

Calron began explaining when he was rudely interrupted by the fat kid behind him.

“Hmph, you are not even worthy of knowing my big brother’s name, piss off!”

The fat kid boasted with his chest still puffed up. At this moment, Calron wanted to grab the fat kid and slap his face until it was swollen as the kid was just digging a deeper and deeper grave for Calron.

Being insulted by the fat kid in front of his lackeys, the large boy immediately fumed in anger as he turned a smoldering look towards Calron, while he loudly cracked his knuckles. The large boy began slowly walking towards Calron, as wisps of orange-red essence started to gather around him and coalesced into a bright flame around both his fists.

“Hey, is Chax really going to fight that skinny kid? He already reached the fifth rank a while ago, so that kid has no hope of surviving… it’s a pity the poor soul met Chax today.”

While various whispers floated up between the disciples, Calron simply focused on the threat at hand.

He was furious at the fat kid right now as Calron had simply wanted to eat some delicious food, but now he was being forced into a fight that he did not want nor did he have any relation to.

The only way he could contend against the brute in front of him was to either use the Azure Lightning or the Blood Legacy, both of which were forbidden. Calron could not take such a large risk in front of so many disciples. He would have to find another way to escape.

*crackle*

Tendrils of yellow essence started to coalesce around Calron, while bolts of golden lightning crackled around his body.

Silence.

Finally, a disciple at the back spoke.

“A lightning elementalist! The rumors were true! The school had really accepted one of them as a student! Isn’t this just making us lose face in front of the other schools?”

After that, a bunch of new whispers began to circulate around the surrounding disciples.

Chax currently had a huge grin etched on his face. He had been a bit hesitant before when he noticed the complete confidence on the fat kid’s face, as there were several geniuses in the school that liked to shroud themselves in mystery and dress in common attire.

These geniuses did not care about their appearance and were completely immersed in their training. Seeing the lightning gather around Calron, Chax no longer hesitated and with a sinister smile on his face, he immediately charged towards Calron.