Beyound Expectations

"Looking for me?"

Kelvin heard Max ask behind him, he turns around abruptly and sees the grinning Max but before he can open his mouth to talk, he was suddenly sent flying to the wall.

"What!"

"How the hell did he do that?"

"Did he just kick my Idol?"

The entire Arena was in an uproar, students could not hide the shock on their faces as they stared at Max who was still grinning and then Kelvin who was lying on the ground, unable to move.

Max slowly walked up to Kelvin who was groaning in pain, a smirk curved upon his lips as he bent down towards him. "I hate people like you the most!" He said coldly, causing Kelvin to turn around despite the pains on his back.

"Y-you....!" Kelvin shuddered, he didn't know what to say, he was confused, shocked and angry at the same time. Yet, he could not do a thing, he could only point at Max with hostility.

Max seeing the anger on Kelvin's face beamed, he tilted his head to take a better look at Kelvin's face then without saying a word, he stood up. Just as he turned around, he saw a brown spear coming at him with a speed that could not be calculated.

"He is going to die for sure!"

"It won't be bad if he dies!"

"Yeah, he is too arrogant!"

The students all thought that this was the end for Max, even Zheren could not help but jump to his feet. He didn't want Max to lose his life all because of this duel yet, he was not planning on going into the duelling ground because Max had told him not to do so, no matter what. It took a great deal of trust for him to sit down back on his chair and just watch the next action.

Harry on his part wanted to go down to the duelling ground but he was held down by his Matt, he creased his brows as he stared at his brother but the latter didn't say a word and just fixed his eyes on the duelling ground. Harry not understanding what his brother was doing, turned his gaze at the duelling ground and what he saw left him stunned.

Before the spear could get to Max, it was suddenly caught by him. This action left the whole crowd stunned as well, how could he possibly do it? How did he catch the spear just before it touched his chest? This was something that shocked and confused everyone.

"H-how did you do that? How is this possible?" Nat asked in shock. He could not believe his eyes, he glared at Max with hatred in his eyes. How could this be happening? Why couldn't he do anything to Max again? He promised to teach him a lesson but why has the table turned around? Isn't he the Max he used to know? the weak useless kid that he used to know? What the hell was happening or is karma finally taking its revenge on him? All these questions filled his head, yet, there was no answer to him. They instead turned into rage, a desire to want to kill Max, this was what he wanted now and he must get it. He would not allow him to leave the Arena in one piece or he would forever live in regret.

In a rage, Nat stomped his foot on the ground and began to run toward Max. Anger boiled in his eyes, and the stench of hatred smelt all over him as he made his way towards Max who had dispelled the spear.

As Nat ran, the dust began to rise behind him forming a tornado, the tornado swirled violently behind him. Max saw the violent tornado and prepared himself, he could see the wave of hostility and the killing intent that is been surged at him and as such, he needed to do something.

He closed his eyes and whispered "Shadow manipulation!" Opening them again, they completely turned black for some time before returning to their previous colour, the initial dark fogs surrounded him clothing him like a large cloak.

"What is that?"

"I've never seen a thing like that before!"

The students were now able to see the dark fogs that surrounded Max but none had any idea of what it is.

"That is the shadow skill!"

Someone said behind the confused students and when they turned around, they were met by two girls that looked so much alike. They sized the girls up and down and finally, someone was able to remember who they are.

"That's Emily and Evelyn!" A student almost yelled in joy but the two girls cared less about how happy the student was.

"So how did you know he is using the shadow skill?" Another student asked. He would not believe what the girls said no matter what. The shadow skill is one of the most powerful skills in the entire world and it was not a surprise that no one in the school have ever awakened the skill.

"You can believe it or not but we're not here to exchange words with any of you," Emily said and walked away followed by her sister.

"Emy, how are you sure that scum is using the shadow skill?" Evelyn asked her sister as they walked to one side of the Arena.

"I think you should stop insulting the kid, he did you no wrong," Emily said causing her sister to frown in displease. "It's for your good and as for the shadow skill, I'm sure! Very sure that it is the shadow skill," she said as she focused her attention on Max.

"Then should we report it?" Evelyn asked, expecting her sister to reply with a yes.

"No, Not yet! Let's keep an eye on him for now," Emily replied calmly without turning to look at her sister.

Evelyn wanted to question her sister but then she decided against it. She was going to watch her sister and find out why she didn't want them to report the case immediately.

Back at the duelling ground, Max after activating his shadow skill silently watched as the tornado reached him and then swallowed him up. Inside the tornado, Max instead of swirling around with it was surprisingly standing on a spot with both of his hands clasped together. When he opened them, the dark fogs around him spread out and filled the space, they swallowed the tornado completely and turned it into a tornado of dark fogs.

Soon, the tornado died down and Max could be seen still standing at a spot, the dark fogs could not be seen again but he was not moving an inch.

"Nat, let's deal with him now! I think his energy is drained already!" Kelvin yelled from where he was standing. He was now on his feet and so he felt that he needed to do something.

"Are you sure about that?" Nat asked in fright, he dared not make another mistake that would cost his life. At this point, he has given up his wish to deal with Max after seeing the whole thing he did.

"Of course, we won't miss a chance like this!" Kelvin yelled impatiently waiting for Nat to agree.

"Go ahead, I'll back you up!" Nat replied instead. No way he was going to endanger his life for some selfish reasons and some careless mistakes.

Kelvin seeing Nat's reluctance became enraged but he didn't have time to deal with Nat just yet. He dashed toward Max with his two hands glowing with flames, the flames grew at each step he took. When he got to where Max is, he slowed his steps and carefully scrutinized him as he didn't want to make any careless moves. Seeing that he was motionless, he waved the entire flames in his hands toward Max and they surrounded him.

"Your end has come, let me see how you'll escape this one!" Kelvin said with a wide grin on his face. Soon, he was going to be victorious or so he thought!

"Look out!"

"Kelvin behind you!"

"It's too late!" This was everyone's last thought as they stared at the duelling ground with horror in their eyes.