49 Domain!

~BEEP~

Zed's cellphone ringed suddenly.

"Hm?" Zed opened his cell phone and was pleasantly surprised by a message on the screen. It was from Claudia, giving him details on Jessica's blood scan. When a student joins the academy, they will have their blood scanned by the academy in order to study DNA.

Claudia has hacked into the academy server years ago. So for her, this was a very easy task. The analysis Claudia did on the DNA report was far more advanced than what the academy was capable of. Except for world government and few mystic organizations, there was no one with more expertise in the field of mutant research then Zed and Claudia.

"Jessica, I meant what I told you! Felicity agrees with me on this as well!" Zed put the cellphone back. Felicity nodded in agreement.

Jessica felt her eyes turning moist again but this time it was due to happiness. She was touched by their gestures.

She has been bullied ever since she joined the academy due to her humble background, but today she found there were people who cared for her. People who stood for her instead of taking pleasure in her misfortune. 

"You are a strong girl so don't cry," Felicity placed her hand on Jessica's shoulder. Felicity was really impressed by Jessica.

Jessica has suffered scorns from the time she has joined the academy but she never gave up. She was bullied every day and yet she never thought of leaving the academy.

Felicity admired Jessica's courage of not giving up when the odds were never in her favor. Just how many people can display such courage in an environment where everyone was against them?

"Thank you but now you two will be in trouble because of me," Jessica nervously said.

"Trouble? I have always liked trouble and I have always wanted Zed to have troubles!" Felicity made light of Jessica's words.

Zed's lips twitched. Others might think she was joking but he knew better.

"But--"

"No arguments here," Felicity stopped Jessica from continuing. She turned towards Ryan and said, "You are obliged to help every student and yet you are acting all mighty in front of a student who asked you for help. Some teacher you are."

"Obliged? I am here to train students who have abilities for combat and self-preserving. She has a trash ability of healing so how do you expect me to train her?"

"You could have said it nicely that you lack the talent to help her instead of insulting her in front of everyone," Felicity retorted.

"Well, how can you expect him to do that?" Zed started talking before Ryan could respond, "A trash teacher can only blame his student for his own lack of skills."

"Makes sense," Felicity nodded her head in agreement and said," This is the only way for trash to feel he is not trash."

"You...bitch!" Ryan pointed at Felicity, his body trembling in anger.

He has tried his best to restrain his anger against her but she continued to taunt him. Can anything be more humiliating for a teacher?

"Bitch? I am a bitch so what about it? Does that change what you are?" Felicity has a mocking expression on her face as she continued, "Answer me you shit-eating pig."

Ryan's face turned green. He wanted to strangle this little bitch but didn't dare. He took in a deep breath to calm himself. He knew he would regret his actions if he harmed Felicity who has such a powerful background.

The students were speechless by Felicity's words. They couldn't believe how a fine lady like her can use such an inelegant language.

Seeing Ryan not giving any response, Felicity turned towards Jessica and said, "We will help you with utilizing your abilities."

"Thank you," Jessica said. She didn't think Zed and Felicity could help her since even a teacher has said her ability was trash.

How can one use the ability of healing for combat or self-defense? But she didn't state her doubts. She was grateful to Felicity and Zed for the current help and it didn't matter if they couldn't help her with her ability.

"No need to thank us. We both find the academy boring anyway, so, helping you will help us relieve our boredom," Felicity replied.

"Hahaha," Ryan started laughing loudly.

"Pig, why are you laughing?" Felicity asked.

Ryan pretended he hasn't heard the word 'pig' and replied, "You will help her use her trash ability for combat? Isn't that a joke?"

"Shit head, have you forgotten what Zed said a moment ago? There are no trash abilities but only trash teachers like you," Felicity responded.

"Oh really?" Ryan turned his head towards Zed and said, "Brat, prove what you said otherwise your life is going to turn into hell."

Ryan's face was unsightly but he chose his words carefully. He knew he could only get out of this embarrassing situation by proving Zed wrong.

Whoosh~!

Suddenly, cluster of fire erupted in thin air. The fire opened up like a curtain and wrapped the entire training field. Thick columns of fire exploded from the top of the curtain, weaved together, and transformed into a dome of fire, blocking access to the sky!

The expression of students and assistant trainers turned ashen. They felt as if they were caged in a palace of fire.

The blazing heat was like a raging tornado, threatening to incinerate everything. The heat fluctuations made everyone gasp and stumble back.

"W-what happened?!"

"How did fire of such quantity amassed here!?"

Alex and Jamie trembled. They looked around and noticed everyone's expression was of panic but there were two exceptions!

Felicity. She stood with a nonchalant expression.

"It can't be Felicity! She has the ability to control plants at the molecular level!"

They then turned towards Zed who was standing in a relaxed manner. He was like a person hanging out in the garden.

"It is Zed!"

"He is a fire Elementalist so it is definitely him!"

"I know he is an Elementalist but this is going beyond the scope of common sense!"

Generally, a mutant blessed with fire element ability can throw fireballs, surround oneself with fire and use it for physical attacks, or even manipulate fire in small areas. But now the entire field of a 1km was surrounded by fire! The fire in the sky felt more like lava instead of ordinary fire.

Ryan's expression turned ugly. He looked at Zed as if he was a monster.

"You can summon a domain?" Ryan asked in disbelief.

Zed didn't answer. The students on the other were shocked by Ryan's question.

Domain! An area under which the user has absolute control: I make the rules! I make the threats! I'm the God!

"It is impossible for this to be a domain!"

"But Ryan said it himself!"

"Only strongest of the mutants can manifest their abilities into a domain!"

"Zed is just 21 years old! Surely he can't be that powerful!"

Alex and Jamie felt as if their minds have been smashed. They were planning to teach Zed a lesson but now they felt it was laughable. Zed was a student just like them but his expertise in his ability far surpassed even teachers!

Zed stretched his hand towards the dome of fire and made a grasping motion.

A gigantic vortex of fire emerged from the dome. It swirled with terrifying momentum, and as it descended, everything trembled with rumbling sounds.

"What is he doing?"

"Is he crazy?"

"Does he want to kill us all?"

"STOP!" Ryan shouted but by now, the vortex was upon them. Everyone sweated heavily and the heat fluctuations made them shut their eyes.

Jessica's body shook. She couldn't understand why Zed would materialize the vortex of fire.

"Jessica, he is doing everything to teach you," Felicity said. "So don't close your eyes."

"Teach me?" Jessica stammered. What can she learn from a vortex that was about to engulf all of them? Even if she wanted to open her eyes, it was far too difficult given the heat ripples!

"You think he will kill us?" Felicity asked with a smile. She was the only one who neither sweated nor closed her eyes

"Of course not but---" Jessica stopped. She felt a cooling sensation as if she has arrived in the land of ice.

Cold!?

She opened her eyes in disbelief. All around her, there were droplets of ice! And yet, just a few meters above her, the vortex of fire continued to swirl, emanating horrifying presence! The thing that truly shocked her was that the vortex expanded, albeit slowly and that in turn, made the ground colder.

How was this possible?

"Domain means having ultimate control over the element you wield!" Felicity pointed a finger at the vortex before continuing, " Don't forget that coldness is nothing but the absence of heat!"

Darkness is merely the absence of light just as coldness is the absence of heat!

"He is a fire Elementalist, so, obviously he can control every aspect related to the fire!" Felicity said matter of factly. She eyed the small pool where Zed was about to train before this episode. The pool has frozen and the same went for the obstacles inside. From the ice surface, mechanical puppets struggled to come out and launch an attack on Zed, but before they could, the temperature there fell drastically, and the puppets turned into blocks of ice!

Ryan was shocked into silence. He couldn't believe the level of control Zed has displayed in the domain.

"Why the hell is he studying here when he has such talent?" Ryan angrily wondered. This level of domain control was enough for joining the best academies in the world. Royal Heart Academy was the number one academy in Delta City but there were far better academies outside.

"Jessica, the reason he showed you this is to make you realize that opposite always coexists!" Felicity explained like a teacher.

"Opposite?"

"Yes. People often claim that ice and fire can't coexist, but aren't you now seeing a wielder of fire freezing the ground?"

Jessica understood what Felicity wanted to imply, but how was she supposed to use this knowledge for herself?

"Don't worry if you can't understand. He summoned the domain so that you can realize how much power you can wield if you know how to control your ability," Felicity then turned towards Zed and said, " She has seen the peak of power. Now is the time for her to learn how to climb from the ground."

Zed nodded in agreement. He waved his hand and the vortex faded in thin air. The dome and curtain of fire vanished...

Soon the temperature returned to normal. The ice melted, albeit slowly...

Everyone looked at Zed in pure horror. He didn't destroy anything but what he did was far more terrifying than destruction!

"Haah~"

Zed's face was drenched in sweat. Forming a domain has exhausted him both mentally and physically.

"If I was in my Kiba form then managing a domain would be a piece of cake," Zed thought while wiping the sweat. There was hardly any energy left in his body.

"What I have to do next will be even more taxing but I can't stop..." Zed bitterly thought while glancing at Jessica.

He felt pity for her when he bumped into her, so he didn't mind giving her a hand since it didn't cost him anything. Later on, when they arrived at the training field, she has requested Ryan for help but to disastrous consequences.

Zed knew she asked for help in combat training from Ryan because of what he said to her: "The only person who can help you is yourself."

Zed felt obliged to help her now that he has created this mess. Mainly he did because he didn't think it would cost him anything.

"Ryan, you better have a hot wife, otherwise, I will make you regret being born."

Zed's eyes were radiating with devilish light as he thought of this. He blamed his current predicament on Ryan so obviously, Ryan has to pay.