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"I am Ronnie Quentin," the silver-haired guy said with a smile.

Damien looked at him straight in the eye and looked down at Ronnie's outstretched hand.

To shake or not to shake? He wondered.

"Hello Ronnie, what's good?" Damien said, ignoring the outstretched hand of Ronnie Quentin.

With an embarrassed smile, Ronnie drew back his hand.

"Everything's good Damien, except for one thing. Rico here tells me that you refused my offer and I think he didn't probably understand you the first time. This time I want to hear your answer personally.

We all come from the Western sector and this school is in our territory, Damien.

We have to stick together.

You see that guy over there?" Ronnie pointed at a handsome guy with a model's body and Indian features. He had come to class topless so his eight pack abs were on full display.

His hair had been made to grow long, crossing his shoulders by an inch or two and was a shiny black hue. 

This dude looked like some kind of god, Damien thought.

Damien nodded.

"That's Vishnu Roshan from the Eastern Sector. He's the leader of the Eastern sector's faction in this school.

He had a mark of 16 and he has many powers but not as many as yours.

He possesses an outstanding human physique, he can fly and he is also a weapon expert, mainly specializing in the bow, sword and some kind of strange weapon of his family's.

His family is very famous in the eastern sector.

They own a chain of manufacturing companies that make nano armor and laser weapons.

Look at the far right. See that dude over there?"

Ronnie Quentin pointed at a familiar looking guy who was cursing boisterously with a group of people.

He had dyed green hair which had been shaped into a pointy tip in the middle of his head.

He was pale skinned and was also not that bad looking, just a little skinny and foul mouthed.

"That's Silas Spears from the middle sector. His family's also into weapons, just like Vishnu.

He had a mark of 17 and he has quite special powers.

His main power is known as Living weapon, one of the very rare Body paths which are awakened.

He can change his body into a spear and his sharp mouth is also another power of his too. He has the soul power popularly known as Trash talk.

Just a few words from him can demoralize you and give you critical hits.

He's the vilest mouthed person ever.

He is also good with using a spear.

See that guy beside him?" Ronnie commented.

Damien nodded and looked at the guy beside Silas.

He was a tall dark pale faced guy with a light scowl on his face. His raven black hair was long and straight. 

Unlike most people who had come wearing semi casual clothing or even the uniform, this guy was in an all-black jacket, tie, shirt, pants and shoes!

Every piece of clothing he was wearing was black, like some kind of gothic hero.

Damien turned to Ronnie to listen to the juicy info.

Obviously he wouldn't join Ronnie and his cronies but he was never going to pass down free information on his competitors!

"That's Vance Amorth, also from the middle sector. He too is forming his faction so the middle sector is split between Vance and Silas. 

His family is quite old with a lot of powerful people and all. Even before the awakening, his family was one of the few forces on earth that had strange powers and abilities.

Apparently, one of his ancestors was an exorcist. Well, his whole family line deal with mystical stuff like demons.

He had a mark of 17 too and his powers are also very strong. 

He has black angel wings which are very strong and almost impervious to damage and he also is good with the sword.

Look at the guy over there in the corner. See him?"

Damien turned to look at where Ronnie was pointing.

A Latino dude with a crew cut and ear piercings was surrounded by other Latinos and one dark haired female who stood close beside him.

"That's Diego Del Rio and he is the leader of the South western sector's faction. The girl beside him is his girlfriend, Eliza and she's also pretty strong, with a mark of 15 with the wood element she's also a genius.

Diego's dad is the uncrowned king of the South western sector.

Diego had a mark of 16 and he has the water element.

You see that guy over there?" Ronnie pointed at a buff dark skinned African guy from the Southern sector. He had a small afro and already his facial hair was showing signs of growth.

He was built like a bull and had the features of an alpha warrior.

"That's Ojo from the Southern sector. He's the leader of the Southern sector's faction and his family specializes in crafting weapon artifacts.

He's very strong.

He had a mark of 17 and his power is that the longer he fights, the stronger he becomes. Injuries increase his strength too.

Also you see that girl over there?" 

Damien turned to look.

A beautiful girl with a nice figure was also speaking with someone. She had brown hair and slightly tanned skin.

"That's Anne Golding and she's the leader of the South east sector's faction.

Her family is also powerful and they deal in transport and hovercraft.

She had a mark of 16 and she has a summoning power. She can summon powerful beasts to fight for her," Ronnie explained.

"These aren't the only geniuses in our batch but they are the most prominent and there are many others too who have joined their factions.

If you want to become stronger quickly Damien, there's no other choice but to join a faction. You're from the Western sector like us. I will give you the necessary protection and resources.

All you need to do is say yes.

What's your answer going to be, Damien?

Will you join us or not?" Ronnie asked.

"It's a nice proposal and I'm honored by it. Unfortunately, I prefer to be alone so I won't be joining you or any other faction in this school for the record," Damien replied.

Regardless what Ronnie had shown to him and the veiled threats, Damien had firmly made up his mind not to join any group or faction.

He had always been alone and even though the principal had advised him to be free and make friends, Damien wanted nothing to do with entitled brats forming factions and fighting for an imaginary throne.

He was going to single handedly beat all of them regardless of their backgrounds or resources and become the strongest first year student!

And he would do this without joining any of the groups.

Even though Ronnie's smile hadn't faded after his rejection, his thoughts said otherwise. Damien's psychic element allowed him to sense the thoughts and emotions of others and glean information of what they were saying inwardly.

Damien was sure that once he kept growing stronger, it would be an easy task for him to read people's minds and thoughts!

For now, he sensed thick ill intent from Ronnie. 

Had it not been the fact that Ronnie probably hadn't killed anyone yet, the intensity of this ill intent would be on par with killing intent.

But why?

It wasn't as if Damien had robbed him or murdered his friend, had he?

This was the first time they were meeting face to face and already Ronnie was having evil intentions for him.

That's why Damien didn't like entitled brats like Ronnie.

Once they didn't get their way, they instantly become hostile.

"Though I'm sad you decided not to join us, I'm glad you've decided not to join other factions. I'll hold you to that word.

See you around Damien," Ronnie replied and he walked away with his followers.

The familiar faces of Rico and Danny glanced at Damien with loath and Victor was looking at Damien with pity.

Ronnie's exit would have been cool and cold if not for one person who cared little of decorum, Silas Spears.

While Ronnie was leading his cronies out, Silas and his group were also moving towards the exit and both groups ended up face to face with each other.

Silas grinned mischievously. "Well well, look what we have here! Snot faced cocksucker Ronnie Quentin!"

"Shut up Silas. You're blocking my way. I have better things to do with my time than to deal with idiots like you," Ronnie replied as he side stepped Silas.

"You got better things to do with your time? Time itself thinks you're up to no good and you make a fucking waste out of everything!

There's nothing better you can do with time because you're not better than me!

And who the fuck put you under the illusion that you have a fucking way here?

I don't see your name written on the floor that this is Ronnie's way so I gotta move to the side for his sorry ass to pass!

Even if it were, I'd fucking spit on it and deface it.

You don't even have a fucking say in front of me so you can't even have a fucking way!

White faced cunt who did you call an idiot huh?

Me and you who looks like an idiot? Isn't it you?

Look at your face! You look like you've been forced to drink a gallon of piss! Isn't that how idiots look?

White faced bitch ass dude like you wanna trash talk me?

I dare you to!

I'd finish you up so fast you'll cry for your mamma!" Silas ranted ferociously.

"Oooooh!" everyone in the class moaned and snickered.

Ronnie's face turned a bright red, as if he had been slapped!

Silas had a truly vile mouth! No wonder he even awoke it as part of his powers!

Damien strained to hold back his smile. This Silas guy didn't hold back nor give face at all regardless of the fact that Ronnie came from a powerful family.

"Move out of the way then, Silas. The exit isn't yours," said Victor.

"Shut the fuck up white haired idiot. Who the fuck is you anyway?

Ronnie shut up that dog of yours before I make him sorry!

And even for wasting MY time, y'all sons of bitches owe me a fucking apology.

After that, I get out first before your sorry asses follow behind.

What do you say Ronnie-fool?' Silas snorted.

Victor's face turned similarly red like Ronnie Quentin and everyone burst out into laughter, even Damien.

Ronnie and his cronies looked like they had been forced to eat shit.

With deep resentment, they could only watch on as the European sector guys led by Silas swaggered out the class, leaving them with embarrassment.

For the first time, Ronnie broke his character and cursed.

"Fuck!!"