Chapter 1. Lucas Grimstone 1

A black haired young man stood at the precipice of a high hill and heaved a large sigh predominantly tinged with exhaustion, depression and self depreciation.

If the winds of the night blew any fiercer, they would have carried his emaciated and malnourished figure away.

A slight chuckle inaudibly managed to crawl out of his dehydrated lips "To think suicide still remains the only option no matter how far I think"...

He glanced at the bottomless below of the hill on which he stood, then fought with all effort inwardly to jump...He gulped saliva, then hesitated...yet...again... "I hesitate, yet again ..this is fiftieth time this month I've stood at the edge of this hill, yet, I still hesitate to do the deed"...Lucas let out a self derisive chuckle "At least that's one thing I'm good at, attempting suicide over and over again but failing to go through with it each time.."

He silently turned around, his lifeless looking dark eyes shrouded by the poor visibility of the night. He kept navigating through the woods, his destination, the apartment his late parents left him....or to be more precise, his family house....

''What the....'' Lucas hid behind a tree as he silently exclaimed at the shocking scene before him.

Not very far away from where Lucas stood, in an open area of the forest predominantly illuminated by the full moon's light ,a buffed up young man with blonde hair and an arrogant smirk stared down at another gentleman who was bruised in multiple areas of his body.

''Carl, please dude just let this go for once bro...I am telling you , I had no idea you were into her....I.....I would have never asked her out....'' The gentleman with bruises all over his face and other areas of his body stuttered in nervousness as he tried to calm down the sociopath who beat him up like he was a serial killer being interrogated by the law.

''Shut up, you mutt!!!'' Carl's former fair right hand which had now assumed a silver complexion landed on the face of the other party, causing his face to cave in, and exonerate large amounts of red blood. The gentleman's limbs shook helplessly on the ground for a few seconds before he lay sprawled on the ground, lifeless.

Carl heaved angrily, spat on the dead body and turned to walk away with a satisfied look on his face ''No one messes with a lady I have my eyes on''

''That guy ,Carl Swann of class 2a is really a deranged person...I mean I know I am not one to speak for trying to kill myself almost everyday but this guy...He took someone's life just because the guy hit on someone he likes?...I always knew he was out of it but not to this extent....Thank goodness he did not notice me, else he would have probably gotten rid of me as well to cover his tracks'' Lucas heaved a sigh of relief then walked quickly to the dead body of the unknown gentleman...

''At least I can give this guy a proper burial...I might be seeing him soon in Hell, Heaven or Nirvana anyway...maybe he can give me special treatment when I meet him in the afterlife'' Lucas sighed as he held the corpse's leg with his right hand and dragged the corpse to the banks of a river in the forest..

''Sorry mate, this is as much of a proper burial I can give you....save a space for me in the afterlife'' Lucas muttered as he was about to drag the corpse into the river and allow it to drown.

Just then, a strange sensation encumbered his right hand....as though an electric current voyaged through his right hand and settled in his brain, the sequel was a tingly feeling in his head for a few seconds, then his head reassumed it's former normal demeanor.

beep, beep....

Lucas' Identity bracelet's usual holographic screen lit up before him.....staggering and almost falling on his butt in the lake, Lucas muttered as he stared the new details of the blue screen before him....He skipped the usual demographic details that highlighted his name as Lucas Grimstone, age as Fifteen, sex as male and other basic details and glanced at the shocking information ''How..is this possible?''

[Awakened State: Positive, Current Rank; E rank hunter...Generating the most suitable name for awakened affinity.. Affinity name generated.....Affinity; Permanent mirroring ]

''How could I have awakened when I have crossed the age of ten ?...the probability of awakening if one fails to awaken after crossing age ten is 0.02 percent, this means I am the first person to have been lucky enough to have awakened with this 0.02 percent probability..... My affinity name is....permanent mirroring....hmmm...what does this mean?....I have never heard of it before...Although ,my Identity slot has recognized me an awakened, I have no option but to head to the awakening center of the school tomorrow to officially register myself in the database of World Hunters Alliance...''

Lucas glanced at the corpse he was about to bury then kowtowed ''I am sorry, I can no longer bury you. The situation has changed. I will no longer be joining you in the afterlife anytime soon... There is therefore no need for me to suck favor from you by granting you a burial, since I won't reap any rewards from you for currying any favor with you...I am an awakened now, at least, now I have a glimmer of hope to change my miserable life....let's hope tomorrow turns out well, and things I manage to decipher about my affinity make life more easier for me''

Lucas turned around, shamelessly left the corpse at the bank of the river, and decided to head home...

''What a rough day.....a heartbreak...humiliation at the cafeteria...attempted suicide....again.., witnessing a murder....almost burying a stranger...well the awakening was worth it though.....at least...let's hope so..... after I find out what I can really do....'