Chapter 3. Lord punching bag

Oslon City academy, the heart of Oslon city, and the main reason why Oslon City brimmed with large amounts of hot blooded teenagers every year. This has been one of the best academies in the world for more than a century. Oslon City academy boasted multifaceted programs, not just for the awakened, but for normal individuals too. If not all of the awakened, almost all of the awakened focused on studying programs that had to do with helping them rise through the ranks of the awakened. The world favored the powerful, that is the strong and influential but disdained the powerless after all... and in this world, the quickest way to power, that is to have influence and strength, was to become an awakened, and rise through the ranks of the awakened.

The non awakened young ones however, in a way had a chance to redeem themselves. Courses such as advanced engineering, advanced mathematics, advanced physics, advanced chemistry, were courses that were common to the non awakened youths who wanted to make a name for themselves in the world...

Lucas Grimstone walked past his class, the advanced engineering class 3a, his destination being the awakening center of the Oslon City academy.. The reasons why Lucas was bullied and ostracized were simple...The first reason was this, the classes for the non awakened teenagers were full of frustrated hormone influenced hot blooded youths. These teenagers channeled their frustration after not awakening into something else such as the carrier options for the non awakened with the desire to be the best at these fields, only to have someone else like them crush their hopes and worsen their frustration by leading their class consistently every time they had their examinations for the past 3 years...If they could not be awakened, at least they can be the best of the best in other areas right?

So when Lucas' parents died and he now had no backing, all the pent up frustration of these hot blooded, envy and frustrated teenagers were channeled to him. This was when the young man's bullying begun.... One would think that the people who bullied Lucas were just the non awakened, no... the awakened teenagers bullied him too, and this brought about the second reason for his bullying.

As for the awakened teenagers, the reason why they bullied Lucas after his parents died was simple. Some of their parents were hunters whose lime lights were stolen by the late parents of Lucas Grimstone, so they decided to teach their son a lesson in their place.

The academy administration claimed to have more pressing matters to handle and always treated issues of bullying as normal little skirmishes between young people, at least that was what the administration always claimed if the victim of the bullying had no serious backing .

Even though Lucas set off very early in the morning so he could get to the academy on time, he was still late for his first class for the day. And therefore, it was now breaktime. Most of the students socialized with one another in the hallways and therefore, they saw Lucas pass by with the usual deadpan, depressed expression on his face...Majority of them glared at him with discontent, as some intentionally covered the anterior apertures of their noses and shied away from him as though he had the worst smell of all time.

Echoes of mockery laughter and disdainful glances further worsened the situation.

''The usual I guess'' Lucas sighed and progressed in his motions, as though he expected such a reaction from them... But Lucas was not so lucky this time to just get off with just spiteful glances and demeaning looks. A massive blow landed on the left flank of Lucas, causing him to growl on the ground and squirm in pain..

Spits,emotionally depreciating statements and a few kicks landed on him ''Watch where you going looser!!....or should I say Lord punching bag'' . The voice sounded oddly familiar to Lucas.

''Damnation, of all people to have encountered, Carl?...Is that not the sociopath I witnessed get rid of someone just last night?.. I guess he is holding back his strength because this is the academy and even though he can bully me, killing me on academy grounds would not be tolerated'' Lucas sighed inwardly, grimacing in pain and struggling to get up on his feet. However he failed....

''Just when I had hopes that things would change if I were to awaken...I guess it's another suicide attempt tonight. I am tired of all this bad vibe'' Subconsciously, tears of extreme anguish, that housed all of Lucas' most innermost pain, fell on the ground..

''Oh he's crying..... where's your mummy and daddy now huh.....'' One of Carl's lackeys made a sarcastic comment, causing the onlookers to bust into another round of laughter... That was human nature. People would rather enjoy it when others drown in their sufferings, even if it can make them feel a small sense of comfort about their own pitiful lives.

To Lucas, this sarcastic comment was a trigger... As he lay on the ground, it was as though something had snapped in his mind. A scene appeared in his mind, a shocking one...A boy was training in a dojo. Streams of blue flames pulsed out of the boy's hands, the flames launched themselves unto a wooden training dummy, obliterating the wooden dummy into smithereens. The scene disappeared from Lucas' mind.

After the scene ended, Lucas felt as if the technique executed by the boy in the dojo had been engraved forever into his being. It also felt as though flames were now at his beck and call.. He could not explain this feeling, however he knew that he could summon blue flames....the feeling was just there....and it felt.....real...

 All of this happened in a few seconds...

Lucas was smart...he behaved like a deranged person for wanting to commit suicide almost all the time.... but he was smart.. He did not need anyone to explain things to him....he quickly analyzed how all this was possible.. ''So this is it...permanent mirroring.. I remember that guy...the one who was training in the dojo.. He is the one Carl killed last night...turns out he's a flame user huh... most definitely...after touching his body with my right hand.... for about a period of five minutes, I think I permanently copied his skill and affinity... I can permanently copy the skills and affinities of people I touch with my right hand.. maybe I can do the same with my left hand?...or I can just let any part of my body touch the person...?...There is more time for me to experiment....finally... a cheat skill...as expected of me...the protagonist... ''

Lucas stood up, then begun to laugh hysterically... he walked past Carl and his lackeys who treated him like nothing and let him pass...the beating they had given him was enough to have made him mad...this was what Carl and his lackeys thought.....Lucas knew he was not strong enough to take these guys on...he was an E rank hunter now, according his ID bracelet.. Carl however, was an E+ hunter ....As for Lucas ,he knew he just needed time.... 

''He has finally lost it due to the beatings''

''What a loser''

''Poor guy, stay away from him babe...he will infect you with his deranged tendencies'' The onlookers chattered..

''Very soon... very soon....hahahah....as expected of me...the protagonist....'' Lucas muttered with a voracious grin on his face, then headed to the awakening center of the school...