Chapter 7
The beast looked at the flare of electricity rapidly racing towards him in Genma's hands.
Genma with a proud smirk thought it was over but then
"Uhh!"
FRRR-SLASH!! - Three claw mark slashes launched at him.
Genma swerved — RIGHT!
Then he landed on his feet. The lightning faded. The beast didn't watch him land, it fled.
"DAMN. I LET IT GO. BUT WHAT WAS THAT. THOSE SLASHES LOOKED LIKE CLAW MARKS."
Genma looked at the beast about to enter the woods, only to get sliced by the same claw marks into three pieces — SLASH!
Genma looked at the three parted beast and asked himself.
"What is that? It's from the woods. Let me see."
Genma walked forward unflinchingly. Then Zenith arrived in mid air.
"HEY GENMA. DID YOU DEFEAT THE GENJU?"
Genma turned to look at Zenith in the air.
"Why is Zenith sensei aura farming? He can fly. Wait Genju?Is that the name given to these beasts?"
"Yes I did but the majority of them at least. Until something fired claw marks slashes at me, so I had to…"
"YAPIDI YAPIDI YAP YAP. Keep your fight explanation to yourself. In fact it's time I taught you that…"
Then a growling hound was heard from the woods.
Genma turned to look at the woods flinching.
Then out of it a genju, with the same face as the others but this time was red and white with brown marked lines. It stood on its two feet this time. They were eight. It's back seemed to have a horn back. And their claws were longer,sharper and brighter.
The first one fed on the dead genju.
"AHH! IT'S ABOUT TIME. LISTEN GENMA, YOU FOUGHT THE FIRST CLASS OF GENJU, THE BASIC ONES…"
"BUT THESE ARE POWER GENJUS. GENJUS WITH NYX, THE DARK SOUL ENERGY. THEY ARE MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE LAST BUNCH… SO ENJOY."
Genma turned back at Zenith quickly.
"Wait so you're not gonna help me?"
"LISTEN I AM TEACHING, AND SOMETIMES IT'S BORING. THE FIRST LESSON WAS AWAKENING PNEUMA…"
"THIS IS ABOUT BEING EFFECTIVE AND CREATIVE WITH IT. LISTEN, USING BLUE FLAME AND LIGHTNING WILL HELP YOU, BUT THESE ONE'S SKINS ARE STRONGER THAN YOUR BASIC LIGHTNING NOW. HAVE FUN DOING IT!!"
Zenith hovered in the air and watched Genma turn toward the genju.
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The genjus' mouths were already painted with blood.
All of a sudden one blitzed before Genma could react.
His claw reached Genma's eye.
Genma's lips curled as the claw marched to his face .
To him, Gemini made the beast look almost slow despite being in a blindfold.
Genma also swerved calmly to the right.
Electricity crackled in his right hand.
The beast wanted to turn it's head to watch but — THRR- THRRAA!! — Genma shot through its brain with his hand of lightning. He withdrew his hand afterwards.
The Genju fell to its knees and then collapsed onto the ground.
Zenith's smirk didn't waver.
"Good Genma. That's creative thinking. Using lightning as a destructive destroyer to actually breach its head and launch your hands to push the attack, that's good, very good."
Meanwhile back at school, Masami was meditating and pink pneuma glowed on her body at the modern cybertech sparring ground for teachers.
Selene went straight to her. She bent down and held her knee then tapped Masami.
"Masami, it's ok. You've learnt how to use pneuma, c'mon let's get something to eat. Oh and I would like you to meet someone."
The pneuma stopped. Masami opened her eyes with a smile and said
"OK."
Selene and Masami walked out towards the cafeteria.
They reached the serving table. The matron asked .
"Oh. Selene sensei, what can I get you?"
"Hello Dev, give me the usual. Masami, what would you like?" Selene had sidestepped to her.
"Me? I…I don't know." Masami looked low, her happy demeanor diminished.
Selene couldn't face the fact that her student was sad.
Masami was actually remembering her poor life on Earth and what they had to eat as food.
A tear almost dropped out from her. But Selene held her face.
"Uhh?" Masami's face squeezes in a cute way.
Selene tilted her head and smiled with eyes closed.
"That's the cute face I remember. C'mon. This is a realm where you leave your past behind or you take it. If your body didn't get right treatment first, enjoy the privilege to get that treatment, it would add happiness to you, try it."
Masami smiled after hearing Selene's words.
"Dev…"
"Yes sensei…"
"Give her a burger and a milkshake. Oh with French fries too."
Selene's dish was the same as Masami's. She didn't hold the dish. The dish followed because she used pneuma to control.
Masami followed her teacher too. She had learnt the same pneuma control.
They approached Genya and Tanaka sensei — a youjutsu sorcerer with black spiky bushy hair.
Genya had two burgers on his tray and was chilling with milkshake, sipping from the straw.
Tanaka was also doing same until Selene and Masami approached.
"Oh Tanaka, you're here. Can Masami and I have a seat?"
Genya opened his eye and twitched, then placed his bottle down, when he saw Masami.
Masami blinked and felt she knew Genya then she glanced at him.
Genya blushed.
"Sure… you can, Genya shift aside for Selene's student sit" said Tanaka.
"Oh erh yeah I will do that."
Selene sat and Masami did too.
Genya was burning red.
"Genya what's wrong."
"Don't tell me a girl just deleted your swag. Huh, students of Zenith"
" By the way I am Tanaka what about you" Tanaka looked at Masami and she returned a glance."
"I am Masami."
"You have a beautiful name. Do you know Genya?"
Masami looked at him, his head was down. She turned .
"Yes I do. He sparred with my brother."
"Oh did he. Where's your brother?"
"He's training with Zenith"
"WHAT!!"
"Selene, is it true?"
"Yeah it's true. I'm scared for the boy going under Zenith's training."
Masami looked concerned.
"Why what's wrong?"
"Students of Zenith go through a death sentence training and only lucky ones pass. If you fail, it means he declared you're no more his student or you didn't come back."
"REALLY!?"
"Yes. Genya is a living example."
Masami looked at him still blushing. Selene spoke.
"But don't worry, Zenith is one of a kind. Even if you fail you will get back,he's the strongest sorcerer I know. What Tanaka meant by "you didn't get back" was actually his training is too deadly and it spooks newcomers."
Tanaka spoke .
"Don't worry, the fact that Zenith took your brother as a student means he has great potential."
"Yes. Tanaka is right. Zenith rarely teaches anyone and he has never stepped in class to teach, yet his students who made it are extraordinary, the best of Anima Academy, and Genya is one. I believe your brother will survive."
Selene smiled unnervingly.
Masami was filled with relief and fear as she looked at her food .
"Big brother please come back."
Back at the woods a genju was sliced into half. Genma's hoodie was drenched with blood after killing five of them and having some minor slashes at his hand.
"Genma's pneuma banks are also much. He's on par or maybe more than Genya. Something tells me his pneuma never runs out, or he refills rapidly. Amazing." Zenith thought.
The last three genju surrounded him. Genma stood there quietly then a hum of lightning played.
In his right hand, he had formed a lightning blade.
The first genju exploded to Genma with a slash. Genma ducked. He swung the lightning blade with rotating force, spinning below — ZIZZI-ZIZZI-THRAA-THRAA!!
The genju's leg limb was severed and it collapsed downward. Genma made two lightning blades and struck the neck of the genju.
Before he could sever its limbs another one rushed to him and the other launched forward at him.
He quickly dodged — LEFT!
Then ducked. Genma pierced the stomach of the genju. He then backflip kicked it — BAAM!!
The other one slashed behind him — SWERVED!!
Genma crashed his knee to its stomach — PUUUM!! The Genju spat blood.
Genma had swerved and landed at the genju's back. He stamped the Genju. It knelt.
Genma spawned his singing lightning blades and struck the brain of the Genju, sprouting blood like spring from its head.
The Genju wailed horrifically in pain
The hopeless genju with a severed limb watched with terror. The Genju that was backflipped into the woods came out and saw his fellow weeping from pain.
Then Genma added blue flame through the blades.
The Genju burnt gloriously in blue to orange flames wailing.
The glow of the flames reflected on the other genju's bodies. Birds flew away, and some trees got burnt just by the heat.
Genma left the lightning blade. The Genju crashed to the ground, still burning.
The genjus looked at it then gazed with fear at Genma, the bloody sorcerer.
Genma's body was bathed in the blood of mindless beasts.
He raised his head up .