Free Web NovelChapter 18: Chapter 18. Assassination ploy
Steven dashed towards Aiden. Lightning flickered in his eyes. He clenched his right fist, and launched it forward. His right fist was coated with lightning.
Aiden didn’t move. He didn’t make use of his blood. He caught the fist with his right hand. The lightning did nothing to him.
Steven’s eyes narrowed. He concentrated the lightning outwards. The lightning spread across Aiden’s upper body.
But Aiden was not hurt in any way. His shirt was torn as a result of the lightning. His well chiseled chest was revealed. The lightning kept dancing across his upper body, but he was not harmed in any way.
Everyone was shocked. What sort of defenses did this new student have? Steven’s lightning was not doing anything to his body? How sturdy was this fellow’s body? Steven felt as if he had hit a wall.
Aiden squeezed Steven’s fist.
"Arrrrrghhh!" Steven screamed, fear etched on his face.
His lackeys were extremely terrified. They turned around and bolted. Just because they were following him around did not mean they wanted to get on the bad side of a terrifying first year.
"Bastards..." Steven cursed inwardly as he screamed. Those guys had deserted him.
Aiden’s face was calm as he kept squeezing Steven’s fists. Eventually, bone crunching sounds were made. Steven’s hand was crushed. His blood was spluttering on the ground and was on Aiden’s hand.
Aiden pulled Steven forward. Then lifted him up by holding Steven’s leg. Then he crushed Steven into the ground like a bag of cement. He lifted him up again. He crushed him into the ground.
Everywhere was silent. What were they witnessing? This new student was a lunatic. A fucking lunatic.
Bang... bang... bang... bang...
Aiden had a calm expression on his face as he crushed Steven into the ground. Eventually, Steven was motionless. He had an expression of fear on his face. His eyes were droopy and still. Several parts of his body were bruised, broken and twisted at grotesque angles.
He had collapsed. His groin area was also wet. He had pissed on himself and shit on himself in fear.
Many sucked in breaths of cold air.
Aiden threw him somewhere away from his villa, then without looking at anyone, he entered his villa and sat down.
Outside the villa, Aiden’s neighbors, who were the audience to this incident, were shocked. This new student was a lunatic.
But, it was only a matter of time before Steven retaliated. With the humiliation he had experienced, his elder brother, rank 1000 on the Heavenly Ascension ranking list, an advanced rank 1 warrior, would come looking for Aiden. With how prideful Steven’s elder brother was, he would probably send assassins after Aiden when Aiden was outside campus because he would not want someone to think he was bullying a junior. That guy always liked to wear masks all the time.
How would this Aiden Vhorn handle this?
In the Villa, Aiden was in thought.
"A pity we are not allowed to kill on campus, except during death duels. Could have used his blood essence," Aiden thought. "Most likely, his older brother will come after me sooner or later, if they don’t send assassins after me when I’m outside campus for missions or other engagements. I have a feeling he did not just approach me for nothing. There’s perhaps a political reason behind the engagement with this Dahlia, and he thinks I’m a threat. As for that Dahlia lady, I should avoid her at all costs. Tsk... What a hassle. But with the way things have escalated,they won’t come after me because of this Dahlia. Rich people in business care about their pride more than anything. After what I did to him, they will try to get rid of me to prove a point. Since they are that desperate, I will welcome their blood essence. But before that, I need to grow stronger. It seems I’m not sleeping tonight. I should take on a mission at the danger zones."
Aiden tapped twice on his watch. A hologram appeared before him. Aiden went to the missions aspect. He tapped on the missions icon. He tapped on it. A list of university missions came into view.
Missions were ranked normal, medium, high, hell, depending on the difficulty level. Aiden eventually came across one mission he deemed he would be able to take on.
[ Mission description: The Artifact Engineers Association Branch on Campus is in need of the energy cores and body parts of 50 beginner rank 1 chaotic beasts to make certain products.
Task: Head to the danger zones and return to the mission hall with the dead bodies of 50 beginner rank 1 chaotic beasts. Do not take out their energy cores.
Mission difficulty level: Medium.
Reward: 1000 contribution points]
"This will do," Aiden thought.
After that, he stepped out of his villa and left campus.
*****
News of what Aiden Vhorn had done to Steven did not spread too far. However, some discussions about it were happening here and there on campus. There were even memes flying around.
It was safe to say that Steven had become a laughing stock. Not only had a first year beaten him up completely, but he had even shit on himself and urinated on himself. How could he show his face anywhere on campus anywhere?
He was recovering in one of the VIP wards of the university hospital. After the Dr made use of her light affinity to heal her wounds, she nodded towards him.
"You should get more rest. We are giving you more fluids because you lost a lot of blood." After that, she left.
A chocolate skinned lady dressed in casual clothes entered the room with a dark haired older gentleman.
"Dahlia, elder brother."
The two nodded towards Steven.
"She has cancelled the engagement. Are you happy now?" Steven’s elder brother, Shawn, said. He was very angry. But he was trying to calm down. This was a hospital. He could not make a scene here.
Steven sighed and put his head down in disgrace.
"Did you do it because of Aiden Vhorn?" Steven looked at Dahlia.
Dahlia chuckled. "You are so self entitled. No. I never had any feelings for Aiden Vhorn in the first place. Nor will I ever have feelings for him. The only reason why I was discussing him with my friends was because they showed interest in him and wanted to know how he managed to help us close the gate. In fact, I may never interact with Aiden Vhorn again because of the shit you pulled off. I love you Steven. But I can’t be with you anymore because you are too childish and can’t see the big picture." She added, "I wanted to secure connections with him because someone like him will become someone great in the future. I thought when you and I married, our families would have had a formidable ally on our side. But you just had to go and ruin everything. I have spoken to my father and he’s agreed to call off our engagement. I have lost a formidable ally because of you. And with the little time I’ve known Aiden Vhorn, he’s not the kind to give second chances."
Dahlia left.
A glint of realization flashed through Steven’s eyes. He had misunderstood everything. Why did he have to ruin everything?
"Father decided to kick you out of the family because you acted stupidly. But I spoke to him and he reconsidered," Shawn said.
"Thank you, Elder Brother," Steven replied.
"Don’t thank me yet. Although Aiden Vhorn did nothing wrong by putting you in your place, it does not change the fact that his actions have frowned on the pride of our family," Shawn said. "To families like ours, pride is very important. Several people are insulting you on campus because of what happened. Had I not done something about the videos posted on university forums to prevent the matter from spreading too far, I can’t imagine how worse this would have gotten. Anyway, the only way to put a stop to this humiliation is to get rid of Aiden Vhorn."
Steven nodded. His brother was right. Aiden Vhorn may have not been wrong, and Steven had misunderstood everything that happened. But it didn’t change the fact that Aiden Vhorn had humiliated and crushed his dignity and frowned on that of the Vorisa Family.
"Is this father’s will?" Steven asked.
"Yeah," Shawn replied. "I will send assassins after him when he’s outside academy territory on a mission or something. You focus on resting. Seriously, you need to get your shit together, little bro."
Shawn shook his head and left.
Steven was alone in the room, lost in his thoughts.
