Bam!

[Strength activated]

[Strike augmented]

"You dare glare at him that way?!" Nix said with a scowl.

Everything happened rather fast for Ian, one moment he was glaring at Lank thinking of the best plan to go with, and the next he was punched into the ground and saw rubbles flying around him.

Bam!

Nix repeatedly kicked him till he was satisfied.

'You can't die if the damage isn't much. She wouldn't mind a little provocation.' Nix reasoned in his thoughts with an evil smile.

Lank and Obsidian's mouths gaped open at the daring speed of Nix and why he had rained down his anger on the collector.

"He's going to kill him, isn't he?" Lank whispered from the corner of his mouth.

Obsidian head slowly nodded, "if he's not stopped, we should expect another goner."

"How about you stop him, he's needed alive." Lank nudged on Obsidian's side.

Hissing in response, Obsidian narrowed his eyes at Lank, "are you wishing me a quick death?"

He had thought that he was in the league of Nix, or they were closer to a degree when they first met. After the dragon incident, he had rightly known his place.

Thinking about the second gift he had, which was one of the rare ones, he wondered how such a person could exist in their world.

Lank raised a brow at Obsidian's question, "weren't you the one who spoke of us as lowlifes? Is the loyal feral too attached to its master and dare not bite the hand?" He taunted.

Obsidian narrowed his eyes further, "this loyal feral knows his limit and that includes survival instincts and currently, the survival instincts say you would die if you engage."

Lank nodded his head to his words, "I guess we both have the same survival instincts running through our thoughts."

Whoosh!

Parting immediately, Lumina brushed her long sleeve black mesh top.

"Did you have to wear such revealing–"

Gulp!

Solis swallowed his words and looked the other way.

Alex looked around for the first time and marveled at how everywhere looked strikingly different than he had imagined it to be.

"The organization can change its theme so well." He said with a sigh.

Zephyr rolled his eyes at their words and shoved his hands in his pocket. When he turned to his left, he could see the very person they were looking for.

"We've found the culprit and from the looks of it, that lightning dude isn't going too far." Zephyr snickered, pointing a finger in the said direction.

Lumina wasted no time in sprinting in the direction the moment she spotted Lank and Obsidian.

Slapping the back of Lank, she paused for her breath.

Lank jumped back the moment he felt a hand on his back, "what the heck–"

"It's me, Lumina" She whispered, pulling on Lank's hair.

He looked behind and his grin brightened when he saw Solis and Alex approaching, but all that immediately fell the drain the moment he set gazes on Ian.

"What's that loser doing here?" He hissed.

"I guess I'm not the only one who thinks he gives off bad vibes." Lumina let out a sigh of relief, patting Lank's back.

Lank nodded his head and focused his attention more on what was several feet away.

Lumina watched with wide eyes at the body below Nix's feet.

"Nix, stop!" Lumina yelled at the top of her lungs.

Zephyr frowned the moment he heard her call out to him so fondly, all he could wish for was that they weren't a thing in this world.

'You have Rumi, why covet another?' His subconscious questioned.

Shaking the thoughts off his head, he stared at Lumina with a burning gaze.

When she realized Nix was far gone in his rage, there was only one way to calm him down. Without thinking things through, she rushed toward him.

'Could that be him?' She wondered as she approached.

"No, no, you shouldn't–" Lank gritted his teeth the moment she ran out of his grasp, retracting his arm and leaving her to her fate.

'It's Lumina, she can find her way around this, I know it.' He said to himself in a bid to convince his heart.

Zephyr called out to Lumina stressing how dangerous of an act that was. Nix had gone mad and blood stains had soiled his shirt.

His eyes only grew twice their size when he saw Lumina hug Nix from behind while muttering incoherent words that caused him to ease up his actions.

"Please don't kill him, for my sake," Lumina said in a whisper.

Nix's body trembled at the words, he could feel her book shake with anguish and fear at what he was becoming.

He had gotten a taste of how it was to lord the duel, and it felt oddly satisfying to put the trash in its place.

The first collector hadn't been as lucky as Ian was because there were no strings attached.

But the one thing he couldn't forgive was that Ian had played a vital role in causing Fae's dangerous stab wound.

If it weren't for Mr. Gaviel, they wouldn't have been graced with such Intel.

Nix inhaled and exhaled, repeatedly trying to deactivate his ability, but the more he tried the more he felt the need to exhaust his energy before he could get satisfied.

"Nix!!!" Lumina screamed at the top of her lungs when she felt his body temperature heat up, he was unsettled and needed to stay calm if he was going to think in the right state of mind.

Ian was still below his feet and unconscious with blood dripping down his face.

Stunned, Nix's ability was forcefully deactivated by her jolt of electricity.

[Gift: Fire deactivated]

[Passive gift: Telekinesis deactivated]

"P- pretty face? Is that you?" Nix questioned as his heart skipped a beat.

He had not seen her for nearly a day and it felt like his mind was playing tricks on him.

"Do you want me to zap you once more?" Lumina gave a tight squeeze to his stomach.

Wheezing and trying to catch his breath, he begged that she let him go.

"What the f–"

Wham!

Obsidian made use of the opportunity to shut Lank up, just in time before he spoiled the weird reunion between the two.

'So... It turns out something is going on between them.' Zephyr thought with a frown.

Releasing her grip, she felt him pull her by the wrist and pull her close to him. Their gazes on one another.

"What is this?" Lank whined, "you're making me itch with jealousy!"

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