Chapter 4: This Is My Demand

"BINJO DERNELDAR, SHOW YOUR FUCKING FACE!"

The words exploded in the air. If someone had ears he or she would hear the words kilometer away from Zax. If someone was deaf than the vibration caused by the sound wave would pique his or her attention from a fairly long distance as well.

CREAK!

Innumerable high pitch sounds reverberated as glass windows shattered to tiny pieces by the sound wave.

Zax's roar was clear and tremendous and in no time everyone in the school became aware of his presence.

"Brother, you made too much of a mess! The Disciplinary Class will definitely arrive. Arr ... the six of us are going back now. Good luck, brother".

Barnard and the five other youths were supposed to keep guard and accept those who had the authorization to enter the school in current hours. They followed Zax because they said that they will guide him and were afraid to anger him by taking their words back.

It was not simply because him being stronger than them that they complied. As students of Eden Formation they could show some superiority even to students from different Martial schools who were above their level.

But there was one exception, one type of people their age that even if they knew nothing about, they dared not act highly in front of. Experts that broke all reason!

As someone younger than them, Zax's feat at the school's gate was part of this exception and the six youths even believed him to be the top student of another first rate Martial school.

Zax waited silently without showing interest in Barnard and the others. Was it bold of him to behave so imperiously? Maybe. Did he think what his actions might cause by barging in and provoking the number one Martial school in EL-Eden? A little. Was he not afraid of rousing experts that he could not deal with? Not even slightly.

Zax was bold because of his restrained rage. If the number one Martial school would want to inflict punishment on him, then he will accept it after his business will conclude. If strong experts would show up, with his new insight, he already had an idea of a temporary rough method to summon the Kinetic Force similarly to when performed the bodily maneuvers.

What would happen if others will find his identity and involve his family? They will do it on the expense of their own, and no high class family will act rashly in a case with indeterminate variables like Zax's age, cultivation technique and Mor – only a handful will ever consider a Master.

Zax stood confidently at the plaza of the Intermediate grade building and as his roar waned, other calls of bewilderment emerge from the populated school's buildings.

"Who dare to intrude?!"

Twenty gold and black uniforms wearing early and mid twenties men and women jumped from the sixth floor of the Advanced grade building and encircled Zax.

The twenty were even in gender and all had golden ribbon strapped to their left arm with the words "Disciplinary Class" knitted to them.

"Identify yourself, boy". A bald unshaved man turned to Zax.

The Disciplinary Class members have assessed Zax with their Soul Senses the instant their mist energy could not detect his mist level of cultivation. However, these twenty were between Peak phase Mist Master level and Beginner phase Mist lord level. Zax repealed their Soul Sense like the repulsive formation he destroyed at the gate, only, since he could not execute a long range soul attacks, he merely surpassed them.

Seeing his young age and knowing the school entry rules, the twenty estimated Zax level of cultivation generously and also suspected that he was a member of a great family. Otherwise, how could he have the legendary soul concealment jewel and why would he want to mess with a member of the Derneldar family?

"I'm not here to cause troubles. My sole business is with Binjo Derneldar". Zax said solemnly.

The twenty frowned. The boy they surrounded was quite impudent but seemed to have the skill to back up his imposing manner. Furthermore, a hint of a killing intent of which they never sensed before oozed from this younger youth.

"This is Eden Formation, the number one Martial school in all of El-Eden. If you were able to open the gate with your own strength, you have the right to enter the school's grounds. That much is allowed". The bald unshaved man gave Zax the benefit of the doubt, considering him an Intermediate Mist Lord with possibly high grade Martial techniques, a super genius. "But to come to our school, interrupt the school day and expect us to let you harm a fellow student under school supervision ... that's already count as causing troubles!" The bald unshaved man said as the others continued to firmly block Zax from all side. Nonetheless, they also were reserved with how they dealt with him.

An Intermediate phase Mist Lord was not someone they could deal with one on one, but all twenty together? These men and women received the proper training of brain before brawn. If it comes to that, even a Core Master would not have easy time breaking their formation.

"I will not leave before dealing with Binjo Derneldar". Zax answered back. "If you want to stop me, try!" Zax said, pissed off. He encompassed the entire Intermediate grade building with his Soul Sense, to find out how many students were inside and which one reacted to his threat, but a bizarre formation activated and made him feel like everything inside the building was shrouded by impenetrable fug.

"BINJO DERNELDAR, I COME FOR YOU!" Zax bellowed and shot toward the building.

"Not good!" His speed astonished the bald and unshaved man. "Together!" He commanded the others and as if they read his mind they immediately purred their mist energy to the Disciplinary Class ribbon.

BOOM!

Zax was hit by a protective formation that covered the entire building and was thrown back. "This again!" The formation was not the same as the canines', but it did bring back memories.

"Jalal, the impact right now!" One of the ten females said to the bald and unshaved man, Jalal. "What kind of speed and power that boy has?!"

"Forget about it. Execute Nineteen Heads One Body Hydra formation!" Jalal responded.

The ribbons on the twenty, which were a quick activation signal to all the restriction formations on the school's grounds, last half their shine after Zax's assault. The force Zax exhibited was on a level only Core Masters could endure, a level beyond the protective formation, and Jalal's keen observation noticed it right away. Thus, he commanded the nineteen other to execute their strongest formation from the start.

Zax turned around. He did not want to use violence on anyone other than his prey, but behind him the twenty Disciplinary Class members were not willing to be pushed around.

BOOM!

Zax concentrated his strength in his fist and the blow formed a breach in the protective formation. At the same time a nineteen heads transparent gold and silver hydra appeared with Jalal at its base.

The hydra was huge, its nineteen necks reaching seven meters height from the base which was three meters tall and four or five meter wide.

WHOOSH!

The hydra tailed flickered and struck as Zax was about to enter the breach in the formation.

"Fast!" Zax gasped. If he wanted he could kill the twenty men and women with ease before proceeding to find Binjo. With that in mind, he took the twenty for granted.

Receiving the power of the tail strike, Zax was way more amazed at the gap between humans' formations and beasts'.

The tail swiped Zax off the ground, but was unable to throw him off. Zax finger latched to the mist energy that formed the tail without letting go.

"Ouroboros!" Jalal sent mentally to the heads through the connection they had during the formation.

"In this form, class president?!" One of the Mist Lord level Disciplinary Class member asked.

"Fi Han, take him, the others, don't let him escape!"

"RIGHT!"

It has been barely a second since the tail struck Zax and the nineteen head were coming at him.

'It's like a real body... ' Zax felt through his hands that the hydra, although made from mist energy and was transparent, had the same texture and bulginess as a lizard type beast. "Have it your way!" He told the twenty with an annoyed expression. If this was a spar or a spontaneous fight, Zax might have smiled and enjoyed it, but with Binjo and what he and his brother did to Anet, he only felt anger.

The golden maws of the hydra's head of the Disciplinary Class member Fi Han, was nearing Zax at an outstanding speed. In Zax's sea of consciousness a tidal wave of soul energy swirled and charged from Zax's head to his hands to the hydra's tail.

The soul energy was an ordinary soul attack, but with capabilities equal to those of a Core Master's soul.

The soul energy was invisible, but perceptible and to take out the hydra completely it divided to twenty streams. The first to be affected by the soul attack was Jalal. The soul attack penetrated his sea of consciousness and hit his soul. Jalal expression turned blank and unresponsive and following him the same expression appeared on the other nineteen.

The Hydra formation was similar to the canines' formation in its capacity to stay activated even if one of the bodies forming it lost connection. In general, it would only mean that this specific part of the hydra is incapacitated. But when all the bodies forming the hydra losing their connection and the passage of the mist energy that sustained the formation is disturbed...