Bastards Ascension: A Playground of Gods

The factions had gathered together according to their groups.

The seniors quickly scanned the young awakened to make sure they were all doing alright.

They asked them all some questions.

And for some reason, they all seemed to make mention of a certain student.

Slowly, the name spread through the crowd.

Even the senior awakened, vice captains, and captains couldn't help but become curious about this said student.

They all couldn't help but wonder who it was that could stand up against an elf.

As the kids claimed, it was a newly awakened just like them!

On a normal day, the senior awakened would've shrugged this off as a mistake.

But apparently, even the senior awakened that had been sent along with the kids also confirmed their words.

And slowly, the name of this strange newly awakened filled the air.

Oblivious to the popularity that he had attained, Kieran couldn't contain the dark smile on his face as he heard the distant yell from the Nelkon family's captain.

Jacob, on the other hand, could feel it in his gut. He didn't even need Kieran to admit anything.

He could almost smell the mischievous air swirling around him.

He could only hope that it wasn't something that would put the entire Blue Fang faction in a problem.

"Did you do anything?" Jacob couldn't hold back his worry.

And Kieran's behavior was making it painfully obvious that he must've done something.

Kieran turned to look at Jacob with a stupefied look on his face. "Me? How could I do such?"

Well, it's not like he did it while conscious.

Even he didn't know what happened after his gaze darkened.

When he woke up, the memories flooded back, but that didn't mean he was the one who committed the crime, did it?

Jacob shifted his gaze to Nasha, Henry, and Stan.

The three had turned visibly pale.

'Do they know something?' he couldn't help but ask himself.

However, the three denied as he asked them.

On the other side, the captain of the Nelkon family was completely furious with what happened.

Frank was the son of a member of a major branch of the faction.

If anything happened to him while he was in charge, he wouldn't be left unscathed.

He had to get to the root of the issue.

Cold sweat dropped down from his face as several thoughts spiraled through his mind.

'What do I do?' As the thought echoed through his mind, so did the voice he had heard not too long ago.

'No important figure was harmed. Only three kids were harmed—and it just so happened that I was the one who did it.'

Kieran's words echoed in his mind again.

And slowly piecing the parts together, the captain's face darkened with rage.

"That little brat!"

It just so happened that he was able to remember his name clearly, especially after the embarrassment he had faced in front of the other captains.

"Kieran Marcoth!" the captain roared as he angrily scanned through the field.

His gaze fell onto Kieran, who was standing right next to Jacob.

With heavy steps, he walked up to the two.

The crowd parted as he walked toward them.

His shout already dragged attention toward him.

And watching him walk toward the figure they had all been secretly whispering about dragged even more attention.

All the awakened paused their discussion, eyes wide with anticipation as they watched the scenery that was about to unfold.

Kieran quickly restrained his smile, keeping a neutral face as he turned to face the captain of the Nelkon family.

"You think you can escape after committing such a heinous crime?!" the captain roared, staring the young man deep in his eyes.

He let out his aura, the domineering pressure instantly filling the air.

The young awakened immediately felt their heads grow fuzzy from the intense pressure bearing down on them.

The stronger ones only found it hard to breathe.

The weaker ones were even unable to keep their footing, their knees buckling as they fell to the ground.

The air seemed to seize.

Noticing the disruption, the captain immediately directed all the pressure toward the young man in front of him.

But to his shock, the young man remained standing—completely unaffected by the overbearing pressure that the others had felt some minutes back.

'Why?... Why is it not working?' the captain thought, gritting his teeth in frustration as he pushed his pressure down on Kieran further.

Kieran stood staring at the captain as though he was staring at a clown.

Thanks to his Ultrasense skill, he was able to feel the energy pressing down on him and counter with his own energy.

He realized that, other than just sending out the energy to scan his surroundings, he could also use it as a form of defense like he was doing now!

'To think he'd attack me so openly. Without even letting me speak. Hmph. What else should I have expected from the Nelkon family?'

"What are you talking about?" Kieran asked with a deep frown on his face.

His voice instantly snapped the captain out of his daze.

He quickly retracted his aura completely.

He didn't know what trick Kieran had pulled off, but he had to save himself some face in front of the other captains.

One of the only ways of doing that was by completely stopping his invisible attack.

But that didn't mean he was going to let Kieran off like that.

"You want to pretend like you don't know?! You arrogant brat!" The captain's fist was completely engulfed in flames, and he sent it straight for Kieran's face.

Kieran's gaze darkened as he saw the fist of flames rushing straight for him.

It was rather ironical that the first beast he had to summon was a beast that had an affinity similar to theirs.

But it also went to show how unlucky the Nelkon family was to make an enemy out of someone like him.

Because flames?

They practically couldn't be used against him.

Kieran raised his hands just as quick—a white, luminescent flame rose around his hands.

But just then—