The Mech Lord

Runeko stood there looking down at the guy lying beneath her. Her eyes were wide in horror and she couldn't believe what just had happened.

"Aahhhh!!!" She screamed, and tears began to fall out of her eyes. This was the first time that she had killed someone.

"This crazy b*tch!!" The other guys finally realized what had happened. They couldn't believe their friend was actually killed.

Runeko desperately wanted to get out of the place, but she could no longer control herself. Her body suddenly moved, and she attacked the other remaining guys.

"Kill her!!"

These people obviously didn't consider the girl to be their match. They had outnumbered her and were even a year above. There was no way they would have lost. As for their friend, they just deemed it to be the consequence of a surprise attack.

After all, no one would expect that someone would dare to deliver a killing blow like this in the Academy.

It all started well for them, but half way, they realized that their attacks weren't working. That greyish matter was blocking their attacks, and the damage it received were all being healed.

"What in hell is that thing?!!" One of the guys cursed with sweat sliding down his chin. These guys were finally beginning to realize the danger they were in.

"We need to alert the staff," One of the guys said with a serious look on his face, and the others nodded.

"We will buy you time, hurry up and leave."

The person looked at his friends and nodded before running off.

But, that soon turned out to be a bad decision for them.

The greyish matter suddenly burst forth of Runeko's arm and absorbed the corpse nearby.

"What is this?!!" The students were obviously frightened. They had never seen any ability like this.

"It's coming! Be prepa-"

"Shnk!"

Before the guy could complete his sentence, a hole appeared in his stomach. His eyes were wide as blood rushed out of his mouth. His body slowly fell onto the floor as he looked at his friend in horror, "R..un.."

…

"I'm almost there.." The person who had run away to inform the staff was almost about to reach the main hallway. Only a bit more, and..

"Thud!"

Suddenly, something slammed onto his back, and he crashed onto the floor.

When he turned his head to look at what appeared to be some kind of ball, his eyes widened.

It was a head, and it belonged to one of his friends.

"Tap!"

"Tap!"

He slowly turned his head in fear on hearing the footsteps. His face was full of sweat as he looked at the grim reaper who had arrived in front of him. He knew it was over.

"I am sorry.." Runeko closed her eyes with tears brimming out of them. Her body flinched as the noise of meat being sliced entered her ears, and she felt a warm liquid splash all over her.

After that, her strange arm absorbed that guy and all the traces of the blood were gone.

...

She was obviously scared of all of this and tried to shut herself in her room.

After trying a lot, she finally was able to suppress that thing using her energy but that wasn't a permanent thing. The moment she ran out of energy, it would take control over once again.

She didn't know whom to approach for help.

The next few days passed quietly. That thing seemed to be digesting its previous food, and hence didn't act.

Runeko, on the other hand, stopped going to the classes. And, tried to find out what was happening to her. She visited the Old city library. But, there was no information on her condition.

On the other hand, she was afraid to see a doctor. She had no idea what would happen to her. After all, she had killed people.

It was only a matter of time before something bad happened again, and it did happen two days before. Her arm once again began to react, and this time it was too strong for her to suppress. It dragged her along, and took over her body. Even though it attempted to kill a lone student, it didn't succeed.

It was another thing that the guy succumbed to his injury later on.

That was how the Academy became aware of the murder.

She was sure that they were aware of a few students missing as well. But, it was nothing big. Students usually went out at times on their own to experience different things when they got stuck on a certain level.

And, even though a notice was usually required in such cases, most just didn't care.

….

"What am I going to do?" Runeko sat down there crying as her arm turned normal.

She was really afraid earlier when Amelia came at her door.

She had actually tried her best to suppress the arm. But, it didn't work. She could only scream in a desperate attempt to send her back.

If Amelia walked into the room alone, she sure would have been dead.

Thankfully, Leo and Spike came at the right time. And, that thing stopped itself. It was like an intelligent creature which could judge how to react in different situations.

….

"Did you feel something odd about her?" Spike suddenly asked as he looked at Leo. The two of them had just parted ways with Amelia.

"Well, she opened the door too easily if you ask me.." Leo replied with a helpless smile. From what he had heard until now, she wasn't opening the door to anyone at all cost.

"Yeah that's correct." Spike nodded with a frown on his little face, "You hadn't gone with us yesterday. She actually screamed at us on the top of her lungs. That was very unlike her. I clearly felt that something was wrong. But, she is behaving so differently today. It is as if everything is normal."

"Maybe she was having a bad day.." Leo couldn't think of anything else. It was entirely possible or maybe she was feeling a bit good as Amelia went to see her. It could be anything, it wasn't possible to find out until they talked it out with her.

As they were walking towards the Club, Leo bumped into a familiar guy.

Talk about coincidences.

He sure was bumping into a lot of people unexpectedly today.

It was his opponent for tomorrow.

Morpheous Brown.

This time, Leo remembered his name.

"You are still coming to the Academy?" Morpheous asked Leo with a surprised look on his face, "Don't you know it's dangerous these days?"

He had a mocking smile on his face as he continued, "You can use this reason to avoid the fight tomorrow. You can actually make it out easily without suffering. And, if you place a bet on me in the fight, you might even earn some cash."

The two guys behind him shook their heads with a laugh.

"I heard that you almost had your teeth knocked off last time? Are you sure that you can be this cocky?" A voice sounded around, and Morpherous's face turned ugly. He immediately turned his head around in rage.

It was clear that he was about to explode, but as soon as he saw the person's face, he held himself back.

It was Ronnied Lancaster.

Ronnied walked up to them, and turned his face towards Leo, "You did a good job with Duke, I bet that guy is biting his handkerchief with a teary eye right now."

He sure was enjoying it.

He then glanced at Morpheus before turning back to Leo, "Do you best tomorrow. I have bet a lot of money on you."

Leo had gained another supporter it seems.

"Hmph! Then you will be losing your money it seems." Morpherous intervened with a snort.

"Oh? It seems you are pretty confident?" Ronnie asked with a smile.

"How could a mere Yellow Rank Awake beat me.." The guy sneered at Leo as a cyan colored aura took over him.

And, that immediately made Leo's face turn serious.

This guy had broken through Lv 10

The easy fight was no longer as easy it seemed. This was going to be bad.

Ronnie's eyes on the other side lit up.

Things sure were better this way in his eyes.

"You better not come tomorrow if you don't wanna die. Your parents aren't going to protect you here," Morpheous said with a smirk on his face before walking off with his two friends.

"Work hard, I am looking forward to it." Ronnied tapped onLeo's shoulder with the back of his palm, and then went ahead as well.

"How confident are you in winning?" Spike asked Leo as the two walked towards the Club.

"Earlier I would have won with ease." Leo replied with a calm face, and his response surprised Spike a bit. He liked this confident response.

"What about now?" Spike further asked.

"Well, seeing how cock that guy is, I am sure I have a good chance at winning as long as I play it cool."

Spike was surely dumbfounded for a second before breaking out into laughter. This guy sure was interesting. He really liked it.

"I guess, I will take my money that I have bet on that jerk out and place it on you," The little guy said with a smile, and Leo's face twitched on hearing that.. It seemed that people didn't have much confidence in him.