Volume 5 Chapter 42: Ticking Time Bomb


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 5 Chapter 42: Ticking Time Bomb


    <span style="font-weight:400">"He needs things like this to improve himself," Keith shook his head, "Isn''t that right, Professor Aidiun?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm," Aidiun nodded. He understood what Keith was trying to do. He turned to everyone, "Everyone, what Herrickcks isn''t something physical. However, it has something to do with his maturity."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?" Carolyn and the others were still confused. Diana understood what he meant, while Nephele had no clue.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Gabriel, can you exin it to them?" Keith turned to Gabriel. He was the only person who understood what Herrickcked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Guys, Herrick doesn''tck anything when ites to strength. Actually, he''s one of the strongest in our ss. But what Keith said is correct. Besides strength, hecks everything else." Herrick was a one-trick pony.


    <span style="font-weight:400">That was the best way to describe him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Also, that guy has an impulsive attitude as well." That was known to everyone in the ss.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"This trait plus his talent is just a disaster waiting to happen," Keith could envision it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Short temper + super strong = explosion waiting to happen.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"He''s a ticking time bomb. If we don''t teach him how to control his impulsiveness, he will do something extreme." Beating up students was the least of their worries. From how fast Herrick went into a blinding rage, he might do something that he would live to regret.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Kinda like you?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hey," Keith chopped Carolyn in the head, "It''s nothing like me. And woman, I''m trying to have a serious conversation."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Ahh," Alfia got it now, "Is that why you asked him to do all those humiliating things while keeping a straight face?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yes, it''s to strengthen his tolerance. That''s the only thing he should be focused on." Keith sighed. He just didn''t ount for Herrick being this much of a dense fool.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"There''s going to be a lot of criticisming his way. He needs to build up his patience," Keith added. From what he heard, Herrick could be the next in line for the throne. If he ever became king, he would have to face criticism. A king needed to be calm and collected.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Herrick was everything but that.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." The others understood now.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Anyways, don''t tell him about this. Well, even if you did, I doubt it would go through his thick skull." Herrick was too much of a musclehead. However, Keith still didn''t want to tell. For things like this, Herrick needed to walk through the process.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Understood," The others nodded.


    <span style="font-weight:400">...


    <span style="font-weight:400">And Keith was right. Herrick really didn''t understand the reason for the exercise!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Grahh!" Herrick really wanted to punch the wall in anger. Before he could smack the wall, he stopped his movements. How could I lose like this?! He thought Keith was the only one stronger than him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But he was wrong. Gabriel took him out so easily. That was something he never expected. However, he had to ept it. Gabriel did beat him without ever cheating.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Arlo, on the other hand, was an entirely different matter. He was way lower than him! This was what Alfia and the others thought as well. Yet he was defeated by him!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Am I that weak?" Herrick couldn''t help but believe it. His eyes were lifeless. He remembered that day.


    <span style="font-weight:400">...


    <span style="font-weight:400">Herrick was brought in front of his father. And his father stared down at him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I heard you were defeated by a human?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What?!" When that was said, the elders in the background gasped at this news! Herrick was considered a prodigy! He was the closest to bing king. Yet this person had lost to a human!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Did the human cheat?" "That''s impossible."


    <span style="font-weight:400">Herrick''s father didn''t care about the conversation behind him as he continued, "I heard it was a fair fight between you two."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"...Yes."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"And you even went into your beast state to deal with him,"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Herrick was silent. However, that silence meant it was a yes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Herrick, I order you to go to his ind and live there from now on."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">Herrick''s father said nothing more as he left him there.


    <span style="font-weight:400">...


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Is this punishment for losing?" He was filled with frustration and doubt.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Herrick didn''t know what to say about all of this. It was too damn hard to think about all of this! It was too hard.