《The Life of an Undercover Conqueror at Specialized High School》 Prologue - The Beginning of The End Magic. It is neither a product of fantasy nor legends, as it should have been anymore. We humans thought it won''t be possible to summon a scorching fire and a freezing ice, as we wish. We humans thought magic was just a product of wild imagination. When we read the Greek mythology or even folklore, we believed how in the world is this possible. Magical beasts, that defy all of our logic. A human, that is able to resist them. Well for some reason all of that become reality. Starting from spring 2100 AD, spreading from Northern and Southern Hemisphere to the Equator. A mass whirlwind of crimson red dust like particle sweep all over the world. At first few weeks after this world class catastrophe, billions of people went sick. A few weeks later two-thirds of the world population simply died. Our lovely world became a sorrowful mass grave. This was the first of the predicted seven world-class catastrophe. Nonetheless, there is an unexpected Gift behind this catastrophe. We Humans, that are left, are resistant to the Crimson Dust. And even some of us can control the crimson dust particle that are practically everywhere in the world. Some who can wield this world defying power are called Defier. A defier can control the crimson dust freely, constituting a stellar explosion, brewing a storm, make plant grow at an accelerated rate, and so much more.
28 January 2101 AD Exactly one year after the crimson dust disaster. After many conference involving practically every lead figure around the world, it was decided that the only area deemed fit for human to live are only the Equator. The Northern and Southern Hemisphere were unsuitable for humanity anymore. So now the Equator was divided into four regions based on their ancestry. The region, where the Americans and Canadians are residing in, is called USAC (United States of America and Canada). The region, where the Africans are residing in, is called NUA (New Unified Africa). The region, where the Europeans are residing in, is called NEU (New European Union). The region, where the Asians and Australians are residing in, is called AAAN (Association of Asian and Australians Nations). Spoiler: Spoiler
Summer 2102 AD Another year had gone by after the first catastrophe. A wave of demonized animal came from Northern and Southern Hemisphere. The animals became so different, a lion that got a goat head on its back and a snake for tail, a flower that attracts humans to their death, a wasp as big as water bottle and from its sting flows a deadly venom. The people who are in the dark about the reason behind all this madness could only stay and pray for their safety. The military from all of the regions was working in unison, because their own life depended on the success of this mission. However, for some reason bullets didn''t work, it couldn''t penetrate their thick outer armor like skin.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. Subsequently a scientist proposes a new idea, "What if we change the bullet alloy from lead to something else?". For exactly three days this idea worked, but on the fourth day, it didn''t work anymore. Because changing the alloy from steel to gold and other rare material seems so stupid, they decided to abandon this idea. Until one day, a defier and his family who live near the border to Wilderness get attacked by Demons. This event awoke his trait. He focused all of his mind, and he tried controlling the crimson dust particle that''s practically everywhere. He made a scorching hell surrounding his family and even made a shield against heat. All of the demons got cooked alive. Due to this event, the defier became a race above the normal humans. Immediately following this event, the defier from all over the world swore to defend the world. Thus, born Demon-Slayer-Battalion (DSB), an international organization which fought against the demons.
Fall 2102 AD The demons invasions are not only getting bigger, but also getting stronger. Humanity got pushed back, all of the four-region decided it was most efficient to erect a wall surrounding all of their border. It was created with crimson dust particle, and it was found to be the most effective method against the demons. So due to this most of the defier worked as a [Wall-Maker], because only them that can control this crimson dust particle, and because the walls needed to be there all the time. The workload divided by four shifts, one shift every six hours. Until the government had enough money to erect one, that is better than the makeshift crimson dust walls. Then miraculously, a professor at the Genesis Lab found a way to extract the crimson dust energy. From all of the demon that had been slain, there''s a core somewhere near their heart. The core that made of concentrated crimson dust used as a new source of energy. When placed on a specialized generator made of crimson dust combined with cooper, silicon, and quartz, it created a bit of electrical energy, even though it is small in current, it is perpetual. In the future presumably, all of the energy source will come from the Demon''s Core. Not long after that discovery, the same professor also had a marvellous idea of melting the cores to erect even starker walls. When the demon''s core placed in a vacuum chamber and flooded with plasma, it will slowly but surely melt. But hard to believe more than 90% of the crimson dust came back to particle instead of melting so this work is so tedious to do. Later it was known that higher tier demon has a finer demon¡¯s core. Since all of the demons that attacked all four regions still Tier 1, it is not confusing as to why only 10% are viable for us to use. The first thing that the Genesis Lab made was a brick made of crimson dust. Then finally after one year of collecting demon¡¯s core, enough brick had been made, and the first wall made fully of crimson dust erected. The wall was built by combining human intelligence and the brick indestructible attribute, with the power of modern architecture and state of the art technology. Even explosive such as C4 couldn''t destroy it. This wall was named after the scientist who found the way to melt the demon¡¯s core and made it into a brick, Edward le Brickkopf.
2150 AD Then after the condition of the world was stabilized, in case of other world-class catastrophe all of the four regions separately and steadily were grooming a new race called a defier, the one who defies the rule of the world. Because of these all four regions tried to make a new education program, thus born Specialized High School. Normally a defier power will slowly grow overtime, because of this reason, when a defier came of age of 15 their power was being measured, when it was deemed to be enough a defier could enter Specialized High School. However due to educators that''s also a defier are very limited, there is only 100 new recruits every year. 50 was called Unique the other 50 was called Bland. The Unique got a full-time education with educator. the Bland got a terminal desk, filled with data crucial for study and a study curriculum to back it up. There are four of these kind of high school in each of the region. The First Specialized High School located in AAAN, specialized in anti-demon combat utilizing high-class trait and magic. The Second Specialized High School located in NUA, specialized in rural anti-personnel combat. The Third Specialized High School located in NEU, specialized in research and development of magic and trait. The Fourth Specialized High School located in USAC, specialized in mass area bombardment with magic.
Don''t you notice something wrong? Where is the Russians? They decided to go separate ways with the rest of the world. Because of this, they still live in their designated land. They also refuse to stay connected with the rest of the world, so currently there is no information whatsoever involving this country. Who knows, maybe they also develop some kind of weapon to protect their kind? We as of now also don''t have any information regarding their stances, are they neutral or are they enemies, nobody knows. Chapter 1 - A Fresh New Start and Revelation of The Past 16th April 2215 AD The day of our Specialized Highschool begins. You may be wondering what is the use of Specialized Highschool in this day and age. Isn¡¯t it just a waste of government money? Nah, this world, that you know of start to change because of one thing. And that one thing became the doom of our existence on this world.
6th June 2096 AD Just because we humans pursue something that we shouldn''t have, we humans seek the knowledge of the Gods. After so much year have past, finally our resources was starting to run out. Due to this we humans conducted a research to obtain an unextinguishable resource of energy. A Philosopher''s Stone it is known throughout the history that the alchemist final goal is to this hidden ¡®Gem¡¯, but despite how many times they''ve tried, they failed. It wasn''t because they''re foolish or even outrageous. They just incorporated the wrong concept of thinking. The Philosopher¡¯s Stone that they pursued of is not an Artifact, but rather it is an Organism. This so called Organism unlocks the true potential of Living Being. At first the creature infected will rapidly evolve, then when they become so specialized the evolution progress would come to a halt. They evolve into an entirely new species. Nah, scrap that, their appearance became entirely different. Have you seen a lab rat? Now have you seen a lab rat with eerily glowing eyes, a set of razor-sharp teeth and claws, and now add a third creepy eye at its forehead? That rat was the final survivor of the Genesis Lab third division. Where is the other rats? They all become the fuel for its evolution. In order for the rat to evolve it need to devour something of equal standing. The more it devours the more specialized and stronger it becomes. With further research it is determined something of equal standing mean: same starting species, other being with equal strength or higher. At this point the researcher didn''t even notice about ''what have they done'', but they fear the creature will escape and ruin the world environment. So, they move the experiment to an isolated island and start to conduct a rather crazy experiment. Yep, you guess it. They released the rat there along with the Organism a.k.a. the Philosopher¡¯s Stone. They sent a team of explorers (including a researcher) there every month, to document the result of the experiment to the head of the Genesis Lab. The first month''s observatory report is in fact very interesting. They''ve found out that the Organism start to duplicating itself, and it doesn''t even consume resources and energy like any other being. It totally disregarded and violated the rule of physics and even you can say that all other law that bind a Living Being altogether. And it tends to gather around an area that have a really high electromagnetic wave noise. Fortunately for the researcher this kind of area is scarce, at the isolated island they only found one spot that have a relatively high electromagnetic noise. They also found out that within this island due to the Organism become so abundant, the dead creature that had been infected by the Organism started to spawn there. It truly was a miracle. They continued to research it behaviour, till on one fateful day. Exactly at the 6th exploration, the team didn''t return. It provoked an utter confusion at the Genesis Lab, not only there''s no sign of them returning, but also there''s no telling about what will they explain to their family. Finally, the Head of the lab Leonhart Bloke decided to go there personally with many other head researchers and of course they contacted the military for help as well. This is not bizarre at all because the fund of the research comes mainly from military, so it was only natural for the military to know about what happen at the island and many other top-secret events here at the Genesis Lab. When they arrived at the island, all the occupants of the island, you could say the island ''itself'' has turned into some sort of demonic realm. The entirety of the island covered with Organism.The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Every Living Being at the islands now has turned into another being never seen before. They Evolved. Or more appropriately they, the Living Being can now properly called the Evolved or the Demon. The one who hold knowledge of this event called them the Evolved. And for the rest who don''t, they''re just the same heartless Demon, the one who devour the world. Back to the researcher. The sight makes them lost all of their color. The sound that ''they'' make, ache their soul. And the guilt that they shoulder, fall upon them. When their soul came back to the real world. The military is busy fighting them, at first the military''s navy are winning against them, however each time an individual die. Their genes just got reshuffled in the spawning area until they found the right gene to defend them from the bullets. Then after six waves, each was lasting approximately 10 hours, their skin became bullet-proof, some absorb the bullet, and other just flatly deflecting it. The researchers were astonished at this shocking turn of event. Maybe when they got some time up their sleeve, they can tell about ''what is going on here''. But of course, they don''t. They''re just some human who want to screw with the very law of the universe. The very law that the Gods himself establish. The more the navy fought back, the more they got pushed off. The Evolved became so strong, and as the navy stocks of ammo depleted, at this instance the Admiral gave out his command. "Everybody who still wants to be alive, goes back to the ship. At this point there is no use for us fighting this Demon anymore. We''re just making them stronger by the hour. I''ll repeat once again, go back to the goddamn ship you slowpoke!!!" (Admiral Schr?der) The researcher and the head of the Genesis Lab Leonhart Bloke all of them had the eyes of a dead fish. Their eyes could be described as lackluster, as if the body were just empty vessel. They''re just sitting there on the deck, couldn''t accomplish anything to change this unprecedented event. There is a saying in this world for instance, "Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors are destined to repeat them.". But what if no one has made their kind of mistake? How in the world did they solve the situation?
It was the day of school entrance ceremony, but it was still too early in the morning. In fact, it is 2 hours before the ceremony start. The freshmen whose heart was filled with anticipation of the future could be counted with just one hand. However there appeared to be many upperclassmen, who was busy with the rehearsals. Aside from that what are these 2 freshmen doing at this hour, unless they have something to do with the rehearsals. A male student that look as if he is from a painting, stand still as if he is waiting for the next order, and busy thinking as if the world is waiting for his answer. And a female student with a unique blond-gold hair, her hair maybe as beautiful as Rapunzel from the fairytale, she can''t stop looking at the male student as if she is frightened of losing him. And after a not really short silent, the female student couldn''t stop herself anymore, she crashed the train of thought of the male student. "Hey, Igrum nii-sama could you please stop reading about ''that'' again? You really make me worried, you know..." (How? Does my indifferent face actually show some difference in her eyes?) "It is nothing really. Quinn, in fact I''m just thinking about how should we celebrate you becoming the freshmen representative." "W-W-what are you talking about Ni-Nii-sama. But isn''t it you who should be under the spotlight Nii-sama? Aren''t you the one who attained the highest written score? In fact, if ''they'' permit you to use your..." It was a scene in which the female student start blushing angrily, and not a moment later were blatantly mad. And she appeared to call the male student ''Nii-sama'', we can probably presume they are siblings. But even if they are siblings. Then they are siblings who don''t resemble each other at all. "Quinn, stop. What happen in the past just let it stay in the past as well. I genuinely want to appreciate the life of a normal highschooler with you, and that is the sole reason that matter. However, Quinn this and that are different. The school is emphasing more on practical exam, so there''s nothing we can do, is there?" "Y-yeah b-but still, I can''t accept it!" "Well in that case, I am sorry, having this good for nothing elder brother would be..." "Nii-sama is not a good for nothing elder brother!! In fact, this very being is here just because of you alone." (Now, what should I do to fix her mood?) He tosses his hand on her silky blond-gold hair, and start to ruffle them in a gentle manner. At that moment the girl seems to start calming down a little bit. She regains her composure, a little more. "You see Quinn. The truth is, I am very overjoyed, because every time you were angry for real, it will always be for me. And that action really reminds me every time, about something that I lack that everybody else have. I want to thank you for that Quinn." " Igrum nii-sama, I know you would do the exact same thing as I did, because whenever you were truly furious, it will always be for Quinn''s sake." They continue enjoying each other company, until approximately 30 minutes have passed. "Quinn, isn''t it time for you to go to the auditorium for the rehearsals? Quinn, I can''t wait to see you up there." "Yes, Nii-sama. Please take care when I''m gone. Aren''t Nii-sama''s indifferent ways always anger some people? Please don''t get into trouble." "So even Quinn start to consider me as an invalid now." "Of course not, see you later Nii-sama." "Yeah, see you later." After this too sweet of a farewell that made other onlookers jealous. The sister started to rise onto her delicate feet, then once again smiled to her Nii-sama. And in return he only can smile with a wryly manner. After his sister was gone, he was thinking about ''what should I do to kill some time''. Then he started wandering around the school in an apathetic way, as he always does. Chapter 2 - Unique and Bland Not knowing what to do, he decided to continue what he reads earlier. In this day and age, it was really rare to encounter a person still using a book information format meanwhile other people using visual animation format. He then searched the material he wants to read and sank into his consciousness.
19th February 2097 AD At the Genesis Lab headquarter, they conducted a meeting with ''The United Nations''. What was the topic? The topics were big enough to make every nations leader gulping in harmony, each time the Genesis Lab revealed the fruit of their labor one after another to the public. After a not so brief moment, after the leader of the Genesis Lab Leonhart Bloke spoke to all of them. Their face grew from greed to despair, from hopeful to desperate, and from asleep to wide awake. The meeting room was filled with swears and cries of many languages. A few hours earlier¡­ "What we have done can''t be fixed. We the Genesis Lab only research something necessary for the future of mankind. The inextinguishable source of energy, the Philosopher¡¯s Stone. And after years of research, we are finally one step closer to the ''Gem''. The first year of research has passed, we now know the Philosopher¡¯s Stone is not an Artifact rather it is an Organism. This Organism has the power of replicating and shuffling their gene respectively without the use of an actual food as an energy. That was the only thing we knew. And due to curiosity, we foolishly tried to extract them here to our dimension with a tiny black hole experiment with a specific property. This basically opens a portal that connect our dimension and Gods'' domain for only a split of second. The result was a success, and we managed to pull a colony of this so called Organism out to this world." He chugged his glass of water, then continued his report. "At first the Organism started adapting to this world atmosphere. It takes only 1 week for them to finally be able to survive this planet environment. And when they have learned how to survive, they started to learn on how to thrive in this world. Another week passed by, due to the Organism being isolated together with lab rats. They started to infect and invade the lab rats. Firstly, the behavior of the rats started to change, they ''were'' omnivorous. On the other hand the newly born infected rats began to eat each other. We noticed that there is some sort of ring shape bar at the rat¡¯s neck, and when the bar made a complete turn they began to change. The first-generation survivor, only 20 in number, each got separated and isolated to a new cell. Our researcher was there to observe the survivor. We totally got shocked, these 20 individuals each develop a unique trait. Some razor-sharp teeth, to aid them slaughter their prey faster. Some eerily glowing eyes, to assist them stalk their prey in the darkest of the night. Some strong newly developed limbs, that as sharp as icicle pick, to help them pierce their prey with ease. And the list goes on and on. Because of these newly version of rats look some sort of demonic, we decided to name them temporarily, we bestowed them a new name Demonic Rat. We then tried breeding them, by administering a massive dose of oxytocin to each one, we hoped this reduced the odd of them killing each other during mating. The results were a complete success. The newly born offspring looked even more demonic then before. They each share their parent¡¯s traits." At this point all of the audience show the same face, as they glance at the pictures and videos involving the experiment, their faces only show one emotion, fear. Fear of what is coming next, and fear of having nothing left. Because there is only one type of fear that could overcome all of humanity, that is fear of the unknown. After he had chugged his next glass of water, he started to speak again. "At this point we conduct our next experiment. Because our major fund came from military related industry, they have an enormous interest to use this recently developed rats as a biological weapon. So, we tested it for ourselves, and we place the Demonic Rats and their offspring, in a new lab which contain other batch of freshly infected rats.This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. The Demonic Rats massacred all of them, and this was still within our calculation. But they began to change again, now they got 2 rings on their neck. Thus, giving them new traits. Then we decided to continue this experiment later. After exactly 10 rats left, we sprayed the entire lab with sleeping gas, in hope this incapacitated them. It is noted, that we used more sleeping gas than before. We stupidly let this small detail pass under our noses." "Umm, excuse my interruption. But when you say ''we stupidly let this small detail pass under our noses'' does this mean exactly what we all here think?" "If you think they adapt to the sleeping gas, then yes, it is. Because the DNA in their body is perpetually shuffling, due to Organism, it is probable, that they find the right set of genes, that makes them more immune to sleeping gas." "......" He was obviously putting on a brave front here. His hand shakily grabbed another glass of water and chugged it down very quickly. As if this was the signal for the audience to remain silent. The audience completely adopted a grim face. "This final 10 survivor looked nowhere near a normal rat. Their body grew significantly bulkier, if a normal rat only weight about 250 grams, the Demonic Rat average weight is around 100 times that amount. That means their mass is about 25 kg. But despite this, their size stays only twice as big as normal rat. When we research this, we only thought, that their muscle mass must be massive. However, when we dissected the Demonic Rat, we found out that at the center of the body near the heart, there was a crimson colored Orb. We were suspecting this was the crystallized form of Organism. It was so dense, even platinum couldn''t compare to its density. The Orb size seems to depend on the size of the Demonic Rat''s Heart divided by 2. There is no radiation coming from the Orb. We named those crimson colored Orb, Demon¡¯s Core. But we really sure that in the future we can found some method to unleash this world defying power. As we detached it from the Demonic Rat. The Demonic Rat body began decomposing, as if it returns to the basic elements in the Periodic Table and vanished into thin air." The audience watched the pictures and videos of this particular experiment. Their jaws were starting to drop. Leonhart started chugging his glass of water again. "Alright we''re continuing this meeting later after break."
Approximately 45 minutes later, after he finished reading the book, that piqued up his interest. He stood up from the bench, that has been warmed up now. The surroundings were now filled with laughter and chatter. As he walked down the path to the auditorium, he heard two upperclassmen gossiping about him. "Why would a Bland like him came this early?" "Did he get too excited and came here early even though he is just a mere ''reserve''?" Those daggers like words, are thrown around as if it was nothing. From the emblem of the uniform, we can tell, that the upperclassmen are all a Unique. This school only allowed 100 freshmen to enter every year. Because of a lack of an Educator that is also a Defier, the school decided to polish some of the gems whole-heartedly. Instead of polishing all of the stones in the box equally half-hearted. As to why did he get called a mere ''reserve'', when the polished gem ''breaks'' and can''t shine as bright as before, what would the craftsmen do? To cast it away and started to polish a new gem from the piles of stones are the precise answer. That is what it means to be a ''reserve''. Not long after the upperclassmen gossip. Igrum sensed an animosity in the air surrounding the First High School. * THUD * (Is that the sound of rocket launcher being used in school ground?) (What is their main objective, is it the ceremony? If that''s the case then they must be foolish because the ceremony is not even started yet.) (But if they''re only using this rocket as a bait, then maybe they''re targeting something more important. In that case i''ll better take a look on where they were. But I can''t go in too deep yet, ''they'' not even granting me to use a speck of my power during the test, not to mention my limiter. The timing couldn''t get any worse than this. Okay first I have to find Quinn, and then we can talk.) Igrum sits on the bench, enhancing his sense, and launching a wave of crimson dust particles, by doing that he could tell whether or not the enemy is near. Because he was so focused on the enemy, he forgot to observe his surrounding, and as a result... "Hello, are you in pain? It is almost time for the ceremony. When you need, any help just go to the infirmary or something. Woah..." Igrum almost died out of shock. But still his default face for shock still count as a poker face so. He calmly gazes at the girl from his sitting position, as he elevates his head slowly but surely in vertical direction. The first thing that he perceives was the skirt of a uniform. Then a crimson colored bracelet on her arm. Following that the school emblem on her left chest. Finally her panic as if seeing a ghost face. Chapter 3 - The Dark Truth After the break was over... What await them was another session of bad news. "Alright let''s continue our conference. Because the island was not big enough to contain the organism. It is predicted that in the near future a massive whirlwind is going to hit the ''Earth'' from Southern and Northern Hemisphere. This gigantic whirlwind will carry the organism to across the world. The island we chose ''Greenland'' coincidentally would be struck first in this humongous whirlwind. We as of now don''t know where did the wind came from. Because all the data we have been projected for 10 years into the future did not predict this whirlwind whatsoever. Only in the near past, per se, one week before the meeting, we re-examined our data that has been drastically changed due to the fluctuation of electromagnetic field that are getting stronger by the hour in that island." "Why don''t you solve all the problem that you start yourself, huh?" "Didn''t I say this research is very crucial to the future of man-kind itself? Without this research we ''humans'' could last at best for only 5 years top. But with this research we could last forever. Could you comprehend a world where every energy resource is perpetual? There''s no need for us to work anymore at generating more energy, because the sources will unlimitedly contribute something for us. We don''t have to worry about the CO2 production rate increasing, because all the plant in the world would stop being eaten by the livestock. Could you envision such a world? Those are Utopias that us scientist of Genesis Lab has been pursuing all our lives." "......" The flaming anger at some of their eyes vanished into nothingness. Leonhart Bloke assumes nothing wrong in his words. Because the world that we know of has changed since the last century. Global Warming, Air Pollution, Over Population, etc. have been the primary cause to this dying Earth. "That''s why we as the leading researcher of humanity took the initiative to start the gamble with our world at stake. We got nothing to lose anyways. And the result speaks for itself. The organism not only extending the life expectancy of some endangered species but also strengthening their genes. On one side they really are a true helper of nature. But on the other side we the literal destroyer of nature reaped what it should have been happening to us thousands of years ago. Survival of the fittest, the rule of the jungle. If Gods want to play some crazy game with us ''humans'' go ahead. ''They'' made this game, and as expected the Gods are really fair. Because surprise surprise, we ''humans'' could get infected too." "Wait, what do you mean by that? Do you expect all of us could turn into those ''savages'' one day?" "That''s not what I want to convey. Have you heard from somewhere that other life-forms and us are inherently in different classes? In this case, it is precisely that, because we ''humans'' have some genetic make-up that other being doesn''t have. We named this set of genes Miracle Genes, due to it really was a ''huge'' relief that we have these. Principally, these arrangements of genes resist the effect of organism as much as 99.995%. But here is the catch, not all of us, possess these genes. The one who doesn''t, will die 100%, due to organism tried to take over the brain, thus messing up our nervous system and motor function. At first when the wind hit, there will be a high temperature fever all across the world. The fever is the result of our intricate immune system fighting against organism, thus resulting inflammation everywhere within our body. If the human that doesn''t have Miracle Genes in their DNA got infected with organism. They simply died after suffering from agonizing pain within the first week. Their body will form bruises all over their body and boiled from the inside out due to the heat. And only a small percentage of us that have Miracle Genes in their DNA would survive this world-class catastrophe, as if it was a joke." Everyone in the room all share the same thought ''we''re all doomed''. "You''re making fun of us right now, aren''t you?? Please tell us that you''re just jesting with us." A face full of denial. "Sorry but i''m not joking at all. Only one-third of humanity have this Miracle Genes. Those of you who don''t? Please accept my condolences. Still, if you think about it our gift from Gods should be the same as the other being. We could evolve into new being never seen before. Maybe some of us that survive that catastrophe will gain new power to support humanity. As a prove to my statement. Here, take a look." Leonhart unfasten his collar to reveal what appear to be an almost connected ring shape bar at his neck. "I volunteered to start the experiment on myself. I, Leonhart Bloke, coincidentally have Miracle Genes on my body." He punched down the podium, that stand in front of him. With just one punch the strong podium that made of ironwood tree shattered to pieces. The strength that he displays, only one word is enough to describe it, ''inhuman''. "That''s still hurt, but on the optimistic side I don''t have any bruise whatsoever in my hand." He showed his hand to the audience.If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. No wound could be found on his hand. "All that seriousness and now you conducted a party trick? Get real!!!" He clenched his fist and aims his finger near the raging audience head. A burst of small flame enough to wield steel shot out like a laser from his finger. "Who say that this is only a party trick? I even do experiment on my own body and yet you dare to make fun of me?" "It seems you forgot your dose of suppressant today, Leonhart, please take it easy." One woman, but not just any woman, she is his beloved wife. Jessica Bloke. Took out a syringe and plunged it into his pulmonary vein, while hugging him from behind. Immediately his body got unconscious. So his wife takes over the conference and... "My apologies but let''s continue this meeting tomorrow at the same time as today." A profound sadness could be seen in one of her eye. A slight hint of regret in the other. You could say that due to the experiment, his emotion can get amplified easily causing harm to the other.
Tomorrow on the exact time the meeting were arranged. The audiences could only wear a stern face. The audiences went through many emotional trips yesterday. "I extend my apologies due to my unsightly display yesterday evening. I myself planned to retire as the Head of Genesis Lab as soon as it''s possible, and invest all my time to the research. My last research. Today I want to explain about how can I done something so outrageous like yesterday. Don''t worry I took twice as much dosage of suppressants compared yesterday." At this point their faces relaxed for a little bit then continued to pay attention to him. "Firstly please take a look at this diagram. On the left side of the diagram there''s a picture of a dormant Miracle Genes and on the right side of the diagram an active Miracle Genes. Inherently there are some of us that have an already active Miracle Genes, and there''s also some that have a dormant one. The one who got an active Miracle Genes able to use this world defying power like i did. The one who don''t, they are just, what is called a normal human in the near future." Everybody paying attention to what he is saying as if their life depending on it. "The one who have it naturally seems to be able to manipulate the power more freely. And more importantly their emotion didn''t get amplified such as me yesterday. Inherently there are some of us that have an already active Miracle Genes, and there''s also some that have a dormant one." "Then if that''s the case..." "Bingo. Congratulation Admiral Schr?der. As you can see when you tried activating the naturally dormant ones, there''s a side effect. Every emotion you feel whether you were tired or bored got amplified by multiple times. But we still don''t know what would happen if I stepped out the save boundary. Would I be able to change back to a normal ''human'' or will i be categorized as a Demon." His expression changed, he feels isolated, in fact he is the only one in the world who has this kind of shoe. "The active Miracle Genes together with organism, creating a path-way in our bodies. Connecting our intellect and feeling together. For example if i shoot out a laser like fire at Admiral Schr?der but never really mean anything by it. The fire will feel like nothing at all. Care to try admiral?" "Alright, let''s do this." A beam of fire shoot out from his finger to the admiral hand. "How does it feel admiral?" "It feels a little bit warm, but not enough to hurt anybody even a baby." After stopping the flow of organism through his finger, the fire stopped. "And now let''s complete a demonstration. Jessica if you don''t mind bring me a 10 cm wide sheet of steel please." His wife Jessica brings it with a help of a trolley dedicated for display purposes. And after placing it parallel to the back stage curtain, she goes back to the back stage. "And if I really mean it, witness it for yourself." The beam of fire passing through the sheet of steel like a hot knife through butter. At this spectacle anybody in there just stare at it dumbfoundedly. "Thus, we the one who could defies the rule of the world could be called a Defier. And the science behind these phenomena is as follow. We the Defiers are controlling the organism within our body. Then due to the path-way that these Miracle Genes and organism create that basically linking our brain and heart to our own Demon''s Core. Thus, we defiers are able to alter the world phenomenon as we wish. And if just now I demonstrated something that a heart did, now I will show you something the human mind can do, if they''re a defier of course." He operates the button on the podium and a few seconds later a vertical maze popped up from the stage floor. "First the easy one, for me chanting the word out make it easy for me to focus. Hey, fire, spin." He summoned a candle sized fire at the top of his index finger, then as he said the word spin the fire started to spin. "Go faster, now." The fire while small in size but has a very strong rotational force. And as a result it looked like he threw a chakram with an excessively rotational speed, but very slow velocity on its continuous motion. And the moment the fire hit the sheet of steel. It sliced through it as if someone wields a sword and slashes through it. After it had landed on the target, it vanished as if it was programmed to do so. "And for the simple maze it only need to go straight, up, then straight again. Once again this is only my own method of chanting it outside my head to amend my concentration. Forward, up, forward, now." The beam of fire successfully completed the maze. A round of applause could be heard in the audiences seats. "That''s the end of today conference, we should schedule another meeting about how to handle the whirlwind and on how to avoiding mass hysteria. I will personally tell you the where and when the meeting place is. Thank you." A satisfied smile on an isolated man''s face probably is the most admirable thing that happened in that meeting. Chapter 4 - Why me? Phone rings. "Hello, yeah, can I help you?" "When you speak to your elderly, you should be more polite!!!" "But I am?" "No, you are not, instead of asking a question you could just say hello..." "But after I say that my second line still would be ''can I help you''." "Everybody is more polite than you are. Because of that look where they are right now. Even though you are so smart, but look where your smartness could get you into. Look where is your logic put you into." "But everybody else has a parent that doesn''t complain about their child shortcomings. They continue to support their child. Even if my friends can''t do it anymore, they still got their parents right next to them. But me? What do I get? A headache?" "It''s because you are not polite to us. And not seeking help from God. Look your friend who is not as smart as you. Look where they are right now! They all stand above you!" "But still, is it my fault that I''m like this? Isn''t it your fault to make me doubt the existence of God? You say you believe in God, huh? But is God teaching you to be rude to your own child? Is God not teaching you to care for your child? Even if you say that''s your own form of care. Isn''t it just child abuse with extra-step?" "......" "If you are comparing me with my friends, then I also can to compare you with my friends parents, who will ultimately win over you. If and only if I''m their child instead, I could be more successful than I am now." Near my heart all I could say about this conversation was, why the parents called in the first place. If they call only to give me more headaches than before, no thanks. I know maybe they''re care for me, but still their way is way miss the target. Because that''s not how I flow.This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. Can''t you give me affection in a more normal way? You know I always am dying to be with a parent that care for me genuinely. And in return i will care for them genuinely. But hey, the truth is always harsher than fiction right? There''s no way a perfect mutual understanding exist. Maybe it can, but not with my parents and me. I always sacrifice my own self. My own character that made me ''myself''. How much should I shave again? Should I just wear a mask of character that my parents like? Hell no. I would rather die than doing something insincere like that. I already accept my parents as they are, but still why don''t they just accept me as who I am? It''s not that hard if you think about it. It''s not like they''re trying to arrange a new song or find a new prime number. Come on i already accept my fate, it is already a healed wound. So why are they trying to open it again, by saying something so carelessly. Please appreciate me as who I am and not as what I am. Animals learn by mimicking their parents. Babies learn by mimicking their environment. So logically it will be so much more easier to learn other by mimicking them. Thus, why don''t you be my examples first? Oh, I forgot that you also didn''t do any single thing that you suggested me to do. So if you are expecting me to change, how can I? When you want to change others, please don''t forget you also have to change accordingly. The parents always said to their kids something like please don''t do that, that is a bad example. But instead of staying true to their words, what did they do. Of course they did that in front of me. (You say slapping people in the face are bad, so why do I get slapped by you of all people?) So because of this, I, most of the times only learn from their mistakes. And always attaching a note to self to not be like them. They like to get angry for no reason, instead I can''t get irritated my self. I can''t even get angry for my own sake. They always can not forget about your wrongdoings, because of that deep in their heart they also don''t forgive you and your wrongdoings. I, on the other hand, always forgive and forget yours. But why? Why are you always trying to make me remember everything I shouldn''t even consider? Is my suffering your entertainment? I give them my reasonable argument, and they give me a lecture from my own past mistakes instead. Even in my head and reality, I would never call them ''mother'' or even ''father'' ever again. Every time every other kids call their parent cheerfully like that, my heartache. There''s a crack in my heart here and there that only they can fix. But when do you want to fix me? Do you want me to be like this until the day you were buried and I finally regret all my life choices? Please fix me before it''s all to late... * CRACK... * Oh no, now it is too late. Chapter 5 - Sudden Change "WHY DOES MY BODY FEEL SO HOT???" "ARGH, IT ACHES ALL OVER MY BODY!!!" "WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME???"
From the previous meeting, we already know that a defier can be artificially created. But there''s a catch, they are ''unstable'' at best. Their profound emotion gets amplified, and if they lose control, they can''t constrain their power properly anymore. But what if they couldn''t restrain it anymore? What if they can''t change back? One week later at the next conference, that take place on a ship on the way to ''Greenland'', there happened something that should not be happened. All of the seawater surrounding the island were colored crimson red, as if the water was blood. Seeing those nightmare-fuel like sight straight from horror movie, everyone abroad the ship feels uncomfortable. The usually tough Admiral Schr?der seems down, maybe because he thought this scene was possible due to his army failure to subjugate the demonic island itself. "Alright let us continue our meeting. As you all knew, all of those crimson colored sea-water are the philosopher''s stone itself. It''s just a matter of time until all of the sea creature infected by the organism. At today meeting, we will be discussing about how to handle mass hysteria and the prophetic whirlwind. But permit me to tell you this first, due to the growth of the organism spiraling like crazy on the island. The predicted time is exponentially closer. Today we the researcher at the Genesis Lab and the army will work together to showcase you, what would come after the storm." "We will arrive at the island shortly!" "Today we will explore the demonic island itself. I don''t know if it is a splendid idea or not, but I have a good feeling about this. Like something is calling for me there." As the ship went near the sea of blood, they could feel the vibration getting stronger. They could feel the sea is rejecting them and want to flip them over. "I did not foresee this at all. It seems like something knocking us from under the ship. Captain, turn back 180 degrees and maintain the distance." But alas, as the ship turning. It can be felt something was grabbing into it. Something strong was towing it back to where it was. "Look at that... W-what in the hell is that? K-kr-kraken? But how?" As one of the leaders spoke, a slimy sticky giant tentacle appears out of thin air. How could a creature of massive size could not be detected sooner? How could the radar of the ship miss it? So many question yet so few time left till a disaster occur. The octopus entire body painted in red, her eyes are as big as a fully grown adult also shine in red. Each 2 row of suction cups oozing purple liquid, and when this liquid comes in contact with the deck. It melts the steel. As if led being put in strong acid. The tip of the tentacles each has a solid red beak peeking from under its skin, and each tentacle move as if it has it''s own mind. It''s so nimble as if it could remove your limbs one by one without you feeling any pain at all. Spoiler: Spoiler What''s scarier than watching your own body parts disappear one by one without feeling any pain at all? "Holy Jesus God of Mother is that?!" Every body panic, only some who are less human than the other don''t. The admiral surveying his surrounding, searching for a week spot, but alas nothing comes up. The old Leonhart probably would have piss his own pants by now, but he is now presumably the least human from anyone abroad the ship. He calmly and slow approaches the mighty Kraken, he chants ''wind, cut!'' out loud shouting his lungs out. A huge razor sharp wind blade form from behind him, shooting with a tremendous speed. The wind blade cuts one of the tentacles, however the blade of the wind never reach the other end of the tentacles. Her regenerative ability is topnotch, she regenerates her tentacle faster than the blade could cut it. "Hurry. Full power to the opposite direction. I''ll buy some time." The Kraken did not want to give its prey up. She rolled her four upper tentacles and launching them like a whip and her other four lower tentacles curling up like a cork and shoot out like a spear. The beak in her four upper tentacles ripped the ship apart and clawing to the body of the ship so it won''t go away. And the other four lower tentacles pierce through the ship. When it goes deep into the ship, she opens each of the tentacles beak so it latches to the ship as if it was a grappling hook. Subsequently she pulled the ship back restraining it from moving any further. Thinking of how to solve this conundrum. He thought to achieve that much level of coordination between the tentacles, her brain must rule each of it individually. When you chopped up life octopus, its wriggly tentacles still wiggle around, but not in unison. He just need to puncture the brain and cook it from inside out. A mere muscle memory is not going to be enough to hold this ship down anymore. Instead of treating each tentacle as an individual, he just needs to focus on the brain. "Admiral Schr?der, I have an idea that''s probably worth a shot." He whispers his brainchild to the Admiral. "That''s seem worth a shot. Alright, you slowpoke prepare a piercing missile and launch it just between her eyes." His trained and most trustworthy crew always ready to listen to his order. Not questioning his decision at all. "The missile is ready sir!" "On my mark..." As he commands his crew. The Kraken tore one of the propellers out, the vibration caused by this action is enough to knock even some of the adequately trained marines. Her war cries can be heard throughout the whole proximity. And as if she knows what would happen, she hides her crucial bits under the sea of blood. Which makes it harder for them to aim. "God damn it!!!" This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. The Admiral curse really conveys all of their feelings. "If it''s like this we need a bait to lure her out." "Good idea Professor Bloke. Alright, you slowpoke, who wants to be a volunteer?" His crew faces grew paler in a matter of seconds. Nobody wants to be a volunteer. In the middle of the silence, a raising hand could be seen, a tiny small girly hand. "No Jessica. Why would you do this to us?" "It''s okay, darling. Let me do it. I don''t want to be a burden for you anymore." "Absolutely not, you never were a burden to anyone, Jessica. All of the time I spent together with you always remain close to my heart." "No it''s not like that, I just don''t want you to shoulder this duty alone. Because I know my dear, you will always be there for me even in my hardest time. And it could not be you either my dear, you need to heat the steel rod up and cooked it from inside out." "......" He hugged her, she cried in his shoulder. Only silence follows after that. They look into each other eyes, after acquiring mutual understanding. He lets her go. She walks to the stern of the ship. Admiral Schr?der who speechless until just now came back to reality. He didn''t want to miss this chance that could be created due to her sacrifice. The Kraken as if she could feel a prey got closer to her direction got her head up. Her four upper tentacles roll up preparing her self to whip her. "Launch it now!!!" The Kraken whips her tentacles at Jessica''s direction. The piercing missile shoot out from the chamber. Leonhart strengthens the tip of the missile, heats it up, and spins the projectiles. Immediately after a split of seconds had past, Leonhart sprint his life out. All of the memory between him and his beloved wife flashed before his eyes. He screams ''SHIELD HER!'' as he see how close the tentacles are to his dear wife. He erected a thick wall colored red. He stumbles from his exhaustion hoping it is enough to save his one and only. Jessica, who is at the front of all these events only could only accept her fate. Being only a normal human, she probably looks delicious in front of those large bulging eyes. A barrier made purely out of desperation built to only be shattered within seconds of forming. Leonhart even if he stumbled and broke one of his leg severely, he still keeps trying his best. He run toward his wife, his only treasure in this whole world. And seconds later his body feel really light, he dashes toward Jessica. And she involuntarily turns her back against the Kraken and smile really sweet to Leonhart. A mere blur is the only way to describe the Kraken''s tentacles. Jessica''s untainted body becomes dyed in red, holes are everywhere within her body. Her radiant smile became jagged and disoriented. Not even a second of grace period was given to her. Leonhart''s heart broke. He can''t feel anything anymore. He could only feel something being formed near his heart. He cried his soul out. He flew toward his now mutilated wife remains, that still standing with her disoriented smile. Her smiling face will forever etch in his mind. It will haunt him forever. (Why? Why would all of this bullshits happened to me?) (Isn''t it enough God? You already took all of the person that cared for me, and now you took my only lifeline in this whole world?) (If that what you want, then fuck this cursed world. Why would I protect such a world? A world that only can bring emptiness to those who live inside it. A world that only values economic growth more than anything. A world that stole everything from me.) (I have lost all my faith in humanity. And now my wife, my only wife being a demon play thing. This isn''t fair. Nope. Not fair at all.) (In that case, if I can''t acquire something that I genuinely cherished, something that I dearly yearn for. Then nobody else can.) He hugged his wife and flew straight towards the Kraken. The tentacles tried to intercept him. But because his flaming anger, because he really despises the world, his flame combined with his wind ''traits'' started to wreck havoc. Those two brewing a plasma storm, melting all of his surrounding. The incoming tentacles melted like a rubber in wild forest fires. Her instinct could only scream danger at his sight, and swim away to the depth of the ocean of blood. However, he lashes out his hand, reaping out her demon''s core. The deceiving calm after the storm. And only silence sorrow follows. The demon''s core melted, drenching him and his wife. The crimson colored liquid enveloping their body in the middle of the still ocean. His wraths are piled up, not once not twice, the world has failed him. The crimson liquid hardens, nurturing those flaming hot wrath. Admiral''s instinct screaming danger waiting to happen. He observes his surrounding his crew and other world reader are not fit for all out combat. "Maximum speed to the nearest inhabited island, this ship will not last much longer!!!" "But Admiral what about Professor Bloke? Do we leave him out here?" "Don''t you all sense that he no longer a human being anymore? The Blokes are no more. All we can do for them are to appreciate for their brave actions, while they''re still a human." Nobody dares to raise a voice. The sight of true love that forever frozen in time. The Blokes stuck inside a ''cocoon'' made of crimson dust. His final action was quite the dramatic one, Leonhart kissed his wife while embracing the sudden change his body felt inside the cocoon.
(WHAT? WHAT THE HELL??? I can''t control my power anymore.) The sound of explosion was actually his doing. He only shouts and yet his surrounding were already destroyed beyond repair. The only thing that he can feel is fear. He is afraid. Afraid of what? Maybe upsetting his parents even more due to his action? Who knows. A fleeting feeling of insecureness swipe over his hollow empty shell like heart.