《Spartan》 The Spartan Underneath the centre of the Amazon rainforest, a top-secret research facility was going into lockdown. Deafening alarm bells rang through the underground facility, signifying that something bad was happening. A tall but rather skinny man with a trimmed moustache and thinning hair was sitting inside a nicely decorated room, made to look as homely as possible, complete with a warm fireplace. However, this man was not relaxing. He tapped away at a large laptop at almost inhuman speeds, with an extremely angry look on his wrinkled aged face. "Shit! Why is this happening to me now!" He continued to swear at his screen like it was its fault, as he tapped way several warning pop ups appeared on his screen. *WARNING: TEST SUBJECT NO.117 IS MIA* *WARNING: BLOCK NO.5 HAS BEEN BREACHED* *WARNING: BLOCK NO.6 HAS BEEN BREACHED* *WARNING: DEFENCE SYSTEMS NO.1 NO.2 & NO.3 HAVE BEEN REPELLED* *WARNING: BLOCK NO.7 HAS BEEN BREACHED* "Fuck, get the hell outta my way you fucking pop ups!" The mans face was glistening with sweat and his eyes had a crazed glint to them. Then his eyes widened in sudden horror as he realised what was happening. "Dear god, he''s headed straight for my office." The man then closed his laptop with a snap and grabbed the handgun he kept under his desk for emergencies, if this wasn''t an emergency then he didn''t know what was. Just as he stepped away from his desk though, the door to his office was blown off its hinges with a loud *snap*. From the wreckage walked out a youth that could only be 12 years old at the most, he was dressed in a hospital gown that had been splattered crimson with blood. His green eyes locked onto the old man and a smile blossomed on his face. But this smile didn''t look friendly, with the large patches of blood that covered his face the youth looked like someone out of a horror film. From behind the youth the man could see several bodies of his best guards and scientists spread along the hallway, their bodies mangled beyond repair. "Th-Thor, p-p-please think this th-through." The youth looked at the mans pathetic attempt to plead for his life, which caused his face to grimace into an angry look, like the devil himself had stepped in dog shit. "Oh don''t worry Mr Krim, I''ve thought this through. I mean, I had all that time while your pet monkeys stuck me with syringes and pumped me full of shit!" Once the man realised that bargaining wasn''t going to do jack-shit he pulled out the hand he was hiding behind his back, as he brought out the handgun the youths eyes narrowed and he started lower himself into a low crouch. The man yelled at the youth, bits of spittle flying out his mouth in every direction. "FUCKING DIE YOU FREAK!!" He swung the gun around and trained it on the youth with a smile on his face. The youth launched himself at the man as soon as he aimed the deadly weapon at him, his bare feet causing cracks in the ground with every step, trying to reach the man who was 6 metres away. *BANG BANG BANG* Three projectiles were fired out of the gun, ripping through the air straight for the youth. However, just before the man fired the youth jumped with a powerful leap that cracked the wooden floor boards, he shot forward like an arrow in a spinning motion, dodging the bullets my mere centimetres. As he made it past the bullets and reached the man, he stretched out his hands and executed a spear tackle on the man. They rolled along the floor until they hit the mans desk, or more accurately, the back of the mans head hit the desk. The mans vision went blurry as he looked into the face of the youth. Then he looked on in despair as the youth raised the handgun that he snatched from the mans hand and pressed it against the mans forehead. The last words the scared man ever heard rang through his head. The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. "Die you sadist." He felt his life flash before his eyes as he heard he boys words. He was a genius scientist, like the world had never seen before. When he graduated university, he went on the make hundreds of breakthroughs in the field of genetic science. His brilliant work had eventually brought the interest of the president of America. The president, feeling that the other countries would soon be making their own breakthroughs in the world of military hardware. Gave the brilliant scientist one job, one objective. To create the ultimate super soldier. The scientist agreed and started working, he wanted to make a man that was stronger, faster and smarter than any other man on earth. After some time he managed to make a breakthrough, he found a method that would make a mans muscles, bones and ligaments (among other parts) several times stronger than the average human. He quickly tried to put this into practice on a few willing test subjects. But he ran into a problem, no matter what he did, they all died. He found that their very dna was harshly rejecting the treatments. He quickly went into despair once he found out that the correct dna pattern he needed just simply didn''t exist anywhere on earth, nor could he artificially create one. He soon became desperate, he needed to finish what he started. He felt that if he didn''t, it would be like denying his very own existence. Just as he was about to give up a few years later, he found that child. He instructed his men to go through every single birth and medical checkup ever, he thought that maybe, just maybe. He might found someone. And he was right, he found him. He was a five year old boy who had his precious dna pattern, in his crazed state he sent hitmen to the boy''s family to abduct him. The hitmen did as they were instructed, they killed his entire family and kidnapped the traumatised boy. Then the mad scientist sent the young boy through hundreds of mind-bogglingly painful treatments while he was conscious, because if the boy was unconscious then his cells might reject the treatment, and the scientist couldn''t take that chance. This boy was very almost certainly the only one of his kind on earth, so the scientist treasured him greatly. The boy also went through other treatments to make sure he didn''t go mad. The result was even better than what the scientist hoped for, after almost 19 years of treatment the boy was strong enough to lift a 2 ton car and throw it half a kilometre, run at twice the speed of Usain Bolt and was a genius martial artist of the highest level. He also got an increased regeneration of his cells from the treatment which caused him to age much slower, so once he was 25 he still had the appearance of a muscular 13 year old. For his accomplishment he named the boy Thor, after the Norse god of thunder and lightning. And his last name would be Spartan, after the name of the project he was forced to be apart of. he then was about to make the test subject go through the last treatment, which would make him into a mindless warrior that would only follow his command, this procedure had to be last otherwise it could influence the other treatments in a bad direction. But he let his guard down, a naive mistake which cost him his life. Thor went crazy and killed everyone around him the second he was let out of his confinement. Then slaughtering everything in his path until he reached the scientist who was scared shitless in his office. Which brings us back to the present. The youth sat their with his gun against the mans forehead, then he grinned. The scientist heard a loud *BANG* then his world went dark. The last thing he ever saw was the number tag on the youths chest. "117" Chapter 2: Spartan in school Hehe, I''m all nervous now that i have to live up to all your expectations. Also sorry about all the halo references, I love halo. I''ll also be sure to put something in the description about halo. Sorry about that halo. My most sincere apologies. well anyway, please enjoy and give me some constructive criticism! -------------------------------------------------------------------- The tortured existence known as Thor walked out of the desolate research facility, he trudged out of the huge hidden trapdoor that served as an entrance point for aircraft. Once he had walked far enough to see the sky through the dense trees, he sat down. His hospital gown was now drenched completely Crimson from the blood of every living creature in the facility. After killing the man who was the bane of his existence, Thor proceeded to hack into the facilities main frame. Deleting anything and everything on it, then he took the huge bank account that the board director, or Mr Krim had used for the funding of his research. This account had an astronomical amount of money on it, this was because of a deal that he had made with the president of America during the time when his research had just started. This was so because they didn''t want anyone finding out about what was happening, and if they constantly took out money then people might get suspicious. So they made the account and told the masses that it was being used in America''s emergency services. The president even took the secret of the research facility to his grave after he left office and died of cancer. This left Thor to do whatever he wanted with the money, as long as he didn''t take out any amount that was too large and made people suspicious. After doing all this, Thor proceeded to walk out the front door. Which brings us back to the present. Thor watched the clouds slowly crawl their way across the expanse of the blue sky, he watched birds flying through the sky, free as the wind. He listened to the sounds of the animals and other creatures in the surrounding jungle, as he looked and listened to all of this, he said one thing to himself, as if he still wanted to confirm that this wasn''t a dream. "I''m... Finally free." Despite being 24 years old, he still had the mind of a child. This was an ''unfortunate setback'' as the scientists would tell Thor. His mind would mature at the same rate as his body. He took in a huge breath, tasting the air around him. Marvelling at how good it tasted compared to the stale air in the facility. He wanted to stay like this forever, he wanted to forget the horrors that happened to him in hell, he wanted to start his life anew. He wanted to be free. As he was thinking this, he was looking around the jungle. Which brought his curious gaze to the ground near him, he saw a large ant carrying a huge leaf that was more than 5 times his own size. He then saw something that inspired him, the struggling ant was missing two of his legs. But that didn''t stop the ant, he struggled forward, never looking behind him. As Thor watched the ant with amazement on his face, he saw the brave ant fall over from the weight of the leaf on his few remaining legs. But he watched as it pulled itself back up, grabbed his oversized load and proceeded forward. The ant struggled forward until he disappeared into the jungle. Thor, after watching the awe inspiring ant, made his own resolution. Just like the ant that never gave up, despite how hard it became. He would never give up too, no matter the weight that threatened to bring him down. And just like the ant, he would always look forward. His past was behind him, he needed to look forward and proceed vigorously. Thor sat up, and decided to do the first thing in his list, find food. As he headed into the jungle, he thought something. ''Wouldn''t it be nice, to go to school.'' *Some years later "Thor, stop spacing out and tell the class the answer to this question." "Yes Ms Silver." A youth who looked to be only 16 got up from his desk, and walked over to the teacher with a straight back and even steps. Habits never die. A few of the other youths in the classroom snickered at his posture, but he paid them no mind. He walked out to the teacher''s white board and started to scribble away at it, gradually solving a math question. Once he finished the reacher nodded at him, signalling him to walk back to his seat. She then started to explain to the class what the youth did. The youth got back to his desk and sat down, he then started to write down formulas for advanced algebra in his worn out note book. But his sensitive ears picked up some of the boys behind him whispering to each other. "Hey, if you hit Thor in the back of head with this rubber, I''ll give you 5 bucks." "Easy peasy." Then the classmate waited until the teacher had turned around, then he hurled the rubber straight at the back of Thor''s head. But to the astonishment of the boy, and everyone else in the class that had been watching the ordeal, Thor brought up a hand and caught the rubber just before it was about to impact into the back of his head. And he did this without even looking up from his book, or without stopping his writing. He then amazed his classmates once again when he threw the rubber straight into the tiny waste bin that was in the other side of the room, hidden from view by everyone''s desks. "Wow, did you see that!" "Holy crap, I thought that only happened in movies." "Thor did it again." Yes this was Thor, the Spartan super soldier. After living closer with nature in the Amazon jungle for a while, his urge to experience high school life got the better of him. He had heard of high school from the scientists who would experiment on him. So he waited a few years until he looked old enough to enrol in a high school. He then went to one of the big cities and tried to get enrolled. But the outcome of his attempt left much to be desired. When he reached the city he started getting extremely nervous and fidgety. He didn''t know why so he proceeded further into the city. His symptoms kept getting worse and worse though, until they reached a breaking point. He was in the middle of crossing a huge road, surrounded by hundreds of people. When he suddenly had a panic attack. Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. In his fragile mind everyone was shrouded in darkness, but when the darkness receded everyone was dressed in surgical attire, lab coats and anti-radiation suits. Then they all turned to him and said one thing simultaneously. "It''s time for a quick check up, Thor." Then they all took one step towards him, the darkness that shrouded them inching closer and closer to Thor who had been reduced to a quivering mess. Then Thor snapped. He doesn''t remember what happened, but when he woke up he was back in the Amazon rainforest. Thor, understanding that he had a panic attack. Decided that he would need to get over his fear of humanity. So he went from city to city, all over the world. Slowly getting the upper hand on his fears. But he never truly conquered them, he still had horrifying nightmares of the night his parents were brutally murdered in-front of him, or the hundreds of days when he was forced to watch his own stomach get slit open right in-front of his eyes. He had eventually conquered it enough to enrol in another high school though. Which brought Thor to were he is now. He had shoulder length dark Crimson hair, it was so dark that it could almost be classified as black. His dark green eyes hidden beneath his locks, he had a face that you couldn''t call ugly, but not quite handsome. Also hidden under his baggy clothes was a toned body that was made for power, muscles rippling all over his body, he even had 8 pack abs and biceps that were thicker than most boys his age''s thighs. And he had a domineering height of 6.5 feet, he was also still growing, he suspected that he would eventually reach 7 feet. *RIIIIIIING* A loud bell sounded, telling the hungry students that it was lunch time. Unlike most schools, in this school it was more popular to eat in the classroom. So the students grabbed their lunch and walked back into the classroom, forming into their friendship circles. Thor himself didn''t have a friendship circle, he guessed that it was because everyone felt too intimidated to approach him. This partly made him disappointed, and partly relieved. Thor wasn''t very good with people. He gazed across the classroom, eating his lunch until his eyes landed on the circle that was known in his school as the ''famous 5." It consisted of a boy called Harry White, who was a good looking guy with a nice personality. The girls of the school think that he''s really ''cute'' with his extremely strong sense of justice that seems to cloud over everything else in his mind. A girl called Amelia Jones, she was a pretty girl with a kind personality, her chest was relatively small and so was her height. The boys adore her because apparently she has a natural aura that makes you want to look after her. She was the child-hood friend of Harry White. Another girl called Mia Grove, she was a natural loli that looked like she shouldn''t be in high school for a few more years at the least. She was also the smartest person in their year, and maybe even the school. She''s heralded as the genius of their generation The other boy of the group was Lucas Hall, he was an average looking guy but he was the student council president. He''s loved by all because he''s a natural born leader of the masses. He has this aura of authority around him. The final girl of the group is called Akane Violet, she''s of Asian descent and is a natural beauty with an hourglass like body that has all the curves in all the right places. Her chest is big, but not too big. The same goes for her butt. She''s loved by everyone and is a sporting champion, she''s won kendo tournaments in even nationals. The girls of the school call her ''big sis.'' She''s also known for her unforgiving personality. After watching everyone having fun and talking to all of their friends, Thor started feeling tired. Thor normally didn''t need sleep for weeks on end but he had been staying awake for several weeks practicing his martial arts. Thor had been feeling old memories surfacing again, so he practiced his fighting skills. Martial arts was probably the only thing that kept Thor sane during his times as a lab rat. He loves martial arts, he''s practiced them all, may it be kendo, teakwondo, Muay Thai kickboxing, karate, judo and many others. When Thor is practicing it''s like his mind goes off into another world, a world without pain, without his dreadful memories. It''s his own little paradise. While Thor was thinking about what martial arts to practice when he got home, he slowly fell into sleep''s embrace. Akane, listening to Harry tell everyone a story about the time he went on a school trip and got lost, turned away from his funny story and saw Thor slumped over his desk, breathing steadily. Akane never understood Thor, he was always alone. It was like he had his own barrier of emotions that kept everyone from socialising with him, well that and his huge height, Akane thought. She got up and walked over to his desk and looked down at him, his face was currently covered with his unkempt hair, but she could see his back rise and fall in a rhythm. She reached down and tried to gently shake him awake, which didn''t do anything. ''Aurgh, this guy sleeps like a rock. So freakin lazy, I should kick him outta the class room.'' She shook harder, and harder and then harder! Until finally Thor''s eyes shot open. He sat up in surprise, causing Akane he nimbly dodge out of the way. She looked at him and was about to say class is about to start when she saw his eyes. They were wide open and had a wild look to them. She new what she saw in his eyes, she had seen it several times on people before a kendo tournament. It was fear. She saw him look down at his desk and then curse under his breath. She followed his gaze down at his desk and her eyes widened in surprise. Their desks were made out of dense steel, and he had crushed a deep handprint into it with just one hand. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hehe, I hope I didn''t do too badly. Just out of curiosity, could you comment below which girl out of the famous 5 you would want our super-soldier to have a bit of romance with? Btw, no gay love. (I''ve got nothing against gays but my mc will not be one) Chapter 3: Strange Urges Enjoy the new chapter! Please comment below on you thoughts! I love reading the comments, gives me a warm fuzzy feeling... ------------------------------------------------------ Thor and Akane stared at the handprint in shocked silence. ''Fuck, I forgot to control my strength again. I thought I was better than this!'' Thor cursed himself with his thoughts. While Thor was sleeping he was having a nightmare about the time the scientists decided that they''d see just how good Thor''s regeneration was, so they cut open his skin, cut out his flesh, filled his wounds with salt, poisoned him, pounded his bones into mush, cut up his eyes, cut off his ears and forcefully smashed out his teeth. And as if to add even more salt to his wounds, they bet money on how long he''d stay conscious for. Which was the whole thing. When he woke up he thought he was back on that operation table, chained down. Waiting for the pain to begin, totally helpless. But when he realised that he was in school he looked down at the desk that he just crushed with his bare hands. He quickly looked up and saw non-other than Akane of the famous 5 staring at him from across his desk. "Uhh, hehe, don''t make these desks like they used to, eh?" Thor desperately tried to form up some sort of excuse in his mind, but he had nothing. "Uh, ye-yeah..." As the atmosphere started to get even more awkward, Harry White came to his rescue. "Hey Akane, come over here! I''m getting to the good part!" Akane looked at Thor, trying to figure out the enigma that he was. Then shaking her head she decided that it would be physically impossible for someone to crush metal, she walked off and over to where her friends were. Seeing her walk away, Thor heaved a sigh of relief. ''Guess she didn''t see, thank god.'' Thor didn''t want to move away, and killing her would be troublesome. He turned back to his desk and was about to continue cursing himself when their teacher walked back into the classroom. "Okay students, put away your lunch, it''s time for class." ""Yes Ms Silver"" Thor looked up from his desk and at his teacher. She was a young woman, only 20 years old with blonde hair that reached her waist, a pretty face and a nicely matured body. She was loved by almost every male in the school, apart from Thor. He wasn''t really interested in love at the moment. "Okay, take out your math note books and prepare to write until your hands feel like lead!" The class groaned in protest, knowing that their complaints would change nothing. "Thor, read out the steps to solving the formula we wrote before lunch." "Yes mam." Thor responded in his usual gruff, deep voice. "Call me Ms Silver like everyone else Thor." "Yes mam." The teacher just sighed and continued with her lesson. The day from that point progressed normally, until the end of the day. Thor grabbed his bag and walked out of his school gates, then remembering that he forgot his books in the class room he rushed back. He had to run really slowly compared to his real ability, so he wasn''t too suspicious. As he reached his class room he wondered if there would be a pretty girl waiting for him in the class room, but dismissed the idea. I mean, his life isn''t a light novel. He couldn''t help but suppress a small flame of excitement in his mind as he opened the door though. And what greeted him was... An empty class room. ''Figures.'' Thor thought, as he grabbed his books and stuffed them into his bag. Feeling his little flame of excitement extinguish. He walked out the school gates and headed home. On his way back to his apartment, he started getting exited about the new martial art he was going to practice. It was a Chinese martial art that was often called the ''Drunken fist'', it involved using the balls of your feet and roll around and soften the blows of enemies and then using their outstretched limbs to execute throwing moves on them. Thor planned to integrate his judo into it. However as he reached a large street crossing he saw the famous five all waiting to cross the street too, from what he could hear they were chatting about what to do on the weekend. He saw Harry say something which caused Amelia to blush, and Mia to get cross. ''It''s like he walked straight out of a cliche manga.'' Thor thought to himself. The light turned green, then following the lane lights the crossings light also turned green. The famous five walked out onto the street with Thor, who they still hadn''t noticed was near them. Then the six of them heard screaming and the screeching of tires, Thor turned his head to see a mini-van speeding towards them at high speeds. This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. It had been hiding behind a truck so they didn''t see it until it was too late, with only two or three seconds until the vehicle hit them, Harry and Akane stepped out in-front of the others and waited for their end. Thor, after seeing this felt his legs move on their own. And before he knew it he was standing a few metres in-front of the five, feeling himself moving Thor wondered what had happened to him. A few years ago, he would''ve watched them get hit without so much as a grimace on his face. But now here he was, protecting people that he''s only known for about a year, ''Shit, I''m getting soft aren''t I?'' ''Well, I wonder if I''ll get reincarnated as a goblin or something if I die..'' Thor then shut off all unnecessary thoughts and thought about how he was going to deal with the van that was only a few metres away from himself. He could just use brute force, but not even a super soldier could ignore the laws of physics. If he met the car head on he would just be pushed back, then he and van would squash the famous five behind him. Eventually he would stop the van but that would defeat his original purpose. Thor thought about it and then chose one method. He took a stance he knew from judo, lowering his centre of gravity and spreading out his feet until he was sidelong with the van. Then as it reached him he spun around backwards on his back leg, then bringing out his leg he executed the brutal spin kick he learnt from teakwondo. But instead of just kicking the vehicle he landed his leg somewhat softly on the side of the van, and then using the rotation of his body, he pushed the van to the side until it swerved to the left and out of the way of him and the five. Then it screeched down the street until it came it an eventual stop. Landing back into his stance he took a deep breath. People may wonder why he didn''t just use his hands, well the answer is that a persons legs are still three times stronger than their arms. And while he could have used his arms, his legs had a much better chance of success. Then Thor remembered the famous five and turned around to look at them. Everyone apart from two of the five had their eyes shut tight, awaiting their end that wasn''t coming. Akane and Lucas were staring at Thor in a shocked silence. Their eyes wide and their jaws looked like they might even hit the floor. Thor stood up straight, brought his left foot snapping up against his right and saluted. Traditional military style. Thor felt a little stupid doing this, but he couldn''t help it. One of the things that the research facility taught him extremely harshly was military etiquette. Every time he didn''t show proper etiquette they would throw him in a tank filled with electric eels and blue-boxed jelly fish. Then Thor brought his finger up to his mouth and made a ''Shush'' motion. After this, Thor sprinted away at an impossible speed. He needed to get away before the other three saw him. He sprinted across the street and into an alleyway, then he used the alleyways like a tunnel system, constantly turning and changing direction until he was sure that they''d never be able to follow him. Once he confirmed this he started to walked back back to his apartment, when he started feeling uncomforted in his left foot he looked down. "Aww, fuck!" One of his brand new sneakers were in tatters. ''Well, I doubt this day could get any worse.'' Thor thought in a kind of positive way. Eventually he reached his apartment, which was apart of a large apartment complex. Taking the elevator up to his room, once he reached his room he swiped it with his key-card and walked in. His apartment consisted of a bathroom, a bedroom, a dining room and a large empty room that could have once been a lounge-room, but was now being used as Thor''s training room. It had various weapons decorating the walls and had a few pictures of famous martial artists, Thor walked past these and picked up the new book he ordered from an antique martial arts store. He walked into his training room and started practicing ''drunken fist'' to try and take his troubled mind off some matters. With every execution of a stance or strike, he felt himself enter a new world. His world. ------------------------------------------------------- Yes, I introduced the teacher to be a sexy babe. It''s getting pretty cliche isn''t it? And don''t worry the summoning will be soon, I''ve got so much planned for our super-soldier!! Imma turn him into such a mega badass that even the original super soldier (master chief) will shine his shoes! Chapter 4: Spartan spirited away Akane Violet had never been uneasy about anything in her life before. She had always been given the best gifts, lived in the conditions and her family was wealthy and stable. So when she first met Thor Spartan she didn''t know what this feeling was. It was going to be the start of her fist day in being a second year at her high-school when he transferred into her school. She was sitting in the front row next to Harry White, so she was the closest to him when he stood out the front. He looked wild, untamed. Like he''d just crawled out of a Rambo film. He''s hair was all over the place and reached his shoulders, hiding his eyes from everyone''s gazes, except for Akane''s. Akane was always told that she had a good sense for people, so when she looked into his deep green eyes she saw sadness and despair, so much sadness. But within the expanse of negative emotions, she felt a small bit of hope was hiding amongst it. She didn''t even notice the amount of time that she''d been staring at him, so when he turned his head and looked back at her, she almost fell off her seat from embarrassment. After that she discreetly observed him, only to find that even after 3 months had passed. He still didn''t have any friends. Feeling sorry for him, and feeling an unexplainable urge to stomp out all the negative emotions surrounding him. She asked her friends if they''d let him join their little group. Akane: "Hey guys, I feel a little sorry for the new guy. You think we could let him into our group?" Amelia: "I agree, I''ve been feeling sorry for him too, i think that it''d be really nice of us to invite him into our group! What do you think Harry?" Harry: "agreed, let''s do it." Mia: "okay, Harry and Lucas you go ask him." Lucas looked up from the portable game he was playing and looked at Harry, nodding to confirm that he was fine with it. The two of them proceeded to walk over to Thor''s table, Thor was reading one of their science text books. Probably studying for the up coming test, Lucas thought. Harry: "hey friend! You''ve been looking a little lonely over here for a while now, if you want you can join our little group if you want." Lucas: "yes, it''s fine with everyone, in case you were wondering." Harry and Lucas said this with a vibrant smile on their faces, looking at Thor who looked back up at them. Thor: "I''m sorry, but I''ll have to decline. I''m not quite ready to be around people that much yet." ''Wow, his voice is so deep! It''s like the very sound of his voice weighs a thousand ton!'' Lucas and Harry both thought. After hearing Thor''s reply, they both slumped over and walked away to inform the rest of the group. Amelia: "Oh, well it''s okay! I''m sure that when he''s ready, he''ll talk to us! We just have to be sure that well welcome him with open arms!" Akane: "How rude of him. I''ll make him apologise!" Akane started to stomp over to Thor''s table to teach him a lesson or two when Mia stepped out in-front of her. Mia: "It''s okay Akane, it was his decision. Not ours." Akane stopped, then muttering under her breath she walked back to their table. Since that incident Akane didn''t like Thor. She couldn''t really place what was wrong with him, but she got a feeling. When he crushed a desk with his bare hands that feeling got stronger. Harry: "are you okay Akane? You''ve been looking like you''ve been troubled for a while now." Akane stopped after hearing this. She felt that it wasn''t fair that she made her friends worry about such a silly feeling. So she decided that she would just ignore the feeling, she had more important things to worry about, like her upcoming kendo tournament. Akane: "don''t worry, I''ve just been thinking about my kendo tournament." Harry: "well okay then, I''m looking forward to watching it with Amelia!" Hearing this, Amelia blushed scarlet. And Mia frowned at Harry. Akane smiled, she loved her friends, they were like family to her. She treasured them greatly. Then the road crossing sign turned green, she and her friends walked onto the road. But a horrible screeching sound pierced the peaceful atmosphere. She looked to her right in horror, only to stare death in the face. A mini-van had gone out of control and was screaming towards them, Akane leaped in-front of her friends, joined by Harry. In a last desperate attempt to protect them. But she didn''t need to. Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. A large shadow stood before her. She watched him take some sort of fighting stance, and then do the impossible. With a single, powerful kick. He sent the van off course, missing her and her friends by only a metre. Then landing back into his stance and looking behind him. ''No way, I-it''s.... Thor.'' Staring at him in utter silence until Thor snapped into a military style salute, and then made a shushing motion with his finger. Then she watched him as he seemed to disappear from thin air. The silence continued, no one daring to make a move, incase they might shatter the dream like moment. In an expensive apartment complex, Thor was sleeping. But not soundly. In the dream Thor was having, he was alone. Alone in complete and utter darkness, he couldn''t hear anything nor touch anything. Thor was remembering one of the cruel experiments done on him by the scientists. In this experiment they gave him a prototype drug, and his enhanced cells responded negatively to this drug. This negative reaction caused him to lose all five of his senses. Sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. However his regenerative abilities caused him to stay conscious until the drug wore out. He couldn''t hear the scientists so he didn''t know that the drug would wear off, as far as he knew he would spend the rest of his life in that pitiful state. It felt like he was suspended in total and utter darkness, no one was going to come to his rescue and he couldn''t do anything to help himself. He spent 3 weeks in this state, when he finally broke free of the drugs holds he had gone completely insane. He spent a further 4 weeks in rehab to stove away his insanity. Form this incident Thor found out something, he really hated being helpless. He hated knowing that he couldn''t do anything. He hated feeling weak. So from that day, Thor only stayed sane because one thing was going through his mind. ''I will break free from this helplessness.'' And he did, eventually. Thor''s bedside clock''s alarm suddenly pierced through his dream, Thor desperately reached for the sound, the only thing that showed he existed. As he did he woke up and launched himself off his bed, smashing his face into the opposite wall to him. "Ow, ow ow. Not doing that ever again." Thor picked himself up off the floor and started preparing himself for school. *RIIIIIIINNNGG* A loud bell sounded, signifying that it was the start of a new school day. Thor walked into his classroom and seated himself down at his usual seat, then feeling people staring at him he turned around. He saw Akane and Lucas staring at him, as if they were trying to bore holes through the back of his head with a glare. Thor looked straight back at Akane, which caused her to turn slightly red and look down. Thor then met Lucas''s gaze, but Lucas didn''t look away. He stared straight back at Thor, like he was challenging him. Then he got up from his desk and walked towards Thor, weaving around people and desk alike. When he reached Thor''s desk, the two calmly stared at each other. They now had the attention of the entire class, who was silently looking at them, wondering what was going to happen. Lucas opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by something no-one expected. "What are yo-" Thor''s instincts went wild and he stood up, sending his desk flying. He felt like something big was about to happen. Without warning a huge light blue floating symbol spanned across the class room. Then, it flashed a deep red and everyone vanished. No one had any time to make a move, not even Thor. This incident would become known as the Carocen High school spirited away incident. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yep, they''ve finally been summoned! Please comment below what you would want Thor''s class or special ability (there might not be classes at all, maybe) to be called, and what would his class/special ability do? I myself have a few good ideas but it never hurts to ask for a bit of advice! Chapter 5: Spartan Armour A bright flash was all that Thor saw before he disappeared from the earth realm. He felt like he was being sucked through a very small vacuum, and then chucked into a washing machine that was on full blast, then thrown down a flight of stairs. Luckily, Thor had gone through the same training that astronauts were put through in the research facility. So he wasn''t affected by nausea too much. Then, as if he reached the end of a tunnel, he saw light. As he felt himself get thrown out of the strange tunnel like thing, he positioned himself and hit the ground rolling, then popping back up and onto his feet. As he opened his eyes he was met with a blinding light, but in a few seconds his eyes adjusted to the harsh glare. When he looked in front of himself though, he was met with quite a shock. There were 6 people standing a few feet away from him, all looking at Thor with surprise. He was in some kind a white space, with no end in sight. Thor took a defensive stance, but his instincts told him that these people could crush him with a finger. "Aaaaauuurrghh, my head feels like someone played ping pong with it." Thor quickly looked behind himself, not wanting to take his eyes off the 6 individuals. His eyes couldn''t help but widen with shock, the rest of his class were all sprawled out on the floor behind him. All 20 of them, even the teacher. "Hmph, that boy''s got balls I''ll give''im that. First time I ever saw someone come outta the portal like it were a sunday drive." Thor quickly turned back around and looked at the man who spoke. He was a huge man, at least 7 feet tall, with huge bulging muscles that threatened to tear apart his full plate armour. On his back was a huge claymore with a thick blade. His face as covered in scars and he was wearing an eyepatch over his right eye. ''I''ll call him eyepatch for now'' thought Thor. "Wooow, Ares just complimented a mortal! Do thy ears deceive me?" Thor glanced at the woman who just spoke, and only one thing came to his head for a fraction of a second. ''She''s striking!'' She was dressed in furs that fitted her quite nicely, showing off her fabulous figure. Her face looked like it was sculpted by a God who had too much time on his hands. ''I''ll call her sexy lady for now'' Thor quickly ridded the unneeded thoughts from his mind, he needs to focus on the problem at hand. Thor looked at the eyepatch man and spoke in his usual gruff voice. Thor: "Where am I, who are you and why am I here?" Eyepatch: "Hahaha, HAHAHAHAHA, Wow! Kid you sure have a pair to talk to a god like that, normally you mortals would be bowing down and begging to kiss our holy feet." Thor: "Even gods bleed" *Silence* Thor was starting to get nervous, if these beings truly were gods then he shouldn''t be angering then. But he didn''t want to apologise, it would go against his nature. Sexy lady: "oh my, boy are you asking Ares to tear you apart? Because he will do it, he''s crazy you know." Thor stood tall and looked eyepatch straight in his remaining eye, if he was going to die, he refused to do it begging and crying like a little bitch. By now everyone in the class had gotten themselves back together and we''re all huddled in one large group, looking at Thor and the mysterious six who were still staring at them. Unknown: "Okay okay, tone down pressure Ares your scaring the children" Everyone looked at the man who spoke and gasped. He was beautiful, there was no other word that could cut it. He had long straight golden hair that reached his waist, a perfect face that had no impurities at all and a body that didn''t have too much muscle on it, but still managed to looked masculine. It was as if he was shining. Eyepatch: "bullshit, I can see one human ova there who didn''t seem affected even one bit!" Shining man: "well, he''s not a human is he." Sexy lady: "wait, what do you me-" Shining man: "well enough about such trivial things" he looked at the class of frightened students "your all probably wondering ''why am I here?'' Right?" Harry White bravely stood up when he noticed that Thor had been standing for a while now, he answered the shining man. Harry: "ye-yes, we are." Shining man: "yes, I thought so. Well first I will get into introductions!" He pointed at eyepatch "this rough looking fellow here is Ares, the God of war and battle." "This fine lady with the furs is Athena, the goddess of the hunt." He said while pointing at the sexy lady. Next he pointed at one of the other figures, an older looking man who was dressed in robes. "This man is called Hermes, the God of magic" the older man nodded his head at the class. "This lady is called Artemis, she is the goddess of the shadows." He said while pointing at a hooded woman. "This fellow is called Zeus, he''s the God of the 4 elements. Fire, water, air and the earth." He said while pointing to a man who was wearing armour that looked like it made out of wood. "And I''m Brono, the God of light! Nice to meet you mortals." The shining man said while pointing at himself. Brono: "The reason that you are here is because the people of our realm need help, now you may be wondering ''why us?''. Well that''s because using a small bit of our influence on your reality we were able to get you all together, and we got you all together because you ware all the only people on your planet who could survive inter-dimension travel." Brono: "now in the world you are all going too there are many races and beings that you have never imagined existed, however you humans have seemed to write about them in various stories of yours." If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.The class looked at the God of light with a confused expression on their faces. Brono: "These races are beings such as humans, which you have on your world, elves, beast men, dwarfs and of course. Demons." Brono: "you will learn more about these races and others when we teleport you into the realm." After Brono''s short explanation the class''s expression grew a little less confused, but Harry looked at the God angrily. Harry: "what makes you think that we would help you anyway, you brought us here without any warning and you didn''t ask us wether or not we wanted to!" A few classmates grunted and yelled in agreement, Harry looked at the God with an accomplished look on his face. But that looked quickly disappeared when the other gods grabbed their weapons menacingly. But Brono put up a hand to stop the other gods. Brono: "I knew that you mortals would say that, which is why I have thought up a solution!" Brono: "If you do succeed in saving their world, I and the other gods will pool together our power and grant each of you one wish." After hearing this, the classes eyes sparkled at the promise. But Thor''s eyes narrowed, he didn''t like this God of light, he pissed him off. Brono: "okay, now to get to the important part. Each of us gods are going to choose a group of you to be our blessed ones. This will grant each of you one unique ability that you can use to combat the monsters and demons that dwell in the realm." At the mention of monsters a few of the classmates shuddered, but the rest were too curious in what their abilities would be. Brono gestured for the other gods to choose their blessed ones, the class stood up and waited for the gods too choose them. Akane and a 3 others were the first to be chosen by a god, which was Athena. Harry, Lucas and Amelia were chosen by Brono to be his blessed ones. Hermes chose Mia, Ms Silver and 4 others to be his blessed ones. Artemis chose a student called Jake and 3 others. Zeus chose 4 of the students, he started walking over to Thor but was stopped by a glare from Ares. Zeus: "okay okay, he''s all yours" All the other gods watched in shock as Ares walked over to Thor and gestured for him to follow him. Athena: "Holy shit, I thought Ares hated mortals" Artemis: "shut up dumbass, what if he heard you!" Ares ignored the other gods and walked over to Brono. Now the gods were standing in a line with their blessed ones gathered around them. Brono: "now don''t be alarmed, we are just going to bless you to give you your abilities." Thor looked up at Ares who also looked down at him, Thor briefly wondered why he was alone while everyone was in a group with their gods. But dismissed the thought and waited for Ares to ''bless him''. Ares looked down at Thor and then placed his palm on Thor''s head, he started to mutter some gibberish that Thor couldn''t make heads nor tails of. As Ares was muttering a deep Crimson light started to gather in the centre of his palm, then a thin strand floated into Thor''s body, slowly that strand got bigger. Thor felt a foreign existence enter his body, it felt warm and homely, but at the same time savage and bloodthirsty. After what felt like hours but could''ve really only been seconds Ares took his hand away from Thor''s head. And a strange box appeared in Thor''s vision, taking up the area in the upper right corner of his sight. Unique ability gained: Spartan Armour Spartan armour: The armour that can only be worn by a true warrior, a Spartan. This armour has the ability grow stronger with the user and evolve. The armour cannot be stolen or destroyed from existence as it is apart of the users soul, the strength and appearance of the armour also depends on the users soul. The armour can be summoned at anytime. Then, without warning Thor''s body was enveloped in a dark Crimson light that was so strong it was almost solid. Then that light started taking a form around Thor''s body before receding back into his body, revealing a dark steel full plated armour that covered Thor''s entire body. Armour: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JObXdXqC4Jo/UsQ05zv-ZaI/AAAAAAAAA34/Sc-ohCYNefQ/s1600/310_max.jpg Thor looked down at himself and thought one thing. ''Dang, I look badass!'' Btw pictures belong to their respective owners and not me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mwahahaha, no one expected this outcome! Y''all thought. That I''d give him some weird class or something, but hey, what''s a genetically and biologically enhanced Spartan with out his armour? It would be like toast without butter. And don''t worry, there will be stats in this world, but only basic ones like strength, agility, wisdom and a few others. There will also be titles you can get, but there will be no levels. I want to keep that part of the story nice and simple. Well anyway your free too comment on what you want to famous five to get for their abilities. And remember that getting weapons is rare, mostly it''s just going to be some sort of supernatural ability, and getting armour is unheard of, Thor in that way is unique. Chapter 6: An awkward entrance Some of you may be wondering, "The fuck? What kind of a name is ''Brono'' for a god of light!" Well the truth is that I did some research a few months ago out of curiosity and found out that Brono is a Norse god of daylight, so I thought "meh, why not?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As Thor was looking down at himself he couldn''t help but marvel at the armour, it was without a doubt a fine piece of craftsmanship. Even while wearing the armour he felt like he could do a triple back flip, it wasn''t hindering his movements in the slightest. And he could feel the weight from the armour bearing down on his body. He guessed that it weighed at least 150kg, but this reassured him. The more he weighed the harder his enemies would find it to move him, and it just felt better. A bit like a heavy stick feels like it could do more damage than a light stick. In simple terms. Though even with the extra 150kg Thor didn''t feel very bothered by the weight, as was the physical abilities of the Spartan. Ares: "Hey kid, say ''Show titles'', it should show you some interesting things about yourself." Thor thought that it couldn''t hurt. ''Show titles'' Titles: The super soldier: You have a body that was crafted for the sole purpose of killing and destruction. Bloodthirsty savage: You slaughtered 80 men and women with your bare hands, covering yourself in their blood. The tortured one: You have gone through years and years of pure agonising torture, torture of the likes of which very few of your world have ever gone through and lived. Hell Riser: You rose from the depths of hell, killing everything and everyone on your way. Lone wolf: You have been alone for almost the entirety of your life, enduring and rising over every challenge by yourself with no one else''s help. Forest dweller: You have lived in the forest/jungle and lived off the land in the most natural form. One of a kind: You are the only one of your kind that has ever existed. Martial arts master: You have mastered several martial arts to the highest degree. ''Close titles'' Thor would think on these later. Thor looked up to see what the others had gotten, and realised that everyone was staring at him. Harry held a thin short sword in his hand that was softly glowing white, and was staring at Thor in surprise. He looked at Thor''s armour, then back at his sword and frowned. Zeus: "Armour, how rare. And a full plated armour at that! You really scored with that kid didn''t you Ares." Ares: "Scored? Old man I got a lot more than a score here, that armour weighs 230kg. And he''s wearing it like it''s made out of cardboard. Not to mention his body is like it was made for the sole purpose of war." Ares was looking at Thor in shock, in truth he was surprised when the boy could not only withstand his bloodlust, but stare straight back at him too. Ares hadn''t even seen dragons who could do such a thing. And once again he was surprised when the boy summoned a full set of armour as his spirit ability. There was only ever one other armour type spirit ability that was ever summoned and it was only arm guards, but this boy had full plate. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. ''Its going to be interesting to see where fate takes this boy.'' Thought Ares amusedly. Thor started scanning over what everyone else was blessed with, it seemed that only few were blessed with weapons, and he was the only one with armour. Akane had a long bow made out of plant roots, Harry had his short sword, the guy called Jake was blessed with a black dagger and Mia had a staff with a glowing orb at the end. ''It seems that everyone else got abilities or enhancements'' thought Thor. Brono: "Okay everyone, gather round, gather round. It''s time for me to send you to our realm, good luck and when in despair just think about your wish!" Everyone walked over to where Brono was, and waited to be teleported with anticipation. Thor looked at Ares who nodded back at him, Thor then walked over to where the God of light was herding everyone. When he reached him he joined the back of the group and crossed arms with a *clink*. All the others had dismissed their abilities, but Thor thought his armour felt comfortable and safe so he kept it on. Also, he didn''t know how to remove it. It didn''t exactly have a zipper. Brono waited until everyone was around him, then he started muttering something under his breath, causing the area around the class it glow softly. Then the glow brightened exponentially and the students disappeared. The gods all looked at each other and smiled. Brono: "this will be entertaining." Thor once again felt the nauseating experience of the washing-machine + stairs formula, but this time he was ready for it so he braced himself against it. Once he felt like he had reached the end of the tunnel he readied himself and waited until he left the end. Once he appeared out the end he executed a quick somersault on the air to find his balance and landed on the ground with a loud *Clank* and an even louder *CRACK*. Thor looked around only to see his classmates looking at him awkwardly, Thor looked ahead and saw an aged man wearing an elaborate crown with two men wearing shiny armour on either side of him, looking at Thor in surprise. Thor briefly wondered why they were staring at him, and why such an awkward atmosphere was in the air, until he looked down. It appears with the weight of Thor (130kg) and the added weight of the heavy armour, along with the g-force he created with the somersault caused him to hit the ground rather hard. In fact, hard didn''t quite cut it. Thor landed on hard marble that had even been strengthened with the magic of this world, and made a large crater that had a radius of 3 meters, with cracks spreading all thought the large rectangle room they were in. Thor awkwardly looked at the man who he assumed was the king from under his armour. Thor: "Uhh, hmm, yeah, sorry about that. Well ah, if you look at it from a certain angle you can''t even see the damage! Just a bit of a rub''n scrub and it''ll be like it never existed. *cough*" Thor awkwardly tried to fill the unbearable silence with a lame excuse. One of the men in shiny armour turned to the king. Shiny armour man: "My liege, I can''t even put a scratch on that floor, even with a two handed war axe!" At this the Kings eyes widened and he looked back at Thor who was looking at the floor like he thought he could fix it. ''Well, they didn''t say this job would be easy.'' The king thought to himself with a sigh. King: "Ah yes, as I was saying to the other heroes armoured one, my name is Julian Goldhammer. I am the king of Rosenhime, the Kingdom that you are currently in." At this point Thor had given up on the floor and walked over to the other heroes to listen to the king explain about the world. King Julian: "I will now explain what happens in this world and about the laws of this world as was instructed by the gods...." After this the king proceeded to tell the heroes about the world and its inhabitants, Thor was almost asleep by the end of it. King Julian: ".... And that pretty much sums it all up." King Julian finally finished explaining to the students about his world, but after seeing that they were all almost sleep he ordered the guards to instruct them to their sleeping quarters. ''Reminds me of my daughter, but that armoured fellow...'' The king thought to himself. Thor let himself get leaded off to their sleeping quarters, it seemed that all the boys would be sleeping in one room and all the girls in the other, this was so that if they got nervous they would still be surrounded by people they know. Once Thor reached his room he felt like he could sleep like the dead, he pushed through then students who were all in a group talking about their situation. As he passed him Thor noted that Harry looked like he wanted to talk to him. ''I''ll see what he wants in the morning.'' Thor thought to himself. But then Thor met his next predicament. ''How am I going to get out of this armour? Meh, it''s pretty comfortable anyway." He threw himself onto the bed, which caused it to snap in half. But Thor had lost the ability to care, so he just let sleep grab ahold of him, entering into another nightmare... Chapter 7: Making Classmates fly Harry saw Thor hit hit the sack from the corner of his eye, or rather he smashed the sack. Harry was feeling conflicted, he wanted to save the king and his people because it was the right thing to do. But whenever he looked at Thor he felt angry at Thor, and himself. It first started on the day that he and his friends were almost hit by an out of control van, Harry had his eyes closed, so he thought that it was a miracle they were all fine. He asked the others if they saw anything, but Lucas and Akane dodged the question. This hurt Harry because he thought his friends trusted him, but he decided to believe in them and not question further. When they were summoned to another dimension Harry didn''t really know what to feel, he knew that he should be feeling confused, but he only felt excitement and a bit of fear. Then when he saw Thor standing tall and squaring down against the scariest looking person who summoned them, he felt it again, jealously. When he got his spirit weapon he was really happy, it felt like it was his everything. New ability gained: Sword of the hero: This is the legendary sword that is said to be the bane of all demons and evil beings. As the chosen one grows stronger he will unlock more and more of the swords holy vanquishing power. Only the chosen hero can inherit this sword from the creator. Harry looked at his new weapon with sparkling eyes, it was a short sword with an extra thin blade, for added speed. Brono: "Oh, is that the sword of the hero. Well done kid, that''s a very powerful weapon when used correctly." Hearing this praise Harry felt a nice warm feeling in his chest, ''it''s nice to be the hero'' he thought to himself happily. But after looking at Thor too see what he got, that warm feeling died instantly. Thor''s body was enveloped in a bright dark Crimson light, whereas only Harry''s right hand was enveloped in a standard white light. Then as the light receded, it revealed intimidating looking armour that covered his entire body, head to toe. As Harry looked form his sword to Thor''s armour, he couldn''t help but feel that his sword was a little lacking in comparison to Thor''s armour. Then, as if rubbing salt into his wounds Brono exclaimed. Brono: "Holy shit! Is that a spirit armour ability! And a full plated armour at that, that kid is amazing!" Harry gritted his teeth and gripped his shining sword even harder. Thor woke up surprisingly comfortable on his shattered bed, despite the horrific nightmare he had just come out of. It was a memory of the time they set him on fire and waited to see how long he would stay conscious. Thor begrudgingly got up and looked around drowsily. And he noticed a few things. One, he was no longer wearing his armour. Two, everyone else was sitting in a group and chatting amongst themselves. And three, Thor was hungry. Thor decided that his stomach could wait a few moments so he tried to figure out how to call forth his armour. ''Hmm, guess I''ll just try the classic way.'' He thought. ''Armour Up!'' Nothing happened. ''Armour on'' ''Come forth thy Spartan armour'' ''Armour?'' Nothing continued to happen. Thor then took a different approach. Thor: "*cough* Armour up *cough*" A few of the other students turned around after hearing Thor try and discreetly summon his armour, but turned back thinking that they were hearing things. ''AAAUURGH, FUCK ME'' Then a small message appeared in Thor''s vision, he looked at it to enlarge it. New message: Hey kid, it''s too pitiful to watch you. And I might have forgot to tell you how to summon and dispel the armour.... Just say ''Polem¨°s Spartan'' and it should appear. To dispel the armour just say ''Th¨¢natos Spartan''. And don''t expect any more help from us, from this point on lad there will be no advice for you, at all. -Ares ''Ah well fuck it, might as well.'' Thor thought optimistically. Thor: "Polem¨°s Spartan" Then Thor was engulfed in a red glow, which moulded into his armour. At this a few of the classmates turned around and looked at Thor with an amazed look, some even clapped. Thor paid them no heed. Thor: "Th¨¤natos Spartan" Thor''s body was once again engulfed in the red glow, which receded back into his body, revealing a Thor to be in his school clothes. Just as this process finished, the door to their room was swung open and a masculine man in armour walked in. Manly man: "Alright maggots, it''s time for me to mould you all into weapons of war! Follow me, step to it." The class got over their initial shock and followed him out of the class room, with Thor following in tow. They walked through various large and grand looking corridors before they came out onto a large courtyard that had a few scarecrows and weapons on racks scattered around. In the centre a large circle had been constructed with some sort of red chalk. When they reached the circle they met the females of their classroom standing in a group next to the circle. There were a few heartfelt greetings and hugs, but every one quickly gathered themselves and turned back to the manly guy. Manly guy: "okay maggots, my name is Captain Cross and I''m here to train you. Let''s get right down into business, everyone either say or think in your puny little minds, ''show status'' " Thor thought about how this was similar to a game he once played, then followed the captains orders. ''Show status'' Status of Thor Spartan: Strength: 500 Agility: 350 Wisdom: 100 If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. Abilities: Spartan Armour: The armour that can only be worn by a true warrior, a Spartan. This armour has the ability grow stronger with the user and evolve. The armour cannot be stolen or destroyed from existence as it is apart of the users soul, the strength and appearance of the armour also depends on the users soul. The armour can be summoned at anytime. Hyperion strength: You have Hyperion modified muscles, allowing you to perform large feats of strength and also makes your bones, muscles, ligaments and other parts of your body significantly tougher. Hyperion Strength also removes the limiter on your body, allowing you to grow stronger and stronger through the trial of deadly life threatening combat. Hyperion vision: Hyperion vision greatly improves the effectiveness of your eyes, allowing you too see further and in greater detail. Also causes your hand-eye coordination and reflexes to improve greatly. Hyperion Nervous system: Improves your nervous system to send nerve impulses exponentially faster, making your reflexes and muscle control significantly faster. Hyperion Brian stem: Your Hyperion brain stem is upgraded to sustain the other parts of your body that have been fused with the artificially constructed Hyperion element. Can also be sent into overdrive during life threatening situations, causing awareness and muscles control to also go into overdrive, can cause serious dehydration and exhaustion when activated. ''Close status'' Cpt Cross: "okay maggots, now that you''ve looked at your status, prepare to get dirty. Also, most of your statuses should be around 20 to 30 in mostly everything, this is considered very high considering that you haven''t gone through any major combat training yet." Harry: "excuse me sir, my stats are all at 50." Akane "mine are all at 40" Mia/Amelia: "our wisdom is at 60" Cpt Cross: "well good fucking work maggots, that''s actually very high. Makes me kinda jealous." Thor kept quiet about his stats, if he told them they might go a bit crazy. And besides, they didn''t need to know what probably won''t hurt them. Cpt Cross: "Mkay now boys, take off your shirts." After hearing this a few of the boys questioned and others complained. Thor just waited for an answer. Cpt Cross: "stop whining like a bunch a'' sissies and take em off. You need to learn what it is like to fight naked, without armour or protection." He then pointed to Thor and Harry. Cpt Cross: "you two, strip off your shirts and get in the circle." Harry stripped off his shirt and walked into the circle, a few of the girls blushed deep red and a few of the boys whistled. Harry had a light six pack on his stomach and a slightly feminine body that had little muscle, which was considered quite handsome back on earth. Cpt Cross: "Ya look like I could snap ya like a twig, skinny boy." Harry grew slightly angry at Cross''s interjection. After Harry''s little show Thor walked up to the circle and took off his loose shirt. Exposing his Evident eight pack, biceps thicker than Harry''s thighs and muscle packed shoulders. His muscles bulged but don''t so much that it would be a hindrance in battle, just enough to protect his vitals and bones. And covering his body were jagged and straight scars, crisscrossing mall over his muscles. Normally these scars would have been healed by his regenerative abilities, but apparently he was mentally stopping the regeneration, the scientists said it was due to the trauma he received from ''some sort of mysterious treatment'' . But it didn''t hinder him in battle so they left him like that. The girls and boys went silent and stared at Thor, wide eyed and slack jawed. Akane was blushing furiously and trying desperately to hide it, but failing miserably. Cpt Cross: "Now THAT, is what I call a man, twig boy, try not to piss yourself. Okay now you two will be fighting each other bare handed, I picked you two because you two were the strongest from what I could gather visually, the winner will fight everyone else one by one until he loses. You are allowed to break bones and dislocate joints, but no killing. START." Harry instantly charged straight at Thor, wasting no time. Thor just calmly stood there, his chest bare, waiting for Harry. Harry looked at Thor who didn''t even bother to guard his chest with anger, and leaped at him swinging his fist around in a powerful blow. Thor still didn''t move, and the class was starting to cringe and get ready for the coming impact, they knew that Harry was a black belt in karate and was pretty prominent in a fight. Harry''s fist met Thor''s solar plexus with a *CRAAACK*, they both paused. Until Harry started screaming, staring at his shattered wrist. Thor shot out a hand and grabbed Harry by the throat, then lifting him off the ground with one hand and hurling him 20 metres until the screaming Harry smashed straight into a scarecrow, rebounding off it with a thud and hitting the dirt. Everyone went slack jawed and stared at Thor, who was calmly looking at Harry that was in a mangled heap on the ground. Thor then turned to the others and said in a deep menacing voice. "Who''s next?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Okay, this is just a short little chapter that I made in my spare time today, but don''t fear! The next chapter will be an extra long one. If you were wondering ''Polem¨°s'' is Greek for ''War'' And ''Th¨¢natos'' is also Greek for ''Death'' So much Greek culture! Hooray for learning! Also have fun and please comment below on what kind of weapon/weapons you would want Thor to use, or of course he could always go bare fisted, which is always cool. Chapter 8: Dominating the ring Sorry about the wait, I had to plan ahead a bit about how I would explain the functions of the world soon. Well anyway, enjoy! ---------------------------------------------¨C---------------------------------- The class stiffened up, no one daring to to make a sound in case Thor takes it as a challenge. Captain Cross was smiling while looking at Thor, proud of his new ''student''. Amelia: "Th-Thor, I think that you might have over done it with Harry, j-j-just a little..." Thor turned to Amelia, "We are not in school anymore, We are in a war zone. If you wish to be babied, your in the wrong neighbour hood." Thor''s words were hash but true, they were in a place were the inhabitants didn''t even bother to count casualties. This was not a place for the weak hearted. And Thor was also angry at himself for saving that group from the van, he needed to stomp out all unnecessary emotions, only focus on the mission, as his old military instructor used to say. Cpt Cross: "Alright bitches, enough chat time. You over there, yes you, get into the ring and try not to soil your pants anymore than what you already have please." A boy who looked like he was about to faint from how pale his face was, walked over to Thor and weakly said. Wuss: "P-p-please g-go easy o-on me." Thor just looked at him with disdain and beckoned him to attack, but wuss just stood there in fear though, too scared to move a muscle. So Thor just walked over to him. Thor just looked him, watching the fear swirling around in the boys eyes. Then he punched the boys shoulder lightly, causing his arm to pop out of its socket. Before the boy even had a chance to scream though, Thor hit his other shoulder and then his neck. Causing the boy too fall to the floor, paralysed and with two dislocated arms. Then Thor bent down and lightly sucker punched him, knocking him unconscious. Thor: "Next" Each and every boy walked into that dreaded circle, only to get pounded into the dirt and then healed by some priests on standby. So far, not one boy had been able to so much as scratch Thor. After Thor had finished breaking one boys nose, it was time for the last victi*cough* Competitor. It was a rather quiet boy called Jake. Thor remembered that throughout his school days with him the boy was almost invisible. Never standing out during anything. Thor watched as Jake stepped out and into the circle, he didn''t look scared or confident, just apathetic. He walked into the circle and took a stance that Thor knew well from one of the martial arts he practiced, this one was even one of his favourites. Thor: "Ninjutsu huh?" A brief look of surprise appeared on Jake''s face, but it disappeared just as quickly as it came. Jake: "Let us fight." Thor grinned and took his own stance he gleaned from Muay Thai kickboxing. Cpt Cross: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannndd, BEGIN BITCHES!!" After Cpt Cross''s annoyingly extended signal, Jake immediately rushed at Thor, ducking down low as he did. Thor watched him approach with interest. He was starting to like this Jake kid. Once Jake was almost within striking distance of Thor he jumped up and started to initiate a jumping spin kick, but halfway through the process he immediately dropped his leg and fell tumbling to the earth. As Thor was calmly bringing up his arm to block the feint he looked at Jake in admiration. It was extremely difficult to execute a feint mid air and then bring yourself to the ground so quickly, it required a lot of practice and skill. As Jake was tumbling along the ground he suddenly lashed out a leg at Thor''s kneecap, Thor responded with a front flip before the blow could hit, as he was level with the ground mid air he brought out an arm and grabbed Jake''s outstretched leg and brought him slamming down and onto the earth. Thor smashed him so hard down into the ground it caused. small cracks to snake out from underneath Jake. Thor landed with a loud *Thud* and looked down at Jake. Jake: "*Cough* Why, when I kicked you, you should have just let me hit you *cough* I seriously doubt that it would have harmed you." Thor looked at Jake it amusement. Thor: "Where''s the fun in that?" Jack grinned at him, then fainted. ''He''s very skilled in the art of ninjutsu, maybe even better than me. But it still looks like he belongs in the shadows, killing his enemies through the art of assassinations'' Thor thought while looking at the unconscious Jake. Two priests walked over and picked him up by the arms and legs, carried him out of the circle and started healing him, then placed him down next to all the other groaning injured boys. Cpt Cross: "Okay, well that was brutal and nasty Thor, just the way I like it! You get a few brownie points for that. Now girls it''s your turn. You there, yes you, no you, I mean her, OH FOR FUCKS SAKE JUST TWO OF YOU GET IN THE GOD DAMN CIRCLE! And you can keep your shirts on, just tuck them in or something." Akane confidently walked into the circle with a nervous looking girl in tow, once Akane reached her corner she turned around and bowed to her rival, waiting for Cpt Cross to signal the start of the fight. Cpt Cross: "Start!" Akane rushed at the girl who was just standing there shivering, once Akane reached her she hit the side of her neck, just hard enough to knock her unconscious, then Akane caught her before she hit the ground and placed her down gently. ''She''s quite skilled, hitting that nerve is actually harder than it might look, it requires excellent hand-eye coordination.'' Thor thought to himself. Cpt Cross: "Okay, that was anticlimactic. Next!" For the rest of the unarmed sparring contest between the girls, Akane dominated. She did however, do it a lot more softly than Thor. Right now, Thor was leaning against a scarecrow, talking to Jake to pass the time while their ''instructor'' was ordering around some servants to grab as many different types of weapons as they could. Thor: "So how long have you been learning ninjutsu, and why?" Jake: "I''ve been learning ninjutsu since the moment I could walk, and I learnt it because I was supposed to be the successor of my families dojo, before I was brought here that is. What about yourself? I saw you use a martial art that I''ve never seen before, but I felt like it was familiar. Thor: "I myself have been learning any and all combat techniques since I could crawl, over the years I''ve developed my own fighting style that incorporates several different martial arts. You probably thought it looked familiar because ninjutsu was one of them." Jake: "That''s interesting, I too have learned 6 different martial arts." Thor: "That''s cute, I''ve learnt 73 different martial arts, ranging from traditional to hybrid martial arts that have originated from all over the world. Places such as Africa, Asia, America, Oceana and the Middle East. Africa even has some very interesting styles of spear and stick fighting. Jake: "Holy shit, just how the hell did you manage to do all that in just 16 years!" If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Thor: "Umm, well you see I ju-" Cpt Cross: "MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTSS" Thor was cut off before he could finish his excuse by the sound of captain Cross screaming at them all to gather at the weapon racks. Jake looked at Thor like he wanted to know more, but he didn''t end up pressuring him. They jogged over to where the captain was standing before a huge group of weapon racks that had almost every weapon imaginable. Cpt Cross: "Okay maggots, and Thor. Take a look at the weapons laid before you, I want you to grab the weapon that you think you would be best suited to, don''t grab something that looks cool, think about the practical use of them. Those of you who have a spirit weapon, grab a weapon that is similar to it." Thor walked over to the weapon racks and started contemplating which weapon he should use. A spear would be a good idea, but it wastes Thor''s strength. A hammer or an axe would put Thor''s strength to good use, but it wouldn''t let him use the full range of techniques that he had at his disposal. All the halberds they had would snap whenever Thor used his full strength on them, a sword would be great and it would put Thor''s speed and technique to good use, but it would also put his strength to waste. A bow just didn''t agree with Thor and daggers he refused to even look at. Shields too would be a waste of his movement because he already had strong enough armour. Then Thor''s eyes rested on two gigantic swords. Their blades were as thick as Thor''s biceps and were almost as wide as his torso. The blades were as dark as the night with a streak of crimson red running down the spine of the blade, the ends of the swords blades were also a bit thicker and wider than the rest of the blade, signifying that they could also be used like an axe or a hammer with the weighted ends, but still maintain the versatility of a sword, if the user was strong enough. The handles were quite short for a two handed longsword, which made a new thought dawn upon Thor. Thor: "Could they be..." But just then captain Cross walked up beside Thor and looked at the swords. Cpt Cross: "Ahh, those swords are extremely fine swords indeed. When we found them in the ruins of an old dungeon, when realised that they were made out of an unknown metal that was extremely durable we were ecstatic, but it was incredibly heavy too. It took days to drag them out of the dungeon. And ever since no one has ever taken them, because no-one was strong enough to hold one of them for an extended period of time, let alone use it in battle." However, just as he finished reminiscing, Thor took a step towards the swords and picked one up in each hand. They felt nice to Thor, they made fantastic use of his overwhelming strength and they were also very versatile. He could feel that they were very heavy, he could at most fight using these for about 2 hours before needing a rest. He guessed they weighed about half a ton each. ''I knew it, these were actually made for dual wield purposes.'' Thor thought. Captain Cross could only watch flabbergasted as Thor started to juggle the colossal swords between his hands, captain Cross himself could only barely lift one of them with both his hands and yet here was one of the more weirder heroes juggling both of them were sticks for Brono''s sake! He didn''t even know what to think anymore. Thor watched the instructor wobble off and over to see what the other heroes were doing, so Thor decided he would acquaint himself with the huge swords. He started by doing a simple downward strikes using both of them at the same time in order to get used to the weight. Then he started doing some of the techniques he learned from several martial arts that focus on duel weaponry. He brought one sword screaming around in an arc at incredible speeds, then using the momentum he spun around and sliced his imaginary opponent with the other sword, but he changed the trajectory of the blade and abruptly brought it swinging down towards the ground, he then jumped into the air before the sword impacted the ground and used it to spin himself around, gaining more and more momentum before he brought the weighted end of both of the swords smashing down and onto the earth, causing a minor earth quake to reverberate throughout the training yard. At this everyone who was either practicing with their chosen weapon or still choosing one, turned around and stare at Thor in amazement and fear. Harry looked at him in jealously and anger at how easily he was crushed earlier, but quickly quashed these feelings because he knew Thor was just doing as they were ordered. Jake looked at him in respect, he really did respect Thor''s fighting prowess. He was always taught in his clan to respect the strong because they often went through countless tribulations to get to that point. Akane looked at him in silent amazement with a blush emerging on her face, she quickly turned around and started to train harder than ever before with her practice bow though, trying to get the blush off her face. Everyone else had either fear or respect on their faces, or both. Thor paid them no heed though and continued his terrifying dance of death. Slashing, bashing, kicking and punching his imaginary foe. He had learnt the ability to almost create a foe in his mind and then project it into his vision during his earlier days as a martial artist. He was currently fighting an imaginary Vin Diesel, he would have fought the rock, but he hadn''t seen him fight that much in the movies he watched. *A few hours later *BOOM* With another earthquake inducing strike he finally finished off his famous foe. Thor stood up straight and with a *Thud* stuck his swords in the earth and leaned on them, gasping for breath. He had just trained for 2 hours straight. He wiped the sweat off his brow and thought about how he would also need to practice while wearing his armour soon. Captain Cross looked at the exhausted Thor and marvelled at what the boy had just accomplished, he had trained for 2 hours straight and didn''t slow down his trainings the all as time went on, he might have even gotten faster! All the other students had given up and went for some food and rest a while before Thor finally stopped. Captain Cross then used magic to amplify his voice and yelled out as loud as he could. Cpt Cross: "OKAY MAGGOTS, GET THE HELL OVER HERE, ITS TIME FOR MAGIC TRAAAAAAAIIIIINNNIIIIINNNGG!" ----------------------------------------------¨C---------------------------------- I read all of your wonderful comments and saw that a lot of you wanted swords, a lot also didn''t want swords, a lot wanted hammers and axes and a lot of you wanted shields and spears. Then I had an idea while I watched the new episodes of Overlord (you should all watch it, it''s amazing!) and I saw Ains owl goawl (I spelt that wrong I know, but you get the idea, it''s the Skelton lick main character dude) and I saw him use these two massive great swords, and I was all like BINGO! Please don''t be too mad at me. And yes, it''s time for some magic training! Tell me in the comments below what magic you want Thor to use, or if you don''t want him to use any! Quick notice: This is just a quick notice. So many of you are probably thinking that Thor is extremely OP and could kill anything and anyone at this moment in time. Well you''d be wrong. Thor is an OP character, yes he''s probably the strongest human (if he even IS a human, hahaha) but this doesn''t mean that he''s all powerful. First of all I''m pretty sure that a lot of you think he has some sort of legendary regenerative abilities on par with wolverine, deadpool, ect. But his regenerative abilities aren''t really that great. For example if a regular human received and injury that takes 5 months to heal, Thor would be healed in maybe 3 weeks at the most. Also, the humans in this world are by FAR one of the weakest races in this world, the only reason they still exist is because they have extremely high fertility rates compared to other races. So Thor doesn''t really have much to compare to in the human kingdom. This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. Monsters and beasts are a whole other story though. There are many monsters/beasts that could kill Thor in seconds as he is now. So don''t be expecting Thor to just breeze through this story like its a nice serene walk in the park. He will have quite a lot of near death experiences and by the end of it, he''ll have a lot more scars to add to his body. Also the summoned heroes have all had most of their human limitations removed, so they will become some of the most powerful beings on that planet if they get strong enough too. But probably not as strong as Thor might become. (Maybe) Well, with that all cleared up. I really hope I haven''t disappointed you all with these facts. But please keep reading and watch Thor become a god... Of some sort..... Chapter 9: Magic Hope y''all enjoy this new chapter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The motley class of heroes were all currently seated in a large room that reminded them a bit of a huge classroom, the reason they were seated in this room was because they were going to be taught the basics of magic in this world. When the class heard the door to the room open all chatter ceased simultaneously, they watched as a beautiful young woman entered the room, she had shoulder length blue hair and a body that would make any man drool. She was wearing deep blue robes that complemented her beauty nicely, Thor watched her walk into the room and reach the small podium that was in front of the students. She met Thor''s eyes and her checks tinged red, then she quickly shook her head and addressed the class. Young Woman: "Okay class, I''m the arch mage of Rosenhime''s assistant. My name is Sapphire Goldknife, you may all call me Sapphire. ''She can''t be a day over 18 by the looks of it, she must have worked hard to get such a position at such a young age.'' Thor wondered while looking at Sapphire. Sapphire: "Okay, I''m just going to get straight down into business. There are four basic elements, fire, water, earth and wind. There are also other variant element magics such as light, death, shadow, ice and the rarest form, lightning. There are many other types of variant element magics but you can all view them in our library in your own time." Sapphire: "Mana, all life on our world needs mana to survive. From the plants to the animals, every living entity has at least a tiny morsel of mana. Now, everyone has a set mana pool in their bodies, nothing can change the size of that pool. Your wisdom stat on your statuses represent how efficiently you can utilise that mana." Sapphire: "Mana has also caused many creatures to become deformed and blood thirsty, these creatures are what we call monsters. The strength of a monster does not depend on its mana pool, in fact no-one knows exactly what makes a monster stronger than another monster, but we think it has something to do with spiritual energy endowed by the gods." Sapphire: "Speaking of spiritual energy, your abilities that were given to you by the gods do not use mana, this is because they are actually apart of you. Or rather apart of your spirit, so all you have to do is materialise them from your soul." Sapphire: "Okay, I would like all of your to form a line in-front of me." Sapphire pulled out a large glass ball that was about the size of her head and placed it on the podium. Sapphire: "This magic tool was created by our kingdoms finest magical minds, it measures your magic affinities. The measurement it uses is a sort of ranking system, it goes in this order, F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS and SSS. If you receive an F for an affinity then that means that you cannot wield it. Be warned that you cannot ever change your magical affinity. There have only been 6 other humans in history to receive an SSS ranking for a magical affinity. So don''t get too down if you don''t receive one. Thor watched Harry go first, Sapphire told him to place his hand on the crystal ball and wait. He did so and a few long seconds passed where nothing happened. Then the crystal ball glowed and projected something into the air. Fire: S Water: S Wind: S Earth: S Light: SS Sapphire: "Holy shit! You''ve got an S rank in all the basic elements and an SS rank in the rare light variant! This is incredible, the only other human who ever came close got three S rank elements!" Harry blushed at this praise and squirmed around a little, "it was nothing much..." He said as if he was begging for more praises. ''He''s like a lost puppy'' Thor thought. Sapphire: "Well now I''m exited to see what the rest of you will get! Next please." Jake walked up to the crystal ball and lightly placed his hand over it. Wind: SS Shadow: SS Fire: E Earth: F Water: C Jake: "Cool, I wanted shadow." At this point Sapphire just decided to push down her surprise and awe to call up the next person, which was Akane. Wind: SS Earth: SS Fire: F Water : B Mia was the next person to have her affinities checked. Fire: S Water: S Earth: S Wind: S Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Then Lucas. Earth: SS Water: C Fire: E Wind: D Once everyone else had gone through their turns, it was finally Thor''s turn, he walked over to the crystal ball and gently placed one hand over it. Fire: SSS Lightning: SSS Water: F Earth: F Wind: F The entire room went silent, so quiet that Thor could hear his own heart beat. Sapphire slowly opened her mouth like it needed a serious oil change. Sapphire: "I-I-I c-can''t believe it, y-you are the o-only one to receive a triple S ranking in not just one element, but two! Your geometrical magic capabilities must be at least of the seventh periodic level of...." Sapphire continued to spout all kinds of magical sounding gibberish while the rest of the class just stared at Thor. ''Thor''s so cool, and manly... Wait, no! Bad thoughts, get out of my head!'' Akane started to blush while looking at Thor in amazement, then she started trying to cave in the side of her head with a fist. Sapphire was looking at Thor with a compassionate gaze on her face, but whenever Thor looked back at her she would quickly look away. ''Strange, what''s wrong with the teacher...?'' Thor thought, puzzled as he looked at Sapphire. Sapphire: "*Cough* let''s move on for now, it''s time to start learning how to control your magic. People with a higher affinity will not be able to control their elements any easier, it will just be more powerful so don''t go off slacking." Sapphire: "First I want you to imagine one of your elements in its rawest form, now try to imagine it forming on the palm of your hand as a small orb." Thor followed her instructions and thought about his lightning element, which wasn''t that hard with his past. In several of the scientist''s experiments on him they used electricity, one example of this was when they used him as a lightning rod to see if the lighting would interfere with his Hyperion nerve system, luckily it did not, but the scientists continued to shock him with deadly amounts of lightning for god knows how long though. Thor tried to imagine the electricity gather on the palm of his hand, but nothing happened. Thor kept trying this method until eventually everyone else had their chosen elements in the palm of their hands. So Thor decided he would try a different approach. He closed his eyes and remembered what it felt like to have electricity running through his veins, and as he did so he felt a slight tugging motion in his body, like he was trying to pull something to him with an extra limb he didn''t know he had. So he yanked whatever the hell it was inside of him, then he felt something strange and alien flow throughout his body, but somehow warm and comforting. As if it came from his very core. Accompanying this new sensation was the sound of screaming and shouting, but it felt like he was hearing them from the other side of a thick wall. Thor opened his eyes and saw everyone looking at him in shock, or at his body. Thor looked down and gasped, both his arms were covered in a thick layer or lighting, squirming around and jumping to and fro on his arms. He slowly raised an arm, staring at the lightning in curiosity. He then moved his arm faster and faster, trying to see wether or not the lightning would stay. He kept going faster and faster in a circular motion until his hand was just a dark blue blur. Making his arms scream through the air at a speed he could never achieve before. Then he stopped the motion immediately and abruptly, and when he did so a shockwave from his arms tore through the air, headed straight for the magically enhanced marble floor. *BOOOOOOOOOM* An earth shattering explosion resounded through the room, everything within a five foot radius of Thor was blasted away, which included 3 desks and an unfortunately placed Harry. Fortunately Harry was cushioned by several other students, and the desks all narrowly missed the other unlucky students. Akane: "This feels really nostalgic." *Several hours later Thor layer down on his luxury king sized bed, all the students and teachers had been given private rooms before hand, and thought about the existence of magic. After his little accident, they were relocated to another room to continue practicing, with Thor being given a strong warning by his teacher. He found that it was incredible that he could encase his arms in lightning, it was apparently an extremely rare talent to cover yourself in your element. He and Jake were the only ones who were capable of it. He could also cover his arms in fire, but when Thor tried both simultaneously he grew very tired and almost collapsed. Sapphire told him that this was because he didn''t have enough control over his elements as of yet. As Thor laid in bed he through the he''d try something new, he raised both his arms and coated one arm with lightning and the other with fire, and was greeted with a breathtaking sight. The fire and lightning seemed to contrast each other perfectly, the Sparks and flames danced between each other as if it was to a violent and impulsive beat. Thor: "It''s.... beautiful." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 10: Adrenaline Junkie I''m rewriting this entire chapter, I ask all of you who previously read the last chapter 10 to forget that it ever happened. I''ve seriously fucked up and I apologise, I posted it in a kinda heat of the moment thing and after I read through it I wanted to slap myself across the face. I''ve probably lost a lot of readers thanks to that blunder and I don''t blame them for leaving, I just hope I can learn from that mistake. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Royal Rosenhime library, a place of untold knowledge and wisdom. Within its leathery books lay legendary tales of adventure, instructions for the most advanced magic and descriptions of monsters that could give a dragon nightmares. Within this library sat a tall muscular boy, he was reading a well known fictional tale of a man who defeated a dragon with his bare hands. The boy silently scanned his eyes over the pages, until he finally reached the last page and finished the epic tale. He closed the book with a snap, leaned over his chair and started writing on a creased piece of paper. Thor''s to do list: Beat the stuffing out of a dragon with bare hands 2. Learn martial arts of this world 3. Find Brono and break his jaw 4. Destroy demon lord/king 5. Get a pet dog 6. Find more goals Thor folded up the paper and placed it in his pants pocket. Thor''s to do list didn''t necessarily have an order for the goals, he just wrote them down randomly and whenever he saw or read something he wanted to try. In Thor''s past soldier training he was always told to make personal goals, if he didn''t he might lose all motivation for the mission, or so he was warned. Thor looked across the huge library and through one of the larger windows, he realised that the sun had started to drop. He assumed it was mid day. Four weeks had gone by in a flash for Thor, he loved training so the whole thing was like a seventh heaven for him. So far he had managed to fight continuously with his gargantuan swords for four hours straight, he had also gotten better at manipulating his magic so he could now cover his swords in a thin layer of each. Thor put his books back where he found them and started to make his way back to the main courtyard, when he arrived he saw the rest of the class gathered around captain Cross and Sapphire, listening to them talking about something. Sapphire: "Oh hey Thor! Come over here, we have some exiting news!" It had taken a while, but Sapphire had finally started talking to Thor, and she talked to him whenever she could. Thor didn''t particularly mind though because she did help him out with his magic a bit. Thor shrugged and walked over to the group, though when he reached them the students split like the Red Sea, and Thor walked through them like he was Moses. Recently the students had become quite afraid of Thor, probably due to Thor''s brutal treatment during sparring. But there was one student who did not move out of Thor''s way. Jake: "Hey man, just wait until you hear this." Jake told Thor as he reached him, Thor looked back at Sapphire and captain Cross curiously. Cpt Cross: "Okay okay, calm down maggots. I am here to tell you that early tomorrow, we will be training in the great Monstrous Dungeon with a small troop of veteran soldiers to watch our backs." A few students cheered at the coming adventure, whereas others went silent, afraid of what was announced. Thor was silently ecstatic, it had been a long time since he had been in a real fight. He was a living weapon made for the sole purpose of battle after all, wether it was implanted within him or it was apart of his very nature, Thor was an adrenaline junkie. He was in love with the feeling he got when his life was at stake, he loved the Amazon so much because of the constant threat of death he had, and he loved this new world because it was based so much on ones strength and steel. Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. In this world, Thor was in his element. Cpt Cross: "But for today, we will be training your asses off." Everyone let out an agonising groan at this statement, but Thor just armoured up, grabbed his swords and started swinging. Every slash, kick and punch was filled with Thor''s thirst for battle, the students who saw him would later tell the others that it was like a ''Dance of death''. *Later that night Thor was lying down in his own personal bed, he thought about the coming battles and deadly situations ahead, and couldn''t help but smile. He was often told by his military instructors that a real soldier, smiles in the face of death. As he was fondly reminiscing of his past, sleep slowly grabbed ahold of him. Thor''s not-so-pleasant nightmare was suddenly interrupted by the sound of an angry old man. Cpt Cross: "GET THE FUCK UP YA BUNCH O'' LIZARDIAN SHIT" Lizardain shit? I guess we were promoted, Thor thought to himself as he got dressed. Then he pushed open the door and walked over to the dining hall. When he was arrived he was greeted by a smiling Akane and Sapphire, but when the two saw each other smiling at Thor their smiles quickly turned into a snarl. Like a lioness protecting their spoils of the hunt. Thor seated himself at one of the seats across from Sapphire, which caused her to give Akane a smug look. To which Akane got up from her seat and walked over to Thor, seating herself beside him. Akane: "H-hey Thor, you exited for the dungeon?" Thor responded with a grunt, and went back to eating his food. He was too focused on the coming battle to fret over women. But after seeing Akane''s sad look he sighed and responded. Thor: "Yeah, you two be careful. Anything can happen in a fight." Akane: "You talk like you''ve got a lot of experience in fights to the death, hehe." Thor turned at Akane and looked at her in silence, which caused her laughter to quickly die off. Sapphire raised an eyebrow at this. Sapphire: "Fighting seems rather rare in your world, tell me Thor, how do you have so much expertise in it then?" At Sapphires question the entire class rushed over to Thor''s bench, getting over their fear due to their eagerness to hear the his answer. Thor: "Fine, I''ll answer it." At this everybody went completely silent, wanting to know the secret to Thor''s overwhelming strength. Thor: "I was a soldier." There was an awkward silence that seemed to drench the room, everybody looked at Thor. "Bullshit, that''s it?" "A soldier? For how long?" "What? Huh? Eh?" Thor was instantly bombarded with questions about his soldier life and if he was single, he couldn''t make out who asked the latter. With all the mayhem Thor did the only thing that came to his mind at the time, he silently raised a fist. And brought it smashing down onto his bench, turning the entire thing into splinters with a huge BANG. Everybody went completely silent, shocked at what Thor just did. Cpt Cross: "Well I sure hope that wasn''t expensive, anyway everybody meet at the gates. It''s time for some dungeon crawling." Captain Cross who seemed to appear out of nowhere suddenly interrupted the silence, after hearing the order the class went to gather their essentials and meet at the designated location. ---------------------------------------------- Sorry if it''s a little lacking, after getting all depressed over my previous chapter ten I was hit by a car and broke my leg, no joke. But I''m back, and I hope I don''t disappoint you all again! BIG ANNOUNCEMENT Dear readers, I''d imagine only a fraction of you would read this. So this message is for you guys. You are all almost as awesome as me. now onto the announcement. My passion for writing has returned like a raging wildfire in my very soul! And I felt like I needed a fresh start. So I started a new profile, called RealitySmith, I chose this obnoxious name because I like to believe us writers forge realities with our stories for you readers to immerse your selves in. And I have started a new story on that profile as well, It''s called the lonely ogre, (classic name I know)If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. the lonely ogre is about a man named Oliver, whom after a series of unfortunate events (including the apocalypse) was turned into an ogre, it will be a litrpg, though not as based around games as most other litrpg''s. Oliver will have to endure monsters, abominations, the madness of the human mind, and (little sneak peek here)... The Horde. by now you''re probably wondering "what about Spartan you lazy shit-fer-brains", well. Spartan was my first story, my most successful story, and it holds avery special place in my heart. I WILL eventually return to Spartan, that you do not have to worry about my precious pumpkins. Please leave what you feel about this in the comments, I love reading all of them, it makes me feel special! Spartans Return!! Got some more big News! The return of Spartan has begun, The first chapter is on my other profile, a lot has changed due to my evolution as a writer, but do not worry, Thor will never change! He''ll only become less paradoxical. If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. Also my other major fiction, ¡®The Lonely Ogre¡¯ has had a name change to ¡®The Horde¡¯. Thought it made more sense, or it will. Also major plot twist ahead! Thank you all for being so patient with me, also I know a lot of you have been asking about Unleash the beast, I think for now I will focus on Horde and Spartan, but unleash the beast could make a return, you never know!