148 Longs Panic (1/2)

\”Stupid. Human. Body. So. Freaking. Weak!\” Long angrily muttered as he continued to roll the bandages to cover his injured hands. He never even think why Elric had such a steel-like skull and just blamed his current body constitution as the reason for his injuries.

While the school Dean was angrily lashing out to the three stooges, Long unhesitantly left the place, went to the school nurse's office and just casually picked up some bandages without them noticing. Then by acting as if everything is fine with him, he calmly went to find a safe spot to start tending on his injuries.

Right now, he is currently aiding his multiple broken bones while being under the cover of a big tree.  He was not worried after the broken bones, after all, knowing that he had a grandma Landlord who can heal him in a jiffy. He was just wondering why she did not appear yet since she would usually pop out of nowhere and do her thing before disappearing back like a bubble.

\”Who needs her anyway.\” He scoffed,  \”Just you wait when I get back my Dragon Essence. I will make sure to wreak havoc over this place even if those stupid Guardians will try to stop me. I hate those rats! I hate this school. I hate everyone and I hate this freaking stupid weak human body!\”

He continued to complain angrily as he was just about to finish bandaging himself, a familiar sound suddenly came out of from behind him.

\”Need help?\” It was Elric. Long's eyes immediately formed a frown upon realizing who was the mystery guy who found him despite being well hidden.

\”Why do I need help? Do I look like an injured person to you?\” Long arrogantly scorned.

He hates it when someone would offer help to him. After all, he never ever asked for help from anyone since he grew up as a Dragon.

And being a Dragon means you must stand on your own! Their overwhelming pride did not just flow through their veins but also to their tongue!

\”Well, I can see that you have bandages in your knee and your hands. Did you perhaps, sprained yourself and broke some of your finger bones during the last fight?\” Elric asked with an ever-innocent smile.

It doesn't take a genius for him to actually see how serious Long's injuries are. With his mystical Elemental-Dragon eyes, he could even see Long's complete bone and muscle structure together with the abnormalities with them.

\”Injured!? Haha! Me!?\” Long laughed with a mocking tone and threatened, \”So you want a second round right now? I will make sure to send you back to your apartment with broken ribs and additional swollen jaw. How's that sound?\”

Elric scratched the back of his head innocently, \”No- I am not here to fight. I just want to see if I can help you with anything-\”

\”Come!\” Long said as he casually stood with kung-fu like pose. His eyes are locked at Elric and he seems to be not joking at all. This young man is determined to prove that he is not someone to look down even if he got those injuries.

Anyway, no matter how worst it can get, he still got grandma's backing to heal him up as if brand new and he could come back to school tomorrow as if nothing happened.

Just when Long was about to charge, he suddenly stopped mid-way upon hearing a series of footsteps coming their way.

Long and Elric quickly turned around only to see four students, one male, and three females, smiling wickedly and stopped just a few meters away from them.

\”What do you want? Are you here to make fun of me as well?\” Long angrily beckoned.

\”If you guys are here to fight, please spare me. I don't want another fight. I am already under suspension! Also, he is badly injured as you can see in the bandages in his hands and ankles. Please spare us.\” Elric immediately begged beside Long, he acted as if he was greatly fearful at their presence.

However, the four creepy students just stood there like a maniac robot. Their eyes are filled with a mysterious dark aura as if a hidden ghost is hidden inside their iris. In Long's perspective, they appear incredibly normal aside from their weird behavior; but in Elric's vision, these student's figure are shrouded in tentacle-like darkness which simply means - they are under the control of Shadows.

Or it was safe to say, that they are actually Shadows themselves that has completely overtaken their host's body. How they managed to escape the eyes of the Guardians, must have something to do with the isolation barrier suddenly covering the entire school grounds.

They have finally taken the bait. However, a frown immediately formed in Elric's face. He was pretty sure there were ten of them in the school ground, but why did they send only four? Could it be that they are wary of his sudden appearance?

Elric immersed himself to completely heightening his spiritual senses and as he had guessed, he was right.

The four shadows before him are just the front while the other four are scattered in every direction while hiding in the darkness. With Elric's over-powered spiritual senses and together with his Dragon's natural perceptiveness to danger, he could easily pinpoint the enemies now that they have finally revealed their aura and intentions.

Elric may have acted like a scared cat, quite in contrast to the brave Long who had no idea what he was actually facing. What Long only knew is that the people before him had bad intentions towards him judging from their menacing smiles.

\”I can take you all together at once if that's how you want this to end. Don't worry, I am not injured.\” Long said as he raised his bandaged hand and gestured for them to come like a classic Kung Fu fighter.