Chapter 45 (1/2)

”He reversed....the Attack with....a Toothpick!!”

Marcus's face went blank. Dave also went blank when he saw his friend's face.

”A toothpick??....That's Cool”

Marcus chuckled and broke the silent atmosphere.

”And he is just a Noble Seed User”

Dave said with a sigh and slapped his forehead.

Marcus went real silent this time. His face didn't have any type of reaction. His eyes, nose and mouth were just there, they were not moving at all.

At the same time, Thousands of Thoughts danced inside his mind. One of them was

'What if he (Raka) had a Cheat Seed'

'Would he (Raka) be able to kill a God with a sneeze'

....

...

'Do I stand a chance against him'

”He might be lyi...”

”No”

Dave broke Marcus Midsentence.

”We even cross checked his Seed with the help of the Mages.....It really was just a noble seed”

”But what happened next?? You know, what happened to the 3rd years??”

”Ah, They were hit by their own attack and was blown away along with the stadium part they were on...”

Dave paused and looked at his friend.

Marcus was silent again.

”And, they were sent to the Healing ward”

Dave finished his words.

......

”How...How did he even manage to pull it off?”

The words blurted out of his mouth as Marcus looked down on the land and the dirt.

Dave hesitated a bit, but smiled off his hesitation when he realized Marcus wouldn't be able to counter Raka anyway.

”Do you remember what he said?”

Dave looked at Marcus.

He shot a confused look back at Dave.

”Skills matter, not inborn talents”

”Yea, That was a cool line”

”Hmm, so actually Raka....has been to Every Continent in the world....and his power is.....”

Dave bit his tongue gently and glanced at Marcus.

Marcus was waiting for his answer. Anticipation filled his eyes.

”His power is.....his brain”

*Blank Marcus Intensifies*

”He countered the 3rd years Special Combined attack with a Toothpick remember?...Actually it was a high tech device which Raka invented himself.”

Dave completed with a full stop inside his mind and forced his mind to shut out anymore Information about Raka, Just so that he won't spit it out to Marcus.

Even though Marcus was his best friend he couldn't reveal all of the information yet, Because....He wanted his friend to learn how to counter things by his own.

Dave has been always by his side when he got bullied by Gabriel and his gang or any other problem. It was all Dave who helped him cross the bridge during those times. He didn't get tired off it, but as they started growing up Dave started realizing how his friend (Marcus) was relying on him (Dave) too much.

But the Marcus after two years had some other worldly vibe radiating from him. This time he was sure, he must let go of Marcus in the middle of that bridge, just so that he (Marcus) would learn how to stand up by himself in his life and go past Dave on that bridge to the other end.

”I challenge you Marcus...I CHALLENGE YOU TO DEFE....”

”I WILL DEFEAT HIM.....AND YOU”

Marcus overwhelmed his friend's words with his own.

Dave looked at him with the surprise element dancing in his expression, He smirked.

”Sure, The Best..”

”WINS”

Marcus completed his friend's words.

He snapped his fingers again and soon the abyss disappeared along with the piece of land under them. The domain vanished and the destroyed curb along with the huge villa came in view.

Marcus looked at the clock inside the Villa through the huge hole. His mouth perched in amusement when he realized it had been only ten seconds outside.

Dave walked towards Marcus and shook his hands first, then gave him a spine breaking bear hug. Tears rolled down his cheeks as emotions struck him again.

”Welcome back Brother”