The Mech Lord

'What should I do?' Runeko walked back towards her class from the Dean's office. She was very confused right now. And, couldn't get to a decision at all. She knew that she was worrying a lot of people right now.

"Hey, can't you hear us.."

"Punch him, it might wake him up.."

Runeko suddenly stopped when she heard some voices coming from the stairways. These stairways are all for emergency purposes as people would use elevators most of the time.

She looked around and saw that there weren't many people around. She hesitated a bit, but still walked towards the railing and peaked below to see what was going on.

There were five guys below on the lower floor. They had surrounded a guy who was laying on the floor with his back against the wall. This guy had a sleeping mask on, and appeared very familiar to Runeko.

"Hey, didn't you hear me? I said get your ass moving. This is our spot.." One of them put his leg on the wall right beside the sleeping guy's face, but he seemed to be deep in asleep.

"Which class is this b*started from?" The person who seemed to be in the lead asked as he looked at his friend.

"I think I have seen him somewhere before.." One of the people seemed to have recognized him. This person thought for a bit before finally remembering, "Yeah, this is a F section b*stard!"

The words immediately cause the faces of the people to change severely. They were all students from section C after all.

"Look how funny it is, we didn't even have to go and find a sheep. It has walked right in front of us." The person in the lead laughed as he looked at the guy who was deep in sleep.

This person sleeping here was Paul.

The guy who was missing since morning, and also the person that Biggie had been looking for.

"Let's teach him a lesson.." Another guy smiled, and as he took a step forward, a voice rang from behind.

"S-Stop! "

The group immediately paused, and turned their heads to see a girl standing behind nervously. It was a cat girl, a Demi-Human.

"What do you want?" The person asked Runeko with a frown. He could see that she was a first year, and hence didn't want to get her involved with this.

"What are you trying to do to him?" Runeko asked nervously as she looked at Paul. She had clearly heard what they were talking about.

"This doesn't involve you, a first year. Just return to your class, and don't meddle in other people's business." The person waved his hand at her, and turned around.

"If you don't stop, I will complain to an Instructor.." Even though she was nervous, she didn't back down.

"Look at this girl.." The person once again turned his head with an annoyed look on his face. He definitely was not happy with her.

The people around laughed as well.

"Don't you know how to respect your seniors? I have been going easy on you because you are a first year. But, it seems like I will need to show you your place." He then turned his head towards one of his guys, and spoke, "Don't leave a mark on the face, just teach her enough so that she knows her place the next time."

The guy laughed and then took a step forward, "It seems I am in luck."

Runeko immediately took a step backward nervously. She tried to take a fighting stance, but it all crumbled as the memories from a few days ago flashed past her eyes. It was still very clear that the last time she had tried to fight, she ended up killing everyone.

"What's wrong? Why are you lowering your hands now? You're gonna beg for forgiveness?" The person asked with a laugh, "If you still leave, I will let you go.."

Runeko gulped as her body shivered. But, when she looked at Paul, her body didn't move. For some reason, she didn't wanna leave. She didn't want to see the people she had called friends get hurt again.

She knew that she had already done much worse to her friends these days. But, she couldn't change any of those yet, the least she could do now was stand with them.

"I-I won't leave, you should stop this.." She gritted her teeth and raised her head to face the guy head on.

The person in front was immediately taken back by her sudden show of stubborness.

"Hahaha!!! Look at that guy, he thought he got the girl under control.." The other guys laughed at this fellow who had gone to deal with Runeko.

This person's face immediately turned dark, and he raised his hand in anger, " This b*tch.."

Runeko closed her eyes, seeing the palm coming swinging straight towards her.

"Whoosh!"

She felt a slight tug on her back, and her body tilted backwards. A light breeze brushed past her face which was very likely from the palm missing her face.

She slowly squinted her eyes open, wondering what had happened.

But, the place seemed to have frozen for some reason. Everyone had a shocked look on their eyes.

"What are you doing here? Did you want to take a nap as well?" A tired voice entered Runeko's ears, and she turned her head to see the person who had pulled her back.

It was Paul.

But….

She immediately turned her head towards the place where he was sleeping a moment ago, but there was no one there.

The guy who had just wanted to slap Runeko stood there with a frightened look on his face as a drop of sweat slid down his forehead.

The rest of the guy seemed to have been frightened as well.

"Is something wrong?" Paul asked Runeko who seemed to be in a daze.

"Uh..no..but you.." Runeko shook her head, but her confusion still remained.

"What are you standing there for? It just might be his weird ability. Don't overestimate him." the leader of the group finally seemed to pull himself back.

If Paul was that strong, there was no way that they hadn't heard of him. Hence, it was more likely to assume that it had something to do with his ability. As long as they could figure his ability out, there was nothing to be afraid of.

"Careful, they were planning to attack you." Runeko immediately informed him.

"Ah..so that wasn't a dream." Paul was a bit surprised. He honestly thought that it was all a dream. His words made everyone speechless.

"This idiot.." The person who was standing in front of Runeko and Paul suddenly felt as if he wasn an idiot for feeling afraid of a guy like this. It was honestly embarrassing.

He suddenly clenched his fist, and swung it towards Paul as a cyan colored glow emerged from his body and surrounded his fist. "Die!"

Paul raised his forefinger and slowly muttered, "10x."

"Bang!"

The fist struck the finger, but in front of everyone's widening eyes, it stopped.

Yes…

A finger had stopped a fist.

A skinny guy had stopped a buffed guy's fist with a finger.

No one could believe what they had just witnessed. What kind of monster was this? And, why had no one heard about him?

"20x" Paul lightly muttered as he clenched his other fist, and then shot into his opponent's abdomen.

"Bang!"

The guy's eyes immediately rolled out as saliva flew out of his mouth. His body flew through the air like a canon and crashed into the wall.

A silence immediately enveloped the place.

"What are you looking at?! Run!!" The rest of the guys no longer had the courage to face this monster. They immediately picked their fallen friend up, and ran away.

Runeko saw the entire scene with a surprised look in her eyes. She never knew this quiet guy was so strong.

"How di-"

"Thud!"

Before Runeko could say anything, Paul collapsed on the ground with a heavy thud.

This gave Runeko a fright, and she rushed up to him with a tensed look on her face. "Are you hurt anywhere? Should I take you to infirmary?"

"I-I am tired, and sleepy….z m…zz m.." Paul's eyes shut close, and he began to snore.

Runeko looked at him with a dumbfounded look on her face.

This just hadn't happened...

It didn't make any sense.

Not many people knew, but Paul Bourne, was one of a rare Skill possessor. It was a state which was referred to as Blank Skill.

It was said so, because such skill levels couldn't be determined.

Such people's skill would fluctuate when attempted to be measured. It would show random ranks everytime it was tested, and sometimes it wouldn't even show it at all.

And, this guy here had such a skill called [Amplify]

A skill which had got him a direct entry into the Academy without any test.