As for his relationship with Sophia, it was much more complicated. For it was never truly friendship. Not even a typical attraction between a male and female, but sothing more twisted and deep. Cause both of them were not normal.
They never were, Tyler and Sophia, even back then, they had extrely possessive or obsessive psychopathic tendencies towards each other. Their entire world revolved around each other, and that needed to break. And now it’s broken.
As for Heinz, why did Axel regard him as a true friend? It was quite hard for Axel to find a guy with whom he could get along so well. And Heinz was that person. More than that, if there was soone whom Axel could tell everything he knew, without placing any control failsafe on them. The first person in that line of trust would be Heinz.
Axel did not understand why Heinz was regarding him with hatred. Could it be that Lucien said sothing suspicious about him to Heinz? He smiled to diffuse the situation and spoke, "Hello, Heinz Gil, I..."
But the rough voice of the warlord aspect holder cut him off, carrying a dangerous edge, "Who the fuck are you?"
Axel’s smile faltered, "I was about to..."
But Heinz cut him off again, "Never mind, I don’t care who the fuck you are. Whether you’re the heir of a powerful noble household. The son of so powerful Seeker. I couldn’t give a shit. But there is one thing I do give a shit about and you better fucking talk honestly..."
"WHY WERE YOU TOUCHING MY WOMAN?" Heinz let out his complete killing intent; a trendous wave of reddish, bloodlusted war aura pressed down on Axel from all directions.
"TALK YOU SON OF A BITCH....." growled Heinz, akin to a warmonger about to go on a slaughtering spree.
It was only then that Axel suddenly thought of sothing as he looked at the glass wall, through which the outside corridor could be seen clearly from within. His expression turned sour. ’What the fuck?’
Does that an this bastard actually saw it when Vyra held his hand softly and grabbed his face, as she was too excited?
If that was indeed the case, Heinz’s reaction was quite valid. Axel’s mind raced to figure out how to diffuse the situation; this wasn’t exactly the kind of introduction he wanted.
But then his eyes flashed with a curious glint. Actually, there was no need to diffuse the situation; boys bonded better if they beat each other up. Besides, he himself was in a pretty bad mood; why didn’t he use this situation to his advantage and vent his rage?
Axel’s presence shifted abruptly, his blue ocean eyes turned cold, his face that had a polite smile beca expressionless, the weight of his presence grew heavy, a sudden blue chill perated the air, neither violent nor overbearing, but it simply existed.
That alone was enough to repel Heinz’s war aura and even pressure him back.
Axel stated, wearing an arrogant look, "So, what if I touched her? What of it? What are you going to do about it?"
Heinz was so furious by that statent that he did not respond; he attacked Axel directly, sword in hand, his figure blurring as he displayed his powerful speed and control.
As a great sword imbued with a violent war aura ca down towards Axel, intending to split his head in half. Axel did not move sideways to dodge. Rather, he strode forward in the sa direction as Heinz, closing the distance, with incomparable fluency, using all the data being processed by his runic eyes.
As the distance had closed, he was about to deliver a knee strike to Heinz’s face, but the large hands of the warlord aspect holder stopped the strike, then proceeded to counterattack with the hilt of the massive sword.
Heinz was facing difficulty in maneuvering that massive sword in such close proximity. Axel landed a blow to his chest, creating so distance between them. It wasn’t that he couldn’t beat Heinz, but there were so caveats: he couldn’t reveal his full battle prowess even as a runecaster in this location, because Lucien was likely watching.
For that reason, he had to be smart about it. Fight like a runecaster should, with his insane arsenal of rune tools.
On the other hand, he was surprised by how much stronger Heinz had beco. This guy was also a mid-2nd phase Seeker.
From what he could see, Heinz was close enough to the ’late’ stage as well. It wouldn’t take much for him to break through. His combat foundation was also greatly strengthened. It seems even when he was locked up. He kept himself constantly busy to grow stronger.
With a furious expression, Heinz turned to him and growled, "Are all you noble young masters like this? Slippery rats who can’t do anything but escape?"
Axel sneered. Did this fucker think that kind of insult would actually bother him? Axel never thought of himself as any heir of anything. He never felt entitled, nor was there ever a reason for him to inherently feel arrogant unless soone provoked him specifically.
He nodded, "I don’t know about anyone else, but I am indeed like a slippery rat. But you should really pay attention to your surroundings."
Heinz frowned, and before he could respond, he felt sothing under his feet making a strange beeping noise, like a ti bomb ticking faster and faster right before the explosion.
BOOOOM!
It happened so fast that Heinz really had no ti to move away; hit by the small explosion of the rune artifact, he was flung back about 5-7 ters.
Axel, who was waiting exactly for that opportunity, moved with imnse ferocity, throwing another artifact from which two binding threads of energy ca out, wrapping around the giant sword, locking it to the ground of the training room.
Heinz roared and, concentrating greater power onto his sword, snapped the energy threads in just two seconds. Since they were just 1st tier support type rune tools, it wasn’t too hard to break. But in a battle of their scale, two seconds was enough ti for Axel to make another move.
And so, he did. By the ti Heinz freed himself, a killing intent of monstrous malevolence targeted him from behind, for a fraction of a second. The potency of that killing intent was strong enough to stun him for a mont.
By the ti he ca to his senses, he found a sharp blade against his neck. A centiter away from touching his skin. All the rage, jealousy that drowned him vanished, overco by a sense of dread forced upon him by his very survival instincts.
Heinz gnashed his teeth in sha. How could he lose so simply like this, against soone who looked like a flower boy more than a warrior? Not when the fucking bastard touched his girl. Perhaps Heinz, at this mont, was even more enraged at Vyra herself.
After all, he saw with his own eyes that it was she who grabbed this blue bastard’s face, not the other way around. So, he could only vent his rage against Axel out of desperation.
Just as he was about to switch aspect to continue fighting, a kick landed on both of his legs, making Heinz fall to the ground. Axel held the tip of his sword right at the center of Heinz’s eyebrows and spoke in a serious tone, "If this were a real battle, you would be dead twice. And don’t make foolish excuses; a loss is a loss. Admit it."
Then his expression eased as he added, seeing Heinz not try anything more, "And let finish my talk, because you’re misunderstanding the situation. Vyra and I have nothing going on between us. She’s more like a sister to than anything else. At that mont, she was just too excited when I delivered her the news that you’re going to be released today."
"Which was only possible because of . You don’t have to believe any of my words. You can ask her yourself," said Axel.
There was a mont of absolute silence as Heinz observed Axel, seeking the truth in his eyes. In the end, he could only grimace, "Fine. I will ask her myself...."
Axel smiled, putting his rune sword into the storage space. He held his hand forward to help Heinz and said, "But I must say, you’re strong, bro...."
Heinz scowled in fury, "Who’s your bro? Piss off...."
Swatting away his hand in annoyance, but Axel didn’t mind; he only laughed slightly. He gestured towards the gate through which he entered, "Go there. They will let you out now, and Vyra is waiting just outside."
Heinz’s eyes turned complicated, but he shook his head and dashed forward. Too eager to see her and clear up the misunderstanding. He also hoped what he saw was indeed a mistake.
Because Heinz did feel quite insecure about his relationship, the difference between his and Vyra’s birth status in society was too great. More than that, he also felt jealous because the blue-eyed bastard was too good-looking; it was quite hard for him to admit it. But it was the truth nonetheless.
Axel did not rush after Heinz; he kept walking. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Axel felt a presence, just a few ters behind him, appear as soon as Heinz exited the room.
Axel’s face turned cold and expressionless as he turned around, "Prince Lucien....?"
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