Chapter 209: DON’T TALK ABOUT HIM.

Chapter 209: 209: DON’T TALK ABOUT HIM.

Luther had taken his time beating Nyx up. He threw punches at his face, kicked him in the stomach, and sent him flying across the room.

Nyx was soon covered in bruises and blood, crawling on the floor in pain. He was clearly weakened, struggling to get back on his feet after the minutes of relentless beating he had endured.

As he lay on the floor, groaning in pain, Jason approached him with a smile. He stepped on Nyx’s palm, pressing his foot down deliberately.

"Ah...!" Nyx shrieked as Jason pressed harder against his palm, as though he intended to cripple him before letting him leave.

Jason smiled down at him. "Pathetic, isn’t it? Isn’t this what you wanted? And now you’re lying there looking all helpless, as if we’re bullying you..." He pressed his foot down a little harder. "You were the one who barged into our territory and asked for this."

Nyx could only groan in pain as Jason continued pressing down on his hand.

Jason smirked, staring at him with curiosity. "I don’t even understand what you’re thinking or what you’re up to. What do you want? To have us beat you up? What are you hoping to gain from this? Is there some sort of plan behind it?"

Karen smiled as he chimed in, "Either way, we’ll just take it as compensation for the shame he put us through. It’s still worth it."

Jason’s expression turned mischievous. "Ever since you got into this academy, you’ve been nothing but a headache. And then there’s your F-rank lover..." He scoffed, his expression darkening. "Because of you, we’re almost losing something that should rightfully belong to us!"

He looked down at Nyx’s hand beneath his foot, an unpleasant smile spreading across his face.

"I wonder what would happen if I broke this..." He tilted his head thoughtfully. "Would you lose everything, too? Maybe then I’d finally get what rightfully belongs to me. Huh?"

But Nyx said nothing. He simply lay on the floor, enduring the pain and anguish as he struggled to keep himself under control.

Then Karen suddenly smiled.

"Maybe we should break that bastard June’s hands, too."

Evelyn chuckled. "Why stop at his hands? Break his legs and head, too. He’s such an annoying existence. Honestly, even killing him would be a relief!"

Luther cracked his knuckles with a grin. "Just give me the word, and I’ll get it done. While we’re breaking his hands, we can take care of that jerk, too. Then we’ll have fewer problems to deal with."

The moment he heard that, Nyx panicked.

He immediately lifted his head, glaring at them with a murderous expression. "Don’t you dare touch him! You can do whatever you want to me, but don’t even think about laying a finger on June!"

Jason smiled as he stared down at him. "And why are you getting so worked up? Weren’t you the one who came here asking for a beating? We should do the same for your precious lover, shouldn’t we?"

Evelyn grinned. "We should get rid of them both. That pathetic June is nothing but an eyesore. So annoying! His sudden status doesn’t even make sense. He’s just an F-rank, so how is he suddenly getting all this glory? Did he sleep with some government officials to get his position?" she teased with a laugh.

Nyx’s anger flared as he clenched his fists, glaring up at her.

"Shut up! Don’t say that about him!" he snapped. "I’ll accept any beating you give me, but never speak about him like that!"

Jason only smiled, looking down at him with contempt.

"And why are you so protective of him? There’s not a single lie in what she said. It’s obvious that his sudden rise to fame is suspicious. He’s just a lowlife F-rank who would do anything nasty to get where he is. So I wouldn’t be surprised if he actually did something like that."

"Don’t talk about him like that!" Nyx snapped, brushing Jason’s foot off his hand.

With considerable effort, he pushed himself up onto his knees and glared at the four of them.

"I said you can talk about me however you want. You can beat me up all you like, but don’t you dare speak about him like that! You don’t even know him!"

Karen smiled as he looked down at Nyx. "Oh? Are you getting angry now?"

Jason scoffed. "Everyone knows your precious June is an asshole. He’s always been one. A pathetic lowlife who steals other people’s positions and tramples over them to get what he wants. So none of this comes as a surprise."

Nyx’s fury continued to build as he clenched his fists, glaring at Jason.

Until now, he had done a fairly good job of keeping himself under control. But something inside him was beginning to snap, and he no longer knew how much longer he could hold back.

Jason noticed his furious expression and smiled mockingly.

"What? Not happy with the truth? That’s exactly what he is! Just another psychopath. A malicious, privileged rich bastard who’ll do anything to get what he wants." He chuckled. "And now he’s even using your strength to climb higher."

Jason leaned forward slightly, his smile growing more sinister.

"You’re so stupid that you can’t even see he doesn’t like you. He’s only using you because of your powers. Soon, when you’re no longer useful to him, he’ll throw you away like trash. That’s the truth you should know."

The moment those words left Jason’s mouth, something inside Nyx finally snapped.

He clenched his fists tightly, his fury surging as he felt that familiar energy begin to consume him.

It was the same energy he had felt back in the dungeon. The very power he had been so certain he couldn’t control, the one he had desperately tried to suppress ever since discovering its existence.

Now, it was rising again.

The energy flooded his body, muddling his senses as he glared at the people before him. His fists trembled with barely contained fury, and slowly, the color of his eyes began to change.

They turned golden.

Jason and the others noticed the sudden change. For a moment, all four of them fell silent as they began to realize that something was terribly wrong.

"What is that...? Are you...?" Jason demanded, his smile finally fading. "What the hell are you doing?"

Nyx merely glared at him, his golden eyes burning with fury.

"I told you not to talk about him like that!" he roared. "I told you that you could beat me up and say whatever you wanted to me, but never speak about June like that!"

His fists clenched even tighter as the energy around him continued to intensify.

"Never! Ever!"

And the moment those words left his mouth, the atmosphere in the room suddenly shifted.

And then a crash.

The television shattered into pieces, its screen exploding as fragments scattered across the floor.

The room fell silent.

And Nyx stood there, his golden eyes blazing.