The day after Endeavor was attacked, Aizawa and All Might organized a new combat test for the class.
Of course, I wasn't going to help since that would make things too easy for them. I was part of the villain team, consisting of me, Nejire, and Tamaki. Levi would also step in as a villain if things went too well, but that wouldn't be a problem.
Mirio was still going to be the 'hostage ' in this scenario. He still had his quirk, but was going to play the part of a freaked-out person using their quirk at random, making saving him much harder.
We had already made our plan that morning and were waiting for the class to be called in response to a 'villain' attack. That was fine by me since I'd gotten a whole slew of gacha tickets this morning, giving me time to go over them.
[Gift from beyond the veil, 1x Random Gold Ticket] (DiraJr)
[Gift from beyond the veil, 1x Random Gold Ticket] (Boltbit77)
[Gift from beyond the veil, 1x Random Gold Ticket] (BBWulf)
[Gift from beyond the veil, 1x Random Gold Ticket] (BBWulf)
It was quite a lot, but I was hoping I'd get something good from these! Spin 'em!
[Spinning, spinning, spinning, done!]
[Berserker Armor]
|Uncommon Item|
Berserk - A magical armor created by a Dwarven Blacksmith. This armor is exceptionally durable and shapes itself to fit the wearer perfectly. The berserker armor has the ability to enhance its users' performance by suppressing their pain aversion or mental limiters, allowing them to push their bodies to the utmost limit. The armor will also actively impale the wearer's body in the case that they suffer damage to pin their body back together. The armor will also magically repair itself over time. But it has the drawback of amplifying the user's negative emotions as well, requiring careful moderation of one's emotions to use effectively.
Hmm, first the Madness Wavelength, now this. It's like the gacha wanted me to be evil or something?
[Conjure Lesser Air Elemental]
|Rare Ability|
Allows you to conjure or summon Lesser Air and Sky Elementals out of your energy and command them, such as Wind Sprites, Living Clouds, Wind Elementals, etc., that can use a variety of air- and sky-based magic or other similar effects. You can only conjure elementals that are equal to or less powerful than an Uncommon Familiar. The power, shape, and ability of the elemental you can conjure depend on your own expertise and power level. The conjured Elemental will draw power from you to maintain itself and use its abilities. The stronger the Elemental, the more energy they will need from you to sustain themselves. If you stop supplying them with energy, they will vanish. If you spend enough time, energy, and have the proper skills, you can create permanent elementals who do not rely on you for energy. Elementals are not counted as Familiars by the system.
Cool! I was already at the point I could probably influence the weather the way All Might does, but it's a good thing to have just in case.
[Arc Reactor]
|Elite Item|
MCU - The Arc Reactor is a revolutionary technology created by one of the greatest minds of the universe, Tony Stark. Even a tinkerer would find it difficult to replicate the technology due to the new element. The Reactor is so efficient that it can run indefinitely without replacement and provide more than 5 gigajoules of energy per second.
YES!! This would be so useful in powering my armor. I didn't really need power armor anymore, to be honest, but just having this lying around would be pretty useful, plus I still wanted cool armor. Now for the last one!
[Dullahan's Deception]
|Uncommon Trait|
"Don't lose your head!" No, but seriously, don't. Your head is now capable of freely detaching from your neck/torso but remaining connected in a higher dimension, meaning you can still eat, speak, and breathe. This also has the effect of making decapitation useless against you.
I immediately deactivated this trait. I very much like having my head attached to my neck, and I'd rather not think about what Sasha would do if she took my head. Definitely not safe for work.
"Hey Micah, whatcha thinkin about?" Nejire said as she floated up towards me.
"Nothing much, just wondering if everyone will be able to get strong enough." I smiled as the gates opened and Class 1-A arrived. I added another burst of flames to keep the building below me aflame as Nejire and Tamaki got into position.
"You sure you're ok with this?" I asked Mirio as I landed next to him. The plan called for a 'citizen in distress, unable to control their quirk as they're held hostage.' For some reason, Nejire decided that means I have to throw Mirio into the river.
"Of course, I trust you not to throw me onto the street!" Mirio said with his trademark smile as I felt the tremors of what must've been Bakugo.
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"Your students are more organized than I thought," Levi commented as Toshinori nodded.
"Hardships have shaped them in ways no school ever could. They've learned the hard way to rely on each other rather than fight alone; Micah and Momo have done very well in leading by example." He said proudly as Momo organized the class.
Momo had split the class into three groups: recon, firefighting, and rescue. Yes, Bakugo had gone his own way, but she'd deal with that later. For now, Ida was busy taking them towards the building that had collapsed and was on fire.
The rescue team had spread out and was securing 'civilians' basic bots that waved their arms and screamed until rescued.
The teachers watched in silence as the rescue team pivoted to help Mirio, who was drowning, as the firefighting team put out the first fire. Bakugo and his group had yet to run into Tamaki, but unlike Shoto and the others, they didn't let their guard down.
KA-BOOM!
The camera shook as two other buildings burst into flames, and Nejire shattered the ice Shoto had made to douse the first flame. Before they could react, Nejire grabbed Mina and took her hostage as a flaming giant crashed through another building.
"RAAHH!" Micah's unhinged screaming made All Might wince as the other students freaked out.
"Your class seems to like screaming a lot," Levi commented as Bakugo screamed at Tamaki for trying to run away. "That's normal," All Might pointed at Bakugo. "That's concerning." He pointed at Micah.
"We might want to send in Eren and the others; he's doing this a bit too well," Levi noted as Micah's blind charges forced everyone to scatter. "Maybe, but I'd like to give them a decent shot before pulling the plug."
"I'll distract the giant; you guys take care of her!" Ida shouted as he ran circles around Micah. Of course, Micah threw several wild punches that missed Ida, but were closer than he'd like. Not to mention each missed blow turned walls and chunks of the road to dust.
Momo's mind raced, and she tried to figure out everything at once; she felt like her mind was going to explode! "Hey, you got this." A hand rested on her shoulder; it was Sasha. "Ida's taking care of Micah; we need to deal with her." She pointed at Nejire, who was hovering in the air and doing her best villain laugh.
Momo calmed down, wincing as another furious roar shook the road, and got to work. She quickly gathered the ones still here and got to work dealing with Nejire.
"Shoto, focus on dealing with the flames. Ochaco and Tsuyu, get ready for my signal; we're going to drag her down to us." She quickly dished out roles, and they leap into action.
Elsewhere, Eren, Armin, and Mikasa were entering the fake city as reinforcements.
With the boys using special support gear made for city fighting, and Mikasa using her quirk, they quickly passed over Izuku and company fighting Tamaki as they closed in.
"I can see Shoto dealing with the fire. Momo and the rest are dealing with the flying villain, so we need to help Ida!" Armin shouted over the wind blowing past them as Eren picked up speed.
As if sensing his approach, Micah stopped his rampage for a moment, as he suddenly increased in size, stopping at 15 meters.
With a loud boom and a bright light, Eren shifted into his titan form as Micah roared a challenge. Ida broke off immediately as Eren collided with Micah, and the pair went rolling.
Armin stayed back at once, as Mikasa got closer to support Eren. Immediately, Eren was on the back foot.
Eren was by no means weak. Hard training and nearly getting killed twice made sure of that, but Micah had both experience and raw power, two things that Eren lacked. He took several blows to the face as he slammed Eren into several buildings.
Mikasa helped where she could, slashing his muscles and tendons to give Eren a chance to fight back, but the flames pouring from Micah's giant form delayed his healing as well. Seeing Micah distracted by Mikasa again, Armin used his steam quirk to cloud his vision as Eren quickly pulled himself from his titan's nape and repositioned.
Another flash of light, and Micah was now the one pinned. Eren beat him savagely as Micah heaved upwards, nearly throwing Eren off of him.
As the two titans clashed, Momo and company were having a much easier time.
Nejire was very resourceful, being able to shatter two mountains' worth of ice made by Shoto as he tried to stop the flames from spreading, all while keeping Mina hostage. She was quite happy with herself until she crossed an invisible line Momo had painted.
"Ochaco, now!" She yelled as she released her quirk's hold on Mina, the sudden addition of weight throwing off Nejire's balance as she plummeted. Tsuyu and Sero used their quirks to grab Mina as they yanked her down further.
Nejire increased her power usage as she tried to compensate for the added weight, only for a bright flash of light to blind her as someone slammed into her.
"I GOT HER!" Toru screamed as she dragged Nejire down even further. Not missing their chance, Tsuyu and Sero let go of Mina and grabbed the two girls, yanking them down hard onto the pad Momo had set up beneath them.
"Tie her up quick!" Mina shouted as Ida raced towards them, slapping cuffs onto Nejire before racing back to help Eren.
"Have you rescued the civilian?" Momo spoke into her radio and got confirmation, as the ground shook and roars reached them. "We could use some assistance! Eren isn't able to bring Micah down." Armin said as he landed next to them.
Making sure Nejire was bound tightly, courtesy of Sasha, they chased after Armin as the shaking from Micah and Eren's fight got worse. "I didn't know he could do that!" Sero said, shocked as Eren's titan form was slammed into a building once more.
"Since when could he do that?" Mina felt like giving up as Bakugo, Izuku, and the others ran out from a side street. "Holy shit!" Bakugo gaped for a moment, seeing the destruction as Izuku and Momo started planning.
Back with the teachers, All Might beamed seeing his students deal with Nejire, Mirio, and Tamaki as they planned their next moves; Levi was less impressed.
"That brat knows better," Levi muttered as he glared at Eren's titan form as Micah pummeled him. "They're going just fine. Micah's holding back anyway." All Might chuckled as Levi turned his gaze to him. "That's the problem."
"I've seen the footage; the whole world has. Micah could level all of Tokyo, and here he is throwing around his muscle like a bully. Even then, none of them can take him down.
I can understand your students since U.A doesn't have a combat-focused curriculum, not to mention they've seen Micah grow into the monster he is now and probably don't believe they can even beat him, even if they don't realize it.
My students should be doing better, however, especially Eren. I can confidently say he's one of, if not the most, powerful quirk users in Germany. All he has to do is set his mind to it, and nothing else can stop him. Especially since he had those two by his side.
Yet here he is, using his muscles instead of his brain to fight. He's not thinking at all, just flailing about. It seems I still have much to teach him."
Toshinori, no longer in his power form, frowned as he thought of Levi's words.
Micah had been holding back a lot. His strength was well known, as was his fire, but Micah had already proved he carried several more quirks than he had registered. His power didn't seem to be stopping its growth either.
His other students weren't weak by any means, but they hadn't yet pushed themselves as much as possible. He knew he wasn't being completely fair, though; they'd endured things no children should have to face. Being attacked not once, but twice by the League of Villains.
It seems, however, that they needed another push to fully realize their potential. Something he may need Micah and Aizawa's help with; he'd never been a good teacher, try though he might. He didn't think much longer; however, Momo and Izuku had started their plan.
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[Gift from beyond the veil, 1x Random Gold Ticket] (Noble_Prometheus)
[Gift from beyond the veil, 1x Random Gold Ticket] (Shibou_Kurai)
[Gift from beyond the veil, 1x Random Gold Ticket] (BBWulf)
'A bit of bad timing, but thanks?' I grinned as Eren lifted another chunk of roof off his body. I'd slammed him into so many buildings and into the road that the street looked like it'd been carpet bombed by now.
I'd considered going easy on them, but since I was only using my flames for this, I was going pretty easy on them. Mikasa was getting annoying, though. Every time I slammed Eren into the ground or punched him in the face, she'd swoop in and slash at my legs and neck.
I get why she was going for those spots, since it was the best way to deal with titans. That was also the problem: why were they training to fight titans in a world without titans? Math didn't seem like it was mathing right now, but sure.
'Spin 'em.' I thought absently as I swatted away another jet of steam from Armin.
[Spinning, spinning, spinning, done!]
[Familiar Manifestation]
|Uncommon Ability|
Allows you to temporarily call upon the limb or a body part of a familiar you own to use it as an attack. When using Familiar Manifestation, the familiar itself does not take damage.
Oh crap, this could be useful. Imagine if I needed to get through a door, and didn't feel like ripping it open, I could just swap my arms for those of a Beowolf and slash through wolverine style!
[Purification]
|Rare Ability|
Allows you to bathe a target in purifying light, cleansing them of negative effects or foreign substances; the potency of the purification scales with energy spent.
Good for a world like 40k, not so much here. Just another ability to add to the pile, I guess. Hope it becomes useful at some point.
[Restraint Levels]
|Uncommon Ability|
Hellsing - Allows you to place "Restraint Levels" on targets who are willing or unable to resist, including yourself. The restraint levels you place can forcefully prevent targets from using and activating abilities and forms, sealing them or using certain levels of power. These restraint levels can only be lifted by you or a designated target saying the unlock phrase.
Oh, this would be so useful. Yes, as a Viltrumite I could perfectly control how much force I used at any given point, but I still have adrenaline like a normal human, and have emotions. What if I get really angry one day and level a city? I'd rather not do that, so I would totally be slotting this in once the fight was over.
I blinked as several explosions blinded me, seems they got to Tamaki.
I let go of Eren and swatted at Bakugo, only for him to plummet towards the ground as chunks of ice the size of trucks slammed into me. I stumbled, but didn't fall as the entire class jumped onto me.
Shoji, Izuku, Sato, and Kirishima slammed into one of my legs to try and trip me as Shoto hurled more ice at me. Armin also sent several blasts of hot steam at my face, but they were more annoying than anything.
I raised my hand to smash through a chunk of rubble that had sailed through the air towards me, and spotted Ochaco trying not to throw up. 'Where's Momo and Sasha?' I wondered as I stood taller and saw a glint of light on a nearby rooftop as something heavy slammed into my temple.
'Ok, that hurt.' I grumbled as I shook my head, spotting Momo next to a cannon as I got ready to rush her, only for Eren to tackle me from behind. I started feeling him slam his fist into the back of my head again and again as Shoto started freezing my body from the feet up.
I 'roared' and thrashed like a maniac as they tried to keep me from shattering the ice holding me, all while Eren pounded away. Getting a bit annoyed, I gathered a bit of flame around my body, not the flame construct, before releasing it in a fiery pulse.
I heard yelling as the ice shattered and Eren paused, a mistake that let me heave upwards and throw him off my back as I stood up once more. A beep at my wrist told me they didn't have much longer, so I decided to stall for time.
I morphed the flame construct around me, adding more features like wings and horns, until I looked just like a Bloodthirster, minus the massive axe and whip.
"BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!" I howled as everyone started looking at me in fear. Even Eren took a step back as I tried my best not to burst out laughing.
With a roar, I charged Eren as the other scrambled to get out of the way. I didn't try to stop them as I did more violence and property damage. Nezu would be paying for it anyway, and Aizawa had already told me that the class would be graded based on how destroyed the city was.
It seems I'd overdone it a bit, though, since Eren suddenly ducked under a wild swing and uppercut me. The difference this time was that his hand was covered in hardening, making the blow much stronger.
We started trading more blows, Eren finally using his head and training to fight as I swung wildly. With Eren forced to dodge my blows more often, he started getting more hits in as Mikasa started slashing any tendons she could safely get to as the other finally returned.
I was surprised when Mikasa ripped apart the flaming muscles at the back of my knee as my leg buckled, and snapped when several massive chunks of rubble and ice smashed into it. I started to fall, only for Eren to swing and hit my jaw.
It ached, but I grabbed his arm before he could pull away and dragged him down with me. I had five minutes left, and I didn't plan on losing.
I winced as more ice, rubble, and cannon rounds slammed against my flaming construct. They didn't cause any real damage, but my skin tingled from where they'd hit me. It didn't last for long, though, since a new leg burst from the flaming stump.
I was quickly back on my feet, clashing with Eren while swatting away Mikasa and the others' attempts to drag me back down. It was annoying that Mikasa kept going for my neck, though; I wasn't even there!
As I headbutt Eren and dazed him, I shoved him backwards, and he fell, giving me an opening as I grabbed his legs and lifted him above me, ready to deliver the Bane Special™, when the flame construct burst, and I found Sasha holding her claws against my neck.
"I think that's far enough." She said sternly in her hero voice. I roared and thrashed, but ultimately lost as Sasha tied me up and placed me next to Nejire and Tamaki.
As the other celebrated their win, Nejire looked me up and down and grinned. "Why's your face so red, Micah?" I coughed and said nothing, and my face definitely didn't turn darker when Sasha winked at me.