/// WARNING NOTE - The next 3 chapters contain gore and violence and are a bit dark. Please read with caution ////
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After the first lecture, it was break time and Max was waiting for Asiva at the designated meeting spot that they pre decided, but for some reason she wasn't there.
' Did she bail on me? ' Max wondered, but then found the idea ridiculous as it was kind of hard to bail on him, with an army of monsters being there between here and the dorms.
Max waited for a while more, but saw no signs of Asiva, which left him scratching his head as to where the girl could be.
It was at this moment that he heard a few students chatter amongst themselves about a public whipping ceremony.
' Someone broke the rules and fought in the university grounds on the first day, apparently it was 7 guys fighting against one girl, and all eight of them are going to get a whipping apparently ' A cat-beastgirl said
' No way, who was so dumb to fight inside the university? ' Her friend the bear-beastgirl asked
' It was the vampires, apparently it's a blood feud between their families '. The cat-beastgirl replied.
This was all the information that Max needed as to where Asiva was, because he had a strong feeling that if there was a woman crazy enough to fight 7 guys at once, it would be her.
Max headed with the group towards the hall of punishment, where a huge crowd had gathered to witness the whippings.
About 7-10 thousand spectators talked in hushed voices about the eight tied up to the poles with their backs exposed.
Max immediately recognised Asiva who was tied up to the rightmost end, covered in bruises and with a bleeding lip.
Max's gut wrenched to see her in such a ragged state, as he instantly cast an inspection spell towards the other men to try and understand the reason behind the breaking out of this fight.
[ Roy Kingsman ] ( Tier 1 )
[ Keane Kingsman ] ( Tier 1 )
[ Leroy Wolfred ] ( Tier 0 )
[ Gadri Vega ] ( Tier 0 )
[ Gavi Alonso ] ( Tier 0 )
[ Sadio Sanchez ] ( Tier 0 )
[ Darwin Nunez ] ( Tier 0 )
Max immediately understood the matter, he had listened to Severus as he narrated the story of the Wipeout of the Paratus clan and the death of Asiva's father by the hands of the Kingsman clan, and their patriarch Will Kingsman.
Max could connect the dots and be sure that Asiva lost her cool upon seeing a member of the Kingsman clan and was baited into a fight with them and their henchmen.
' Mothe*******' Max cursed under his breath as he felt rage bubbling inside his heart towards these men.
The crowd was rowdy, they did not care about who was getting punished or why, their only desire was to see them be hit hard with the whips and streaks of blood dripping down their backs.
Soon the head of the disciplinary department walked out to the centre and started to read out the punishments of the eight from a scroll.
He said " For the crime of fighting within university grounds the disciplinary committee dishes out the punishment of
2 whips to Darwin Nunez
2 whips to Sadio Sanchez
2 whips to Gavi Alonso
2 whips to Gadri Vega
2 whips to Leroy Wolfred
4 whips to Keane Kingsman
4 whips to Roy Kingsman
And
5 whips to the chief perpetrator, Asiva Paratus.
The crowd roared in approval with the punishment decided, as chants of ' Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! ' started to erupt from the crowd.
The disciplinary officer brought out a long black whip from his inventory, and he flicked it in the air first just to give the roaring crowd a sound of the whiplash.
' WHIPLASH! '
The crowd cheered at the cracking sound of the whip, as Max winced looking at the lethality of the weapon.
Max had no doubt in his mind that the whip would tear the skin it came into contact with to shreds as he suddenly missed planet earth and the modern concepts of human rights violation.
The first to receive the punishment was Darwin Nunez, and that vampire was a wimp who started to moan and cry even before the first whip landed on his back.
When the first whip actually landed on his back, it made a slapping sound as it made a 2 inch wide laceration on Nunez's pale white vampire skin taking away a chunk of flesh with the attack, as Nunez screamed and howled in pain, much to the joy of the crowd.
" Spare me please, I'll die ". Nunez begged the disciplinary officer who showed him no mercy as he gave another laceration to Nunez making a bloody cross on his back, with Nunez passing out on the spot due to the pain.
Streams of blood ran down his back, as medical officers rushed in to take him to the infirmary, his friends looking worried for his health but also disgusted at his weakness.
The crowd started to joke and murder Darwin's character and good name as they assigned him nicknames like
' Darwin the wimp '
' Darwin the coward '
' Darwin the doll '
' Darwin the p**** '
Max agreed with these names, as he felt some relief in seeing the follower of the Kingsman boys being humiliated, however, looking at the gushing wound on his back, Max also felt worried for Asiva.
The disciplinary actions continued, and the disciplinary officer met out whips after whips to the offenders, as the boys moaned and bit their lips to stop themselves from screaming, and to take their mind off the pain.
While the next four tier 0 weaklings did not pass out like the wimp Nunez, they were left panting on the floor at the end of their punishment, with a few having to wipe off their tears to save themselves from the shameful gazes of the university.
The next to be punished was Keane Kingsman, and that guy was probably the strongest one in the group as even the noisy crowd reduced the noise levels by a bit when they saw his muscular back which was not slouching like the other vampires, but straight and unyielding as it awaited the lashes.