CHAPTER 47: BEAST ELIXA

Jayden shut the bathroom door behind him, his heart still burned from the previous day’s misunderstanding and all Zoe had thrown at him—words, pillows, Emotions

Not to mention the dark eye bags that were under his eyes from reading all night.

Vaelora didn’t take his life but sure did find its way to mess with it.

"Yo, Jay!" Ryan called. "Did you see the news?"

Jayden frowned. "News? No. Why? What’s going on?"

Ryan beckoned him closer with a serious look he rarely wore. "You should check. MAGEO just announced something wild. Everyone’s talking about it."

Jayden’s heart paused for a second, "MAGEO? As in... the organisation half backed with lies?"

"Yup, the dragon factory we all know" Ryan Spat, "It’s some new edible product they call Bwast Elixa."

"Hu?" Jayden frowned, his face leaning into Ryan, "Edible? You mean like a snack?"

"Yup, the Internet now calls it the breakthrough capsules for tamers, it’s capable of increasing a beast’s potential."

"The fuck!" Jayden rubbed a hand down his face, "Is that even possible?"

"See for yourself self" Ryan handed him the phone.

Jayden grabbed it and immediately searched the screen.

’A chewing gum, made of what? Polyisobutylalene, sugar, Dragon blood and cinnamon.

There are just the normal ingredients for a chewing gum, then they probably put dragon blood here to make it look inviting.’

Jayden shook his head, "No, there’s more to this, Ryan, you aren’t eating one of these. You hear me?" Jayden gasped, biting his finger while pacing around the room.

Just then Tyler burst into the room, already holding a pack of Beast elixa gum. "Guys, you’ve seen the news? I’m gonna chew this stuff till I get to A rank."

Jayden snatched the snack and immediately lit it on fire in his palm, "None... Of you... are eating a single of these, you hear me?"

Tyler held his hands together, his face swelling like he wanted to cry, "but, I can boost my—"

"This isn’t any random boost" Jayden cut in, throwing the ashes to the floor, "look at the ingredients, it’s just another fantastic showroom, hiding the main deal behind"

"Well, it’s not every day you get to see dragon blood." Ryan purred.

"Dummies, didn’t Tyler get dragon blood all over him days ago? And did it increase his ranking potential? No. If really there’s dragon blood in this thing, it would only mutate humans, which still isn’t good news."

"So you’re saying this is one of the good-for-nothing slums?"

Jayden clicked his tongue, "It could work, but there’s gonna be mad side effects with time, and I promise you, something is going on behind the scenes."

Jay placed a hand on his temple and paced around the room, "Dammit, first dragons in tubes, then an incomprehensible drawing and now death gum, or what should I call it.

Why does nothing seem to come together?

"Is this thing no good, then why don’t we warn the others?" Tyler

Ryan laughed, "You think anyone is gonna believe you? There are already Internet challenges on who can eat the most in a day."

"You’re right", Jayden clenched his fist, "we don’t even have any proof.

"So what’re gonna do?"

"Sit tight and watch the United States fall to its doom." Ryan purred.

"Hope you aren’t thinking anything stupid" Draco said in Jayden’s mind.

’There’s nothing much I can do,’ Jayden replied in thought, ’only till the end of the semester, then I can risk a proper investigation.’

"I knew you were thinking bullshit"

Just then, baby Draco entered the room, "Hey guys, who’s voting for the blue capsules, I think they taste better than the red, let’s not talk about the orange, that’s yuck."

"Yo, don’t eat that!" Ryan and Tyler shouted in unison.

"Give me that" Jayden snatched the beast elixa and burnt them all.

"No, not the blue one!" Baby Draco winced, hopping to reach for it.

"You aren’t even supposed to eat all flavours, the instruction said choose one and cultivate with that."

Jayden took a deep breath, "Let me make myself clear." He pointed at them all, "No one in this room is eating a single one of these scum."

"Yes sir!" They all smirked, and Baby Draco proceeded to enter the room.

"No, you come back here," Jayden slouched to his height, stretching out his arm. "Spit it out."

Baby Draco stomped his feet like a sulking child then reluctantly removed the gum from his mouth and trashed it.

Jayden pointed two fingers from his eyes to each of them, "I’m leaving for classes but mind you all, my eyes are on you."

He picked up his bag and left.

Just as he stepped outside, he bumped into his very first nemesis—Troy’s group, who were equally leaving for classes.

"Hey, my man", Troy buffed, "did you see the cheat MAGEO created to help scums like you rank up?"

He turned, pointing like his friends, as if he had just remembered something.

"Oh shit, pardon me, it’s only for contracted tamers and someone happens to be beastless.

"Man, I feel your pain" Benjamin said slyly. "At this point, my advice is that you find a mana mosquito, I mean, they’re everywhere, and if you chew gum all the days of your life, you might get to A-rank, but... destiny is destiny, you’ll still end up squashed in between someone’s palms.

Jayden folded his arms while watching them laugh.

"So, three high-potential students try to make up for their incompetence against a beastless handsome with words, come on, back them with action."

"Watch your mouth you leech" Troy’s tone turned serious.

Rowen tapped Troy’s shoulder, "Let him be, we’ll see how he’s gonna survive the level two dungeon during exams."

Troy took a sharp breath, but his face still twitched in anger, "And this time, I’ll personally ensure Mr Tony doesn’t save you, then all your handsomeness would become fertiliser for the soil.

They bumped shoulders and walked passed Jayden.

Jayden let out soft chuckles.

"I guess some people have a death wish," Draco whispered, almost pitiful.

"I guess this is what happens when a blind man leads another", Jayden whispered more to himself, then called out to them, "I’ll be waiting!"