2 May 2018

  "Hey, where's today's payment?"

  "I-I don't have it."

  "He's lying! Check his pockets!"

  "Stop! No! Please, I need this for my lunch!"

  "Who cares about you even if you starve to death? You're a wimp!"

  "HELP! SOMEONE HELP!"

  "Who's gonna help a loser like you?"

  In a high school somewhere in an eastern country, a student was being bullied by a bunch of other students. They are currently in a small forest behind the school.

  *snap snap*

  There are even female students who take pictures of the bullied being stomped and punched.

  "Die, you wimp!"

  “ARGH!”

  "Go to hell, weakling!"

  “UURRGGH!”

  "Hey, hey, don't actually kill him! We'll lose our entertainment then." said one of the girls as she kept taking photos.

  The bullied victim is 158cm tall and weighs 44kg, and wears glasses. All of his bullies are 170cm tall on average. The victim's body is thin and small, contrasting with the bullies' bodies, which are big and slightly muscular. There are four boys and three girls who commit the bullying.

  "Please. . . stop. . .!" the bullied begs for forgiveness.

  "Oi, stand him up!"

  One of the bullies commands the other boys to pick up the bullied and hold him in place. Two of the boys are grabbing his hand as he stands, unable to escape the bullies' stronger physiques.

  "HEYO!"

  The boy who commanded earlier takes a stance and punches the victim's stomach as hard as he can.

  *WHAM*

  "AKH. . .!" the victim shouts a bit and loses his voice immediately.

  "Another one coming!"

  The boy punches the victim's belly again with the same strength as before.

  "URGH. . .!" the victim grunts in pain once again.

  Since his hands were held by the other bullies, he couldn't reach his stomach with his hands to rub it to ease the pain.

  "Okay, release him!"

  The two bullies release their hold on the victim's hands. He immediately falls to the ground and curls up as he keeps holding his stomach.

  "Uwaaa, this guy is so pathetic!"

  "Top 10 unwanted boyfriend candidates!"

  "Let's snap another set of photos!"

  The three girls chatted and continued to take pictures of him.

  "And of course we'll upload this online too, as always!"

  "No. . . Don't! Please, I'm begging you. . ."

  "Ew, don't talk to me, you creep!"

  One of the girls proceeds to kick the bullied in the face.

  "UAKH. . .!"

  "HOW DARE A LAME ASS INSECT LIKE YOU TALK TO ME? FUCKING ROT IN HELL, DUMBASS!"

  "Okay, the girl has spoken. Boys! Let's stomp on him hard!" commands one of the bullies.

  The boys form a circle around the victim lying on the ground. They start stomping on his face, his belly, his hands, his chest, his head, his legs, and everywhere they like.

  "Stop. . . please. . . what did I ever do? AKH!"

  "JUST SHUT UP AND TAKE THESE YOU SCRUB!"

  "UAKH!!! PLEASE STOP!!! HELP ME!! SOMEONE HELP!!!"

  "Poor guy, he doesn't even know why he was brought here!" said one of the girls.

  One of the girls approached the victim as he kept betting and stomping.

  "NOBODY WILL HEAR YOU SCREAMING HERE!"

  "HELP! PLEASE SOMEONE! HELP MEE!!!"

  "HAHAHAHA NO ONE WILL COME TO HELP, DUMBASS! KEEP CRYING!!"

  They continue to stomp him without holding back, even if the bullied kept screaming and begging for mercy.

  "AAAKH!! IT HURTS! STOP! PLEASE!!"

  The victim took a glance towards the sky and saw a bird engulfed in flames flying high above. Suddenly, the flaming bird descends rapidly towards him and the bullies.

  One of the bullies suddenly stops stomping.

  "Huh? Why is it getting hot?"

  He takes a glance above and sees the bird of fire coming down rapidly towards them.

  "WHAT IS THAAAAAT??"

  He alerts everyone there, and they all look above. The flame, however, reaches them first before they can even react. The flame engulfs all of the bullies as well as the victim.

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  "AAAAARGGH!! HOOOOOTTT!!"

  Upon further look, the flames were golden, and instead of a bird, it was just a golden fireball with a golden pair of fire wings attached to it.

  "UARGH!"

  "KYAAARGH!!"

  The golden fireball swings one of its wings, and it smacks all of the bullies, and they are sent flying away in all directions. Strangely, the victim didn't get hurt or burned.

  "Huh?"

  "You okay?"

  Suddenly, two people are standing next to him and offer the victim a hand.

  "Y-Yes!"

  The victim takes their hand. He was pulled up and helped to stand.

  "Sorry that we're late!"

  "Hey! You sure, you’re okay?"

  "Y-Yes! Who are you people?"

  "Hehe, we are one of the Seven Layers of Judgment! I am the Judge of Pride, Runelt Redwingz!"

  "And I'm his Support, Rena Redwingz. Nice to meet you!"

  "Together, we are the Twin Inferno!" said both of them at the same time.

  The boy and the girl introduce themselves to the bullied victim while still surrounded by the golden flame.

  Runelt has spiky brown hair that waves from behind to the front. He wears a black and gray short-sleeved collared shirt over a V-neck brown shirt with dark blue long jeans and a darker blue pair of shoes. He is 170cm tall and weighs 70kg. He has slightly visible muscles throughout his body. He wears a silver necklace with a square object as its pendant hanging under his clothes. He is 18 years old and is white skinned.

  Rena has long scarlet hair with small pigtails on each side. She wears a dark red shirt with very short sleeves that have pink stripes and patterns with black short pants and a pair of dark red sports shoes. She is 158cm tall and weighs 49kg. She has a thin and slender body. Her bust size is B-cup. She is 16 years old and is white skinned.

  "Hey, stay here! We'll take care of this!" said Rena to the victim as she smiled.

  "O-Okay!" the victim blushes a little.

  "Rena, you take the girls. I'll handle the guys. Don't let them escape!"

  "Understood, Onii-chan!"

  Both of them walk past the wall of golden flame in two opposite directions.

  "WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?"

  "BELIEVERS! WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?"

  Runelt and Rena come out of the golden flame.

  "You know, I sensed quite a high amount of pride when I was still flying above. I'm kinda shocked that it comes from a bunch of kids!" said Runelt.

  "We're already in high school! We're not kids!"

  "If you're still in high school, then you're still a kid." said Rena with a flat tone.

  "What are you Believers doing here? Don't meddle with student affairs!" said one of the boy bullies.

  "Student's affair? I don't see how bullying counts as merely a student's affair. IT IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT!" Runelt raises his tone as he gives a vicious stare towards the bullies.

  The bullies were all terrified at the same time.

  "R-RUN!" one of the boys signals them to run away as they all immediately turn around and take the first step.

  "Ugh, what a pain." said Rena.

  Rena points her right hand forward, and scarlet-colored flame burns on her fingers. She proceeds to spin in a full circle while swinging her burning fingers. All of a sudden, a wall of scarlet flame emerges, trapping and surrounding everyone in a big area in the middle of the wood. Strangely, her flame did not burn anything in the forest whatsoever.

  "WE'RE TRAPPED!"

  "NO WAIT! IF WE RUN THROUGH IT, WE WON'T GET BURNT OR HURT, BUT WE HAVE TO BE FAST! DO NOT HESITATE!" said one of the boys, informing his classmates.

  "Really?" doubts one of the girls.

  "Well then, go wait here and deal with the Believers!" said one of the boys to the girls.

  "YOU'RE JUST GONNA LEAVE US HERE?"

  "Good luck!"

  One of the boys starts sprinting towards the blazing wall of scarlet flame.

  "UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!"

  As soon as he touched the flame, an incredible amount of pain struck him. He falls to the ground and screams his lungs out as if he's being cruelly tortured.

  "I'd advise you not to touch the flame, but I guess you won't listen anyway. Serves you right!" said Rena to the boy who tried to escape.

  All of the bullies stood there and terrified by what had just happened to one of their classmates.

  "We can't escape!" said one of the girls as she fell on her knees.

  "Why are you guys so scared?" said Runelt.

  "Huh?" one of the girls responded.

  "You are exactly in a situation that you guys put against him!" said Runelt as he points behind to the victim bully inside the golden flame.

  "So, let me repeat, WHY ARE YOU GUYS AFRAID?!"

  Runelt's tone got deeper.

  "ISN'T THIS WHAT YOU LIKE? ISN'T THIS YOUR HOBBY? YOU PUT SOMEONE IN THIS EXACT SAME SITUATION BUT ALL YOU DO IS LAUGH AND HUMILIATE HIM!"

  All of the bullies fell to their knees, and they all looked terrified of him. Runelt approaches one of the boys.

  "AKH!"

  He immediately kicks him on the cheek as his face kisses the ground.

  "ANSWER ME!"

  Runelt stomps the boy's head.

  "DO YOU LIKE THIS? YOU DID THIS TO HIM BUT YOU DID NOT LET HIM GO EVEN WHEN HE BEGGED FOR HIS LIFE!"

  "Please! Stop! I am sorry!" the boy started crying.

  Seeing him cry, Runelt got even more pissed.

  "Why are you crying?"

  "I beg you! We are sorry!"

  "Sorry? Do you realize what kind of expression you wore when you kept hitting him and stomping him? And now you're sorry when the same thing is done to you?"

  Meanwhile, Rena is confronting the three girls.

  "You guys are in high school?"

  "Y-Yes, we're in the 3rd year."

  "Wait, you're older than me, but you are far more childish than I am?"

  "Watch your tongue, little girl!" one of the girls got tilted and tried to slap Rena.

  Rena easily catches the girl's wrist in the middle of the swing with her right hand.

  "You know, taking candy from a helpless baby is a lot harder than this. You guys need to learn manners!"

  Rena's hand is suddenly engulfed by a scarlet-colored flame.

  "KYAAAARGH!"

  The girl who was trying to slap her got her hand burned. She immediately experiences great pain and torture.

  "AAAAARRGGHH!! LET MY HAND GO!"

  "Nope!"

  "AAAAAAARGH!!"

  "HEY! LET MY FRIEND GO!" one of the two girls on the side tries to help her friend.

  Rena slams the girl that she's holding to the ground. She does a finger-gun pose and shoots one small flame bullet towards the girl who was approaching her, and it hits her wrist.

  "AAAARRRGGHH!!!"

  The girl is immediately engulfed in pain and falls to the ground.

  "One left!" said Rena as she stared eerily towards the last girl.

  "EEEEEEEKKH!!! FORGIVE ME! I DIDN'T EVEN HIT HIM! I DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THIS!!"

  "You all say the same thing once your back is cornered against the wall."

  Rena does another finger-gun and shoots the last girl with her scarlet flame bullet in her waist.

  "UUUAAAARGH!!"

  The last girl also screams her lungs out and falls to the ground as well.

  The three girls are now on the ground, still having the parts of their bodies that were touched by the scarlet flame burning. The flame didn't calm down at all. It keeps giving them unexplainable pain that they are now crying as they keep screaming. The rest of the boys, except the one who was being stomped by Runelt, saw what was happening to everyone there.

  "We're screwed! There's no way ordinary guys like us can win against these Believers! It's not fair!"

  Hearing that line, Runelt got ticked again. He stops stomping on the boy on the ground and approaches the other three.

  "Why won't you understand? This is not about Believers versus Non-Believers. This is about the strong against the weak."

  Runelt stands before the three of them.

  "You guys didn't show mercy towards the weak, even though you are stronger than him. I'm simply doing the same to you!" said Runelt.

  "AAAAAAAAAAAA!" one of the three boys runs towards Runelt, readying his fist.

  The boy punches Runelt in the face.

  "Huh? UAAARGH!"

  The boy backs away and falls to the ground as his fist is burning. Runelt's face turns into a golden flame on the part that got punched for a brief moment and returns to normal.

  "You guys are strong. I am strong. Instead of bullying the weak, how about fighting someone as strong or stronger than yourself? Try me!"

  All of the boys began kneeling on the ground and begging for forgiveness.

  "WE'RE SORRY! WE REGRET OUR ACTIONS!"

  "PLEASE LET US GO! WE'RE JUST STUDENTS!"

  "*sigh* I guess you have a point. . ." Runelt strangely agrees.

  Hearing his response, the students felt a string of relief inside.

  "However, I can't just simply let you walk away. There needs to be punishment. I guess I will burn off everyone's right forearm!" Runelt continues.

  "W-What? SCREW YOU!" One of the male students rushes to Runelt.

  He threw a punch as he ran. He punches Runelt, but Runelt transforms his entire right hand into a burning flame, and the flame transforms into a blazing talon, that of a bird. He easily catches the student's fist.

  "So, you're first?"

  Runelt grips the student's hand with his burning talon.

  "AAAAARGH!! HOOOOT!!UUUAAARGH!!"

  After a few seconds, he let go of the student and immediately punched him with his other regular human hand. The student fell to the ground and fainted.

  "Who's next?" said Runelt as he approached the other three with his hand burning bright in the shape of a bird's talon.

  "UAAARRGHH!"

  "AAAARGH!!"

  "STOOOP!! AAAAAARGHH!!"

  Runelt did the same thing to the rest of the male students. They all fainted and their unconscious bodies lay on the ground. Runelt undoes the transformation on his arm, and the flaming arm and the blazing talon disappear as his hand returns to normal.