The Author's POV

The sun had already started to set, leaving behind an orange veil of light that enveloped the sky.

Hollberg's city lights brightly lit the surroundings, and despite it being a relatively large city, skyscrapers appeared to be scarce.

Most houses consisted of five stories apartments or villas, and only occasionally would there be a skyscraper in the distance.

Stopping in front of a large mansion that looked to be the size of a football stadium, we quickly left the bus and headed toward the place.

As I left the bus, the first thing I did was stretch my back and legs.

I was honestly exhausted. Despite the fact that I hadn't trained at all today, my mind could barely function properly as everything around me became sort of hazy.

I guess using my brain was just as tiring as using my body.

...well that wasn't the only reason I was tired.

Recently I had only been getting on average 6 hours of sleep a day, which wasn't too bad if it was for a couple of days...but this had been a recurring thing for the past week or so.

Seeing how sleepy I was getting, I knew that the accumulated fatigue I had built up this past week had started crashing on me.

Shaking my head quickly, I looked around to find ways to take my mind off of sleeping.

...I only needed to wait for a further 5 to 10 minutes before being able to get some good shut eye.

As I was trying to keep myself awake, my eyes landed on the other side of the parking area where our bus parked.

Not so far from us, there were already five similar-looking buses parked near the mansion indicating that some of the other classes had already arrived.

Seeing that we weren't the last ones here, I felt my mind clear a bit.

'...it seems like we finished at just the right time.'

Since there were more groups coming, it meant that I had more time to rest.

This was good as I really needed to take a power nap.

"Alright, let's get going"

After talking to the driver of the bus for a bit, Donna waved goodbye to him and led us to the mansion.

Entering the mansion, a nice fragrance invaded my nostrils causing me to uncontrollably salivate.

Looking around, it seemed like I was not the only one who felt that way as most people were staring in the direction of where the nice aroma was coming from.

Turning around, Donna who seemed to have read what was on the mind of most people started speaking

"Alright everyone, I know you guys are hungry, but things need to be done in order."

Taking out a card from her pocket, she pointed towards the reception and said

"First things first, I will call you each by your name and you will then proceed to go to reception and collect your card. After that, you will come back here and wait for the others to finish before heading to your own designated room"

Seeing everyone's deflated looks, Donna lightly smiled and raised her brow

"Don't be so down, don't tell me you guys are planning on eating when you had just sweated for a whole day?"

watch

tell by the smell, there will be a buffet where everyone can eat and drink as much as they want...so hurry up and get

had started rumbling ever since I had caught a whiff of the nice fragrance, I quickly collected my

with exquisite paintings and statues. Covering the floor was a nice red carpet that felt extremely

pigmentation compared to the carpet, giving it a sharp and pleasing contrast. At the hem of the curtains,

of the mansion was the outside, as I could see a massive garden where its splendor was further emphasized by the lanterns outside that shone

could see a tennis court and

my head, I couldn't help but wonder how much this place

was decorated and how big this place was, I'd say it cost well over a 100 million

-Click!

navigating the long corridors, I arrived at my apartment

the room, when I was collecting my keys, I had been made aware by the receptionist that I would be given a regular room

...yeah, she said regular

the ones outside, it was still within the scope of 'luxurious', as

off anything. Therefore, I decided to take a quick shower to remove all of the sweat that had

-Pomf!

eyes. I needed to sort my

'Five days...'

I had before the big event was going

a gold plated chandelier brightly lit the room, I covered my eyes with

I interfere

in five days' time,

'The tragedy of Hollberg'

what this

eyes, and taking a deep breath I was

I shouldn't interfere, a small part of me wanted to change

of the reasons why I never liked to interact with people wasn't just because I was an introvert...no it's because, by the middle stages of the novels, chances were that all the friends I had made would end up

fickle. Every second, there was a chance you could die. No one was safe from death, especially for extras whose sole role was to either die or be forgotten in the later stages of the

this academy, the more I could firm my will and stop myself

...but still.

of a lot of students weighed heavily

lives are

my hands, I slightly clenched them into fists. Images of my hands becoming

have a family and become heroes

"Heroes...huh"

in my

How laughable...

that wielded power as

world, 'Hero' was merely a label that the government had stuck on individuals that wielded power

what

were

to be different as in this corrupt world most heroes

valued human life as nothing more than a fleeting thing that could be crushed

look at

Hero ranking. He who was deemed to be a 'Hero' was now planning on massacring a bunch