The Author's POV

Inside a large dark room, the figure of an extremely handsome individual could be seen sitting crossed leg in the middle of the bed.

Tsssssss...

Sitting shirtless on the bed, steam slowly rose from the figure's body.

As steam poured out from his body, the figure suddenly tensed and relaxed his muscles repeatedly. He continued doing so for every five seconds time intervals.

As he tensed his muscles, the outline of his veins that traced all over his body became more apparent making him look extremely scary.

"Fuuuuuu....."

After a couple of minutes of continuous tensing and relaxing, the figure suddenly released a long breath and finally opened his eyes, revealing two scarlet red eyes.

Standing up and taking a towel from a nearby table, Kevin dried his wet body.

Turning around, he looked at his reflection in the mirror.

His body, which was chiseled to perfection had multiple scar wounds on both his abdomen and chest areas. His back was even worse, as it was riddled with scars that ranged from different sizes and shapes. Most notably, there was one that stretched halfway through his back.

Tracing one of the scars that appeared on his chest, Kevin was reminded of the time where he was forced to fight against multiple ranked villains when he had just entered rank.

It was a mission that the system had given him in exchange for a relatively powerful skill.

In the end, if not for the fact that he had multiple trump cards on him, he would've long have died that day.

All the scars on his body were reminders of the hardship he had gone through to get to where he was.

Throwing the towel on the bed, Kevin opened his phone and checked his most recent notification.

[Student rank 1, Kevin Voss - Mission target, Victor Hugh, Hollberg minister of finances. Charged with corruption and embezzlement. Target location at xxxxxx road. Target behavioral pattern....]

"...Corrupt officer huh"

Looking through the data file sent to him, Kevin quickly skimmed through the contents.

Stopping on a certain section, Kevin frowned

"Embezzlement, Money laundering, Soliciting and acting as an intermediary for drug trades, false imprisonment of government officials, sexual harassment..."

The more he looked through the series of crimes his target was accused of, the deeper Kevin's frown became.

"...such trash"

Turning his phone off, Kevin placed it in his pocket.

-Click!

Dressing up in a simple white T-shirt and black pants, Kevin took his black Kashmiri jacket and headed out of the room.

-Ding!

[Host has received a new mission, would you like to view it?]

Not surprised by the sudden notification, Kevin nodded

"Yes, open quest interface"

===System quest===

Difficulty rank : E+

Mission : Eliminate Victor Hugh, a corrupt minister that has been embezzling funds from Hollberg. Guarded by several ranked individuals and one ranked guard.

Rank

at the quest window that popped in front of him, Kevin frowned as soon as he saw the difficulty

his status window, he looked through his

===Status===

Name : Kevin Voss

Rank : E +

Strength : D

Agility : E +

Stamina : E -

Intelligence : E +

:

Luck : E

Charm : D +

--> Profession :

[Swordsmanship lvl.4]

--> Martial Manual :

Everlasting sunset] - Greater

true sword intent. By creating multiple illusions of sword art, the enemy will find it harder to defend as the true attack will always be masked under

steps] - Minor

reaching a certain level of mastery, stepping on the

--> Skills :

[[E] Overdrive]

bodily functions to the extreme. For one minute, the user can exhibit power that is double of original user strength. User will also find their other stats increasing considerably. After usage

[[F] Mind cleansing]

and analytical ability for a short period of time. Can't be used for a prolonged period of time due

[[F] Mana coating]

replenish mana more quickly

after more than four months of being stuck at E+ rank, he finally had a chance to increase his

that he had enrolled in the lock, Kevin estimated that he would've already have reached

time at the academy. The environment wasn't like before where he would constantly be on the edge, almost dying multiple

even the slightest mistake could cost him his

lock was much more relaxed than his previous environment, which in a way was good as it allowed him to learn other things aside from fighting...but it had also stagnated his fighting

you truly become strong. The more peaceful

what Kevin firmly

...

of the reception desk, Kevin walked up to a

know if I can

stunned by his appearance. However, that didn't ask

"...a bike?"

preferably a black one that goes

me speak with the

time that she had ever been asked to rent a bike,

why she opted to call

—Hello?

phone, a middle-aged voice could be heard from the other side

student is requesting to

he want to

why I am

the person on the other side of

you ask for

young

you please tell me your

head,

"Kevin Voss"

thank you...sir his name is Kevin Voss I

—Kevin Voss...Kevin...ah!

person on the other side of the phone seemed to have had a sudden realization as

"Boss?"

on the other side of the phone awkwardly coughed