The Author's POV

"Is that him?"

"Did he really get injured over such a simple mission?"

"He really does look weak"

Aimlessly walking around the mansion, I ignored the whispers and stares coming from some of the students that I passed along the way.

Yesterday night, after completing the mission, I returned to the mansion all battered up. My whole arm was bleeding profusely and my clothes were all torn.

Though I didn't pass out, to the people who saw me return, it looked as if I had been through hell.

Because I had some notoriety, news of my battered state spread across all of the students...and soon I became the hot topic of the first years.

Because the missions that we got were not a secret from the other students, after a bit of digging, people immediately found out who my target was and news of me getting beat up by a ranked individual spread across the academy.

...in the end, this resulted in me becoming the butt of the jokes of the first years.

'Weakling'

'Loser'

'Trash'

Walking along the corridor, I was called all sorts of defamatory names by everyone that saw me.

On a normal day, I would've grumbled and cursed at the people talking crap about me, but today...

Staring at my hands, I recalled the moment when my sword reaped through the lives of multiple people at once.

'...I killed'

I didn't sleep throughout the whole night.

Right now to the people around me I probably looked like a lifeless corpse that was aimlessly wandering around the mansion.

My mind kept replaying the moments where I reaped through the lives of the four bodyguards.

...I could vividly recall Karl's pleading face as he begged for me to spare him.

"Fuuuuu..."

Letting out a long breath and staring at the ceiling of the corridor, I tried to calm my mind.

What had happened already happened.

...There was no going back.

I had killed and I needed to move on...

This wasn't going to be the only time, and it sure as heck wasn't going to be the last time.

This was the path that I had chosen for myself and thus had to take responsibility for my decisions.

Moreover, there was something more important I needed to worry about.

'The massacre of Hollberg'

The second big event in the first arc of the novel.

Tomorrow at 9:45 P.M, the last day of the trip, when everyone was sleeping, an organized attack will happen.

Though their primary targets were Kevin and the others, the other weaker students weren't spared from their pursuit.

...Meaning that I was also not safe.

Though I decided not to interfere, I needed to prepare myself for what was to come.

Placing my hand on my chin, I fell into deep thought.

First things first...I needed to memorize the whole building blueprint.

to find a good spot where I could get a good view of what was happening as well as attract the least amount of attention. The reason why I needed a good view of what was happening was so that I could overlook anything that

want another incident like the one with Amanda to

I had the mysterious book with me. With it, I could more or

anything that deviated from the plotline happened, it was

to quickly recover from the wounds that I had sustained

that quickly. Especially since my whole shoulder had been pierced and my

needed a full day

now, the whole of my right hand hurt like hell. Just the slightest movement and I would get an electrifying pain coursing through my body. Though I could tough it out, I'd still prefer if I was in top condition

I needed to sort out my

mind to be put through another scenario

...I just couldn't.

again was causing my hands to tremble uncontrollably. I was not ready mentally to go through such an

had already decided that for tomorrow

yesterday did I

I was too emotional.

my best to get over the fact that I had killed someone, the thought of what future lay ahead of me and how many more

was doing

brewed inside of my mind as I tried to find

way to go before being able to confidently stand up against

distracting thoughts, I quickly headed to my room and started

probably going to be the longest two days of my

...

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

"Huff...huff..huff"

filled with training dummies, an extremely handsome individual stood in the middle of the

in

-Gulp!

young individual quickly dashed before one of

"Die! Die! Die!"

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

throughout the room as the sound of the collision between his fists and the dummies reverberated around

hitting the dummies, the young individual laid

the ceiling, he clenched his jaw hard and he covered his eyes with

am

was assigned, Jin couldn't help but feel

felt as if a wall that he couldn't climb was standing

couldn't find any way to

that much more talented

just accept the fact that Kevin was better than

"Damm it..."

-Bang!

Jin punched the floor

access to the best resources and facilities! This should be enough for me to be able to become better

to surpass him who was born with a golden

He couldn't accept it.

was no way he

-Gulp!

immediately downed another potion and stood

you no matter

-Bang!

of the training dummies he once again started training

continuously until his

end, only after passing out from overworking himself

...

beautiful plants and old wooden tables and boards, two stunningly beautiful young

hot mocha, one of the two stunning girls that had short creamy brown hair looked

notice something strange

Emma, Amanda frowned for a

"No"

"Really?"

bit, Emma's brow

"Maybe it's just me..."

had this sense of discomfort. She constantly felt as if someone was keeping an

the end, she could only think of it as