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.

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

incident like the one with

With it, I could more or less tell if

anything that deviated from the plotline happened, it was my

quickly recover from the wounds that I

healing potions, they couldn't heal all my injuries that quickly. Especially since my whole shoulder had been pierced and my shoulder muscles had

day to completely heal

pain coursing through my body. Though I could tough it out, I'd still prefer if I was in

needed to sort out my

the right state of mind to be put through another scenario that required me to reap

...I just couldn't.

thought of me killing again was causing my hands to tremble uncontrollably. I was not ready mentally to go through

I had already decided that for tomorrow I would use

first time yesterday did I realize how many flaws I

I was too emotional.

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

Was everything that I was doing really

inside of my mind as I tried to find

a long way to go before being able to confidently stand up against demons

I quickly headed to my

are probably going to be the longest two days

...

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

"Huff...huff..huff"

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

perfectly honed body was drenched in sweat, and his eyes

-Gulp!

dashed before one of the training dummies and

"Die! Die! Die!"

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

air, small shockwaves spread throughout the room as the sound of the collision between his fists and the

after continuously hitting the dummies, the young individual laid on the floor

hard and he covered his eyes with his

what am

mission was assigned, Jin couldn't help but feel a massive

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

find any way to bridge the gap between himself and

much

fact that Kevin was better

"Damm it..."

-Bang!

his fist hard, Jin punched the floor

I have access to the best resources and facilities! This should be

an orphan and had nothing managed to surpass

He couldn't accept it.

no way he could

-Gulp!

his energy, Jin immediately downed another potion

will surpass you no matter

-Bang!

of the training dummies he once again started training until he couldn't stand

until his fists were

only after passing out from overworking

...

cafe' decorated with beautiful plants and old wooden tables and boards, two stunningly beautiful young girls sat

that had short creamy brown

Amanda, did you notice something strange

Emma, Amanda frowned for a second before shaking her

"No"

"Really?"

for a bit, Emma's brow

"Maybe it's just me..."

of discomfort. She constantly felt as if

she could only