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.

well as attract the least amount of attention. The reason why I needed a good view of what was happening was so

didn't want another incident like the one with

book with me. With it, I could more or less

that deviated from the plotline happened, it was

I needed to quickly recover from the wounds that I

couldn't heal all my injuries that quickly. Especially since my whole shoulder had been pierced and my

needed a full day to completely

like hell. Just the slightest movement and I would get an electrifying pain coursing through my body. Though I could

needed to

of right now, I wasn't in the right state of mind to be put through another scenario that

...I just couldn't.

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

the end, I had already decided that for tomorrow I would use [Monarch's indifference] throughout the

did I realize how many flaws I had, both

I was too emotional.

that I had killed someone, the thought of what future lay ahead of me and how many

Was everything that I was doing really okay? Was killing the

my mind as I tried to find

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

and ridding of all my distracting thoughts, I quickly headed

be the longest two days of

...

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

"Huff...huff..huff"

extremely handsome individual stood in the

body was drenched in

-Gulp!

the young individual quickly dashed

"Die! Die! Die!"

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

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

hitting the dummies, the young individual laid on the floor heavily gasping for

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

what am

first night the mission was assigned, Jin couldn't help but

felt as if a wall that

work he put in, he couldn't find any

that much more talented than

fact that

"Damm it..."

-Bang!

his fist hard, Jin punched the

can't accept this! Even if my talent is not as good as his, I have access to the best resources and facilities! This should be enough

was an orphan and had nothing managed to surpass him who was born with a golden

He couldn't accept it.

was no way he could accept

-Gulp!

immediately downed another potion and stood

surpass you no

-Bang!

dummies he once again started training until he

until his fists were both bloodied and

passing out from overworking himself did he stop

...

small cozy cafe' decorated with beautiful plants and old wooden tables and boards, two stunningly beautiful

stunning girls that had short creamy

notice something

Amanda frowned for

"No"

"Really?"

a bit, Emma's brow

"Maybe it's just me..."

this sense of discomfort. She

the end, she could only think of it as her