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.

as attract the least amount of attention. The reason why I needed

didn't want another incident like the one with

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

that deviated from the plotline happened, it

from the

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

still needed a full day to

now, the whole of my right hand hurt like hell. Just the slightest movement and I would get an electrifying pain coursing through my

I needed to

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

...I just couldn't.

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

tomorrow I would use

first time yesterday did I

I was too emotional.

someone, the thought of what future lay ahead of me and how many more lives I would

Was everything that I was doing really

of my mind

long way to go before being able to confidently stand up

thoughts, I quickly headed to

the longest two days of my

...

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

"Huff...huff..huff"

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

in sweat, and his eyes

-Gulp!

some of his stamina, the young individual quickly dashed before one of

"Die! Die! Die!"

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

until he ran out of air, small shockwaves spread throughout the room as the sound of the collision between his fists and the dummies

thirty minutes after continuously hitting the dummies, the young individual laid on the floor heavily

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

am I

first night the mission was assigned,

as if a wall that he couldn't climb was

find any

that much more talented

he just accept the fact that Kevin was better

"Damm it..."

-Bang!

hard, Jin punched the

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

to surpass him who was born with

He couldn't accept it.

was no way he could accept

-Gulp!

energy, Jin immediately downed

you no matter

-Bang!

once again

continuously until his fists

only after passing out from overworking himself did he

...

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

one of the two stunning girls that had short creamy brown

you notice something

Amanda frowned for a

"No"

"Really?"

for a bit, Emma's brow

"Maybe it's just me..."

discomfort. She constantly

the end, she could only think