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.

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

another incident like the one with Amanda to

it, I could more or less tell if

from the plotline happened, it was my job

quickly recover from the wounds that I had sustained

injuries that quickly. Especially since my whole shoulder had

full day

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

needed to

in the right state of mind to be put through another scenario

...I just couldn't.

again was causing my hands to tremble uncontrollably.

that for tomorrow I would use

the first time yesterday did I realize how

I was too emotional.

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

everything that I was doing really

of my mind as

to go before being able to confidently stand up against demons and

and ridding of all my distracting thoughts, I quickly headed to

probably going to be the longest

...

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

"Huff...huff..huff"

dummies, an extremely

in sweat,

-Gulp!

potion and recovering some of his stamina, the young individual quickly dashed before one of the training dummies and punched

"Die! Die! Die!"

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

he ran out of air, small shockwaves spread throughout the room as the sound of

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

his jaw hard and he

what am

assigned,

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

matter how much work he put in, he couldn't find any way to bridge the gap

that much more talented than

fact that Kevin was better

"Damm it..."

-Bang!

his fist hard, Jin punched the

his, I have access to the best resources and facilities!

managed to surpass

He couldn't accept it.

no way he could

-Gulp!

immediately downed

surpass you

-Bang!

once again started training until he

process repeated continuously until his fists were both

end, only after passing out from overworking himself

...

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

of the two stunning girls that had short creamy brown hair looked at the girl in front of her and

did you notice something strange happening these past

Amanda frowned for a second before

"No"

"Really?"

bit,

"Maybe it's just me..."

sense of discomfort. She constantly felt as

she could only