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.

where I could get a good view of what was happening as well as attract the least amount of

another incident like the

me. With it, I could more or less tell if

deviated from the plotline happened, it was my job to

needed to quickly recover from the

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

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

needed to sort

of mind to be

...I just couldn't.

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

already decided that for tomorrow I would use [Monarch's indifference] throughout

did I realize how many flaws

I was too emotional.

to get over the fact that I had killed someone, the thought of what future lay ahead of me and how many more lives I would take made me question

I was doing really

thoughts continuously brewed inside of my mind as I tried to find

long way to go before being able to confidently stand

quickly headed to my

to be the longest two days of my

...

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

"Huff...huff..huff"

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

honed body was drenched in sweat, and his

-Gulp!

quickly dashed

"Die! Die! Die!"

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

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

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

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

am I

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

wall that he couldn't climb was standing

in, he couldn't find any way

that much more

just accept the fact that Kevin was better

"Damm it..."

-Bang!

Jin punched

Even if my talent is not as good as his, I have access to the best resources and facilities! This should

managed to surpass him

He couldn't accept it.

way he could

-Gulp!

some of his energy, Jin immediately

you no matter

-Bang!

dummies he once again started training until he couldn't

process repeated continuously until his fists were both

only after passing out

...

plants and old wooden tables

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

did you notice something

Amanda frowned for a second before

"No"

"Really?"

a bit,

"Maybe it's just me..."

of discomfort. She constantly felt as if someone was keeping an eye

was sort of unsettling...but in the end, she could only think of it