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.

attract the least amount of attention. The reason why I needed a good view of what was happening was so that I could overlook

didn't want another incident like the

had the mysterious book with me. With it, I could more or less tell if something outside of the norm was going

plotline happened, it was my job to prevent it

I needed to quickly recover from the wounds that I had sustained

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

day to completely heal

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 tough it

I needed to sort out my

the right state of mind to be

...I just couldn't.

killing again was causing my hands to tremble uncontrollably. I

tomorrow I would

I realize how many

I was too emotional.

over the fact that I had killed someone, the thought of what future lay ahead of me and

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

mind as

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

of all my distracting thoughts, I quickly

going to be the

...

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

"Huff...huff..huff"

an extremely handsome individual stood in the

honed body was drenched in sweat, and his

-Gulp!

stamina, the young individual quickly dashed before one of the training

"Die! Die! Die!"

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

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

the young individual laid on the floor heavily

hard and he

am I

Kevin's achievements on the first night the mission was assigned, Jin couldn't help

that he couldn't climb was standing

work he put in, he couldn't find any way to bridge the gap between himself and

that much

he just accept the fact

"Damm it..."

-Bang!

fist hard, Jin punched the

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

orphan and had nothing managed to surpass him

He couldn't accept it.

was no way he

-Gulp!

some of his energy, Jin immediately downed another

you no

-Bang!

towards one of the training dummies he once again started training until he

continuously until his

passing out from

...

beautiful plants and old wooden tables and boards, two stunningly beautiful young girls sat

hot mocha, one of the two stunning girls that had short creamy brown

you notice something

Emma, Amanda frowned for a second

"No"

"Really?"

for a bit,

"Maybe it's just me..."

discomfort. She constantly felt as if someone

unsettling...but in the end, she could only think of it as her