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 a good view of what

incident like the one with Amanda

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

from the plotline happened, it was my job to prevent it at

needed to quickly recover from the

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

still needed a full day to completely heal my

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

to sort out

mind to be put through another scenario that required me to

...I just couldn't.

tremble uncontrollably. I was not ready mentally to go through such

for tomorrow I would use

did I realize how many flaws

I was too emotional.

thought of what future lay ahead of me and how many more lives I would take made me question

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

of my mind

way to go before being able to confidently

thoughts, I quickly

going to be the longest two days of

...

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

"Huff...huff..huff"

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

drenched in sweat, and his eyes were

-Gulp!

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

"Die! Die! Die!"

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

spread throughout the

hitting the dummies, the young individual laid on

ceiling, he clenched his jaw hard and he

am I

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

a wall that he

couldn't find any way

Kevin that much more talented than

just accept the fact that

"Damm it..."

-Bang!

fist hard, Jin punched

have access to the best resources

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

He couldn't accept it.

way he could accept

-Gulp!

Jin immediately

will surpass you no

-Bang!

he once again started training until he

process repeated continuously until his fists were both

the end, only after passing out from overworking himself did he stop

...

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

stunning girls that had short creamy brown

did you notice something strange happening

for a second before shaking

"No"

"Really?"

for a bit, Emma's brow

"Maybe it's just me..."

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

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