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.

a good spot where I could get a good view of what was happening as well as attract the least amount of attention. The reason why I needed a good

want another incident like the one

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

anything that deviated from the plotline happened, it

to quickly recover from

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

day to completely heal my

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

to sort out my

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

...I just couldn't.

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

that for tomorrow I would

time yesterday did I realize how

I was too emotional.

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

I right? Was everything that I was doing

of my mind as I tried to

long way to go before being able to confidently stand

all my distracting thoughts, I quickly headed to my room and

going to be the longest two days

...

-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 for

honed body was 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

"Die! Die! Die!"

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

continuously punching the dummy until he ran out of air, small shockwaves spread throughout the

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

his jaw hard and

am I

was assigned, Jin couldn't help but feel a massive

if a wall that he couldn't climb was standing

put in, he couldn't find any way to bridge the gap

that much more talented

fact that Kevin was

"Damm it..."

-Bang!

his fist hard, Jin punched the

access to the best resources and facilities! This should be enough for me

who was an orphan and had nothing managed to surpass

He couldn't accept it.

way he could

-Gulp!

energy, Jin immediately

you no

-Bang!

training dummies he once again started training

repeated continuously until his fists were both

the end, only after passing out from overworking himself

...

old wooden tables

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

Amanda, did you notice something strange happening these

Amanda frowned for a second before shaking her

"No"

"Really?"

a bit, Emma's brow

"Maybe it's just me..."

She constantly felt as if someone was keeping an eye on

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