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.

least amount of attention. The reason

want another incident like the one with

it, I could more or less tell if

happened, it was my job to

recover from the wounds that I had sustained

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

a full day to completely heal

hand hurt like hell. Just the slightest movement and I would get an electrifying pain coursing through my body. Though I could tough it out, I'd still prefer if I was in top

I needed to sort

right state of mind to be

...I just couldn't.

was causing my hands to tremble uncontrollably.

that for tomorrow

did I

I was too emotional.

my best 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 my

Was everything that I was doing really okay?

inside of my mind as I tried to find the

had a long way to go before being

I quickly

are probably going to be the longest two days of

...

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

"Huff...huff..huff"

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!

the young individual quickly dashed

"Die! Die! Die!"

-Bang! -Bang! -Bang!

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

young individual laid on the floor heavily

at the ceiling, he clenched his jaw hard and he

am I

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

wall that

couldn't find

Kevin that much more talented

he just accept the fact that Kevin

"Damm it..."

-Bang!

fist hard, Jin punched the

good as his, I have access to the best resources and facilities! This should be enough for me to be

had nothing managed to surpass him who was born with a

He couldn't accept it.

was no way

-Gulp!

Jin immediately

surpass you

-Bang!

he once again started training until he couldn't stand

process repeated continuously until his fists were both bloodied and

end, only after passing out from

...

plants and old wooden tables and boards, two stunningly beautiful

some hot mocha, one of the two stunning girls that had short creamy brown hair looked at the girl in front of

notice something strange happening these past

Amanda frowned for a

"No"

"Really?"

a bit, Emma's brow

"Maybe it's just me..."

of discomfort. She constantly felt as

unsettling...but in the end, she