The Author's POV

-Click!

Closing the door behind him, Ren stood in front of the door.

The room was dark, and apart from his breathing, no other sound could be heard.

Standing in front of the door, Ren looked at the narrow corridor that led to the living room of the small apartment.

-Click!

Turning on the lights whilst keeping an eye on the living room, Ren slowly took off his shoes.

Though he couldn't see the whole living room due to the corridor narrowing his line of sight, Ren knew that hiding inside of the living room were assassins waiting for him to enter.

Looking left and right, Ren summoned his sword and channeled his mana towards the tip of his sword.

"Oof, I am so stuffed. I can barely move, guess I'll quickly head to bed"

Making small talk at the entrance of the room, a translucent ring slowy formed in front of him.

-Voom!

As soon as the ring fully formed, Ren pushed it forwards.

Slowly, the ring moved towards the living room.

-Shua! -Shua!

As soon as the ring crossed the corridor and entered the living room, two black-clad silhouettes appeared out of nowhere and attacked the ring.

-Crack!

Breaking into a million particles, the ring scattered in the air.

Staring at the particles scattering in the air for a split second and noticing something wrong, the two silhouettes immediately turned towards the entrance of the room.

-Tap -Tap -Tap

Appearing from the other side of the living room, Ren's indifferent figure walked out.

Expressionesly looking at the two black-clad individuals, Ren took a stance as a white glow emanated from his body.

Nodding towards the two silhouettes, Ren placed his hand on the grip of his sword

-Click!

The second movement of the [Keiki style] : Horizon splitting slash

-Vuam!

As if a bolt of lightning had descended, a bright light illuminated the room and a horizontal white streak of light appeared on the necks of the two silhouettes.

Before the silhouettes could make out what was happening, they felt their world turn upside down as they slowly saw their headless bodies standing upright before them.

-thud! -thud!

-Click!

Removing his hand from the sword, Ren apathetically walked towards his room, ignoring the two heads rolling on the floor.

Along the way, his shoulder twitched a couple of times, but he ignored it.

Though his injury still wasn't fully healed, with the effects of [Monarch's indifference], he could ignore the pain that was coursing through his shoulder.

Heading towards the nightstand next to the bed, Ren opened the drawer and took out a red leather book.

Deactivating [Monarch's indifference] to save mana, Ren felt his emotions return to him.

"khhhh..."

As his emotions returned, Ren's face repeatedly changed as he felt his shoulder twitch uncontrollably.

Taking a minute to suppress the pain, Ren opened the red book and read through its contents.

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

Surrounded by three black-clothed individuals, Kevin swiftly moved around his apartment hacking at them with his sword whenever he saw an opening.

-Clank!

"khhh..."

Parrying Kevin's sword, one of the black-clad individuals signaled to the other two people to attack at the same time.

Noticing their sign, Kevin forcefully twisted his body and defended against two attacks coming from his left and right side.

-Clank! -Clank!

"khhh..."

attacks, Kevin took a few steps back as beads of

three black-clad individuals before him, Kevin couldn't help but

"Damm it"

knew about his attack pattern and

he attacked and his habits, they knew them all. It seemed that whoever they

continued to pressure the trio but it was to no avail as whenever he attacked, his faints would easily get read by them. Blocking

what made things worse for Kevin, was that whenever they counterattack they managed to precisely and cleanly direct their attacks where he was most vulnerable, almost as if they knew where he was going to

more Kevin fought, the more he realized how adapt to his fighting style they were. It was almost as if they had been trained precisely

coordinating perfectly with each other, defending exactly where his true sword

and looking at the trio, Kevin let out a long breath. Though he

already used [Overdrive] by now. However, that was only if

things

-Vuam!

his ranked pressure, Kevin's attacks became sharper and stronger whilst the trio's attacks started to become more

attacks coming from the right, Kevin jumped in the air and stepped on the sword that came towards

wind psyons at the

body to the other side of one of the black-clad individuals, Kevin hacked his sword

tried to defend himself, but it was to no avail as Kevin's figure disappeared and reappeared right

-Spurt!

"One"

Kevin stared at

his calves, Kevin's body

the left, a red glow

left took a defensive stance whilst the other black-clad individual hacked

the black-clad individual on the left was about to block Kevin's attack, Kevin forcefully twisted his foot and

-Criiii

towards the guy

-Baam!

Kevin, the black-clad individual on

the remaining black-clad individual, Kevin stabbed his

-Clank!

thrust his

glint in Kevin's eyes as his sword continued making its way towards his

-Spurt!

"Two"

-Clank!

attack coming from the other

back to avoid Kevin's foot, Kevin reappeared on the remaining black-clad individual's left flank and

-Spurt!

"Three"

-Thud!

black-clad individual, Kevin frowned and immediately

bodies of the people that assaulted him, he

he knew that something serious was

-Click!

"What's going on?"

door and exiting his room, Kevin couldn't believe the sight that laid ahead

curdling screams resounded across the whole first floor as the corpses of students and black-clad

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

the corridors of the first floor as students

individuals appeared everywhere, attacking students from all sides as absolute mayhem shrouded the whole

"Kevin!"

as she fought against multiple black-clad

as her swords constantly clashed

own against the black-clad individuals, Emma was on the verge of losing due

-Spurt!

in Emma's direction, Kevin hacked towards the nearest black-clad individual, killing him instantly as his sword

-Spurt! -Spurt! -Spurt!

from hell, Kevin hacked and stabbed everyone in his way. Along the way, he would help a couple of students who were on the verge

...

-Spurt!

"Huff..huff...you okay?"

multiple black-clad individuals, Kevin appeared before

"Huff..yes, thanks"

all over the place as she looked at all

where

"I don't know"

looked just as

around them, the professors would've already have come

influential figures. Their deaths

everything going on around them, they still weren't here. That only meant

clenched his fists and looked at Emma who seemed to have had the same thought as

on their

-Woosh! -Woosh! -Woosh!

their thoughts, three streaks of lights appeared before them as three black-clad individuals not so far from where they were standing

in the direction of

"Amanda!

to head in Amanda's direction, the sound of the air being sliced increased in frequency as more arrows continuously