The Author's POV

-Bang!

"What!"

Breaking the nightstand with my fist, I hastily looked through the contents of the book.

Flipping through the pages of the book, I quickly looked for anything that could give me a clue about what had happened to Jin...but it was to no avail as the book stopped right after Jin's death.

What was happening?

...Jin one of the main protagonists died?

Impossible!

Hastily taking out a pen, I tried everything I could to change the outcome of what was written in the book, but it was all futile as every five seconds the changes I made disappeared.

"Damn it!"

Clenching my jaw and fists hard, I closed the book and let out a long breath.

I needed to stay calm.

I couldn't panic.

Jin's death would be devastating to the plotline. He was instrumental in helping Kevin grow both as a person and as a Hero.

His death would have a huge effect on the plotline...I couldn't let him die.

Closing my eyes, I made my mind up and headed towards the exit of my room.

...whatever caused Jin's death, I had to stop it at all costs!

If I allowed Jin to die, what was the point of letting all of this massacre happen?

Didn't I turn a blind eye to this so that the plotline could continue? What was the point of me not interfering if things didn't go as the plotline dictated?

-Gulp! -Gulp!

Downing a couple of potions to recover my stamina and mana, I put the book in the insides of my blazer and left the room.

...I didn't have much time.

Considering the effects of the book, I had less than ten minutes to alter the future in which Jin was destined to die.

...realistically, I had five minutes, since ten minutes was the time that Kevin and the others found Jin's dead body.

Reactivating [Monarch's indifference], I opened the door and made my way towards Jin's room.

I had one goal, and one goal only.

Preventing Jin's death.

...

Surrounded by multiple black-clad individuals, Jin's figure deftly and skillfully moved around them.

It was almost as if he was a ghost...his figure would melt with the shadows and reappear behind any one of the black-clad individuals catching them by surprise.

-Swish!

Appearing behind one of the black-clad individuals, Jin swung his dagger towards the back of his head.

As he swung, the image of the dagger blurred as it coursed through the air in a lightning-fast manner.

It was so fast, that the afterimage of the dagger lingered in the air for a split second.

-Clank! -Clank!

"kkhhh...damn it!"

As if predicting Jin's attack, quickly turning around and parrying Jin's surprise attack, two black-clad individuals appeared next to Jin and attacked him from both his right and left flank.

Ducking down and dodging the two attacks, Jin dashed forward and slid between the two black-clad individuals.

-Slash

-Slit

As he slid, two deep cuts appeared on the two black-clad individual's calves as Jin made sure to cut their legs in order to hinder their movements.

Stumbling a couple of steps due to the cuts on their legs, the other black-clad individual, who Jin tried to ambush, stabbed his sword downwards.

-Roll

Rolling to the side to avoid the sword, Jin tensed his core and with the aid of his back jumped up in the air.

-Clank! -Clank!

Whilst in the air, Jin forcefully twisted his body and spun like a wheel as he parried all the attacks that came from all sides.

-Thud!

"Huff...huff...huff..."

Landing on the ground, Jin heavily panted for air as he wiped the sweat that had started accumulating on his forehead.

Looking at the five individuals before him, Jin's face became grim.

Despite being stronger than them, it somehow felt as if he was fighting against an insatiable beast.

No matter how much Jin tried, the black-clad individuals he was fighting would quickly respond to his attacks and counter them with an even more fearsome combo.

It was to the point that his breathing started to become heavier and heavier by the second.

From the way he saw things, the most he could last would be five more minutes.

and he would be too exhausted to

-Gulp!

out a couple of potions

replenish his stamina and mana with potions, because he didn't expect such a situation to arise, he only had a couple of stamina and mana recovering potions

the fact that he had potions, they could at most only help him fight for a

a solution for

-Clank! -Clank!

attacks coming from the black-clad individuals, Jin's mind raced as

become a mess, Jin frantically looked for anything that could aid

and seeing nothing, Jin clenched his teeth and looked at his skill section on

===Status===

Name : Jin Horton

Rank : E

Strength : E-

Agility : E +

Stamina : E

Intelligence : E

capacity :

Luck : E

Charm : D +

--> Profession :

[Assassin lvl.3]

--> Martial Manual :

Shadow harvester] - Greater

at astonishing speeds. The

link] - Minor realm of

to momentarily move between shadows. The greater the mastery, the longer the user can travel between shadows. Speed of user inside of shadow is tripled, and when exiting the shadow, user speed will be considerably boosted for a

--> Skills :

[[E] Mana conglomoration]

letting it explode in one swift attack that multiplies the attack power of the attack by a factor of

[[F] Light eye]

located in the eyes, enabling the user to enhance their vision. From being able to see further away, to being able to see at night and being able to slow down the world around him. Light

Damn it.

he had

to a lot of skills thanks to

would start complaining as skills were limited and the

chose those two skills was because it best suited his

profession was Assassin that he was currently in a bind. His profession

was not something he specialized

[Light eye], and despite the fact that everything around him was slower,

was especially so because his mana consumption was

potions he had on him, he

[Mana conglomoration],

remaining

worse for Jin was that he no longer had any [Mana recovering potions] on him, meaning that this option was

-Clank!

-Swoosh!

individuals' attacks, Jin ducked and avoided

backward, Jin continued ducking and defending

"Khhh..."

towards the

He needed to escape.

them. He had to

Horton family. He couldn't die. Not when a lot of people

door, Jin continued to struggle against the

He had to live.

He wanted to li...

the exit of the room, Jin

just running

Jin Horton, who had been trained since young with the best facilities and potions, was

talent only amount to

and Amanda, the strength of Jin's grip on his dagger

the lock, Jin has only been facing

lost his first place to both Melissa and Kevin, which was a huge blow to his pride. Though he was angry

craved to

he was becoming closer to his goal, news of Amanda killing a ranked

no matter how many preparations Jin made,

more, as now there was another person who was above him. Moreover, it was from someone that he had been compared to ever

of his rivaling

point, Jin felt as if the world was laughing

to be the once in a lifetime prodigy from

could he lose to an orphan and a

it all just

"Ahhhh!!"

his lungs, Jin's bloodshot eyes directly stared at the

no way I am weaker to the likes of Amanda and

Jin's attacks became more intense and brutal. He discarded all forms of defense and just wildly

and swung his daggers, almost as if he

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

how many cuts appeared on his body, Jin ignored the pain and continued

better than

towards one of the black-clad individuals, Jin threw one of his

-Swoosh!

Splitting the air, the dagger instantly

-Clank

the black-clad individual took a couple of

-Spurt!

the black-clad individual, Jin stabbed his straight into the throat killing

his dagger and once again threw it

-Swoosh!

-Spurt!

dagger hit the black-clad individual in the head killing him instantly. It was evident that he was

of the fact that their formation was

Jin disappeared from the

up together, with their back against each other, the

-Swoosh!