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.

he would be too exhausted to

-Gulp!

out a couple of potions from his storage

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

the fact that he had potions, they could at most only help

really weren't a solution for his

-Clank! -Clank!

the black-clad individuals, Jin's mind

mess, Jin frantically looked for anything that could aid

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

===Status===

Name : Jin Horton

Rank : E

Strength : E-

Agility : E +

Stamina : E

Intelligence : E

: E

Luck : E

Charm : D +

--> Profession :

[Assassin lvl.3]

--> Martial Manual :

- Greater realm

through the air at astonishing speeds. The greater the mastery, the faster each swing becomes making each attack harder to defend

Void link] - Minor realm

user 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,

--> Skills :

[[E] Mana conglomoration]

all of their mana into a singular point and letting it explode in

[[F] Light eye]

able to see further away, to being

Damn it.

only he had more

a lot of skills thanks to his family,

family would start complaining as skills were

reason he chose those two skills was

precisely because his profession was Assassin that he was currently in a bind. His profession specialized

was not something

that

his mana consumption

on him, he would've already

at [Mana conglomoration],

to consume all of his remaining mana. Meaning that if he didn't kill them, he was done

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

-Clank!

-Swoosh!

the black-clad individuals' attacks, Jin ducked and

and defending

"Khhh..."

the more tired Jin became. Looking towards the entrance of his

He needed to escape.

them.

future of the Horton family. He couldn't die. Not when

towards the door, Jin continued to struggle against the continuous attacks from

He had to live.

He wanted to li...

way towards the

just running

been trained since young with the best facilities

his talent only amount

strength of Jin's

since coming to the lock, Jin has only

a huge blow to his pride. Though he was angry about it, this setback

desired, no he craved to

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

task, that no matter how many preparations Jin made,

there was another person who was above him. Moreover, it was

daughter of his rivaling guild

if the world was

to be the once in a lifetime prodigy from

lose to an orphan and

all just

"Ahhhh!!"

lungs, Jin's bloodshot eyes directly stared at the

to the likes of Amanda

attacks became more intense and brutal. He discarded all forms of defense and

swung and swung his daggers, almost

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

on his body, Jin ignored the pain

better than

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

-Swoosh!

Splitting the air, the

-Clank

dagger, the black-clad individual took

-Spurt!

black-clad individual, Jin stabbed his

dagger and once again threw it at the nearest black-clad

-Swoosh!

-Spurt!

the black-clad individual in the head killing him instantly. It was evident that he was inferior to the black-clad individual he just

remaining three black-clad individuals. Jin took advantage of the fact that their formation was

disappeared from the view of

their back against each other, the three black-clad individuals waited for

-Swoosh!