The Author's POV

Hollberg's sky was dyed in an orange hue. The sun was coming up from the horizon, but the scene reflected by the rising sun could only be described as tragic.

Agents surrounded a certain mansion, and desperate cries and echoes resounded across the space.

-Weeeeeooo! -Weeeeeoooo! -Weeeeeoooo!

The sound of ambulances traveling back and forth between the mansion and the hospital continuously resounded throughout the city of Hollberg. Inside of them, either corpses or wounded people were being carried.

Although the situation had been taken care of by the professors who killed all of the black-clad individuals before the agents could arrive, the aftermath of the chaos still remained.

"Students Kevin Voss, Amanda Stern, and Emma Roshfield. We heard the story."

Outside the mansion, a formal agent wearing a black suit scribbled on a piece of paper as he talked to Kevin, Amanda, and Emma.

"We will ask for details later, so go back and rest for now. Our agents will take care of the rest."

After asking Kevin, Emma, and Amanda a couple of questions, the agent dismissed them. It was evident that with everything that was going on, he was very busy.

Agents were different than Heroes. Agents were people specifically selected by the central government to take care of important incidents and assess the situation.

They were compromised of non-combatants. Most of them had professions that were very useful for supporting roles or administrative-type jobs.

Their job was to assess the situation and scene to later communicate it back to the central government who will later dictate under which jurisdiction the incident will be fall under. Either the Union or the central government, with the union being responsible for incidents that involved demons and villains.

"Um, sir. Jin is…"

Hesitating, Emma looked up at the agent and asked, to which the agent replied with a short and curt reply.

"He's fine. Although his injuries aren't light, he should make a full recovery by the end of the week."

"Yes, understood."

Satisfied, Emma didn't ask any more questions.

"Go back. We will shortly escort you to the hospital to get you guys checked"

"Thank you"

Thanking the agent, Kevin and the rest followed another agent.

As they walked, looking around, Kevin glanced at the other students.

Many of them were crying and grieving. The people with whom they were happily chatting and joking the night prior had either died or were on the verge of dying.

It was a truly saddening and horrific night...

As he looked around, Kevin also found certain students helping out with the unexpected emergency. They were helping the agents and professors carry the corpses of their fellow classmates towards the ambulances.

As they carried the corpses of their fellow classmates, the faces of the students could tell it all...

Closing his eyes and turning his head away from the students, Kevin knew that this incident will forever be marked in the hearts of everyone present.

No one will forget this day...

"Here"

Arriving in front of a large tent where many students and professors were residing, Kevin couldn't help but notice how everyone looked exhausted.

This was especially so for Donna who had dark circles underneath her beautiful eyes.

'She must've overworked herself...'

thought as he along with Emma and Amanda found a place to

fought for the whole night, Donna along with professor Novak were still trying their best to help the students. They cooperated with agents and students to try to get as many

the incident started, did Donna rest. This just went to show how much

"..hm?"

Kevin's eyes couldn't help but drift towards a certain individual who was talking to an agent like

despite having been through the same situation as the others, differently from

unharmed. He didn't look like someone who had been through the

'It's him...'

that he wasn't the only one that was looking at him, as he

of them knew that they weren't the ones

Amanda, and Emma, were responsible for killing the last black-clad guy...The three of them

was especially so for Amanda and Emma who attacked

definitely supposed

They all knew that.

they woke up, they found themselves alive...and next to them was the corpse of the black-clad individual laying face flat on the

they

Did they kill him?

manage to kill the

soon

It was impossible.

fact that by the time they attacked he was already quite injured due to his fight with Kevin, Emma and

extremely lucky, there was

correct when they received the

wasn't their last-ditch attack, but a clean sword cut straight into

piece of

killing the black-clad individual, but Kevin knew...he knew it wasn't

to the agent in the distance, two questions

he, and why was

...

"...Hmmm"

up to the pungent smell of alcohol, covered in bandages, Jin's eyelids

"Khh..."

white fluorescent light, Jin felt a throbbing sensation

straight, Jin suddenly felt a sharp

-Pomf!

mattress. Once again

blur to him. Fragmented memories of what had happened prior to waking

held by the throat constantly replayed in his

a couple of seconds

he couldn't quite place his finger onto the emotion he was feeling, but as time passed in the white hospital room, he finally could taste

taste

'Ah...'

-Pita -Pita

"huh, what's this?"

droplets of

"....ahh, shit"

eyes with his arm,

'How pathetic'

Pride

first started when he defeated a ranked warrior when he was eight

at that time

he brutally beat down an

was going on back then, but that day something within him