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...'

Emma and Amanda found

having 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

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

"..hm?"

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

had jet-black hair and deep blue eyes, and despite having been through the same situation

clothes were in a bit of a mess, he looked to be relatively unharmed. He didn't look like someone who had been through the same

'It's him...'

one that was looking at him, as

different, Kevin could tell that both of them knew that they weren't

evidence showed that he, Amanda, and Emma, were responsible for killing the last black-clad guy...The three of them knew it wasn't actually

especially so for Amanda and Emma who

were definitely supposed

They all knew that.

them was the corpse of the black-clad individual laying face flat

first, they were

Did they kill him?

that last-ditch attack manage to

soon

It was impossible.

they attacked he was already quite injured due to his

was no chance they could kill

assumptions were later proven correct when they received the autopsy report regarding the black-clad individual from the

their last-ditch

this piece of news, they

for killing the black-clad

in

why was

...

"...Hmmm"

smell of alcohol, covered in bandages, Jin's eyelids

"Khh..."

fluorescent light, Jin felt a throbbing sensation on his right temple causing his

couple of seconds, and after the pain passed away, trying to sit up straight, Jin suddenly felt a sharp pain coursing through his body almost resulting in him

-Pomf!

end, he could only helplessly lay down on the white hospital mattress. Once again staring at the white

a blur to him. Fragmented memories of what had happened

and being held by

only after a couple of seconds that Jin fully understood what

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

'Ah...'

-Pita -Pita

"huh, what's this?"

few droplets

"....ahh, shit"

his arm,

'How pathetic'

Pride

a ranked warrior when he was

every adult's face in the room at that time were something

he brutally beat down an up and coming ranked Hero raised by

back then, but that day something