The Author's POV

"I've been waiting for you..."

Slowly walking in my direction, Arnold smirked.

"...I should've taken care of you shortly after what had happened in the virtual world, but because of everything that had happened in Hollberg and the many other things going on with my life, I completely forgot about an insect like you"

"But worry not, now that I've remembered. I'm going to make sure you suffer..."

-Crack!

Cracking his neck, Arnold disdainfully looked at me

"Let's start by making you fail the exam"

Watching Arnold walking in my direction, raising my hands, I slowly backed off. Smiling wryly I said

"...ah, Arnold, let's talk things out. Let's not get physical shall we?"

"Yes. We will talk. But not with our mouths"

-Boom!

Finished with what he wanted to say, Arnold tensed his calves and propelled his body forwards. Like a bullet, he quickly appeared before me.

Noticing his actions, as I watched him appear before me, I couldn't help but curse out loud.

"Oh come on man! why must people always resort to violence!"

"Die!"

As Arnold arrived a few meters before me, I saw his huge fist heading towards my face.

Sigh

Sighing, moving my head to the side, the fist flew past my head.

"Huh?"

Soon after, before Arnold could make out how I had dodged it, clenching my fist and concentrating my mana there, I threw a punch towards his right upper area.

-Bam!

A shockwave swept the surroundings.

"Wh-khuuuaa!"

Before Arnold could even have time to react, my fist connected to his liver. Soon after, he found himself on the ground kneeling.

"kkhhhhhh"

As saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth, Arnold tried standing up.

But was a futile effort on his end. His legs refused to budge.

As he tried to move, it felt as though a jolt of electricity coursed through his body from his liver down to his right leg and up to his brain stem. Within about half a second of when my fist connected to his liver, Arnold found his body paralyzed on the ground. He was in complete agony, unable to breathe, stand, or think clearly.

No matter how much he tried to stand up, he couldn't

"It's pointless. I concentrated everything I had towards your liver area"

Staring at Arnold squirming on the ground, I slowly walked up to him and said.

"If you've paid attention in class...as the liver is one of the largest organs in the human body when faced with a stimulus, the liver releases both the body toxins it tries to filter and a very large amount of blood back into the body, resulting in your body completely shutting down as a means of self-preservation."

Squatting down, at Arnold's eye level, I grabbed him by the hair and slowly said

"...so regardless of how much you want to stand up, your body won't allow it."

Regaining some clarity, staring at me with wide eyes, Arnold couldn't help but mutter

"Y-ou, h-how?"

It had to be noted that despite the fact that he was caught off guard even though he never took his opponent seriously, Arnold shouldn't have been this hurt from a simple punch.

Especially since he specialized in defense. Unless his opponent had higher stats than him, it was impossible.

Recalling the fact that his target was only ranked two months prior, he didn't believe he had higher stats than him.

It was impossible.

came too

moment since the very beginning.

you've been waiting for this

Smiling, I didn't reply.

His analysis wasn't wrong.

indeed had been expecting his attack from the

somewhat important character in the latter half of the novel, I

thinking I was weak, I pretty much exploited the opening

rocket science. It was just a

are you trying to

Arnold was

of

hands on the ground tried to

I had the advantage, I wasn't just going

-Bam!

"Khhhhhauuu!"

need to rest

"I'll kill you!"

surprise, Arnold's head lunging in

"Wow!"

action caught me

raising my hand by reflex,

-Slap!

had turned red, I

There's no need to resort to biting. What are

"I-ll kill you!"

-Slap!

once again, a red mark appeared on

trying to calm you down. Please don't take it to

-Slap!

duty to help fellow students who

-Slap!

progressively getting bigger,

minute, loud slapping sounds reverberated across the area

Arnold in the face, I soon saw tears streaming down from the side of his cheeks. They were probably due to the pain. But I

to be taught a

no longer the passive me from

still loved to not stand out, that didn't mean I would stand by and get abused like before. If my opponent was someone I absolutely

-Slap!

another round of slaps, lightly laughing I stopped. Arnold's cheeks were currently a dark shade of blue, and his eyes were completely hidden beneath his

his hair, I stood

in defense these slaps shouldn't hurt your right? Just take it as me caressing your

"I-ll...kkk"

on the ground battered, although he tried to speak, because of how swollen his cheeks were, barely any sound

and glancing around, I sighed in

one witnessed what had happened. It most probably had to do with the fact that all the

Altough the

some of the

the second and third years of the fact that he was in danger. Only

I was 'educating' him like the good student I was, I had to

"What's going on here?"

a crisp and pleasant voice entered my ears prompting me to freeze on the

"Huh?"

road of the forked paths. Glancing at me for a second, her eyesight soon

lightly, my

would you believe me

"No--hmmm"

his ears were working. As soon as he noticed someone coming, he immediately tried to speak. However, before he could do so, I immediately placed my foot

I'm talking

"..."

before her,

mean, it didn't take someone with a high IQ to understand

silence

make her way towards the left side of the fork

no interest in your kinks. Move

me away, Melissa slowly walked towards the left path of

waved at

have a safe

"Tch"

in annoyance, Melissa quickly disappeared into the