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.

too fast and too

moment since the very beginning.

waiting for this moment since the very

Smiling, I didn't reply.

His analysis wasn't wrong.

expecting his attack from

in the latter half

right hook. From there, it was fairly easy. With him thinking I was weak, I pretty much exploited the opening he created when he punched in my direction and hit him straight in the liver with the fastest and strongest attack I

did wasn't rocket science. It

what are you

what Arnold was saying, I leaned my head

of my

me, Arnold with both hands on

the advantage, I wasn't

-Bam!

"Khhhhhauuu!"

need

"I'll kill you!"

with blood, I soon found, to my surprise, Arnold's head lunging in

"Wow!"

action caught me

my head backward, raising my hand by reflex, a loud slap

-Slap!

had turned red, I couldn't

no need to resort to biting. What are

"I-ll kill you!"

-Slap!

him once again, a red mark appeared on Arnold's

you down.

-Slap!

duty to help

-Slap!

Arnold's cheeks were progressively getting bigger, I continuously slapped him in

that, for the next minute, loud slapping sounds reverberated across

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

be taught

longer the

before. If my opponent

-Slap!

I stopped. Arnold's cheeks were currently a dark shade of blue, and his eyes

I stood

your right? Just take it as

"I-ll...kkk"

ground battered, although he tried to speak, because of how swollen his cheeks were, barely any sound came out from

around, I sighed in

with the fact that all the stronger students were already ahead, but currently, no

it. Altough the second and third years were

of the students or rescue them when they

would immediately light up, warning the second and third years

like the good student I

"What's going on here?"

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

"Huh?"

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

my

believe me if I

"No--hmmm"

were working. As soon as he noticed someone coming, he immediately tried to speak. However, before he could

up I'm talking

"..."

before her, Melissa

a high IQ

awkward silence

to make her way

in your kinks. Move aside, I can't be bothered to watch your circus

away, Melissa slowly walked towards the left path

waved

a safe

"Tch"

tongue in annoyance, Melissa quickly