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

that moment since the very beginning. Slowly he came to

waiting for this moment since

Smiling, I didn't reply.

His analysis wasn't wrong.

expecting his attack

important character in the latter

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 could

wasn't rocket science. It was just a

are you trying

what Arnold was

of my

me, Arnold with both hands on the

advantage, I wasn't just going to throw it away like that. Pulling him by the

-Bam!

"Khhhhhauuu!"

need to rest

"I'll kill you!"

to my surprise, Arnold's head lunging in my

"Wow!"

caught me

my hand by reflex, a loud slap

-Slap!

hand that had turned red, I couldn't help but

is wrong with you Arnold? There's no need to resort to biting.

"I-ll kill you!"

-Slap!

on Arnold's face. Looking at Arnold, I apologetically

you down. Please don't

-Slap!

is my duty to help fellow

-Slap!

fact that Arnold's cheeks were progressively getting bigger, I

the next minute, loud slapping

soon saw tears streaming down from the side of his cheeks. They were probably due to

needed to be taught

no longer the passive me from

stand out, that didn't mean I would stand by and get abused like before. If my opponent was someone I absolutely couldn't pick a fight with I would endure, but if it

-Slap!

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

his hair, I stood up.

defense these slaps shouldn't hurt your

"I-ll...kkk"

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

and glancing around, I

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

Arnold, I made sure to not overdue it. Altough the second and third years were here, they didn't actually know what

of the students or rescue them

Arnold showed any signs of being in danger, his suit would immediately light up, warning the second and third years of the fact that he was in danger. Only then would they

like the good student I was, I had to

"What's going on here?"

pleasant voice entered my ears prompting me to freeze on

"Huh?"

road of the forked paths. Glancing at me for a second, her eyesight soon paused on Arnold's sorry

my

me

"No--hmmm"

soon as he noticed someone coming, he immediately tried to speak. However, before he could do so, I immediately placed

I'm talking

"..."

at the scene before her,

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

silence prevailed in

proceeded to make her

your kinks. Move aside,

Melissa slowly walked towards the left path of the forked

waved at

have a

"Tch"

Melissa quickly disappeared