The Author's POV

—Spurt!

"Haa...haa...Damn it!"

Extracting the tip of her spear out of the corpse of a villain, Melissa cursed. This was the fifth person she had killed. With combat not being her forte, Melissa was obviously easily tired. Her breathing was rugged.

If not for her spear, she would've been in deep trouble.

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Name : Blood-line Spear

Rank : D

[Bloodlust control] - Helps users identify if there is any bloodlust directed towards them.

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With the effect of the spear, by feeling their bloodlust, Melissa was less prone to sneak attacks.

This was specially made for her since she did not have a battle instinct as others did. With her spending most part of the day inside of a lab, it was only natural that she didn't have a battle instinct.

Battle senses could only be developed through experience. Without experience, such a thing was not possible.

—Shuuuua!

Suddenly, Melissa's spear vibrated. Leaning back, the sharp tip of a reaper passed by her grazing the side of her cheek.

"Hup!"

Turning around, Melissa took a step back and swung the spear horizontally creating a beautiful arc.

—Spurt!

Blood spilled everywhere, and a female villain fell to the ground.

Ignoring the corpse, Melissa wiped the side of her cheek, and muttered, "Haa...that's the sixth"

Aside from the effect of the skill, the spear was extremely sharp giving her an advantage over opponents of the same level. As long as her opponent was not a lot stronger than her, she could hold her own.

"Haaaaa—!"

Before she could relax, a large blade slashed in her direction. Feeling the bloodlust, Melissa instinctively straightened her spear and blocked the attack.

—Clank!

Loud sparks flew everywhere and Melissa took ten steps back.

'Damn it, he's stronger than me'

From the initial exchange, she knew that her opponent was stronger than her. She might be in trouble this time.

—Swoosh!

"Haa!"

Without giving Melissa any time to think, her opponent slashed vertically towards her. Once again, Melissa straightened her spear.

'Damn it!'

—Spurt!

Just as Melissa was about to block the attack, a silver streak brushed past her and impaled the man in the head. Blood spilled everywhere.

"Haa...Ha...Thanks!"

Sighing in relief, Melissa turned around and nodded her head. In the distance, Amanda held her bow and repeatedly shot arrows supporting anyone she could. Her cold eyes surveilled the perimeter like a hawk. Nothing escaped her vision.

Standing in front of her, multiple students formed a protective shield. Like this, Amanda reaped through the lives of multiple villains.

Naturally, she attracted the attention of a lot of villains as well.

"Stop her!"

"Attack her!"

Whiiiing—!

by Amanda for a moment, a whistling sound arose next to Melissa. Despite

'Crap!'

of Melissa's hair raised. She knew that she was

—Spurt!

splattering sound. Turning her head around, she spotted Jin silently standing

coldly looked at Melissa for a moment

Shiiiiiik—!

looking villain a couple of meters away from

"Haa...haa..."

from the shock of almost dying, Melissa's breathing was extremely rugged. Staring at Jin's cold face in the distance, Melissa thought, 'Is he on

...

be far

against a tree, Professor Thibaut caught his breath. In a matter of minutes, he

'I'm screwed!'

knew that his days were numbered. With the

"Fuck, what went wrong!"

according to the

and installed all of the devices that he was

blame fall on him if the devices

was a manager, not a

"Who's there!?"

distance. A blue hue mixed with black threads emanated from

came

from Professor Thibaut. Scratching the back

you here Professor, you also

was

up to Professor Thibaut wasn't actually that hard. Despite its flaws, drifting steps was

general direction of where Professor Thibaut ran, I caught up

the mana consumption of drifting steps was no

"Huh? Who are you"

around professor Thibaut intensified. Alarm

he? How did he find me? He looks like a

that hurts. It's me

appeared

completely forgot everything

youth that appeared

suddenly flashed a brilliant smile, "Ah, it's you. What

course. It'd be stupid of me

smile, I

at just the right

me, a thought struck Professor Thibaut, 'What if I killed him? Would the higher-ups pardon me for today's

This seemed plausible.

fact, the more professor Thibaut thought about it, the more convinced he was

if I kill him, there's a chance that I not only will get pardoned but

death of such high-profiled talent, the Monolith would surely

[Target]

[Name : Ren Dover]

[Rank : E+]

[Age : 16]

: Dead

5000 merit

bounty list and staring at the reward list, Professor Thibaut's heart

merit points? Yes, this should be enough to save my

a system called merit points. With them, all members of the Monolith could exchange the points for items and

hope. 5000 merit pints was more than enough to

to seize this chance at all

are

reading Professor Thibaut's thoughts, I

least hide that smile

"Me? Nothing..."

out of it,

Shiiing—!

from his dimensional space. Having never seen Professor Thibaut

from his body

to be more civil about things. Let's talk

raised my hands and protested. Why must people

worked just as

"Shut up and die!"

and imbued

Wiing—!