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—!

whistling sound arose next to Melissa.

'Crap!'

wide open, the back of Melissa's hair raised. She knew

—Spurt!

she heard a splattering sound. Turning her head around, she spotted

eyes off of the corpse, Jin coldly looked at Melissa for a moment before

Shiiiiiik—!

reappeared behind a caucasian looking villain a couple of meters away

"Haa...haa..."

at Jin's

...

should be far

tree, Professor Thibaut caught his breath. In a matter of minutes, he had run very far from the

'I'm screwed!'

so far, he knew that his days were numbered. With the plan failing, he knew

"Fuck, what went wrong!"

according to

installed all of the devices that he was given. Nothing should've

blame fall

a manager, not a

"Who's there!?"

the distance. A blue hue mixed with black threads emanated from his

came

with deep blue eyes appeared fifty meters away from Professor Thibaut.

here Professor,

was

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

ran, I caught up to him in no

the mana consumption of drifting steps was no joke. About 1/6 of my mana

"Huh? Who are you"

intensified. Alarm bells rang

find me?

It's me

hurt look appeared on

he completely forgot everything about

and getting a closer look, Professor Thibaut suddenly remembered, 'That's right, isn't he the youth that appeared all over the news? The one that the

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

of course. It'd be stupid of me if

by his smile, I shrugged my shoulder and casually

at

Thibaut, 'What if I killed him?

This seemed plausible.

thought about it, the more convinced he was about his

I kill him, there's a chance that I not only

the Monolith would surely reward

[Target]

[Name : Ren Dover]

[Rank : E+]

[Age : 16]

Dead

5000 merit

and staring at the reward list,

should

Monolith used a system called merit points. With them, all members of

Thibaut saw a ray of hope. 5000 merit pints was more than enough to

this chance at all

what are

reading Professor Thibaut's thoughts,

least hide that smile off

"Me? Nothing..."

it, Professor Thibaut smiled

Shiiing—!

question, Professor Thibaut pulled out a saber from his dimensional space. Having never seen Professor Thibaut fight before, He looked a bit funny holding onto the

the pressure coming from his body was

be more

my hands and protested. Why must people

just

"Shut up and die!"

imbued his saber with

Wiing—!