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—!

for a moment, a whistling sound arose next

'Crap!'

the back of Melissa's hair

—Spurt!

right when she thought she was going to die, she heard a splattering sound. Turning her head around, she spotted Jin silently standing on top of the

the corpse, Jin coldly looked

Shiiiiiik—!

couple of meters away from her. Slitting his throat the villain

"Haa...haa..."

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

...

be far

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

'I'm screwed!'

that his days were numbered.

"Fuck, what went wrong!"

everything according to

the devices that he was given. Nothing should've

fall on him if the devices

manager, not

"Who's there!?"

the distance. A blue hue mixed with

I came

deep blue eyes appeared fifty meters away from

here Professor, you also

was in

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

direction of where Professor Thibaut ran,

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

"Huh? Who are you"

professor Thibaut intensified. Alarm bells rang

find me? He looks like

hurts. It's

appeared on my

attending his classes for eight months and he completely forgot everything about me? Was my

right, isn't he the youth that appeared all over the news? The one that the higher-ups told me to

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

of course. It'd be stupid of me

I shrugged my

came at just the

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

This seemed plausible.

thought about it, the more convinced he was about

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

Monolith would surely reward him. Recalling something, Professor Thibaut subtly turned

[Target]

[Name : Ren Dover]

[Rank : E+]

[Age : 16]

: Dead or

: 5000 merit

bounty list and staring at the reward list, Professor

merit points? Yes, this should be enough to

system called merit points. With them, all members of the Monolith could exchange the

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

this chance at

what are

reading Professor Thibaut's thoughts,

smile off

"Me? Nothing..."

it, Professor

Shiiing—!

from his dimensional space. Having never

pressure coming from his body

You need to be more civil

raised my hands and protested. Why

just

"Shut up and die!"

imbued his saber

Wiing—!