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—!

arose next to Melissa. Despite her spear warnings, the attack

'Crap!'

the back of Melissa's

—Spurt!

she thought she was going to die, she heard a splattering sound. Turning her head around, she spotted

coldly looked at Melissa for a

Shiiiiiik—!

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

"Haa...haa..."

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

...

should be

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

'I'm screwed!'

far, he knew that his days were numbered. With the plan failing, he knew that all responsibility would befall

"Fuck, what went wrong!"

everything according to the

installed all of the devices that he was given. Nothing

blame fall on him if the devices

manager, not a

"Who's there!?"

head snapped towards the distance. A blue hue mixed with black threads emanated from

came in

appeared fifty meters away from Professor Thibaut. Scratching the back of

you here Professor, you also

youth was in fact

that hard. Despite its flaws, drifting steps was a movement art that was perfect for

direction of where Professor Thibaut ran, I caught up to him

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

"Huh? Who are you"

intensified. Alarm bells rang

he? How did he find me? He

hurts. It's me

appeared on

his classes for eight months and he completely forgot everything about me? Was my charm still not

youth that appeared all over the news? The one that the higher-ups told me to take a closer look at?

"Ah, it's you. What are you doing

of course. It'd be stupid of me if I didn't run after what I

I shrugged my shoulder

came at just the

Professor Thibaut, 'What if I killed

This seemed plausible.

more convinced he was about

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

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

[Target]

[Name : Ren Dover]

[Rank : E+]

[Age : 16]

: Dead or

5000

at the reward list, Professor Thibaut's

merit points? Yes, this should be enough to save

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

Professor Thibaut saw a ray of hope. 5000 merit pints

this chance at all

what are you

reading Professor Thibaut's thoughts, I

smile off of your

"Me? Nothing..."

of it,

Shiiing—!

space. Having never seen Professor Thibaut fight before, He looked a bit

his

You need to be more civil about things.

Why must people always fight

just

"Shut up and die!"

Thibaut sneered and imbued his saber with magic

Wiing—!