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. Despite her spear warnings, the attack

'Crap!'

open, the back of Melissa's

—Spurt!

to die, she heard a splattering sound. Turning her head around, she spotted Jin silently standing on

corpse, Jin coldly looked at Melissa

Shiiiiiik—!

a couple of meters away

"Haa...haa..."

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

...

be

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

'I'm screwed!'

were numbered. With the

"Fuck, what went wrong!"

did everything according to

came in early and installed all of the devices that he was

fall on him if the

manager, not

"Who's there!?"

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

came

away from Professor Thibaut.

here Professor, you also running

youth was in

its flaws, drifting steps was a

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

drifting steps was no joke. About 1/6 of

"Huh? Who are you"

the hue around professor Thibaut intensified.

did he find me? He looks like

hurts. It's me professor,

hurt look appeared

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

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

a brilliant smile, "Ah, it's

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

smile, I

so...you came at just

thought struck Professor Thibaut, 'What if I killed

This seemed plausible.

the more convinced he was about his conjunction. A trace of hope

that

such high-profiled talent, the Monolith would surely reward him. Recalling something, Professor

[Target]

[Name : Ren Dover]

[Rank : E+]

[Age : 16]

Dead

5000 merit

staring at the reward list, Professor Thibaut's heart

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

Thibaut saw a ray of hope. 5000 merit

seize this chance at

what are

Professor Thibaut's

smile

"Me? Nothing..."

out of it, Professor Thibaut

Shiiing—!

Having never seen Professor Thibaut fight before,

his body

to be more civil about

protested. Why must

just as

"Shut up and die!"

imbued his

Wiing—!