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 her spear warnings,

'Crap!'

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

—Spurt!

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

corpse, Jin coldly looked

Shiiiiiik—!

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

"Haa...haa..."

of almost dying, Melissa's breathing was extremely rugged. Staring at

...

be

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

'I'm screwed!'

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

"Fuck, what went wrong!"

everything according to

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

could the blame fall on him

was a manager, not

"Who's there!?"

towards the distance. A blue hue mixed

came in

away from Professor Thibaut. Scratching the back of his head, the youth

Professor,

was

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

of where Professor Thibaut ran, I caught up

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

"Huh? Who are you"

professor Thibaut intensified. Alarm bells

did he find me? He looks like a

hurts. It's me professor,

appeared on my

and he completely

eyes 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 higher-ups told me to take a closer look at?

flashed a brilliant smile, "Ah, it's

of me if I didn't run after what

smile, I shrugged my

came at just the

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

This seemed plausible.

it, the more convinced he was about his conjunction.

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

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

[Target]

[Name : Ren Dover]

[Rank : E+]

[Age : 16]

Dead

5000 merit

and staring at the reward

should

cash was traceable, the Monolith used a system called merit points. With them, all

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

seize this

what are you

reading Professor Thibaut's thoughts, I

hide that smile off

"Me? Nothing..."

it,

Shiiing—!

dimensional space. Having never seen Professor Thibaut

his body was nothing to scoff

You need to be more civil about things. Let's

my hands and protested. Why must people always fight during

worked just

"Shut up and die!"

Thibaut sneered and imbued his

Wiing—!