The Author's POV

Chapter 249

"Aaron."

"Oh? You know me?"

Standing on the spot where I used to be standing moments before, was Aaron. Theodora Academy's number one ranked first year.

"Of course, I would. You're pretty famous." Taking a step back, I replied. "...It'd be strange for me to not know you."

"That makes sense..."

As if it was the most logical answer, Aaron crossed his arms and thoughtfully nodded his head.

Looking around, he asked, "...but, you still haven't answered my question. Where are the other two?"

"You're talking about Kevin and Jin?" I shrugged my shoulders. "Beats me. They are off doing their own thing."

Even though I knew; why would I give him the answer? That was a stupid question to begin with.

"Mhm, I see. Then I'll get rid of you first."

Aaron's eyes coldly flashed. Disappearing from the spot he was standing, he reappeared a couple of inches away from me.

'”Sha!

Slashing sideways, I could hear the faint sound of his dagger splitting the air apart.

"...khuk!"

Bending my knees slightly, I watched as his dagger pierced the area where my head used to be.

'”Thump!

Stomping on the floor, I pushed my body back. Cold sweat trickled down my forehead.

"...that was close."

After distancing myself from Aaron, I placed my hand on the sheath of my sword and glared in his direction.

"Hmm, you're as good as I thought you were.", Aaron said as he looked at me from the distance.

"You too..."

There was a reason why Aaron was the number one ranked person in Theodora academy. Experiencing his skills firsthand, I now understood just how strong he was.

Furthermore, from the looks of it, he seemed to be taking me seriously unlike all of my other opponents before.

"Damn it."

Unknowingly, my grip on the handle of the sword tightened.

'”Sha! '”Sha!

Before I knew it, Aaron once again attacked me. Unlike before, I was more prepared and thus was able to dodge his attacks.

"...khuak!"

Unfortunately, cuts still appeared on my body as Aaron's dagger tore my clothes and skin.

'He's done his research on me...'

The more Aaron attacked, the more difficult my situation became. He was leaving me no room to breathe. Like a machine, he attacked, attacked, and attacked.

Because my rings needed half a second to make, and the Keiki style couldn't defend, I was truly in a stump. Slowly but surely, my injuries were starting to pile up as cuts appeared all over my body.

'Crap, I can't let this go on...I needed to create some distance.'

Gritting my teeth, I raised my head and directly stared at Aaron in the eyes. Slowly my pupils turned grey as I muttered inside of my mind.

'The one..'

Aaron instantly fell into a trance as his footsteps slowed down for a split second. Taking advantage of this opening, placing my hand on the sheath of my sword, a clicking sound resounded across the area.

'”Click!

"...Kahk!"

'”Clank!

direction and only ended up grazing his shoulder. A

smile on his face, Aaron

use that skill..." Touching his shoulders, his smile deepened. "As expected. You're a

"Likewise."

I calmly responded.

I

in front of me,

one, and taking advantage of the small opening I created, I wanted to end the battle quickly, but from the looks of it,

skill and was not caught off-guard, then the effect of the skill diminished. Furthermore, if my opponent's mentality was strong, the effect of the skill was reduced even

out the trick behind my skill after watching some

'What should I do?'

pretty severe disadvantage at the moment. Not only was Aaron extremely strong, but his

since arriving in this world that I faced an opponent as skilled

is not quite

me,

meeting with

couldn't help but bloom inside of my heart as I looked

right after I got rid of the five individuals was something suspicious

he there before...or was it truly a coincidence? I

when I realized how familiar he was with my

there were some videos depicting how I fought online, from how he was able to counter a few of my

it was like

"Shit!"

from my lips. Turning around, I activated drifting steps and made a run for it. A horrible thought suddenly

bodies of the individuals I took care of before near the portal, there was

as far away from there

"Where are you running?"

me was Aaron. Completely ignoring him, my legs continued to run

the distance between Aaron and

get a

had seriously gone wrong with the plans. Somehow, the Monolith had gotten wind of Kevin's snooping and

worse than mine. After running for

should be good enough

seeing Aaron, I

out the red book, I carefully opened it. As I opened it, not once did I

show up at any time. Especially since he had very terrifying skill at

Dual-link.

long as he saw someone, he could directly swap places with them.

that ability to directly

'Quick, quick, quick, quick.'

of the red book, I secretly prayed that everything was

let it

'”Clank! '”Clank!

sound of metal clashing reverberated across the area as Kevin swiftly dodged and

"Haaa...haaa...fuck"

cursed. His breathing was extremely

cooperated with each other, it was obvious that

'What's going on?'

as he distanced

'...This was a trap.'

that there were only four opponents he needed to take care of, but

the very start, they had

'”Clank! '”Clank!

Kevin took the offensive

tried to deflect the attack

"kuukh'”!"

sword soon connected with his body and a

"One ou...khhh!"

one swift movement, Kevin slashed horizontally, deflecting two attacks. Unfortunately, one managed

"...khak."

'”Clank!

to breathe, two more attacks came from his right and

"Shit..."

felt as though time had stopped for Kevin. Staring at the two attacks directed towards his head and

"Overdrive..."

He muttered.

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