The Author's POV

Jin leaped into the air as he snuck toward five Marquis-ranked demons who were a little farther away from the other Marquis-ranked demons who had made the decision to advance a little in order to scope the war.

Some of them had even actively joined the war, trying to balance the situation as Ren's members were wreaking havoc at the very front. Their very presence was tilting the balance of the war as they massacred hundreds of demons at a time.

'I should also play a role.'

With his rank being rank, Jin now had the ability to fly as he skipped through the air in a secretive manner.

Nearing the demons, he activated his first skill.

[Absolute stealth [B]] : The user can completely conceal their breathing, heartbeat, and noise, as well as their physical form upon activating this skill.

Over the years, Jin had acquired many different skills. Most of them came from his guild. At times as a reward for all of his accomplishments, and at other times as a gift from his parents and grandfather.

He used to be very hesitant about taking skills in the past as he wanted to prove to the others that he didn't need the guild in order to be the best, but as he grew up, and he thought back on his previous thoughts, he could only shake his head and lament about how stupid and naive his thoughts were.

'If you are born with an advantage, use it.'

He was born with a golden spoon ever since he was little.

Perhaps because of others' jealousy and how they claimed that the only reason he was strong was because of his grandfather and all of the potions he was fed as a child, Jin began to believe their words, giving rise to his edgy teen phase where he would think of everyone as his enemy.

He had long grown past that phase.

He now knew better than anyone that the only opinion that mattered was his. It was his life, not theirs. What right did they have to say anything about his life?

Just the thought of how he had been manipulated in the past brought rise to a hidden anger within him.

'Fortunately, I realized it early.'

All he needed was one wake up call to learn of this, and from there, Jin decided to use the one advantage he had over the others and acquire the best skills he could through his guild.

Not only that, but he also learned the best arts that the guild had to offer.

Of course, he only learned those that would benefit him, and he didn't just learn all of the arts for the sake of learning them.

'If only I could've practiced everything earlier.'

Just thinking back at all the time he had wasted with his worthless pride gave rise to a high sense of disappointment in himself.

'What a waste.'

"Fuuu..."

His body emerged from behind a Marquis ranked demon.

There were a total of five Marquis ranked demons scattered around him, and none of them took notice of his presence.

Appearing from behind the demon, Jin's eyes changed as five different red shooting targets appeared in his vision.

[Axiom Lock [S]] : The user gains the ability to see through the opponent's axis, pivots, and center of gravity, granting them a significant advantage in combat.

As he fiddled with the two daggers in his hands, a circular domain started to spread out from his body, until it began to encircle the area around him as well as the Marquis ranked demon.

[Domain of silence [A]] : Constructs a domain around the user that prevents all noise from escaping.

The domain was invisible.

Only Jin had the ability to see it expand from out of his body, and encircling the area around him and the demon.

The next set of actions all happened in a flash.

With his eyes darting all over the targets, Jin's hands flashed, and the dagger in his hand pierced right through every single spot marked in his vision.

The demon screamed out loud, but no noise came out of his mouth. If that wasn't enough, by the time Jin was done attacking the Marquis ranked demon, the demon found himself unable to move as the ligaments of both his arms and legs had been torn.

A long line spread across his neck, and his wings had been cut.

thing the demon felt was a hand piercing through

'That's one.'

himself as

demon was the easiest part. The

to kill someone silently, it did not camouflage his kill. Within the next two seconds,

Thus...

front of another demon after briefly disappearing. This time, he decided not to use his A-ranked skill, domain of silence, and instead just attacked with his right hand, which was

the other hand, his other hand, which was empty, was extended toward the left side. His hand gradually took on a shadowy appearance as

the tip of his hand, aiming toward two

happened within the short two second span that he

the time the demons realized that something was wrong, the threads had

left hand which was extended toward the two other

the remaining demons were locked under his control within that short period of time, and by the time the fourth demon turned around to see what was going on,

Spurt! Spurt! Spurt!

to spray in the air as the demon stared at Jin with a look of

"W..what?"

eyes seemed impossible. It

the battle at the front, only to

that he had been unable to react

'H...how...'

himself as he moved back a little. His eyes were filled with absolute horror

Thump. Thump. Thump.

as Jin dropped the bodies of

hand were three perfectly shaped cores,

gotten rid of four Marquis ranked

right now was no

product of Jin's

between him and Ren was. His goal used to

Ren was not

a swordsman, and Jin was more of an assassin. The weapons they used were different,

realization that everything became

on improving what I'm good at

might not be the best swordsman around, but he sure as hell was going

the same as theirs was a testament to

***

"He's pretty good."

looked toward the sky

ranked demon. She witnessed, alongside Melissa, him dispatch four Marquis ranked demons in a matter of a

strength had honestly

how much effort he must've put in over the years

a doubt, Jin's talent wasn't the only thing that had led to him becoming this strong. She knew better than

as she thought about the effort she

I wonder if my efforts are still not

she wanted to become strong was so that she wouldn't be a burden for Kevin...but it didn't seem like he appreciated her efforts as he seemed to have put some distance from her

upon further reflection, she realized that it was most likely because he still found her a burden and that

that was what she forced herself to

there was no way Kevin would abandon

"Oy, wake up."

"Ouch!"

at the back of her head

turned her head and glared in

"What was that for?"

"Huh?"

with a look that said, 'Are you seriously asking me something

a daze when there's a war going on? Did you get hurt before

"Ah..."

put on an

her

"You're right."

"No shit I'm right."

didn't hold her punches as