After a minute, the attack dispersed to reveal a single spear that gleamed before being dragged backwards by a supernatural force. As soon as it was retrieved, the owner walked towards the duo with a smile. "Hello, I'm Darwin. Nice to meet you, Arthur." Arthur's eyes widened as his body began twitching in response to the shock from earlier. His arm raised in a reflex to defend from the earlier blow felt as if a knife had been used to tear runes through it. Every muscle in his arm felt some strange unpleasant current running through them, and the feeling made his entire arm to remain completely numb. Each time he attempted to clench his fist, the feeling intensified! "You withstood my weakest attack, huh? Not bad for an absolute newbie like you." Darwin grinned with his spear being swirled stylishly in his hands. After a few seconds of flashing skills, he chuckled. “Weakest attack?” Arthur's eyes twitched as he slowly began to clench his fists, all the veins in his forehead popp
Arthur's attacks suddenly came pouring down again like rain as if he had smoked something ethereal that not just healed but excited him! Although he was still a few levels too weak to overwhelm Darwin, Arthur's attacks managed to push him back a few steps. "Huh? Interesting, you actually have gotten faster at the sight of a sword! I see, I see!" Darwin grinned as he began to counter Arthur's claws with his sword in seconds after reading Arthur. “Clang! Clang! Bang!” The sound of claw clashing with blade rang out as the duo fought without holding back anything. Gladly, not a single student had stepped out of the gates since the fight begun and since caught up in the battle would be a real drag, and for that, Arthur was grateful for their absence for the past few minutes. The ground beneath them was already cratered after just minutes of battling with dust and debris built up and accumulated from the explosions of techniques and contact between combatants. A net of attacks, defens
“Boom!” Arthur punched Darwin in the face, then kicked him in the guts — knocking him to the side. As soon as he lost his balance, Arthur chased after him and landed two more kicks before retreating. Darwin just stood with his brows furrowed as he tried his best to contain his boiling fury. The second he lost his balance, he opened up more than one weakness to Arthur for exploitation! Although the disparities in strength was large, these kind of stupid mistakes would cost Darwin more than he was supposed to pay in order to beat Arthur. “Boom!” Arthur's and Darwin's fists' collided as an shockwave shot out from the impact. Arthur just heard the sound of his bones cracking, and before he could act, he was blown back by Darwin's punch. Arthur came to a skidding halt some dozen metres away from the school gates. He was still bleeding a bucket load of blood from his wounds, but kept his stance and struggled to keep himself conscious. Should he run away? Would Darwin chase or not? I
Darwin lay down on the ground, bloody and battered with his muscles numb from the beatings. He did not even have the energy to breathe properly after all the blows his face ate, and just lied down weakly. "Ahem, so I guessed it's time I tie you up with the two kids. Do not try anything funny, you'll just die earlier than you're supposed to." Celicia spoke, taking steps forward to grab the weak Darwin and pick him up to his feet without any effort or resistance. Arthur watched this with a bittersweet smile on his face, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He wasn't able to handle Darwin himself, and his mother seems very unwilling to dirty her hands for him. "Arthur, are you okay?" Felicia who dropped Lilith on the ground after watching the situation, ran towards a stunned Arthur. She wanted to jump him, but resisted seeing the state he was in. "I'm okay…" Arthur reluctantly received Felicia in his arms, and his mother dropped Darwin to give him her stunned expression as she knew
Arthur glared down at Darwin with a frown drawn on his face. He was going to find a way to kill this guy, he was too troublesome to keep alive! First things first is to interrogate the idiot and get some answers. "Why did you want to kill me? Except for killing your rotten friends, is there anything I've done to you that warrants you dragging innocents just to bring me to the ground?" Arthur took a seat besides Darwin. "You killed very good friends of mine. I couldn't just let you walk around without having my revenge. All those people were mere casualties, zero importance relating to the plan except being obstacles." "I understand you, I really do." Arthur sighed then he leaned back on his chair and scrutinized Darwin for a few seconds before opening his mouth to speak, "The reason I killed them was because they overdid all the stupidity and involved family in this." Arthur raised a brow, then added with a cold gleam in his eyes and a frown on his face, "We don't do that. We can
"Sorry son, but I couldn't leave any more leads to you for any of the bigger guilds to follow. Although they'll all withdraw after a while, things will get really messy before that time." "I know, but—" "I have a feeling that something is going to go wrong in a few weeks from now, and you're still too weak for the storm about to hit you. If I'd let the man live, even if he was important — you'd be dead in a few weeks." Why? "Once report reaches the guilds that a half dragon is being hidden away by a lone advanced warlocks, they won't hesitate to wipe you out if you're not absorbed into the system. The dead can't spread information." Arthur frowned. He'd already taken all the risks into account, and began preparations to combat them all after reaching Level 11. Now, most of his plans need readjustments after losing his hold on a Level 17. "Besides, whatever you want to do, I can arrange for it to be handled by more trustworthy acquaintances in a way of helping you with what you'
After they'd all eaten, the atmosphere grew a bit cold with no one making any movements. Everyone stared at each other silently with numerous thoughts going wild in their heads as they looked at one another. Celicia picked up a napkin, and delicately wiped her mouth as she glared at the silent Arthur. She seemed as if she was going to strangle him if he didn't say a word in a given time frame — two seconds! "So mother, I'm taking the girls out for a date. Isn't it a good idea? We'll be back in the evening, and would not do anything strange." Arthur cleared his throat, then picked up his glass of water to drink. "Don't forget to use protection, and please avoid any overly crowded places…" Arthur choked on the water, and began to cough and wheeze as he teared up with his face beet red. After a while, he cleared his throat and wiped his lips calmly with his eyes gleaming in a demonic light. "Of course! We wouldn't forget something important at a time like that, would we?" Lilith, i
"This world you're residing in is known as the Mortal Hub; Various beings gather here as it is the central base leading to multiple realms and civilizations. In this world, there are entities acting as enforcers of law and order all over the realms. The primary enforcers of law, order and justice are the Heroes, the secondary enforcers are the Gods; and the tertiary enforcers are the Immortal Sovereigns." Lilith had risen from the desk and was sitting suspended in the middle of the air with her legs crossed. She tilted her head over and rested it on her palm, with her elbow on her legs. She had a a smile on her face as she explained in detail some common knowledge to Arthur. Her eyes gleaming in a soft light. Where is our noble main character, Arthur? Arthur sat on the bed with his legs crossed and knees spread apart. He was fiddling with the Neo-VR watch he had bought from a friend some time earlier, and he seemed as if he wasn't paying attention to Lilith 's words. Feeli