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Right after school, Arthur gathered the others for his short prep meeting ahead of what he'd put in place for the day. He relayed to them all he had heard without holding back any important information, laying more of his emphasis on “family” and “killings”. "You shouldn't have killed them like that, at least you could have given them a chance. None of them there were any worse than the two kids you left alive." With a cold gleam in his eyes Aaron found fault with Arthur after hearing his story, and voiced them out instantly. "No, they weren't worth keeping alive. Why? Unlike a couple of kids who would be useful to luring the huge fish out, the murderers were pretty useless even after their death." Arthur shrugged coldly, ignoring Aaron. "Don't ignore me! It isn't right to just kill people like that without hesitating for even a second!" His eyes blazed as Aaron stood up in a frenzy, "You can't just claim the right of redemption from anyone!" "I see." Arthur stood up to his fee
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