Chapter 167: Go Ahead [4]

Trying to incapacitate me, huh.

Cute.

A breeze of wind flowed around me, as I tapped on the ground below, jumping into the air—

My body suspended upside down.

“Huh?”

Seeing his strike miss, the vampire looked around, unable to find me.

“Above.”

Someone shouted from my side, but before the vampire could raise his eyes—

I grabbed his head, gripping his jaw, and twisted it with enough force to snap his neck, but the vampire, being a senior, was skilled in his own right.

Moving his head in the direction of my force, he quickly lowered his body for a roll, making me lose my balance over his body.

Without being upset, I applied force on his shoulders, launching my body backward to create sufficient distance between us.

If I had applied a stronger force, I could have snapped the vampire’s neck without him being able to retaliate, but— I wasn’t fighting to kill him.

“Fight head on!”

The vampire roared.

The other Silver rankers quickly got into a battle formation, aiming to support their leader.

“Why the hurry?”

My calm words didn’t match the chaos as I slowly took out my sword from the storage space.

The surroundings turned silent as I adjusted my stance.

All the students around us could feel that things were getting serious.

But— were they?

“This is your last chance, Student Kael. Surrender yourself or be ready to face the consequences!”

There was a long pause between us, which made the council members think that I was processing his words.

“Go ahead.”

I raised my right hand and motioned the disciplinary team to attack me.

“Arrest me.”

Joining both my wrists together, I provoked them—

Successfully.

“Haa… You sure are an arrogant one! Do you think ranking first in the year makes you some big shot, huh?!”

The vampire barked the usual heroic lines expected from someone who had the backing of the student council and the academy.

“Big shot? The word’s too heavy for me.”

“…”

“…”

“Not worth filling my pockets with.”

Swoosh!

This time it was me who had taken the initiative to attack.

“Move!”

The vampire, being the only one to notice my movement, shouted at his teammates, but—

It was too late.

Spurt!

“Huh? Aaarghhh!”

The first scream marked the beginning of our battle.

I had cut off the dominant hand of one of the senior at Silver 2 who was standing to my left.

Neutralising them without accidentally killing anyone was a tedious task.

So—

Removing the foundation of their combat power was the best decision that I had thought of at the moment.

Well… not the best— but good enough for them.

As I looked at the student in question, he was now on his knees, tears streaming down his cheeks.

Holding his right arm, or what was left of it, the senior screamed like a beast.

Haa…

Truly refreshing.

“What have you done?!”

Hm?

A girl beside the armless senior shouted as she locked her eyes with me.

Girlfriend?

Maybe…

But—

Bam!

A single punch was enough to knock the air of justice out of her.

“Cough… Cough.”

Thud.

Two coughs.

That was the last thing the girl did, as her body landed on the ground with a soft thud.

“No?!”

The vampire roared before charging at me.

Haa…

He had to wait.

Swoosh!

Bam!

“To the right—”

Spurt!

“Oyy!”

One after the other, I took out the weaker ones.

A punch to their guts, followed by cutting their dominant arms—

My plan of action was set.

“Move back!”

The vampire’s shout echoed again as he tried his level best to keep up with my movements.

But before he could approach me, I was a step faster than him, cutting another arm in the process.

Spurt!

“AARRGHH!”

That was the sixth one.

The screams of the council members had become background music for me… something that was—

Hm?

Well… it had soon become boring to hear.

After all, even the best music has its end.

On the order of their leader, the seniors had begun to retreat, but—

It was interesting for them to expect things to end.

Spurt!

Spurt!

Spurt!

In a sweeping arc, I had detached three arms from their hosts.

The ground around me had already been dyed red.

“You… will pay for—”

Bang!

Thud.

With the rear end of my sword, I knocked the senior who was trying to give me some word of advice.

There were still a few left, but maybe…

This was enough.

Or maybe—

It wasn’t.

Swoosh!

“Is running fun?”

“Huh? Bastard—”

Spurt!

Why curse me?

The most inefficient thing one could ever do.

I had always heard that one should focus their attention on the task at hand, so…

Why weren’t they being attentive enough?

Hm?

I crouched down in a fraction of a second as a sword flashed from the place where my neck should have been.

This…

“Were you trying to kill me?”

Locking my eyes on the leader, I could see the anger bubbling in his eyes.

“So what?! You deserve to die—”

Swoosh!

Clank!

My sword, which was moments away from beheading the pest, was stopped without being able to move an inch.

As I turned to look to my right, where the owner of the weapon that stopped my attack stood—

The sight of a girl with eyes similar to mine greeted me.

Her dark black hair flowed elegantly as the wind blew across her body.

“Big Sister?!”

Victoria slightly turned her gaze from me to look at Alicia, who was now walking towards us, her eyes reddened with tears that had just begun to form at the corners.

“Stay back.”

Victoria’s soft yet firm voice stopped Alicia in her tracks, as Diana and the rest had quickly arrived beside her.

Without giving them another glance, Victoria focused her gaze on me, her sword still crossed with mine.

“Student Kael, this shall be your final warning. Lay down your weapon, or else—”

Victoria paused at the end, though the message was clear.

Asking me to bend the knee, huh.

Hehe…

The fun had just begun.

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