We successfully reached the cabin, with Julia still asleep on my back. The bleeding wound that I had created was still on her thighs but already healing. And when we got close enough, I saw Mark, Josh, and Cassey rushing towards us with waving arms.
“You’re both alive!!”(Cassey). She hugged me and Julia with her snot getting on my shirt.
“Haha, how about you two? No huggies?”(Daniel)
“We knew both of you would survive, so we’re not concerned at all.”(Josh)
“Yeah, dude, we know that you both will make it back.”(Mark)
“Stop lying!”(Cassey). She shouted at them and looked at me.
“Don’t listen to them. Mr. Fernandez had to tie the two up because they keep trying to force their way inside the cave. You didn’t see how much they had been silently sobbing while they’re tied earlier.”(Cassey). She chuckled.
“What?! We did not. We were just chilling around!”(Josh)
“That’s right, dude. Josh gave me an onion, and I accidentally squizzed it. That’s why we were crying- I mean, tearing up.”(Mark)
“Hah! See! And where would get an onion in this place, hmmm?”(Cassey). She hugged us even tighter, but then she finally noticed that Julia is asleep.
“Hmm? What happened to her? Don't tell me?!”(Cassey). Both Josh and Mark were silent aster Cassey mentioned Julia.
“No. she’s fine. She’s was just tired.”(Daniel). Cassey and co sigh in relief.
“That’s good then… Hm? She’s bleeding. Let’s take her inside.”(Cassey)
Inside the cabin, there are a lot of injured students that are currently being treated. Groanings and crying are heard in all directions.
Some had only a slight injury, and others had a whole leg amputated from their body. But the one thing that is what everyone experienced was fear. And if not all of them, then most of them lost a member or a friend.
Wailing, crying, and voices of anger are the only thing that is coming from their mouth. Feelings that I understand but cannot sympathize with.
‘I wonder if I did the best thing.’(Daniel)
Realizing the course of action I have taken may not be a good thing, but it is the best thing I could’ve done, still comforts me. But, to what extent? All I’ve done was to use other people for my own benefits.
I still haven’t changed at all.
Cath’s family and now, the other student’s lives. I used them in the pretext of saving Julia but in reality, I only care about my own. I’m…
“I’m disgusting.”(Daniel). I whispered subconsciously.
“What?”(Cassey)
Cassey, who was taking care of Julia’s wound, heard me.
“I said, I’m getting hungry.”(Daniel). I said with a light smile.
“Do you want food, dude? I still have some with me. Do you want a burger or fried rice?”(Mark)
“You’re hungry already? So weak. Good thing I didn’t eat a lot earlier. Here, have some sandwich.”(Josh)
“What? Sandwich? Ahahaha. You gonna be a housewife or something?”(Mark). With the lightened mood, he seemed to have eased up a lot and used this chance to make fun of Josh.
“What? Apologize to every man in the world that prepare sandwiches, you little.”(Josh). He said, but he was smiling.
“Guys, I don’t think it’s such a good idea to joke around here. Look at your surroundings.”(Cassey)
“I’ll have some fried rice and sandwich.”(Daniel). I took both the food and started eating. I’m hungry, but I don’t have the appetite. But I can’t just reject their offers.
Julia woke up right before I was about to finish eating.
“You’re awake.”(Daniel)
Cassey, Mark, and Josh turn towards her after hearing me.
“Yeah… I feel like crap.”(Julia)
‘Was it from the Tranquilizing Shot?’(Daniel)
“Do you have a headache?”(Daniel)
“No… I can’t move my body well, out of strength, hungry too.”(Julia)
“Josh, Mark, where are the other foods? Can you bring them here?”(Daniel). They nodded and took off.
“Do you feel anything else?”(Daniel)
“No, nothing… Daniel.”(Julia)
“Hmm? What is it? Do you need anything else?”(Daniel)
“I must’ve lost consciousness again. Sorry, I wasn’t any help at all, again.”(Julia)
‘Hm? She doesn’t remember that I stabbed her with an arrow?’(Daniel)
“Don’t worry about it. I thought that you fell asleep because you’re bored or something. Haha.”(Daniel). I gave a small chuckle.
“No… For real… I wasn’t any help. I must have been a burden.”(Julia). She cast her eyes away towards a window in the lobby.
“Don’t worry about it. Didn’t I told you that I’d protect you. And remember what I told you earlier, none of this was your fault whatsoever.”(Daniel)
“You’re right… again. Haha”(Julia)
“I’m probably ruining the mood, aren’t I?”(Cassey)
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“Don’t worry. We actually forgot you exist until you talked.”(Daniel)
“Wow, okay. Are you still hungry? Want to try my fist too?”(Cassey). She lifted her fist and waved it in front of her face.
“No. Julia’s pinches is enough for me. You’re a gorilla, so I don’t want to die yet.”(Daniel)
“Huh! Now you’re just messing with me!”(Cassey)
Speak of the devil. I can feel a pinch on my side right now.
“D-a-n-i-e-l.”(Julia). The longer she finishes saying my name, the stronger the pain gets.
“Owww. Sorry sorry... It hurts.”(Daniel)
“Hah! Howling like a b.”(Cassey)
“What’d you say? Ow oww. Okay, okay, I’ll stop.”(Daniel)
“You started it.”(Cassey)
Seconds later and the two troublemakers finally came back.
“You ate hella lot earlier, so we thought that she might too.”(Josh)
They both handed me two plates full of fried rice and sandwiches.
“None of you thought to separate them on each plate? Seriously?”(Daniel)
I stared down on both plates full of fried rice with sandwiches on top.
“And really thing that she will eat this much.”(Daniel)
“Give me a plate.”(Julia)
“Can you move now?”(Daniel). She nodded in reply.
“Yeah, it’s not much but enough for me to eat.”(Julia)
I put one of the plates on the ground and signaled Cassey to lift her up.
“Hmm. It’s good. I’m thirsty.”(Julia). She said after a few morsels of food.
“Okay, princess.”(Daniel). I said sarcastically.
“Not you too… Never mind, I’ll get it myself.”(Julia)
“I was just kidding. Wait here, I’ll get you a glass.”(Daniel)
“I’ll ask them instead.”(Julia). She looked at Mark, Cassey, and Josh.
“No, no. It’s alright.”(Daniel)
‘System, show me the job window.’(Daniel). I asked the system as I was walking around the kitchen area. This area was also full of students. Most of them are lying on the floor with lifeless eyes and expressionless faces.
-Job: Hunter-
- Skills :
-Hawkeye.Lvl1- Increases DEX and reaction time for a short period of time.
-Survival.Lvl1- Remove all Lvl1 or lower debuffs and increases health and stamina recovery.
-Passive-Bow Mastery.Lvl1- Increases AGI, STR, and DEX, when wielding a bow.
-Tranquilizing Shot.Lvl1- Easing the target’s mind and loss of consciousness.
-Next Job Requirement: Lvl:10-
-Assassin-
-SwordDancer-
-BeastTamer-
-Assassin: Mid-High Attack, Low Defense, High Speed. Very High Sneak Attack.-
-SwordDancer: Medium Attack, Medium Defense, Mid-High Speed. Battle Flexibility.-
-BeastTamer: Low-Mid Attack, Medium Defense, Low-Mid Speed. Can use the abilities of its tamed creatures.-
“Hmm, good choices I have.”(Daniel). I mumbled.
‘I have a total of 6 of both skills and spells.’(Daniel). I looked at the skills windows and looked at my skills rank with curiosity.
- Hawkeye – Apprentice –
- Survival – Apprentice –
- Bow Mastery – Apprentice –
- Tranquilizing Shot – Apprentice –
- Fortification – Novice –
- Regeneration – Novice –
Most of my job skills are apprentice, while the Spells that we learned are both novices. This will help me get an advantage over the other students. And if I use them all the time with mana flow training, I would be able to rival those in higher classes.
Suddenly, while thinking about my plan, I saw a familiar figure outside of the cabin through the window. It was the soldier I had talked to earlier after we escaped the nest.
There were another three people with him, a woman in a white lab coat, an AE soldier, and a guy in a black suit with sunglasses on. They were walking towards the back of the cabin while talking to each other.
I followed after them. I’m not satisfied without knowing anything else besides some Null members was here. Good that there are many trees, shrubs, and tall grasses to hide and eavesdrop.
“We can’t let this out in public. It will ruin the Academy’s image.”(AE soldier)
“Sir, but how about the students’ lives? More than half of them are dead, a couple of dozen was either injured or in critical condition! And few of them are still missing. What would their family say?”(UDA soldier A)
“Do you think that you have a saying in this, Mr. Regular Soldier?”(AE soldier)
“Bring the students in the lab so that we could heal them up.”(Woman)
“What do we do about the dead ones?”(AE soldier)
“Do you think we could revive the dead?”(Woman)
“That’s not what I meant! We have to cover this up.”(AE soldier)
“We’ll do this the usual way. We’ll change a few of their memories, at least about today.”(Black suit guy)
“Now we’re talking!”(AE soldier)
The UDA soldier was biting his lips, and I could see them bleeding. But he wasn’t saying anything.
“Ms. Leah, after you fixed them up, bring them to our lab, and we will take care of everything.”(Black suit guy)
So the woman in a lab coat is named Leah.
The woman has chest-length yellow hair, with glasses covering her blue eyes. She seems familiar, and I might have heard of her before, but I couldn’t remember when.
“We’ll make it think that the others who are not with them had failed and was kicked out of the Academy. For their families, we’ll compensate them. If they don’t comply, we force them.”(Black suit guy). He paused as if he was thinking of something, and he continued.
“Ms. Leah, your sister is among the students that are here, right?”(Black suit guy)
“Fortunately, she’s fine. I checked on her earlier. But she was sleeping. Tsk.”(Leah). She clicked her tongue as if she was annoyed.
‘That girl, really. Fainting in the middle of a crisis and had someone else save her life.”(Leah)
“Hmm. I won’t be sending her to the lab. This will be her lesson.”(Leah)
“Lesson?”(AE soldier)
“She’s still a pure-hearted kid that thinks she could save everyone. That’s why she wanted to join the Academy. And I heard she made herself a very close friend, and I want to know what will happen if she loses him.”(Leah)
“That’s! But he saved your sister! I saw him carrying her out of the nest…”(UDA soldier)
Wait a minute… She’s Julia’s sister!? She was different from what I thought she would be. Julia would tell stories about her sister from time to time, but her sister in the stories was an angel.
“This is for her.”(Leah). She made a serious expression that made the UDA soldier shut his mouth and look down.
“Kind-hearted people die early. And if she really wanted to save a lot of people, she had to be ready for sacrifices. I can’t always be there to comfort her.”(Leah)
“You’ve been pissing me off for a while now. Go back to your unit. You’ve already provided us enough information, and I don’t want to hear anymore.”(AE soldier). He pointed his dagger-like eyes at the UDA soldier.
“I’ll go back first and prepare. Just sent them to us after you’re done fixing them. Remember, you have to send them today or tomorrow, or we will have to change our plans.”(Black suit guy). He followed after the UDA soldier, but they will notice me quickly if I don’t change my position. I decided to lay down on the ground and shallowed my breathing.
Now there’s only Julia’s sister and the AE soldier.
“Since you’re extremely concerned about the Academy’s reputation. I suggest you tell your people to watch over my sister and investigate her so-called friend.”(Leah). She was threatening the AE soldier with fierce eyes.
“Tsk! It’s not us that would suffer if everyone finds out. You better watch your mouth.”(AE soldier). He barked back with peering eyes and walked away after. But soon after he comes out, Leah talked.
“kid, don’t you think that we didn’t notice you. We would’ve killed you soon after if we didn’t plan to change the students’ memories.”(Leah). I quickly got up and walked out of the tall grass.
‘Dang, I thought I was hiding so well.’(Daniel). But then a window appeared.
-To Have Successfully Hidden From Them, You Need The Stats Of: -
- AGI = 150 –
- DEX = 75 –
- LUK = 50 –
‘What? Those are pretty high up. Can I even get that high? Leveling up only gives one point for all stats and three unallocated points.’(Daniel)
-Some Quests Gives Stats As Reward. Specific Jobs Also Boost Them.-
‘I see.”(Daniel)
“Hey!”(Leah)
I forgot that she was before me. She probably thought I was ignoring her.
“Uhh.”(Daniel). What do I tell her? I didn’t hear anything? I mean, I’ll forget it soon anyway, right?
-Negative. I Will Restore Your Memories After They Are Changed, Or Erased.-
Oh… Cool, good. I can ask her whatever I want and remember them.
“Who are you? Why are you sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong?”(Leah)
What do I tell her? I’m your sister’s close friend? I’m pretty sure that I heard that she would do something to me.
She appeared right in front of me, just a couple of feet away, and grabbed my neck. She then lifted me up.
“Did a cat bit off your tongue?”(Leah)
Few wounds appeared on her hand that she is holding me with and blood rushed out of them. Soon later, a few knives that were made from her blood were pointing at my neck.
“I'm… your sister’s……”(Daniel). I was struggling to talk with her hand squeezing my neck.
But then, a voice was heard shouting from behind.
“Sister! What are you doing!”