Liam was angry with the athlete, who had introduced himself as Kian Meran because he didn't pay enough attention to the surroundings while fighting someone.
He knew that the students were new to the sudden changes in the world that was now ruled by the strong, a place where the weak would be devoured the moment they showed a sign of weakness, but that didn't mean Liam couldn't get angry at them for acting like braindead idiots.
His longswords had broken, his arms were swollen and felt as if his muscles were replaced with blocks of cold, hard iron and he could barely refill bits of his drained stamina and Arcane Power by paying half of the 5 Arcanium he had obtained for killing the Elite Ratatuo.
The only weapons he was left with were his hands and the battle-axe, which was not enough to fight dozens of huge rats at the same time, not if he wanted to avoid sustaining more injuries.
'I should avoid those Elite Ratatuo for the time being.'
Liam understood his condition and situation pretty well. His stats didn't even allow him to exhibit enough strength to neatly pierce the neck of the Elite Ratatuo, not even after the steel longswords had been enhanced with Arcane Power.
Steel weapons were nothing special. The steel was made out of ordinary iron that didn't even possess proper Arcane Power conductivity. That was also one of the reasons why the blade chipped when Liam forcefully inserted Arcane Power inside them to enhance their sharpness.
For a while, he reconsidered buying a new weapon with the small fortune of Arcanium he had amassed fighting the rats but Liam decided against it when he realized that a good weapon would bring him no benefits if his stats and movements were restricted due to his weak body.
The only advantage he possessed was that his Arcane Power was very potent and that he possessed more Arcane Power than ordinary humans. He was half devil and his father's son, after all!
This could be exploited as long as his remaining stats would increase only a little.
While Liam was deep in thought, screams of terror reached his ears.
"Helpp!!!"
"Noooo!!! I don't want to die!!!"
"I am too young to die!!!"
He regained his senses and turned around, just to see the miserable condition and non-existent formation of students, all of whom were scattered through the schoolyard.
'Why do I feel like a Nanny?' Liam couldn't help but think of himself as a warden while watching the kindergarten plays that were unveiled in front of him. Shaking his head, he started to act again.
However, this time, he didn't even think of overdoing it. His body was screaming at him, demanding him to rest and let everyone die but his efforts would be in vain if he gave up now. Liam didn't want his effort to be wasted, so he chose to ignore his exhaustion and cut through the necks of the ordinary huge rats with the razor-sharp battle axe.
It didn't require much force to kill them but Liam did only the bare minimum to help the students around him while slowly gathering them.
"Rex, gather all students and show me the way to the gym," Liam ordered before his gaze flicked to Kian who had turned quiet after being scolded by Liam, "And you…rush over to the gym and take a look inside. Come back afterward and report to me, no matter what others may tell you to do!"
Liam gave Kian a pointed look before he sighed inwardly as he saw the fear in the athlete's eyes.
"Use your Soultrait if necessary. You should be faster while sprinting at your full speed. If you encounter some monsters you can enter the school building and outwit the monsters. You should know this place better than some monsters that follow their instincts, don't you think so?" He encouraged Kian who nodded his head before he disappeared by turning into a flash that headed north.
'Agility at D-rank in addition to a Soultrait that increases agility passively and actively…I can make use of that…'
Liam kept staring at the retreating figure of the young athlete for a few seconds before his attention switched over to Rex. Rex was also one of the few humans who could be made use of properly, and then there was a young female student who fought fiercely with the steel spear.
Her combat technique was on a completely different level than the other students, let alone the teacher who failed miserably in his job.
Liam didn't really feel like playing the Nanny anymore but he knew that it was necessary, whether it was for his mission or to make sure that he would survive and be able to hunt efficiently as well.
Completing the customized mission shouldn't be a problem as long as the few useful humans were nourished and had a little fighting spirit. There were a handful of those useful humans, which gave Liam a little hope for their survival.
The number of rats that attacked their group after they had huddled together decreased drastically, but there were now rats emerging out of every nook and cranny. There was probably not a single place that was devoid of a rat as the ugly beasts kept infiltrating the school, much like the steady downpour.
By now, the screams of terror had been swallowed, which was a bad sign. The screams had distracted many rats that were now searching for new targets and Liam in addition to the deadweight around him could be considered a delicious, tender snack.
"The gym is not far away… as long as we hurry we–..." Rex said just to shut his mouth when he saw a group of tens of huge rats forming in front of them. The rats were in their way and they had to make a detour or barge through them to reach the gym.
At this moment, Kian returned, waving his arms with a bright smile on his face. He gave them a thumbs up from over a hundred-meter distance, which could only be seen by Liam as the heavy rain restricted the view of many.
"Looks like we have to charge through. The gym seems to be safe, considering that your friend, the clown, is attracting so much attention on the other side of this small group of rats," Liam informed the others who exchanged nervous looks.
Everyone was exhausted by now, some even mentally unstable and unable to come up with a rational thought in their mind.
However, Liam ignored this as he charged forward, ignoring the mounting exhaustion that threatened to take him down faster than the rats could.
He could rest when he was dead!
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