Levi climbed the stairs and headed to the roof of his dormitory. The door was not locked, so he easily got outside. He stood at the ledge and looked at the chaos ahead of him. All of the school staff and some awakeners were fighting a giant silkworm.
It was a creature that measured 60 meters in length and had multiple pointed teeth protruding from its mouth. It also had large bubbles on its body that would burst, releasing tiny silkworm-like creatures that would attack. The most bothersome aspect of this monster was the string-like substance it secreted from its skin. At times, the substance would be slimy and cling to individuals, sapping their energy. Other times, it would be as sturdy as steel, making it difficult to break through.
There were now hundreds of those monsters inside the academy. Even though most of the awakeners inside the academy were S-rank and A-rank-there were having a hard time dealing with the monster cause they had to protect the students at the same time.
Levi's focus was not on the silkworm, he would not be able to scratch the skin of the demon. What he was looking for were the villains. The villains were hiding somewhere ready to demolish the dormitory. Their goal was to kill the students and what better way than to bury them in rocks and rubbles.
But they were unable to plant bombs in the buildings cause this was supposed to be an ambush but the security was even tighter and some of the intruders had already been killed.
Levi's task here was to not let them plant the bomb if he could stop them.
He activated Hunter Eye and looked around, he could see two intruders in a robe going to the back of one of the buildings.
He pulled his arrow and aimed it. He took a deep breath and coated his arrow in mana.
[
--->Sniper skill is being used.
Accuracy increased by 15%.
The speed of the projectile increased by 10%
The strength of the project increased by 5%.
--->[Essence activated]
The arrow will be 10% resistant to wind and other factors,
Increase damage by 20%
25% chance of a critical hit
25% chance of critical damage
35% chance of a headshot.
Will neglect awakeners's bad luck.
]
He let go of the bow and within three seconds the arrow pierced through one of the villain's head. His companion did not even know what had happened until the corpse fell to the ground revealing the arrow. He tried hiding behind the pillar but soon another arrow whistled through the arrow and pierced his neck, killing him in an instant.
Levi looked at the two people he had just killed, though villains still living breathing and feeling humans. He momentarily stared at his hand- it was not shaking, firm and now tainted with murder.
'It's a good thing that I had [Essence] cause there is no way an F-rank can easily kill these high-rank villains.
[Essence] was really saving his ass here. The more he focused and his will matched his intention, the stronger his attacks would be. Does this mean he could kill an S-rank even if he is at his weakest?
Levi then scanned around the whole academy and he could see the villains moving and planting the bombs.
'There were approximately 45 villains during this attack. Now there are more than a hundred villains and most of them are in the noble student's dormitory. I can see 20 of them here.'
The intruder's main target was students with noble background and in the academy, the dormitory were divided by ranks. The top ranks had bigger rooms and other facilities. The quality of the dorms would start dropping at lower ranks but they were not bad.
Then there was the commoner's dormitory. No matter how much higher rank they were, they would always have to stay in this room and would not get the same facilities as the nobles.
Levi could not stop all of them and he already was aware of it. He was only there to survive and reduce the number of intruders. He kept firing his arrow and almost killed every villain in the commoner's dormitory.
One of the villains noticed Levi on top of the building. He was a B-rank awakener and it was easy for him to just jump to the top of the building.
He snuck behind Levi. Levi fired his arrow again making his kill count up to nineteen. The villain rushed at Levi with his knife. He aimed for the neck but Levi dodged it.
Though a small cut was made on his neck cause of the mana on the dagger.
"How can a student like you kill C-rank awakeners?"
The villain could not believe what just had happened. Just cause of Levi, they were not able to plant a single bomb in any of the three buildings in the commoner's area. How was he supposed to report this to the higher-ups? They would kill him for making a lie cause this stuff was impossible.
' I need to kill this brat before he makes any further issues.'
Before he could attack, the brat threw a bomb at the ground and smoke came out of it covering the entire roof.
"Your petty tricks won't work on me."
The dagger in his hand floated and multiplied into 100 more and then was shot into the whole roof. Once the smoke went away, the villain looked around if he got Levi but nobody was there.
He looked at the ground and saw Levi running away.
"Ahhhh...This fucking brat."
He also jumped off from the building, gathered mana around his leg and busted into the air. He was basically flying at this point.
Levi turned around and saw the villain ready to come at him. He knew he stood no chance against that guy in close range and ran away once the smoke set in.
*Boom*
The area around the villain's leg made a big noise. Within a blink of an eye, he was in front of Levi his dagger ready to pierce Levi's chest. Levi again turned to his right barely dodging the attack. He elbowed the villain in the shoulder and tried to kick his stomach. The villain reacted quick, he grabbed Levi's leg and flung him into a tree.
*Bam*
Levi's back hit the tree and the sound of bone crushing reached the villain's ear. Levi did not feel "pain" but his body was struggling to get up.
" Hey! Now don't drop down like that entertain me more. Stand up. What happened to your powers now."
The villain tried to mock Levi as he walked towards Levi. He managed to stand up by holding on to the tree, but his legs were still shaking.
"Don't start talking you dickhead. Come at me."
Levi mocked the villain and he rushed at Levi to kill him for real.
*Swish*
The dagger was now at his eye. Levi grabbed the villain's wrist and twisted it.
'What? How did he react?'
He let out his mana to damage Levi but it was no use, he did not "feel" it.
[
--->[Essence activated]
Increase damage by 50%.
25% chance of a critical hit
25% chance of critical damage
65% increase in agility
]
His [Essence] reacted to his will and his base damage increased by half and he was now a lot faster. He threw a punch and the villain tried to dodge but his wrist was caught so he hardened his body with mana.
*Bam*
It was a clean shot in the liver. [Essence] did the work and it was a critical hit as well.
*Cough*
The villain coughed blood and dropped to his knees. His defence was broken easily.
'How can a student do this? I don't even remember someone as powerful as him on our kill list?'
He tried to move but this time, his body betrayed him. Before he gathered mana, Levi took out an arrow from his quiver and hit the villain in the head.
*Spurt*
Blood poured out as the lifeless body of the villain fell down.
' I was lucky that he underestimated me.'
Levi then rummaged through the villain's pockets took some of the items and stuffed them in his quiver. He did not find anything useful except the dagger.
He hid the dagger in the waistband of his trousers. and ran towards the noble dormitory.
Before he went there, he retrieved his arrows back from the corpses to remove any sort of evidence that he killed them.
Once he reached one of the dormitories, he headed to the stairs so he could go to the roof and do the same thing he did. As he ran up the stairs he heard noises of metal clashing from one of the room. He stopped in his tracks and tried to hear where the sound came from. He followed the noise and opened the door.
*Clank*
'I thought everybody in the dormitory ran away.'
He then sneaked inside the room.
******
"Kid. Just give up. Do not waste my time anymore."
One of the intruders said as he looked at a boy with green hair and green eyes. The boy was in his kitchen and holding his sword. The kitchen table was the only thing separating them both from clashing.
Gabriel was barely hanging on. His vision felt fuzzy and his hand were on the point of falling from his shoulder. He blocked one attack from the intruder and his hands were trembling.
'Why is a demon worshipper here? Is the security system of the academy this bad?'
The villain hit the table and it hit Gabriel in his torso. The villain then fired a wind spell which Gabriel barely managed to block. The villain did not stop, it rushed towards Gabriel kicked his sword away and grabbed his neck.
"I wonder what will happen if I crush your neck? Will your eyes pop out, will you fall head roll down off your body or will it just break your neck?Aren't you curious as well?"
The villain said as he was enjoying every moment of this. The feeling of superiority and fear is what gives adrenaline to these demon worshippers.
Gabriel was swinging his legs trying to get away but he was losing strength in his legs. He was breathing excessively to get some air but all of it was futile.
'Will I die like this...without proving anything, without a single thing I am proud of?'
Gabriel was saying his last sentence when he noticed an arrow coming at him. The arrow then pierced the villain's head and the blood spurted onto Gabriel's clothes and face.
The grip on his neck loosened and Gabriel took in a deep breath appreciating the oxygen that entered his lungs. He looked in front and did not know how Levi got there.
"How did you even get here?"
He asked as Levi closed in and looted the villain's pockets.
"I rode on a dragon, unlocked my full potential, then fought twenty demons, killed a demon king and came here."
...
...
"Really?"
"Of course not you idiot. Now get up."
Levi said as he pulled Gabriel. He looked at Levi and wondered.
'How did this guy even get bullied by those three?'