"Hey, why did you do that?!" Apollo stepped in front of Nyx but was pushed to the side effortlessly. Nyx stood there, his gaze fixed on the ground.
'With one movement of my hand, I can just kill him here.' He thought, 'but no, I don't want to kill this asshole, I want to make him suffer.'
"Too scared to act, huh?" As he saw Nyx standing without doing anything, Yiran thought the latter was too scared to act.
Seeing this, the second-year students shared a nod between themselves. "The kid has done his part; now is our time."
The second year, consisting of five boys, started to walk towards Nyx with their own buckets of water.
"Pest." The leader of the group, a square-faced boy with plenty of pimples, sneered as he dumped his bucket on Nyx's head. The others who were with him followed suit.
As they were doing that, Apollo, who had fallen before, stood, rushed forward, and stood before Nyx.
"What are you guys doing?!" He shouted but was casually grabbed by the leader of the second year.
"You're a superhuman, right? Now tell me, why the hell are you associating with this dud, this waste of space that's too scared to face the mutated creatures?" The student, whose name was Marcus, spat out bitterly. "If you know what's good for you, better stay the hell away from this, understood?"
With a casual flip, Marcus threw Apollo away like a kite when he tried to get back up again. Marcus signaled one of the other second years to go deal with Apollo while he faced the red-haired boy.
"Did you know what my father told me?" Marcus asked Nyx, who still had his gaze down as the dirty water slid off his body. He was now starting to stink.
"He told me that the moment we start treating duds equal with superhumans would be the end of the world… So I hope you see the reason for me trying to put you in your rightful place. Now to make this easier for both of us, why don't you pick up the tool and start cleaning?" Marcus smirked.
Nyx was still staring blankly at something that was flickering before him.
Ding!
Quest: [ Kill all of them ]
Description: [ Slaughter all those who dare bully Humanity's Deadliest Villain ]
Time limit: [ 2 days ]
Rewards: [ A random Treasure Chest ]
"What are you waiting for?" Marcus frowned and sent a fierce slap to Nyx's cheeks.
"From the third year up, none of them are here today. I'm the one in charge here, so you must do what I say!" Marcus was now very furious when he saw Nyx still hesitating.
Of course, the other first-year students who were witnessing this spectacle did nothing to help the red-haired boy; after all, none of them wanted to incur the wrath of the second years who were more powerful.
Besides, the person in question was also not that important. In this new world, most times duds were even used as cannon fodder during fights against Mutated beasts. So their standing in the social hierarchy was just slightly higher than animals.
At that moment, Nyx picked up the cleaning tools, surprising even Marcus and everyone a bit because a few moments ago, he was unwilling, and now all of a sudden, he was now even smiling.
'What's wrong with him?' Marcus thought.
All of them were confused and thought Nyx had succumbed, but only Apollo was shaking his head.
"He's going to fuck with all of them." Apollo thought in horror as he saw Nyx smiling. He hadn't seen the red-haired boy in action, but his instinct was screaming at him that the boy was up to no good.
"I'm sorry, senior." Nyx spoke. "I'll do all the cleaning."
Marcus displayed a crooked smile. "Good, you could have just said so from the beginning, and we wouldn't have resorted to violence."
"But you never asked him!" A voice suddenly said from the crowd.
"Who said that?" Marcus exclaimed, clearly annoyed that someone tried to interrupt him.
Sounds of unhurried footsteps were heard, and the owner of the voice stepped forward. Everyone stared at the direction of the footsteps.
There, a girl with black eyes and hair that cascaded down her shoulders stood with an angry expression on her face.
'Molly? Is she a member of this house?' Nyx thought as he stared at the girl who had given him direction. 'Ha, now that I remember, she did tell me that she was a member of this house; guess I was too occupied to notice her.'
"Babe, are you siding with the dud over me?" Marcus spoke in an irritated tone. "You dare choose this waste over me?"
'Babe? This block face is her boyfriend?' Nyx thought, finding it hard to believe someone as good-looking as Molly would date a block face like Marcus.
'I guess love is really blind.'
"I'm not taking any side; my point is why the heck are you treating him like that?" Molly said in a raised voice. "He didn't even do anything to you guys, and yet you bathe him in filthy water."
"He already offended all of us, the moment his useless parents gave birth to him. He should be grateful that I'm not starting a rally to throw him out of the house."
"I dare you to throw him out of the house!" Molly said as she stood in front of the red-haired boy as if the latter was her junior brother.
While Molly was confronting Marcus, Nyx, who was standing behind the black-haired girl, was clenching his fist hard, so hard that even his knuckles were visible.
There was only one word in his mind.
'Useless parent… useless parent, useless parents. He called my parents useless?' Nyx's emotions became chaotic. He could take anything lightly, but insulting his dead parents was just crossing the limits.
"What did you just say now?" Nyx said, stopping the banter between Molly and Marcus.
"Ooh, look who's angry." Marcus taunted as he feigned a frightened expression. "I'll say it again; you already offended us the moment your useless parents gave birth to yo-." Marcus snapped off as his eyes widened.
'W-what?' Blood spilling from his mouth, Marcus felt a dull pain radiating from his chest.
As he looked down, he could see the red-haired boy's hand passing through his heart and squeezing something Marcus could only presume to be his heart. The thirteen-year-old looked so calm and emotionless as if his hands were not bursting through someone's chest.
A moment later, Nyx pulled his blood-covered hands out with still no apparent change in emotion.
Marcus was still in disbelief as he fell to the ground and died.