Back at the Administrative building of the Hero Academy, Isaac was still figuring out a way to pass the burly guard who was adamant about not letting him check on the red-haired boy.
'Usually, the guards and even all other teachers give me respect, but this guard, is he Camila's personal person?' Isaac thought as he looked at the guard intently. He was already contemplating using force if his gentle approach didn't work.
At that moment, the radio on the guard's chest buzzed loudly, along with Isaac's personal phone.
The two stared at each other with confusion apparent in their eyes. They knew that such occurrences only happened when there was an emergency in the Academy.
Without wasting a second, they both answered at once, and from the other side, they could hear the voice of the vice principal.
"All staff, both guards and teachers, a villain has infiltrated the academy, and they are now killing our students. I order all of you to head to the nearest dormitories closest to you and keep watch. I have a feeling the villains are after our students!"
'A villain infiltrated the academy?' Professor Isaac thought with a frown. Because the villains would make his goal a bit more difficult to complete as now he'll have to go to the nearest dormitory.
'Darn, why now of all days. Wait, isn't this actually good?' Professor Isaac's eyes widened in realization. 'With all their focus on the villain, I could easily carry out my plans. Now I can even kill this worthless dud and blame it on the villains.'
Coming out of his thoughts, Isaac yelled, "You heard her, get going already!"
"I'm sorry, I refuse to abandon the duty given by the vice principal." Even Daniel didn't know what he was doing at this moment. When the effects of the [Dark Entralment Amulet] wore off, all he would remember would be nothing.
"You made me do this!" Suddenly, Isaac vanished before the unsuspecting guard and grabbed his neck. With mighty strength, the gaunt-looking older man raised the guard with his hand and threw him to the wall.
As a dud, it was pretty easy for Daniel to lose consciousness. Pulling out Daniel's dagger that was fastened on his waist, Isaac stabbed the guard in the stomach, and blood gushed out.
"To think a worthless dud like you dares to stop me," Isaac sneered.
With the bloody knife still in hand, he began to walk towards the prison where the red-haired boy was. With a villain running rampant through the Academy, Isaac could just kill the red-haired boy and pin the blame on the villain.
This was what Isaac was thinking until he arrived at the cell, but there was no one there.
The bloodied dagger fell from his hands.
"What the heck, did that kid escape already? Was it the reason that guard was stopping me from entering?" Isaac thought in horror as he witnessed the empty prison, the bloodied bars of the cells, and the puddle of blood lying in the middle.
***
A resounding bang sounded as Nyx landed before Ikor. Ikor, who saw this person appear before him unannounced, heightened his guard and quickly tried to snatch the package-sized box on the stool.
However, Nyx swiftly knocked the stool over, and the box was sent spiraling in the air, landing further from the two of them.
Ikor twisted his neck both sides and took on a fighting stance. He knew this person was none other than the villain who'd infiltrated the Academy.
When he looked around the hall, Ikor discovered that all the other teachers had dispersed and went to search for the villain, not knowing that the very person was before him.
"I assume you're here for this treasure," Ikor said, but sorry to disappoint you, that won't be happening because you ran into me!
'The confidence of this kid.'
Before even finishing his words, Ikor was already lunging himself at Nyx.
The young boy appeared fast, maybe too fast for his age mates, but to someone experienced like Nyx, it was no different from a snake approaching him; he could clearly see through the latter's move.
Ikor twisted his body and unleashed a kick at Nyx, who merely stepped back, effortlessly avoiding the kick. But Ikor wasn't discouraged one bit as he went to follow with kick after kick in quick succession.
Spinning his body and ducking, then making a flip in the air, Nyx dodged all Ikor's kicks with calculated footwork, causing a frown on the confident boy's face.
'He's too fast!' Ikor thought, frustrated. 'Have exhausted my energy cells so I can't use super speech, and I don't want to tap Into my life force. Now I blame myself for training and depleting my energy.'
Just then, Ikor was jolted out from his musing as he received a devastating uppercut to his rib areas. The sounds of bones crushing were heard as spittle flew out from Ikor's mouth.
"Thinking in the middle of a fight isn't wise, you know," Nyx lectured as more bloodied spit and teeth flew out from Ikor's mouth when a punch landed on his jaws. A searing pain radiated from Ikor's lower abdomen to his chest.
The young boy began to feel dizzy, but biting his lips, he snapped himself back to reality, and his eyes burned with determination.
"What would the academy think if I lose one of their valuable items?" Ikor gritted his teeth. "More important, what would father think of me? No, I refuse to let this no-name villain best me; I'm the strongest in my generation!" Ikor tried to get up on his feet, despite his ribs and jaws aching badly.
The red-haired boy, who had read Ikor's lips perfectly well, wanted to tell the kid that he was no-name villain, but he knew this was not the right time to be petty and do what was important, which was taking the super item.
As he went to pick the package which contained the super item, Nyx heard a mechanical voice from the earpod. "3 seconds left till cooldown."
Realizing he had only three seconds left before the earpod effect expired, Nyx quickly picked up the box and started to flee.
"This Momo guy, why didn't he warn me about the cooldown? Dammit!"
At the same time, Ikor, who had staggered to his feet, stared at the running thief with murderous intent in his eyes as he decided to sacrifice his life force to use his ablity one last time.
"Die!" He muttered. "For trying to cause me and my father shame, I command you to die!"
Immediately, Ikor uttered those words, Nyx, who was running, suddenly collapsed on the ground.
**Health: [20/100]**
'What is happening to me?' The red-haired boy thought in horror.