Natasha gritted her teeth in pain the moment her whole body crushed the floor.She hadn't expected the punch to be that strong nor let alone managed to pull her back.'I expected a punch, not some goddamn rock. He must have been holding back when he fought that kid yesterday,' She growled in pain as she caressed her aching belly.For a level 1, the strength of that punch was quite surprising to her. She knew the boy had skills and pretty reasonable combat knowledge but hadn't expected him to have gone that far in strength.'Maybe his confidence made him ignore me,' She snorted angrily at the thought of that. 'He might be quite lucky last time, but not this time because I will make sure to teach him a lesson. He isn't holding back so I see no reason for me to hold back.'After mumbling that, she then began to rise from the ground, but that was when Erix dashed towards her.Natasha already saw what he can do so she didn't let her guard down a bit. She was already up on her feet when Er

"As an educator and one of the survivors of the past war, he has vast battle experience and reasonable skills that could enable one to not only fight against fellow humans but against the Sulckers too." "Let me fight him. Please, guys," Erix resolved, eagerness apparent on his face. Shota didn't argue further after hearing the reason behind Erix's decision. Nicole did likewise. He didn't want to fight Leo just to showcase his new strength or show to others how good he has gotten without an ability, instead, he wanted to do it for the betterment of himself and learning's sake. 'You're one of a rare kind, Erix. I never regretted being friends with you,' Nicole mentally noted after thoroughly thinking about what Erix just said. "I totally understand you, Erix. Just know that you should know that I was only trying to keep your secret hidden. Regardless, it's alright. You can go ahead with your opinion. Just make sure you won't do anything unusual that would raise suspicion," Shota tol

"You were truly impressive, practically the best I ever have sparred with. Keep it up." Erix heard Leo say before he would fully open his eyes.Erix was in admiration for the weapon teacher. At first, he didn't have much respect for teachers since they would usually value only strong students and saw the weak ones as lesser beings but he felt Leo was different.Erix could tell now that Leo was able to beat him in a fight with anything he wanted, Leo was only testing him to see how strong he was. As the fight went on, one thing Erix learned was that everything wasn't about fighting, it was learning how to fight properly."Would you be able to teach me how to fight properly? After fighting you, I realized I still needed more to learn." Erix asked as he bowed down."Sorry I can't. The weapon you choose I don't specialize much on. Don't get me wrong, it suits you very well and I think you will have a great future with it, " Leo explained. "There is one thing I can suggest to help you get

"C'mon, don't you guys know that the very moment we became friends, we automatically became crime buddies too? Right now, I'm basically part of the crime even though I wasn't there when it happened," Nicole said with a smile.Erix's joy knew no bounds when he heard that. At least he was sure the girl was real and wasn't just pretending. And that was thanks to his eye of sin skill."Alright, so we're good?" Erix asked jovially, trying not to make himself too obvious.Nicole and Rin nodded. "Yeah, sure, why not?""Tomorrow is weekend so I guess you will have to wait until next week to see her, right?" Shota asked shortly.Erix thought for a second. "Yeah, kind of. I don't know if I should meet her or not." "No, don't meet her. Going to her would give the impression that you're actually trying to hide something." Rin answered in Shota's stead. "Just let her be. If she sees you and demands answers from you, then tell her the lie you have come up with. But until then, I see no reason for y

Erix was utterly shocked by what he saw there.There were hundreds of capsules that students could use to play whatever game they wanted, but the most famous game was the one where students could fight each other.It was so famous because they could fight freely without the risk of damaging their opponent for real.Moreover, the matchmaking was done so well that they didn't fight against people too strong or too weak for them unless the person wished for something like that.When he inputted his military ID number on the screen in front of the capsule he chose, a payment option surfaced.He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the cost of the VR game. It was awesomely unbelievable. He only needed 35 points to purchase an hour inside the game. The excitement started to build up in him.'You see, I told you to check it out first before finalizing things.' Lena told him.'Well, I can't be blamed. VR games cost quite a fortune for poor orphans like me in the city I used to live in.' Sin