“You idiot,” Miren said as she gave Adrian a huge knock on his head.Adrian screamed in pain as he turned back to look at Miren, who had an angry expression on her face.“What the fuck was that? Why did you hit me?”“Do you really think you could look me in the eye and lie about how you got these injuries? Of course I know how you got them. You fought in the Underground Arena, right?” Miren said with a nonchalant expression on her face.“How did you know?” Adrian asked with surprise.“Oh, trust me. I may be holed up in my office all day, but information flies into my ears more than most people in this Academy,” Miren said as her summon landed on Adrian’s chest and started healing his injuries.“You must be a spy or something because you surprise me every time,” Adrian said with a smile, lying down shirtless on one of the beds in the infirmary.“Maybe I am a spy, maybe I’m not. Who knows? I just love to always be informed,” she replied.“If you are really as good as you say, what is th

Adrian sat in the third-to-last seat at the back of the school bus, watching through the window as his classmates rolled their luggage and arranged them before entering the bus he was in and the second bus ahead of them.Mr. Frank had told them that they would spend four days on this field trip exercise so they could learn that there are some dungeons that they would spend days inside and would need to sleep there in order to have the energy to go on and clear the dungeon.He saw Lirielle coming from a distance, rolling her travelling bag and with her hair tied back into a ponytail. God, she was beautiful, and she had a cold expression on her face as one of the instructors went to collect her bag from her. She then approached the bus Adrian was on.She walked down to their seat where Adrian was and locked eyes with Adrian and the boy sitting in the second seat beside him. The innocent boy looked between Lirielle and Adrian and back to Lirielle again, and with her cold stare completely

Adrian stooped to catch his breath as he wiped the sweat off his face with his handkerchief.“Damn, this place is hot. I would have chosen another location if I knew I would be burning like this,” Adrian complained as he looked around, seeing nothing but sand and mountains of even more sand.“Tank, you've gone through everything, right?” Adrian asked Tank, who was still in his soul space.He had given Tank his phone to memorize all the monsters and their ranks so that Tank would recognize them on sight.“Yes, Your Grace. With our current capabilities, nothing in this area would pose a serious threat to us,” Tank replied.Adrian kept on walking on the sand, taking steps forward as he kept sinking, but he didn't stop.Soon, his senses alerted him, and he saw five Sand Jackals a distance away, growling and slowly coming closer to him.Their skin was red, and they were a little bit bigger than dogs, with sharp teeth and red glowing eyes.“Advance, Your Grace. These animals are nothing bef

“It’s been a while, Eva,” Damian said as his wings blew dust as he descended and finally landed on the ground.“You’re still as cocky as ever, Damian,” Eva replied as her White Tiger growled at the approaching Damian, but she calmed it down.“What are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be stacking up your points?”“I’m doing the same thing you’re doing, but I’m wise enough to send my summon to do the hunting,” Damian said as he approached the edge of the mountain they were standing on, looking down at the battlefield where Adrian and his Knights had killed the Scorpions.“You didn’t even bother to interfere,” Eva said to him.“Oh, I did plan to interfere,” Damian corrected her but was cut short.“You planned to interfere and steal his kill, didn’t you?” Eva finished his sentence.“I was indeed surprised when he awakened his second Summon, and it was a Knight too, but this one was different, so I knew I had to observe him in this tournament and maybe break a few bones to make sure

Adrian walked down from his room early in the morning with Mina holding his hand.Once he came outside to the camp, he met many of his classmates parading the grounds and doing whatever they wanted.Today was the last day of the field trip, so many of them decided to stay back, rest, and accept whatever points they got because they had tried their best.Mina was curiously looking around as she saw many people moving in different directions. Some were moving with their summons, while others were doing one thing or the other.Another set of his classmates gathered where the ranking meter was, discussing the top five students who were currently leading.He happened to walk by and immediately felt stares so intense that it felt like they were piercing his back.Mina also held his hand tighter as Adrian could feel that she was uncomfortable with the stares.“He was unconscious for two days straight and he's still here. What an unserious guy,” someone said.“Instead of him going out to kill