Chapter 23 Monster

As soon as I enter the classroom, I feel many eyes on me.

Some were curious.

It was the first time in the history of the Unity that a student was enrolling a month later than everybody else, so it was obvious that most of the students would be curious.

Some displayed envy and animosity.

While they all worked hard to pass the test and get a seat at the academy, I had gotten in with a recommendation. I didn't have to go through any kind of test or anything of that sort, so it was only natural that some of them would feel jealous.

Some had no interest in me at all.

I scanned the students in the class one by one untill, my eyes fell on a boy who fell into the third category.

His white hair was messy and unkempt, his violet eyes were immersed in the notebook in front of him. Even though he appeared a little messy, it couldn't hide the beauty within him. He looked... even better than me and that meant a lot coming from me.

Max Reynolds.

In other words, the protagonist of this world.

This world literally revolved around him and we were all just side characters.

Don't misunderstand.

I don't want to be the main character, nor was I jealous of him. Being the protagonist came with a lotta baggage and I want to lead a peaceful and enjoyable life. I waited a long time to meet him, I imagined our first interaction many times. I was little disappointed in the fact that he wasn't even looking at me.

But I can understand why he seems so disconnected with the world around him. In his mind the only thing he can really think about now is revenge against the demons, but as the story progresses he gets friends and he begins to understand that revenge isn't the most important thing in life.

'' Adam ?''

Leslie's voice breaks me out of my thoughts and I ask her in a respectful voice,

'' Yes, miss.''

'' W-why don't you introduce yourself to the class.''

An awkward atmosphere had formed over the entire classroom.

Ah... yes.

What better time to brood than when you're the center of attention in a class of hundred students, am I right ?

'' My name is Adam Creed, I hope to be friends with you all.'', I cheerfully address the classroom.

'' Is that all you want to say ?'', Leslie asks.

I nod my head with a forced smile on my face.

'' Then you may go and find a seat.''

The classroom resembled a lecture hall that are found in colleges than an actual classroom. It was wide and spacious and could easily hold more than a hundred students.

I get down from the podium and find a seat for myself, far away from Max and his friends. I wanted to observe them first before talking to them.

'' I know that it's odd for a student to enroll a month late, as his seniors I hope that you all take care of Adam very well.''

After saying this Leslie takes a tablet in her hand and starts taking attendance.

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The hero course in The Unity was unique, it ranked it's students on the basis of their potential. This ranking system succeeded in making a sort of hierarchy among the students, the reason why the Unity established this system was simple.

It was to crush the dreams of the students.

The students enroll dreaming about how famous they would become after graduating or about the riches they would acquire.

The ranking system was the school's way of telling them that people without the talent would become nothing. It was the sad truth about the hero profession, to enroll in the school you needed to have the potential to be at least an E- rank.

Right now the students in class 5-A were very excited.

They wanted to know the rank of the new student, most of the students had bet that he would be in the top 10 in the rankings. He even looked strong..

Their rank was also considered as their roll numbers.

The students waited for the new guy's name to be called out.

'' Rank 1, Max Reynolds.''

'' Here, miss''

'' Rank 2,..''

But breaking all their expectations, Adam wasn't called out out in the top tens.

They waited and waited but Adam's name still wasn't being called out.

Finally his name was called out by Leslie,

'' Rank 500, Adam Creed.''

Almost all the students in the lecture hall gasp in shock as they hear the new student's rank.

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I had anticipated this.

I ignore the looks of shock on the students as they hear my rank.

Unlike them I wasn't that shocked. In the association's records I was still recorded as talentless so my ranking would obviously be low. This would help me in laying low for now.

Leslie leaves shortly after taking attendance, as soon as she leaves the students start to whisper to each other. I tune out their voice and focus on Max,

He still hadn't even looked up from his book.

Sigh..

Let's leave him for now and observe the other important side characters.

A tall girl sat next to Max, that would probably be Emilia Brielle.

She was the person who was currently ranked 2nd in our batch.

She was the 'energetic girl' of their group, she came from a modest family of martial artists. From a young age, she's been trained to the max by her parents, she was one of the strongest members of Max's party. But her strength wasn't the most frightening thing about her, it was a skill that she had or would get called, '' Disguise'' which allowed her to disguise herself as anyone that truly made her dangerous... or at least should have made her dangerous...

How can I say this ?....

She was a little.. dumb.

She was the type of person some would call, '' all brawns and no brain.''

In the novel, she didn't use this skill to it's full potential, if the skill had fallen in the hands of someone cunning and evil, it would have been bad for Max's party of dimwits.

A smile forms on my face as I think this.

My eyes fall on a boy who was sitting at the back of the lecture hall, he had long blonde hair that was tied in a ponytail, his blue eyes were fixed on the ceiling and a frown was always there on his face.

His name was Eric Grey and he was also part of Max's party.

He was someone that I had to..... absolutely avoid.

He was 3rd in the ranking.

My eyes scan the rest of the class for the last individual in Max's party from this particular class.

I find the person I was looking for in the front row of the class.

She had long white hair and one of her eyes was green while her other eye was blue in color, she had heterochromia. She was extremely beautiful just like the rest of the members in Max's party

Her name was, Katherine Colleen.

She was the fourth in the ranking.

She came from a family of rich businessmen and woman, they run many different types of businesses . In terms of money her family had the enough to buy 2/ 4th of this school. This Unity covered almost 50 km in land. It was just that huge, that meant that her family could buy half of the Unity.

The surprising thing about her family was that none of them had that much talent. Of course they were well versed in the art of business but other than that they had no other special quality.

In this world where the strong devoured the weak, it didn't make sense for a family to grow in power just because of their intelligence. Their enemies would often send spies or assassins to kill them but they would always fail.

Many wondered how the Colleen family survived this long.

I don't have to wonder.

I know exactly why.

Their family secretly passed down a skill called ' Kill Count'. When the skill was used on someone, it would tell them the overall character of the person as well as the number of people the individual had killed, if he had killed any.

The most important aspect of managing a business was not a person's intelligence nor their strength. It was their ability to judge and choose trustworthy people that was really important.

But her ability was bad news to me as it would show her that I had killed a person.

She suddenly turns around and meets my eyes.

Her eyes contain no hints of emotion.

I smile at her and wave my hand.

Her expression doesn't change one bit, but then without warning she abruptly turns around.

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Kathrine's heart was currently beating very erratically.

Sweat started to form at her forehead.

' What kind of monster ?!'

She had just used her skill, ' Kill count' on the new student.

It was habit that had been engraved on her by her parents, to use the skill and see what kind of character people had and only if they were trustworthy was she to interact with them.

At first she thought that the skill had broken somehow.

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It was absurd.

But after checking once again... she was sure.

If the information shown by the skill was correct then,

The new student, Adam wasn't human because no human is capable of such massive...

No.... she has to check again... to make sure.

She turns her head and face him again, he still had a creepy smile on his face.

She activates her skill and sure enough the information shown by the skill doesn't change.

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Name: Adam Creed

Character: Chaotic Neutral

Kill Count : 4,125,899,666

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