Chapter 26-Sandro

Chapter 26-Sandro

A day later.

All of them already went back to the academy and Sophia told them to not tell this to anyone.

They all nodded and understood why she was doing this.

Sophia promised to give them many points and rewards for defeating the assassin and Cris will get more because he is the one who defeats them.

Cris on the other hand is still asleep and he is being taken care of by the healers of the academy.

All of them went back to the academy and acted like they finished a normal mission.

Dwight went to the mission hall and claimed their rewards and sent them to everyone's card except Swift's because he had already taken all his points.

Sophia did what she promised and gave everyone 20k points as compensation and some potions to heal themselves.

Right now, Dwight has 60k points and it is astronomical for a new student.

Lilia and Danica also went back to their dorm while still digesting the lesson they learned in the mission.

They realize that both of them are still weak, and it helps them to become determined to practice more.

Both of them are lucky to be saved by Cris so they decided to thank him when he woke up.

.....

Sophia is inside the dean's office and sitting behind the dean.

Sophia took out many paper reports and put them on the table.

"This is the thing we got from the assassin's mouth"

"Even if they tried to not tell us what their goal is, they cannot stop Prof. Rin as he was good at questioning"

"But something bad happened, they suddenly died when they were forced to spit some knowledge about the organization"

"We discovered that a parasite is implanted inside their body, and it will explode if they reveal something about the Assassin House"

The dean took the paper and read its content.

Sophia took the tea and sipped it while she waited for him to finish reading.

5 minutes later, the dean put back the paper on the table and looked at Sophia with a serious face.

"So, they are sent here by the Assassin House to scout our talents for them to steal from us"

Sophia nodded and answered, "They already had some list they will abduct to make them their puppet"

"The assassin also said that the higher-ups told them to assassinate Dwight and the talented Princess from the Fire and Ice Empire"

"They don't want them to grow more and decided to cut them down before they become strong"

"The student named, Swift is also one of them so that's why he has not been found until now because maybe he escaped"

"Our academy was infiltrated by such scum and if it was known by others, our credibility and they will doubt the safety of the students inside the academy"

The dean caressed his beard and replied, "The assassin house won't do such a thing unless someone hired them"

"They don't like to interfere with this kind of matter unless they are paid by someone"

Prof. Sophia's eyes got serious and asked, "The demonic sect?"

The dean nodded and replied, "That devil is the only one who wanted to destroy our academy and some righteous organization"

"Even though I don't have any evidence that that devil is the one behind this, he is the only one I could think to do this"

Prof. Sophia nodded and both of them talked about what things they needed to implement and some other issues of the academy.

...….

"Hah"

"Hahh"

"Huff"

In the forest, a thin man who is panting heavily is running because he is being chased by a huge bear behind him.

He looks exhausted but he keeps running as he is scared of being eaten alive.

"Shit, it's catching up to me"

The man is Swift Arens who tried to kill Dwight but was defeated mercilessly by him.

He still remembers how he was pissed at his face and his face was full of shame when he thought of it.

'Fvcker, how dare he!'

He didn't expect Dwight to be strong and he only acted like a sheep while he was the real wolf.

He lost consciousness but when he woke up, he saw that he was hanged in a tree and there was a letter Dwight left for him.

He read it and it stunned him.

"I can kill you anytime, but I didn't do it so be grateful and don't tell this to others"

"I had a friendly reminder to you"

"I put a curse inside you so if you tell my real powers to others, you will die"

"Also, don't trust everyone even if they are the ones who take care of you when you are a child"

Swift didn't expect Dwight to let him escape and he even advised him.

He doesn't know why he did this, but he uses the opportunity to escape and report it to his master.

Right now, he is still being chased by a huge bear so he cannot focus.

As he was running, he suddenly saw a young man sitting on a rock peacefully and he didn't expect that someone was there.

He immediately changed direction and went near the young man.

"Please help me!"

He shouted as he was now near his limit.

He suddenly stepped on a rock then stripped himself and fell to the ground.

'Ahh, what a luck.'

He closed his eyes, and he just made a gamble that the young man would help him or just escape and ignore him.

'I am going to die?'

"Roar"

The bear roared and was about to grab him using his claw, but something happened.

The bear's claw didn't reach Swift because the bear's head was instantly detached from its body.

Swift, who is ready to accept his fate, felt a hot liquid fall on his body, so he opened his eyes and saw the headless bear while its blood spilled onto him.

He was stunned then he saw the young man he had seen earlier holding his sword while looking at him.

The young man's sword is full of blood, and he realizes that he is the one who slew the bear.

This bear's strength is on par with a 3-star fighter so he didn't expect that he would easily kill the bear.

"Who are you?"

He asked while he could not move his body.

He scanned the young man and saw a scar on his face, and he only looked ordinary.

The young man smiled and replied, "It's not good to not thank someone who saved your life"

"By the way, you can call me Sandro"

...…

*Sandro's POV*

I am here in the forest for 2 days and I have already killed many beasts.

Since that mysterious man named Hope taught me this technique, my strength and sword skills elevated to another level.

I don't know why he helped me and taught me this technique, but I am grateful to him.

I decided to travel alone and get stronger so I left the mansion and told my parents that I would be going back someday when I was already strong enough.

I want to make my parents proud someday and give them the best life they want.

The swordsmanship skill that Hope showed me is amazing and I bet I only comprehended 5% of it.

I could not imagine if I fully learned this swordsmanship.

Maybe I could slash this world in half if I do.

I wanted to look for him again to ask for advice, but I didn't know where I could find him.

I didn't even see his face because he was wearing a mask.

I promised that when I got stronger, I would look for him and thank him for this kind of blessing he gave to me.

He gave me a second chance in life to prove that I could be one of the greatest swordsmen in the world.

I bet I cannot be number one as I will never surpass Hope.

Now I need to meditate to gather more spiritual energy and I feel that I am near to reaching a 4-star swordsman.

I need to think out of the box and not rely on help so much.

…

Wow, a thin young man is running away from a huge bear.

The bear looks hungry and ready to devour him.

He looks tired and near to reaching his limit.

The thin man had good movements, but he was tired.

Oh, he switched direction towards my location.

Looks like he wanted to lure the beast here.

Should I help him?

Maybe I should help him and kill the bear.

Oh, he now shouted for help.

What? He stripped himself while running.

I haven't seen a strong beast in for a while in the forest so it could be a good practice dummy.

I hope the bear will satisfy me.

Time to move.

…

What? I only need to slash it once and it is already dead?

What a shame, I want to be challenged yet the bear is weak.

Looks like I need to go deeper into the forest to hunt a stronger target.

I already killed hundreds of beasts today so this bear will be counted as 101.

I collected many of their beast's cores and I could exchange them for money and treasures.

Looks like the swordsmanship Hope taught me is very deep and mysterious.

I feel that I could defeat people who had higher strength than me.

I should name this swordsmanship Hope's swordsmanship as it was not mine.