First Blood

"Hmph!!" *BOOOM* *BOOOM*

The captured black hooded intruders explode by themself and destroy the surrounding root.

Fortunately, the school infirmary is strong enough to withstand the blast. Still, all the guards get disoriented from the explosion.

Using this chance, the last intruder escapes by turning into a shadow and disappears from his spot. Didn't expect that the intruder will suicide by self-destructing themself. Vice Principal Ellen also could not react to send another root before the last surviving intruder was gone.

'Damn!! He managed to get away.' thought Vice-Principal Ellen.

"Bring all the injuries to the inside, notify the captain guard to secure the infirmary perimeter, and someone tells Principal Anthony about this matter." Command the vice principal.

After that, she checked Angus's condition, "Alright, kid. Now everything is saf...."

Interrupt Angus while faking his body to become rough breathing, "T-The monster… Is the monster dead?? What about that loud sound? Am I.. Am I going to.."

Looking at this, Ellen reassured Angus, "Hushh… Calm down, Angus. Everything is alright. There is no monster. Nobody is going to hurt you."

After being calmed down by the vice-principal, Angus pretends to become calmer before falling back to sleep. Seeing that Angus is finally asleep, she goes back to her work to help the principal with this incident.

As soon as the vice principal left Angus alone, he checked the surroundings silently with [Mana Echolocation] and didn't find anything abnormal besides the increase in guard number. Then, he went back to sleep, having a sweet dream.

The following day, Angus discharges from the academy's infirmary after getting some calming potion. Although the potion is useless for Angus since he didn't get any shock in the first place, it still calms and relaxes his mind.

This kind of effect is quite surprising and miraculous for him. Usually, this kind of effect is quite useless for everyday life except for refreshment.

However, if a magician uses it, it will help them greatly, especially in dire situations. Magicians need a calm and strong mind to cast a spell. The moment their mind is in chaos, their ability to cast spells is also lower.

The potion could help magicians to stay focused in most chaotic situations. Even though a spell could achieve such an effect, it will cost mana and have a lesser effect than the potion.

Unfortunately, the potion is quite expensive since it is highly sought and hard to produce in the market. Their usage is not only limited to magicians in battle but also for medication, like Angus's case.

Inside the chaotic world like Firuman where people will constantly fight against monsters. Many people will get injured physically and mentally. The potion will help them to recover faster.

This is also why Angus chose to take some courses related to the supporting field. Apparently, an expert in supporting fields such as alchemy, blacksmith, scriber, etc., is highly sought by everyone, even many other national leaders.

If not because it takes time, talent, and many resources to nurture an expert in this field, everyone is applying for this job.

Leaving the academy's infirmary, Angus wanders alone before changing his route to the secluded area inside the academy.

Arriving at the secluded area, he gathers his mana in his hand and punches towards the shadow below the tree. Before the punch touches the shadow, it materializes into a black-cloaked person.

The person avoided Angus's fist in a split second, but Angus kept launching his fist towards the ground. *Blam* *Crack*

The ground below the black-hooded man turns into a huge crack and makes him a little bit disoriented from the unstable ground.

Using this opportunity, Angus follows up his attack by swinging his enhanced mana kick. Receiving the sudden powerful kick, the man feels like being hit by a bull and flies away for a few meters before stopping after crashing the nearby tree.

Didn't want to give his opponent a chance, Angus follows the guy using [Beast Walk]. Instantly, Angus arrives in front of the black-hooded man and punches him in his guts towards the air.

The man tried to change into shadow again but failed and got launched into the air. He could only fly in the air hopelessly. 

While Angus is on the ground, look at him with cold eyes and readying himself in a sturdy horse stance position. In this instant, his body is covered with mana [Iron Body].

The moment the man fell back to the ground, Angus stomped his leg to the ground until it cracked and launched his hand towards the man like a spear [Spear hand].

Feeling the rush of his mana in his hand, Angus penetrated the man's heart easily before it could react to anything.

Because of Angus's attack and strong momentum, the man's body got forced into the air once again before finally dropping to the ground and becoming a gruesome corpse.

As for Angus himself, he is already meters away from the location in a clean state without a drop of blood on his body. If not for his rough breathing, no one will think he just got into a vicious fight.

'Haa… Huft.. Huft… I don't know why he chose to stalk me, but he was with the wrong person.' Thought Angus inwardly while calming his rough breathing.

After calming his breathing, 'Just like I thought, I didn't feel anything when I took away someone's life. Haaa… Why a peaceful life is so hard to achieve. For God's sake, I am still eight years old, and they keep bothering me.'

Little did he know that the one that stalked him actually just wanted to get revenge on him because of foiling his assassination plan yesterday. But, the man never knows Angus's true strength.

While walking away from the battle spot, Angus keeps his vigilance and silently uses [mana echolocation].

After calming his breath, he takes a detour in a more crowded area before he meets a familiar person in teacher attire on his way.

"Hmm… Aren't you, Angus? Are you alright? You looked exhausted." Asked the teacher

"Yes, thanks for your concern, teacher." Replied Angus politely.

"Ahh… I have never introduced myself since our meeting at the tournament. My name is Oswalt. Just can call me teacher Oswalt." said teacher Oswalt

Teacher Oswalt is the teacher that comes to help Angus when he gets disqualified in the tournament.

"I see. Thanks for your concern and help from before, Teacher Oswalt. I am fine now after taking medication from the vice-principal." replied Angus.

"Alright, if you think so. Just don't push yourself. You are still young anyway." said teacher Oswalt

"Sure. Then, I will be on my way, Teacher Oswalt." said Angus.

"Yeah, take care of yourself, Angus."

Leaving the teacher Oswalt, 'Hmm… Weird, he has the same smell as the last intruder that I just killed. Well, none of it matters to me anyway.' though Angus.

'I will just take care of him if he tries anything to harm me.' Thought Angus inwardly while still having his usual happy-going expression on the outside.