Chapter 46: Ruthless

"What are you planning to do?!" Char raised his sword in defense.

"Oh? The academy's former genius is not so smart after all. Let me enlighten you then!" the cloaked student said before his kobold shot an arrow at Anne's leg.

She tried to dodge, but her speed was no match for an arrow at such a close distance; the arrowhead pierced her tight.

"Ack..." she screamed in pain before falling to the side. She was barely able to move.

"That arrow is laced with poison magic, but don't worry, I'm not planning to kill anyone, the poison will only paralyze her and give her intense pain! I will only give you the antidote if you summon your creatures and let me kill them. Easy, right?" the man sniggered.

"You want to torture us? Do you think the academy will let you be?" Char said in anger.

"As long as I don't kill anyone, I can just say that you guys are making up excuses since you got your point stolen fairly! The academy will investigate nothing since such a thing is normal in our situation!" the man laughed.

"And you don't even know who I am, who will you report?" the man added.

"Then let Anne go, she doesn't have any score, I have taken them all!" Char grimaced.

"Well, I can't do that. Who knows what trick, you are up to. Having her as a hostage will stop you from trying anything!" he declined.

"So? What do you think? Will you give up your scores willingly, or will you try to fight us all alone? I suggest against the latter since there is no way for you to win without your summoned creature!" he made fun of Char.

"Fine! I will summon my skeleton!" Char said.

"Then stab yourself with this dagger, just to be safe," the man shrugged, then threw his dagger to him.

Char caught it with ease. He covered his face with his clothes before making a light wound on his finger with the dagger.

Soon he fell to the ground, unable to move. His assailant could not help but laugh so hard.

"Hahahaha! The former genius is afraid of getting injured? He could not even see himself getting hurt! This is hilarious!" he ridiculed him.

Pain coursed through Char's body from the light wound, it was so painful, but he could not even move or scream because of the paralysis effect.

The cloaked student kicked him in the stomach, "Now! Summon your creature!" he commanded.

Char could only grit his teeth since he could not reply. The boy kicked him a few more times before he realized.

"Oh, that's right! His skeleton just died, he will need a few more minutes to summon it! I should have asked him before he got paralyzed!

Even then, the boy kicked Char again to vent his frustration. Char could feel his bones cracked from the kick.

"Summon your creature the moment you can! And don't think about doing anything stupid, I know your skeleton can explode! We are so close together, if it explodes then you will get hit by the explosion too!" the student warned.

After five minutes, mana started to gather, and the skeleton appeared. Its orb-like eyes glowed red, looking at the unfamiliar cloaked man and kobold archer.

It tried to attack the duo but stopped since the cloaked man was holding a dagger against Char's neck.

"Stupid skeleton! Don't do anything and just let yourself die or your owner will die and you will die as well!" he barked.

It was at this moment that Char grabbed his arm and tackled him to the ground. He activated his physical boost and pressed his palm at the cloaked man's neck.

On the other side, the skeleton was already upon the kobold; it had a dozen arrows stabbing its bones, but arrows weren't exactly that effective against a skeleton.

Once it closed the distance, it only needed to do a few strikes with a physical boost sharpening its blade to cut all the kobold's limbs.

"You! you are not paralyzed?! You can move?!" the cloaked man asked in shock.

"It's easy to fool an idiot like you! Did you really think I'm afraid of you? Do you really think I'm afraid of pain? I intentionally buy some time so I can summon my skeleton, and when I hide my face, I drink an antidote!" Char shook his head.

Char had prepared an antidote in case he got poisoned by a wild creature. He put the antidote near the collar of his shirt so he can easily drink it during battle.

"No way! Even if you drink antidote, the paralysis should have stayed, it was a special poison that only a specific antidote can cure!"

"Well, indeed, the paralysis did not disappear completely, but too bad for you. My magic allowed me to move my body as I please! Now enough chit chat and time for payback!" he pulled his sword and raised it at the boy.

That scared the shit out of the boy, "No! Stop! I have an antidote! You want the antidote, right? The pain will not go away if you don't drink the antidote!" the boy begged.

"Idiot! I can just take it from you!" Char smacked the boy with the pommel of his sword repeatedly until the boy loses consciousness.

"If you do bad things, then I will be ruthless!" he smirked.

Killing was prohibited by the academy, and Char never killed anyone in his life. He just beat the boy until his mother couldn't recognize him instead of killing him outright.

"Ugh... this poison is really painful!" he groaned as he searched the boy for the antidote.

After a while, he found an antidote vial in the boy's bag. He took a sip before giving it to Anne.

Despite her injuries, she walked toward the unconscious boy and kicked him with all of her might, Char could hear bones breaking from the kick.

"Damn! I thought I was ruthless already, but an angry girl actually even worse! I better not mess with the wrong girl!" he lamented.