The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

138 Void State

Cain’s eyes widened with shock as he saw the blonde man who seemed to be the teacher of the Assassination Military Specialization Class. It was the same man he once saw talking with Beelze, who she referred to as her family’s servant.

The rest of the cadets reacted with the same shock, but it was upon hearing the man expelling them from the class.

“Wait a moment! While it is true that for a Military Specialization Class, an examination will determine who will remain, you can not just expel us without reason.”

The one that spoke was Zamir. While there was clear indignation on the scion’s face, he was smart enough not to try to use his background.

Zamir had seen how other teachers had disciplined cadets, and he was in no mood to be punched until he blacked out. Actually, he was not interested in the Assassination Military Specialization, but he had to get into this class.

Assassins operated in the darkness; most of the time, no one knew of their amazing feats. There was no worst job for someone like Zamir, who enjoyed being in the spotlight. However, his father contacted him, forcing him to take this class.

Zamir could not say no to his father, so he was forced to sell many of his Wave Artifacts to gather the 10.000 military credits to enter the class.

Now that someone dared to speak against the teacher, the rest of the cadets gained enough courage also to utter their irritation.

“It is not fair to expel us without reason.”

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“Yes, even if you are a teacher, you can not treat us like this.”

“Why are we expelled, and those two who reacted so exaggeratedly can stay?”

One of the cadets even brought Cain and Orin into the discussion.

Cain did not bother with that person, and Orin did not even glance at her. Both focused solely on the teacher but were also curious about why they were selected to remain. Not to mention they still had no answer to the immense sense of danger that had assaulted them before.

The man remained silent as he heard the shouts of the cadets and only raised one finger to his jugular.

That confused the cadets, but then one of them touched his neck. A sense of absolute shock assaulted him when he saw the blood in it.

The rest of the cadets did the same, and they saw that all had a small puncture wound right on top of their jugular veins. What shocked them the most was that none of them had noticed it until now!

“I don’t care if your family told you that you needed to take this class no matter what, so you could learn my skills. I don’t teach garbage.

When it comes to assassins, our ability to detect danger is primordial. It will determine whether you end your target or this one ends you.

I attacked the neck of every one of you, yet only two could perceive and act in time to move away. The rest detected it too late or did not detect it at all, so there is no point in me wasting my time with you.

I will not repeat it a third time. Leave!”

The moment the man uttered those last words, a dark force field emerged from his brain and flooded the room.

Cain’s eyes glowed with red light as his Ego Wave reacted to that of the blonde man, and there was a surprise on his face.

‘His Ego Wave is above the Wave Champion Stage!’

Alotguth that did not necessarily mean the man was stronger than a Wave Champion, Cain still marked him as extremely dangerous.

Cain and Orin did not feel anything from that dark force field, but a horrifying killing instinct assaulted all the other cadets. None of them dared to remain in the auditorium and began to run with all their strength.

The man’s dark force field vanished once the cadets left the auditorium, and he stared at Cain and Orin before signaling for the duo to approach.

Cain took a deep breath as he walked toward the blonde man, but his eyes soon turned toward Orin. The woman’s appearance was average, but it was not what mattered to him.

‘She has hidden her real strength all this time, and the only reason she showed it now was her survival instincts kicking in. She belongs to the third type.’

Cain still remembered the classification Apex gave to him regarding people. The first type were those that did not seek the spotlight, but neither hid from it, while the second were those in constant pursuit of fame.

The third type was those that hid their power from everybody and only revealed it when it was time to strike. Of the three types, they were the most dangerous.

Orin also glanced at Cain, but it was impossible to tell what she thought since her face and eyes were calm.

Once Cain and Orin were in front of the blonde man, this one gave the duo a profound look before nodding.

“My name is Jonathan. I will be your teacher in the Assassination Military Specialization Class.”

Cain and Orin adopted a respectful stance before clasping their hands and bowing to Jonathan.

“You two showed impressive battle awareness, which earned you the right to take this class. However, if I had gone all out, your fate would have been the same as the other.”

Jonathan’s words could be misconstrued as bragging or him covering his weakness to the fact the duo managed to dodge his silent attack, but there was a hidden message in it.

Even if the instincts of Cain and Orin allowed them to perceive the dangers, it did not matter if the enemy was so fast that their bodies could not react. No matter how good your instincts were, if the power difference were too significant, you would still fall to a silent attack.

A small smile appeared on Jonathan’s face when he saw that the duo understood the hidden meaning of his words.

“Good. It seems I will not have to repeat myself with you two.”

Jonathan nodded before carrying on with his words.

“I will train you to the best of my skills and not hide anything from you. How much you can learn in these three months depends entirely on you.

There are many skills you must master to become a true assassin, such as stealth, disguise, infiltration, patience, and adaptability.

You also have specializations like the use of poisons, counterintelligence, or the use of deadly artifacts. I will teach them in detail, and you will choose the best path for you.”

Jonathan made a small pause before adopting a serious expression, making Cain and Orin react with the same severity.

“I can see by the look in your eyes and your auras that both of you are not foreign to the concept of killing people. I don’t care about your past, but you must understand that killing and assassination are very different.

You can kill someone by shattering their skull or destroying their heart, but assassination is much more complicated.

Assassination is the finest of arts, but only you and your target should appreciate it. An assassin operates in the darkness, and the best of us leave no trace of our presence.

A master assassin could end a target’s life without this one even finding it out. That is the peak of our craft.”

Cain and Orin made sure to engrave every single word in their minds. The man in front of them dedicated his life and soul to his art, and it would be a great sin not to learn everything he was teaching them.

“The first skill we will learn is stealth. You must hide your presence until the very last moment, becoming nothing more than a blur among the crowd.

You should always aim at slaying your opponent with a single blow before this one even realizes you are next to them. It is not always possible, and there will be times when you will enter a ferocious battle against your target.

However, everything will be much easier if the battle begins after you connect a deadly blow through an ambush.”

Jonathan took two crystal cards from his space ring and handed one to Cain and another to Orin.

“You will find the technique I used to hide my presence and attack the more than fifty cadets in the room.”

Cain and Orin’s eyes glowed with excitement when they heard that. Even after detecting the incoming danger, they could not perceive Jonathan’s location.

It would be amazing if they could learn the technique that allowed Jonathan to achieve such fantastic stealth.

Once Jonathan signaled they could focus on the crystal card, Cain immediately accessed it through his [A.I. Chip Module].

[Void State: Auxiliary technique meant to hide your presence and boost your stealth abilities. A total of five levels]

Cain’s eyes widened as he saw the basic information of Void State and understood it was a technique at the same level as his Blood Refinement Art.