The Retired Hero is an Extra

Just as the fight was about to end, a few examinees became greedy and targeted the top competitors.

Of course, figures like Avon, Amael, Zaos, Grunghin, Caeron, Yirox, the lightning element guy, and the protagonist were the major targets.

Yet they excluded Jash, wary of him putting on an act and only two went to take him down at once, thinking they could pincer him.

The others each received only one.

However, it was enough to anger someone like Avon as he felt he was being looked down upon.

Alas, he still had some semblance to his sanity and gritted his teeth to keep shut and maintain his dignity in front of the world.

Unlike him, Grunghin couldn't care less as he spat venomously, "Freaking idiot! Who do you think you are looking at!"

"Hah! Can't believe a midget has the gall to still yap!" the human sneered with a mocking smirk on his face.

Before their conversation could continue or any fight could begin, a sharp sword wind cut through the air, interrupting them.

"Damn you!" a dwarf screamed in fright after barely dodging the attack performed by the golden-haired boy opposite him.

"Your fault for underestimating me," the golden-haired boy whispered before swinging his sword, only to abruptly change its direction.

"Haa... Haa... Haa..."

An elven mage was the one who stopped the attack, saying, "This... isn't the... time to... fight amongst ourselves..."

He was the only elf besides Zaos to have survived until now and actually took a neutral role despite the heated situation.

The golden-haired boy had a surprised expression on his face as he looked at the elven mage.

Jash noticed a flicker of regret in the golden-haired boy's expression, making him doubt his eyes.

'Why does his expression show... regret?' Jash wondered.

There was no way for Jash to recall every character's description, but someone who reached this far...

'Why does he seem like someone unimportant?' he wondered, guessing that the guy had an average performance in the Entrance Test.

'Could it be the protagonist and he became friends later on? But he's a guy... I don't think the protagonist swung both ways, though.'

If only someone could hear Jash's wild thoughts...

As if redemption for his thoughts, a human mage and a dwarven warrior wielding a morningstar targeted him with the dwarf even attacking him.

Unfazed in the least, Jash casually lifted a dagger and blocked the strike easily, not even moving half an inch backward.

Of course, it wasn't that he was too strong, it was just that the dwarf was weak and too tired to garner enough strength.

Before the yellow-haired dwarf could say anything, though, Jash pulled his hand a little backward and pushed forward.

The dwarf was surprised at how easily Jash blocked the strike, but he didn't give up and continued pushing through.

However, feeling no change for a few seconds before it went down and got pushed back all of a sudden, his eyes widened.

'Why does his strength seem higher than mine? Is he already a Mid E-Rank!?' the dwarf thought to himself.

He really couldn't understand how the human could force him back.

"HAH!" The dwarf pulled his morningstar and backstepped, getting into a proper stance while creating some distance.

He pointed the tip of his weapon at Jash, making it clear that he was now ready for his attack.

But Jash still didn't glance at him, instead twirling his daggers and squatting down before dashing straight left, ignoring the dwarf

"What the–?" The dwarf was shocked by Jash's move. Running away while in the middle of a fight was strange, very strange.

"Shit! That's where he is!" The dwarf clenched his jaw as he saw Jash swing his daggers in a similar manner before throwing one of them.

Unlike the dwarf, the human mage hadn't anticipated this situation and was a second late to sidestep to dodge it.

"Urgh," he groaned as the dagger drew blood, slicing off the skin from his arm.

Jash didn't wait and directly dashed at him, dagger in hand, immediately swung at the mage, taking him out in one go.

He didn't give a damn about the neutral elf or what was happening with others.

He was targeted, so he ought to take them out as quickly as possible.

"What!?! YOU!" The dwarf yelled, rushing towards Jash and swinging the morningstar in a wide arc.

Jash instantly back stepped before tilting his body to the left and throwing the dagger at the dwarf's head.

After swinging his morningstar in a wide arc, he didn't have any time to react and was teleported by the barrier.

After all, a sharp dagger hitting the head could leave some worrisome wounds and could even prove to be fatal.

Despite the swift execution, Jash did not let his guard down.

On the other side, Amael and the protagonist frowned, seeing Jash's skill with the dagger when he was a swordsman.

Both wanted to curse their system for being really useless if not for the spectacle opposite them.

The golden-haired boy saw the neutral elf's expression fall and he closed eyes, not wanting to see the elf's expression when he took care of the dwarf attacking him.

Ultimately, there was no other way after Jash swiftly dispatched his enemies and kept his guard up while heading towards the boss monster.

The clash was inevitable and the neutral elf could only feel defeated.

Nearby, Avon went ahead and dashed towards his opponent, spinning his spear in his right hand.

He swung his spear, but his opponent blocked it and got pushed back before slashing with his own spear at Avon.

Due to the shock of being unable to eliminate his opponent, the spear grazed his shoulder, drawing blood.

Of course, the customized nano-armors given didn't prevent damage as it worked more as a protective device than armor, and it was meant to work that way.

Without a change in expression, Avon touched his shoulder, and looked at his hand to see a bit of blood on it.

He glared at his opponent, unable to believe that he even got injured on top of being unable to swiftly take the guy down.

It hurt his pride more than anything to see Jash quickly dispatch his enemies while he struggled.

Worse yet, even Amael had already taken care of his opponent, a mage, without letting the guy cast any spells.

"Don't you underestimate me!" Avon yelled with gritted teeth, channeling what little mana he had, increasing his speed.

—Clang!

Small sparks were produced as the two spears collided, with Avon pushing back his opponent.

But he did not stop, continuing to attack his opponent, trying to take him down as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, the others were in a similar situation excluding Caeron who just left his opponents range.

He recognized Jash as a greater threat than the golden-haired boy and was not going to stand against the crazy guy.

While the others were also exchanging attacks, Jash suddenly dashed at the boss monster, prompting Amael and the protagonist to do the same.

'Nice,' he smirked inwardly while maintaining a confident demeanor on his face.

He wanted the two of them to fight each other for the boss monster and also planned to draw the others in.

While his plan was easy to get caught, he knew it was inevitable.

The moment he dispatched his opponents and walked towards the boss monster, everyone got in a hurry.

No matter their opponents, there were no teams, only selfish people yearning for the Rank 1.

Hence, neither examinee would want to lose the opportunity to slay the boss monster and fulfill some condition to get Rank, if it even existed in the first place.

Of course, Jash had a different motive, aware that just slaying the boss monster wasn't enough to secure Rank 1.