Reigns’s head jerked forward as he slammed it into the one closest to him forcing a startled grunt out of the boy.

At the same time, his leg twisted violently as he kicked upward with everything he had left.The kick shoved the one holding him down to lose his balance for a split second.

"Bastard!"

The others screamed at Reigns but this wasn’t enough to stop him.

Reigns wasn’t trained, but he was desperate and relentless, striking whatever he could reach.

Faces, shoulders, ribs while his body thrashed against their grip like a cornered animal refusing to die quietly.

"Can’t you hold him properly, you idiots!"

One of them tightened his grip trying to pin his arm down but Reigns suddenly twisted his wrist.

He bend forward and sank his teeth deep into the boy’s hand without hesitation.

"AAARGHH—! YOU CRAZY FUCK!"

Blood filled his mouth while the boy screamed and instinctively pulled back. That brief opening was all Reigns needed. He jerked his body sideways, breaking part of their hold.

"Get off me!"

He kicked again.

But numbers were numbers.

He resisted with everything he had but more weight pressed down on him and more hands grabbed him forcing him back toward the ground inch by inch as their grip tightened again.

"Still struggling?!"

"Just stay down already!"

"Damn it, hold him!"

His movements slowed for a moment, not because he wanted to stop, but because his body was reaching its limit.

Yet even then, he fought. He narrowly dodged a punch and bit the attacker’s hand.

"GAAAHH!"

"Are you a human or dog?"The bullies screamed in frustration.

He then shoved another aside, searching for a way out...

When the air shifted and the noise died.

Even the screams behind him seemed to become dull.

And then a figure dropped from above.

BANGGGG!

The ground trembled on impact causing the dust and small debris to scatter.

Reigns instinctively staggered back a bit.His eyes widened and his heart pounded violently in his chest.

Someone had just landed right in front of him.

The dust had barely settled when Reigns finally saw the figure clearly and for a brief moment, even the pain in his body seemed to disappear The figure standing before him was simply too striking to ignore.

She stood tall and composed.

Her presence carried a natural authority that made the surrounding air feel heavier.

Her body was wrapped in a perfectly fitted academy uniform that looked very graceful.

Her long purple hair flowed smoothly down her back like silk, gently swaying with the lingering breeze.

A framing face that was breathtakingly beautiful, with soft lips, sharp features, and flawless skin that almost seemed unreal.

What truly froze people in place were her eyes.

Those violet irises held no warmth at all.They only carried a cold, deadly calm that sent a chill straight down the spine of anyone who met them.

For a brief moment, no one spoke.

"What the hell was that?"

"Did... did someone just land from above?"

"That impact...Crap..It’s like descent of meteor..."

The students instinctively took a few steps back. Their earlier amusement faded as uneasiness crept into their expressions. As the dust slowly began to settle, their eyes locked onto the figure standing at the center of it all.

A tall girl, overwhelmingly imposing.

"...Wait."

"...No way..."

"...That’s..."

Recognition struck like lightning.

"That’s Nyxara..."

"Nyxara Val Veydrin...!"

"The Ace...!"

The whispers that followed were no longer mocking or amused.They were just taken aback.

The person standing there was someone they never expected to see in a situation like this and certainly not descending out of nowhere like that.

"I thought she disappeared after the awakening..."

"She hasn’t shown up since yesterday..."

"Why is she here...?"

"And... why now, of all times...?"

A few students instinctively straightened their posture, while others lowered their gaze without even realizing it, as if their bodies reacted before their minds could catch up. The pressure radiating from her presence wasn’t something they could ignore.

Even Rez’s group froze.

The arrogance that had filled their faces moments ago cracked almost instantly replaced by stiffness and unease as if they had suddenly realized that they might have stepped into something far beyond their control.

"She’s looking this way..."

"Wait... is she looking at Reigns?"

"That can’t be right..."

"I thought she already cut him off after the awakening..."

"Then why...?"

No one had an answer.

She stepped forward slowly. Though her movement was simple, it made the atmosphere tighten, as if an invisible pressure had descended over the area. Then she looked directly at Reigns before speaking in a calm yet demanding tone.

"Where the hell have you been? I have been searching for you since morning."

Hearing her voice and seeing her up close, memories suddenly rushed back into Reigns’s mind. The woman’s identity became clear.

She was none other than the original body’s girlfriend from before all of this happened.

Back then, he had been just a commoner, while she belonged to a high-class family. Their relationship had always been seen as strange and unacceptable by many, which drew jealousy and resentment from others.

She was Nyxara Val Veydrin.

The girl that was supposed to be Reigns’s girlfriend.

But everything changed drastically after the awakening. While she had awakened an extremely powerful and rare super-duper OP class that placed her above most people, he had only received a low-level, support-type farmer class, making the gap between them impossibly wide.

’Damn, this kid’s eyes were really aiming for the top.’

Reigns clenched his teeth slightly as he thought about how situations like this usually ended.

She would look down on him, break up with him, and humiliate him even more. That was how every story unfolded.

But he didn’t want that kind of unnecessary drama. It hadn’t even been minutes since he arrived here, and things were already this chaotic.

At present, they were in the school’s backyard, with not many eyes around.

’Let’s keep the future trouble at bay.’

’I will finish this matter now.’

So instead of letting things drag into something troublesome, he decided to finish it himself before she could say anything.

He stepped forward slightly and spoke in a calm voice, even though his body still ached from all the beating.

"I know it..."

"I know I don’t deserve to be with you. I am just a weakling, so I understand it already. I agree to break up. Good luck for your future, and I hope you find someone strong and worthy..."

"..."

An uncomfortable, deadly chill shocked everyone.

A few even wondered if they heard wrong.

"What the hell did I just hear?’

He rejected her.

Whispers erupted one after another.

After saying that, Reigns immediately turned around, intending to leave before the situation could grow even more complicated but before he could take more than a step...

Rez’s howling, pig-like, furious voice exploded from behind as he shouted, "Betham, grab that bitch."

Bentham reacted instantly.

He rushed forward and shouted loudly, "Bastard. How dare you reject the princess? It should be she who should reject you and yet you still act like you have a choice!"

"A toad lusting over a swan, acting high and mighty."

As he shouted, he extended his hand forward. A strange bluish energy began to form around it.

The energy flickered and looked unstable.It felt something dangerous that Reigns had never seen before.

The moment Reigns saw that energy, a strong sense of danger surged through his body. His instincts screamed at him that if that attack were to land on him, he wouldn’t survive. Even though his body was already injured, he forced himself into a defensive stance, preparing to react at the last second.

However, just as Bentham’s hand was only a few inches away from him, something strange happened.

A thin, almost invisible line seemed to pass through the space between them.

No one saw where it came from.

But both Bentham and Reigns froze in that instant.

Before Reigns could even understand what had happened, warm blood suddenly splattered across his face. At the same time, something spun in the air past his vision before falling heavily to the ground.

As his eyes followed it, he realized that it was his severed hand.

For a moment, his mind went blank.

Bentham also froze, staring ahead in confusion. Then he slowly looked down at his own arm.

His hand was gone.

The cut was so clean that it almost didn’t look real.

That was when realization struck him.

Terror filled his face.

He opened his mouth to scream but before any sound could escape a cold hand suddenly grabbed his neck and lifted him slightly off the ground cutting off his voice completely.

The woman with purple hair stood beside Reigns.

"Darling, I don’t know what misunderstanding you’re having right now," she said softly, "but we can talk about it later."

Her tone was gentle, but beneath it lay a chilling coldness that made it feel far more dangerous.

Then she slowly turned her gaze toward Bentham.

"Now, you..."

"A squirming, filthy insect. How dare you lay a finger on my prince?"

Her grip tightened slightly as Bentham struggled helplessly.

"To dare harm even a single hair of his... even wiping out your nine generations wouldn’t be enough as your punishment."

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