"Ahh…that's unfortunate…" Daru sighed as the world warped into a white void, then to the ceiling of his room.

He was mid-hunt when his connection to the realm was severed.

Nonetheless, he was happy with his progress for today. He was able to level up three times in one session.

Thanks to the racial clash event, Havoc's rewards, and the six bladeborn kills—one of them being an S-ranker like himself—Daru was now level twenty-six.

He stood up and looked at the small wall clock to his right, his brows rising in surprise.

'Six hours?' he thought inwardly after seeing that it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.

He entered the realm at around seven, so he was expecting to be kicked out around lunchtime…

'Was this what the notification meant?'

As a reward for "bringing glory to his race", Daru's connection to the realm was strengthened.

It apparently meant he would have an extra hour every day compared to everyone.

This was a massive advantage, given that it would be equivalent to an extra day of progress every five days.

"So that's why I felt hungry and thirsty…"

This was the first time he felt that way in the Myriad Sword Realm, and honestly, he didn't know what to do about such a feeling.

He planned to research later.

But for now, he shall head to the nearest academy cafeteria to have lunch.

He arrived a dozen minutes later.

To his delight, it wasn't as full as usual, perhaps because lunchtime had already passed.

There were still quite a lot of people, though, and they were chatting quite passionately.

Their topic?

None other than the mysterious "Onimaru Kunitsuna".

Some of them would spend more time in the forums than in the training fields, and so those people were already familiar with all the highest rankers of their generation.

Gram, Chi Xiao, Durandal, and Sigrun…

All those SSS-rankers, and yet, the highest-level novice turned out to be a bladeborn named Onimaru Kunitsuna.

Mysteriously, the guy wasn't even in the "Cream of the Crop" post of every Bladeborn Academy.

It was as though the novice was but a mythical hero that disappeared as quickly as he appeared after saving the day.

Either that or he had a low-ranking sword, which allowed him to evade the eyes of the world government and the Seven Sword Guilds, although such a thing seemed highly unlikely.

In any case, information about him should emerge in a day or two.

There were a lot of crazy people in the forums, after all.

Daru had nothing to do but chew on his food while listening.

So, since he was already there anyway, he decided to just listen to the conversations to gather more information.

Daru couldn't help but sigh and shake his head at the silliness of some speculations.

Some claimed they were ninety percent certain about Onimaru Kunitsuna's identity, only for their guesses to be some random, absurd bullcrap like how the mysterious novice was the bastard son of the Neo-Earth World Government's President and was their trump card to finally control the Seven Sword Guilds.

The only topic in every table was Lord Onimaru.

However, before Daru finished his meal, a new one began circulating.

One of the three S-rankers of their academy, Alopecion, was apparently assassinated today, along with a few B-rankers.

The matter wasn't confirmed yet.

But there were a few people who claimed that they saw the balding S-ranker earlier in an extremely sour mood, along with the few rumored B-rankers that were also killed.

In any case, the truth should come to light soon.

An S-ranker losing a life to fellow bladeborns was no small matter.

Whoever the assassin was, the bastard was bound to pay if the matter about Alopecion being killed was true.

Daru was reminded of what occurred in his first hour in the Myriad Sword Realm today as he returned the empty plates, bowls, and glass bottles to the appropriate station.

He then left the cafeteria and began walking back to his dormitory.

It was true that he killed five B-rankers and the pathetic S-ranker, but strangely, he didn't feel guilty.

Based on the medieval war movies he watched on his rest days, wasn't he supposed to vomit after his first kill, or something?

Why did it feel like this wasn't his first time killing people?

Or maybe it was the way they turned into red cubic particles and vanished that made the heavy deed feel many times lighter?

Either way, Daru was both pleased and a bit unnerved, finding his heart a bit too carefree after what he just did.

He naturally didn't have any intentions of admitting to it, though, even if what he did could be considered self-defense.

Daru found the process of defending himself in court a bit too overwhelming. It would also prevent him from focusing on his progress in the Myriad Sword Realm.

Why go through all the trouble when he could simply avoid everything with a change of name and appearance?

Unexpectedly, the Oni Mask turned out to be extremely useful.

'Am I being corrupted by its deceitful nature?' he pondered.

His heart finally grew a bit heavy, but on second thought, what was wrong with using an item he had in his possession?

Surely, it wasn't only him who would use everything at his disposal to secure advantages, no?

There was also the matter of him obtaining a relatively huge number of experience points after killing other bladeborns, along with a few C-tier accessories and items as "drops".

This added to his unease.

'Yes…this is only part of being an excellent bladeborn…I must be adaptable, flowing like water…' Daru consoled himself.

He had done nothing wrong…

Luckily, he had all the time in the world to sort his emotions today, since it was Sunday.

Daru immediately sat down and accessed his laptop as soon as he arrived at his dormitory room.

'I should study instead…'

And so, for the rest of the day, he researched random advanced topics about the Myriad Sword Realm and checked the forums to ensure his true identity hadn't been found out, even though he was quite sure that his secret was safe.

Daru was finally able to recover his regular state of mind by nightfall.

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