Vincent, instructor Baldwin, and the spectators inclined their heads and shifted their eyes respectively to look at the source of the voice and saw Felix standing at the entrance of the room.

"Hmm… what are you doing here?", instructor Baldwin asked. He was told that Felix was a part of the beta class—a class where everyone is required to only train day and night to surpass the minimum combat level threshold of 20 points.

Felix's sun-like eyes narrowed subtly and he said, "Instructor, what do you mean?"

The instructor shook his head and said, "This class is only for alpha and special class students. You belong to neither of them. Care to explain who told you about this class and why are you here?"

"Oh, then this is exactly the place where I should be," Felix raised his hand, a quantum card suddenly materializing in between his slender fingers.

The instructor's eyes showed shock for a moment before he realized that he has taken the reassessment and has become the student of the alpha class.

Anyone could become a part of the alpha class as long as their combat power level surpasses twenty. On the other hand, if the students are well-qualified to become a part of the alpha class yet are still being held back, it can be said that they are being bullied and suppressed by an instructor carrying personal vendetta against them, and they can report it to the punishment hall for justice.

However, most of the time, justice comes after months of waiting, partially destroying the student's future.

"There are still three minutes left," said Baldwin after glancing at the watch in his hand, "Do as you wish."

Hearing his words, Felix wiped the sheen layer of sweat on his face, smiling as he thought that three minutes are more than enough.

"Great! May I ask who holds the best record in this competition?" Felix asked as he looked at Baldwin.

He was doing his best to not look at Vincent and the others. After all, the beatings he took from them had dwindled his overconfidence and arrogance.

What followed after was even worse and crushed his pride to bits.

He got enrolled in the beta class with a bunch of country bumpkin.

He shrugged, trying to forget the distasteful yesterday.

Instructor Baldwin motioned him to look at the scoreboard in the distance.

His eyes widened as he saw the name of the ones who defeated the combat robot in the shortest time, Vincent and Geom—one of them was his biggest motivation to become strong while he didn't give a fuck about the latter.

'If I do my best, I should be able to match up to them, even if barely,' Felix thought as he began to walk towards the puppet.

"Don't you want to listen to the rules of this competition?" Instructor Baldwin asked as he looked at his back.

"I already know!" Felix said in a loud voice as he stood before the robot.

Instructor Kayle had notified him of everything related to the competition. She didn't like the current him, but she couldn't deny that he was once her baby brother and someone dear to her mother. Thus, she helped him out multiple times, allowing him to take a reassessment without waiting for weeks and letting him become a member of the alpha class immediately.

As chilly wind breezed through the room and the countdown began, Felix's eyes narrowed down to thin slits, and mana rapidly depleted from his body, channeling into his fire ability cells, creating flames and compressing them below his feet and in the center of his palm that balled into a fist.

Looking at the combat robot as if he was staring at Vincent, Felix couldn't control his rage and muttered without any regard for literary excellence, "I am gonna fuck you."

The very moment the countdown ended, he blasted himself at the robot in grey and hurled a blow to the stomach as it defended by crossing its hands from itself.

However, once Felix's punch landed on its thick hands, a thick layer of flame burst out from his knuckles that dawned on the robot and splintered, showering all over the room.

It was so hot that the internal circuits and external body of the robot were melted to the point of liquefication, killing it immediately.

‹ Felix Walken: 1.1 seconds ›

Most of the flames reached towards the innocent and powerless students that stood no chance to defend themselves against the flames that even melted the metallic body of the combat robot. They panicked, pushing one and another, causing some to trip to run out of the way of the shower of flames.

They were about to get burned alive; however, instructor Baldwin activated his ability and enclosed everyone in harm's way in an invisible barrier.

His ability was called barrier, and just like its name, he could erect a defensive barrier around any living or non-living thing within the range of his ability.

The students that were panicking calm down once they saw that the flames weren't able to touch them as a semi-transparent shield surrounded them.

The appearance of smoke and fire activated the sprinkled. After a few minutes, the fire died down under the assault of water.

"My efforts in the last day hadn't been a waste of time!" Felix lauded himself, unaware that the instructor was raging due to what he did.

He was feeling smug that he outperformed everyone except for Vincent and Geom.

"What is wrong with you? You could have hurt the other students if I wasn't attentive enough," instructor Baldwin screamed at Felix after he pacified the terrified and panicked students.

"My bad, instructor. I was just too excited about wanting to test the limit of my newfound powers. I didn't think it will cause so much damage."

Felix has been training under the guidance of a mysterious entity made of flames which was the real cause of his expulsion from the family's royal grounds. Following the Flame Spirit's instructions, he had managed to integrate further with the mark of flames which granted him immunity to fire.

This has led to an increase in his strength.

After rolling his eyes, instructor Baldwin handed Felix a rulebook before speaking: "It doesn't change the fact that you have violated a rule of the academy by endangering the lives of other students. Our academy strictly forbids infighting and especially putting someone's life at risk. You have broken a rule, so you must be punished. This is the Military Academy's rule book; it contains 999 rules you must follow during your academic life. By tomorrow, copy it ten times by hand, and provide the books to me. Otherwise, you'll be sent to the Punishment Hall for punishment."

"Hmph!" Felix angrily stared at the instructor with a look that said, do you think I can be so easily bullied?

"I did rather accept the Punishment."

"That's even better. The students of the punishment hall love torturing and playing with fresh and arrogant meat like you. I hope you won't take back your decision."

Hearing his words, Felix gulped and said, "On second thought, I will do as you say."

"Haha," instructor Baldwin laughed at him.

"I thought he has grown up after what has happened to him, but he is still a brat. What a troublesome person." Vincent said, causing Leila to giggle.

"Big brother, I don't like him as a person. Let's not interact with him." Leila said indicating that she didn't want to have anything to do with Felix.

"I feel the same way about that," Vincent replied.

At that very moment, instructor Baldwin came up to them. He handed Vincent a blue box before speaking, "This box contains the Body Strengthening Pill you won by placing first in this competition. It is created by Alex the Alchemist. He is quite accomplished as an alchemist due to his deep proficiency in a lot of pill-making techniques. The body-strengthening pill is one of his new products. It is verified by the alchemist authorities. It will strengthen your body unconditionally. As for how much, I will leave it up for you to find out."

'A magical pill refined by an alchemist? So this is what he meant by candy!' Vincent exclaimed in his mind as he accepted the blue ring box carrying a pill with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations, big brother!" Leila was feeling very happy for him.

After a moment, once Vincent stored the box in his spatial ring, instructor Baldwin said, "The pill will begin to lose its medicinal essence, and its effectiveness will decrease over time once you open the box. So don't open the lid unless you are ready to consume the pill."

"I understand." Vincent nodded.