Niki looked at the people in front of him, wondering why it has taken them so long to do it. They were all wearing masks, but Niki didn’t have many enemies willing to ambush him.


    “Julian, huh?” Niki looked at the group, all wearing robes and covering their faces with masks. “Are you after this?” He took out the pin from his pocket.


    As soon as the object came to light, the five people rushed forward to take him down. Niki grinned and pulled out his guns, firing several shots without stopping.


    Even though the gunshot rang loud, there were no people around at this time. And this was a training field, so it was ordinary to hear such sounds without anyone getting worried.


    His bullets seemed to have eyes of their own, striking his assants where it hurts: their faces, joints, and most of all, their private parts.


    “Indecent!” A shout came from one of the masked people as two of hisrades were struck in the groin. No matter how much a superhuman you are, that area will always be private.


    “We are just getting started.” Niki grinned as he infused his bullets with mana. This time, it’s going to do a lot more harm than just hurt people. His crazed expression, a stark contrast to his usually stoic face, induced fear in the eyes of these students.


    “Use your weapons and take him down!” The leader shouted, and despite sounding rougher, Niki was able to deduce the identity of this person. It was theckey who appeared with Julian the other day.


    “Try if you can.” Niki leaned his body forward, and the ground caved in beneath his feet. He bolted forward and appeared in front of theckey, seizing him by the throat.


    “Guh!”


    Theckey made choking sounds as Niki’s hand tightened around his neck. He began squirming and iling to escape Niki’s grasp, but it was hopeless.


    “Bastard, you’ll kill him!” One of the other students shouted and rushed forward. Niki raised his gun and shot a mana-infused bullet at him, making him scream.


    Seeing their Niki take down theirrade, the other assants rushed in with their weapons and shield. The shield holder rushed forward and deflected Niki’s bullet as they rained, ramming into Niki and sending him flying.


    Niki rolled on the ground and jumped with his gun in hand. Theckey was heavily breathing after being released, trying to take in the air stolen from him.


    “Work together!”


    Theckey shouted, and the others rushed in with the shield holder in the lead. Niki fired several bullets, but they were useless. The shots left dent marks on the shield, but nothing more.


    ‘That’s why I need an enchanted weapon.’ Niki sighed and leaned forward again. He bolted forward as the shield user rushed toward him, the gap between them lessening by the second.


    Before they collided again, Niki jumped to the side and ran across the facility’s wall. He then jumped midair and fired two bullets, striking the man’s knees from behind.


    As the man fell to his knees, scraping them against the ground, Nikinded next to him and struck his neck. The man fainted and fell to the ground.


    “What…” The others, who were preparing to attack, paused and stopped moving. Their friend fell listlessly on the ground without any resistance.


    ‘Kids,’ Niki inwardly thought as he bolted forward. ‘You’ve chosen the wrong person to antagonize.’


    As Niki was about to fire his gun, he heard a sound from above. He looked up and saw that a neer jumped from the facility’s roof and plunged toward Niki with his fist.


    ‘Here you are, Julian.’ Niki thought as he blocked the blow by crossing his arms. Using his arms was the only way that he could avoid an attack on his vitals. A loud cracking sound rang before Julian, masked as well, kicked Niki away in his stomach.


    “Cough!” Niki coughed up blood as his left arm ached. There was at least a fracture, but he could care less about it now. He raised his gun with his other arm, but someone appeared beside him and kicked it away from his hand.


    The neer who appeared beside him kicked him again in the abdomen, making Niki roll on the ground several times until he struck the facility’s wall. Raising his body with difficulty, he looked at the remaining six who have surrounded him.


    “Seven people just for me? I’m ttered.” Nikiughed. “Julian, do you think Valkyrie would acknowledge you just because I lost the pin?” None of the six answered him, but one of them stepped forward after a bit.


    “She will realize how mistaken she is about you.” Julian took off his mask. “Today, I’ll not only break all of your limbs but your mind too. I’ll make sure you can never smile again.”


    “Boss!” One of theckeys panicked.


    “No one will believe him.” Julian grinned. “I’ll make sure that no one does.” He walked over to Niki slowly, grabbing his hair. “You will regret the day you ever crossed me, trash.” He spat in Niki’s face.


    “Yup, that’s a nice distance.” Niki suddenly took out an arrow from his bag and shed Julian with it. In response, Julian leaned back and avoided it quickly, appearing prepared.


    Niki’s bow suddenly appeared in his hand. He nocked the arrow and fired it instantly while applying a new effect on it.


    [You infused the Nightmare Effect, consuming 3 Points.]


    The arrow struck Julian in the chest as light exploded out. As soon as the light entered his head, Julian began screaming in a terrified voice.


    “What is this? Get away from me! Why are you here again? You should be dead!” He began to attack randomly, striking hisckeys in the process.


    “Julian! What’s wrong with you?!” A voice, Niki identifying as Erza’s voice, shouted in panic. However, Julian could no longer see them. He was in a long and terrifying nightmare, attacking anything in front of him.


    Niki stood up and started to walk beside the wall, leaving the area. However, he saw someone walking over from a distance. The man walked over slowly; his steps measured.


    ‘What is he doing here?’ Niki gritted his teeth.


    The man’s blond hair was long, falling beside him and tied in a hairband. He had a striking resemnce to Julian, who was out of his mind at the moment.


    “I thought I would need to stop you,” The man shook his head as he looked at Julian. “Yet, you seem to be only capable of failure.” He stopped walking in front of Julian and struck him in his be.


    Julian stopped iling and fell to the ground. His older brother, which Niki knew from his past life, shook his head helplessly. Then, he turned to Niki.


    “You’ve ced him in devilish torture. I doubt he’ll recover easily from this.” The young man said with interest, not with hate. “However, I still need to take care of him. Hand over that pin and never speak of this matter. I’ll make sure no one bothers you again.”


    [Choose a response in thirty seconds!]


    [Hand over the pin and leave.]


    [Keep the pin and try to run away.]


    [Keep the pin and fight.]


    [Negotiate a way out.]