The System chimed one more time.
Ding...
[Condition Met: Accumulated Hatred Exceeds 500]
[New Skill Awakened — FEAR PRESSURE Lv. 1]
Description: Your presence induces instinctive fear.
Targets with weak mental fortitude may feel suffocation, trembling, or paralysis.
Hatred generated: +30% bonus.
I exhaled slowly.
The sound echoed like a blade leaving a sheath.
A boy in the crowd clutched his chest.
"H-he's suffocating me…"
Another backed away so fast he slipped on the wet stone.
I could feel it — the shift in the atmosphere.
Their fear wasn't random.
It was mine.
Generated by me.
Controlled by me.
A sensation pulsed under my skin, like a dark flame coiling around my veins.
Power.
Raw, addictive power.
The class leader, Damon Kerris — the one who pushed me earlier — forced himself to stand firm. His jaw clenched, his fists trembling violently.
"You think… this changes anything?" Damon spat.
"You're still a failure. Still trash. Still—"
DING.
[+97 Hatred Points]
His insult hit me like a sweet fuel injection.
I smiled without meaning to.
Damon flinched.
"You should stop talking now," I said quietly.
Something inside him snapped.
He lunged at me, swinging wildly, desperate to prove he wasn't afraid.
Pathetic.
His punch moved like it was underwater.
I raised a hand and caught his fist effortlessly.
His eyes widened.
"W-what…? How—"
I tightened my grip just enough to make him freeze.
"Your hatred made me stronger," I whispered.
"Every insult. Every rumor. Every look."
I threw him backward.
He skidded across the wet ground, coughing, staring at me as if I wasn't human.
The System chimed again.
[Your actions have provoked concentrated hostility.]
[+120 Hatred Points]
[Fear Pressure increases in potency for 2 minutes.]
The air thickened even more.
A girl whimpered.
Another dropped to her knees, overwhelmed by the pressure.
Someone screamed, "D-don't look him in the eyes! It's like he's not even human anymore!"
I stepped forward, calm, composed, unstoppable.
Each step echoed like thunder.
Damon tried to stand again, gripping the ground with shaking fingers.
"You… monster…" he hissed.
DING.
[+141 Hatred Points]
[Skill Efficiency Upgraded: Fear Pressure Lv. 2]
The lightning in my veins surged again.
Fear Pressure Lv. 2 wrapped around me like an invisible crown.
Damon's voice cracked.
"What ARE you?"
I answered him truthfully — and softly.
"The product of your hatred."
Gasps rippled through the courtyard.
If they hated me before…
They would drown in hatred now.
And I would rise even higher.
The System displayed one more message.
[New Milestone: 1000 Hatred Points]
[Hidden Quest Unlocked]
Title:"Become the Most Hated in the Academy."
Reward: Unknown.
A hidden quest.
A reward shrouded in mystery.
A path I had never considered before… now wide open.
I turned away from the trembling crowd and walked toward the academy gates, leaving their fear behind me like a shadow that refused to fade.
But just as I reached the gate—
A voice cut through the rain.
Soft.
Calm.
Too calm.
"Aiden Rael."
I stopped instantly.
A girl stood beneath a black umbrella, blocking the exit.
Long raven hair.
Unmoving expression.
Eyes as sharp as knives.
I recognized her.
The academy's top-ranked prodigy, his Ex Girlfriend.
Someone who never loved him rather put on a mask of love.
Someone impossible to trust.
She looked at me without fear — as if she had been waiting.
"I've been observing you," she said.
"And now I'm certain."
Her eyes narrowed.
"You're not supposed to exist."
The System pulsed violently.
[WARNING: Unknown Threat Detected.]
She attacked him with her ice lance repeatedly but he doged every time and he kept towards her and went pass her without striking her,
saying if I wanted I would have attacked you and injured you but I didn't because my love was real but now I will get stronger and take revenge from you and from everyone
he left the academy and went into the forest and disappeared there
Ding..
[Unknown Creature Detected]
[Rank: Unknown]
[Status: Watching You]
To be Continued...
End of Chapter 02
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