The Anti-Hero
Chapter 3: The Academy
In downtown #1 is precisely the City Leader building
At the moment Van's father, Vander, was staring at some of the heroes in front of him with a serious face
"So you guys met yesterday with someone who introduced himself [Darkness]??" ask Van's dad
"Yes Mr. Vander. We found him with a woman.... The woman said that [Darkness] had just killed the #7,000,000 hero codenamed [Silver Claw]"
The hero who reported it deliberately hid that the hero [Silver Claw] that Van killed was trying to harass a woman
After all the decisiveness of Hero number 1 is famous among heroes in the city #1
"Once well, it seems that now there will be a new problem again, someone a hero killer.....
Put it on the news about [Darkness] to tell the civilians and warn the heroes in town #1 to be more alert to [Darkness]" Van's father Vander said
The heroes then came out of Vander's room
Vander massaged his head while thinking about this matter
Although the number of Heroes in the world today amounts to 100,000,000 (one hundred million) with a world population of about 100,000,000,000 (100 billion)
But it can be said that the hero population is very less because of the difference in numbers, especially many heroes who died both from villains in the city and monsters outside the city
Moreover, in this world there are 100,000 cities and the quality of heroes of each city is very different
"Damn it, really I want to take a vacation and see Van go to the academy" Vander murmured
As Vander was busy thinking, the sound of knocking resuscitated him
*TUK
*TUK
"Come in" said Vander
The door opened and a secretary came up to Vander
"Mr Vander, there is a request from the city of #63,000 to send the help of heroes because the monster [Plague Rat] made it into the city through the underground channels" the secretary reported
[Plague Rat]: A rat as big as an ordinary human head, does not have a strong attack but its bite causes a deadly disease. Even in a city, there had been a plague due to the [Plague Rat]
City #1 as the strongest city is the center of government and certainly needs to meet the demand of other cities
Even the City Leader building in every city other than being used for the City Leader's office, was also used as the headquarters of the hero
"Alright, send hero #100 (ranked 100) - [Fire Dragon] and hero #10,000 (ranked 10,000) - [Healer]" Vander said
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As for Vander's current son, Van, was strolling the market in search of groceries
As he walked, Van saw many beggars on the outskirts of the market
Van thought in his heart
The existence of [Skill] is very important in this world
All of these beggars were people without [Skill]
They can enter the academy even without [Skill] but after graduating, they will be nothing
Lucky if they can work after graduating from the academy
Lucky if they have a family that is willing to accept them and can meet their needs
Yet many parents throw away their child if their child does not have a [Skill]
Even poor people like beggars are given allowances by the government but those money is also not enough for all beggars in the world
Van then walked into the market deeper ignoring the beggars
Van can make them their subordinates with the [Union System] yet they have long lost their life expectancy
A person who lost their spirit of life could only be said to be an old machine that was forced to work just because they were kept supplied with electricity
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A week has passed since Van was on the market
He was at the gate of the academy
The academy in each city was only 1 so it would definitely be very crowded
But when Van walked, people immediately gave Van empty space to walk
After all, the identity of the hero child #1 is not a joke
Van approaching a tree as high as 5 meters, even trees in this world can evolve, ordinary trees can even reach a height of 5-10 meters
Van then jumped up and landed on a tree branch then leaned back while waiting for the academy's opening event
Van's existence attracts the attention of people both from men and girls
Girl looks at Van's good looks
The male looked at the power of Van awakening the 2 [Skill] SSS rank
"Look, it's Van, it's so handsome"
"Yes, very handsome and cold"
"That's Van? His aura even felt very strong"
"It's great to awaken 2 [Skill] SSS rank"
After 30 minutes, the initially very crowded crowd became even more crowded and Van was able to estimate this year's participants to be around 2 thousand
Just then, the Head of the [Academy] Academy who looked like a man in his 50s finally arrived on the stage
"Welcome, future candidates of the world, I am Hero #3 (ranked 3) - [Disaster] and Head of Academy welcomes you to this [Academy]
You will be studying in this [Academy] for 7 years so let me explain a little about this [Academy], the [Academy] is divided into F-S classes....
During your time at the academy, you will stay in the dorms so your relationship with the outside world will be greatly reduced
Classes at the Academy will start at 9am until 3pm
But take it easy, the facilities in the [Academy] are comparable to the City Leader building...
You can enjoy this facility as long as your points are enough
Well, the next event is to rank your class by fighting against everyone here until there is only one person left
Did you guys get an F class? A'S? S? Everything is determined by this fight
The rule is very simple: do not attack with an attack that causes severe injury or death" explained the Head of the Academy as he looked at Van in the last sentence
"Try your best because the initial points distribution is determined by this fight" the Head of the Academy added
"Alright, the fight begins" said the Head of the Academy
There was a commotion where everyone was fighting each other
Van was also a target
"I'll beat the hero boy #1 to class S" said one student as he approached Van with a sword in his hand
Are you brain defective?
Van looked at the student heading towards him strangely
Obviously I was on a tree and you approached me with a sword
When a few meters left between the student and Van, the student throws his sword
Van grabbed the sword with his hand and activated [Decay]
The sword in Van's hand instantly shattered into dust
Van then jumped from the tree and kicked the head of the student who had put the sword in
When Van kicked, the student felt his head break and his ears buzz
On landing on the ground, Van touched the ground below and activated [Decay]
Van smashed the ground into dust while controlling it so as not to turn people into dust
Fortunately Van's control of his powers was perfect after a week of practice
As a result of Van's attack, the ground shook and disintegrated into irregularities causing the academy's students to lose their footing
Within a radius of 1 kilometer, the vicinity of Van was within a safe zone due to the chaotic terrain
"It is troublesome to use [Decay] without killing, it seems necessary to find subordinates as soon as possible" Van murmured
Van then ran towards the crowd in the distance
Van's arrival frightened the academy's students and some students attacked him
The van that saw the attack coming had no intention of dodging it and receiving all the attacks
Seeing their attacks on Van made them pale for fear of making Van seriously injured or even dead
But from behind the smoke, Van appeared with clothes that had been burned and burns on his body
But those injuries regenerated with the help of [Immortality]
After regenerating, Van's awesome body looks with perfect muscles and an 8-pack
"Aww Van is very handsome"
The girls instantly fell unconscious when they saw Van's body and almost all of the academy's students were eliminated
"Hey can be like that?" muttered the Head of the Academy surprised when he saw Van beat the academy student with his body and face
As for Van currently wiping his sweat and running over the academy students who were still fighting
Every second, a student falls from a Van attack that strikes their nape
After an hour of relentless attacking, Van finally managed to defeat all the students of the academy
Van wiped away the sweat on his forehead while panting
"Not enough, my stamina and strength are not enough for now, too easily tired" Van murmured
*PLAC
*PLAC
The sound of applause made Van turn around and look at the Head of the Academy
"Hey hey handsome face, great power, scary burn. What a monster, it seems like the world has a great hero candidate.... That damn Vander has an amazing son" said the Head of Academy with a smile
"Thank you for your praise" Van replied with a flat, cold face
"Hey it seems like the rumors are true, such a cold expression reminds me of when I first met your mother at the academy" the Head of the Academy said
"You know my mother?" van asked with a flat face but the tone of wonder could not be hidden in his voice
After all in his memory, his cold mother seemed to know only a few people
"Of course, I was your mother's teacher when she was in the academy" the Head of the Academy replied
"So" said Van flatly and walked away
"......" The Academy head fell silent after seeing Van's departure