Chapter 25: Death by...

"Interesting… Very interesting"

From the very moment that Lex rushed towards her, Diana's eyes widened in shock. To be able to cave-in the floor at level 1? This might be more fun than she initially thought. She was just slightly curious as to what kind of strength a student like Lex, who had only unlocked his System at the age of 16, could possibly have.

Seeing Lex's fist already only a few feet away from hitting her stomach, she immediately cast one of her Active Skills, [Iron Skin]

[HP 649 -> 624]

Diana's eyes widened in shock as soon as she saw how much damage she took from Lex's hit. To be able to shave off 4 percent from Diana's HP?

Diana is at level 29. For a student to be able to even damage her, much less put a dent on her HP? This was ridiculous. She even had her skill on.

And so, with her excitement suddenly jumping through the roof, she couldn't hold herself back as her hand instinctively punched Lex on the face.

"W-why did you do that!?", Janice's voice stuttered. She badly wanted to check on Lex, but Diana was blocking her path.

"Move out of the way"

Seeing that Diana had no plans on letting her past. Janice's tone became colder as she activated her System. Unlike when she and Lex did the deed, her form now was more animalistic.

Her claws were longer, the furs on the ears on top of her head were thicker, and even her sharp fangs were already protruding from her lips.

"Relax, kitty. You're overreacting", Diana scoffed as she slightly glanced at Janice, "The boy should be fine", she then pointed towards Lex, who was lifelessly lying on the ground.

"What do you mean?", Janice scowled.

"Ey, boy. Stop pretending", Diana sighed, "I know that wasn't enough to knock you out"

"...", there was no response.

"..."

"Ey, boy!", Diana shouted. But still, there was no response from Lex. Diana started to sweat as she stared at the student's lifeless body that was sprawled on the floor.

Could she… actually be mistaken?

"Oh, shit", she gulped as she rushed towards Lex. But as she got near him, Diana noticed that Lex's eyes were open, and was looking at her. Aside from a bleeding nose, Lex seemed fine.

"See, I told you he was faking it", Diana released a sigh of relief as she looked at Janice, "Now, boy, you alright?"

Diana reached out her hand, "I'm allowing you to take S-rank classes, boy. We will be seeing each other a lot."

Lex was still dumbfounded as to what happened as he stared at Diana's hand. In truth, he didn't really receive any major damage. The reason why he was still sprawled lifeless on the ground was because of instinct.

His whole life, the entire time he was being bullied, this was his best defense mechanism- pretending to be unconscious. The bullies seem to lose interest as soon as he drops on the ground.

But that didn't matter right now, he wasn't being bullied. What matters right now was what the busty instructor said.

He didn't even see what hit him, and he was being allowed to take S-rank classes? Lex still didn't know if this was a good thing, what if he gets discovered? But being put in S-rank would surely allow him to get resources that will not be available to him in the lower-ranked classes, resources that might make him stronger faster.

And so, with a deep breath, he grabbed Diana's helping hand.

But perhaps due to the strength Diana put in when pulling Lex, or maybe because Lex was more disoriented than he thought…

Or maybe just an act of fate, Lex slipped.

Diana already had her guard down, so she wasn't expecting Lex to suddenly push her down. And of course, as she was still holding Lex's hand, Lex was once again pulled towards her, causing the both of them to tumble on the floor.

"S-sorry!", Lex immediately apologized as his whole body was currently pinning down Diana. He was about to get up, but he once again immediately fell on top of Diana as he felt something wrap on his waist.

"M-Ms. Diana?", Lex tried to push himself up with his arms, but all his efforts were in vain as he was not even able to get away from Diana locking his waist with her legs.

"M-Ms. D-", his eyes could not help but widen as soon as he saw Diana's face.

'S-shit…', Lex thought as he saw blood trailing down on Diana's cheek.

'I..is that from me?'