Boredsushi

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Leon was your typical guy, perceived as weak in his school because his skills hadn't awakened, even though they usually did at the coming of age. He attended the prestigious Milham's Magic Knight Academy, where snagging the top spot meant automatic entry into the esteemed position of a Magic Knight in the country. Unfortunately, Leon found himself in the lower caste, labeled the most useless student. To top it off, he was tossed into a class that served as a sanctuary for oddballs and delinquents. Yet, he couldn't care less, as becoming a Magic Knight wasn't his goal.

Everything shifted when he crossed paths with Shredica, a woman hell-bent on becoming a Magic Knight at any cost. Observing Leon's lack of ambition and his apparent detachment from the academy's pursuits, Shredica saw an opportunity. She decided to exploit him as a pawn in her ascent through the academy's hierarchy.

Yet, unbeknownst to Shredica, Leon was not the complacent, unremarkable figure she presumed him to be.

The World Is Mine For The Taking

Or so I thought, but when I slashed at his neck, a sudden surge of darkness abruptly arrested my blade mid-air.

"It's not going to bode well for me if one of my chess pieces falls, so if you would excuse me," a mysterious man stated nonchalantly, as an ominous force coiled around my blade, preventing it from reaching Norman's vulnerable neck.

My focus shifted to the enigmatic figure, and my eyes widened with disbelief. "You're the one who halted me...?" I was genuinely taken aback. The man sat in a wheelchair, his entire form concealed beneath layers of bandages. It wasn't an exaggeration – he was a mummy-like enigma, with only a single, piercing red eye peering out from the confines of the bandages.

"You're a remarkably powerful woman. And one with such an unmistakable and weighty bloodlust as well."

Chapter 10 - The Battle At The Black Market, Part 1 (5)