Enslaving A Minor?!

[Main Quest #1 Timer: 10 Minutes Left.]

"Hop." Elijah uttered as he let go of the Corrupted Harpy's ankle and landed on the ground. 

Having spent quite a bit of time to get here, he had learned a couple of things on the way.

'Slave A and B, keep circling above.' Elijah ordered telepathically.

Indeed, he had discovered one of the "Slave Mark" Skill's hidden features.

"Alright," Elijah whispered to himself as he stretched his arms up. "Let's see what this college campus looks like."

Having ordered the Corrupted Harpy to drop him dozens of meters away from the campus and behind a thicket of trees, Elijah needed to walk into the open to join the campus.

'Gotta make sure they don't see me flying with Monsters after all.'

As he arrived at the college campus' entry,

[You have arrived at the Main Quest's Location.]

[The Area is surrounded by a Barrier.]

[Once entered, the Barrier will stop anyone from exiting until the Completion of the Main Quest.]

'I assume the Barrier is this translucent dome around it. Interesti-'

"Don't come in!" A voice suddenly interrupted his thought. "If you come in, you won't be able to leave."

Heading the warning no mind,

'Slave B, try going through the Barrier and exiting.'

The Corrupted Harpy flying eighty meters up in the air executed itself. 

It entered and exited the Barrier.

'That'll be useful… If you keep the ability to leave once I come in.' He sighed internally. 'Slave A and B. Stay eighty meters or less from me at all times.'

Through testing on the way, Elijah had noticed that ordering the Corrupted Harpies telepathically only worked as long as the distance separating him from them didn't cross one hundred meters.

'To increase that will require some more Sub-Skills to attach themselves to the Slave Mark Skill.'

[Main Quest #1 Timer: 8 Minutes Left.]

Elijah nodded and walked through the Barrier. 

He had entered the college campus from the back entry, so he was welcomed by the athletic complex. The clean track fields and the impressive football field made him whistle.

'Guess I didn't come to the worst campus in the world. Bet they have an indoor pool too.'

A click of the tongue caught his attention. 

"How can you be this stupid?" She sighed, clenching her fist for the hundredth time. "Do you know what I would give to be out of here?" 

For the hundredth time, she punched the translucent Barrier.

"What are you doing?" Elijah asked after staring for a couple of seconds, his voice filled with utter confusion.

"Are you slow or something? I'm obviously trying to leave!"

"But… You can't?"

"Says who?" She shouted before punching the Barrier again. "I'm leaving no matter what, and it's not some stupid screen floating in front of me that will stop me!"

"Well, suit yourself." Elijah shrugged. "Can you tell me anything about the Main Quest that's about to start? Or on the Tutorial Quest that happened here?"

"I don't know…" She punched the Barrier again. "Anything about the Main Quest. As for the Tutorial Quest… I don't know!" Another punch.

"You don't know?"

She curled her elbows and lowered her gaze towards her clothes.

"I was in the middle of gymnastics practice when… Whatever it was happened. I immediately ran towards the exit, and have been here ever since."

"So you didn't fight or anything?"

"No." She frowned and turned back towards the Barrier. "I'm just trying to leave!"

'If it's similar to our Tutorial Quest, then making it alive out of the gymnasium might have been the Quest Clear Condition. In that case, yeah. Running away works.'

[Main Quest #1 Timer: 3 Minutes Left.]

"You really should stop that." Elijah said with a sigh after another punch landed on the Barrier.

"Why do you care? You're not even a student here, are you?"

"Why would that matter now?"

"Please don't talk to me." She said coldly as her fist collided with the Barrier. "I don't talk to strangers."

"You're wasting time. Where's your weapon?"

"Don't know." Punch! "Guess I let go of it when I ran here."

"Someone hardheaded like you isn't going to make it out of here."

"Like I said, why do you care? Leave me alone."

An expression of utter disgust appeared on Elijah's face.

"You're going to die."

"That's none of your business, old man."

"Old man?"

"That's right. Please don't talk to me, creep!"

"I'm only 23."

"And I'm 17, which makes me a minor. Now go away!"

The blonde girl was adorned in a white leotard with pinkish stripes. It was too cold to be out wearing so little fabric, but given the circumstances…

'...' The disgust that filled Elijah grew as he saw her clench her fist again.

If there was one thing that he hated, it was stupidity. The stupidity in not seeing how the same action won't lead to a different action. The stupidity in refusing to accept that. 

As his lips parted, Elijah felt a tingling burning sensation coming from his tongue, which forced his hand to move towards his mouth, covering it.

"Stop that."

Her fist and whole arm suddenly froze before they could reach the Barrier. 

With wide eyes, she tried to comprehend what was happening.

'I can move my arm, but the moment that I think about punching-'

[Main Quest #1 Timer: 1 Minute Left.]

"Oh, well." Elijah turned away with a shrug. "Why do I care?"

"Exactly!" She shouted dismissively.

Elijah took a step away, and the image of a young girl suddenly appeared in his mind.

The young gymnast kept staring at the translucent Barrier and at her fist alternatively.

"Just why can't I-"

[The Main Quest #1 starts now!]

[Number of Participants: 871.]

[Main Quest: "Apocalypse 101: Introduction To Monster Hunting !"]

[Time Limit: 5 Hours.]

[Difficulty: D.]

[Quest Clear Conditions: The Campus is divided into four distinct areas, each ruled by a different Boss Monster. Defeat all four Boss Monsters.]

[Base Rewards: Three Healing Potions, 50 Achievement Points, and 1 Skill Point.]

[Additional Rewards will be calculated based on your Achievements!]

She shuddered suddenly.

But before she could turn around, a Goblin armed with a Rusty Knife had already leaped towards her, aiming to pierce her back with the blade!

'Fuck!' She cursed as she turned around, not fast enough to react. 'I'm-'

Her eyes widened as a deadly punch landed on the top of the Goblin's head, causing its whole body to be launched against the ground and to bounce.

[You have Defeated 1 "Goblin[F-Rank]".]

The speed with which the 23-year-old man had moved caused her to doubt her eyes.

She shuddered as he closed the distance separating him from her.

"I already told you that I-" Her hand was suddenly grabbed by his. "Creep! Let go of my-"

Staying true to his Class, the Depraved Hero,

"W-What the… What did you… What did you do?!"

Enslaves a minor.

[Owned Slaves: 4/10.]