Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest novel Chapter 44

Chapter 44 Chapter 11.3 - Sylvie

What is the thing most humans fundamentally possess? What is the feeling we are searching for?

Even though there may be some exceptions, most of the time, humans tend to feel like they are above others.

Pride and Ego.

We humans. No, rather, we sentient beings generally like to feel like we are better than most people.

The stupid person before me was an example of that.

I didn't know much about him aside from his name and his ranking inside the school since he was not a named character, but the way he was acting and his small little gestures indicated that he was trying to prove himself and improve his standing inside the classroom by showing off.

It was certainly a cliched tactic or way.

Since if you want to make something taller, either you will increase its length or you will decrease the comparison's length.

It is a small instinctual act that comes from one's subconscious. If you devalue others before the person you want to impress, you will think your value will increase.

A basic psychology of those mothers who roast their son/daughter before their friends.

And people like that were everywhere around; thus, when it came to dealing with such people, a simple way was most efficient.

'Showing that you are not an easy prey.'

Nature's most basic rule. If you are weak, you are going to get eaten.

'Liam Wayne. Ranked 1025. Specializes in swords.'

He was such a guy, but there was something I had observed in the dungeon exploration while watching my group fight.

Even though everyone was ranked high and talented, none of them were proficient in unarmed close combat. At least not enough.

Of course, it was something that was expected since, aside from Martial Artist, no one fights with their bare hands, but as a Hunter, one always needs to make sure that they are prepared.

It was the same for the guy before me.

When I ignored him, my senses picked up a flying fist coming towards me. I was already expecting such a reaction, so my body moved fast.

Thanks to my practicing martial arts on Earth, and the combat senses that were carved on the original Astron's body by Aaron, I moved quite swiftly and dodged his punch.

Then, when he tackled and lost his balance, the feeling he was going to get was humiliation. Even though falling down to the ground was rather an act that required aid, most of the time, people's reaction would be laughing at such a thing.

Thus, the belief that people laughing at them would make them feel humiliated, resulting in their emotions slipping over and making a hasty decision. frёeωebɳovel.com

Like the one before me.

As a fist that was overflowing with force entered my senses, it was not hard for me to dodge the attack and tackle him to the ground with his arms locked down.

A simple technique of disarming your opponent.

Then as he was lying on the ground, I dealt the finishing blow. It was nothing that required disciplinary action but, at the same time, an action that gave a message.

"I warned you, don't talk to me."

With that, I left the classroom. To be honest, I was also slightly annoyed by the fact that he was blocking me since it disturbed my training, so I also satisfied myself by doing that.

Then, after leaving the classroom, my destination was once again the training grounds, as I had nothing else to do…..

*******

Tomorrow morning at the field of the academy grounds, a group of students gathered for the upcoming anti-human close combat lessons.

The sun had already risen, casting a soft golden light over the training area. However, not everyone seemed thrilled about the early start.

A small cluster of students stood together, their arms crossed and their expressions less than enthusiastic. They muttered complaints about the early hour, their voices filled with groans and yawns.

"Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to have these lessons at the crack of dawn?" one student grumbled.

"I can barely function this early in the morning," another chimed in, stifling a yawn.

"Just five more minutes of sleep would've been so nice," a third student added with a sigh.

Even though it was not that early in the morning, those students seemed they hadn't slept well enough.

And that was to be expected since they were playing a new VR game in their rooms for the whole night.

Their gripes continued until the sound of footsteps approached. Instructor White had arrived, her presence immediately commanding their attention. The students fell silent, their complaints fading as they shifted their focus to her.

"Good morning," Instructor White greeted, her tone firm yet composed. As she entered, no complaints were made any further as the students knew how picky this woman was.

"As I have talked about this before, close combat skills are mostly neglected since we hunters mostly rely on weapons. However, in the dungeon, sometimes an unforeseen scene might occur where you lose your weapon. Thus, as a hunter, one always needs to be prepared for such cases."

As Eleanor White continued her lecture about close combat lessons, she signaled the students with her hands.

"Thus, today, you will be paired up with your partners, and you will practice together. Note that your performance today will be graded."

As she spoke, the students exchanged knowing glances. They might have complained about the early hours, but they understood the importance of the training.

"Now, let's get started with your pairings."

As she said those words, she started matching the people according to their rankings and the assessments of their strengths she had made.

In a way, it was natural since the students must not have a huge difference between their strengths for this training to be efficient.

The matching was pretty simple, as they were mostly matched according to their ranks.

However, as the list went down and down, naturally, Eleanor stood before two people that was left alone.

One was a girl with a slightly down expression as if she was slightly scared, and the other one was an annoying student that always managed to get on her nerves.

Sylvie Gracewind.

Since she was a healer, her combat prowess was rather low; therefore, pairing her with even Ethan would make the training inefficient.