Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest

Chapter 900 207.1 - InfernoKnight

<Inside Irina's Dorm>
The hours blurred together.
What had started as a simple introduction to the game had turned into something completely different.
Irina sat there, gripping her controller, her amber eyes locked on the screen. Her expression was somewhere between awe, suspicion, and mild existential crisis.

Because this?
This didn't make any sense.
Four hours.
Four straight hours of matches.
And somehow—somehow—Astron was getting better at an unnatural rate.
At first, it had been fine. Expected, even. The game was new to him, but with her as his duo partner, they had an inherent advantage. Early on, their opponents were mostly other beginners, and since Irina had been playing for a while, she could easily carry their matches.
That was normal. That was expected.
But this?
Irina watched, utterly dumbfounded, as Astron effortlessly landed another perfect combo, chaining his abilities together with a precision that shouldn't have been possible for someone who had just picked up the game.
'No way. There is no way.'
The enemy champion barely had a second to react before Astron read their movement and countered it on instinct. He sidestepped their skill shot at the last possible moment, repositioned with flawless timing, and then—
BAM.
Another kill.
Another perfectly calculated, utterly clinical execution.
The announcer's voice boomed across the screen.
"Double Kill!"
Irina's mouth opened. No words came out.
"Double Kill!"
Irina's mouth opened. No words came out.
'What is this?'
She had been watching him closely throughout these matches, and the more she did, the more disturbed