The Only Cultivator in a World of Hunters

Being stared at by a mortal like that made Lailah feel a little uneasy. Could she really have been seen through that easily?

She wouldn't be too surprised if Bell could see through her identity, but she had never met Willis back when she was in heaven. Dealing with knowledgeable and smart people really was troublesome.

"No, no, no. I don't see the academy as a marketplace. But I have to stay by Nexus's side, so I don't have any other choice."

Lailah shook her head repeatedly while waving her hand. Even though she felt like her identity was about to be exposed, she was still very honest. If it was exposed, then so be it. At worst, she would just return to heaven earlier than expected.

Now that Nexus was no longer a threat, Lailah was relieved. If it were an existence weaker than them, Michael and Lucifer would understand everything with just one glance, but since Nexus was on the same level as them, they couldn't investigate him, so they had no choice but to send Lailah to observe directly.

"Arrogant mortal, how dare you stare at my little angel like that?"

Nexus glared at Willis, making even a worldly old man like him shudder. But don't think Nexus was saying that for no reason. There was a reason behind it.

After hearing Nexus call Lailah 'little angel' over and over, Willis would naturally associate that phrase with her in his mind instead of thinking deeply about the fact that she was an angel.

"You make it sound like I'd steal your little angel just by looking at her a little more."

Willis's eyelids twitched. Talking to an arrogant Nexus who didn't treat anyone as his equal was really enough to make people angry. Talking to Lailah was much more pleasant.

His gaze shifted back to Lailah's face. Her sparkling eyes made her extremely easy to like, making it easy for Willis to believe her words.

"Enrolling is impossible. The academy is for hunters, but you're not a hunter…"

Before Willis could finish speaking, Nexus, carrying terrifying pressure like a fiend who had escaped from the primordial chaos, stepped toward Willis one step at a time.

"I said I'm here to inform you, not ask for your opinion. How dare a tiny mortal disobey me?"

Every step Nexus took onto the ground brought another layer of pressure down on Willis, making the old man feel like he was about to go to heaven early.

"Hey! I already said you can't hit old people. What did he even do wrong?"

Even though she had no strength at all, Lailah was very 'brave' when she stood in front of Nexus. If she weren't Lailah, Nexus would have knocked her flying already.

Nexus wasn't planning to kill Willis anyway, so he immediately stopped. Just now, he was only showing off his might so these tiny mortals would know what the pressure of a supreme being was like.

"Huff huff, I haven't finished speaking yet."

The pressure just now made even an old man like Willis gasp for breath. He even felt like he had almost suffered a stroke and collapsed on the ground just from Nexus's pressure.

"Say what you want to say quickly. Don't make me take action."

Nexus glanced sideways at Willis. His tone was flat, but the threat in his words was completely undisguised.

Seeing this scene, Lailah could only shake her head helplessly. It was true that Nexus hadn't killed anyone, nor had he destroyed the whole city, but constantly threatening people like this wasn't very good either.

"I really don't understand what the hell you are anymore. Of course Lailah can't join as a student, but did I ever say she couldn't stay with you?"

Willis rolled his eyes at Nexus. He was old and had lived as a disabled person for many years, so he didn't really care whether Nexus would kill him today or not.

Willis didn't find it strange at all that Nexus opened his mouth and immediately called him a 'mortal'. During the early days when humans gained special abilities, quite a few people, for some reason, considered themselves a level above humanity.

They looked down on others just like Nexus did now, but those idiots disappeared decades ago as the times developed.

Willis knew Nexus's abilities were extremely unique, and moreover, incredibly powerful, so it was understandable that Nexus was arrogant and didn't regard anyone else as his equal.

"Is that all? Why didn't you say that last week? Hmph, what a waste of our time."

Even after getting Willis's approval, Nexus still frowned as if he wasn't satisfied. That damn expression made the corners of Willis's mouth twitch.

Are all this year's academy students like this? Willis didn't know, but he had a feeling that things would be much more chaotic this year than usual.

"Hey, even if you're not going to say thanks, you don't have to frown like that."

Lailah nudged Nexus's side with her elbow, but of course Nexus refused to thank him. It wasn't that he didn't know how to say thank you. He simply didn't feel like it right now.

"Shouldn't you be compensating me now?"

With almost zero fear, Willis pointed his finger straight at the huge hole in the road caused by Nexus when he fell from the sky.

"Compensate? How dare a mere mortal ask me for compensation?"

It hadn't been long since Lailah stopped Nexus, but Nexus's spiritual power erupted again. The pressure once again bore down on Willis's old body, but this time Willis didn't even bother to frown.

"Pay the money or fix everything tonight."

Once money was involved, a capitalist like Willis would absolutely not compromise. Whether it was an SSS-rank hunter or an angel, they still had to pay for the damages.

"You…"

Willis was this stubborn, while Nexus didn't really want to kill Willis, so the situation temporarily fell into a stalemate.

Nexus's supreme power couldn't be used right now, so only the system was useful. Nexus grabbed the slime plush and shook it hard while giving an order.

"System, wake up. Quickly help me fix all this junk right away."

Although the system was offline, it still couldn't resist Nexus's order. But it didn't want to meet Nexus either, so it let the AI do the work for it.

[Understood.]

As expected of an AI, it spoke extremely briefly, and it didn't make anyone furious. The moment the system's voice rang out, the system's power enveloped everything around them.