He had already decided—long before this moment—that he would go alone.
It wasn't because he was arrogant. In fact, he knew he was one of the weakest students in terms of power. But Kael had something no one else did:
Knowledge.
Knowledge of what was coming. Knowledge of the hidden traps, the ambushes that weren't mentioned, and the secret events that weren't supposed to happen—at least not to normal students.
These events were supposed to happen only to the original "main characters" of the story.
But Kael was not the main character. And yet, ever since he came to this world, things had started to shift.
So he made a choice.
He wouldn't risk joining a group and putting others in danger. He wouldn't let anyone interfere with the routes he needed to take—the paths he had memorized from the novel, the shortcuts, the rare item spawns, and the enemy patrols no one else knew existed.
He would move alone, using stealth, strategy, and traps to survive.
