The students were still hanging upside down, their faces red as blood rushed to their heads. Mattew moved calmly through them, untying each rope one after another without rushing.
As soon as the first student was freed, he dropped to the ground with a painful groan and immediately started rubbing his wrists. The others followed soon after, landing awkwardly and stumbling as they tried to get their balance back.
All of them turned their attention to Mattew, staring at him in complete disbelief.
A boy with a deep cut on his cheek stepped forward slowly, still trying to process what he had just seen. “You took down twenty men like it was nothing,” he said in a low voice. “How did you even do that?”
A girl with short black hair quickly nodded in agreement, her eyes still wide with shock. “
