All Chapters of War God Returns: Lein Ashford : Chapter 201
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Chapter 201
"Y-you broke my hand, Cael?! You... do you want to get beaten again?!"The man gritted his teeth, his face pale from the pain, but his eyes were still full of anger and something deeper, fear that was being forced not to show.A few people nearby stopped walking. A small circle formed without anyone meaning to. Whispers started to rise.Lein, on his end, furrowed his brow."Do you want to get beaten again? Does that mean this man was involved in Cael's death? Is he one of the people responsible?"He had picked up a small clue. He then looked down at the man on the floor with cold eyes."So," he said quietly, his voice just enough to reach the man but not needing to go further, "you're the one who almost killed me and made me lose my memory?"The man went still for a fraction of a second, then his eyes widened."Lost your memory...?" he muttered, as if trying to process something he hadn't expected. Then his expression shifted. Not afraid, more like someone who had just found an explan
Chapter 202
The practical room was on the third floor.The moment the door opened, a familiar smell greeted them immediately, a mix of antiseptic, metal, and something faint but not unfamiliar to the world of medicine.The room was spacious. Several stainless steel tables were lined up neatly, each fitted with a surgical lamp above it. On the left side, glass cabinets held instruments, scalpels, forceps, surgical scissors, arranged with precision. On the right, several human anatomy models stood, complete from skeleton to color-coded muscular and nervous systems.In the center of the room, covered by sterile cloth, were several practical specimens.The lecturer walked to the front, pulling on latex gloves with a motion that had become second nature."Pay close attention," he said, his voice shifting slightly deeper, more focused. "Today we're not just memorizing where nerves are located. You'll learn how to find them... under conditions that aren't ideal."He pulled back the cover.Beneath it wer
Chapter 203
Lucien had his phone out before the door to the practical room had even fully closed.His message was short. It didn't need to be long.Block all exits. Grab Cael Hale. Don't let him go anywhere.Within seconds, replies came in one after another. Dozens, then more.Across every corner of Aldenmoor University, classroom doors opened. Students who had been sitting and listening to lectures, taking notes, dozing off in the back rows, all felt their phones buzz and stood up without waiting for an explanation. Nobody asked why. Nobody hesitated.The name Lucien Varcrest was enough to get feet moving before the brain finished thinking.Campus gates were shut. People who weren't official guards took positions at every exit. Corridors that had been busy moments ago transformed into closing lines all moving in one direction.Twenty people found Lein's classroom.They walked in to find Lein sitting alone in the room.One of the twenty stepped forward, looking at Lein who was sitting calmly."Co
Chapter 204
That silence lasted four full seconds.Four seconds where hundreds of people stood with the same expression, mouths open not knowing whether to close them or keep going, eyes still processing what they had just seen.Five people went down in under five seconds. Five of the strongest people in Lucien Varcrest's front line, each with their own reputation on this campus, were spread across the courtyard in a way that gave no impression they would be getting up anytime soon.Lucien was the first to find his voice."WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING?!" His voice exploded, his finger pointing at the crowd around him. "WHY ARE YOU JUST STANDING THERE?! BRING HIM DOWN NOW!"Everyone nodded and moved.About a hundred people closed in from all directions at once, forming a tightening circle, bodies moving with one shared purpose.Lucien took a few steps back, putting distance between himself and the surrounding crowd. A satisfied smile formed on his lips."You might be able to take down five," he said lou
Chapter 205
That scream filled the entire courtyard.Lein covered Lucien's mouth with his palm before the scream could stretch any longer, then slammed his body hard into the ground.SLAM.Lucien's scream was muffled behind that hand, his face going red, the veins in his neck standing out from the effort of screaming that had nowhere to go. His back hit the ground in a way that knocked all the air out of him at once, and for the next few seconds he could only lie there with his chest rising and falling too fast, trying to take in air that wouldn't come in normally.Lein let go of his mouth, then grabbed his right leg.Lucien had no time to process what was happening. One of Lein's feet pressed down on his right knee, holding it in place, then pushed down hard until it broke.CRACK.This time there was no hand covering his mouth, but the sound that came out of Lucien wasn't a scream. More like something that shattered in his throat and couldn't find the right shape, broken and trembling breaths, b
Chapter 206
Valcrest Premier Hospital. Seventh floor, VIP room.Lucien was laid out on the bed under white sheets, surrounded by the best medical equipment money could buy, and a team of doctors already moving before the ambulance had even fully stopped at the entrance.Right hand in a cast. Right leg waiting for further treatment.Not fifteen minutes had passed when the door to the VIP room opened.Edran Varcrest walked in with steps that had no familiarity with the word casual. Mid-fifties, a body still straight from an old habit, a suit without a single crease out of place. Behind him, his wife, Sera Varcrest, with a face already red around the eyes before she had even seen the condition her son was in.Edran stopped in front of one of the lecturers standing in the corner of the room, waiting the way someone does when they know they have to be there but wish they didn't."Who did this to my son?!"The lecturer swallowed. "C-Cael Hale, Mr. Varcrest.""Cael Hale."Edran said the name once, quiet
Chapter 207
Two people from the left reacted fast, attacking together. One with a fist aimed at the head, the other trying to lock him from behind.Lein tilted his body, letting the first fist pass by the side of his ear, his hand catching the first attacker's wrist and twisting it behind him. One push, and that man crashed into the second one coming from behind. Both went down on top of each other.Two people. One motion.Three from the right came in a more organized formation, trying to cut off every exit. The one on the left came in high, the one in the middle low, the one on the right aiming for the waist.Lein stepped into the middle of all three.His right elbow connected with the chin of the one in the middle. His left foot swept the ankle of the one on the right. His left hand shoved the shoulder of the one on the left.Two seconds. Three bodies on the ground.The others stopped waiting their turn. They moved all at once from every direction, trying to bury one man under the weight of the
Chapter 208
Valcrest Premier Hospital. Seventh floor. VIP room.Lucien lay in the bed with his right hand wrapped in a cast from fingers to elbow, his right leg propped in a specialized support and elevated above his body, and several tubes connected to his left arm. The monitor beside him showed stable numbers, but his face showed no stability whatsoever.Every time he moved, no matter how slightly, the pain reminded him exactly where he stood.Edran stood at the side of the bed, looking at his son without saying anything. Inside his chest was something that couldn't be called sadness alone. More like a combination of anger, love, and impatience that had merged into one mass with no way out other than waiting for his people to come back with good news.Sera sat in the chair on the other side of the bed, her hand holding Lucien's left hand, the one still intact."F-father." Lucien's voice came out with great difficulty, breathing that couldn't fully come free because of his uncomfortable position
Chapter 209
The black Jeep pulled up in front of Dorian's house.Lein stepped out, closed the door, and looked at the yard for a moment. Clean. The bodies that had been scattered there were gone. No broken pots, no bent fencing, no meaningful traces other than a few shoe marks in the dirt that were already drying.That meant they left without making a mess.The front door opened before he reached the porch.Dorian stood at the threshold, looking at him with an expression that couldn't decide between relieved and confused."What did you just do?""Gave the old man and his son a small lesson." Lein stepped inside. "I'm going to bring them down piece by piece, making sure they feel every step of it. And the closing part will be yours."Dorian was quiet for a few moments, not knowing what to say. In the end, all he could manage was, "Thank you."Lein looked at him."You always say that." His voice wasn't sharp, but there was something resembling humor in it. "I've had enough of your thank yous. You s
Chapter 210
After dinner, Lein gathered the dirty plates from the table and stacked them beside the sink.His hands had just touched the faucet when something changed inside him.Not a sound. Not movement outside the window. Something deeper than that, something years on the battlefield had taught his body to recognize.Killing intent.A lot of it, and getting closer.Lein gave a faint smile."They're here." He set the plates back on the table. "In far larger numbers than before. Around two hundred people."Dorian rose from his chair."Two hundred?" His eyes moved to the window, then back to Lein. "Lein, I know you're strong, but two hundred people is too many even for you. You should leave. Run, and let me buy some time."His tone wasn't the kind that was asking. More like someone who had already made a decision.He had cried earlier. Had let out everything he had been carrying alone for years. And somehow, after that, there was something that felt lighter in his chest. Something that felt finis