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Chapter 113: The Test of Blood
The sterile chamber brightened with light. The walls were painted in white, reflecting the cruel glare of overhead lamps that made the space feel more like an execution hall than a medical facility. Beyond the glass observation panel, rows of academy students pressed forward. Their faces were painted with hunger for spectacle. Some of them wanted blood and others wanted humiliation. All of them wanted to see who would rise and who would break.Kai and Finn were led into the room together. Iron chairs were very cold as they sat down. Their arms were strapped down to steel rests as if they were prisoners. The nurse wheeled forward the twin iron stands, each fitted with empty red bags and serpentine tubes that glistened under the light. The needles at their tips glowed like the fangs of predators waiting to bite.Kai’s eyes slid sideways to Finn. The other boy’s jaw was already tight with his shoulders shifting uneasily. He tapped his fingers against the steel armrest, fidgeting like a
Chapter 112: Blood and Rumors
The barracks had always been alive with whispers, but tonight the air was thick with something sharper. Words weren’t just drifting idly anymore, they were cutting, carrying edges honed by a deep malice.Rumors spread like wildfire in tight quarters, but this particular blaze had a single hand feeding it fuel and the source is, Finn Torrek.“Did you hear?” a recruit muttered at the wash station. His voice pitched low but sharp enough to catch eager ears.“They say Kai faints at the sight of blood.”“No way.” Another snorted. “Torrek swore he saw him pale as chalk during drills. Can you imagine? Owner of Ironsphire Academy, collapsing like a scared child the moment he sees red?”“Guess he’s nothing more than a walking liability.”The words traveled fast. Like cracks spiderwebbing across glass, they spread from bunk to bunk, corner to corner, mouths eager for scandal and hearts thrilled by the thought of their shining recruit stumbling.Kai sat silently on his bunk. His hands were stead
Chapter 111: Mud and Honor
The mud squelched under Kai’s boots as he bent down, his hand gripped the drenched, filthy fabric of his uniform. His knuckles whitened, not from the cold but from the sheer restraint it took to keep his anger contained. A sharp, jeering laughter echoed around him like the snapping of whips against his pride.Ronan Pike! The tall, smug, and dressed man in immaculate fatigues that still smelled of polished quarters and privilege. He stood with his arms crossed. His grin was wide enough to split his face in half.“Pathetic,” Ronan sneered. His voice was carried across the training yard. “The great Ironsphire top grader is reduced to a laundry boy. Don’t worry, Kai, latrine duty builds character. You might even get promoted to bucket-scrubber if you are lucky.”The recruits around them roared with laughter. Some elbowed one another while others pointed at Kai like children witnessing a circus act. Kai stood in silence, holding the ruined uniform while mud dripped onto the dirt below.Ins
Chapter 110: The Ration Thief
The mess hall at Vanguard Base was always loud at midday. Noises of cutlery clinking against tin trays, boots scuffing against the concrete floor and the faint scent of overcooked stew lingering under the tang of the air. Kai preferred to eat in silence so that his mind could filter out the noise. But today, Kai felt something was different.When he reached his usual table, Kai noticed the bread roll on his tray missing. He didn't misplace it. It just vanished.He scanned the room, eyes narrowing through the corners. The food here wasn't much to begin with. Two slices of processed meat, a ladle of stew, one bread roll, and a cup of vitamin-fortified water. Losing even one item wasn’t a joke. For most recruits, it was just enough to keep their bodies running through the brutal training days.A few tables away, Jax Renner leaned back in his seat, his laugh was loud and sharp like the scrape of a blade against a metal. The tall, lean brawler had a reputation for petty cruelty especia
Chapter 109: Chains of Reckoning
The next day, the Vanguard Base parade grounds were filled with bright energy. The clatter of boots against concrete, the smell of sweat baking in the morning sun, and the barked orders of drill sergeants all merged into a kind of rhythmic movement.Kai walked through the crowd without a word. His expression was unreadable, but inside his mind, the memory of Derrick Holt’s smirk replayed like a thorn tearing at his patience. “Dust badge,” Derrick had called him. The insult wasn’t new. Kai had heard it before from Ironsphire Academy’s elitist brats but hearing it here, in the Vanguard, felt like an open challenge.This wasn’t an academy anymore. This was the proving ground where the strong rose, and the weak were eaten alive.Derrick was already in the center of the endurance yard. His broad shoulders cast a smug shadow over the racks of weighted chains. His voice carried across the grounds like a challenge to everyone present.“Two hours,” Derrick bragged loudly to the gathered recru
Chapter 108: Dust Badge
The Vanguard Base wasn’t quiet after Henry Voss’s crushing defeat. Soldiers talked about it in almost every corner; including the barracks, and training grounds. Some soldiers glanced at him with newfound respect. Others… with envy. And then there were the predators, the ones who saw him not as a comrade, but as a fresh challenge to destroy.Derrick Holt was one of them.He was an endurance specialist with a young body built like a siege engine, Derrick had a reputation for breaking rookies in the weighted chain trials. The man’s stamina was legendary; he could run drills under brutal conditions for hours without so much as a bead of sweat. He ruled the endurance ranks with an iron fist and a booming laugh that made weaker recruits shrink back.And now, Kai’s rise had put him in Derrick’s crosshairs.It started in the mess hall. Kai had just finished eating his food and he was heading toward the exit when Derrick’s voice cut through the clatter of trays and utensils.“Well, if it isn'
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