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chapter 39 : the first bell
The grace period granted to the academy students finally expired at dawn. The days of lounging in the dorms and sneaking out into illegal greyzone portals were officially over. For Jaxen Vane, the routine of student life had begun.Due to his score from the initial evaluation, Jaxen had been placed directly into Class B. It was a solid placement, separating the promising talents from the standard crowd.His very first lecture of the morning was Monster Anatomy, a standard class held in a massive, theater-style auditorium. The professor, a veteran hunter, projected holographic blueprints of common dungeon beasts onto the screen."If you blindly swing your blade at an Iron-Hide Orc's chest, you will shatter your weapon," the professor barked, tapping a glowing red node on the hologram's neck. "You memorize the nerve clusters. You memorize the weak spots. Speed and power mean nothing if your placement is wrong."Jaxen watched the presentation silently, his newly upgraded Perception stat
Chapter 38 : Deceptions and hidden rewards
"I can't believe Marcus is dead," Maxwell muttered, his voice cracking with heavy grief.Chronos watched him silently from the shadows. Maxwell was completely wrapped in his own misery, huddled tightly by the corner of an old, abandoned stone building just outside the dungeon gate.Since the chaotic iron hide orcs incident weeks ago, Jaxen hadn't really been in touch or communicated with the other hunters from that day. To him, it was just another messy raid. He didn't really have any personal affection or deep emotional ties to any of them. But looking at Maxwell now, it was clear that the story was completely different for the rest of the survivors. That brutal dungeon experience seemed to have fueled a strong, trauma-bonded relationship between them.Chronos did notice that Marcus and Maxwell had been much closer today than they were during their first encounter. Marcus's sudden death must have impacted Maxwell significantly harder than anyone else thought.For a brief second, Chro
chapter 37: Kel'Thezar The First Grave of Man.
### **Chapter 37: The Hidden Thread**The heavy, black smoke from the defeated copies did not fade away. Instead, it was aggressively sucked straight back into the spiderweb of cracks covering the giant mirror.As the dark smoke poured inside, the fractures in the glass began to glow with a faint, eerie light. The cracks slowly knitted back together, disappearing bit by bit until the mirror stood perfectly intact, flawless and smooth once more."What's happening? Didn't we just defeat the boss?" Hailey asked. Her voice stammered heavily, her shoulders shaking from pure physical exhaustion as she lowered her bow."No," Chronos replied smoothly, his eyes narrowing beneath his golden mask. "What we fought earlier was barely a series of illusions conjured from the boss's own mana pools. It wasn't the true entity.""Then let's just find the real boss and kill the goddamn thing already!" Garret yelled, gripping his heavy battleaxe tightly as his mechanical legs hissed with frustrated pressu
Chapter 36 : The shattered reflection.
"Looks like we're here. We should have a plan of attack," Sheila said. Her fingers tightened around her healing staff as they stood before the heavy doors of the throne room. The air around them felt tight and unstable, a constant reminder that the dungeon’s gate was slowly closing behind them. "A plan? What's there to plan? Let's just go in and kill the goddamn boss," Garret replied, adjusting his massive battleaxe. His mechanical legs hissed softly, venting steam from his previous fight against the hammer knight. "We should at least have a plan, Garret. Stop being stupid," Sheila snapped back. "Sheila's right. Here's my strategy," Chronos added, his voice smooth beneath his golden mask. "We all go in together. I, Garret, and John will launch a direct attack. Hailey, you stay behind and offer long-range support and healing when we need it." "Sounds doable enough," John answered, shifting his long steel spear into a defensive position. "Alright, enough talking," Garret grunted.
Chapter 35 : The wounded Boar.
*BANG!* The deafening shriek of violent steel clashing echoed through the muddy courtyard. Benson was the first to initiate the vanguard charge, throwing the absolute entirety of his physical momentum into a heavy, downward swing of his longsword. He aimed to split the featureless black mannequin in two. But the Soul-Knight didn't even flinch. Moving with a fluid, terrifying precision that completely outclassed a common hunter, the entity tilted its elongated black blade at a razor-sharp angle. It parried Benson's heavy attack with minimal effort, effortlessly directing the old broker's momentum high into the air. The parry left Benson completely off-balance, his chest and torso widely exposed to an immediate counter-offensive. Sensing the opening, the Soul-Knight smoothly drew its dark blade back, driving the tip forward in a supersonic thrust aimed squarely for the center of Benson's chest. *BANG!* Another massive explosion of kinetic force shook the mud. Marcus had closed the
Chapter 34 : The soul-knight
As Garret locked axes with the colossal hammer knight, the rest of the mercenary squad initiated a desperate, full-velocity charge toward the remaining Hell's Raiders entrenched atop the ruined building. High above the battlefield, the undead sorcerer began to raise its skeletal hands once more, the surrounding air distorting as a massive, volatile crimson magic circle materialized before its palms. It was preparing to unleash another catastrophic fire spell. "Damnit! We don't have our own mages left to counter!" Marcus shouted, his voice cracking with anxiety as he sprinted forward with his heavy shield raised. "How the hell are we going to block an attack like that?!" Before the undead sorcerer could complete its incantation, a sharp *thwack-thwack-thwack* echoed across the courtyard. Three heavy, steel-tipped arrows cut through the dense smoke, piercing deeply into the creature's casting arm. The sheer kinetic impact disrupted its focus, causing the gathering crimson mana to fr
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