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Chapter 12 Blood Trails and the Steel Doors of Khaz Grom
The storm winds of the northern mountains absolutely had no mercy. The four of them had been walking through snowdrifts for six hours straight. There was no sun. There were only gray clouds and thick fog blocking their vision.Arthur walked at the very front to break a trail through the calf-deep snow. His gaze was empty but highly focused. The black system screen blinked slowly in the corner of his eye.[Warning. Body temperature reaching critical limits.] [Starvation level extremely high. HP regeneration temporarily suspended.]Arthur swatted the screen away with a single blink. He looked back to check on his group's condition. The sight behind him was absolutely pathetic.Lyra limped along while hugging herself tightly. The girl's lips had already turned a pale purple. Her black hair was frozen solid. Beside her, Kaelen, the elf prince who usually maintained his appearance, now looked like nothing more than a street beggar. His silk robe was dirty and torn everywhere. Kaelen clutc
Chapter 11 The Birth of Bastards
The morning sun did not shine brightly in Eldoria. The sky was covered by thick, gloomy gray clouds. The air felt incredibly cold and smelled like burnt, rusty metal.The main courtyard of Ignis Academy had now transformed into a silent slaughterhouse. The wave of white fire from Headmaster Alaric's suicide magic last night was so hot that it melted the stone floor into an expanse of sharp, black obsidian glass. The remaining ashes of hundreds of Iron Assassins scattered in the morning wind, mixing with the debris of the dorm buildings that were still emitting gray smoke.General Valerius and the rest of his troops had retreated before dawn broke. They realized that this area was completely destroyed, and there was no point in throwing away more soldiers' lives to search for Arthur's body in the middle of that artificial sea of lava. They left the academy to die on its own.In the midst of that suffocating silence, Arthur sat cross-legged on the cold, rocky ground.He had not moved a
Chapter 10 The Price of a Choice
The giant serrated spear zipped through, slicing the night air. Its whistling sound was deafening. Time seemed to stop ticking in Arthur's eyes. His brain processed every millisecond happening in front of him with crystal clarity, but his body could not be moved at all. Zero percent stamina. The system locked all of his muscles like a stone statue.At the end of the spear's path, Lyra could only sit frozen. The girl was too exhausted to even lift her hand. Lyra's eyes widened, staring at the black iron tip ready to tear her heart out.Arthur opened his mouth wide to scream, but no sound came out of his dry throat.Right when the spearhead was just a hand's span away from Lyra's chest, a shadow jumped from the side.It was Finn.The cowardly chubby kid who had just been cowering and trembling while crying the whole time. Finn did not hold any weapon other than a broken piece of wood.His face was wet with tears and snot. Fear was painted clearly on every inch of his face. But with the
Chapter 9 The Siege of Ignis Part Two Bloody Combat
The ground of the academy's main courtyard shook violently. Hundreds of Iron Assassins charged forward all at once. The sound of their iron boots stomping sounded like an earthquake ready to swallow everything in its path. The coldnight air instantly felt like it was boiling from the steam of their breaths and the bloodlust of the mercenaries.Arthur gripped his short sword with both hands. His torn shoulder muscles screamed in pain, but the adrenaline killed the ache for the time being.But before a single enemy could reach their defense line, Bramble stepped forward. The giant weasel pulled a glass bottle from under his leather armor, chugged the rest of the liquor in one long gulp, and smashed the bottle onto theground until it shattered to pieces.Bramble let out a low growl. His growl did not sound like a normal animal. It echoed like an ancient monster that had just been woken from a long slumber. The muscles beneath his brown fur swelled wildly, tearing several parts of hisl
Chapter 8 The Siege of Ignis Part One Betrayal
Head Instructor Vane's head rolled slowly across the cobblestones of the main courtyard. Fresh blood dripped from the severed neck, staining General Valerius's pristine white boots.From the ruined hole in the dorm wall above, Arthur stared at the scene with bated breath. The night wind blew hard, carrying the thick metallic scent of blood from the hundreds of corpses scattered below. The Iron Assassin army stoodtightly in neat formations. They did not move at all, waiting for orders from the Elf General who smiled calmly in the midst of the massacre.Valerius looked up, locking eyes right with Arthur. The Elf man raised his bloodstained hand, pointing straight at Arthur."Capture that human alive," Valerius's voice echoed to every corner of the academy through a magical loudspeaker. "Bring that vessel of the Dawn Shard to me. Burn the rest to the ground."Hundreds of Iron Assassins simultaneously pounded their iron chest plates. The booming sound of metal sounded like the thunder of
Chapter 7 The Iron Army in the Dead of Night
The sound of the war horn was still echoing, tearing through his eardrums. Arthur did not waste a single second thinking about Headmaster Alaric's threat. He turned around and ran as fast as he could down the main tower's spiral staircase. His bare feet pounded against the cold stone steps.Through the cracks of the tower windows, he could see the lower floor dorms where the human students lived were already burning fiercely. Flames roared, licking the wooden roofs. Thick black smoke billowed high, blocking out themoonlight.The blue system screen exploded in front of his eyes. Its color had returned to normal, but it was blinking with a bright red warning.[Emergency Warning. Iron Army Invasion Detected.][Survival Quest Updated.][Objective: Escape the dormitory area alive.][Reward: None. Death is the absolute penalty.]"Useless fucking screen," Arthur cursed, swatting the text away from his vision.He arrived at the main hallway on the ground floor of the human dorms. The air her
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