Chapter 206
Morning classes had technically begun, but the copper classroom had its own world.
Classes were already in session across the academy. Bells had rung. Professors were lecturing against boards...
2026-01-01 11:24:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Morning classes had technically begun, but the copper classroom had its own world.
Classes were already in session across the academy. Bells had rung. Professors were lecturing against boards...
2026-01-01 11:24:57 +0000 UTC View PostLevel thirty hovered just out of reach, close enough that Kana could almost feel it humming beneath her skin. Perhaps she was just so excited.
In the middle of the night, they wasted no time....
2025-12-31 10:12:02 +0000 UTC View PostA few hours later, even the royal knight fell behind.
Artin had finally surrendered to exhaustion, his pursuit ending somewhere in the forest behind her. The world had thinned to silence. Ear...
2025-12-30 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostKana knew it the moment the roar changed.
She was right.
The [Lich] had been restrained. Not by chains of steel or sigils carved into stone, but by will. Someone had be...
2025-12-29 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostDays blurred into weeks, and with them the city’s fear thinned, stretched until it was almost transparent.
The disappearances stopped.
Lantern-lit patrols dwindled, boots no longer ma...
2025-12-27 17:40:17 +0000 UTC View PostWinter had claimed the city that night.
Cold pressed in from every direction, a patient weight that seeped through stone and cloth alike. Four students moved through a narrow alley assigned t...
2025-12-26 10:12:00 +0000 UTC View PostKana arrived early in the copper classroom, the breeze of cold morning air lingering around her as she settled into her usual spot. She didn’t bother to wake Suri, who was likely still half-aslee...
2025-12-25 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day arrived wrapped in noise and color. The academy’s grand hall brimmed with excitement, a low hum of anticipation buzzing through the air like an exciting flash skill. Nearly everyone ...
2025-12-24 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe trio paid a quiet visit to the orphanage over the weekend, slipping in and out like a secret kept between breaths. By the time the first day of the week arrived, winter clouds hung low over the...
2025-12-23 10:12:00 +0000 UTC View Post[Bolt Dagger Style Progress: 40.7%]
[Second Trait Unlocked: Increased Agility by 12%]
The notification flickered at the edge of Kana’s awareness.
... 2025-12-22 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View Post[Lesser Evasion Increase]
[Lesser Agility Increase]
[Lesser Strength Increase]
Sheen whispered the words under his breath as the...
2025-12-20 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe crowd erupted the moment the announcer returned, his voice rolling across the coliseum like thunder striking stone.
“The last battle of the day!”
The words did not fade. They hu...
2025-12-19 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostKana took her time returning to the stands, moving through the aisles with her usual cold and calm demeanor. She slid into her seat beside Rin just as the ambient noise of the coliseum shifted. The...
2025-12-18 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe next fight ended almost as soon as it began.
Steel rang only briefly. A few skills flashed across the arena, bright and decisive, and within ten minutes it was finished. One side stood ba...
2025-12-17 10:12:03 +0000 UTC View PostBoris wanted to win.
That truth sat heavy in him as he faced the girl across the red sand. Winning was not a matter of pride for him. It was a conclusion, something earned through correct dec...
2025-12-16 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostOnly five groups would remain to battle the next day.
That truth pressed down to each participant’s adding to the pressure, all of them were close to winning it all. The earlier chaos of th...
2025-12-15 10:12:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day arrived wrapped in pale winter light, the kind that made the world feel brittle, as if it might crack if struck too hard.
By sunset, the remaining forty participant groups would ...
2025-12-13 20:56:11 +0000 UTC View PostKana had underestimated the annual tournament.
She knew that now, standing beneath the muted glow of winter light filtering through the arena’s latticework. The festival looked simple from ...
2025-12-12 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostSuri still couldn’t understand it. The crowd vibrated with anticipation as if the winter sun hadn’t yet thawed the cold from their bones. Their breath puffed in pale clouds, rising and dissolvi...
2025-12-11 10:12:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe preparation room breathed with a tension so thick it felt like another wall pressing inward.
Enchanted stones embedded in the ceiling glowed faintly, casting pale morning light over dozen...
2025-12-10 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe second day of the tournament dawned with a crisp, biting cold that clung to the air like nervous anticipation. By the time they reached their seats in the coliseum, the crowds had doubled—voi...
2025-12-09 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe last day before the annual tournament was meant for rest — a fragile breath after days of brutal simulations, cracked shields, and mana-depleting sparring under the mercenaries hired by Duke ...
2025-12-08 10:12:00 +0000 UTC View PostA Day Before
The cold of the late night pressed against the dormitory windows, making the glass tremble faintly each time the winter wind exhaled. Within Kana and Suri’s room, however, warm...
2025-12-06 19:37:13 +0000 UTC View PostThree massive carriages thundered down the frost-hardened road, each pulled by a single crimson-scaled lizard the size of a wagon itself. Their claws struck the packed snow with rhythmic force, kic...
2025-12-05 10:12:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day dawned pale and cold, the kind of morning that felt like the air itself was holding its breath in anticipation of the annual tournament. With classes suspended, the academy grounds had...
2025-12-04 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt was Kana’s first time in the Royal Castle—no, fortress—where the king himself resided. Up close, it didn’t mirror the ornate palaces from children’s storybooks. This place wasn’t mea...
2025-12-03 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Kana disappeared through the academy gates with the silver-armored knights, the air around the copper class felt strangely hollow—like something important had been plucked from it.
Su...
2025-12-02 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe trio arrived back at the academy just as the morning sun broke through the pale winter clouds. Students poured through the main gates in a great, shuffling river—many dragging enormous luggag...
2025-12-01 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe trio stepped out of the branch guildmaster’s office, the heavy door clicking shut behind them with a finality that made Kana’s spine tighten.
Ruvel’s last words wouldn’t leave her...
2025-11-29 19:27:33 +0000 UTC View PostA crowd had already gathered—a small ring of murmuring people, faces half-hidden behind scarves and winter hoods. Their whispers buzzed like insects in Kana’s ears as she sat propped against a ...
2025-11-28 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View Post