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CHAPTER 20 - THE CASTLE THAT LEARNS WAR
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The Academy's trash field was big.Big like a graveyard.Swords with no blades. Shields with holes. Armor that rusted 100 years ago. No one wanted it. Even the cleaners didn't clean it.Jin wanted it."All 600. Take everything," Jin said. "Even a nail. Even a broken spoon. If it is metal, bring it."The 600 citizens of Ghost Dorm didn't ask why. They were free for 3 days. Now they were an army of garbage collectors. Leon led them. Ren counted.The Academy students laughed from the wall."Look! Ghost King is collecting trash! Haha!""Monarch of Garbage!"Mira wanted to fight them. Varok stopped her. "Let them laugh. Laughing people don't see what is growing."Inside Ghost Dorm, the castle was shaking.Ren was scared. The red lights made the black walls look like blood."Monarch, Energy is 18%... if it goes to 0%...""It won't," Jin said. He put his hand on the wall again. The wall was hot. "Because we are feeding it now."The first rusted sword touched the floor.The floor opened like
THE SHADOW KING'S SECOND WORLD CHAPTER 20 - THE CASTLE THAT LEARNS WAR
The last of the 500 crossed the gate at noon.Leon closed the count."600, Monarch. Full."Inside Ghost Dorm, 600 people were breathing. The living castle was no longer quiet. It was groaning. Growing.[ Citizens: 600/1000 ][ Castle Hunger: 600/1000 Fed - LIMIT REACHED ][ Castle Energy: 68% - OVERLOAD ]The walls were sweating black water. Beds were growing too fast. From the ceiling, from the floor. Some beds were half-made, half-wall.Ren was running."Stop eating!" she shouted at the kitchen. "Don't make more beds! Make strength!"The floating black pots didn't listen. They kept making soup. Soup spilled on the floor and the floor drank it.Varok came to Jin. His face was pale."Jin. Something is wrong. The castle... it is full. It cannot take more people. If we take 10,000... it will burst."Jin was not looking at Varok. He was looking at the back of the crowd.At the silver-haired girl.She was sitting alone. Eating soup very fast. Hiding her face. Her collar was still on. Ever
THE SHADOW KING'S SECOND WORLD CHAPTER 19: THE 500
Morning in Ghost Dorm didn't start with a bell.It started with soup.The living castle was cooking by itself. Black pots floated in the kitchen, stirring. The smell went out of the gate and across the whole Academy.For 12 years, Academy slaves never smelled food in the morning. They only smelled sweat and iron.Now 100 ex-slaves were eating. Real bread. Real meat soup. Their E-Rank bodies were healing.Then the ground shook.Leon ran to the gate and screamed."THEY'RE HERE! THE 500!"Outside Dorm 13, Headmaster stood with 500 new people.Not students. Slaves. All with the same broken collars. Men, women, even 2 kids. All thin. All scared. Some were bleeding from walking.Behind them, 2000 Academy students watching. Whispering."Ghost Dorm really took them?""Where will they sleep? That castle is only one day old."Headmaster looked at Jin who was sitting on his small throne inside."Student Jin. Your Kingdom. 500 new mouths. As promised. Academy does not feed them. You do."Jin stoo
THE SHADOW KING'S SECOND WORLD CHAPTER 18: THE CASTLE THAT EATS
The arena was screaming.Not with voices. With shadows.100 hands held one broken axe. The blood on it was still alive. S-Rank demon blood doesn't die when the weapon breaks. It boils.[ Channeling: 17% ][ Time Left As C-Rank: 44 Minutes ][ Warning: Demon Blood Core Resisting ]Varok's arms were shaking. He was a miner for 12 years before the slave mark. He knew heavy. This was heavier than stone."It's fighting us!" Mira shouted. Her black healing light was the only thing keeping Varok's hands from burning. "The blood doesn't want to be a house! It wants to be a weapon!"Leon was reading the scroll while running in circles, panicking."It says! It says 'The Castle must be fed a memory! A memory of home! Or it will become a prison!"Elara turned her head. Her S-Rank aura was holding back 2000 students who were trying to look into the arena. Headmaster's barrier was down."Memory of home? These kids never had a home!"Ren was kneeling where Jin sank. His own black veins were crawling
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Jin couldn't stand.The black armor that grew from his skin was too heavy. It was eating him. Every second as S-, his A+ body screamed.[ Warning: Monarch Body Rejection - 12% ][ Stabilization Required: 8 Hours Deep Sleep In Shadow ][ Temporary C-Rank Legion: 59 Minutes Left ]Ren held him, but Ren's own hands were glowing black. Ren had never been C-Rank. Not even D-Rank three days ago. He was an E-Rank who couldn't lift a sword. Now his veins had black lines."Jin! Your shadow! It's sucking you!"Elara knelt. Her usual lazy wine-aunt face was gone. Her S-Rank Vice-Master aura wrapped around Jin, trying to hold his cracking skin together."Listen to me, idiot Monarch. You forced the Seal. The Seal was not a lock. It was a dam. Your body is the river. Now the river is flooding."She pressed her palm on his crown. The broken shadow crown flickered."Igris!"She called, and from Jin's shadow, Igris crawled out - his sword broken, his knight armor cracked. He knelt too, loyal even brok
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Kross didn't stay down.Blood Berserk's second stage triggered when demon blood touched ground.His skin cracked. Red steam came out. His eyes went full white. He stood, axe still in hand, but now his body was 4 meters. Horns longer.[ Kross: S-Rank -> S-Rank Berserk Mode - Strength +50%, Defense +50%, Pain 0% ]Academy students screamed. Even A-Rank Class Leaders stood up."Jin! Dodge! That's not S-Rank! That's S+ power for 30 seconds!" Leon shouted from wall, voice breaking.Ren clenched bread so hard it became powder. "Jin..."On wall, the 100 D-Rank Legion felt it again. Even with Fear Immunity, the air became heavy. Varok's knees bent.Jin didn't move. His black flame eyes looked at his own hand. The Seal on his chest - invisible to others - was now burning through his shirt. A black crown mark.[ Seal Break: 99% -> 100% - WARNING: Monarch Body Not Ready ][ If you force S- now, you will lose 1 year lifespan ]Elara saw the black light from roof. She dropped wine bottle. It shatt
