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The Grand Courtyard of Alpha Academy had transformed from a chaotic survival zone into something far more chilling. The afternoon sun cast long, amber shadows across the cobblestones, but no one was celebrating.

A massive, double-sided digital projection floated above the stone stage, glowing in high-contrast neon silver. It displayed the final leaderboard of the Freshman Survival Trial.

But it wasn't just a scoreboard. It was an executioner’s block.

"Ranks fifty-one through one hundred," Profe
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