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Chapter 431

Ilyana tightened her grip on the longsword.Hunger gnawed at her, sharp and unrelenting, but it also fed something deeper—survival. When people were pushed far enough, the body uncovered strength it never knew it possessed.Inside the gym, the students wore expressions that hovered between numbness and madness. More than a month of watching people die, of living beneath a constant shadow of death, had warped them. No one emerged untouched.The night before, a young woman had taken advantage of the chaos and hanged herself from the basketball hoop. When morning came and they found her, no one cried.The silence felt worse than screams.Ilyana knew this could not continue. She was the only lecturer left, the only adult. If she did nothing, these children would rot here and die one by one. She had to gamble on a future for them.As she weighed her options, two figures approached, Christopher Wright and Sherrine Melbourn."Ms. Brandt," Christopher said.She looked up."Shouldn't w

Chapter 432

Ilyana exhaled softly, a plume of white mist drifting from her lips. She cast a quick glance toward the far end of the frozen corridor, then flicked her long ponytail and headed for the cafeteria.She did not make it far. After a little more than 100 steps, she slipped into a recess along the ice tunnel and vanished from sight.With her back pressed to the wall, Ilyana closed her eyes and eased herself into meditation.Meditation was not mystical. With proper training, even ordinary people could learn it. It calmed the mind, stripped away distraction, and drew awareness inward.For martial artists, it was a foundational discipline.Legends spoke of ancient masters who could enter inner worlds through meditation alone. Ilyana had not reached that realm. Still, as one of the country;stop fighters, she could steady her breathing and suppress her presence to a remarkable degree.But she had no time. Every moment spent waiting meant watching students die, one after another. Gambling e

Chapter 433

"Run!" Keira screamed.The black monster appeared outside the gym without a sound. Without that brief glimpse, no one would have noticed it at all.No one could understand how something so massive could move with such silence.Run? Where?By the time people reacted and scattered in panic, the monster's claws had already smashed through the reinforced windows and reached inside.A 20-feet-long limb punched through the glass. Its claws gleamed like polished steel, and the fur along them bristled into spike-like ridges.The huge paw thrust in and began to rake repeatedly.If death were not at stake, the motion might have looked almost playful. The creature's eyes held a strange, amused curve, like a cat sliding a paw into a cardboard box to tease whatever hid inside.But when a cat of that size treated trapped humans like mice, nothing about it was funny.The claws flashed. Several bodies split open in long, clean gashes. Organs spilled out in an instant.The screams turned hell

Chapter 434

There was no wasted movement or hesitation, only killing intent.One woman and one monster tore into each other outside, the clash shaking the world itself.Walls of snow collapsed as deep, terrifying gashes split the surrounding ice and concrete, carved by blade and claw alike.Inside the gym, the students froze. No one dared move. They could hear the battle and feel it through the floor and walls.Cracks spread across the structure. Some were clean, precise blade marks. Others were torn open by claws sharp enough to cut steel.There was nothing they could do. They could only pray that Ilyana won because she was their only chance to survive.At the moment the battle reached its fiercest point, Cyrus and the other two finally followed the noise and found the exit.As soon as Cyrus, Kenneth, and Thorgan appeared, both the woman and the monster noticed them.Ilyana reacted at once. These were not students or survivors from the school. They had come from outside.Hope flared in h

Chapter 435

With a thunderous crash, the gym doors were forced open.The equipment stacked against them offered no resistance to Kenneth, who charged through like a humanoid titan.Cyrus followed him inside and swept his gaze across the room.Several students nearly screamed in panic. When they realized the intruders were only three humans, their racing hearts eased, if only slightly.Cyrus quickly spotted the girl in the wheelchair. He had seen Barbara's photo before and recognized her immediately.He released a quiet breath. "Good. You're still alive."If she had died before he arrived, all this effort would have been pointless.He started toward her.At that moment, Christopher stepped forward, smoothing his hair and straightening his blue, custom-made school uniform. "Are you from the West Ridge Base? Did my father send you?""West Ridge Base?" Cyrus frowned slightly. "What place is that?"It was the first time he had heard the name.Christopher glanced at their gear and assumed the

Chapter 436

"Get me out of here. You want money, I can pay. You want a position, I can have my parents make it happen!"…Voices piled on voices.The students crowded around Kenneth and Thorgan until the air felt thin. Their eyes looked wrong, too hungry, too desperate. They had lived in a sealed hell for far too long. Now they saw a way out, and they would claw for it.Thorgan and Kenneth stood trapped. They could not take this many people. Not without turning them into dead weight.Still, neither of them had Cyrus' coldness. Young people begged to live, and neither man could force out a clean refusal.No one rushed Cyrus. Part of that came from the heavy gold Desert Eagle in his hand. Most of it came from something harder to name.He carried a "Do not touch" aura. Like a dog that never barked because it already knew how to bite. Like prey that sensed the wrong kind of predator.Cyrus had killed enough people that something clung to him. The students felt it, even if they could not explai

Chapter 437

The three of them stepped into the corridor, where the battle between Ilyana and the black monster had already reached a white-hot stage.The ground was littered with scattered steel needles. Each one gleamed with a dark, metallic sheen.Cyrus wore cut-resistant gloves as he bent down and picked up two of them, then stored them in his dimensional space. He could study them later when he had time.Cyrus shot Thorgan a meaningful look. "Do it, Thorgan!"Thorgan received the order, stepped forward, and raised both hands toward Ilyana and the black monster as he activated his ability.Huge fissures tore open across the icy corridor.Ilyana's pupils shrank as she leapt backward several steps.In the next instant, the ice and snow overhead collapsed on a massive scale. Hundreds of tons of frozen debris thundered down and completely sealed off the corridor.The black monster vanished from Ilyana's sight. An enormous wall of ice and snow now lay between the woman and the beast. Nothing

Chapter 438

Cyrus could not keep her in there any longer. She was Barbara's educator, and he had no interest in doing something that ugly in front of Barbara.Even so, Ilyana had spent only two seconds in his pocket dimension. When she reappeared, her body failed her. She collapsed onto the floor as if her bones had vanished.She gulped for air, her eyes wide with genuine fear. "What was that?"The fight had already burned through most of her strength. Days of poor food and constant stress had stripped her down to nothing. Now she could not pretend otherwise.Cyrus spread his hands. "I tried to help you, and you pulled a sword on me. I don't get you."He walked over, took the longsword in one smooth motion, and claimed it as his own. "To keep you from getting emotional again, I'll hold on to this. It's safer that way."He smiled as he spoke.A sword that could split a bullet was no common weapon. He had no intention of returning it.Ilyana glared at him as if she wanted to bite through bon

Chapter 439

Was Cyrus supposed to save 40 or 50 people? He would not even bother with four or five.These so-called princes and princesses had been born with silver spoons in their mouths. The first 18 years of their lives had been more indulgent than most people experienced in a lifetime. Dragging them back would only invite trouble."I came only for Barbara Mistelle," Cyrus said flatly. "The rest of you are not my problem."He turned to take Barbara and leave.The offspring of officials and tycoons were not stupid. Someone realized he truly meant to abandon them. Several students edged closer, then lunged at once. Hands clamped around Barbara's arms, pinning her in place."You're taking all of us," Madeline snarled, her face twisted. "Or we kill her."Keira never imagined it would come to this. She rushed forward to help, only to be shoved hard to the ground by a tall young man."No! You're classmates. You can't do this!" Ilyana tried to stop them. Her voice shook. Her legs trembled.No

Chapter 440

Cyrus smiled as he spoke.Barbara explained, "There are only two kinds of students here. One group comes from powerful or wealthy families. The other group consists of specially admitted geniuses, brought in to boost the school's reputation."The second group has to compete constantly, both at home and abroad, winning awards to add prestige to the academy."She patted the wheelchair beneath her. "Keira designed this chair specifically for me. I've used it for years, and it has never had a single problem."Barbara clearly put a great deal of effort into promoting her friend.Cyrus took another look at Keira. She wore her hair short and had a solid, sturdy build, the kind of physique suited to hands-on mechanical work."What can you do?" he asked.Keira's eyes lit up. This was her chance."I'm very good at vehicle design and repair," she said quickly. "I also have experience with firearms. If you take me with you, I can modify cars and weapons. As a hobby, I've studied blade forg

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