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Chapter 48 - The Coliseum
His body begged for one more day of rest.'Mr. Oliver. Please. We can't take it anymore.' The boy could almost imagine his legs begging for forgiveness.With each passing day, the training sessions became even more intense. Even after eight hours of sleep, it still didn’t feel like enough.In the last four d...
Chapter 47 - Climbing the Tower
“DOOM! DOOM! DOOM!”Oliver was lying on the floor. His training with Nico had drained every drop of energy from his body. But he could feel that he was making progress; moreover, his own Boon was able to notify him of how quickly he was learning.| Left Eye of Learning| New Earth Army Style - Learning...| [3.00%]“D...
Chapter 46 - The Zeroth Floor
Upon stepping outside, Oliver expected to find a sunny morning, but instead, the environment was exactly the same as when he arrived. Above him, some cars levitated between the buildings, illuminated by a few streetlights, but the sky remained dark, with only a few holograms near the dome.'Selene, the city of etern...
Chapter 45 - A New Morning
“Ah! Damn it!”Oliver only had time to think that before a sharp pain hit his eyes. Combined with his body's exhaustion, it was enough for him to pass out on the bed.----“THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!”“Wake up, kid!”“THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!”“Come on! Open up.”With the noise in the room, Oliver couldn't k...
Chapter 44 - The First Trial
“DING!”After leaving Oliver in the preparation room, Nico returned to the main hall to watch the boy's fight.It had been a long time since he'd heard anything about Caine—almost a decade since they both joined the Academy and participated in the eighth wave.Nico shook his head slightly as if to push away ...
Chapter 43 - Trial Tower
The guard behind the door spoke as they both entered. “Welcome to Trial Tower.”As they passed through the door, a grand hall opened up before Oliver. Several leather armchairs were scattered around, facing an arena on the floor below them. Red neon lights illuminated the spectacle, casting a vibrant, electric glow ...
Chapter 42 - Nico
'Found him!' Oliver thought as he spotted Nico.However, the excitement of finding his target faded quickly. This person was supposed to be important and powerful enough that his captain had explicitly sent him to see him in a moment of need.'He doesn't look that powerful,' Oliver thought, watching a...
Chapter 41 - Selene
Oliver had his face pressed against the window, and in front of him, the entire universe expanded. Stars gleamed in all their majesty, but beyond that, numerous ships were moving in every direction. The spaceport they were approaching was one of the busiest in the empire.Selene was one of the few cities without telepor...
Chapter 40 - 2 vs 1
"THUMP!"Where once two ‘henchmen’ stood, now both lay on the ground. Moments earlier, they had been using their hands and feet to try and get up, but now even breathing was difficult. Their own body weight was too much to bear, their blood struggled to move through their veins, and even drawing breath cause...
Chapter 39 - 2 vs 3
"Shit!" Oliver shook his head, trying to recover. "What's going on?"With his eyes still watery, he tried to push himself up, but to no avail. The punch had hit him near the chin, leaving him disoriented; his legs felt like jelly, unable to muster any strength."Come on, damn it! Get up. I'm n...
Chapter 38 - Proof & Punch
Isabela woke up the next day with a pounding headache. She couldn’t go directly to talk to Oliver since no First Battalion student could access the Second Battalion dormitory, but she kept up with all the commotion through the chat. The rumors weren’t confined to the Second Battalion channel—once the conversation...
Chapter 37 - The Rumor
Damian still hadn’t gotten used to the food he received at the Second Battalion. Coming from the main line of House Nemo, he was accustomed to grand banquets and exotic dishes. In the mess hall, however, you found the complete opposite—bland food, lacking texture and life. But at least he had learned to force the f...
Chapter 36 - Back to the Camp
Oliver was still exhausted, and now carrying another person on his back hadn’t made his journey any easier. But as he crossed the creek, he could finally breathe easier. Even if a few stray Crabits appeared, they were confident they could avoid them and, at worst, simply run away.However, their planning proved unnece...
Chapter 35 - Canceled Training
Upon hearing the captain shouting to retreat, Kyle was one of the first to cut a path through the countless hordes of Crabbits. Each swing of his mace crushed the skulls of tens of monsters. But inside his armor, Kyle was trembling with rage.This was his chance to earn more points and climb up the rankings. He would fi...
Chapter 34 - The Basilisk
She continued looking forward as she spoke, “Mars.”“Ma-Mars!”When Oliver asked, he thought it was some distant planet, only accessible through teleportation. He never imagined it would be the most populated planet closest to Earth.“Wow!” the boy whistled softly, thinking about the red planet. Although there...
Chapter 33 - The Passage
She continued looking forward as she spoke, “Mars.”“Ma-Mars!”When Oliver asked, he thought it was some distant planet, only accessible through teleportation. He never imagined it would be the most populated planet closest to Earth.“Wow!” the boy whistled softly, thinking about the red planet. Although there...
Chapter 32 - Finding a way
"With all the noise that thing made, we'd better start walking," Oliver explained.Katherine nodded again at what the boy said. But something had been bothering her the entire time. She was grateful for being saved, but the way the boy spoke was informal, something she had never experienced before. She didn...
Chapter 31 - The Carrion
A few hours had passed when Katherine finally began to regain consciousness. The first thing she felt was the pain spread throughout her body; there wasn’t a muscle that wasn’t sore. She had not only gone through hours of combat, but she had also almost drowned.However, she had few memories of the second part. Her ...
Chapter 30 - Down The River
When Katherine decided to jump, she knew there was no other option. Even so, she imagined there might be some chance of survival.As soon as her body touched the water, she deactivated any remaining parts of her armor. At least that way, she wouldn't be dragged to the bottom of the river. Finally, her body made cont...
Chapter 29 - Fair Play?
Damian knew what he had to do. He might not like the tactic, but it would completely change the game.How things were going, he didn’t even have a chance of reaching 50th place.“If the game isn’t in your favor, maybe you’re playing the wrong game,” Damian remembered one of the things the patriarch of the Nero ...
Chapter 28 - A Plan
"Prepare! Prepare! Start the incursion!" Musk announced.Several cadets began advancing with the command, descending from the hill to the riverbanks. Some, more fearful, stayed further back, avoiding the front lines of the battle. Many still remembered how difficult it had been to retreat after advancing too far...
Chapter 27 - The Hill's Top
"Wake up, cadets! The Second Incursion will begin in 30 minutes!" Musk announced.Oliver was already prepared, but much of the camp wasn’t. The calm that had reigned among the tents turned into chaos in seconds. Cadets could be seen everywhere, rushing to the bathroom, trying to shower, eating their rations, o...
Chapter 26 - Second Incursion
"But the mission is not over; tomorrow, we will conduct a second incursion." The captain explained. "Bring glory to the New Earth Army!"The salute was the signal many cadets needed to understand that they were finally dismissed. Oliver threw himself into his tiny tent. It barely fit one person, but at l...
Chapter 25 - Bloody Withdraw
"Immediate retreat!" Musk commanded.The captain fired to support the cadets who began leaving the battle. The cadets who hadn’t advanced far could climb the hill and quickly escape combat.Unfortunately, many others were still engaged in the fight. One of them was Oliver. His strategy had been to use the space...
Chapter 24 - Crabits!
"Attack!" Musk screamed.All the recruits were closely watching the Crabits, just waiting for the captain's command to advance. Still, when the command came, their reaction time was mixed.The students from the first battalion quickly charged at the monsters. Leading the way was a mountain of muscles, known b...
Chapter 23 - Don't vomit
"Be prepared. We depart in 10 minutes. For those of you who have never used a teleporter, try not to vomit." Musk explained.The last words left the cadets more unsettled than any previous warning their instructors had given. Many cadets didn’t even know teleportation existed, as it is a costly and inaccessibl...
Chapter 22 - Level 2
| Click!A sharp headache hit the boy as soon as his finger lightly touched the button. The pain was horrendous, taking away part of his vision and causing him to cry in pain. It seemed to radiate from his eyes and spread throughout his head. His breathing became heavy, and Oliver didn’t even have the air to scream. A...
Chapter 21 - Field Trip
“You will have your first field lesson and finally face real combat!” Musk explained with a serious expression.“Yeah! Finally, we’ll see real action.” Several recruits were celebrating the news.But not everyone celebrated. It wasn’t uncommon for incidents to happen inside the Academy. Recently, it has becom...
Chapter 20 - Evolving
"Depending on your specialty, some of you will have the chance to dissect Orks in the future. But it's unnecessary to have a deep understanding of xenobiology to know that they are more adapted and evolved for combat than the human race."At the front of the room, the hum of the holographic projector began a...
Chapter 19 - Two Weeks
"Shall we go again?!" Astrid askedStill struggling to catch his breath, Oliver raised an eyebrow as he assessed Astrid. She was clearly in better shape than he was. Her matches must have ended so quickly that she hadn't tired out. Oliver shook his head slightly in response, and the girl widened her eyes and...
