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 elsewhere. Yet here, the copper classroom had become something else entirely.
Voices ov...
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. The trio were fully equipped with weapons and armors though Suri preferred her black enchanted cloa...
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. Early morning crept in, that fragile hour before dawn when the sky held its breath and the sun had not ...
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 been guiding it, throttling its rage, forcing it into caution. That was why in defensive instead of of...
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 marching through frozen streets at midnight. Orders were quietly rescinded. Adventurers, practical by ...
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 to their patrol route, their breaths misting the darkness with each step. The cobblestones beneath th...
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-asleep after staying up late—probably because of patrol duty. It didn’t matter. The space was perfect...
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 was energized by the ceremony, nearly everyone except Suri, who was being half-carried, half-dragged...
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 academy, and Kana found herself walking the familiar stone halls once more, boots echoing softly ag...
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.
She remembered the moment it had happened, just a few nights ago. Forty percent. Her consistent t...
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 horn’s echo still clung to the walls of the arena. The skills settled into his body like familiar...
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 hung, vibrating in Kana’s chest. One of those days, she truly hated her [High Awareness] 2025-12-19 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Kana 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 crowd’s restless murmur tightened, like breath being drawn before a shout.
She had made it ...
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 barely winded while the other lay scattered across the red sand, shattered necklaces glinting under th...
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 decisions and disciplined restraint. If this were a battlefield rather than a tournament, he would alre...
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 the tournament had burned itself out, leaving behind something sharper, more deliberate.
W...
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 be cut cleanly in half. Thirty matches. The top twenty then the top ten.
Tomorrow would decide...
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 the outside—students duel in groups, cheers rising, dust and colors swirling—but beneath the noi...
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 dissolving above the stands. The coliseum was enormous, its stone walls rimed with frost, its air sharp enou...
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 dozens of pale faces. Even though the sun had only just crested the horizon, sweat already beaded along b...
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—voices echoing like a living storm trapped within stone walls.
Yuri sat stiffly beside Kana, legs...
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 Stark. Muscles ached, bruises lingered, and half the group walked with stiff movements they tried to...
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, warmth gathered not from flames but from the heat of frantic planning.
The floor was smothered in ...
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, kicking up powder in streaks behind them. The beasts moved with startling speed—faster than horses, b...
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 transformed. A few adventurers were hired to patrol the walkways in pairs, their cloaks brushing th...
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 meant to impress.
It was meant to withstand.
The outer walls were lined with runes so old t...
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.
Suri clicked her tongue, shoved her hands into her cloak pockets, and turned away. “Well,” she mut...
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 luggage, chattering about their trips home. Carriages lined the entrance like a procession of beasts, most...
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.
Perhaps not you… but someone within you is triggering my [Danger Dete...
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 stone bench, Suri and Boris crouched close on either side.
“I’m alright,” Kana muttered,...
2025-11-28 10:12:01 +0000 UTC View Post