Chapter 51
Test wasn't the right word
The room they dragged him into wasn't a training chamber.
It was a cage.
A circular arena sealed in shifting metal, humming faintly with containment sigils. No corners. No exits. The air thrummed like it had a heartbeat.
"You get five minutes," Ezren's voice echoed from a hovering platform above. "No rules. No mercy. Survive or die."
Ronan's system pinged
Kill Directive Detected: Survival Trial Initiated
WARNING: Opponent Threat Level – S rank
They weren't wasting time.
Vex dropped in first an eruption of red-orange heat with no warning. The second her boots hit the tiles, her system detonated around her like a sunburst.
"Burn Field."
Everything in a five-meter radius became molten. Air shimmered. Tile turned to sludge.