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.
Ronan flung himself back, but the heat kissed his arm anyway, his skin sizzled and blistered, but his expression remained emotionless.
Damage Detected – Burn Level 2
Regeneration Activated
