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The Shadow Patriarch's Rebirth: Cast Aside as the Weakest, I Returned to Rule the World
Chapter Nine — Class D
Location:
Argent Blade Academy — Outer District & Training Hall D
Time: Two days after placement
Scene 1: The Lowest Class
Training Hall D stood far from the main towers.
Cracked stone. Rusted weapons.
Celsius entered quietly.
Eyes turned.
Student #1: "Another noble fallen this far?"
Student #2: "He won't last."
The instructor arrived—late.
A scarred man with a broken blade.
Instructor: "Name's Garron."
Garron: "Survive. That's the curriculum."
Scene 2: The Misfits
Celsius took a seat.
A beastman boy sharpened claws nearby.
A quiet girl stitched talismans.
A tall student with bandaged arms slept.
Eridiaries: "Useful."
Celsius nodded.
Scene 3: First Lesson — Live Combat
Garron tossed a dagger into the floor.
Garron: "Partners. No healers."
Whispers spread.
The beastman grinned.
Beastman: "I'll take the noble."
Celsius stood.
Celsius: "Alright."
Scene 4: The Demon Breaks In
Before the duel—
The wall cracked.
Black mist poured in.
Screams erupted.
A creature crawled through.
Multiple eyes. Clawed limbs.
Student: "Demon!"
Garron swore.
Garron: "Formation!"
Too slow.
Scene 5: Shadow Intervention
Time slowed.
Eridiaries: "Now."
Celsius moved.
Shadows snapped from beneath desks.
The demon froze mid-lunge.
Celsius struck its core—once.
The creature dissolved.
Silence.
Students stared.
Celsius swayed.
The shadows vanished.
Celsius: "It… weakened itself."
Garron narrowed his eyes.
Scene 6: Unwanted Attention
Later.
Academy knights arrived.
Knight: "Who killed it?"
No one answered.
Selene watched from the doorway.
Selene (thought): Shadow…
Scene 7: New Reputation
Whispers spread through Class D.
Student: "He moved first."
Student: "The noble saved us."
Celsius sat alone.
Eridiaries: "You have stepped onto the board."
Celsius closed his eyes.
Celsius: "Good."
Continue in the chapter.