On the archery training grounds, under a night sky, a youth ran like his life depended on it. The sweat vaporized from each and every pore of his body like a sauna.Every uncovered part of his body was filled with uncountable blue and red blood patches. His chiseled calf muscles were out for display under those black training shorts. Along with black shorts, he also wore a white shirt with several dried bloodstains all over it.Uneven breath, racing heartbeat, wet eyes, and dried lips. Yet, he didn't stop moving; more like he couldn't. Several times he even had to jump, flip or even roll over the ground to avoid the barrage of arrows raining from the sky.The archery ground was undoubtedly huge. Still, his running range was limited to only 70 meters. On the illuminated rectangular area, right in front of the archery

Inside the bhu-lok military campus, a cadet ran as fast as his legs allowed him. His somber face hinted as if the world was about to end. His pupils shook under the sockets while searching for someone, desperately.The military base was enormous. Searching for a single person was as good as searching for a needle in the haystack. Yet, he kept running towards each training ground one by one.After racing through several training areas in both northern and southern grounds. He finally reached the western training grounds. Fortunately, he found the person he was looking for.He saw him casually sitting behind the archery grounds and chatting with 3 others. The cadet jumped in front of the group, turned his head at another cadet,  "I have been l-looking for you ev

Creed knew that the amount of hubris that guy possessed could not be suppressed with words or a simple fight. After being bullied by those four for an entire year, Creed was aware of Chuck's personality like the back of his hand. If he had just defeated him in skills, his bloated ego would not have accepted it. Chuck would have come back to make some more trouble.  He was like a scorpion bound by his habit of stinging others even when it's not in his own interests. In fact, Creed was absolutely sure that beating him and humiliating him might even backfire on Jia. He was still her mentor and could easily ruin her assignment review. The last thing Creed wanted was to waste time dealing with a petty squabble with him.

Over the past few days, Creed has been in a good mood. After some discussion with his mother, he realized that Jia's crumbling battle-sense has become stable for the time being. She has not entirely recovered, but she is out of the red zone. Sadly, fixing a crumbling battle-sense takes time and further results will depend on how strictly she can follow the aid.  People weren't talking behind his back and Chuck had made no trouble either. Yet, the biggest reason for his elevated mood was that he has started to see some practical results from merging singularity with archery. After constantly practicing with Cheetah every night, and banging his head through several books, he was able to make some progress. Although these results were still nowhere comparable to what he had expected, they still gave Creed somet

Inside the military cafeteria, three girls of the same age group were having lunch. More than eating food, there was giggling and chattering.  They were sitting in the corner. Yet, their group was indeed the center of attention for several eyes inside the cafeteria. One of the girls had dark hair, elegant cheekbones, and a pointy nose. She had frizzy hair gently hanging over her shoulder. Despite having average facial features there was something captivating about her, perhaps it's simply her personality. Her name was Remy Adler. The second one has much more refined facial features. Her glittering blue eyes and rose petal lips seemed irresistible and delicate. Yet, her conversation etiquette and unrestrained giggling indicated a mixture of self-confidence and toughness. Her name was Regina Kain, she was Jake