Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest

Chapter 944 216.4 - Overachievers

"I accept it, okay."

Eleanor's hands came together with a crisp clap that echoed through the wide, empty chamber.

The sound wasn't loud-but new.

I was final. Like a door closing. Or the start of something

"Good," she said, voice firm now, shedding the softness from moments before. "Then let's begin.

She stepped past them with ease, making her way to the center of the facility. The mana in the room stirred faintly around her, reacting not to any spell, but to her presence. It always did.

Ethan and Astron followed in silence, the air around them shifting from quiet conversation to something heavier, Familiar, Dangerous.

Eleanor turned to face them, her expression composed, all traces of amusement and challenge now gone. In its place-professional, precise focus.

"In the past two sessions," she began, "I pushed your bodies to their limits. Gravity, pressure, adaptation, endurance. I wanted to see how your bodies reacted. How your instincts compensated. And more importantly-how you think under stress."

Ethan's shoulders tensed slightly at the reminder. His muscles still remembered. His bones probably did too.

Astron said nothing, his posture straight, his focus sharpened.

Eleanor clasped her hands behind her back.

"That stage," she continued, "was foundational. Understanding how far you can be pushed physically is important-but it's only one side of the equation."

She let the weight of that settle for a moment.