The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 169

Chapter 169 Jedidiah Ortega

But just as Jedidiah finished speaking, a sharp gust of wind suddenly rushed in from behind.

Reacting instinctively, he tilted his body to the side. Even so, a shallow but stinging line. of blood was drawn across his cheek.

The pain burned like fire. As Jedidiah steadied his footing and turned to see his attacker, a glint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

It was Caleb-the same Vyrdenian student he had just thrown twenty feet across the courtyard.

Thanks to Raven's relentless training in close combat, Caleb had recovered almost instantly upon landing, and without hesitation, launched a counterattack.

Jedidiah wiped the blood from his cheek with two fingers, then smeared it across his lips. His eyes locked onto Caleb with a glint as sharp as a blade, and his voice dropped to a deadly chill.

"You filthy Vyrdenian mongrel... congratulations. You've pissed me off."

Before Caleb could respond, Jedidiah vanished.

To the others, it looked like he'd blinked out of existence-his speed so fast he became a blur. In the next breath, he was already in front of Caleb.

Caleb barely registered his approach. He tensed, heart pounding, but his body moved on pure instinct-the muscle memory honed during the brutal training sessions kicked in.

He threw his arm up to block.

of fists

monstrous force slam into his chest,

airborne again-slammed violently onto the center of

with the platform, he coughed up a mouthful

be grateful your leader knew when to kneel," Jedidiah said coldly. "If he hadn't extended an

words had barely left his mouth when Caleb, trembling but unyielding, raised

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mouth. His eyes, now

"I... will... kill... you."

dropped like a

tore from somewhere deep in his chest, Caleb

at the wild charge. "Stupid rat," he

his torso and sending him flying a third time. This time, Caleb was already coughing up

enough to extinguish the

humiliation of being labeled low-born, that superior tone of disgust-it all stabbed into Caleb like a

meant nothing. The moment his body hit the ground, Caleb sprang up again like a man possessed and

rage. Maybe it was something deeper. But this time, before Jedidiah

The pain seared through his leg like

sunk into his

savage sense of humiliation surged through

military prodigy from Sunset Empire-reduced to this? Bitten by