The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 171

Chapter 171 Not Afraid

The moment Raven stepped forward, a flicker of surprise crossed the faces of many family heads.

Jedidiah stiffened, just briefly.

Then his eyes slowly swept toward her, a mocking smile curling across his lips.

But Raven said nothing. She simply walked up to Caleb, knelt down beside his battered body, and calmly fed him a pill.

Caleb, barely conscious, instinctively opened his mouth and swallowed.

As the medicine melted into a warm liquid and slid down his throat, its effects spread quickly through his body.

He forced his eyes open-and the first thing he saw was Raven's face, close, calm, expressionless.

He struggled to speak, voice hoarse and breath faint. "Boss... sorry... I embarrassed

you..."

Raven looked at him, her tone flat, almost indifferent. "Train harder when we get back."

"Yes," Caleb croaked immediately. His voice was fragile, but there was a clear steel in it -unshakable, resolute.

quirked, ever

rose to her feet, eyes shifting toward the leader of the Sunset Empire standing beside

unfurled from her

around instinctively held their

ripple of whispers broke out from the watching

else. Not a hint of fear, even standing in front of Mr. Macy

even twenty-five, right? You think she stands a

really could take him, she wouldn't have

she is too, she's still a woman- and like

leader felt the

laugh. His gaze slithered across Raven like a snake, condescending and

Chapter 171 Not Afraid

he sneered. "A woman, stepping in for the men of

Vyrdenian of you."

little more than vessels for childbirth, and military service was strictly off-limits for them-it was considered

so much as

as she spoke, her

frowned.

smirk flickering across her face. "Ten days from now, Vyrdenia's newly formed Hundred-Man Unit will face off against the elite troupe you've brought

razor-sharp-slid under the skin. "Unless you're afraid

moment her words landed, a wave of