The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 177

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The moment Raven's words fell, the entire courtyard descended into a stunned, suffocating silence.

Every pair of eyes turned to her, wide with disbelief.

Did she really just say that?

Everyone in Vyrdenia who held even the faintest shred of power knew the

unspoken truth-there were people in the military who were never meant to see a battlefield.

Raven's suggestion, to send everyone into combat, would shake the very foundation of their privileges.

And just as many had predicted, Benson's face darkened instantly.

His eyes narrowed, sharp with hostility, as he stepped forward and hissed, "Send everyone to the frontlines? How did someone like you become a general? Are you really so ignorant that you can't understand the contributions made by those who serve from within our borders? They've done far more for Vyrdenia than your reckless soldiers ever will."

A chilling light flickered across Raven's eyes.

this. Not the sheer

voice cut through the silence like a whip. "The men and women who bleed on the

can charge into battle. But the real talent -the ones who stay behind-think. They solve the problems your

who've stayed safely within Vyrdenia's borders all these years? Are they all solving unsolvable problems with their brilliant minds? Tell me,

obligation to report my work to you." "Right," Raven replied with a smirk. "Since you've made it clear our soldiers are replaceable brutes, then you won't mind if I

n..." Benson began instinctively,

date on the lefthe foreign front,

whispers-about how Vyrdenia's current strategic advantage relied heavily on

suspected those rumors were exaggerated, a free

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pay or resources? That kind of asset was hard to

by.

merciless." Almost forgot-Mr. Macy, we're equals now. And I don't need your permission to do my

her custom

ignored him-she'd dismissed him, as if he were an irrelevant afterthought. Still, he

by a girl who'd barely

Sirius Pack was recalled,