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00:05If you hadn't been so stubborn, Selina wouldn't have run into the forest in despair to die.
00:11Raven, nobody will ever choose someone like you as a mate.
00:13The night before the Werewolf Academy graduation test, the party queen Selina West turned off
00:18every alarm clock in the dormitory, and even silenced the communal moonlight horn in the
00:22hallways.
00:22I just want everyone to rest properly.
00:25True warriors don't need alarms to push them.
00:27This line, I heard it once.
00:30In my last life.
00:31I sensed something was off during my midnight training.
00:34The alarms.
00:36Something was wrong with all the alarms.
00:37I ran from dorm to dorm, waking all the werewolves scheduled for the test.
00:45They all arrived on time at the test barrier, exposing the party queen Selina's stress.
00:50She got called in for a talk with the mentor Irene.
00:54That night, she ran crying, alone, into the cursed forest thick with magical beasts.
00:59She was ultimately defiled and torn apart by those beasts, dying in the shadowed woods.
01:04Later, they all passed the test and became qualified werewolf warriors.
01:09At the Celebration Anqui, they tricked me to the edge of the forest barrier and pushed me
01:15inside with all their strength.
01:21My mate, Derek Vane, stood outside the light shield coldly watching layers of beasts close in on me as they
01:27tore me apart.
01:28If you hadn't been so stubborn, Selina wouldn't have run into the forest in despair to die.
01:33You helped us pass the test, but you killed her.
01:41Raven, nobody will ever choose someone like you as a mate.
01:45Reborn the night before the test, looking at all the alarms Selina shut down,
01:49I hid a spare micro-timed crystal inside the lining of my leather jacket.
01:53This time, I want to see if these privileged werewolves, waiting to wake naturally,
01:57can even step foot into the test barrier.
02:03I just want everyone to get a good night's sleep.
02:05Selina stood in the middle of the dorm, holding a clear storage box.
02:09Inside it were three phones, all with their screens stuck on the alarm clock display.
02:13She had turned off every single alarm that was originally set.
02:17Tomorrow is the graduation test.
02:19We've all trained day and night this whole year.
02:21It's been tough.
02:22I don't want this harsh horn waking everyone up and having us enter the cursed forest exhausted and on edge.
02:28She said gently, sleeping in means our bodies can reach their best fighting condition.
02:33The moment she said that, someone in the dorm immediately laughed.
02:37Selina's right.
02:38I've been so nervous these days, my wolf's been all tense and twitchy.
02:41Hunting magical beasts depends on fighting power.
02:43It's fine if you're late and miss out on the energy crystals.
02:46Some people treat this test like her whole life and have to suck the fun out of the whole dorm.
02:50The last sentence was clearly aimed at me.
02:53I stood by the wooden table, staring at the alarm I'd just turned off on my phone, feeling a chill
02:59prickling my fingertips.
03:01I was reborn.
03:02Back on the night before the graduation test, exactly when Selina launched her stress relief plan,
03:07Selina was the party queen, the one everyone adored.
03:10She was beautiful and always spoke softly and kindly.
03:13When she first moved in, some people complained she was a little too delicate for a female werewolf.
03:17But within a month, everyone gravitated towards her.
03:20She said shifting was too exhausting, so everyone stayed in human form and took moonlit walks with her.
03:25She said training was suffocating, so they cancelled night fights and went partying at the tavern instead.
03:30She said young werewolves shouldn't be shackled by tests, and the whole floor chanted no to overtraining with her.
03:35Derek Vane was the same way.
03:37He was the academy's most outstanding high-level werewolf.
03:40The moment I saw him, my wolf told me he was my mate.
03:44Even though we never openly talked about being mates, we spent long hours together in training,
03:49and had an early agreement that once the test was over, we'd go to his pack together.
03:54But after Selina showed up, his gaze towards me grew colder and more distant day by day.
04:00He accused me of being too calculating, dull, and inflexible.
04:04In my previous life, the night before test, I realized all the the students' phone alarms had been turned off,
04:11and the communimal moonlight horn in the hallway was silenced too.
04:15My heart jumped.
04:16I ran through the halls knocking on every dorm door.
04:20I woke every werewolf just in time, and we all arrived at the test barrier on schedule.
04:26But Selina was severely reprimanded by the mentor Irene for shutting down everyone's alarm clock and silencing the moonlight horn.
04:32She cried, claiming no one understood her stress relief plan.
04:37And that night, she stormed alone into the dangerous, cursed forest.
04:41Countless abyss beasts hunted her down by scent.
04:44When the patrol finally found signs of her intrusion, all that was left was her naked, scarred body.
04:51Later, most of our floor's wolves passed the test smoothly, without a single one thanking me.
04:56On the night of the celebration banquet, they tricked me into drinking a knockout potion
05:01and shoved me into the barrier.
05:04The beasts inside were wild and ferocious.
05:07I pounded desperately against the glowing barrier, begging for someone to save me.
05:11The beasts closed in, sapping me layer by layer.
05:14That tearing pain is still burned deep into my bones and blood to this day.
05:18This life, I'm never anyone's alarm clock again.
05:21Sorry, I overreacted.
05:23I lowered my head, my voice unnervingly calm.
05:26The laughter in the dorm abruptly stopped.
05:29Selina looked at me with tears shimmering in her eyes.
05:32I picked up my phone and turned off the last alarm myself.
05:35Selina's right.
05:36The test isn't a chain.
05:38We just need to be in the best shape.
05:39If everyone wakes naturally tomorrow, maybe we'll be sharper when fighting the beasts.
05:43A brief silence fell.
05:45Then my roommate, Laia Moro, sneered.
05:47You should have thought that way sooner.
05:50Hunting monsters is all about talent.
05:53No matter how hard you try, it won't matter.
05:56Don't say that about Raven.
05:59She's just terrified of failing the test.
06:01I totally understand her.
06:03Everyone's got different abilities and talents.
06:05We should accept her.
06:06But the more she put on that fake defense, the more annoyed the other werewolves looked at me.
06:11Like I was some outcast who didn't get how the world worked and didn't deserve acceptance.
06:16I didn't argue.
06:17I just slowly gathered the barrier seal stones on the table.
06:19Only with the seal stone could I enter the test forest.
06:22The test barrier closes 15 minutes after the begins tomorrow.
06:26Anyone not inside by then can't take the graduation test.
06:29That's academy law.
06:30And the fate they all willingly ignored.
06:32Just as I was about to tuck the seal stone into my leather backpack, my wrist was suddenly grabbed.
06:37Derek Vane was standing at the dorm entrance.
06:38No one knew exactly when he'd arrived.
06:40As student council president, he usually handled floor patrols.
06:43It wasn't strange for him to be here now.
06:45He looked down at me with cold, unfamiliar eyes.
06:48Raven, what are you pretending to be obedient for?
06:51I've known you all these years.
06:53I know what you're really like better than anyone.
06:55You're saying yes now, but late at night you'll definitely sneakily set alarms and warn the dorms one by one,
07:00won't you?
07:02The air in the dorm frozen instantly.
07:05All eyes locked onto me like I was a criminal under interrogation.
07:09Derek reached out to grab my phone.
07:12That's my personal property.
07:13Your personal property?
07:15What if you set alarms in the middle of the night and disturb everyone else's rest?
07:18With that, he grabbed my shoulder with one hand and snatched the phone with the other.
07:22I instinctively tried to take it back.
07:24Lila Morrow immediately blocked me.
07:26What's the rush?
07:27You up to something?
07:28Selena's only trying to help everyone relieve stress, and you're ruining it for all of us, aren't you?
07:33Another roommate, Ella Hope, rolled her eyes so hard it was obvious.
07:36Don't give the phone back to her.
07:38She's definitely secretly setting alarms behind our backs.
07:40People like her are best at pretending one thing and doing another.
07:43Derek effortlessly typed in my lock screen password, the one I'd told him without a second thought freshman year.
07:49I used to think we were close.
07:50Now, my stomach twisted with cold disgust.
07:53He opened the alarm app, then flipped through my memos mapping forest roots, mocking every word.
07:59Raven?
07:59Is this really necessary?
08:01Are you scared you'll die in the test?
08:03Derek, don't make things hard for her.
08:05She might just be lacking security.
08:06She's not lacking security.
08:07She's deliberately stirring panic and anxiety.
08:09Right in front of me, he deleted every forest root mark in the memo.
08:13Your phone will stay with us tonight.
08:15We'll hand it back together after you wake up tomorrow.
08:17I was about to leave, when Derek suddenly grabbed my hand and snatched the barrier sealstone from me.
08:22Put this with me, too.
08:23My expression finally hardened.
08:26Derek, give me back the sealstone.
08:29He raised an eyebrow at me.
08:31What are you afraid of?
08:32We leave together tomorrow?
08:33How could I hold onto your sealstone, then?
08:36Or maybe you never planned to wake up with the rest of us.
08:40Selina bit her lip, looking hurt by my defensiveness.
08:42Raven, I really just want to help you let go of that pressure.
08:45Don't always think the worst of me, okay?
08:47I stared at the barrier sealstone in Derek's hand, feeling my mood sink.
08:50Am I gathered too much about every grievance, letting my emotions get twisted and pulled by them again and again?
08:55I won't throw away my chance to enter the test over an empty sense of pride.
08:58I softened my tone and gave in.
09:00Fine, keep it with you for now.
09:02But make sure to give it back to me tomorrow morning.
09:04Derek clearly froze for a moment.
09:05He probably didn't expect I'd give in so fast.
09:08Then the contempt in his eyes only grew heavier.
09:11You should have been sensible like this from the start.
09:13If you had less need for control, nobody would be so sick of you.
09:16Derek stuffed the sealstone into his coat pocket and looked down on me like he was superior.
09:21Tonight, no one is allowed to go to the training grounds.
09:23Anyone who practices secretly is betraying Selina's kindness.
09:26Raven, especially you.
09:28At that moment, were the dorm door.
09:30Mentor Irene Harlow stepped inside, holding a stack of graduation test rule scrolls in her arms.
09:35She sensed the tense atmosphere between us and her expression immediately darkened.
09:40What are you all doing here?
09:42Tomorrow is the graduation test and you're still fighting and arguing tonight?
09:46Her gaze swept over the storage box filled with phones, finally resting on the bulge in Derek's coat pocket.
09:51Who gave you permission to confiscate other people's phones?
09:54No one dared to speak up.
09:55Selina was the first to tear up.
09:57She hugged the box and took small steps towards mentor Irene.
10:00Miss Harlow, please don't be angry.
10:02I just saw that everyone was under too much pressure and wanted them to rest well tonight.
10:06We agreed that we'd all wake up naturally tomorrow, then head to the forest barrier together.
10:10Wake up naturally?
10:12Tomorrow is the Academy's unified graduation test and you're telling me you want to just wake up naturally?
10:18Selina's shoulders trembled in fear.
10:20Derek immediately stepped forward, blocking Selina from view.
10:24Mrs. Harlow, there's no need to be so harsh.
10:26Selina genuinely cares about everyone.
10:28We've been through brutal training for a whole year, you know that.
10:32Do you want to turn us into cold, emotionless weapons?
10:34Weapons?
10:36Do you think I'm treating you as weapons just because I want you to be on time for the test?
10:40Mentor Irene laughed fadly.
10:41She slammed the test rule scroll down heavily on the wooden table.
10:45Let me make this clear one last time.
10:47Fifteen minutes after the test starts tomorrow, the barrier entrance will close and no students will be allowed in.
10:51Those who arrive on time will receive energy crystals to replenish their strength.
10:54Those who miss the test will lose the chance forever.
10:56That means no wolf pack will accept failures like that.
10:59You'll be the rogue wolf.
11:00Selina quietly sobbed.
11:02But I just wanted us not to have to suffer so much tension.
11:06If we pass the test carrying all this pain, what's the point of becoming wolf warriors?
11:10Yeah, Mrs. Harlow, we're not little pups anymore.
11:12We know what we're doing.
11:14Hunting monsters is all about strength.
11:16Even without energy crystals, it doesn't really matter.
11:18Losing those few minutes won't make a difference.
11:20And everyone joined voluntarily.
11:23Selina didn't force any of us.
11:27Everyone joined voluntarily?
11:29She looked at the storage box on the table.
11:31Are these phones from other dorms besides yours?
11:34Derek's expression flickered slightly.
11:36Selina lowered her head, silent.
11:40Mentor Irene stepped forward and flipped open the lid of the storage box.
11:43Inside, besides the phones, there were several timing devices.
11:46Her face turned completely cold.
11:48This is absolute nonsense.
11:50Who came up this idea?
11:51It was my suggestion, but I really didn't mean any harm.
11:55The moonlight horn in the hallway was too piercing.
11:57I just temporarily turned it off to help everyone sleep a little better.
12:00Mentor Irene spun around sharply.
12:02You turned off the moonlight horn too?
12:04That's the alarm system for the whole dorm floor.
12:06Do you even know how many students lose everything every year because they miss the test?
12:10You watch others' tragedies like it gets a joke.
12:13And when it happens to you, you dare gamble with your own future?
12:16Selina's face went pale under the scolding.
12:20Mrs. Harlow, you don't have to make it sound so serious, right?
12:22It's just an alarm.
12:23Mentor Irene pointed a trembling finger towards the door.
12:27Derek, you're the student council president.
12:28When students do something ridiculous, you don't stop them, but join in messing around yourself.
12:32You will return all phones to everyone immediately, turn the moonlight horn back on,
12:36and post a notice in the chat group reminding all students to arrive on time for the test tomorrow.
12:40Derek's face turned dark with displeasure.
12:42Why should I?
12:43Everyone voluntarily handed their phones in.
12:45Mrs. Harlow, you can't just miss everyone's choice because Raven is overly anxious and tight.
12:50Mentor Irene turned to look at me.
12:53I stayed silent.
12:54I knew from this moment on, no matter what I said, they'd just label me a snitch.
12:58In my past life, I tried desperately to explain and defend myself, but no one wanted to listen.
13:03This time, I chose to keep quiet.
13:05Mentor Irene clearly saw through the mess.
13:07She took a deep breath, holding back all her fury.
13:10No matter who came up with the idea, anyone who confiscated others' phones or turned off alarms and the moonlight
13:14horn tonight,
13:15I'll report it immediately to the Academy's Dissimiplin Machunas.
13:18The graduation test isn't a game.
13:19If you miss the barrier in opening time, no one can afford the consequence.
13:22She walked to the hallway's end and reactivated the moonlight horn.
13:25Return Raven's barrier seal stone to her.
13:27Derek's face went pale as iron.
13:29Reluctantly, he took the seal stone out of his coat pocket and handed it to me.
13:32I accepted it and hid it immediately in my leather jacket's inner pocket.
13:36Tomorrow morning, I'll be downstairs counting who leaves for the test.
13:40Don't test the rules.
13:42She closed the door behind her.
13:44The dorm fell silent except for Selina's faint sobbing.
13:48Raven, happy now?
13:50I haven't said a single word from the start.
13:52You don't need to say anything.
13:53Your whole face just screams I'm going to snitch.
13:55He sneered.
13:55Selina gently tugged on Derek's sleeve, her voice barely above a whisper.
13:59Don't blame her.
13:59Maybe my idea is too naive.
14:01But since Miss Harlow forbids confiscating phones, let's just make it all voluntary.
14:04She raised her tear-glosed eyes and softly suggested,
14:07How about we post a voluntary proposal in the dorm chat group?
14:10Anyone willing to join our plan, turn off their alarms themselves and hand them their phones.
14:14That way, no one can accuse anyone else of forcing them.
14:17Selina doesn't want everyone wrapped up in anxious tension, so we're going to carry on with the stress relief plan.
14:21Those who want to join can turn off their alarms ourselves and hand their phones over to dorm 344 charging
14:25and safekeeping.
14:26Tomorrow, after everyone wakes up naturally, we'll head together to the forest barrier.
14:30True, powerful werewolves aren't scared of tomorrow's test.
14:33At first, the chat fell dead silent.
14:36The test is tomorrow.
14:37Are you guys serious?
14:39If you're scared, you don't have to participate.
14:42No one's forcing the timid or those who don't trust their own blood talents.
14:45Laya quickly chimed in, mocking in the chat.
14:47Laughing my ass off, training so hard every day, and in the end, you still need energy crystals.
14:52Some people haven't even stepped into the test woods and are already crushed by anxiety.
14:57It didn't take long before the mood in the group completely flipped.
15:01I've been grinding hard for a whole year.
15:06Good night, peace, Suzanne, run anything.
15:08More and more students voluntarily signed up.
15:11Some were genuinely moved by Selena's words.
15:13Some didn't want to look cowardly or weak, and others just followed along, forcing themselves to join.
15:17Soon, footsteps echoed one after another down the hallway.
15:21Selena, count me in.
15:23I'm sick of being startled every day by the horn, stirring the brums of it into a gentle smile.
15:27You'll definitely pass the test and become an excellent wolf warrior.
15:30Then the second, third, and fourth students showed up one after another.
15:33The transparent storage box quickly filled up with phones.
15:36Derek brought over an empty wooden box to store the extra devices.
15:39Some students hesitated, gripping their phones tightly, refusing to hand them in.
15:43Seeing this, Derek leakily mocked.
15:45You're not really scared of oversleeping and missing the test, are you?
15:49Don't you have any confidence in yourself?
15:53Who's scared?
15:54I'm just worried no one will wake me up tomorrow.
15:56Laughter broke out all around.
15:58Derek padded the wooden box filled with the vices like he'd just accomplished a grand feat.
16:02See that?
16:02Not everyone's like Raven turning her own anxiety into a rule everyone has to follow.
16:06Suddenly, Selena pulled out a stack of parchment from the drawer.
16:09I just wrote up a voluntary agreement.
16:11Everyone signs voluntarily.
16:13Whoever wakes up late tomorrow and misses the barrier opening takes full responsibility themselves.
16:17She spread the parchment out on the wooden table.
16:20At the top, neatly written, reject anxiety.
16:23I stared at the words on the page, a strange feeling stirring inside me.
16:29Selena's plan was even more thorough and well thought out than in my previous life.
16:33Maybe I was just too eager to save people back then, never realizing she had already prepared every backup.
16:37I support Selena.
16:38Lila and Ella quickly followed, adding their signatures.
16:40Soon, the parchment circulated through the entire dorm floor.
16:44Some signed boldly, some hesitated, and some brought the paper over to me, silently asking me to sign.
16:51I didn't reach out to take it.
16:54Raven, aren't you signing?
16:57Of course she won't sign.
16:59She's just waiting for everyone to miss the test tomorrow so we take the blame.
17:02I calmly checked the barrier seal stone I kept close again.
17:05Since it's voluntary participation, not signing is still within the rules, right?
17:09Selena's eyes immediately reddened.
17:11I never meant to force you.
17:13It's just that everyone else is trying to relax, but you're always on guard against us.
17:17That makes me really sad.
17:19Derek slammed the quill down hard on my desk.
17:21Sign.
17:22If you don't sign, you don't belong.
17:24I'm not joining this plan.
17:26And I won't be waking anyone up either.
17:28Is that enough?
17:29He stared at me for a few seconds, then suddenly twisted his lips into a mocking smile.
17:34Fine.
17:34But tomorrow, don't pretend to be the good guy coming to save everyone.
17:38We'll see.
17:3911.50pm.
17:40Derek carried two boxes full of phones and walked to the end of the hallway.
17:43The horn that Mantor Irene had just reopened now sat clearly before everyone.
17:46In front of all the watching students, he turned off the horn.
17:49The moonlight horn's light went out.
17:50The crowd of werewolves erupted in cheers.
17:52May everyone pass the test smoothly tomorrow.
17:54Let the restrictive moonlight horn disappear forever!
17:57Derek flashed a victory sign toward the floor security camera.
18:01Tomorrow when we wake up, we'll all become new versions of ourselves.
18:05I stood alone by the dorm door, my fingertips lightly rubbing the tiny timed crystal hidden
18:10inside my leather jacket silent.
18:11The next day, 8.26am, I arrived at the cursed forest barrier entrance.
18:16Only four minutes remained before the barrier opened, and just 19 minutes before it closed.
18:20I sat in the test waiting area, just pulling out my barrier seal stone, when my phone vibrated
18:26gently.
18:27The first message popped up in the group.
18:29What time is it right now?
18:32The next second, Derek sent a voice message, the background nosy with frantic rummaging
18:36and frantic crying.
18:38After that voice message dropped, the whole floor's group chat exploded.
18:428.26?
18:43How could it be this late?
18:44My test area's in the west zone, it takes at least 40 minutes to get there!
18:46Who took my phone?
18:47I can't find my barrier seal stone!
18:49Why didn't the moonlight arch it go off?
18:50Miss Harlow clearly turned us on.
18:51Derek, you said you'd organize us to leave together, how do you explain this?
18:55Countless messages flooded the chat at lightning speed.
18:58The key's found!
18:58The wooden box is under the table!
19:00Hurry and take out your phones!
19:01Where's my barrier seal stone?
19:03Has anyone seen it?
19:04Where's Selena?
19:05Why isn't Selena in the dorm?
19:08My fingers froze on the phone screen.
19:11Selena's not in the dorm?
19:13I lifted my gaze to the forest barrier entrance.
19:16The barrier will open shortly.
19:18Pay close attention to the rules.
19:20First, arrive on time to select your energy crystal.
19:22Late tapers will not receive one.
19:24Second, to pass the test, you must kill 10 magical beasts.
19:27Third, 15 minutes after the barrier opens, it will close.
19:30No late entry will be allowed.
19:31This is a live combat is permanent.
19:33When the announcement ended, I chose an energy crystal matching my attribute from the crystal wall.
19:37At 8.30, the cursed forest barrier officially opened.
19:39I followed the crowd into the forest.
19:41At 8.42, frantic footsteps sounded outside the barrier.
19:44Someone fell heavily on curses with heart-breaking cries.
19:46At 8.44!
19:49Guard, please wait!
19:51We're test students.
19:52We have barrier seal stones.
19:54Please, let us in!
19:55The barrier entrance is about to close.
19:58Derek gasped for breath, bloodshot eyes staring wide.
20:01It hasn't been 15 minutes yet.
20:02It's only 8.44 now.
20:03There's still one minute left.
20:04The guards' eyes scanned the three barrier seal stones in their hands,
20:06then glanced at the mere seconds left on the entry timer.
20:08Enter the cursed forest immediately.
20:10No lingering, no noise.
20:11The barrier split open a narrow slit for the three of them.
20:14They staggered and rushed into the forest, the barrier snapping shut completely behind them, firmly blocking all the other late
20:20tapers outside.
20:22The Darkwick Academy forest was forever shrouded in gray mist seeping from the abyss.
20:26A cold magical timing crystal floated at the heart of the barrier, clearly showing the time.
20:308.45.
20:31Close the barrier admission.
20:33Outside the barrier, the crowd of late students instantly descended into utter chaos and despair.
20:38Why did they get in?
20:39We were only a little late!
20:40The barrier split open a narrow slit for the three of them.
20:43They staggered and rushed into the forest, the barrier snapping shut completely behind them, firmly blocking all the other late
20:49takers outside.
20:51The Darkwick Academy forest was forever shrouded in gray mist seeping from the abyss.
20:55A cold magical timing crystal floated at the heart of the barrier, clearly showing the time.
20:598.45.
21:00Close the barrier admission.
21:02Outside the barrier, the crowd of late studentments instantly descended into utter chaos and despair.
21:06Why did they get in?
21:08We were only a little late!
21:09It's over.
21:10Totally over.
21:11Missed the final test and we're just discarded wolves, cast out by the path.
21:16I ignored it all and kept slashing at high-bead magic beasts.
21:19In my previous work, I led them to enter the barrier on time and began the combat trial smoothly.
21:24But they joined forces to push me into the cursed forest, abandoning me amid the tide of monsters, letting countless
21:29terrifying beasts surround and tear me apart.
21:31This life, I don't care about anyone anymore.
21:33I arrived early in the forest, moving alone through the woods, my wolf claw glowing with sharp silver light.
21:37Every striked precisely through the beasts' bodies.
21:39The crimson beast blood splattered my hem, carrying the lingering pain and hatred from my near-death last life.
21:44I was ruthless, every move deadly.
21:46I focused on hunting down the ten beasts required for the test, steadily pressing toward the goal.
21:51Just as I figure strode up, grabbing me violently, his grip fierce.
21:55Derrick's eyes were bloodshot red, his hair messy, and his whole body covered in dust.
21:59Obviously, he'd been sprinting non-stop into the arena, hastily slaying monsters along the way, nearly draining all his energy.
22:04Raven, you were up early, weren't you?
22:06You knew we'd oversleep, but why didn't you wake us?
22:08In the distance, scattered students were still struggling with monsters.
22:12Shayings of Chamus and beast horror meched to a noisy birdieing.
22:15I said coldly, who was it last night that said whoever sets the alarm becomes the enemy of everyone?
22:20Derrick's face froze instantly.
22:22How can you be so cold?
22:24We live in the same dorminary, and you just watched us almost miss the graduation trial?
22:28Mrs. Harlow warned you all.
22:29I also made it clear, I'm not taking part in the so-called stress relief plan.
22:33But you clearly know how serious the consequences are for missing the trial.
22:36Couldn't you have just knocked on the door?
22:37I looked at the three of them, frustrated and flussed.
22:41If I knocked and warned you, you'd blame me for causing anxiety nearly sneering and ruined with just stress prints
22:45in my eyes.
22:46If I don't, you call me cold-hearted.
22:47In the end, this is all your own doing.
22:49Derrick glared at me venomily, then suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to look behind him.
22:53Where's Selina? She's the one who suggested the stress relief plan.
22:56Is she still outside the barrier? Hasn't come in?
22:58No sooner had the words left his mouth than a clear voice came from the bushes.
23:03Derrick? Are you looking for me?
23:06Everyone turned around at the same time.
23:08Selina stood under the tree, dressed in leather battle gear, stained with monster blood.
23:12But unlike the others, she looked composed.
23:14Derrick was completely stunned, disbelief written all over his face.
23:17You... how did you already get into the cursed forest and look so calm?
23:20Because I entered the forest on time, of course.
23:22But didn't you also join the stress relief plan? Didn't you put your phone in the box too?
23:26I put my phone away, but last night I left myself a timed crystal.
23:29She pulled a tiny timed crystal from her pocket and gently shook it.
23:32The forest air suddenly fell completely silent.
23:35Even the distant roars of monsters seemed to fade away.
23:37The next second, Laya broke down screaming.
23:40Selina, you tricked us?
23:41You made us turn off our alarms, hand over our phones, but you hit a timed crystal yourself?
23:45Was this on purpose?
23:46That fragile, innocent look on Selina's face slowly vanished.
23:49She slowly put the crystal back in her pocket, all warmth draining from her eyes,
23:53leaving only cold indifference.
23:55Yeah?
23:57I did it on purpose.
23:59Why?
24:00Selina, haven't we treated you well enough?
24:01Derek looked like he'd just been slapped in front of everyone.
24:04His voice was shaking.
24:05Selina, but cold enough to send chills down your stomach.
24:06You treated me well?
24:07What you call kindness is just you liking that I'm meek and obedient, praising you in everything,
24:12willingly making you look talented and powerful.
24:14As soon as I made you uncomfortable, I'd become the next Aurora Gray.
24:17The moment that name dropped, Derek's face suddenly went pale.
24:20Lila's words got stuck tight in her throat.
24:23Ella instinctively took a half-step back, eyes darting nervously, fear flooding her heart.
24:27Who is Aurora Gray?
24:28Selina pulled out a yellowed parchment photo from the cloth bag at her side.
24:33In the picture, a female werewolf smiled shyly and gently,
24:38her features strikingly similar to Selina's by about 70%.
24:41She's not called Aurora Gray.
24:44She's Aurora West.
24:45She's my sister.
24:47Derek's lips trembled uncontrollably as he forced a calm.
24:51You're talking nonsense.
24:54Selina raised her hand and threw the photo right at him.
24:56She used to live on the same floor as you.
24:59Because her training results were bad, she was often mocked and bullied by you.
25:02She turned her gaze to Lila.
25:04You said she wasn't worthy of being a werewolf and that she might as well just go feed the monsters.
25:08I was just joking.
25:10You often trapped her in the bathroom and even spit it in her lunch.
25:15It was just for fun.
25:16She was fragile inside that had nothing to do with us.
25:19Selina laughed out loud.
25:21She was fragile, so you threw all her stuff in the trash.
25:23That was just a joke too?
25:25Carving don't be a werewolf, just die and mocking words on her precious magic stone, that was still just a
25:29joke?
25:30Her last message, before she killed herself, was sent to Derek.
25:33Selina looked at Derek with eyes that seemed frozen in ice.
25:36She carefully asked you if she really was worthless, totally unfit to be a werewolf warrior.
25:41And you told her not to pollute the Academy's air.
25:45Derek's face went pale as paper.
25:47He forced his stiff body, grinning his teeth to argue.
25:50I don't remember.
25:51Don't make up things to slander me.
25:53Selina didn't argue.
25:54She pulled out a memory crystal with recording functions.
25:57No problem.
25:59I remember everything.
26:01The full chat history in the group.
26:03The footage of you confiscating everyone's phones last night.
26:06Shutting down the moonlight horn.
26:08Forcing everyone to sign the petition.
26:10I didn't miss a single thing.
26:13You're manipulating us!
26:14It was you who suggested it!
26:16The plan was indeed mine, and I will fully bear my share of the consequences.
26:20But you're not innocent either.
26:21You were the one who led the insults, mocking those who didn't want to join the plan as cowards and
26:26outcasts.
26:26You were also the one who grabbed Raven's phone and personally shut down the public moonlight horn.
26:31Each of you signed the consent form.
26:33Derek completely lost it.
26:34He suddenly roared and charged forward, trying to snatch the memory crystal from Selina's hand.
26:38Suddenly, a beam of white light flashed past, and Derek was pinned to the ground.
26:42Warning, student fights are prohibited.
26:44Violation will result in immediate expulsion.
26:46Derek struggled desperately, eyes bloodshot, screaming hysterically.
26:50You've ruined all of us!
26:51Selina, how could you scheme against us like this?
26:53Selina looked down at him.
26:54You guys destroyed my sister back then the same way.
26:57Aren't you always bragging that a werewolf foyer relies on bloodline strength?
27:00No external help needed?
27:02Then keep being strong.
27:03The graduation test requires students to complete the goal of hunting ten monsters.
27:08So far, you haven't even finished half the task.
27:12But I guess your stamina is about spent, right?
27:15Good luck!
27:17The next second, Selina's figure melted into the gray mist, disappearing without a sound,
27:21leaving behind only a mess and three hopeless figures.
27:23You and Selina were in cahoots, planning against all of us from the start!
27:27I looked at Derek and suddenly found it ridiculous.
27:29In my past life, I saved them, and they said I killed Selina.
27:33This life.
27:33I don't save them, and now they say I'm conspiring with Selina.
27:37It turned out they never wanted the truth.
27:39They just needed someone to blame.
27:40I pulled out a recording stone from my pocket.
27:43You recorded it?
27:44I played the recording.
27:45The voices from last night's dorm were crystal clear.
27:48Sign.
27:48If you don't sign, you don't belong.
27:50I'm not joining this plan, and I won't be waking anyone up, either.
27:54Is that enough?
27:55When the recording played, they all fell utterly silent.
27:58I put the recording stone away and calmly looked at him.
28:01Derek, I already gave you back the choice last night.
28:04You chose no alarm clocks, no moonlight horn, no rules.
28:07Don't blame me now.
28:08Derek opened his but couldn't say a word.
28:09His face that once always looked down on everyone showed complete raw terror for the first time.
28:14One head, two heads, three heads.
28:16Crimson beast blood splattered constantly as I hunted faster and faster.
28:19Soon, I had killed nine monsters, just one left to meet the graduation requirement of ten.
28:24Each attack draining their energy, cuts and wounds piling up, looking miserable.
28:28A faint glow lit my fingertips as I activated the warm barrier stone in my palm, ready to teleport out.
28:33Beside him, Lena and Ella were also surrounded by beasts, steadily pushed back, on the verge of defeat.
28:39I stepped out of the barrier's exit and was met with a suffocating, chaotic scene.
28:43The entire forest clearing was already surrounded by layers of crowds.
28:46A large number of werewolf students' family elders stood waiting anxiously, their faces tense and serious.
28:51Outside the barrier, the space was packed with those students who had missed the chance to enter.
28:54Every one of them wore an expression as lifeless as death.
28:57Even more alarming, enforcement officers from the werewolf non-natural control bureau were all present.
29:01Everyone knew this mass violation was unprecedented in its severity.
29:04Amid the anxious waiting, time ticked away second by second.
29:07After a long while, the barrier's faint glow flickered again.
29:09Derek, covered in blood and looking utterly battered, staggered out of the light membrane, his energy completely drained.
29:15But beside him, the space was empty.
29:17No sign of Lila or Ella.
29:19Derek had just landed, barely steady on his feet, when a grief-stricken werewolf elder rushed forward, gripping his collar
29:24tightly.
29:24This is my child's only graduation test opportunity in their entire life!
29:29Last night he told me, you're class mix, you wouldn't harm him.
29:33So why did you confiscate his phone?
29:34On the other side of the crowd, Selena was surrounded.
29:37You're not going anywhere!
29:38The whole plan was yours!
29:40Selena didn't struggle or dodge at all.
29:41She lifted her hand and handed a memory crystal over to the non-natural bureau officers,
29:45then took out a paper petition covered with densely packed signatures and passed it along.
29:49I won't avoid punishment.
29:50The stress relief plan was indeed initiated by me.
29:52But all the students signed voluntarily.
29:55Her cold gaze suddenly pierced through the crowd, locking precisely on the pale-faced Derek.
29:59And you, you're the ringleader who incited and coerced everyone.
30:03The non-natural bureau officers immediately raised their hands and activated the memory crystal,
30:08projecting a high-depth video in mid-air.
30:10Inside the dorm corridor, Derek was seen forcibly collecting everyone's phones while clutching a wooden box.
30:15When some students were to hand them over, he blocked the dorm entrance.
30:18You don't join.
30:18Is it because you're afraid you won't pass the graduation test?
30:21So cowardly.
30:22What kind of wolf are you?
30:24He was also the one who shut down the public moonlight horn.
30:27After shutting it down, he gave a victory sign to the rune monitor.
30:30The evidence was undeniable.
30:32Derek froze in place.
30:33His face, death.
30:34Mentor Irene stepped out of the crowd with a measured pace, her gaze settling on me.
30:37Raven, were you involved in this stress relief plan?
30:41No.
30:42I didn't sign anything, didn't hand over an alarm clock, and didn't persuade anyone to join.
30:46I just kept a copy as evidence when they forced me to sign.
30:48Mentor Irene listened to the entire recording in silence for a long moment.
30:52Then slowly said,
30:54You did the right thing.
30:55Derek suddenly looked up, his eyes bloodshot with unwillingness, pausly yelling.
30:59She did the right thing. She could have woken us up.
31:01Why on earth would she have to wake you?
31:02At last, Mentor Irene couldn't hold the anger penned up inside her.
31:05Is she your alarm clock or your nanny?
31:06I personally warned you all last night about the consequences of being late.
31:09Did you even listen?
31:10The rules were laid out right in front of you, and you chose to challenge them recklessly.
31:14Her words hit Derek like a hammer, shattering his last shred of hope.
31:17His legs went weak, and he collapsed completely, trembling all over.
31:19At the same time, urgent, runic messages sounded from deep within the cursed forest.
31:23Forbidden zone, final patrol complete.
31:26Students Lila and Ellie exhausted.
31:28Combat power collapsed, stranded in the heart of the beast swarm.
31:31Rescue attempts failed.
31:33Confirmed deceased.
31:35The crowd instantly erupted.
31:37No one had expected the outcome to be so brutal.
31:39The two had barely made it into the test forest just before the deadline.
31:42But their minds collapsed, and without any magic crystal energy supplies, their stamina was totally drained.
31:47In the end, they couldn't survive the trial, and were lost forever in this cursed forest.
31:50In just half a day, Darkwick Academy made history with its worst test incident ever.
31:54An entire cohort of students violated rules en masse.
31:56A large number of tests were voided.
31:58Two students died in the abyss, and there was collective blind defiance of the rules.
32:01The punishment came down fast.
32:02Selena, as the initiator, was confirmed guilty of misconduct, and sentenced to three months of solitary confinement.
32:07The ringleader, Derek, bore the most severe blame.
32:09He had forcibly confiscated others' phones, maliciously shut down the moonlight horn, and indirectly caused the deaths of two students
32:15in the forest.
32:15With multiple charges stacked, Derek was sentenced to three years behind bars, stripped of all student honors, graduation rights, and
32:21warrior recruitment privileges.
32:22The others who blindly followed and signed on, though less culpable, had their tests invalidated.
32:26Their one and only graduation trial was permanently terminated, and without exception, they were all placed on the rogue werewolf
32:32list.
32:32The case quickly topped all the werewolf clan's social channels, public opinion overwhelmingly against them.
32:37The others who blindly followed and signed on, though less culpable, had their tests invalidated.
32:41Their one and only graduation trial was permanently terminated, and without exception, they were all placed on the rogue werewolf
32:46list.
32:47The case quickly topped all the werewolf clan's social networks, public opinion overwhelming against them.
32:52Not little wolf puppies anymore. Whose future do they think they can hand over to others?
32:56The test is for weeding out warriors, not coddling full-grown babies.
32:59Shutting down the Moonlight Horn was downright vicious.
33:01That's not stress relief, that's sabotage.
33:03Killing kin and disrespecting rules?
33:05People like that don't deserve the werewolf bloodline.
33:10Before long, Aurora Gray's incident was brought back up again.
33:14Derek's words, not to pollute the Academy's air,
33:16were posted on the notice boards of every major werewolf academy,
33:19becoming the most daring negative example.
33:21A few days later, the final rankings for this year's practical graduation test
33:24were announced to the entire clan.
33:25A strikingly dominant perfect score shucked the whole dark will academy to its core.
33:29The score gap was overwhelming,
33:30propelling me onto the top tier of the werewolf clan's highest combat power leaderboard.
33:34I silently stared at the screen, a faint warmth stirring in my eyes.
33:37I wasn't winning against others, I was winning against the hopeless me from my past life.
33:40Winning meant breaking free from a fate that had trapped me,
33:42and finally taking full control of my life.
33:44Over the next three years, victory after victory forged through brutal battles
33:47slaying high-level magical beasts.
33:49I earned recognition for my combat achieves time and again.
33:52From a newly recruited warrior, I rose rapidly through the ranks,
33:54to become the undisputed generation female werewolf war king of the entire werewolf territory.
33:59I became the highest-ranked officer guarding the most dangerous core abyss areas,
34:04protecting thousands of werewolf countsmen.
34:06Meanwhile, Derek's life plummeted into an endless abyss.
34:12After serving his full three-year prison sentence, Derek was finally released.
34:16No family to accept him, no PAC, no support to rely on.
34:18He became a homeless, abandoned rogue werewolf wandering the barren edges of werewolf territory,
34:22suffering endless exclusion and abuse.
34:24On the first day after his release, my phone received a message from an unknown number.
34:27Raven, I spent three years in prison.
34:29I truly realize my mistakes.
34:31For all these years, I've reflected every day.
34:33I regret confiscating your phone, delighting your roots, and forcing everyone to isolate you.
34:37If there's still a chance, I want to completely change.
34:39When I earn enough merits and become a warrior again, can we start over?
34:42I stared at the words on the screen with no ripple in my heart.
34:45Start over?
34:46I tapped my finger and swiftly deleted the message.
34:49Blacklisted the number.
34:51The day I reached the core abyss.
34:52From a distance, I saw Selina with her long hair cut short,
34:55dressed in a novice warrior's uniform.
34:57We exchanged a long look across the crowd.
34:59She carried her blood-deep hatred, and I walked my path to the summit.
35:03Later, I heard about Derek's situation by chance.
35:06Now a rogue wolf, he roams the bleak boundary between the territory and abyss,
35:09suffering from constant hunger and monster attacks.
35:12His mind long shattered, he wanders aimlessly in the wilderness.
35:15If only someone had woken me up back then, none of this would have happened.
35:19I stood atop the towering spire,
35:21gazing down upon the endless forest and abyss rifts below,
35:25completely clear-headed.
35:26The real thing that can wake someone up is never an alarm clock.
35:29It's boundaries.
35:30It's reverence.
35:32It's the clear awareness to choose and bear one's own consequences.
35:35Some people, however, are doomed to sleep inside the dreams they create themselves,
35:40and never wake up.
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