Chapter 146: [144] I like Them Young!
Levi was dragged through Chaotic Star Academy's corridors by the two Fiend Warrior guards, his feet barely touching the ground as they maintained a grip that allowed no resistance. Students scattered as they passed, their eyes widening with shock and curiosity.
"Is that the first-year who killed two students?"
"I heard he's being sent to the Abyss!"
"The Hellfrozen Abyss? For six months? He's dead for sure."
"What did he do to deserve 'that' punishment?"
The whispers followed them like a plague, but Levi kept his expression neutral. He wouldn't give these spectators the satisfaction of seeing fear or regret on his face.
The guards led him to a section of the academy he'd never seen before—the Disciplinary Enforcement Wing. Unlike the beautiful gardens and elegant architecture of the main campus, this area was stark and utilitarian. Gray stone walls. Minimal decoration. The only embellishments were formation arrays that pulsed with power designed to suppress cultivation and prevent escape.
They descended a long staircase that spiraled downward into the earth. Down, down, down they went, passing level after level of what Levi assumed were normal prison cells for students who'd committed minor infractions.
But they didn't stop at those levels. They kept descending.
Finally, after what felt like an eternity of stairs, they reached a massive door constructed from some kind of black metal that seemed to absorb light rather than reflect it. Runic inscriptions covered every surface, their meanings beyond Levi's current understanding but clearly representing incredibly powerful sealing formations.
One of the guards—a stern-faced woman with a scar across her left cheek—finally spoke. "Student Levi Borne, you have been sentenced to six months confinement in the Hellfrozen Abyss as punishment for killing two fellow students. Do you understand the terms of your sentence?"
"I understand," Levi replied evenly.