Chapter 193: Two OP Summons!
Creed didn’t think he could be more impressed.
He was wrong.
After Meredith was officially accepted into the squad, complete with Tierra giving her a gentle pat on the head like a saintly big sister and Lilith smirking like a smug queen who’d found a new favorite pet, the air settled into a calm buzz.
The room still shimmered faintly with magical particles from the girls’ return, and every breath Creed took smelled like ozone and silver dew, as if the universe had personally sprayed the training hall with a "Welcome Back, Badasses" fragrance.
But just as he was soaking it all in, smiling to himself and thinking how cool everything had turned out, Lilith turned to him with a flick of her knee-length hair and dropped a bomb.
"Oh right," she said casually, voice like silk soaked in thunder. "We’re at the peak of Silver now."
Creed blinked.
"Wait. Peak of, like, stage five Silver?"
Both women nodded in unison. Lilith stretched, her now-massive bat-like wings casting a flickering purple glow against the walls, while Tierra adjusted her sleek silver ponytail like it was nothing.
They didn’t brag. They didn’t smirk or gloat. They just... confirmed it. As if telling someone they drank water that morning.
Meanwhile, Creed just stood there at Stage 1 Silver, feeling like a loaf of burnt bread in a gourmet bakery.