Chapter 84: Ex 84. It’s Rude to Stare
As Leon and the rest of the cadets from the East Sector stepped through the steel door, a heavy silence fell over the wide hall. It wasn’t empty, as dozens of cadets from the other three sectors were already present, each group clustered together by familiarity and origin. But the moment Leon’s group entered, every pair of eyes locked onto them.
Their gazes weren’t just curious, they were inspecting, measuring, and some, challenging.
Leon could feel them.
Faint wisps of killing intent floated through the air, nothing impressive, but definitely deliberate. It was the unspoken dance of dominance. Testing the newcomers. As if daring them to blink first.
Leon clicked his tongue in mild amusement.
"How cute," he thought.
Then, without warning, he released a single wisp of his aura.
It wasn’t visible, nor did it make a sound. But the effect was instantaneous.
The temperature in the room dropped like frostbite. The floor seemed to groan under pressure as a suffocating force washed over every cadet. Many stiffened. Some instinctively clenched their fists. Others immediately broke eye contact, their gazes snapping to the floor or turning away entirely.
The bold few who had been leaking killing intent moments ago now stood frozen, throats tight, bodies heavy.
Adrian, Eleanor, Eden, and the rest of the cadets from the eastern sector, noticed it, of course. But by now, they were used to Leon’s aura games. Or so they claimed.