Chapter 62: Rank Promotion
Wave Three – Armored War Ogre
The ground rumbled deeply, the vibration traveling up through the soles of everyone's boots.
The rune circle blazed so bright it turned the afternoon sky pale for a moment, searing blue light spilling across the training yard.
A war ogre stomped out — nine feet tall, skin like cracked, sun‑baked stone, half‑plate iron armor bolted roughly to its chest and shoulders, a spiked iron club as big as a small tree trunk gripped in one massive, calloused hand.
Its roar shook the wooden bleachers, sending a few loose pebbles skittering across the dirt.
It lowered its head and charged.
The club slammed into Mimi's barrier.
Crack.
The blue wall spiderwebbed with fractures, spreading like ice over a lake.
Again.
Crack.
The barrier wavered dangerously, Mimi's face going pale as her mana frayed.
"It's breaking! It's going to break!" Mimi screamed, her voice tight with panic.
