[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-royal-military-academy-s-impostor-owns-a-dun":3,"chapter-the-royal-military-academy-s-impostor-owns-a-dun-the-royal-military-academy-s-impostor-owns-a-dun-chapter-288":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Royal Military Academy's Impostor Owns a Dungeon [BL]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},630048,871,"Chapter 288: Ten","the-royal-military-academy-s-impostor-owns-a-dun-chapter-288",288,"\u003Cp>The corridor was tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>D-29’s prompt had only just faded, but already, the group was moving like cogs in a well-oiled machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four with oral explosives and others with varying weapons were stationed near or around the passenger lobby, their coordination partially fractured thanks to their own jammers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, that shouldn’t have been too difficult after already taking down so many. But this one, in particular, required taking all of them down almost simultaneously and quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This area was closest to their target location and would do no one good if they were to get discovered now, of all times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their signals were given by signs, careful not to drop the ball at this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier and Jax stood at the front, heads bowed, breathing in sync.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle and Killian adjusted their stances on either flank, eyes scanning for the two closest targets apiece. The timing would have to be perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this time, Xavier carefully directed Luca towards the two pirates whom he would be in charge of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just before the plan began that Ollie—being carried like oversized luggage due to his inability to walk silently—flailed in sudden panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t say anything out loud, but by now, Kyle could understand Ollie just by watching the way his face would contort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ollie was obviously scandalized after realizing that his brother was going to participate, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, what about him? What was he going to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still being carried like a fanny pack, and he still had a particle saw with him, albeit only one now since he needed his arms to cling better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The adjutant understood and made gestures about watching his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, he tried to. Hopefully, the little mop understood that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ollie may or may not have understood it, but Kyle, who was busy adjusting his blade grip, didn’t look mad, and maybe that meant he should just do his best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t the most comforting thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the aspiring combatant clutched his gear nonetheless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, he did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The signal eventually came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier moved first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blinked out of existence, practically flickering, and suddenly reappeared behind the first pirate. His hand locked around the man’s jaw, the other securing his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A twist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a silent collapse. That was one possible bomber down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jax, without hesitation, closed the distance to his targets like a dancer crossing a stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blows were clean, disabling one enemy with a reverse kick while slamming the second into the steel plating with a palm strike that knocked him out cold—forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like that, three pirates at the first hallway intersection went down before they even realized they were under attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Xavier dealt with the fourth one with a clean pressure-point strike, Kyle and Ollie, by extension, were busy catching their enemy mid-step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle pressed the small back of his weapon against the pirate’s spine, effectively sending the pirate into instant yet definitely permanent paralysis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killian’s moves, on the other hand, were efficiently brutal—he didn’t need elegance when force worked just as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when elegance had gotten him nowhere good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two strikes. Two down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this—done in less than thirty seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ollie didn’t know whether to be amazed or scared shitless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just when things seemed controlled, another pirate, who had moved from his tracked location, managed to spot Kyle’s flank and lunged, blade in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ollie didn’t even get to scream, much less think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His arm moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His saw swung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*CLONK!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hissing particle edge cracked against the side of the pirate’s face with aclonkthat could’ve rung down the hall had Kyle’s leg not caught the twitching man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle blinked. Then looked at Ollie, who was staring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d just clocked someone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another twitch from the pirate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLONK!Ollie smacked him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better safe than sorry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Always double tap!Ollie beamed as he internally celebrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle sighed. But he patted the bludgeoning mop’s head anyway as that hair antenna clearly sought praise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ollie proudly accepted the commendation, now gripping his saw like a sacred relic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side of the corridor, Luca had stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His target had noticed movement and turned—mouth beginning to open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>D-29’s warning had already reached him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luca didn’t think. He surged forward, spiritual energy spiraling up his arms. With the grace of someone desperate, he lunged and jammed the pirate’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual energy blossomed—dense, soft, and invisible. It seeped into the pirate’s mouth like a plug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pirate choked, unable to scream, unable to activate the tooth-embedded bomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luca’s eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He increased the pressure—just enough to put him out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pirate slumped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luca held his position there a moment longer, breathing fast. His arms trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That had been close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad,\" Killian’s voice came from behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luca turned to find the man watching him, unreadable. But impressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t freeze,\" the Chief of Staff said. \"Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luca gave a small nod; after all, it was all he could do to respond after Killian dealt the finishing blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the last enemy was close—tight in a corner, armed, and murmuring to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jax dropped from the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Literally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d scaled a support beam minutes ago. Now, he landed behind the unguarded pirate like a silent shadow and knocked him with a strike on a pressure point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stunned man went down, groaning—disarmed and unconscious seconds later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corridor fell quiet again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>D-29 gave the confirmation. \"All hostiles neutralized. Four explosives decommissioned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group converged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they cuffed the pirates with sleek silver restraints from Killian’s never-ending stash, Kyle finally raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had wanted to ask, but as his brother narrowed those vindictive eyes at him, he decided it was better to shut up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Kyle wisely looked away and towards the passenger lounge, which was their actual goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, from a different corridor leading into their target location, Duke Leander and Butler Gary had arrived at their post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had not participated in the fight earlier, not because they couldn’t—but because their task was perhaps heavier in a different way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>D-29’s locators had given them an overview of the lounge’s layout and confirmed the locations of the remaining pirates still active near the hostages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had a clear view of the chaos from where they stood at the upper gallery platform just above the main seating rows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, the aftermath of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the pirates had initially been scattered and aimless without their central chain of command, what remained were no longer confused goons scrambling in the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the cruel ones. The vile opportunists left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the ones who got to stay by sending everyone who stayed loyal out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now they had begun making demands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them, bold-faced and thick-necked, had dragged a trembling woman toward the front of the seating bay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You!\" he barked at the passengers. \"If anyone so much as breathes wrong, she gets it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few others laughed, using whatever meager chaos they could control to feel powerful again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their vice leader—if he could even be called that—was pacing in front of the crowd with twitchy fingers and manic eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Leander’s face tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had fought wars. He had seen blood spilled. But nothing ever stirred his rage like watching someone use civilians as shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially now, after what happened to Ollie. And especially since it could’ve happened to his own son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it could’ve been his very own boy who was about to experience something this horrific.\u003C\u002Fp>",1252,"2026-06-02T06:16:21.520Z",1,"novelbin.me","6ba1ef66a5c45614b77e6a6000691c1bc5fdc874bbfb37bd4fce8848f7615e30","the-royal-military-academy-s-impostor-owns-a-dun-chapter-289","the-royal-military-academy-s-impostor-owns-a-dun-chapter-287",1073,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-royal-military-academy-s-impostor-owns-a-dun-cover.jpg"]