[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy":3,"chapter-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-489":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Strongest Student of the Weakest Academy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1027337,1339,"Chapter 489: The Heavens Shall Fall (XXX)","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-489",489,"\u003Cp>We took over a side chamber just off the High Chamber entrance, a room that must have hosted quiet administrative meetings before the fighting reached this deep into the stronghold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls still carried decorative engravings that no one looked at anymore, because every sound bleeding through the corridors outside made it impossible to forget what was happening beyond them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAAAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steel clashed somewhere not far away, followed by a sharp burst of divine energy that rattled the doorframe, and then the low, pained shout of someone who had been too slow to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Torres posted two guards at the entrance without needing to be told, and the rest of us stepped inside, bringing the smell of blood and burned ozone with us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room filled quickly, commanders gathering around what we turned into a table by clearing off a carved desk that had probably been worth more than most kingdoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked worn in a way that went beyond simple fatigue, because this kind of exhaustion settled into the bones after sustained violence, and we had only been fighting for forty minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Christina was already busy working, her device displaying layered tactical screens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers moved skillfully over the screen despite her sleeve being stained with someone else’s blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While she wasn’t the one directly killing, command kept her close to all the action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Casualty report first,\" she said, her voice cutting through the room before anyone else could start talking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need exact numbers, not estimates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled impact echoed somewhere down the hall, followed by a shouted order and the crack of a weapon discharging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one turned toward the noise, as they were already used to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Torres was the first one to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gamma Squad has eleven confirmed dead, four more out of the fight, and with the med teams. We have fifteen still able to engage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Christina nodded once, her eyes already scanning the next column of data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Delta Squad, nine killed, six wounded. Fourteen left who can still hold a line.\" Dresden continued flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senna shifted her weight slightly, one hand resting against the table as if she needed the support more than she wanted to admit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fresh scar along her arm still looked raw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Epsilon held the courtyard,\" she said, then hesitated for half a breath before continuing more honestly, \"seven dead, three wounded. Nineteen are still operational.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiera’s report stood apart from the others, and even she seemed aware of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alpha Squad is intact. No losses. We’re inside the Records Department and already pulling data. Extraction is running smoothly for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, no one spoke. Outside, another surge of power rolled through the corridor, followed by a scream that cut off too quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Christina’s expression did not change as she logged everything, though I knew she was already turning those numbers into projections and survival rates that no one else in the room wanted to hear out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I too was doing exactly the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beta Squad,\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand paused for a fraction of a second before continuing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re in extraction. Sixteen remaining from twenty. Heavy pursuit.\" She exhaled quietly through her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They did what we needed them to do. They pulled multiple response teams away from here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are they going to make it out?\" Torres leaned forward slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Christina did not look up from her screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rax knows what he’s doing,\" she stated, although she didn’t look too confident on her own words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one pushed further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shifted the display, bringing up a schematic of the stronghold layered with movement markers that updated in real time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red indicators flickered across multiple corridors, converging slowly toward our position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here is where we stand,\" she continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We control the High Chamber entrance. Alpha Squad has access to the Records system. That gives us two objectives secured.\" Her finger traced downward on the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The control nexus is here, three levels below. If we take that, we control their defenses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aghh...\" Dresden let out a tired breath, furrowing his eyebrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And between us and that point, there are going to be more of those things we just fought, maybe worse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From outside the chamber came the dull thud of bodies hitting stone, followed by someone shouting for a medic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Torres rubbed at his jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The technology worked against the Early 8✯ True Gods,\" he stated, though he did not sound convinced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we push with enough coordination—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are already adapting to our new technology,\" Senna cut in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They have seen how we fight. They have seen what our weapons do. The next group we meet will not walk into the same mistakes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was right, and everyone in the room knew it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at Christina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long before they reach us in force?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She checked multiple feeds in quick succession, her eyes moving rapidly across the data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thirty minutes on the optimistic side. Forty-five if their coordination falters. When they arrive, it will not be in small groups.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another distant explosion rolled through the structure, stronger this time, close enough that dust shook loose from the ceiling and drifted down in a fine gray curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So we either push now,\" Torres said quietly, \"or we dig in and hold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With what we have left,\" Dresden added, not as an argument but as a fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Christina’s hand came to rest lightly against my arm, brushing slighly. This was a signal that she was a little nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We need to decide,\" she said, her voice softer now, meant for me even though everyone could hear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We either commit to the final objective, or we secure what we already have and make sure we leave with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kiera lifted her head slightly from her tablet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are at forty-two percent extraction,\" she stated. \"If we hold this position for another twenty minutes, we will have enough data to cripple their systems long term.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unless they shut it down before that.\" Torres shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They cannot,\" Kiera replied, and there was no hesitation in her voice this time. \"The Records system is isolated. They have to come through us to stop it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That shifted the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So holding guarantees the data,\" Senna said slowly, thinking it through. \"Pushing forward risks everything we have gained so far.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And succeeding in the push gives us control of the entire structure,\" Torres countered, though even he sounded less certain now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, the fighting surged again, closer this time. Someone shouted a warning, and a moment later, the sharp crack of a containment array activating echoed down the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked around the table, at each of them, at the strain in their faces and the quiet calculation behind their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were thinking about who would still be standing in fifteen minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We hold,\" I said at last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The decision settled over the room with a weight that felt both heavy and necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Christina’s shoulders loosened slighly before she straightened again, already shifting into direct execution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Defensive positions,\" she said immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gamma and Delta at the entrance. Epsilon establishes a fallback line here. Medical teams set up behind us. I want rotations for anyone who is still able to stand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commanders nodded and moved without delay, the argument already over because there was no time left to argue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fifteen minutes,\" I said to Kiera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will make it faster.\" She gave a short nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Torres paused at the doorway, glancing back once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We hold this,\" he said, not asking, not doubting, but needing to say it out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We hold,\" I nodded lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room emptied quickly, leaving only the distant sounds of fighting and the low hum of Christina’s tablet as it tracked everything we had set in motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at me then, the composure slipping just enough for the exhaustion underneath to show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You chose to keep them alive,\" she said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I chose to stop losing them,\" I replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped closer, her hand finding mine without hesitation, interlacing her fingers with mine tightly, probably seeking comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That matters more than taking another room...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You saw the field clearly when it counted. Not everyone can do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let out a slow breath, listening to the battle still unfolding beyond the walls, to the constant reminder that none of this was finished yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fifteen minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave a small nod, her grip tightening slightly before she let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we make those fifteen minutes hold,\" she answered, already turning back toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because when they come for us, they are not going to hold anything back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAAAAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another impact shook the corridor, followed by the rising clash of weapons as our front line met the next wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Christina walked right in front of me, right back at the war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, I stopped slighly, as I let out a cold breath that escaped my lips. My eyes turned cold as a wave of ice spreaded throughout the whole room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned around and looked at the walls in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on our intel, this room is pretty close to the main chambers; however, these walls are very fortified, and a strike from an 9✯ True Gods wouldn’t do much damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But well...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Midnight is exactly an ordinary sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shifted my stance slighly, letting out yet another cold breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moonlit Ice Lotus Sword Art...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I closed my eyes before letting the Authority of Frost surround my entire being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Seventh Move!(✹Absolute Zero Eclipse✹) 』\u003C\u002Fp>",1589,"2026-06-03T09:18:17.304Z","2026-06-03T09:18:22.613Z",1,"novelbin.me","0747ee412e14647decea4e5d0a201b657da9935defd95b32e86c56a05444a378","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-393","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-392",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-cover.jpg"]