Chapter 51: Home Sweet Home... The Calm Before the Storm
Axel couldn't shake the impossible weight of his words: promising to defeat an S-rank hunter like Thor within a week was bold, but it now hovered over him like an ominous shadow. As he finished taking the multitude of tests in the association's lab, the air was thick with the unsaid tension of his claim. His team was healed, patched up, and cleared for release, but Axel's mind remained elsewhere.
"All clear," a hunter who was an healer that assisted everyone else with their wounds said, removing the testing equipment from Axel's arm. "No injuries. You're free to go."
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Axel was still nodding silently in thought, his mind still reeling as he and Noel piled into a cab. It was nighttime, and the streets were mercifully empty. No traffic jams, no delays. Just the quiet hum of the city passing by as they neared home.
