Chapter 57 - Chapter 57: The Sound of Thunder

The camp buzzed with a nervous energy as the team gathered at the strategy tent, still shaking off the exhaustion of the morning's grueling obstacle course. Gadiona had given them precisely one hour to recover, and while most had spent it sprawled on the grass in silence, the weight of the day's intense training lingered heavily in their muscles. By now, they knew better than to expect a simple strategy session. Gadiona had an uncanny knack for turning even the most mundane instructions into a trial by fire, a fact they had come to dread and grudgingly respect in equal measure.