Chapter 222: Goulty's Doom, a Clue to the Bloodline

The sun rose over Eastville, but its light seemed to carry a chilling edge. The news of the Ferdinando Martial School's overnight obliteration had swept through the city's upper echelons like a plague. What was once a symbol of martial authority, a decades-old institution, was now nothing more than a ruin, its master crippled and its disciples scattered. The cause was a single man: Silas Cutmore. His name, once a source of mockery and disdain, was now spoken only in hushed, fearful whispers....