Chapter 36 - Student Council War 2

The stillness of the Obsidian Forest was oppressive, suffocating even. As the sun began its descent behind the jagged, claw-like trees, casting the world in an eerie, blood-red twilight, my mind raced, a whirlwind of strategies, contingencies, and calculated risks. My shadow army—twenty strong—lay quietly in the dense undergrowth, each member a silent, patient instrument of death waiting to be unleashed at my command. The beasts I'd hunted, their souls now bound to my will, had provided the necessary strength to carry out the first phase of my plan, but it was not enough yet. One more beast remained, a final, crucial piece that would secure my dominance over this cursed forest. But for now, my attention was elsewhere.