Chapter 30: The Twenty-Third Big Mistake
Cinder Fall had been humiliated.
Mocked. Played. Defeated before she could even begin.
And now?
Now she was done.
No more subtlety. No more careful planning. No more manipulation.
Step Two Hundred and Eighty-Eight: Burn Everything Down.
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Step Two Hundred and Eighty-Nine: The Meltdown
Cinder's hands shook as she stormed back into her dorm.
Her eyes blazed with pure, unfiltered rage.
Emerald and Mercury exchanged a look of terror.
Cinder turned—sharp, furious, trembling with unhinged fury.
"Screw the plan."
Step Two Hundred and Ninety: Throw Strategy in the Trash.
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Step Two Hundred and Ninety-One: The Declaration of War
Emerald's brain stalled. "Wait, what?"
Cinder grabbed her scroll.
She flipped through contacts.
Grimm mercenaries.
White Fang extremists.
Random criminals.
Anyone with a weapon and a grudge.
Step Two Hundred and Ninety-Two: Unleash Hell.
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Step Two Hundred and Ninety-Three: The "Oh Crap" Moment
Mercury waved his hands. "Hold on—hold on—Cinder, think about this!"
Cinder was not thinking.
Cinder was a fireball of pure rage and spite.
"No more tricks," she snarled. "No more patience. I want Beacon gone."
Emerald gulped. "But—"
"CALL EVERYONE!" Cinder roared. "We attack. We take everything. We bury that smug bastard in the rubble of his own school!"
Step Two Hundred and Ninety-Four: Pure War Crime Energy.
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Step Two Hundred and Ninety-Five: The Villain Rally
Scrolls buzzed.
Orders were sent.
And across Vale and beyond—
The army assembled.
White Fang cells mobilized.
Grimm cultists surfaced from hiding.
Every criminal Cinder had ever worked with got a very angry text.
And the message?
"Drop everything. We're burning Beacon to the ground. Now."
Step Two Hundred and Ninety-Six: Set the World on Fire.
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Step Two Hundred and Ninety-Seven: The Incoming Apocalypse
From the rooftops of Vale, White Fang soldiers armed themselves.
In the shadows, assassins sharpened their blades.
Through the Grimm-infested wilds, monstrous creatures lurched forward, drawn to the rising bloodlust.
And above it all—
A single Atlesian airship was hijacked, redirected straight for Beacon Academy.
Step Two Hundred and Ninety-Eight: Everything Escalates.
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Step Two Hundred and Ninety-Nine: Meanwhile, at Beacon
Ozpin sipped his coffee.
He stared out the window.
Watched as literally every single one of his enemies mobilized at once.
A beat of silence.
Then, calmly—
"Huh."
Step Three Hundred: Well, That's New.