Bang!!!!This time, the shot rang out far louder, as a highly compressed blood round tore through the air as Alec fired with sharp precision and the moment it struck Dragov in the chest, the difference was clear.This wasn’t like the previous shots, the impact launched Dragov into the air, sending him flying backward.A moment later, Dragov manipulated the surrounding wind, using pressure to stabilize himself mid-air before descending back to the ground, when he landed, he glanced down at his chest.Blood was gushing out, and for the first time since the battle began he had been properly injured.Even the combination of his wind veil and dragon scales hadn’t been enough to fully stop that attack.Fortunately for him, those two layers of defense had still reduced the damage significantly, so the shot hadn’t pierced all the way through his body; he lifted his head and looked at Alec, a faint smile forming on his face, almost as if to say: I’m still standing.“You know, Dragov, fighting

After removing their hands from the Creation Stone, the mages couldn’t help feeling incredibly drained, almost as if their very soul essence had been disturbed and weakened considerably.This left mages like Endrick who used up all his re-spawing sprawling on the ground, even Alec could feel that his mental energy was unusually weak for the moment, so he decided to try swallowing a mental pill, since whatever was affecting them seemed to be connected to that.Fortunately, once he took the pill, he realized that it immediately relieved the strain he had been feeling, and a wave of relief washed over him at once.After confirming its effect on the soul drain, Alec began tossing one pill each to his teammates, in the second and third VIP sections, the deans still couldn’t tell what Alec had swallowed at first. They only knew that he looked much better after taking it. But once he started handing the pills to the other four members of his team, they were finally able to recognize the pil

The moment the hood of the cloak fell away, the entire Silent Night team found themselves staring at Liam Tudor.A wave of surprise spread across their faces, when they had first detected an intruder, their immediate assumption had been that it was someone from the War God Mage Academy—perhaps a top instructor attempting to incapacitate Takeda and give their team a better chance at victory. That was why, even after Liam claimed he wanted them to win, the elder instructor had dismissed his words outright, but now that the hood was off, confusion replaced suspicion. Liam was no instructor. In fact, they all knew exactly who he was, a member of the Northern Kingdom’s royal family.What they couldn’t understand was why. Why would someone from the Northern Royal Clan want them to win? It offered no benefit to him. If anything, the only logical gain for the Northern Kingdom would come from a victory by the War God Mage Academy.“I know it looks suspicious, but the king sent me here and I’

The moment the judge vanished from above, a light shield formed instantly around them.Alec tilted his head upward, sensing a strange, veil-like energy descending from the sky, despite focusing on it for a moment, he couldn’t discern anything about its structure or origin.He was just about to activate his energy eyes to examine it more closely when a collective gasp erupted around him, this caused him to turn toward his team members, and he immediately understood why.The terrain had completely changed.The solid, black marble battlefield they had been standing on moments ago was gone. In its place stretched a field of dense vegetation. The grass was long, yet carefully measured—not high enough to reach their knees, almost as if it had been designed specifically not to interfere with movement or combat.Alec couldn’t help but wonder just how powerful the Creation Stone was, to alter the environment so instantly without him even sensing the transition.Even so, he could still feel it,

After saying that, both of them began channeling mana into their mana Pools. Unlike Alec, they didn’t possess space pouches, meaning their golems still resided within their mana pools.While this was the default resting place for newly created golems, it became inefficient once a mage controlled multiple Golems, at that point, acquiring a space pouch was far more practical.Almost instantly, runes formed above them, glowing faintly before stabilizing, as a portal opened.From Arthur’s side emerged a silver-colored golem, its form resembling a decorative suit of chainmail armor mounted for display, only now reinforced with an additional layer of polished silver plating.On Brandon’s side, a wooden treant appeared, it stood tall, its build far more muscular than a typical treant, though its body was entirely wood, parts of it had naturally formed into distinct shapes, a belt around its waist and guards around its hands that seems to have been crafted from a darker shade of timber.Even