With the Ashmaw Academy stepping out in such a display, they clearly had been able to capture the heart of the audience, but the judge wasn’t about to let them take all the limelight in this battle for two; as he raised his hands to quiet the mages outside the arena.Immediately the whole area fell silent, waiting for him to speak.“Now that Ashmaw Academy Team is in the open, it’s time to usher in the second academy for this battle, from the left side, let's welcome the War God Mage Academy,” the judge announced, pointing his whole arm towards the tunnel on the arena’s left side.“Led by their captain, Alec Gordons; vice-captain, Marionette Beatrice; and the rest of the team: Lucas Blade, Pale Zero, Endrick Gordons, Brandon Gordons, Arthur Gordons, Sophia Gordons, Agnes Gordons, Knight Gordons, and Kate Colossus.” The longer he read the roster, the harder it was for many to ignore the fact that more than half the team were from a single clan, making them what the War God Mage Academy

It was a fitted dark-leather chestplate, reinforced with volcanic spirit metal along the ribs and shoulders, which now clad him in ember lines running across it like glowing tribal veins.In that moment his Beast mantle that once rested on his neck seemed to disappear entirely, as if it were the trigger for his spirit equipment set. The instant Lucas noticed this, he frowned; because every member of the Ashmaw team wore one, and the thought that each of them had a spirit-equipment set specifically made for them made him scowl and Alec, who hadn’t planned to participate, felt the same as it was a huge advantage no matter how they looked at it.“Shall we begin again?” Afolayan said while raising his Lionfang spear, as lightning coursing over his body, and his dreads whipping around as he drew on the Elk’s power. He was a beast master who is bonded to two demonic beasts, an Ash Lion and a Lightning Elk and his affinity with both beasts was so high that he could use their powers without

Afolayan, Sefu, Adeola, Nuri, and Makeda—those were the last five members of the Ashmaw Academy team that were still standing and fighting.Whenever an Ashmaw member was knocked out and unable to continue fighting, the judge would slip onto the stage and remove them without disrupting the fight. It was almost like he had a speedster’s ability, he was that fast at clearing them out while avoiding interfering with the battle , and aside from that one blunder of stopping a blunt arrow for Moro that he made , he had only appeared when necessary.Seeing half his team disqualified, Afolayan swept his spear sideways, unleashing a wild spear-qi that lunged at Lucas, mirroring the arc of his swing. Lucas twisted his glaive in a repelling motion, as his own qi surged forward to form a whirling vortex that spat little lightning currents, even so, when the spear’s energy hit, it drove him backward.Afolayan snapped his left hand and a massive demonic lion with ash-grey fur materialized, immedia

“This is really getting out of hand now, do we really need to push ourselves that far just to win a one-on-one battle?” Knight said lazily as his legs touched the ground.“Clearly, if we want to win this match, we have to get rid of her,” Agnes said, turning towards Makeda, who was casting a spell, once she was done a halo appeared and she sent it flying towards Nuru.As the Halo clashed into his back, his veins seemed to lit up with a golden glow before dimming a moment later, and a few bruises on his hands healed instantly.“What a cheat power,” Knight muttered.“Would you be good enough to hold him?” he asked as he prepared to go against Makeda again, gripping his daggers in an inverse grip.“Don't worry, I basically have him surrounded, I should survive long enough, and if he ever comes close to defeating me, there is no way those two idiots would just keep standing there,” Agnes said as she nudged towards Arthur and Brandon, who were watching them from a few meters away.Right no

The entire War God Mage Academy team, what was left of Ashmaw, and the higher executives in the stands, especially the northern higher-ups—all looked surprised after seeing Alec finally moving.Since the competition began, no one could truly say they understood the depth of Alec’s power, up till now, most of the attention had been on how much the rest of his team had improved compared to the last inter-academy competition, where they had needed him to practically carry every match.The King of the Northern Kingdom grit his teeth as he remembered the defiant look in Alec’s eyes the last time they exchanged words. In the section where the leaders of the other academies were seated, they all looked even more interested now as they turned their gazes toward Alec.Lucas, who heard Alec’s words, didn’t bother wasting time, as he shoved Afolayan backward with his glaive, putting all his strength into the push, then retreated in a smooth motion. While Alec skidded forward and took his place