“Hold his shoulders, don’t let him struggle too much!” a Healing Master admonished his assistant. At that moment, his hands emitted a green light directed at a student’s chest.“Quickly, give me the blood-clotting potion! We’re about to lose him!” Another panicked voice came from the bed across the room.The Academy was currently in chaos because of the large number of injured students. Meanwhile, the Masters were also at a loss as to what excuse they should give to the families of the students who had failed to return from the Secret Realm.Never before had they experienced such severe chaos. Alaric complained in front of Cassius and Jasper. “I wish Master Logan were here.”The three of them looked toward the tightly closed vice principal’s office. Although Vivian was known for her toughness, in their eyes, she still wasn’t as capable as Principal Logan.While the three Masters discussed Logan, who had yet to return, Vivian chose to sit in her office after summoning one of the studen

Vice Principal Vivian’s office was located on the second-highest floor of the academy. The room was spacious and decorated with various high-level sensory artifacts attached to the walls like spiders. Everything had been specially designed to detect even the slightest fluctuations in magic.Lucan stepped into the room with a seemingly calm yet hesitant gait. This morning, he had just received an official summons from the vice principal.As soon as the door closed behind him, a soft clicking sound could be heard, indicating that a high-level seal had been automatically activated.Vivian sat without wearing her veil, allowing Lucan to see her extraordinarily beautiful face. Her pair of ice-blue eyes stared intently at Lucan.“You summoned me, Vice Principal?” Lucan asked, his voice trembling slightly as if he were nervous.“Sit down, Lucan,” Vivian ordered. Her voice conveyed no emotion whatsoever.Lucan pulled out the chair opposite the desk and sat down with a slightly awkward posture

Meanwhile, the atmosphere in Hall of Purity felt very warm. The aroma of herbal chicken soup wafted from the kitchen, a simple luxury they had not enjoyed for a long time.Victor sat leaning against the sofa in the living room. Most of his body was wrapped in bandages, but his face looked more relaxed than usual. Beside him, Gideon was nagging at length while applying cooling ointment to the remaining wounds of his junior.“You’re lucky your intestines didn’t spill out back there,” Gideon scolded as he pressed Victor’s bandages.“Senior, my stomach still hurts, but you haven’t stopped scolding me this whole time,” Victor retorted with a grimace, gently brushing Gideon’s hand away.Lucan walked in, his hands as usual busy brushing a little imaginary dust off his white robe.“Hey, our hero has returned from the Vice Principal’s office,” Victor greeted him with a grin, although he had to grimace again to suppress the pain when he laughed. “How was it? That Ice Lady didn’t freeze you into

“Four days inside this gold-plated carriage have made my body feel stiff. The scenery outside is also disappointing,” Master Elena muttered as she gazed out the carriage window.Lucan leaned his back against the soft velvet seat. “The magnificent view of those magic towers, Master? Don’t the nobles call them the pinnacle of human civilization?”“Only their outer appearance is dazzling, Lucan. Inside, however, things are complicated by the various feelings hidden in people’s hearts,” Elena replied, letting out a long sigh as she straightened her red robe.Lucan also looked out the window. The Kingdom of Eldoria, particularly its capital, Skylaria, was indeed filled with towering magic spires and floating bridges of light.“Master Elena is worrying too much,” Lucan remarked with a faint smile that was difficult to interpret.Elena looked at the young student in front of her with furrowed brows. “You always take everything lightly. But remember, we are here under an official summons to e

Princess Soomi led Elena and Lucan through a winding corridor. Not long after, they stopped right in front of a gigantic double door.Dozens of elite knights clad in black armor stood upright with their spears crossed, guarding the royal master bedroom."Open the door," Soomi ordered coldly.Two knights quickly pulled the door handles. As soon as a gap opened, the foul smell of blood mixed with the bitter aroma of medicine immediately wafted out, hitting their faces."Hold your breath if you're not used to it," Soomi said sarcastically. Even so, she stepped inside ahead of everyone without hesitation.On a magnificent bed with a golden canopy lay the supreme ruler of the Eldoria Kingdom, King Ischyrion.The middle-aged man, once known as a formidable knight, now looked utterly miserable. His face was deathly pale, like that of a pitiful corpse. He had been curled up from the cold for days, even though piles of thick bear-fur blankets had been placed over him to keep his body warm.How