After the overwhelming display of power, the students who had witnessed the spell began murmuring among themselves. The spell Raze had used, its scale, its control, the sheer impact of it, was something they typically expected from professors or battle-hardened mages.
Even then… not all professors at the academy could pull off something at that level.
So what was a student doing here, casually casting a Five-Star lightning spell like it was nothing? And why wasn't he at the Central Academy, where talents like that normally went?
"Isn't this going to cause a problem?" one student whispered.
"What do you mean? Why would having talented students be an issue?"
"Think about it," the first student said. "We already have top-tier students here, people who've worked hard all year to secure their spot in the magical exchange. It's a prestigious event. Only a handful of us are chosen to represent the academy."
