The Third Enclosed Ecological Zone.
When those words appeared on Cecilia's identity card, Victor said nothing. He read the emergency resolution the academy's board had just passed from beginning to end. There was no mention of a postponement or cancellation. Even the scheduled time of the freshman screening remained unchanged.
Only then did his expression darken.
A serious accident had just occurred at the Seventh Magical Beast Trial Ground.
Eleven researchers were dead, an artificial Astral vessel had appeared, and a Star Devouring Shadow Beast implanted with an Abyss Induction Crystal had gone out of control.
Under normal circumstances, the academy's first priority should have been to seal off the site, investigate everyone involved, and inspect the remaining trial grounds. Instead, the board had voted in less than half an hour and found a replacement site that had been closed for four years.
