Back within the Dark Knight Academy, inside the Eastern Grand Hall where the authoritative figures were seated, dozens of suspended screens floated before them, each one displaying a different second-year student within the realm of Nalim.
They observed with cold, assessing eyes, gauging every decision, every movement, and every reaction made within the trial. Not a single detail was overlooked. To them, this was more than just an evaluation, it was a dissection of potential.
And not even an hour into the assessment's commencement, nearly everyone's attention was suddenly drawn to a single screen.
Moments ago, one of the displays had erupted with a blinding white-orange light, intense enough to outshine the others around it. The sudden flare immediately caught the attention of every instructor and professor present. Conversations halted, eyes shifted, focus locked.
And when they turned to that screen…
Most of them were stunned by what they were witnessing.
