Vex broke the silence. "At least now we've done what should've been done long ago — the Teleportation Bullpen protocols."
The Vice Chancellor's lips tightened, though a small sense of relief flickered in her eyes. "Yes. I never thought I'd live to see the day where every student has their own personal escape system."
Vex chuckled faintly. "Desperate times bring about better inventions."
Now, every academy student carried a small metallic badge, no larger than a coin, inscribed with runes and powered by a micro-teleportation crystal. One press, and the wearer would be instantly warped to the nearest academy safe zone. Two taps, and a protective barrier would form, shielding them from most physical and magical attacks until reinforcements arrived.
It was a technological and magical fusion that could have changed everything, if it had been available just a month earlier.
"If only we did this earlier…" the Vice Chancellor murmured with a tone of guilt.
