Chapter 58: Fresher Ball (7)
The ground trembled as the academy's outer field erupted into chaos. Mana pillars hummed with a sickening resonance, jagged cracks of violet energy racing up their obsidian shafts. Each pulse tore open new rifts in the air, bleeding crimson light.
And from those tears… came demons.
The lesser fiends surged forward hound-like beasts of shadow, grotesque humanoids with warped limbs, and winged carrion things that shrieked overhead. The stench of brimstone and burnt flesh blanketed the battlefield.
Michael's grip tightened around his sword. His mana surged, icy mist spilling from his blade as his heart hammered in his chest. He could feel his classmates' panic pressing against him like a tidal wave.
If I hesitate now, everything collapses.
His eyes flickered violet.
"Ice Domain—activate."