Four Symbols Academy!
This time, Ian set off from the mountainside and quickly arrived at Castle No. 3.
When he entered, Flynn had already arrived, but his expression did not look particularly good.
What had happened?
Sophia, standing nearby, nodded at Ian.
El was there as well, and much of her former pride had returned to her face.
That was because she had successfully advanced to both elite member status and the late stage of the first ring this time.
It was hardly surprising. El herself was quite talented, and she had spent a long time struggling on the front lines.
As for Andre, he had not entered the Elite Sequence and remained at the middle stage of the first ring.
Of course, besides these familiar faces, there were also many new ones.
"Senior Ian!"
As Ian entered, quite a few of them greeted him.
He nodded.
Then he took his seat.
Soon, the Wizards arrived one after another. Yet what surprised Ian was that even after Kieran arrived, Bren was nowhere to be seen.
That struck Ian as strange.
"Bren died while carrying out a mission," Taylor said, turning toward him.
Ian's pupils contracted.
Taylor and Bren had both followed Flynn, but because they were both elite members, Ian had been somewhat more familiar with Bren.
Still, he had never expected Bren to die like this.
"This is only the beginning. The war has been growing more intense lately, and the front lines are becoming increasingly dangerous."
Taylor added another sentence.
Ian nodded.
He sighed inwardly.
He decided that if he went out in the future, he still needed to choose a safe position suited to him.
He had been living in peace for so long.
He had nearly forgotten that this seemed to be a world where war