Flesh Domain, Taking Over the Pierce Chamber of Commerce, the Arrival of Three Rings, and the First Trial Begins!

The City of Elements.

The airship district.

Ian slowly descended the airship's steps and gazed toward the nearby City of Elements.

There were more airships now, and the Wizards coming and going wore grim expressions...

The war had not reached the City of Elements directly, but its impact here was no less severe than on the front lines.

Ian followed the crowd out.

He first returned to the Horton Wizard School.

At what had once been the Verdant Shadow Wizard Family's residence and was now the school's central grounds, Ian saw Horton again.

"Teacher."

Ian bowed.

Compared with a year ago, Horton looked unchanged, but the elemental aura around him had grown denser.

It had even nearly caught up with Rockforge's.

"It's good to have you back."

Horton nodded, then led Ian into a room.

"Let me feel how strong your Body Tempering has become."

Ian nodded.

Crystal Skin, Steel Muscle, Silver Bone—he activated them one layer at a time, and his surging vitality heated the surrounding air.

Yet all that power seemed locked tight within his body, waiting only for Ian to move before erupting with tremendous force.

Flesh Domain.

It resembled an Elemental Wizard's domain, except one extended outward while the other turned inward.

As Horton sensed that vitality, his eyes widened.

He could tell Ian's domain was incomplete, yet the power it gave off already surpassed some perfected domains he had encountered.

And a perfected domain was an entirely different state from an incomplete one. Perfection elevated it again and could even grant a special domain skill.

Yet Ian had managed this.

It was absurd.

"It seems you really are the most suitable successor to the Emerald Shadow Wizard School."

He sighed with feeling.

Ian smiled.

His improved talent had strengthened more than his aptitude for mental