The Crimson Eye's environment imposed certain limitations.
As a result, most buildings in the Academy were constructed from heat-resistant stone such as black stone.
The Library was no exception.
Its overall shape was square and boxy, and its outer windows were pale red, making it resemble a forge.
At that moment, in front of this "furnace"...
Two groups of wizards stood facing each other.
One group consisted of a dozen or so wizards wearing Storm Spear Warband uniforms. At their head stood an acquaintance of Ian's, Archer Weiss.
He was Renard's deputy, a wind wizard whom Ian had met at the Earth Fortress outpost.
The aura he gave off now was also at the second ring. Clearly, he had advanced to become a second-ring wizard over the years.
Opposite him...
Stood wizards dressed in red witch robes, flames burning on their chests. They clearly belonged to the Flameheart Warband.
There were also a dozen or so of them, and the three at the front were all second-ring wizards.
The leading wizard had pale red eyes and radiated an intense fiery aura. He seemed to have already reached the late second ring.
"Archer, I suggest you step aside now. Our Flameheart Warband has just as much right to enter."
"Deputy Commander Liam, of course the Flameheart Warband has the right to enter, but our Storm Spear Warband secured this place first. We lost quite a few brothers, and Lord Renard ordered me to guard it."
"So I'm sorry, but until he arrives, I cannot step aside."
Archer refused to give an inch.
What a joke.
How could being the first to enter a place like this be the same as being second?
Even if the wizard before him was at the late second ring and was the Flameheart Warband's deputy commander,