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"Boom—!"
The thunderous explosion shook the very air like a wave of sound, sweeping through the entire space and echoing across the skies above Areishia Spirit Academy.
Noah, Alice, and Linse Laurenhrost rushed out of the Crow Class dormitory together and into the courtyard in front of it, lifting their eyes toward the source of the noise.
In the far distance, at one corner of the Elf Forest surrounding the academy, intense flames and dust rose slowly into the air like a mushroom cloud.
The forest there had long since been engulfed in flames, which were spreading outward and steadily growing larger.
"Fire?" Alice cried out in shock.
"How could the Elf Forest be on fire?"
The Elf Forest was where the spirits who had wandered over from the Elemental Spirit World lived.
To spirits, that forest was an exceptionally comfortable home rarely found in the human world.
Therefore, even fire-element spirits would restrain themselves and not allow the Elf Forest to catch fire.
Moreover, there were quite a few water-element spirits in the Elf Forest. With those spirits present, it should have been impossible for the forest to catch fire.
At the very least, neither Linse Laurenhrost nor Alice had ever seen the Elf Forest burn before.
Unless someone had deliberately set it on fire.
"What happened?"
"Look! The Elf Forest is on fire!"
"The Elf Forest is burning?"
"How could that be?"
The students living in the Crow Class dormitory had apparently been alarmed as well. Some poked their heads out from their windows, while others came out