Harbingers of a New School

Mages had to deal with all manner of strange creatures year-round... among them were not only psionic creatures from the Main World or other planes.

There were also bizarre creatures from the Spirit World, and even terrifying Godspawn from the Astral World.

In terms of threat and terror, Godspawn born from the Astral World might have been even worse.

However, due to their inherent nature, Godspawn were confined to the Astral World and normally would never appear in the Main World. Thus, mages did not worry overly much about them. Furthermore, Godspawn were enormous, and their psionic levels and surrounding psionic radiation were incredibly intense. The moment one approached the Mage Association, it would certainly be detected immediately.

Ever since mages had begun traveling through the Astral World,

not a single Godspawn had ever approached the Main World.

However,

every time mages returned from the Astral World, they had to undergo a full set of examinations.

This was standard procedure.

Not even legendary masters were exempt.

Thus, the legendary masters had long since grown accustomed to it, and even had the leisure to say, "All right, let's wait here. Oh, why don't we play a round of Mage Gwent?"

"Sure, sure."

Lin Xiaowei: "..."

She watched helplessly as a card game proposed by Master Han Moria and eagerly accepted by Master Kalista began just like that!

It was said that this game had been invented by a mage named Kwent. He had written the various races of the Main World and the unique abilities they possessed into this deck of cards, then devised a set of mechanics for them to battle one another—even the grudges between different races had been simulated with impressive accuracy.

The decks within it were also meticulously divided into Demon Decks, Abyss Decks, Elf Decks, Dragon