On the Heaven River Coast, at another end of the Cold Sky River, lay the Seven Mountains Region, close to the Eastern Sector.
An old wizard with a white beard sat before a round wooden table laden with dishes.
The old wizard smiled at his two prized pupils seated at the table. "I was rather surprised when I first learned of Academy City's plans. This is the first time in history that a group of star-ring wizards possessing only void-forging characteristics has been allowed to enter a competition like this."
"Although beings with void-forging and null-forging characteristics often take part in such fierce struggles in other worlds, this may be the first time in ten thousand years that our Wizarding World has let wizards this young enter that special state."
"Many people are watching this competition now. It is a struggle between these young wizards, but also a clash of approaches among the wizards above them. They will probably need to employ a few more measures to bring it to the intensity the higher-ups wish to see. Regardless, as long as this succeeds, it will prove the potential of void-forging wizards. The entire Eastern Sector may change afterward. This is both a competition and an experiment."
"You two are both my prized students. If I hear any special news in the Starfield Sea, I will tell you immediately."
"How are your students progressing with the projects I assigned you?"
"I've seen the fierce conflict between your academic lineages, fighting over one market after another. If you two sisters could work together, you would have had a chance to become fourth-ring wizards long ago."
"For your teacher's sake, could you stop fighting?"
"Catherine. Anna."
The other two people at the table were avatars of the Red Dragon Witch and the Rose