"Professor, have you ever seen a dragon crossbreed?"
A Sixth Ring Arcanist about Shade's physical age raised his hand and added:
"I mean a dragon crossbreed with bloodline purity below 17% of the S&P Value?"
"Of course I have. For the sake of this Mystic Lock, I have traveled to nearly every corner of the Material World since my youth. The towering Snow Mountain Peak of the New Continent, the City of Waves within the Eye of the Storm, the underground ruins of the New Continent—I have certainly seen dragons."
The professor whistled, and a fierce wind immediately swept over the group's heads. Looking up, they saw a huge winged creature fly overhead. It was not the giant lizard Shade had imagined, but rather a massive dove covered in scales.
"A dragon-dove hybrid?"
This was the little joke the Outlander made to himself, and she indeed laughed softly.
Professor Garcia had Shade and the others carefully sense the power of the Mystic Lock. After fully deploying it, he then had the Ring Arcanists attempt a coordinated attack against him.
Since Shade could only sit there, he did not need to participate in this activity. He was instead responsible for recording the following battle. Of course, the students could not defeat this High-Ring Arcanist even outside the Mystic Lock, much less gain any advantage within it.
Thus, Professor Garcia deliberately restrained his own power, allowing everyone to truly feel the pressure without leaving them completely unable to fight back.
This truly was a valuable elective course that required the professors' permission to attend. In Shade's view, the experience of merely these four class periods tonight would have been completely worth a thousand Gold Pounds.
Not only had he witnessed a Mystic Lock, but he had also seen how Academy Faction Ring