"The International Wizarding Duelling Tournament is about to officially begin!" the host roared excitedly into the microphone. "All contestants, please enter the field!"
The final contestants' waiting room was already empty. All the contestants walked in through their own side's contestant passages and stopped in roughly seven separate areas.
As the contestants entered, staff members in Greek-style robes came to the space between the stands and the Dueling Arena, raised the wands in their hands, and pointed them at the sky.
Incantations in different timbres and tones rang out. "Super Shield Charm, Protego, Piertotum Locomotor, Salvio Hexia..."
Amid the constantly repeated Incantations, streaks of blue, spherical light shot from the tips of their wands. They surged upward so quickly that their afterimages seemed to drag long blue tails behind them.
The balls of Charms light gathered and accumulated little by little in the sky, trailing long lines as they swayed high overhead like a lotus leaf spreading wider and wider. These Incantations gradually wove together into one vast blue curtain of light, spreading outward like waves across tidal flats, finally outlining an invisible energy field that wrapped the entire dueling field inside.
"A truly splendid Super Shield Charm! Our contestants are all internationally top-tier young wizards. They are powerful, so a few safety measures are absolutely necessary... just like this. It can prevent Charms within the dueling field from ricocheting into the audience stands, fully ensuring everyone's safety," the host loudly explained as the Magic Energy Field was completed. "However, I must remind all of you, whether you are our brave contestants or my dear friends in the audience, when you are flying or cheering the contestants on, you must be careful not to touch the barrier, so as to avoid injury or even death."
Ian watched the blue curtain