The next day, mages around Terry City were quietly circulating rumors about the previous day's attack.
Tracing the pawns' origins and true identities was the investigators' job.
Most people focused their attention on Roland himself instead.
Although Roland refused to acknowledge it, there was no shortage of blabbermouths among his entourage. Before long, quite a few apprentices and even lower-tier mages in the tower began following his example.
Everyone agreed that cracking an enemy's skull with a wand or spellbook really did save spell slots.
Just then, an article appeared on the Seris School's site.
Its title was "Seris-style martial arts-an analysis of the feasibility of magic-martial dual cultivation."
It read as follows:
"As everyone knows, martial practitioners are a general category of basic professions corresponding to spellcasters. Their advanced professions include warriors, knights, and martial artists, much as alchemists and summoners are advanced professions for spellcasters.
Corresponding to magical power, advanced martial practitioners also wield battle aura. This is an inert form of magical power produced by fusing mana with the body's vital energy and mental strength.
Across the planes, the major nations generally divide battle aura into three stages based on changes in its form.
At the lower stage, it can only be circulated within one's own body and used as an enhancing force.
Advanced martial professions can use it to unleash explosive attacks over short periods. Many martial techniques require battle aura.
When defending, it can also effectively absorb impacts, protecting the internal organs, muscles, and bones.
At the middle tier, battle aura can spill out over the body's surface, radiating light similar to a magical aura.
Additionally, magic potions can be used to incorporate elemental attributes, granting powers such as frost, fire, and lightning.
At the higher tier, it can even extend along weapons or change