If the bell that rang out from the First University Museum on the night of June 5 was like a small stone falling into a calm, deep lake, stirring up ripples upon ripples.
Then the distorted black moon hanging above Linzhong Lake at Jiuyou Academy on the morning of June 6 was like a massive boulder crashing into a shallow pond, making all of Puji Island—the entire Wizarding World—tremble.
When the golden web shrouding First University slowly collapsed and a pitch-black moon rose beneath the morning sun, Colmar abruptly stood up in the second-floor hall of Genie's Hut in Beta Town North District. Her gaze pierced through layer upon layer of barriers, and unconcealed shock filled her eyes.
More than a dozen elite North District Wizards sat behind the long tables on either side of the hall. At that moment, the captains of the North District Wizards' Patrol Team were bowing their heads as they listened to the Great Sage's arrangements for dealing with this Black Tide.
Colmar's sudden movement was exceptionally conspicuous, and the immense Magic Power surging around her was not concealed in the slightest. The distance that had originally separated them seemed to shrink considerably, making her figure appear even taller.
The flames on the hanging candles suspended from the ceiling swayed and trembled in unison, crackling sharply. The drapes hanging on either side billowed without wind, rustling through the quiet room like fluttering battle flags.
The dozen or so captains held their breaths in unison, feeling as though some primordial beast had slowly emerged from the darkness and was examining them with indifferent eyes.
Even the North District Wizards, who lacked common magical knowledge, had heard of this state—it was what happened when a wizard's understanding suffered such a tremendous shock that they could not immediately