Clang! Clang!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Heavy footsteps echoed before the Inner Castle Wall, easily capturing the attention of most of the wizards atop it. Several towering figures slowly came into view with the sound.
First University's two deputy headmasters stood atop the wall, silently watching the arrivals.
"Mist, Vortex, Mirage, Iceberg."
Vice Principal Shi Hui looked at the four Great Demon Ships and repeated their names quietly, her gaze gradually sharpening. "Just you little upstarts... and you dare run wild in Black Prison?"
Captain Mist lifted his hood, revealing an ashen face and a pair of deep, dark-red eyes.
"Of course we wouldn't dare." Captain Mist stood atop the figurehead, the snakes that formed its hair blooming like a lotus beneath his feet. His voice was extraordinarily calm. "But... who told you we were the only ones aboard?"
As he spoke, the mist behind the captain gradually contracted and dispersed, revealing several towering figures close behind him, along with demon squads crowding the deck, eager to fight.
The densely packed scarlet eyes were striking even in the sunlight.
Vice Principal Ruo Yu kept his eyes lowered, his face as still as an ancient well.
Madam Shi Hui, meanwhile, looked at the two arch liches behind Captain Mist and frowned slightly. Only after studying them for a moment did she speak slowly. "The Watcher, Gustav Daren, and Time Manipulator Mark Brigitte... do you now have the confidence to stand before us?"
The two arch liches she had named humbly bowed their heads.
"Before a true Legend, a word like confidence is utterly meaningless, Professor," the tall, thin arch lich behind Captain Mist's left shoulder answered calmly. "...You were the one who taught us that."
The slightly shorter arch lich on the right chimed in, adding in all seriousness, "We have perceived