The investigation results into the Linzhong Lake conflict had yet to be released.
By evening, another breaking news story had seized the attention of most students.
A North District Wizards Patrol Team that had gone into the Silent Forest to "pick up autumn wind"—a phrase that had spread from Alpha Academy—had clashed with a hunting party from a Beta Town merchant guild. The two sides apparently disputed ownership of a litter of young Huodou beasts. Rumors did not make clear who had struck first, but in the end, someone from the merchant guild's hunting party was seriously injured, while the North District Wizards Patrol Team took the litter away.
"The merchant guild got furious and brought out a magic carpet, placing the badly injured hunter on it. Then a huge crowd of wizards went straight to block the entrance to North District Street. Naturally, North District wasn't willing to back down. Although Genie's Hut didn't make an appearance, a large number of wizards stepped forward. When I came back, I heard the standoff still hadn't ended. Both the Trident Sword and the Teaching Assistant Group had sent people over to keep order, afraid that one careless spell might blow up and send the situation out of control."
In Dormitory 403, Fatty Xin wiped the sweat from his forehead as he spoke animatedly, looking deeply resentful that the school had imposed a curfew and prevented him from continuing to "gather material" at the scene.
"Didn't the Archwizards step in? Is the school just going to let this keep escalating?" Xiao Xiao raised his head from his textbook, Standard Potions: Third Year of University, and asked curiously.
The Fat Wizard's face immediately fell.
He had not completely forgiven the Doctor for "running away without permission." Just now, when discussing the conflict between