In the Violet Citadel, Karin and Khadgar were studying as usual.
As Karin waved his staff, a pale green radiance enveloped him, and the arcane energy around him seemed to freeze in its glow!
"There was a slight problem there, Karin!" came a calm voice.
Karin lowered his staff and quietly listened to his mentor's instruction.
"The essence of Globe of Invulnerability is different from that of Counterspell... don't let habitual thinking constrain you! The latter targets a confirmed target, while the former must target a future simulated target!"
Archmage Antonidas was not stern, but quite patient!
In fact, his students were all quite perceptive and did not need much explanation from him.
"If it targets a future simulated target, would we need to use divination spells to bring it into focus?" Karin seemed to understand a little.
"Yes, that line of thinking is correct!" Antonidas nodded.
But he seemed to have no time to explain further... an owl brought a letter and dropped it in front of him.
"I may need to step away for a while!" Antonidas's expression changed somewhat, and he turned to leave.
As Dalaran's supreme ruler and most powerful mage, Antonidas was busy... both with work and with research! Of course, even so, he often set aside a little time to guide his students.
Both Karin and Khadgar had long since grown accustomed to this.
The moment their mentor left the Training Grounds, Khadgar sprang to his feet... and stretched lazily, as though he had been holding himself back all that time.
Looking at Karin, who was still standing there thinking, he said with some boredom, "Karin, aren't you going to take a break? You've been practicing like this all morning."
Karin ignored him.
Just then, another owl flew in and dropped a note on