Every year at the onset of winter, Babylon Academy of Magic and Martial Arts held its traditional interdepartmental Competition, offering generous prizes to the winners to encourage the students to study harder.
This was always the liveliest time at Babylon Academy of Magic and Martial Arts. The Competitions between departments were no longer just about prizes; they also concerned each department's reputation and its teachers' dignity. Even the teachers' prospects were closely tied to the Competition.
Thus, at this time every year, all the departments sent their strongest students to compete in the Competition, both for the students themselves and for their teachers' dignity and future standing within the academy.
The Darkness Department and the Light Department had always been bitter rivals, competing both openly and covertly for years. This Competition between them was a fight for the title of the top department, which was why it had attracted so many spectators.
An enormous magical barrier enclosed the entire square. With the premise that they could fight to their hearts' content without taking lives, the Darkness Department and the Light Department had each fielded five participants, who were now putting on a fine show inside.
Han Shuo's gaze roamed until he finally spotted Fanny sitting in a rear corner among the rows of teachers at the front. The stands were slightly raised, with teachers from every department seated there. Even the dean sat among them, apparently paying considerable attention to this Competition.
"Is anyone from our Necromancy Department taking part?" After Lisa explained the situation to him, Han Shuo paused, then asked her.
Lisa shook her head. "Our Necromancy Department is a branch of the Darkness Department. Their teachers and students were afraid we would hold them back, so they didn't include us in this Competition at all. The Darkness