"This year's tournament is really exciting! My heart is still beating fast watching all those fights! What's more, tomorrow will be the dawn between humans and half-bloods!"
"Yes, tomorrow will definitely be epic! Two fights, both human versus half-blood! I can't wait to see who will win!"
"What are you so excited about? There is no way that half-blood will win the tournament! Not now and not in a million years!"
"Do you really not get it?! The killings and the tensions, man! I'm sure the half-bloods are up to something!"
The closing of the 6th day of the Magus Tournament brought about various repercussions. In fact, what happened that day sparked countless rumors and gossip that inadvertently increased the tense situation between humans and half-bloods.
On the terrace area, Emery and the others were visited by their friends and acquaintances. Many came because they wanted to give him support and encouragement for tomorrow's fight.
"Emery, let's not waste anymore time and prepare for tomorrow's match." Klea said in a rather insistent tone, while gesturing she had something prepared for him.
Unfortunately for her, Emery couldn't go with her because he had another place that he must attend to. He hastily apologized to his friends and went on his way, "I will return to Terra Palace as soon as I'm done."
Emery left his friends accompanied by Magus Shena and the two Zodiac city magus who were deployed to guard him at all times. The four of them walked out of the Grand Hall and looked for Headmaster Delbrand to join the investigation.
After they passed the sea of people that were similarly leaving, a group of Magus Academy guards approached Emery's group. Apparently, they had been dispatched to fetch him.
"Come with us. The Headmaster is looking for you."
Under these people's escort, Emery was led to the headmaster's building located across the bridge of the main construct above the floating island. Upon entering the area, he quickly noticed the place was filled with dozens of guards, mostly magus level.
Moreover, they were not wearing the usual uniform of a Magus Academy guard. Instead, they wore uniforms that reminded Emery of the Magus Alliance military.
From the emblem in their uniform, Emery recognized them as the Magus Alliance - Pegasus Brigade.
When the group reached the door, it turned out only Emery was allowed in, prompting an immediate reaction of disapproval from Magus Shena. The head of the escorting guards needed to give a few words of reassurance, before the female magus finally let Emery go.
"Don't worry, stay here I will share with you what happens later."
As soon as the issue was resolved, Emery was immediately entered. The moment he walked through the door, he felt a huge pressured as he looked down at the hall in front of him.
Through his Spirit Reading and a sweep of his gaze, Emery could see the dozens gathered here were all high-level magus and grand magus figures.
Among these many powerful signatures, he recognized Grand Magus Aurora and Headmaster Delbrand. But then, he realized there was someone whose presence he couldn't sense at all.
Said other party was a handsome man with short dark hair, and seeing how everyone in the room was facing him with respect, Emery knew the man had the most authority among these distinguished figures.
This group of powerful and influential people were in the middle of a discussion when Emery suddenly walked in. It was therefore no wonder all of their eyes immediately fixed on him.
Of course, the mysterious dark-haired man also had his gaze on Emery. Emery was about to pay his respects when suddenly a strong pressure appeared, causing his body to tremble out of control.
"Delbrand," said the man without looking at the Headmaster. "You didn't say that he's one of the finalists."
As if he had expected such a reaction, Headmaster Delrand immediately replied, "Yes, Supreme Commander. This is Emery Ambrose, the one who provided the information. Also, the captured magus is his master."
While the dark-haired man seemed contemplating the Headmaster's words, Emery was surprised to hear the man called Jasper Hoffin, who appeared to be only in his late twenties, was actually a Supreme Commander of the Magus Alliance military.
After all, in order to be eligible for such a title, one had to be a Supreme level or at least a peak Grand Magus level.
It seemed this dark-haired man was the person that Magus Alliance dispatched to reinforce the Magus Academy.
The man only gave a brief glance toward him, before turning away and speaking to the others in the room, explaining the current situation.
"I have interrogated the magus referee and investigated deeper into the matter. And unfortunately compared this with the alliance intelligence, what I found tells me the threat we fear is very much real."
Everyone in the room listened intently as the Supreme Commander shared his findings.
With a solemn gaze, the man said, "We have strong reasons to believe all the incidents that happened before this were just a prelude to the main act that is going to be revealed tomorrow, at the finals of the Magus Tournament."
After he said those words, the Supreme Commander looked at Headmaster Delbrand, "And no, don't worry, Delbrand. The tournament can still go ahead as planned, because we believe their target is not the Academy, but the biggest city of the sector, Golden City."
The man casually explained the evidence he found, before stating that with such a massive population, it was very likely the culprits had hidden an army in the city to carry out their master plan tomorrow.
"Don't worry," the dark-haired man said when he saw the expression on the others' faces. "My legion is ready to protect both the Academy and the Golden City."
Hearing such words, Delbrand nodded slightly and calmly asked a question. "What about the ruler of the Zodiac City, King Alduin? Has there been any information about his involvement in this?"
"We have no reason to believe the captives that Lord Alduin was behind all this," said the Supreme Commander. "However, there's also no evidence that could show otherwise. Since the involvement of half-bloods was confirmed in these incidents, for both our safety, I have the authorization to put Zodiac City on a lockdown for at least 72 hours."
Emery was taken aback when he saw such a decision brought some nod of agreement from the magus and grand magus in the room. He wanted to say something, but held back because he knew he had no standing among these people.
Before long, the meeting ended with the Supreme Commander leaving his seat first. Apparently, he was headed for the residence of the founder of Golden City, to meet the two supreme magus: King Alduin and the Old Devil of Golden City.
As the briefing finished, Emery finally dared to walk over to Headmaster Delbrand to ask about the matter of Magus Xion. Unfortunately for him, it turned out the captured referee had absolutely no knowledge about his master.
"In a situation like this, no news is still good news," the Headmaster comforted him when he saw the look on Emery's face, to which he only responded with a bitter smile.
As all resources were spent and focused on the ongoing threat, the matter regarding the safety of Emery's master was pushed back and moved to the backseat, because in the eyes of the Magus Alliance, such a matter was insignificant compared to the other problems they had.
Headmaster Delbrand patted his shoulder, "You should focus on the tournament, I hope you can give your all tomorrow."
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