Today was the day.
The Arcane Crucible preliminaries, the largest magical event of the academic year aside from the complete matches, had finally arrived, and the air on campus was electric with tension and excitement. Students buzzed around the preparation halls, casting minor illusions, and checking mana levels with magical devices.
Each team was sent magically form-fitting skin-tight suits. Each suit had a bar with three sections in green.
Spectators were already seated in the ethereal viewing platforms floating high above the grounds, waiting for the first true clash of the season.
In many parts of the city, he'd seen people viewing a sight of the grounds from a floating screen.
'They're like babies that their parents give a phone for the first time and they get glued to the screen..'
For Kai, it was just another storm to walk through.
He tightened the straps on his protection suit, a sleek black bodysuit etched with glowing silver glyphs.
