Throughout the tower's hallways, the sound of guards' hurried footsteps was louder than any other sound.
Mages who always moved with dignity and calm now walked through the stone buildings with furrowed brows and anxious looks, and every few minutes, a new group of security forces was dispatched to one of the tower's sections.
In less than an hour, the Supreme Council had issued several emergency decrees.
All teleportation gates of the tower were sealed, ships in the harbor were forbidden from leaving, and even communication with the outside world was temporarily cut off.
Anyone wishing to leave the island had to be directly approved by the Supreme Council members.
These were the strictest restrictions ever imposed in the history of the Central Magic Tower, and they were unprecedented. All mages, especially the novices, were in shock and terror, wondering exactly what had happened.
