"Hm? Wonder why Grand Mage Luke is making such a big deal about sending the students back to school," one of the guards muttered.
They stood in a dimly lit secluded chamber… it was one deep beneath the Academy.
This place was a no-go zone for students.
Most didn't even know it existed.
Here, the Empire's forbidden weapons were stored… artifacts that were too dangerous to keep even in the Imperial Palace.
By the King's decree, they were hidden under the Academy, guarded day and night by ten elite soldiers.
Five were mages, each at the fourth circle.
The other five were swordsmen who could rival Knight Commander Mira in raw skill.
Together, they were an unbreakable defense or so they believed.
"Well, whatever it is, it won't reach us here," a swordsman said, sipping ale from a silver cup.
"We're underground, far from the main buildings. Only the Principal and a professor or two know about this place. So what could possibly ha—"
He stopped mid-sentence.
