The manifestation of the spell was dramatic.
Black mud overflowed from the midday sun. The ominous magic flowing down along the hemispherical boundary soon completely isolated the interior from the exterior.
The sky was no longer visible. The clouds that had been drifting in the air settled like a gloomy fog, and only the ominous blood-red lighting formed reflected light, casting shadows.
It was a landscape as if the area around the Academy had turned into a midnight cemetery.
At this point, even those ignorant of forbidden sorcery had no choice but to notice. That something had gone wrong, and the Academy was facing another crisis.
That said, the chaos wasn’t immediate.
Most students held their breath and chose to peek out the windows like small animals hiding in burrows.
However, it didn’t take long for the amplitude of that anxiety to grow. Soon, figures urgently running across the campus came into view.
“Gather at the conference hall!”
“Where are the representatives from each nation?!”
Imperial knights, holy kingdom monks, Academy professors, and so on.
The actual forces of the Academy were mobilizing. Furthermore, among them were individuals whose names were widely known, and their expressions were all steeped in bewilderment. It was decisive evidence that this situation was unusual.
And one of them was me.
As soon as I sensed the anomaly, I…