The assassins inwardly cursed their bad luck, but didn't let anger affect their focus. They were many against a single old man. Once they took him out, his spells would disappear, and so would the lives of their targets.
***
Black Griffon Academy, at the same time.
Not answering a communication amulet during a session of the Council of the Headmaster was an unwritten rule, but one often overlooked. No Headmaster of one of the six great academies could afford to be unreachable, and some calls couldn't be ignored.
Like the Royals' or the Queen's Corps' emergency notices.
"Marth." Duke Marth, Headmaster of the White Griffon, stated his name solely for identification protocol and waited for the man on the other side to state his business.
"The tracking devices on your wife and son have become unavailable, and we've lost contact with their security detail less than a minute ago." The hologram depicted a young man with brown hair wearing a pale blue military uniform.
