"The seeds stationed within the cauldrons constitute ivy seeds. Deploying them, the quintet among you shall forge a branch of ivy and clash against the ivy descending from the upper-class disciples!"
Trailing this speech, Mel cast vigilant glares into the cauldron. He witnessed that these constituted ivy seeds, mirroring what Toygi dictated. Yet he bore an uneasy expression upon his visage. When he pivoted and cast glares at the alternate four figures, he witnessed that their expressions had mutated, and he anchored his glares back into his cauldron.
Time appeared paralyzed for him, yet the Official of the Herbal Division, appointed by the Second Elder, persisted in explicating the rules of the war.
