It had only been a single day since the conclusion of the Magical Exchange, and already there wasn't a soul in all of Alterian who hadn't heard what had taken place. News of the event spread like wildfire, crossing through every medium possible.
Articles ran nonstop across major outlets, voices filled the airwaves of TV shows and magical broadcasts, and even the internet forums and enchanted message boards buzzed with speculation. Above the cities, giant magical displays floated in the skies, pinning headlines where none could ignore them.
No matter where one turned, the same story was told again and again: the Grand Magus, Ibarin, the principal of the Central Mage Academy, was dead.
But the reports didn't stop at just the death of a single man. A constant influx of new information kept pouring out, discussions branching in every direction as people tried to make sense of what they had witnessed. First and foremost, the news focused on Ibarin himself.
