Dana never did manage to fully escape from the Beast God Acolytes, and ended up leaving a portal to the temple open when she returned, carrying a Gryphon puppy, with a Spirit Snake in her hair.
"I hear that we're planning to... What did you do to the Academy?"
Karl waved to her, and the snake in her hair waved back, wiggling its head.
"I might have landed on it in dragon form. Things got a bit out of hand, but there is one surviving building, and the underground bunkers are safe. We even got to the generator back online, so the students are safe while they wait for us.
Tian volunteered to look for precious items in the rubble to put in the lost and found." Karl explained.
"And what will the Academy do now that everyone is homeless?" Dana asked.
"They won't be for long. Rae is going to help us rebuild. Between me, Tian and Leo, we can come up with enough basic structure that we can make a whole new Academy."
[Me? I don't know that magic.] Leo replied.
