According to what Azel knew from the game, they were still only on the outskirts of the academy grounds.
The place looked peaceful enough, but he knew better.
Old stone buildings dotted the area, some leaning with age, others restored just enough to still function like the place where they were writing the exam.
These outskirts weren't abandoned though — professors often used them for their classes.
He had already spotted Professor Luke's class earlier, the class where the students were seated outside.
Luke was a renowned figure in the empire, a sixth-circle mage whose reputation as both scholar and warrior carried weight.
He had a lazy air to him, but Azel remembered that in the game, when the time came, that same professor would burn enemies alive without hesitation.
To truly enter Astralis Academy, though, they had to go beyond this outer zone.
The real heart of the school lay behind the Inner Gates.
And those weren't ordinary gates.
