The entire class followed Raymond as he led the way to the training hall. The corridor echoed with hurried footsteps and low voices. Everywhere, students were whispering, analyzing, already predicting the outcome of the fight.
"Do you really think that girl has any chance of winning?" one of them asked his classmate, casting a quick glance toward Kara.
"Are you out of your mind?" the other replied without hesitation. "I don't know the exact extent of her power, but I have serious doubts. Eugène is already a third-circle mage. That alone makes a huge difference."
A third one joined the conversation, full of confidence.
"I'm ready to bet my entire fortune that she won't even last five full minutes. And that's me being generous. Three minutes would already be an exploit."
He spoke with such certainty that you would have thought he possessed some kind of prediction skill. To the point of being willing to wager his whole fortune. The future of that family was definitely in bad hands.
