The only ones who didn't really show any visible reaction were Ember and Kael. They both still had their weapons in their hands, gazing up at the screen ever so calmly.
Ember and Kael had never been ones to panic much; the former trusted Atticus that much, while the latter just couldn't find a reason to panic. Their artifacts weren't for decoration.
The confusion among the students intensified when they also found out that Atticus didn't appear on the platform with the rest.
They each murmured, coming up with different speculations, before deciding to simply focus on the screen and wait.
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There was no one among the instructors who didn't know what a domain was. Many of them were in the process of trying to form theirs, after all.
The number of instructors that stood up as soon as Mortrex deployed his domain was staggering.