The morning sun bathed the De Gor estate in a soft, golden light, casting long shadows across the grounds. Normally, the estate hummed with quiet efficiency—soldiers calmly exchanging posts and maids tending to their morning routines. But today, the tranquillity had been shattered. Chaos gripped the estate as designated mages of the 2nd and 3rd circles rushed frantically to the garden section, where soldiers lay wounded from the violent shockwaves unleashed by a fearsome intruder.
"Get a mage here, now!" a commander bellowed, his voice edged with urgency. Several mages hurried toward a soldier sprawled on the ground, his head bloodied from being flung across the estate by a devastating mana explosion. The scene was a battlefield, though not a single sword had been drawn in combat.
