This time, Rose was not holding back at all.
Now, standing behind her was her father.
Right after Rose entered the secret realm, she had encountered that guy named Prins from House Windwhisper.
That man had intended to kill her, attacking her with lethal intent.
Moreover, from Prins's words, Rose learned of the two families' plan.
From the start, they had intended to join forces to kill all the Crossbridge Academy members in the secret realm.
But now…
Now they were using such righteous-sounding words to accuse Crossbridge Academy of breaking the original rules and attacking them first, leading to the deaths of everyone from their two families in the secret realm.
How could such shameless people exist in this world?
So, Rose could not hold back any longer and directly shouted:
"Shameless bastards! It was you who wanted to eliminate us from Crossbridge Academy, and now you're falsely accusing us?"
Hearing Rose's words, the two heads of the families were convinced.
It was indeed the students of Crossbridge Academy who had killed their family members.
Every last one of them had been killed in the secret realm.
"It seems I underestimated Crossbridge Academy," the head of House Windwhisper said in a low voice.
"At first, I thought a handful of tier-silver peak mages, along with other early tier-silver or near tier-silver mages, would be enough to wipe out Crossbridge Academy…"
"But I never expected them to die at your hands!"
By this point, the crowd had been driven away, so the head of House Windwhisper no longer pretended and spoke openly.
"Those were tier-silver peak mages! Raised with immense resources to reach tier-silver peak, only to be killed so easily in the secret realm…"
"Crossbridge Academy… I want your entire academy to be buried with them!"
"Attack!"
The head of House Windwhisper shouted this command.
Everyone at Crossbridge Academy heard it loud and clear, including Rowan, who had been worried all along.
Now, after hearing the conspiracy of the two families firsthand, he finally felt... no, he became even more vigilant.
He knew it—these two families were definitely up to something!
It turned out his earlier suspicions were correct.
However, because the students who entered were too outstanding this time, the two families' scheme not only failed but backfired horribly.
Not only were the students unharmed, but they also killed all the members of the two families.
It was remarkable.
But now, they had to face the retaliation of the two families!
The current situation already made that clear.
Those mages—
The mages standing behind the two heads—
It was as if the two families had mobilized all their mages.
Perhaps only a few remained at home.
Most of the mages had gathered here.
And when the head of House Windwhisper uttered the word "attack," Rowan looked around warily.
Could it be that…
There was an ambush he hadn't noticed?
Due to his concern over the two families' plans, Rowan had taken the time to carefully inspect the area around the academy.
He hadn't found any dangers.
Or was there something set up by the two families that he hadn't detected?
"Blake, take action!"
The head of House Lunastone commanded as well.
At that moment, a man stepped forward:
"Don't worry. Everything is under my control."
Everyone's eyes turned to the man named Blake.
They saw a blue pattern appear at his feet.
"Is that… a magic array?"
The pattern extended outward until…
Wait!
At that moment, Rowan noticed something.
When did that get there?
And those people—
How did they appear right under his nose?
One by one, mages appeared in key positions, connecting their mana to the magic pattern on the ground and extending it further.
Eventually…
The places where those mages stood formed nodes that created a massive magic array, enclosing everyone from Crossbridge Academy within it.
When did this even begin?
Rowan felt puzzled.
Then he suddenly remembered something.
It was when the head of House Windwhisper had ordered his mages to disperse the non-major faction members.
Could it be…
Was that when they began their ploy?
Or was this all something House Windwhisper and House Lunastone had planned from the start?
No matter the outcome of the secret realm showdown, it wouldn't have changed their plan.
The fact that their entire group had died in the secret realm only gave them an opportunity to act and avoid suspicion.
As for that man named Blake…
There was no doubt that he was a master of magic arrays!
As soon as the magic array was successfully set up, everyone from Crossbridge Academy who was caught within it felt an overwhelming sense of weakness come over them.
Some, who were less powerful, even collapsed to the ground.
"Hahaha! Yes, that's it! Weak, powerless! Soon, you will gradually lose your strength until… you die!"
Blake was a mage who specialized in magic arrays, particularly negative ones like this.
Seeing members of Crossbridge Academy beginning to collapse, helpless like lambs to the slaughter, Blake burst into laughter.
"Prepare to attack," he said.
Outside the magic array, the mages from the two families began preparing their spells.
To them, killing these members of Crossbridge Academy was no more difficult than stepping on an ant on the road.
Against people who couldn't fight back, any casual spell would be enough to kill them.
"Do you see this, Daniel? This is why you will never be on the same level as established families like ours! You lack ruthlessness! Your father was like this, and now, so are you!"
"We couldn't kill him, but now, do you want to follow in your father's footsteps? Any obstacle to our families must die!"
"With just you… what right do you have to negotiate with us over Riverside City's resources? You are not even worthy!"
At this moment, the people from the two families were full of arrogance.
The head of House Lunastone even began to mock Daniel directly.
But he did not see any trace of panic on Daniel's face.
Even though Daniel was standing in the magic array, where his strength and mana should have been suppressed.
But why…
Why was there no expression on his face?
The next moment, Daniel spoke:
"Is this all you've got?"
It seemed as if Daniel was addressing Blake, the one who had set up the magic array.
But in reality, Daniel's words were aimed at the two family heads!
"I thought that after spending so many resources, even selling off significant family assets, you would have prepared something to surprise me. But now, I'm disappointed in you."
Did they really spend half their wealth just to hire this one mage?
And for a magic array like this?
It was…
Too weak!
As soon as Daniel finished speaking, a massive surge of mind power swept across the area!
The links at each node of the magic array required not only the mana of the mages stationed there but also mind power.
And Daniel's immense mind power acted like an eraser, wiping out the entire magic array!
In an instant, the sense of weakness that plagued the members of Crossbridge Academy disappeared.
The mages stationed at the nodes of the array collapsed to the ground, blood streaming from their ears and nostrils.
From the moment Daniel spoke to the instant the magic array was broken, it all happened in a blink.
No one could have predicted that something like this… would just happen like that!
The head of House Lunastone stood there, dumbfounded.
He never expected that after spending a fortune to hire a magic array master, setting up arrangements in the area days ago, and in such a perfect scenario with all the advantages—just when it looked like Crossbridge Academy would be annihilated…
Everything… had crumbled in an instant?