Manga Story

The training courtyard of Elmengard buzzed with restless energy as students gathered for a routine sparring evaluation, yet Eclistali stood slightly apart, his gaze unfocused as if listening to something no one else could hear; across from him, Kael grinned and nudged him forward, trying to shake him out of his silence, but before the match even began, a sudden pressure rippled through the air like a breaking seal, causing the ground markings to flicker and distort, and in that instant Lucien, the academy’s top prodigy, paused at the edge of the field sensing an unfamiliar resonance, while Eclistali’s hands trembled as faint black threads leaked between his fingers like ink in water—too subtle for the crowd to notice, yet enough for Lucien to narrow his eyes and whisper under his breath, “That isn’t magic… something else is waking up.”