“What... what did you just say?”

For a moment, Brody thought he had misheard. How could a mere 3rd-circle mage be so arrogantly bold?

Yet, Alfoy’s expression was dead serious. He wasn’t joking—this man might actually have lost his mind.

“Pfft, hahaha!”

Ghislain, seated in the spectators' section, burst into laughter, clutching his stomach. Even Gillian’s jaw tightened as he clearly struggled to suppress his own laughter. The knights and soldiers of Fenris exchanged amused glances, doing their best not to chuckle.

The previously tense atmosphere took on an absurdly comical tone. The Crimson Tower mages, however, found this highly …