Peers Fighting Together

The magic battle to assess the abilities of Cyrus Page, the Dragon-Slaying Mage, was to take place in a forest that also served as a training ground for the Mage Corps.

Magic battles were often held in forests because obstacles made it possible to assess a mage’s strategic abilities. In an open area without obstacles, the mage with the most magic power would simply have the advantage.

The task of setting up the barrier for the magic battle fell to the Roseberg siblings: Melissa, the fourth-generation Witch of Thorns, and Raul, the fifth-generation Witch of Thorns.

Melissa was in charge of maintaining the troublesome magic formulas, while Raul, who possessed an enormous amount of magic power, was responsible for supplying it.

Magic tools for maintaining the barrier had already been installed in the forest, so Melissa and Raul would watch from indoors while maintaining the barrier, just like the other Seven Sages.

The barrier for this battle did not include a spell to remove pain. Maintaining that spell required several more Advanced Mages.

There were plenty of Advanced Mages here, but they needed to focus on the assessment, so they couldn’t spare many people to keep the barrier running.

(Ugh, honestly... If the Star-Lance Witch were here, maintaining a troublesome magic formula would be a breeze. Why not just call her? I don’t get it...)

Melissa grumbled inwardly as she glanced around at the people in the room.

Melissa couldn’t understand why she’d been invited to the selection process for the new Seven Sages...