章 95: Exploration Underground

The academy was unusually still, the silence amplified by the lingering fatigue of the previous night's revelry. William learned that the annual festival commemorated the founding of Snowpeak Academy, a tradition seemingly absent in the future iteration he knew.

They moved through the shadows, utilizing the foliage and the darkness as cover. When they reached an exposed section of the courtyard, Marcel turned to William, a sense of urgency in his eyes.

"Now's the time," he whispered.

William nodded, summoning his limited mastery of the invisibility spell.

[Minor Invisibility (A Rank): Turn you and anyone around you invisible for a maximum of 1 minute]

[Cost: 40 Mana]

One minute was all they had to cross the open ground undetected. He cast the spell, their forms shimmering and fading into the darkness. They hurried across the open space, their footsteps silent against the cobblestones.