On the high tower was a solemn team of sorcerers numbering about 300, and below the tower, tens of thousands of students had been gathered.
"I'm here to announce, in defiance of the insolent provocation imposed on us by people from the 19th section, we, the 12th section, have reached a consensus to make a tough response, and all of the six academies in our section will wage war against them! Let's give those good-for-nothings a lesson!" A high-pitched sorcerer howled over the crowd of the students.
Each and every student was aware that beneath the cover of this battle call, something was going on. Nothing was as simple as it looked. The students were not those young and rash fools any more. And they doubted if there had been any provocation at all.
Despite this, no doubts were expressed vocally by any of the students.
After seven or eight sorcerers had given long speeches, the three presidents of the Black Isotta stepped forward from the team of the sorcerers.