In front of the Directional Teleporter.
The principal was giving a speech, encouraging the contestants.
As a Tier Six Mage, he couldn't accompany the contestants, and the tutors traveling with them were all Tier Four, with the team leader being a Tier Five professor.
Even for Tier Five, entering another empire required layers of checks—unless you snuck in.
But sneaking in meant you couldn't lead the team, and you might be disqualified from the tournament by the host nation.
Mr. Blake could also sneak over to watch the matches, but as a strategic-level mage, he had more important work and not that much free time.
Hilia stood among the other Holy Daughter candidates, both excited and nervous about what was coming next.
She thought of a question: "All five Holy Daughter candidates are heading to another country—what if we run into an ambush?"
