After Maxwell left with the other Medic staff, the fight area was left behind in a state that hardly resembled the platform that had existed only a short while ago.
The air was still hot.
Heat continued to rise from the deep oval-shaped hole that covered most of the battlefield, causing the air above the damaged ground to shimmer. Small pieces of broken stone remained scattered around the edges, while thin trails of white smoke continued drifting upward from several places where the Golden Flames had burned through the platform.
The Craft-based Royal Academy staff entered the fight area.
They wore protective clothes designed to withstand high temperatures, with some of them pulling their collars higher as the heat pressed against their faces. A few carried equipment cases while others held heat meters and repair tools.
One of the staff members stopped after taking several steps onto the damaged platform.
