[Stormhold Academy - Challenge Arena]
The news spread through the Academy's forum like wildfire, posts multiplying faster than students could read them.
[BREAKING: Damian Valcor Challenges Entire Student Council!]
[He's Actually Removing Members! This Is Insane!]
[Public Challenge in Arena - Everyone Get There NOW!]
Students who'd been heading to afternoon classes after lunch suddenly changed direction, drawn by the promise of spectacle.
First-years abandoned their meal trays. Third-years left study groups mid-discussion. And fourth-years postponed their training plans.
Within twenty minutes, the challenge arena was packed beyond capacity, students filling the stone bleachers and spilling onto the grass surrounding the combat platform.
The second-years were absent – all deployed on battlefield missions as part of their curriculum – but their absence only made the crowd more concentrated.
