"I still can't wrap my head around the fact that both of these mages facing each other are actually first-year students, how in the world are the ordinary academy disciples supposed to compete against that?"
"I attended the Bandit Academy a few years ago, and even back then, only the third or fourth-year students had reached the Tier 5 realm.”
“ And even then, it was only the exceptional ones among them who had been through life-or-death battles," one spectator commented, reflecting on their own experiences.
"Or they have the backing of elders, which accelerates their progress faster than others, but the mages from the Great Eight Academy are definitely challenging my understanding of the strength that first-year academy students should possess," another spectator nearby couldn't help but add as they watched the intense battle between Cassandra and Damien.