Arthur went still for a long tense pause.
Images of the rushing horde of savage monsters, a boar-ox at the head of the pack, flashed before his eyes.
With this much of a fright, he could have sworn there were two more chimeras in the horde, accompanying the other bloodthirsty beasts that wished to tear his flesh from the bone.
'I could have died… What was that supposed to mean?' he thought to himself.
Was this some kind of joke? Surely the prestigious institute of Barthlorn couldn't have made a mistake such as this…
Then again, that was probably the reason the heads of the institute were currently speaking to him.
"I could have him dismissed for his negligence," the headmaster mentioned again.
This time, his implication was far more direct. Headmaster Frost was offering to 'fire' Professor Heldsworth for what he'd done.