Orey McKinotos was an outstanding apprentice at the Secret Keeper Wizard College, who with his exquisite shaping wizard abilities, easily defeated many rivals over the past decade's exams, earning the final reward as well as the nickname "Conqueror."
But Orey remained very calm.
As an apprentice from a wizard family, the idea of wizard apprentices dueling on the platform couldn't stir the slightest interest in him.
He longed for bloody battles, where only through such combat could his true strength be displayed.
Recently, the academy had finally announced the content of the exchange tournament, and the rules of the Apprentice War immediately piqued his interest.
In this war, there were no Guardian Wizards; all apprentices engaged in real, bloody combat.
This rule made Orey's blood boil; this was the fight he had been waiting for!
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Upon entering the battlefield, the first thing that hit him was the scent of earth.