Meanwhile, far from the platform where the battle was actually taking place, Azriel, Alden and Cecilia looked at it from the audience seating.
"Bro… am I hallucinating?" Azriel muttered, his eyes glued to the scene as if he couldn't trust what he was seeing.
Even Cecilia was at a loss for words.
"Why is he punching the air while his opponent is yawning behind him?" Azriel spoke again, disbelief dripping from his voice.
…but Alden didn't react. He didn't even register what Azriel was saying as he was lost in his own thoughts.
Unlike the others, who only saw Zephyr wildly punching and kicking empty space while his opponent lounged lazily behind him, Alden was seeing something entirely different. And he was certain he wasn't the only one and most of the truly strong were seeing it too.
Alden calmly analyzed Zephyr's opponent, who barely looked a year older than him and was somehow still a first-year but that wasn't what surprised him, instead it was the strength he was emitting.
