I will rebuild Zenith Academy… over my dead body?
With a weakened mind stone, a crumbling fortress, and a city full of wary civilians, I have been thrust into the role of Acting Headmaster. Alongside Chloe, Mabel, and Skadi, and with the dangerously unstable support of the elemental goddess Shiva, I'm trying to turn Klana into something that can actually survive. But the world isn't cooperating. Behemoth-class monsters, the kind that should only appear once a year or less, are now showing up with terrifying regularity. Monsters lurk in every nook and cranny of the wild lands beyond the walls. And if you listen closely enough, the words "links strain" echo through the magic of the entire world. Inside the walls, things aren't much better. Old powers breed new rivalries and resentments. Not everyone wants Shiva's pet in charge. Whispers of betrayal rise. I just wanted to keep my friends alive, yet now I'm holding a broken academy together with sarcasm and sheer stubbornness… and my enemies are about to find out how far I'll go to protect what's mine. Narrated in duet style.
