Chapter 33: The instructors [1]
The day after Jered’s class change began with an unusual calm at Dawn Academy.
Morning rays poured through the stained glass windows of the central tower, once again casting vibrant mosaics across the white marble halls.
Birds chirped outside, but inside the air was tense. Whispers spread like wildfire among instructors and students alike.
Something was stirring. Something powerful.
Jered, now the proud bearer of the Dauntless Warden class, had spent the morning meditating, feeling out his newfound powers.
Though a support-type tank hybrid, the class was far more than he’d expected.
He could feel it resonate with his heartbeat, a steady rhythm of fire and purpose.
The sacred flame, "Dauntless," pulsed at his side, warm and calming.
Tashi, the eccentric teacher with a beard long enough to braid into runes, had returned to his quarters with a rare satisfied smile, humming an old tune as he sipped his tea and updated some scrolls.
To him, helping Jered was a minor joy, an opportunity to balance out Vasra’s cold ambition with a touch of intuition.
What he didn’t know was that his actions had unknowingly lit the fuse to a storm.