The crowd of actors and cadets gave her a cheer, signaling the end of her speech. But before Shining could head down to the battlefield—or even lower the spyglass—the entire congregation was covered in the sky-blue aura of Flurry’s magic. The teleport spell went off with an implosive bang, loud enough that the concussive blast of vacuum-filling air managed to snuff out all the remaining fires and topple the final house. 