(POV: Vynesaa)
The air thickened.
The battlefield, once filled with movement, seemed to slow as an unseen force rippled through the arena.
Vynesaa could feel it—a pulse deep within her core.
She had trained for this.
For half a month before the academy exams, she had pushed herself to master the fundamentals of Zone Expansion—a technique that only the most skilled magic users could hope to wield.
Yet, she knew she had only scratched the surface.
She wasn't sure.
She wasn't confident.
But right now, instinct demanded she take the risk.
She exhaled slowly.
Then, with a single stomp, her mana surged outward.
"Zone Expansion:Verdant Genesis."
The moment she whispered those words, reality itself bent.
A brilliant green glow enveloped the field, stretching out in an instant.
