The young healer somehow calmed down, gloomily immersed in her thoughts. Judging by the reaction and words of this Neri, what happened was completely atypical for local magical showdowns. So, it was difficult to predict when and how the next blow would be made.

When Corbin Richter first arrived in Lermia, a small seaside country more famous for its cuisine and musicians than for wealth and military power, he was full of superiority. Because in the magical sciences, the Lhermians lagged behind Greydor by several decades. There were no significant educational institutions that centrally trained magicians, knowledge remained dispersed, and new trends mainly came from Alert or the same Greydor....