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The war was distant, something whispered in academy halls and debated by scholars. For the young mage, it was just another lesson to be ignored. He was talented—his mana reserves exceeded most—but he lacked ambition, drifting through his studies with little interest in battle. Then came the draft. Thrown into the brutal conflict between the Terek Empire and the fanatical elves of Vao’Lan, he witnessed the horror of war firsthand. His first battle was chaos—fire and steel, spells that ripped men apart, and the ruthless precision of elven warriors. Separated from his unit, he found unlikely allies: a cunning dark elf thief and Abraham Cerys, a partisan leader fighting for Kelag’s independence. With them, he learned to survive, to fight, and to wield magic not just for study, but for war.