19 Firian The Endrian troops left the next day, ready to spread the news about the Academy’s location. The thought spread like fire in Firian’s chest. Tanyu had kept the secret for over a century, and people all over the world went to great lengths to get it. Men had even lost their lives. The soldiers should count themselves lucky to be among the first to see it. There could be no turning back now. The scouts, and now the Kingdom’s Endrian allies, knew where to find the mysterious Tanyuin Academy, with its heroes and treasure stores of tributes. In his castle, Firian felt safer than he had on the nausea-inducing ship, but the widespread news of the Academy’s location would bring new dangers. Nothing he couldn’t handle. Part of him was glad that everyone had gotten to see his new abil

