After Iolam successfully made his escape.
As his successor, Karsus was a renowned genius. Although his seniority among the Grand Arcanists was not particularly high, his reputation and achievements still counted for something.
At the very least, they made the Grand Arcanists reluctantly acknowledge his position. No one cried, "The throne belongs to the worthy," and they continued devising a series of battle strategies under his leadership...
At the same time.
In order to make his seat seem more justified and legitimate.
Karsus began giving more serious thought to how he could resolve the external threats and establish even greater merits...
In another distant place.
Within her own Divine Kingdom, the Goddess of Magic watched Iolam flee and gave a slight shake of her head.
With a somewhat speechless expression, she sighed:
"He truly is vigilant to the extreme..."
On her blacklist.
Iolam was one of the names at the very top.
He was always stirring up trouble!
Originally.
She had intended to seize this opportunity and use the Felin Demon Sunflowers to deal with him...
But she had not expected that fellow to cherish his life even more than she had imagined.
While the other Grand Arcanists of the backbone ranks were still struggling and fighting.
Iolam, the elder brother leading the charge, had been the first to decisively flee...
He had not shown the slightest extra attachment to his power and wealth, those things most people dreamed of. He had keenly seized hold of his chance at survival...
Under such circumstances.
Though she was somewhat unwilling to admit it, the Goddess of Magic had to sigh that Iolam was a rather difficult fellow to eliminate.
At some point, she would need to find a suitable Time Point and completely crush him to death...
Would that be somewhat