High in the sky.
Ian looked to one side.
Through the window, he could see more than a dozen enormous airships accompanying them, the emblem of Storm Spear emblazoned on their hulls.
Then he turned back.
Simon stood at the front, accompanied by two Second Ring wizards.
Simon began slowly, "In this war, the Academy is targeting three wizard academies. The one you will be dealing with is Ironthorn Wizard Academy."
"This academy has a long history. It has been supplying Crimson Eye with raw materials for various potions and providing other assistance, causing us considerable trouble. It must be eradicated."
Ian listened carefully.
Meanwhile, his identity mark had already received detailed information on Ironthorn Wizard Academy.
"The academy has three Second Ring wizards and several hundred First Ring wizards. Roughly fifty have achieved partial elementalization. Below the Second Ring, core members hold the highest status. They are the academy's seeds for the Second Ring, numbering around ten."
Ian read carefully, afraid of missing even a scrap of information.
For wizards, thorough intelligence was sometimes more important than combat strength.
Otherwise, they might die without ever knowing what had killed them.
"Take this academy, for instance. Its primary tradition is the Nature Wizard School, which focuses on manipulating nature and plants, and even magic beasts. It follows an entirely different path from Elemental Mysteries."
Ian murmured to himself.
In fact, this was also the path his teacher Horton followed, so he knew a little about it.
This wizard school.
It surpassed elemental wizards in flexibility and adaptability. Its practitioners knew a little of everything, from combat and endurance to healing, making it a jack-of-all-trades school.
But precisely for that reason, it was not particularly outstanding in pure combat, especially compared with the elemental wizard school.
"But it has plenty of