Heart of Four Symbols, Chief's Transformation, Four Symbols Pool, The Contest for the Chief's Position!

"Slow down!"

In the room, Ian looked at Sophia, who was slightly out of breath, and pointed to a chair beside her.

"Ian, something terrible has happened!"

Sophia merely looked at Ian, her expression grave.

"What is it?"

Ian's expression seemed to be infected by hers as well, and he grew curious about what had happened.

"It's related to Ivan."

Phew!

Ian immediately relaxed.

Sophia's mouth twitched, but she still said seriously, "Ian, Ivan's injuries have completely recovered. He's even taken a step further than before."

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"How could that be?"

Ian asked in confusion.

More precisely, Ivan's injuries had arisen when he broke through to the second ring. They were different from the injuries he had suffered in the dream.

The former were far more severe than the latter.

Most Wizards would often need several years—or even an entire lifetime—to recover from such injuries.

"It was Ivan's family. His family has two second-ring Wizards, but a few days ago, one of them died. They needed a new second-ring Wizard. Although Ivan failed once in advancing, he is still the most outstanding Wizard in their family. I heard they spent extremely precious resources to restore Ivan to his peak."

Sophia pursed her lips.

All that could be said was that Ivan was truly lucky.

Ian also roughly understood why Sophia had been so flustered.

"Ian, he spread word at a private banquet that he'll take back his chief seat in the next assessment."

Sophia said.

"I understand."

Ian nodded.

To make another attempt at the second ring required even more resources. Relying on his family alone was impossible, so Ivan still needed the position of chief.

Especially now, when every assessment came with additional rewards.

"I heard that this time's resource is a special one the family used its influence