Seventh District, Building with No Windows.
Led by the Guide, Fang Li entered this place once more.
"So, are you satisfied now?"
Aureolus's voice came from all around him.
"According to calculations, in another 101 hours, Scorpius will be able to absorb all the territory. In 458 hours, all operations will be on track, officially securing its position as Academy City's largest and only Armed Unskilled Group. To Academy City, you, who control Scorpius, have already become someone who cannot be ignored, enough to stand alongside the directors of the General Council."
Aureolus's statement earned nothing but Fang Li's mockery.
"But that's exactly why you don't care, isn't it?" Fang Li looked at Aureolus floating in the medicinal fluid and said with a smile, "After all, to you, the directors of the General Council are merely replacements. If one is lost, someone immediately fills the vacancy. They're utterly dispensable. So Scorpius is no different."
If that were not the case, Aureolus would not have turned a blind eye to it.
It was precisely because he had concluded that Scorpius's existence could not have any decisive effect on him that Aureolus had chosen to sit back and watch.
Aureolus neither admitted nor denied it, merely getting to the point.
"Then let me first give you the payment we agreed upon."
As soon as he spoke, the floor before Fang Li suddenly rose with a series of cracking sounds, revealing a pedestal.
Within the pedestal lay a book that exuded an indescribable aura.
Its title was—"Grimoire of Law."
"Grimoire of Law..."
Fang Li murmured softly. There was not the slightest surprise on his face as he shifted his gaze to the author's name written in the lower-left corner of the Grimoire Original Text.
The name was—"Edward Alexander."
That was the author of