After some time, Rogue finished drawing in the shattered region of Mithrilos Academy. The area was quite large; it had likely remained relatively intact when it broke apart.
Of course, he had not forgotten to put on a show by rolling out a temporary update without taking the servers down. Afterward, he sent out quest notifications to the Prison Player mages.
During this time, Mage Burton had also finished his preparations and arrived at the portal in the Dark Boundary.
"Teacher Burton!"
"This should be the real body, right?"
Landfall and the other Prison Player mages greeted Mage Burton, though some muttered quietly among themselves.
Mage Burton gave them a slight nod. He recognized most of these Prison Player mages. It seemed the Candle Keepers had sent elite players.
Then this journey back to Mithrilos Academy should be a little easier—
"Damn, Mithrilos Academy is finally here! As an old-school mage player, I heard about it in the lore ages ago. Every time, I thought this dungeon would show up in the next version, but I had to wait until now!"
"Fuck, Spirit Candle is seriously messed up! Mages came out so early, but the corresponding dungeon came so late. My character build is already complete!"
"Yeah, only after the kid dies do they remember to feed him milk. Only after shitting their pants do they remember to wipe!"
Unlike Burton's complicated feelings, these Prison Player mages were generally brimming with resentment and complaints.
To be fair, they could hardly be blamed. From a game design perspective, this was the kind of thing only an idiot would do.
But it was not really Rogue's fault either.
Mage Burton had appeared early. Rogue could not just leave that untapped, could he? Naturally, he had to give the players the mage class.