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This was an extremely vast workshop.
A magical workshop with a massive magical device at its center, embedded with countless Magic Crystals.
To find this magical workshop, Noah had no idea how many soldiers he had captured along the way before finally learning the route here.
After all, although this magical workshop was not particularly hidden, ordinary soldiers had never even been here.
That was because the magical device within this workshop concerned the future of all Edolas.
Pushing open the magnificent doors, Noah walked in from outside.
"You came?"
Noah had only just entered when a voice softly rang out and reached his ears.
Without the slightest surprise, Noah raised his head and looked ahead.
Before the massive magical device stood a figure gripping a staff, his back turned to Noah. He did not even turn his head, as though he had long known Noah would eventually come here. He simply stared fixedly at the huge magical device, seemingly lost in thought.
Looking at that figure, Noah sighed as though he had already known the other man would be here.
"I knew you would get here before me."
"...Sorry..." Mystogan let out a bitter laugh.
"I didn't really want to face the Edolas Kingdom Army head-on."
Hearing that, Noah silently stepped forward and came to Mystogan's side. Standing shoulder to shoulder with him, he looked at the huge magical device for a long while before suddenly speaking.
"Because they're people closely connected to you, aren't they?"
Mystogan fell silent.
Actually, after learning about Edolas, Noah had already made some guesses.
Mystogan's