Bobota would never destroy the inscription hub for no reason.
For him to commit such a shocking deed, Bobota surely had his own demands.
However, Angel could not imagine what kind of demand could make someone who had still been an apprentice not long ago go to such lengths to come to Lasudelan and complete this task. Even if it were handed to an official wizard or a true knowledge wizard, it might not necessarily be accomplished, much less by an apprentice.
So Bobota's demand had to be extremely urgent, forcing him to do this. And among such urgent matters, the only ones Angel could think of in the short term were "the Night Innkeeper's advancement" and "Orucia reaching the outer layer."
Perhaps Bobota was doing it for one of them, or perhaps for both.
But neither of those things required destroying the inscription hub, did they? Or had his speculation been wrong all along, and Bobota's goal was something else?
Angel recalled Bobota's earlier ravings. He remembered Bobota seeming to have shouted, "No one can stop the fire of my people from being rekindled! No one!"
The fire of my people, rekindled.
The last time Angel had seen Bobota through the scouting puppet, Bobota had muttered something similar: "Become the kindling for my people's rekindling."
Those words seemed to reveal some information, perhaps related to Bobota's purpose... But Angel did not know Bobota well, so he could not analyze it any further.
There was another matter Angel could not understand. Bobota could not possibly have foreseen this whole chain of events himself. He definitely had some source of information... Therefore, Angel was inclined to believe that someone behind Bobota had been guiding him.
But who was that person?
When Bobota had been beside the Lava Pool, he had said