The Anti-Magic Prison was a very unusual place.
For a long time, it had been used to imprison spellcasters who broke the rules, and behind it stood an immensely powerful wizard organization. This organization later became one of the core pillars of the Arcane Empire, far stronger than the present Northern Witches Council or Wizard Union. Its name was the [Council of Mages].
There were clear records of this.
The masked wizards controlled a powerful mythal. Within its boundaries, they could even monitor every spell cast. Long ago, the Council of Mages had begun selling Spellcasting Permits within its territory. Only those who paid for a permit were allowed to cast spells there. Otherwise, if anyone dared to cast a spell out in the open, even a mere Magic Missile, they would detect it and pinpoint the caster's location.
Usually, a first offense earned only a warning.
But if someone violated the rules a second time, the wizards of the Council of Mages would attack, arrest, or even kill them. Those were the organization's rules.
That practice itself was hardly worth dwelling on.
The Council of Mages had long since fallen along with the Arcane Empire. What interested Soren was something else: the Council of Mages' technology for monitoring the Weave.
That's right!
They had already been able to monitor the Weave.
Although the Council of Mages relied on a mythal to monitor the Weave in a small area, their ability to detect people abusing magic within their territory already demonstrated a highly advanced technology.
That technology was immensely valuable to Soren!
If he could bring it to Port Nyanzaru, no sign of spellcasting within the city would escape his notice. He could even use the mythal's power to pinpoint a spellcaster's location. The Council of Mages had initially researched