Saine's casual question caught Meili off guard.
Though she had followed Saine for many years, Meili sometimes still struggled to keep up with his leapfrogging train of thought.
As for poaching registered magicians from Dark Wind Holy Tower... Meili had truly never given it much thought before, mainly because she was busy herself.
And during a war, poaching battle-worn magicians from another tower was not an easy matter to handle.
Saine put away the wistfulness on his face and said to Meili without betraying anything, "It wouldn't be convenient for me to show my face in this matter."
"Send someone to make contact with those Dark Wind Holy Tower magicians. As for the price, name it as you see fit."
"I made another fortune in the subspace ruins this time. You don't need to worry about funding for the Holy Tower's development," Saine said.
At this moment, the Ash Fortress combat command room contained not only Saine and Meili, but also many other Level-2 and Level-3 Magicians.
These magicians were all core personnel of Ash Holy Tower, the sort who would almost never leave the Holy Tower.
Thus, when discussing such matters, Saine did not particularly avoid the others.
Only when it involved Ash Holy Tower's "gray businesses," as well as the smuggling channels between Black Magicians and the Bairen Empire, would Saine avoid everyone.
At other times, the things he discussed with Meili were all aboveboard.
Including the matter of poaching people brought up now, Saine had not violated any laws among the Holy Tower and Knights' Hall rules, Guardian rules, or Wizard Alliance rules.
At Saine's request, Meili glanced around before saying, "I'd better go myself. I happen to have dealt with Magician Zhi Yubo of Dark Wind Holy Tower. He is one of Master Chakra's disciples, as