Consider It Over

Lina really cares about Saine. →

The fact that she came to Moduolong Island twice to inquire about Saine is enough to prove her feelings for Saine.

Martin also lived in the Black Tower with his mentor for a period of time in his early years.

The Black Tower within the Black Domain is different from the Holy Tower organization in other parts of the Wizard World.

In the Black Tower, neither Black Wizard Apprentice nor Black Magician actually have much freedom.

The latter is better, at least there is a legitimate excuse, or when carrying out some tasks for the Black Tower, one can go away for a period of time.

However, for those Black Wizard Apprentice, let alone leaving the Black Tower, even if they had such thoughts, the Black Tower would forcefully suppress them or simply eliminate them.

Within the Black Domain, there are no human rights.

Lina came to Moduolong Island twice in search of Saine. The first time was when she Quasi-Magician stage, presumably after she had just finished her Trial of Death.

Another time was after she was promoted to level one, which was when she had just been promoted to level one.

The fact that she could violate the Black Tower's exceptionally strict rules and handle her own affairs privately already signifies her special status and the level of importance she receives within the Pale Bone Black Tower.

If she were just an ordinary Black Wizard Apprentice, the higher-ups of the Black Tower wouldn't have tolerated her.

If they don't like something, the apprentices are thrown onto the Laboratory Table for dissection and research. This is the reality for all Black Wizard Apprentice in the Black Domain.

Upon hearing that Lina had won first place in the Black Tower's Trial of Death, Saine couldn't help but feel happy for Lina.

Although he didn't know what Lina had gone through all these years, Saine was genuinely relieved to learn that Lina was still alive and doing well.

Immediately afterwards, Saine hurriedly inquired with Martin about the situation and location of the Pale Bone Black Tower.

Martin knew exactly what Saine was thinking. He chuckled and said, "The Pale Bone Black Tower is located further north in our area. It's outside the outer reaches of the Black Domain and belongs to the central part of the Black Domain."

"That's not a good place. Even a level one Black Magician would have a hard time traversing that area."

"Furthermore, the Pale Bone Black Tower is not a place that ordinary Black Magician can join."

"Although I don't know exactly how Feilunna brought Lina into the Pale Bone Black Tower, it's very difficult for a level one Black Magician to join such a Black Tower without ten level Level-1 Energy Crystal or hundreds of Magic Coin paving the way."

"And inside the Black Tower, you also have to be careful about being double-crossed," Martin said with a shake of his head and a smile.

Good heavens, the situation Saine's side the Black Domain is indeed completely opposite to that of the normal Wizard Continent.

In the Wizard Continent, regardless of which Holy Tower organization a level one or higher Mage joins, the Holy Tower will regularly pay these registered Mage a salary.

Furthermore, the higher the benefits offered by Holy Tower, the more and stronger Mage it can attract to join.

But in the Black Domain, to join a Black Tower, you actually need to pay money to the Black Tower?

Actually, the situation in the Black Domain is quite easy to understand.

The Black Tower in the Black Domain is not a charity, and those vicious Black Magician have no way of receiving funding from the Wizard Alliance.

Those level-one Black Magician who want to join the Black Tower are mostly hoping to use the Black Tower platform to gain more access to resources, or even to receive direct protection from the Black Tower.

For some desperate first-level Black Magician, in order to escape the pursuit of their enemies, contributing most of their wealth to temporarily join a Black Tower is definitely the most rational thing to do.

And while there are indeed instances of double-crossing within the Black Tower, it's not as exaggerated as Martin claims.

On the contrary, the Black Tower is one of the safer places in the Black Domain. Those high-ranking level three or even level four Black Magician, having taken the money, will definitely do their jobs.

Black Magician are also a type of Mage, and naturally tend to follow the Principle of Equivalent Exchange.

Some of what the level-three Black Magician Martin told Saine was true, while some of it was exaggerated and fabricated.

You can trust Saine, but you can't trust him completely.

The reason for this is that Martin also has his own demands.

It was obvious that Martin didn't want Saine to go to Lina.

He wanted Saine to stay on Moduolong Island with his own organization, so that if Saine wanted to reunite with Lina, he would inevitably have to deal with Martin's organization.

Martin could also use this opportunity to try and get involved with the Pale Bone Black Tower behind Lina.

If it's true, as the rumors suggest, that Lina is valued by the Pale Bone Black Tower Tower Master and has the potential to become his disciple... Martin would be a fool to let her go with such connections.

When communicating with Martin, a level three Black Magician, Saine needs to be very Mind's Eye.

For example, during his conversations with the other party, Martin proposed more than once to sign Magic Contract with Saine.

These Magic Contract all seem to be for Saine's benefit. For example, Martin promised to provide Saine with a certain amount of resources each year, and because Saine is also an alchemist, the price he offered was at least fair within the Black Domain.

However, the corresponding price is that Saine must sign a Magic Contract with Martin for a considerable period of time.

These Magic Contract, the shortest of which require thirty years.

Of course, Saine couldn't agree to Martin's request, but he didn't vehemently reject Martin's offer either. Instead, he gave a vague and ambiguous reply, "I'll think about it."

As a Black Magician, Martin has never displayed a particularly assertive demeanor.

Or perhaps Martin didn't want to antagonize Lina by forcibly keeping Saine.

Therefore, Martin's approach to Saine was primarily one of courting him.

Saine was using subtle tactics against Thane. If Saine were truly a helpless Black Magician, he might actually fall for Martin's tricks.

In Martin's own words, "At least in this area outside the Black Domain, no one can offer better benefits than me."

"You came from the City of Mozhsuobula Black Magic Academy, so you're one of us. That's why I'm offering you this deal."

"Don't publicize the price I offered you in the future, or people will be unhappy," Martin said.

No matter how eloquently Martin spoke, in the end, Saine did not agree to sign Magic Contract with him.

He simply said, "I'll think about it some more."

Martin smacked his lips, but didn't dwell on the matter. Instead, he brought up something else.

"I am very sorry about the death of your mentor Moxidu at the hands of Di'ersi. This is a problem that all the Black Magician in City of Mozhsuobula need to solve together."

"Don't worry about the level three Black Magician, Kanterla. I'll handle him."

"However, it seems unlikely that this matter will be resolved in the near future," Martin said.

"Why?" Saine couldn't help but ask.

"Because some secret realms on the Southern Knight Continent are about to open, the attention of our Western Islands, no, it should be said that the entire Wizard World will be focused there."

"As Black Magician, although we have difficulty entering the secret realm to explore its mysteries, we can stay outside the secret realm and try to purchase or obtain some resources unique to the secret realm through other means."

"The stuff they produce there is all top-notch. I've only experienced two such events so far," Martin said with a sigh.