Nataya still needed to recuperate in the rest area.
Saine and Lunna had also just emerged from a dangerous place, and Fortress Headquarters had not assigned them any missions for the time being. Their physical condition, however, was not seriously affected.
The months of tempering in the underground Magma River had indeed placed an enormous strain on their bodies at first, but they had now mostly recovered and made tremendous progress beyond their original foundation.
Having only recently escaped, Saine was already impatient to throw himself back into his experiments.
Whether it was his experiences in the Underground World, Lunna's nearly perfect evolved form, or his own condition as he stood on the verge of reaching Level-3.
All of these were experimental subjects Saine could immediately begin researching.
Especially the last one. Saine had a feeling that even if he had yet to unravel the superficial mysteries of the Dark Flame Embers, his existing foundation in spellcraft alone was enough to complete the elemental qualitative transformation required of a Level-3 Magician.
In other words, if Saine wished, he could advance to Level-3 at any moment.
Although the great decisive battle on the Akale Plain had ended, that did not mean the war across the entire Gumo Plane was truly over.
The Level-4 Golo Earthworm King was still on the run, and the Wizard World legions still needed to control and occupy the other regions of this world—especially the Underground World, which was just as vast as the Surface World.
As soon as Saine returned to the Fortress Main Base, he had received word from the command center that Dark Flame, the Level-5 Magician, wished to meet him.
Yet until the war began drawing to a close, Saine never got to see this master.
After the great decisive battle on