The Gumo Plane War finally ended four years and seven months after Saine joined it.
Saine returned to the Dark Flame Holy Tower with the third batch of Holy Tower Magicians.
Neither Nataya nor Lunna had much to say about Saine joining the Dark Flame Holy Tower.
In any case, the Dark Flame Holy Tower was located within the Eli Knights Alliance. Though it lay in a remote region, it would be incredibly convenient for the two women to travel south through the Eli Knights Alliance.
Over the past century or so, Saine had taken the two women through many regions of the Eli Knights Alliance, but that was nothing compared to the Alliance's vast territory.
There were plenty of other places for the two women to temper themselves and explore.
The dean contract Saine signed with the Dark Flame Holy Tower had a term of two hundred years.
Originally, Saine had only intended to sign for one hundred years.
But Dark Flame Master was clearly not someone easy to negotiate with. Two hundred years was his bottom line.
Otherwise, he would not have given Saine a precious wisp of Source Fire.
Since his term as dean had doubled, Saine naturally had to secure as many benefits for himself as possible.
Although Dark Flame Master seemed exceedingly cold, unsociable, and aloof in their daily interactions, this Level-5 Magician was in fact remarkably generous.
Even the substantial dean's salary, in Saine's view, did not make this Level-5 Magician so much as bat an eyelid.
In Magic Coins alone, if Saine worked at the Dark Flame Holy Tower for the full two hundred years, his final compensation would amount to roughly one hundred thousand Magic Coins.
That was already an extremely high salary, and it did not even include the cutting-edge Holy