Dean Elliott said to Locke, "Mr. Augustine, I wanted to ask whether Silver-Clad Peach Garden's Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow Series could resolve our academy's current predicament."
Locke frowned. He had suddenly realized there was an unconventional but workable way to force him out of the Heaven River Coast ahead of schedule: destroy the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower.
The Tidal Grand Wizard Tower was responsible for monitoring water levels along the Heaven River Coast and was a founding member of the local White Wizard Association. By all rights, no one should have entertained such an idea.
Yet Locke felt as though a hidden enemy had issued him a challenge, asking whether he dared to gamble.
Would he bet that they would not destroy the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower, stripping him of his academy fund and then his eligibility to compete for the Two-River Banks Fund?
Or would he stay to protect the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower? If he did, he could no longer distance himself from the region's conflicts by temporarily leaving this Wizard Land.
When Dean Elliott saw that Locke did not answer, his heart sank. It was better to rely on oneself than ask for help, but the White Ice Tower had the March Council's favoritism, Grand Wizard Jikongyue's assistance, the Rose School Lineage's support, and the help of more than a thousand shops in the Rose Building's Shop Alliance.
The Tidal Grand Wizard Tower needed help too.
And after the White Ice Tower's scheme had left him paralyzed from the waist down, Locke was the only person Elliott could think to ask.
Locke suddenly asked, "Dean Elliott, how exactly did your conflict with the White Ice Tower begin?"
Dean Elliott's gaze dimmed slightly.
"So you've noticed, Mr. Augustine."
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