After learning about the Probus brothers from Witch Roy, Locke asked her to pass a message to the other inheritors: he was leaving ahead of them. He quickly collected the Green Dragon Vine from the auction staff, hurried out of the banquet, and went after Wizard Gustin Probus.
Witch Roy planted her hands on her hips and muttered to a suitor beside her, "Locke Augustine is such a strange man. I have no idea what he's thinking. He actually agrees with Wizard Gugo. Now we have another inheritor as odd as that blockhead Gugo."
The Second-Ring Wizard courting her came from a prominent wizard family on Golden Crown Mountain. But since Roy was talking about Wizard Locke Augustine, he could only smile along. Any criticism from him would bring trouble to his family.
Locke left the banquet and entered Wizard Town. Evening had fallen, and the sunset glowed beautifully. A spell formation at the town gate seemed to have summoned traces of the past that lingered nearby, causing phantoms and illusions to appear.
As Locke stepped into an intersection, a carriage suddenly came hurtling straight at him. An instant later, it dissolved into a cloud of gray mist. The mist re-formed into a speeding carriage and raced away.
"Found him."
Locke's eyes lit up, and he strode toward it. Wizard Gustin was just about to board the carriage.
When Gustin looked back and saw Locke, he hurriedly told the First-Ring Wizard driving it, "Sir, please set off as quickly as you can."
"I have urgent business."
The First-Ring Wizard, who had studied at a small academy of the Summoning School affiliated with Golden Crown Mountain Market, immediately replied, "Please take your seat, Lord Probus. I'll have the Nightmare Warhorses depart at once."
Four Nightmare Warhorses stood before the carriage. These