Chapter 302: Becoming a Forest Ecosystem Yourself
Gabriel quickly realized that this was not the time to talk about such things. In fact, she was in even greater danger than ordinary Formal Wizards, because her Permanent Defense Field was an auxiliary-type spell—Arcane Prophecy.
This spell could be said to be powerful, yet also not particularly powerful.
At any rate, it could not serve as a turtle shell on the front lines.
Gabriel changed her tone when speaking to Locke. "Locke, it's good that you've become a Formal Wizard. At present, most of Lilith's Cottage's First-Ring Wizards are not at the academy."
"Lady Morgana, Mentor Harlan Vela, the five senior advisors, and the dean are all absent from the academy."
"Currently, there are only two senior advisors within Lilith's Cottage. Including you and me, there are only nine Formal Wizards."
"The two senior advisors and those First-Ring Wizards have all been targeted by the Black Wizards and trapped in an encirclement. Fortunately, the Permanent Defense Fields of those First-Ring Wizards all use First Ring defensive spells, so they are merely being held down for now and are not in mortal danger."
"Our academy's large-scale defense field was deliberately shut down, but the smaller defense fields in each district are still active, so we can barely maintain our defenses."
Locke frowned, clearly sensing that something was wrong.
As a large wizard organization, Lilith's Cottage had dozens of First-Ring Wizards. Yet only nine Formal Wizards had remained behind at headquarters.
That was obviously strange.
At that moment, Francis's voice came through the Nibelungen Astrology System. "Locke? You actually became a Formal Wizard?"
Francis sounded somewhat tense. He was likely fighting Black Wizards at the moment. "Excellent. Although there are more than a hundred Formal Wizards on the other side, every additional Formal Wizard