Chapter 318: War Paused and Merits Calculated
No one knew what kind of deal the two Second-Ring Wizards had ultimately reached, but after some discussion in the sky, Justin, the Second-Ring Wizard on the White Wizard Association's side, ordered the Association's First-Ring Wizards to stand by and watch the Black Wizards retreat. He also had Headmaster Thompson lift Giant Wood Spear's seal on Holy Flesh Execution.
Seeing the war subside, Headmaster Thompson let out a slight sigh of relief. The current situation was a major victory for the White Wizard Association. Though it was not a complete victory, a major victory alone carried immense significance.
As long as nothing happened to the Black Wizard Alliance's Second-Ring Wizards, the White Wizard Association had virtually no chance of completely wiping out the Black Wizard Alliance.
The current results were already more than enough to satisfy the Association.
What came next would be a long, drawn-out war. Having already established a complete wartime economy, the White Wizard Association would have to pay an enormous price even if Justin himself wanted this society to stop fighting.
Once the war machine began moving, it generated tremendous profits. Once this economic system had been fully established, the White Wizard society that had once feared war so greatly would become more warlike than any other society.
Not to mention that the Black Wizard Alliance of the Southeastern Corner Region claimed to have discovered a medium-sized world that no one had ever found before. That alone was enough to drive the White Wizard society, now transformed into a wartime economic system, completely mad.
Locke could almost foresee that, for a long time to come, the industrial chains closely tied to war in the White Wizard society of the Southeastern Corner Region would reap staggering profits.
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