The witch Christine shook her head. "To be honest, I don't know either."
Wizard Anthony said to Locke, "I can more or less guess. My current family, the Philayde Family, the Adam Smith Family, and the Ptolemy Family are all among the six top-tier families in the Land of Six Towers."
"So I can roughly guess what level of Black Wizard the Ptolemy Family would hire. I estimate that they wouldn't exceed the Vaporization Stage at most."
"If they were any stronger, even with all the Ptolemy Family's money, they wouldn't be able to keep them under control."
"Among the Formal Wizards from the outside world, which one isn't shrewd? How could they possibly let the family command them obediently?"
Locke nodded. If that was the case, he still had another card up his sleeve—the Ferocious Beast Panel of the Jungle Guardian.
Moreover, after completing this deal, he would be able to inscribe his third defensive spell. Together with his Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow Magic Plant, his combat power would have risen to an extremely formidable level among First-Ring Wizards.
He indeed had nothing to worry about.
Locke said, "If that's the case, then I can accept this mission. Christine, you can have that expert wait at the Wizard Airship heading to the Land of Six Towers."
"I'll send you the time of my departure through the Gray Mist Slate."
Christine smiled. "Good. The deal is settled."
"Then according to our agreement, give me 115,000 Magic Stones, and I'll hand over the three Cloud-Sea Mist Pines and five bottles of Hive Mind Potion to you."
Locke nodded and gave her the Magic Stones first. They were all part of the same network, and no one would fall out over such a small sum.
Three days later, Locke received