What?
Troublesome?
Locke had clearly noticed that the two seemed to know something, so he immediately asked team leader Celt through the Water Gourd System. Team leader Celt promptly replied.
He only told Locke that this involved information that could be known only by Second-Ring Wizards, so it truly was inconvenient to discuss.
But if the matter became urgent and would affect Locke, he would definitely find a way to warn him in advance and help him avoid certain things.
A strange look flashed through Locke's eyes. The perspectives of First-Ring Wizards and Second-Ring Wizards are fundamentally different. But since team leader Celt put it that way, the problem clearly hasn't become serious enough to threaten me immediately.
These two are probably trying to scare me with this, or they mistakenly think I knew something in advance and believe I'm trying to snatch chestnuts from the fire.
But what exactly is it?
Locke racked his brains over it, then decided to let it go. Once he became a Second-Ring Wizard, he would naturally know about this sort of thing.
Locke looked at the two of them and said, "Since that's the case, does that mean the negotiations have fallen through?"
Wizard Luwen suddenly reached out to stop Locke from standing up and gestured for him to wait. The amiability he had pretended to show earlier had vanished from his eyes, replaced by cold, ruthless bluntness. "How should I put this? Wizard Locke, let me give you an example. Indeed, the Pure Magic Plant Wizard Shoes you designed have shocked our shop alliance with their performance."
"But the business logic of our shop alliance is still different from that of your Truth Institute. Let me give you an example. There was once a talented First-Ring Wizard named Brown. He was an