Locke murmured softly, "The examination?"
The Second-Ring Wizard from the Starfield Sea chuckled softly. "That's right. You're a Second-Ring Wizard now, so of course you'd be interested in learning about this knowledge. Once you understand it, it will be useful to you."
"Unbelievable. You were once a little wizard, and today you've also become a Second-Ring Wizard. Like Witch Sophia, your growth has been highly unusual."
The other party did not seem surprised.
"The High-Ring Wizards on the Starfield Sea's side made a prophecy and used powerful magic to stir up the accumulated fortune of the entire Eastern Sector over the past thousand years. Within the next hundred years, leaders capable of guiding the next generation will be born, so there will be no shortage of geniuses."
"This is itself part of the Magic Ascension Plan."
"The Starfield Sea has always acted like a snake leaving traces in the grass. It never announces what it is doing in advance. Therefore, the Magic Ascension Plan did not begin now. It is only now that the situation has become impossible to conceal."
"You're already a Second-Ring Wizard, so this information isn't taboo for you. I hope you can cast a vote in the Cloud Marsh Council [against abolishing the tax exemption for First-Ring Wizards]."
Locke knew that he currently had voting rights.
Once he had voting rights, he also possessed the most basic value required to be recruited.
Locke revealed a thoughtful expression. So that's how it is. At least some of the wizards on the Starfield Sea's side—or rather, the Academy City—need to maintain the tax exemption for First-Ring Wizards.
The reason was not difficult to guess.
Most Wizard Lands in the Eastern Sector had extremely few Second-Ring Wizards, but there were quite a number of First-Ring Wizards. Therefore, granting First-Ring