Patti carefully drove the carriage, being extremely cautious and terrified that the seven Black Wizards in the First-Ring Vaporization stage would notice anything unusual. In her eyes, Locke was merely a First-Class Wizard Apprentice.
She had never expected that Locke actually did not care in the slightest at this moment.
Because he currently had two choices—the first was to follow these people to the Black Wizard Alliance, then take the opportunity to have a friendly exchange with the leader of the Specter Holy Church.
The second choice was to directly kill six of them, leave one alive, control him, and then go to the Black Wizard Alliance's meeting grounds.
Whichever choice he made, it made no difference to Locke.
Locke briefly exchanged words with Patti and learned about the current situation in the Southeastern Corner Region.
A year ago, the Southeastern Corner Region had still been in a state where the Black Wizard Alliance was suppressed by the White Wizard Association and kept suffering defeats. However, the situation suddenly changed a year ago.
A mysterious force had suddenly intervened, strengthening the Black Wizard forces in the Southeastern Corner Region. A year ago, it had organized an operation that appeared to attack the Four Seasons Garden but had actually launched a surprise attack on Verdantia University.
This operation was later called the Great Black Wizard Raid.
As for Verdantia University, its main force of Wizards had already left its headquarters during that attack. Thus, with the situation beyond saving, it could only abandon its base, divide its forces, and have its students and Wizard mentors fight their way out separately.
Patti had originally escaped, but half a year ago, because the mortal nation lacked Magic Tide, her Mana had steadily declined. She had only recently broken through to become a Second-Class