Chapter 815

"Damn it! We spend huge amounts of tax revenue supporting the Masked Mage Guild every year. Can't they come up with some way to solve this? What did Lord Tebir say? Is he also planning to just watch the entire city descend into chaos?"

Upon hearing this, one councilor immediately jumped to his feet and cursed. In truth, the councilors regarded the Masked Mage Guild as something akin to a subordinate branch of the council. Although Amnian law contained no such provision, a significant portion of the Masked Mages' funding came from council appropriations, so the council was not entirely wrong to think that way.

Unfortunately, they had forgotten that mages were famously arrogant. They would never consider themselves the underlings of a bunch of politicians.

In fact, most Masked Mages held views very similar to Mataeus's. They did not care whether the council could continue ruling Amn, nor did they particularly care who ruled Amn. They had no interest in struggles for power. After all, whoever ruled Amn in the future would still have to support this spellcaster organization. The Masked Mage Guild would remain the Masked Mage Guild; that would not change in any way. Otherwise, with so many mages around, they could easily cause enough trouble to leave anyone unable to cope...

"Lord Tebir is certainly on our side, but... but the other legendary mages do not agree with suppressing the riots. There is nothing he can do. He cannot go against the decision of the Legendary Council! And our agreement with the Masked Mage Guild never explicitly stated that they were required to fight for our rule. They have more than enough reason to refuse us."

Tebir's junior said dejectedly. They had once believed that with two legendary mages leaning toward the noble faction, they could