For several days in a row, Wizard Zorn was nowhere to be seen, and even the hall smelled less of alcohol.
"Did you know? Wizard Zorn isn't a One-Ring Wizard."
Ruger cautiously glanced around before speaking to Mahama beside him.
The two had happened to come out into the courtyard for some fresh air.
Besides meditating, Ruger had been waiting for news from Lord Kurt. He had not forgotten the man's promise to send him a portion of sufficiently pure faith power.
Mahama glanced at him.
"Of course I know. That's why I was so surprised to see him passed out drunk beside a ditch... Wizards who deal with demons ought to be rather bad-tempered. The best among them, or those whose mental power aptitude was already excellent when they first set foot on this path, can become cold and ruthless, too. Seeing someone like him mingle and have fun with ordinary people is surprising enough, whether you consider his status as a Two-Ring Wizard or the fact that he's spent years dealing with demons..."
Mahama spoke in a low voice.
Ruger raised an eyebrow. As expected, this fellow did not know Zorn was a Three-Ring Wizard.
Wizards from the first through the third ring could be called low-rank wizards, while those from the fourth through the sixth ring were called high-rank wizards. Of course, these were merely customary terms among wizards, not classifications mandated by the Supreme Council. Three-Ring Wizards, for instance, were also called Origin Wizards, a name based on a qualitative transformation in their mental power space, viewed from the perspective of supernatural advancement.
As for those at the seventh ring or even the eighth, people who were uncertain of their precise strength would often respectfully refer to them in general terms as high-rank wizards. This was