Chapter 422: Deception and Tacit Understanding
Ruger felt that perhaps he could be bolder in his thinking-for instance, about the Supreme Council.
Its full name was the Supreme Council of Wizards. Sometimes, he viewed that colossal institution purely as the Supreme Council, but at its core, the most important part was the word people so often omitted when referring to it: Wizards.
Was the Supreme Council really oblivious to all this?
Destroying Heaven Pillar Mountain, possibly along with the Light Stone in the lower region's Grotto City, fell within the purview of the Holy Judgment Wizards.
The so-called God of Wizards would inevitably fall within the purview of the Foreign God Oversight Council as well.
And that was merely one small corner of it all. That man of courage, that wizard whom Lord Kurt suspected might have become a High-Rank Wizard long ago, that Wizard Enom who had been described as mad, must have done far more and made far more preparations for his plan. It was just like the many preparations Lord Kurt had made for his advancement. Even a Wizard Apprentice had done that much, let alone Lord Enom. Anything that could serve his plan would certainly have been done, and alternatives that would be useless under normal circumstances would surely have been prepared too.
So many actions had been carried out in secret, even spread over a long span of time to avoid discovery.
But Ruger believed that even if the Supreme Council had failed to notice at first, it must have become aware of something at some point.
And Lord Enom must have understood that too, yet he had proceeded anyway.
And the Supreme Council of Wizards had let it happen.
Ruger shook his head. He felt that his wild speculation was already quite bold, yet