The Plan Succeeded

"Ilis, watch my back."

After giving her the order, Leo stroked the Prismatic Dragon Scale to check whether Wizard Brock was hostile.

The result it gave him made his eyes flicker.

Brock was indeed still hostile.

If so, what Brock had told him might be a trap, just like Tuo Li's words.

Leo flew faster.

Then he suddenly slowed down.

The other fleeing Wizards had stopped ahead, staring in shock instead of flying on.

Leo looked up and saw a defensive spell before them, a curtain of light crackling with arcs of electricity.

The Instructor's voice rang in the minds of every Wizard Apprentice present.

"The play isn't over yet. Don't think you can leave the stage."

Despair spread across the faces of the Wizard Apprentices trying to escape.

They couldn't run.

They couldn't win a fight.

Were they supposed to wait for death?

Leo frowned.

Two Formal Wizards were hunting them.

And another Formal Wizard was preventing their escape.

They were like gladiators forced to fight beasts in an arena.

After a brief pause, Leo said, "Wizard Brock, tell me your plan."

Brock's voice reached him.

"Leo, Tuo Li and I are being controlled by a spell. We've lost our reason. That puts you in danger, but it also gives you a way to kill us."

"If you can set us against each other, we'll start fighting at once. When our Permanent Defensive Stances wear each other down and leave the slightest opening, you can strike and kill us."

Brock fell silent.

Leo looked toward the barrier nearby.

He considered Brock's words.

Given how much Brock disliked him, there was bound to be a trap in that plan.

Still, even if he couldn't trust it all, some parts might be true.

The claim that he could make Brock and