No one knew how bewildered Khelben was, but the evil wizards had gained a deep understanding of just how wealthy Aglaia truly was.
What? Khelben gave that to Laira?
Tsk, they had been old rivals for so long. Who didn't know the other by now?
Before leaving Khelben, Laira would never have been willing to use three wands at once unless the battle was guaranteed to yield enough spoils to replenish the combat power she had expended.
Otherwise, this archmage would simply transform herself and charge straight in to kill... Every one of the Seven Sisters of the Northlands knew Greater Polymorph, including Alustriel.
After all, piling on buffs that increased their strength and stamina, or even restored their health and mana, was basically free for the Magic Chosen.
The Red Wizards exchanged glances. Then they remembered that terrifying Faction Detection formation and couldn't help sighing.
When they passed through Luskan, they had of course all tried probing it... But no one had dared go to Aglaia.
Yet even Luskan had no blind spot they could exploit.
Normally, the prosperous cities of Toril had hidden entrances prepared by their lords and nobles... Although they were practically all in public places, officially, they were things that 'should not exist.'
There was nothing they could do. In Toril, where Transcendent beings existed, it was best to leave oneself a scrap of fig leaf. At the very least, if some hero suddenly got the idea of ridding the world of evil, they could still say, 'It was all because I was foolish and let my subordinates deceive me.'
But Luskan truly had none.
The Red Wizards had also heard that the basic formations of these cities in Aglaia had all been personally set up by Lord Hill... So they could only curse as