The most troublesome part was that each person could only be chosen by the mushroom once.
Like claiming territory, once it latched onto someone, they belonged to it, so there was no need to pay the price again.
The Archmages of Despair Tower had no bottom line, but they were not brainless.
They had naturally tested it many times.
Otherwise, in the years after Defense Tower, they would not have been left with nothing but empty fame, unable to seize any real benefits.
They had even been forced to put Black Enigma Tower out front to withstand Sia Tower's probing.
True, that made it difficult for Black Enigma Tower to do anything, but... whatever it did was meaningless anyway, so they might as well put the trash to use.
Besides, hadn't that brought them considerable benefits?
The benefits offered by Sia Tower were not something just anyone could obtain.
It was precisely because Black Enigma Tower had been causing trouble right under its nose that it believed it could reclaim it with ease.
Despair Tower's original plan had been quite thorough. Given Rute's temperament, once he was certain that only by staking his life could he avenge his teachers and elders, while bringing an eternal crisis upon Sia Tower, he would do it.
All his selfishness would yield to those memories of the past. As for Black Enigma Tower and his students, while their fates might not be good either, with Rute's abilities, he would certainly leave behind contingencies.
That way, Defense Tower would achieve the best possible outcome... Black Enigma Tower's complete destruction would naturally erase all those past conspiracies and schemes.
Meanwhile, Sia Tower would be forced to temporarily halt its expansion because of that war, leaving Despair Tower, its closest neighbor, ample time to prepare.
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