"I read that boy Xu Yi's articles carefully, word by word. I understood every word, but no matter how I tried, I couldn't understand what the articles meant as a whole."
Archmage Orphalian raised his hand, stopping Archmage Laduka from speaking.
"But even if I couldn't understand them, I knew perfectly well that those articles made sense. They certainly weren't nonsense Xu Yi made up off the top of his head. Considering everything the Xinfei Merchant Guild has accomplished over the years, I have to admit that what Xu Yi told us before probably had some truth to it."
"What Xu Yi told us?" Archmage Laduka paused, then remembered how, during Xu Yi's last fight with them, he had told them that their magical theories were already outdated.
At the time, Archmage Laduka had not felt much about it, while Archmage Orphalian had scoffed at the claim.
Yet barely half a year later, Archmage Orphalian's attitude had changed completely. Not only had he taken the initiative to study the entirely new magical theories Xu Yi described, which he had previously dismissed, but he had even admitted that his own magical theories were outdated.
"Then what are you saying...?" Archmage Laduka looked at Archmage Orphalian in confusion.
Archmage Laduka had long cooperated with the Candel Empire's Military Department and usually followed its orders.
When news reached the Military Department that the Xinfei Merchant Guild Guard Corps had invaded the Candel Empire and captured Mero City, it immediately caused an uproar.
The imperial Military Department took the matter extremely seriously. Not only did it dispatch its most elite Mage Corps, but it also immediately asked Archmage Camilla to intervene personally.
Archmage Orphalian was different from Archmage Laduka. Previously, he had joined forces with Archmage Laduka against Xu Yi entirely as a favor