To describe Great Mage Camilla's decision merely as an attempt to gain publicity would fall far short of the truth.
When Xu Yi announced at a press conference held specifically by the Xinfei Merchant Guild that Great Mage Camilla would join its Magic Research Institute as a special-grade researcher, every newspaper reporter present jumped from their seat in shock.
And when those newspapers spread the news as quickly as possible, everyone's first reaction upon reading it was disbelief.
What sort of person was a Great Mage? How could someone like that possibly work for a merchant guild?
This had to be a joke!
Yet when the news was further confirmed, everyone was left speechless with shock.
What did being a Great Mage mean?
On the Sains Continent, where no Grand Archmage had appeared for many years, a Great Mage was an immensely powerful figure second only to an Archmage in the world of mages!
Even in the two vast empires of Candel and Malo, Great Mages held lofty positions and received everyone's respect and admiration.
In a small country like the Lampari Kingdom, which had no Archmages, its mere five Great Mages practically represented the entirety of its mages.
It was fair to say that every Great Mage was an extremely important figure in the Lampari Kingdom. Many people even believed that a Great Mage stood on equal footing with His Majesty the King.
Thus, as soon as the news spread that Great Mage Camilla had announced she would join the Xinfei Merchant Guild, it sent shock waves through the Lampari Kingdom.
Not only did every mage in the kingdom pay attention to the matter, but everyone in the kingdom who heard the news found their attention involuntarily drawn to it.
And the other central figure in this affair-the Xinfei