The sight of Great Mage Ferguson climbing into a carriage and swiftly disappearing beyond the Xinfei Merchant Guild's Main Base caught the eyes of two people floating in the air, drawing a soft murmur of surprise.
"Judging by Ferguson's expression, his talks with that boy Xu Yi must have broken down. Camilla, I have to say, your grandson-in-law has quite a nerve. He actually dared to make a complete enemy of the Guild? Hasn't he considered the consequences? And you haven't tried to talk him out of it?"
"Why should I?" Archmage Camilla rolled her eyes at him. "I'm telling you, Arista, Xu Yi may be young, but his head is much clearer than yours or mine. If he dared to do this, he must have thought through the consequences. Besides, do you really think there will be any consequences? From those people at Guild headquarters? Hmph..."
Seeing the disdain on Archmage Camilla's face, Archmage Arista sighed softly and shook his head. "Those people at Guild headquarters may be useless, but they still have plenty of ways to deal with a mere merchant guild if they really want to. What's more, the Xinfei Merchant Guild has such deep ties with mages. If headquarters truly decides to target your guild and you lose a great many mages, I think the blow would be absolutely fatal."
Archmage Camilla gave Archmage Arista a puzzled look.
"Why do you think our guild would lose a great many mages?"
"Why wouldn't it?" Arista looked astonished. "Guild headquarters wouldn't need to do much at all. It would only have to issue a directive forbidding mages from working for the Xinfei Merchant Guild, and your guild might grind to a halt immediately. You still don't think that's serious?"
"That's exactly my point. Why do you assume our