However, for all the advantages of Prophecy School spells, their drawbacks were just as unavoidable.
The future was difficult to predict. Even Roland himself could not be certain that what he saw through such spells was real and reliable.
And even if it truly was reliable, whether others would trust it was another matter.
Not every prophecy could convince people to follow it without reservation.
Especially when it came from a foreign Grand Mage at a moment of life-or-death peril.
To put it bluntly, if Roland harbored ill intentions and deliberately sought to harm Sinvira, its leaders could easily be destroyed by placing too much trust in him.
No responsible leader could trust someone else so readily. They owed that much to themselves and their country.
By telling everyone the results, Roland also risked becoming the target of unfounded suspicion.
Sometimes, good intentions did not necessarily lead to good results.
If the prophecy was even slightly off, he might end up taking the blame for something that was never his fault.
Perhaps, in certain timelines, Sinvira's destruction was already inevitable. The guidance his prophecy offered might merely ease the immediate predicament without changing the overall outcome.
But once people had hope, they would clutch it like a lifeline and refuse to let go until death.
Such was the fate of all those who glimpsed the future and could make prophecies.
Sometimes, foreseeing the future was not necessarily a blessing. It could also be a curse.
"What? You received intelligence from mercenaries...
There's a Demon Nest hidden near Nightmist Fortress?
Is this information... reliable?"
Before long, Grand Mage Dorin and the other leaders of the magic academy learned the substance of the prophecy from Roland.
In the end, Roland had decided to tell them.
But what he told them was