Several days soon passed.
Another night, beneath the same moon, on the same earthen rise by the cliff.
The Devil met with Rain again.
"Lord Rain, we have found the 'surrogate' you wanted!"
"Oh, have you?"
Rain turned to look at the Devil's phantom.
The Devil said, "He is a man named Gallo."
Rain said gravely, "I vaguely recall hearing of this Gallo. He also serves in the Doran Kingdom's theater of war."
The area he guarded was the most remote, untamed desert in the Doran Kingdom. Atrelin's leadership also understood the dangers of mixing troops, so they had simply used the terrain to isolate the undead army under his command.
As an outcast commander under surveillance, he could not leave the theater he guarded, and thus was not well acquainted with the other Battle Mages stationed in the Doran Kingdom.
"Gallo was once the Orthodox School's rising star, a renowned leader of its younger generation.
His theoretical innovations and new interpretations of ancient arcana drew considerable attention in arcane circles. His future was bright.
However, after he went to Lainer World, his disciple illegally used the 'Soul-Stealing Art,' causing the accidental death of a Full Mage and a subsequent incident of Abyssal corruption.
The committee was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. As the disciple's mentor, he was inevitably implicated.
By now, the members of the Orthodox School have long since distanced themselves from him. His former friends and supporters have vanished, and his contributions have been forgotten...
A man like him is mired in confusion and pain. His heart must be full of darkness. We can make use of him."
Rain was told of Gallo's grievances with Roland and the Seris School.
Though these events in the human world had long been common knowledge, Rain would never have