"There was something like that going on?
I understand. This is indeed a dangerous enemy.
We will take this seriously."
In Nevis City, Antonia and the others expressed their concern, just as expected.
A few Undead Mages causing trouble would not normally have warranted the attention of so many Arcane Commissioners. But this was a critical moment, with the Doran Kingdom suffering a magic calamity, and Rain, who certainly qualified as a formidable figure, was involved. That made matters more complicated.
Roland had read up on Rain before. He was a Lich who had reached the higher tier in his youth, then transformed himself through magic.
After so many years, he must have reached the ninth rank. Add in the evil powers he had pursued by abandoning all principles and stopping at nothing, and it was only natural that he was far stronger than most.
"Speaking of Rain, something just occurred to me..."
During their communication, Antonia spoke to Roland in a somewhat grave tone.
"We originally intended to execute Rain, but for some reason, Gallo died at the same time."
"What? Gallo?"
Roland had paid little attention to this former rival of his, and the news inevitably startled him.
Then came a measure of bewilderment.
He was already dead?
That really was unexpected.
He had not kept track of Gallo for a long time. After all, once Gallo got into trouble and was taken away, the entire Orthodox School had lost its ability to compete with Roland in Arcana.
Roland had taken in former members of the Orthodox School and had even improved the phonetic notation for the Ous Alphabet that Gallo had deliberately left behind.
But as for where the man himself had gone or what he was doing, Roland knew absolutely nothing.
"Yes. Even then, we suspected