Inside the room.
Wayne wore a smile.
He held a scroll that radiated mana elements.
This was the fruit of his hard work: he had successfully analyzed Wind Blade Spell until even an Apprentice Mage could use it.
In other words, it was now on the same level as [Freezing Spell], usable at [Lv0]...
To some higher-level Mages, this change might have been practically useless.
But to An Kai, a Mage whose level was locked, Wayne was a godsend!
An Kai walked to the door, originally intending to welcome Hanks back at the city gate.
Now, though, he decided against it.
He nodded to one side. "Hanks is back. Go meet him."
A ripple appeared, and a bewildered Malken emerged.
He simply could not understand how An Kai, who never set foot outside, knew Hanks had returned.
This was just too... magical!
But Malken also understood that although An Kai was overbearing, sinister, cunning, brutal, cautious, and cold-blooded, he never lied.
So Malken hesitated for only a second before leaving An Kai's room.
Before leaving, he did not forget to take out the bundle he had carried before and sling it onto his back. His figure flickered, and he vanished from the Evergreen Gang Headquarters.
An Kai was quite pleased by Malken's actions. That little detail of taking out his pack showed that this aloof Tier Five [Assassin] had begun to fit in with them...
Presumably, it would not be long before Malken fully integrated into this environment through An Kai's words and example.
Then he would stop asking stupid questions.
As An Kai envisioned it, although he would oversee the Chaos City Outer City, he did not want every little matter there brought to him.
What An Kai wanted was to be a hands-off boss, collect taxes on schedule,