"Of course we had deduced what would happen after the sun rose."
An old wizard with a very long beard stood behind the two vice principals. He wore a white robe covered in badges of every color, glittering brilliantly in the sunlight.
The young Registered Wizards of First University might have found this old wizard unfamiliar, but if the hunters recalled from the New World had been present, they would certainly have recognized this old man known as the "brain of Immortal Qin"—though the brain of the Immortal Qin Hunting Team now served as deputy leader of the Black Prison Divination Group, overseeing and coordinating all divination-related matters.
At that moment, the old wizard spread his hands with a helpless expression.
"You both know that the Phoenix Plan was reviewed and approved by the Professor Joint Conference... it's just that a tiny variable was 'added' during its execution."
This so-called "added" meant that the variable had fallen outside the wizards' predictions.
After all, no one could have imagined that the demons would capture an actual sun and hand it over to Scez, the so-called Bird of Calamity. It was like the Wizard Alliance entrusting a sealed Forbidden Curse to the Under the Moon Council. One careless mistake, and there would be backlash. A wise person would never do such a thing.
Still, considering that many demons had already had their brains dried out by demonic aura, it was not all that strange for them to make such an apparently irrational choice.
"The school has no intention of holding anyone accountable, Master Li."
Vice Principal Shi Hui stood atop the city wall with her arms folded, looking down at the blood-red battlefield that had spread to the foot of the inner fortress walls. The cloak behind her snapped in the cold