In midair.
At the scene where the archwizards faced off.
"This feeling... it can't be wrong."
Professor Yao watched the purple-haired witch crush those rune guns in her hand. His usually impassive face creased deeply with a frown. "Fukatsu Ryoko... why is she here?"
"Fukatsu Ryoko?" The Misty Captain turned around, tilting his head at the two arch liches beside him. "That name sounds familiar. Who is she? One of ours?"
The enormous eyeball Gustav Daren had transformed into rolled downward, its gaze settling on the purple-haired witch.
After a long while, it answered in a low voice, "She is a prisoner of Black Prison. It is said that she ascended to become an arch lich in this world. She differs greatly from ordinary arch liches, yet she is not quite like great demons of other lineages either. She has considerable research value... she is one of the Withered Land's targets this time."
"Oh, then she belongs to you." The Misty Captain waved a hand carelessly.
She was merely a somewhat unusual demon. Although she was archwizard-level, to the sea demons, who did not excel in magical research, she was no more valuable than a measure of Registered Wizard brains. Thus, the Misty Captain was quite happy to offer a favor that cost him nothing.
Then he lowered his head and looked at the purple-haired witch—or rather, purple-haired demoness was more appropriate now—and stroked his chin with interest.
"A Black Prison inmate should have been on the battlefield before the outer fortress, shouldn't she? Yet she managed to break through all the way here... truly gifted. Impressive, very impressive."
While the archwizards in midair confirmed the attacker's identity.
Below.
The black cat, Zheng Qing, Jiang Yu, and the two teaching assistants gradually came back to their senses.
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