Chapter 2959
There were no visits in this world without reason.
Especially when the visitors were several of the great figures standing at the pinnacle of the Wizarding World.
Sir naturally understood this.
He even knew perfectly well why they had come.
So, when Zheng Qing and Old Panda began gnawing on bamboo shoots, the old man raised his head and swept his gaze over Abraham, the Demon Ancestor, and R'lyeh one by one, a hint of inquiry in his eyes. "—Other than 'order,' what else do you want to know?"
It was best to make everything clear now, so they would not come to the school again later.
Everyone understood the implication behind his words.
The white-robed wizard looked grave, the Demon Ancestor's expression was unreadable, while R'lyeh remained impassive, merely silently studying the young wizard gnawing on a bamboo shoot and Old Panda.
"We can all sense that there are still only seven Ancient Ones in this world."
A pleasant voice descended from above, ringing clearly through the small clearing. "—But there are eight standing here at this moment. Therefore, one among us is not an Ancient One."
"Nikolas means that the rest of us are," the Demon Ancestor kindly added.
Sir merely raised an eyebrow.
"I am no longer an Ancient One... I thought you had known that long ago." A perfectly measured look of surprise appeared on his face, as though he had no idea why they were asking such a strange question.
This answer immediately silenced the other Ancient Ones.
Yet no one dared question it.
After a moment of silence, Abraham asked another question that everyone cared about on behalf of the other Ancient Ones. "—So, how did you transcend?"
"We can discuss that later."
Sir waved a hand and glanced upward. "Hmm, you