The middle-aged Wizard, who had watched with a smile as Dunn used his methods ever since taking form, finally spoke only after Dunn had retreated far away.
"Blood, souls, shadows. Hmm, quite a complex assortment of methods. They probably aren't all Career Abilities of yours!"
Dunn merely watched him gravely without responding to the middle-aged Wizard's question, which sounded questioning but was actually certain.
Seeing Dunn poised to face a formidable enemy, the middle-aged Wizard chuckled. "No need to be so tense. You won this battle. As I am now, I barely have any ability to fight."
Dunn's expression shifted at the middle-aged Wizard's words, but he did not fully believe them.
Seeing that Dunn remained on guard, the middle-aged Wizard smiled and nodded. "Good. Alice chose this follower very well! Vigilance is extremely important for a Classholder."
Alice's follower? Dunn did not speak up about the middle-aged Wizard's misunderstanding. Still, something seemed a little off about the way this middle-aged Wizard spoke.
Seeing the slight confusion on Dunn's face, the middle-aged Wizard continued, "It seems Alice didn't explain my identity to you! That girl. My name is Eddinger."
Eddinger? Dunn froze. The name sounded rather familiar! Then he suddenly realized-wasn't that the master of the Wizard Tower, Alice's teacher?
"Impossible!" Dunn could not help blurting out.
Wasn't this middle-aged Wizard supposed to belong to a force hostile to the Wizard Tower? How could he be called Eddinger? Did they happen to share the same name?
No! Dunn suddenly realized that this supposed hostile force was merely his own preconceived assumption.
If this middle-aged Wizard really was Your Eminence Eddinger, then Dunn's earlier deductions were completely off the mark.
But was this middle-aged Wizard truly Your Eminence Eddinger? If so, how had he ended up like this?
After all, he