Constructing-Style Wizard

Chapter 421: 145. Rational Revenge

“Samuelson must have taken refuge in Black City by now, right? Do you really think he’s the only wizard criminal hiding there?” Morster asked.

“What do you mean?” Noland Lee sensed something unexpected.

As he pondered, Morster spoke:

“I’m not clear on all the details, but from what I know, there are plenty of potential partners for Military Intelligence Department Five within Black City. Some are illegal alchemists who have been residing there for a long time. Others are wizard criminals studying aberrations. And then there are the nominally missing wandering wizards.”

“Nominally missing wandering wizards?” Curiously, Noland Lee thought of Hickman Arlington.

“Yes, nominally missing,” Morster explained:

“You see, Jarvis, under normal circumstances, wandering wizards, unless granted permission by Elemental Judgment, are not allowed to privately investigate the secrets of aberrations or study aberration magic. To bypass the restrictions set by Elemental Judgement, they might fake their disappearance and fall off Elemental Judgement’s radar.

“For example, a wandering wizard is besieged by a Black City Alchemist and taken prisoner into Black City. The prisoner is forced to wear an ‘Imprisonment Collar’ to sever ties with the main lecturer. After this operation, the wandering wizard is, in name, missing and can freely do as they please within Black City. These intentionally missing wandering wizards often carry secret missions from their main lecturers, the kind of missions which would be problematic if discovered by the First-Level Magic Research Institute.”

“So?” Noland Lee asked:

are many such wandering

as simple as that.” Morster

The reason is simple. There is a powerful illegal force that has involved itself in Black City’s affairs and has set stringent rules. I don’t know much about this Illegal force, but I am sure this force and the main lecturers behind these wandering wizards have reached a secret agreement, one not disclosed to the public. The illegal force allows nominally missing wandering wizards to operate within Black City while their supporting lecturers help cover their tracks.

Lee pondered before

Did you discuss it

80%. I am 100% sure that there is more than one wizard criminal in

I only learned about the situation in Black City from some slight rumours among the personnel of Military

was lost in

you relay your message to Elemental Judgement. If they agree to meet with you, your lecturer will let

you, Jarvis. I will collect detailed intelligence related to Black City as soon as

really sorry for the harm the empire

of his hand before Morster could

from it. I may plan a trip to Tatis in the future, but not to retaliate against the nation, just to settle some personal scores. The suspicious accident

for a moment, Morster