The Villain Family Opposes Independence (13 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 271

Candlelight shadows flickered across their faces seated around the round table.

Adenmir, commander-in-chief and leader of the army, stared fixedly at the map laid out on the table.

It was a disheartening record of Wilentia’s forces, endlessly oscillating between advances and retreats.

Wilentia, helplessly pushed back, had barely managed to sever Astrum’s momentum.

“There really is no law saying one must die.”

Had the timely and aptly deployed magical unit not arrived, the situation would have been perilous.

The three regional mage towers, previously each fending for themselves, had finally united to form this magical unit—chiefly due to the influence of Western Tower Lord Isis.

The justification was simple.

If there is no world, there is no mage tower—and without that, one could not even dream of their beloved arcane research.

Feeling this crisis acutely, the mages had no choice but to join Isis’s proposal to safeguard their comfortable research lives.

Yet Western Tower Lord Isis was not the sort to be so proactive—clearly, a powerful figure behind the scenes was pulling his strings.

‘To rally those stubborn, pigheaded mages onto the battlefield willingly—without threats or lavish bribes—is truly impressive.’

This too was Elodie’s doing.

Again, Elodie.

No matter what he thought about, his thoughts always circled back to Elodie Severes.

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