Becoming a Wizard by Starting From the Mind Closure Technique

Chapter 702: Chapter 203 Alarm Bells Ringing_1

It was late.

Link returned to the laboratory in a haze.

Jasmine had long finished her experiment for the day and was waiting for Link’s return.

As soon as she saw Link appearing at the entrance of the lab, she immediately got up and walked out, saying, “Let’s go.”

She never asked what business Dean Frist called Link for.

It was too far removed from her, asking would be futile. It was better not to ask at all to avoid irritation.

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When it came to assembling a main force, Jasmine considered how she might be able to help Link.

At least in terms of Magic Stones and logistic supplies, she felt she could do better.

As for personnel whether in recruitment or training, it would be better for Link to worry about it by himself.

After all, it was Link Grande’s main team, not Jasmine Kidman’s.

Involving her too much in personnel matters wasn’t a good idea.

Each lost in thought, they walked back to the villa from the laboratory.

The journey was quiet, with an unspoken understanding between them.

A quiet night ensued.

The next day, a new week began.

This week, in addition to his studies, Link set aside some time to pay attention to the situation on the West Coast of the Wizard World, especially the relationships between the wizard organizations in the Mitchell District.

Dean Frist wouldn’t have brought him to watch a melee between sage-level wizards without reason.

However, there wasn’t much news about the Tower of the Great Sage Mitchell, Shadow City, the Flame and Metal Trading Company, the White Tower Alliance. Instead, they served him some gossip about Mesopotamia University.

With the decrease in the frequency of Ravensmouth College’s provocations and a shift in their developmental focus, the picture at Mesopotamia University, which had completely closed its doors for a whole semester, began to appear out of place.

More and more wizards and wizard organizations started to question the real reason behind Mesopotamia University’s total closure.

Perhaps to prevent further leaking of information or to divert attention, the results of the anti-corruption measures within Mesopotamia University, which lasted over a semester, were progressively exposed.

The parasitic families and the appalling accounts of corruption were shocking.

But Mesopotamia University couldn’t take drastic measures to cut off these families and wizards.

All they could do was adopt a more moderate method of dealing with them—embezzlement.

As long as they were willing to pay back half of the embezzled funds, their families would be safe.

At most, they would have to do some hard and dirty work as penance.

Link believed that not many wizards and wizard organizations would ignore their real motives for complete closure while watching this play unfold.

The harder Mesopotamia University tried to hide it, the greater the sensation they would cause when it was eventually revealed.

Link was looking forward to that day, with a mind full of anticipation.

While there was fun to be had, he certainly couldn’t forget his main task.

Through some hints and the alignment of the factions in the Sage melee, Link derived some information.

The Tower of the Great Sage Mitchell changed its style of cherishing its reputation, and got involved in the internal struggles for power and organizational strife from various aspects.

The conquest of the Saint’s inheritance wasn’t enough to satisfy them.

Internally, wherever there was a conflict, the shadows of the wizards from the Tower of the Great Sage Mitchell could be seen, overbearing and arbitrating forcefully.

Externally, they had already dispatched several sage-level legions to wage war in the Heavenly World and seize everything.

Link felt that the behavior of the Tower of the Great Sage Mitchell was quite off.

It didn’t look at all like the style of a traditional large power.

Instead, it was more like a drowning man frantically grabbing and kicking to find a sliver of hope for survival.

Shadow City seemed to have made its stand, completely siding with the Tower of the Great Sage Mitchell between Mitchell and Ravensmouth College.

They cut off the collaboration they had started with Ravensmouth College where they could, took a passive attitude to those that they couldn’t.

They also actively cooperated with various actions of the Tower of the Great Sage Mitchell, both internally and externally.

The Flame and Metal Trading Company and the White Tower Alliance, these two organizations, had been keeping a low profile recently.

They even appeared ready to shrink their power circles at any time—as a sign of self-protection.

Having understood these, Link vaguely sensed what Dean Frist wanted him to understand from the chaotic melee of the sage-level wizards.

Although Ravensmouth College had achieved some progress through its various actions, whispering to Shadow City, Flame and Metal Trading Company, and the White Tower Alliance to undertake “resistance” against the Tower of the Great Sage Mitchell.

However, as long as the Tower of the Great Sage Mitchell revealed their strength that was at least on par with their status, these organisations would shrink.

Even completely turn sides like Shadow City.

The melee of the sage-level wizards was a reminder from Dean Frist to Link.

For a wizard, aside from their own might, everything else including level, fame, and position, was an illusion.

As sage-level wizards, the three sages from the Tower of the Great Sage Mitchell could team up to stand against the eight wizards from the Raging Gold Trading Company and the White Tower Alliance. Even though they had the disadvantage, they were not in danger.

With the addition of three wizards from Shadow City, they could gradually turn the tide from being disadvantaged to a stalemate.

This was the effect of real strength!

The arrangements for newly-minted second-grade wizards to receive further education at the college and prohibiting them from returning to the Wizard World homeland within the two years were fully considered.

Link relied on his qualifications and encounters and squandered time without a care, often shuttling back and forth, which seemed somewhat trivial.