Chapter 1126
A trace of regret flashed in his eyes. Even the fire rune he understood most deeply had failed to transform into a rule rune; up to now, he could only fuse nine runes into one, but it would take at least ten basic runes to merge into a single rule rune...
Unfortunately, once that insight was interrupted, it would have to be pieced together all over again...
Standing up, Leon's expression grew unpleasant. Naturally, he wouldn't blame his subordinates—if it weren't for something truly urgent, they would never disturb him.
"What's going on? What happened?"
The legion mage wore a grim face. Normally, having visitors would be a good thing, but this one's attitude was anything but friendly—clearly here to stir up trouble.
"Lord Dida La from the Burning Tower sent someone looking for you, sir. Not sure what it's about, but they want you to meet him. Thing is, the guy they sent was incredibly arrogant—practically dripping with contempt..."
Leon frowned, already having a good idea what this was about.
The Burning Tower's latest research had failed, and they'd thoroughly embarrassed themselves in front of everyone. Now, they were forced to take Leon's work seriously. After all, the Burning Tower had utterly failed, while Leon—regardless of the actual facts—could at least point to Morgan as a successful case.
It was possible the Burning Tower had already caught wind of Raphael's breakthrough to Sky Rank. If so, their visit was almost certainly about the Beast God's Blood...