Vol 8: Prologue.
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Van Kuval Grimer III, leader of the recently promoted 6th-ranked magician's party, "Vipers," opened the large, gold-inlaid doors to the Magician's Guild hall and stepped inside.
Naturally, all eyes shifted in his direction, and the mages and even hunters in the beautifully decorated lobby turned to him, their gazes immediately filled with admiration and awe.
After all, this was one of Winged City's few Rank 6 magicians, one of the most powerful mages in the entire Sentro region.
Feeling the scrutinizing stares fall upon him, Van secretly smiled, pretending to ignore them as he briefly scanned the hall before proceeding.
After being defeated by a newbie magician a month ago—using some kind of trick, as there was no way a Rank 5 summoner like himself at the time could have been defeated in an instant by a commoner—he had dedicated all the resources of the Grimer family to his promotion to Rank 6, determined to erase the shame of that devastating defeat.
