Seeing Jiajia Gu staring at him in confusion, Brando strangely touched his face, only feeling the cold helmet.

“Why are you staring at me?”

“Your tone was a bit strange just now, but it’s okay. Maybe you’re just too happy.”

“Haha, maybe.” Brando raised his hand to pat Jiajia Gu’s shoulder, but due to the height difference, he only patted the top of Jiajia Gu’s head.

Jiajia Gu actually disliked others touching his head, especially since that was a vital spot.

He thought to himself: “Today’s Brando is really abnormal, actually touching my head. If I could beat him, I would definitely give him a good beating!”

However, after Brando walked away, Jiajia Gu touched the top of his skull and suddenly didn’t find Brando’s action annoying anymore.

“Hehe, that’s right, we are friends now.” The corner of his mouth curved into a strange arc, but quickly returned to normal.

He shouldered his huge pack again and happily continued walking toward the Purity Wizard Tower.

The pupil in the center looked left and right, then squinted as if smiling.

…

The World Side of the Glare Family.

This was a small world where it never got dark.

The Glare Family members living here were either children who hadn’t yet come of age, or wizards who had lost their advancement ability and exhausted their potential.

Wizards who had lost advancement ability would teach gifted children or wizard apprentices here.

As compensation, the family would help these end-of-road clan members stabilize their spiritual bodies, preventing them from entering decline early and then suddenly mutating on some unknown day in the future.

The main task of children in this World Side was to become true wizards as quickly as possible.

To ensure family prosperity, not every child here carried Glare bloodline.

But that didn’t matter. If they really encountered exceptionally outstanding talent, high-rank Glare wizards didn’t mind changing the genius’s bloodline.

At the same time, most wizards here majored in light attribute magic.

Besides bloodline reasons, it was also because there was abundant light attribute magic here. Majoring in light attribute magic meant basically never worrying about having no knowledge to learn or no seniors to ask in the future.

In such a thriving place where magical culture flourished to an enviable degree, enormous crisis was hidden.

“The higher you fly, the harder you fall.”

In a pitch-black hall countless floors underground, an orange, dim light orb served as the only light source.

In the center of the light orb floated what appeared to be a two or three-year-old infant.

He wore the simplest white robe, arms hugging his knees in a curled position.

His eyes were naturally closed, his face peaceful, as if fallen into the most tranquil slumber.

Below the light orb knelt an elderly man with white hair.

The elder also wore simple white robes, eyes slightly narrowed, motionless.

Suddenly, a ball of firelight appeared in the dim corner of the hall.

The white-robed elder glanced over and raised his hand, drawing the firelight from the corner into his palm.

Looking closely, it wasn’t a fireball but a light shadow shaped like flames.

This was also a secret communication method within the Glare Family that could ensure communication secrecy and accuracy. Even the Stargate Council where the Glare Family belonged didn’t know about this method.

Therefore, only a few high-rank core wizards in the family mastered this technique.

After reading the light orb, the white-robed elder looked up at the infant floating in mid-air and said: “Gorsa killed Clark.”

The infant still kept his eyes closed but the corners of his mouth slightly turned up.

“So I said we don’t need to make any moves.”

The infant’s body emitted an extremely aged voice, like an old man on his deathbed.

Just from the voice, he sounded even older than the elder kneeling on the ground.

“The fourth rank lost by the Glare Family must be filled by the Glare Family itself.”

This infant actually said the same words as Gorsa.

However, the elder on the ground showed a sad expression, “Lord Norton, you… you really…”

“Parker, as wizards, we must respect facts.”

“Yes.” The white-robed elder lowered his head, but sadness remained in his eyes.

“But is Gorsa really the right choice? You know his ideals are different from yours and all previous family generations. He… might lead the Glare Family to destruction.”

The fourth-rank wizard in infant form, the Glare Family patriarch Norton, was silent for a moment.

“The end of my and our ancestors’ path is also destruction. Perhaps Gorsa’s choice will open a new path. Moreover, Parker, without my restraint, none of you can stop him.”

Parker bent down, pressing his head directly against the rough ground.

Although he was already an enviably powerful third-rank wizard outside, the family’s future gave him a constant sense of powerlessness.

“Alright, don’t waste time on meaningless matters. Parker, go notify Corey and have her go to the Borderland to prepare for third-rank advancement.”

The Glare Family head didn’t want to discuss matters that already had conclusions with Parker, instead bringing up new arrangements for the Borderland.

However, hearing Norton’s instructions, Parker straightened up, his eyes showing some helplessness and tension.

“My lord, Gorsa has also recommended a candidate for third-rank advancement.”

“…” Norton was silent for a moment, seeming unaccustomed to someone proposing different suggestions before him, “Who?”

“A student he took on Stat Continent, named Saul.”

Although Norton cared about Gorsa, he didn’t care about things Gorsa cared about.

So this was his first time hearing Saul’s name.

“Saul?”

Parker said carefully: “That young wizard is not yet twenty years old but is already a second-rank wizard. His talent is quite amazing. It’s just that he entered second rank less than a year ago. I don’t think highly of Gorsa’s choice. That might waste one opportunity to use the door-opening materials.”

Norton chuckled lightly, “Don’t you understand his personality yet? If we directly deny his proposal, he’ll kill the person we propose.”

Parker frowned, “But that would be someone you appointed. No matter how crazy he is…”

However, Parker soon remembered that Gorsa had already directly killed the next fourth-rank wizard designated by the Stargate Council Chairman. Killing a second-rank wizard probably wouldn’t be difficult either.

Even if it meant defying the family head’s orders.

If he really cared about the family head’s orders, he wouldn’t have been essentially exiled for conducting dark attribute magic experiments at second rank.

But no one expected that even though exile caused his third-rank advancement to be delayed by decades, this man still completed advancement through his own efforts.

And he was quite a powerful existence among senior third-rank wizards!

“Tell Gorsa that Saul can participate in the selection trial. Also tell him that besides Corey, Alick will definitely send candidates too. Let him consider his little apprentice’s life and death himself.”

(End of Chapter)