The Wizard sighed softly, the sound echoing through the deathly silent hollow:
"I originally thought the incident at Taymer Palace was a ruse by the Enchanting Witch, a means to conceal her true movements or divert attention."
"After all, to a great being like her—rational, dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, and blessed with a long life—what is a mere child, a mere lover? They are not like those pathetic, ignorant, short-lived mortals."
He lifted his hood slightly, his gaze falling upon Murphy from beneath the shadows:
"Until I witnessed your performance in Ximu Town firsthand."
"That 'little trouble' that was lured over… Although it was just a crude, hastily catalyzed creation with no developed intellect, its physical strength and Energy resistance had solidly reached the level of the Peak of Mortality, perhaps even slightly beyond it. An ordinary Great Knight, even one at the so-called Peak of Mortality, would have found it impossible to take down."
