Chapter 495: The Traitor of the High Council

"It's fine now."

Anxiwodasi sat there, his body turning into a gust of wind that zipped around the room at extreme speed, appearing before Lei En and smiling: "I'm also seeing the 'Endless Spring Breeze' element for the first time; it not only solved my body's collapse problem but also gave me an extra means of self-preservation."

"I really owe you all this time!"

Anxiwodasi was in a very good mood, thanking Lei En.

"The teacher's health is the top priority for Weizelan; resolving it is wonderful." Lei En also felt happy for the teacher, having a Holy Soul Wizard stationed in the Floating City as his backing, giving him more confidence in whatever he does.

Over these two years, the members of the Six-Person Council have actually been under tremendous pressure.

Now that this pressure is gone, it's like removing a heavy shackle; everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, and Lei En has some plans he can put on the agenda.

Anxiwodasi took out more than ten crystals: "You've dealt with these, right?"

Each crystal contains an elemental rune, like insects frozen in amber; without needing the Soul's Eye, anyone can directly observe its form.

These are the Law Seals.

The four specialized wizards of the Law Seal school—Elementalist, Arcane Wizard, Psionicist, and Dark Mage—only need to extract the element from the Law Seal, absorb it into their soul, and they can master the corresponding spell or innate ability.

Lei En observed them and found that most of these Law Seals are wind-element spells, precisely those stripped from the soul of the Spirit Wind Doe.

He also saw "Child of the Wind."

This transcendent-tier ability element allows wizards to gain supreme wind affinity, accelerate casting, boost the power and resistance of wind spells, and is the Law Seal that all wind elementalists dream of.

"Teacher, aren't you going to fuse them?"

Lei En pointed to "Child of the Wind" and "Spirit Wind Leap"; the latter's effect rivals Blink, can be used in rotation with other displacement spells, and needs no worry about casting gaps.

"No need."

Anxiwodasi shook his head: "I only specialize in the fire element domain; I set my magical path years ago, and wind element would only distract me, interfere with my casting precision—my strength would not rise but fall."

Lei En understood upon hearing that.

Elementalists of the Law Seal school can choose single-element specialization, master two elements, or even cultivate three elements simultaneously; three is already the limit. Specialization has its benefits, dual cultivation has its own, each with pros and cons, but before reaching the Holy Soul stage, the path is basically fixed.

It's like a large ship hard to turn; you must choose your direction from the start, and even below Legendary, your future road is decided.

Of the Empire's Twelve Holy Soul Wizards, six are elementalists or part-time elementalists, making up half.

These six Holy Soul elementalists: two specialize in one element—Teacher is one of them; one masters two elements; one masters three elements; one also cultivates as an Arcane Wizard; and one also cultivates as a Psionicist—namely, the Duke Hong Shi.

For Teacher, the Child of the Wind holds little attraction.

Spirit Wind Leap is also not irreplaceable; Holy Soul Wizards' displacement spells are necessarily profound, reaching the point of effortless use, no longer limited by casting gaps.

Lei En, however, eyed Spirit Wind Leap with envy; unfortunately, he cannot fuse Law Seals.

Kaidejia and Kelaoaosi, the council chairs, one is a specialized Arcane Wizard, the other a Mage; likewise, they have no use for them.

"What a pity."

Lei En put away the Law Seals; he plans to buy "Child of the Wind" and "Spirit Wind Leap" at a high price, keep them for himself, maybe some student will need them later; the rest of the Law Seals he also sold, prioritizing selling to Weizelan's wizards, splitting the proceeds with the two council chairs.

Anxiwodasi sat down again: "Let's talk about Kangjiatuo's situation."

Although Kaidejia already gave a detailed report, he still wants to hear Lei En's description; given Lei En and Amy Milisi's close relationship, he will surely know more inside information.

The most important thing is the harvest of the Weizelan wizards this time.

"Okay, Teacher."

Lei En spent over half an hour recounting the entire restoration process of Kangjiatuo; when he said he had already been ennobled as "Duke Augustus" and received a duchy fief, Teacher's expression changed slightly.

"You are now also a duke."

Anxiwodasi, while relieved, also felt a bit envious.

"How can the Duke of Kangjiatuo compare to the Duke of the Empire?" Lei En gave a humble laugh; same duke title, but actually worlds apart.

Anxiwodasi, however, didn't think so: "With such a vast fief and millions of subjects, you won't lack income. Manage it well, the Augustus Duchy will become your greatest asset." He regretted having initially given up the imperial duchy fief, causing Weizelan to fall into huge debt.

"I will, Teacher."

Lei En also deeply felt this point.

Although Ai Lun E Si is a world where supernatural power is very common, overall productivity remains backward; land is still the most important means of production, followed by population.

Teacher, as a Holy Soul Wizard, if he wants to obtain a sufficiently large territory, also needs luck.

In the world, every piece of land with resources or habitability already has an owner; behind it necessarily involves powerful forces or supernatural beings, possibly deities; one cannot simply seize land by strength alone, even Holy Soul Wizards would get a bloody nose.

Unless Teacher goes to develop unknown planes, but the risk and difficulty are higher.

Lei En took out a booklet and said: "Teacher, this is the ledger made by Council Chair Kelaoaosi; I brought it back for you to review."

Anxiwodasi's eyes lit up, he took the ledger and began flipping through it.

Just looking at the first page, his beard trembled with joy, delighted: "This harvest actually exceeds forty million gold shields!"

"Yes."

Lei En watched Teacher quickly flip through the ledger; he had already seen it, explaining: "This is only the preliminary settlement amount; after fully tallying all spoils, there should be more, possibly reaching around forty-five million gold shields."

Of these forty-five million gold shields, thirty million are the remuneration previously promised by Amy Milisi, already prepaid five million.

The remaining over ten million come from the distribution of war spoils.

The Weizelan Wizard Corps followed the draconic army, landing from southern Kangjiatuo all the way, besieging cities, capturing strongholds, fighting up to the walls of the royal capital Jinsilan, and even to the northern city of Eternal Winter.

Any battle in which wizards participated, they received a share of the spoils.

Spoils include weapons and equipment scavenged from the battlefield, ransoms paid by major families for prisoners—this is the largest part—and after breaching cities, the treasures of noble lords whose homes were looted and clans exterminated.

The draconic army almost swept across the entire Kangjiatuo; only the Mo'ersi Duchy escaped the flames of war; the wealth accumulated over years by major families was completely looted; the richest Dans family, also the most heavily exploited, alone contributed over twenty million.

After Amy Milisi paid the remuneration to Weizelan, she still had nearly ten million gold dragons left to replenish the national treasury!

She didn't even need to use the ancestral treasure of the Zhuoyongbao family.

Lei En thus fully understood that saying: "One cannon blast, ten thousand taels of gold!"

The wealth gained from Kangjiatuo's restoration war is far more than ten thousand taels of gold; of course, this is only for this time; if we fight again, there won't be much money left.

Having harvested one wave of leeks, the next wave must wait until they grow before we can act.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Anxiwodasi, while flipping through the ledger, kept saying three "good," his eyebrows dancing with joy; having obtained these over 40 million Gold Shields, Weizelan's debt immediately decreased by almost half, the remaining part will be repaid slowly, and the pressure was greatly eased.

The debt of one hundred million Gold Shields is not frightening; the most terrifying part is the interest.

It rises wildly every day.

After the debt was halved, the interest also decreased. Even without a second huge influx, just relying on Weizelan Fu Kong Cheng's own income, saving a bit, it could be cleared within a hundred years.

"Her Majesty Aimilisi promised to transfer the money to Weizelan within a week," Lei En said.

"Very good!"

Anxiwodasi put down the ledger, feeling unprecedented ease, praised, "This dragon‑born queen is very trustworthy. Lei En, you should help her more. If she encounters any difficulty and you can't handle it, you can come directly to me."

"I will convey it to Aimilisi," Lei En replied seriously.

A Holy Soul Wizard's promise is incalculable in value; if Aimilisi hears the teacher's words here, who knows what expression she would make.

When this promise spreads, Aimilisi's throne will inevitably become more secure.

Anyone who wishes to act against her must consider the consequences.

Having finished talking about war and wealth, the next matter concerns Weizelan itself. Lei En's expression grew slightly serious, "Teacher, has Speaker Kaidejia ever mentioned the incident when hunting the spirit‑wind stag?"

"He told me."

Anxiwodasi's smile also gradually faded.

Actually, in recent days he has also been pondering the origins of those two Legendary High‑rank Wizards; within the Empire, who could be opposing Weizelan?

But the information is too scarce; he cannot guess.

Weizelan Fu Kong Cheng has no enemies in the Empire, at least none openly; among the Holy Soul Wizards, relationships range from distant to close, with both competition and cooperation. The Kemiatis Supreme Council is also roughly divided into three factions, but these major factions stem more from differences in magical philosophy.

It is a dispute of ideas, not an enemy‑ally relationship.

However, the actions of those two Legendary High‑rank Wizards, and the hidden motives behind them, have already exceeded the scope of the non‑destructive factional struggles, involving the life and death of a Holy Soul Wizard!

A powerful enemy hidden in the shadows has raised Anxiwodasi's vigilance to the highest level.

He looked at Lei En; Kaidejia had said Lei En seemed to know something, and asked in a deep voice, "Do you hold the identities of those two Legendary Wizards?"

"Yes."

Lei En nodded slightly, "Teacher, do you still remember the matter you told me about last year, that there is a traitor within the Supreme Council?"

"Of course," Anxiwodasi felt a slight chill in his heart.

"I may already know who it is," Lei En's expression was complicated; what he was about to say was truly astonishing.

Anxiwodasi hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"

Lei En inhaled deeply, then slowly replied, "The first Holy Soul Wizard in human history, the founder of the Supreme Council, Augulevi Master."

(End of chapter)