Chapter 85: The Willow Eradication 1

"Humph!" Cyrus snorted and settled back into his seat. He needed to devise a plan to prevent the worst-case scenario: his faction being condemned by the people of the Curtained World.

Abandoning Lucien was not an option either. Such a move would portray him as an incompetent leader who couldn't protect his faction, undermining his authority.

An idea, albeit shameless, entered his mind. If executed carefully, it has the potential to enhance his faction's influence in the mundane world without exposing the existence of the Curtained World.

"As one of the judges, what Lucien did doesn't equate to exposing the Curtained World to the masses," Cyrus stated authoritatively. "While his decision to drop the bomb in a city was far from graceful, it was a necessary action for mages to defend themselves and eliminate any obstacles to true magical understanding."