Benjamin’s heart was not moved by the old man’s threats. Instead, he suddenly looked to the mages behind the old man.
Come to think of it, since they had resorted to burning the books, this showed how the Declaration of the Freedom of Magic had caused a certain reverberation in Desert City. The monopoly of the ‘Desert Shadow’ was being threatened; that was why the old man had burnt the books in such a hurry.
So… Had these other members of the ‘Desert Shadow’ been affected?
"Hey, incantations or laws of meditation, the Declaration of the Freedom of Magic has them all. Why did you still take orders from this old man and burn the books?" Benjamin shouted at the mages behind the old man.
That was right. Not only was he going to knock the props out from under the old man, he was going to do it in front of him.
However, the retort that came from the opposition mages was not as satisfactory as he had expected.