Chapter 4008

“It seems I fare no better than your friend Jirni.” This time, however, Salaark’s desk was buried under old documents and reports she was compiling in light of the new evidence Lith had brought back from the Yellow Wind tribe.

“Is something wrong, Grandma?” Lith noticed her frown and knew it couldn’t mean anything good.

“Yes. But before that, I want to thank you for recovering the stolen resources and for sharing the cloaking and light-distorting arrays with me. I’m not short on magic crystals or metals, but no one enjoys being robbed.

“As for the magical formations, they’re an exceptional discovery. They’ll greatly improve the security of my domain. I just need to study them further so I can develop an artifact capable of preventing criminal outlaw tribes from evading my children’s patrols.

“Beyond that, their magical legacy amounts to very little.”

The Yellow Wind tribe’s library contained only foundational knowledge of all magical specializations and a handful of powerful tier-four and tier-five spells for each discipline.

It was a treasure trove for a single tribe, but insignificant compared to what the Overlord entrusted to each of her Feathers. Salaark spared no effort in ensuring her envoys had everything they needed to protect their people and cultivate future generations of mages.