The Black Crystal Tower was always eerily silent, without even a whisper of the wind. Inside the dark tower, magical tomes and various historical documents lay in quiet slumber. It was like a graveyard for books; apart from the mages, no one could enter the tower, much less care about the fate of these papers, and in Ratris City, mages were now a rare breed.
The news of the second family's priest being killed spread swiftly; the battle that took place at the Spider Temple quickly reached the ears of every Dark Elf. Initially, it was thought that the first family had been conserving their strength, hiding in their castle to regain vitality, and wouldn't take any action. No one expected their advisor mage to have "easily" taken care of a high-ranking priest.
