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"If today's operation is really that important, why did the Rat Immortal only send one of his avatars here?" Upon hearing the Wandering Wizard's words, Duke Milton sneered repeatedly and glanced at the sharp-faced Rat Wizard beside him, adding, "And it's not even the strongest one among his dozen or so avatars."
"Because the Rat Immortal has more important things to attend to," the Wandering Wizard replied simply.
"Do you think I wanted to come?" complained the Rat Immortal—or rather one of his avatars—spreading his paws and pouting, with a comical twitch of his whiskers at the corners of his mouth: "Rather than fleeing for our lives through the Silent Forest with you all, avoiding the pursual of the Protection Array from the school, I'd rather stay in the library of the Underground City, helping to dust the books."
