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Acquiring the estate from the auction held by Lord Ilmet made it a different situation entirely, as the Lord of Battle Valley was at least nominally obligated to support him.
Even without considering that, just for the Mist Barriers set up by Lord Ilmet's men around those estates, the auction money was well spent.
Even the simplest Mist Barrier was a seventh-circle ritual spell, and even with a known mage, it wouldn't cost less than thirty thousand to cast, not to mention not all mages of the requisite level would know how to create one.
At least Lord Virginia did not know how to cast that spell.
But plans always fall behind changes.
Gaven had not expected that the Ghost Manor he was eyeing would collide with the Holy Warriors of the Hammer of Justice.
However, this was also good, as it enabled them to test the waters for him.
As for whether they could solve the Weizemay Manor's problem, Gaven was not particularly worried.
