"I never wanted to resort to force…" Heinze was actually feeling regretful. "I don't mean that I can't bear it, but it's because those last remaining guards certainly had Derivatives with them."
The Sorcerer Congress had been established for the purpose of controlling Derivatives under Newtlud's initiative.
After so many years, even if they only encountered one serious incident every few years, they must have accumulated quite a number of Derivatives by now.
Removing the Derivatives that were superfluous or lacked combat peculiarities, there still had to be a few useful ones! This was the final trump card of the entire Sorcerer Congress.
Heinze had been investigating these Derivatives all this time, but he had not managed to find out anything. He even aroused suspicion.
At this moment, on both sides of the huge golden door, a few sorcerers collapsed.
Two senior sorcerers remained. One looked solemn and was wearing a pair of sunglasses!