Volume of Silence (Part 1)

Normal people would have an easier time becoming casters than they would have becoming mages. For Saleen however, he had both the Blood Soul Tower and the dead body of the divine baby. Both items boasted abilities to enhance a human's mental powers. The speed and height of the enhancements were also such that they would be able to make any common man into a caster.

Ceylon City was being expanded at a frightening rate. Earl Gugger did not go on to develop many ideas. The people and demons that Saleen brought with him had taken over management of the city, and he had a new earl's residence to himself, as well as more servants. The captains and vice captains of his personal guard were still his own men. Saleen had also assigned him with two grand mages. They were, of course, not there to serve him, but simply to protect him.