Black Mage Ali did not hide the fact that he was the player that entered the Hall of Kings with Minhyuk. He was as proud of what he achieved, just like anyone else, and the people were also proud of him. 

Ali was known as the number one mage in the integrated rankings, but plenty of people believed that he was a class beyond that, especially with his use of higher-tiered magic. Some people even started calling him Great Sage Ali, but of course, most of them still refer to him as Black Mage.

However, Black Mage Ali was the only one that knew that Minhyuk had given him the opportunity to enter the Hall of Kings. He had promised Minhyuk before that if he ever needed his help, he would drop everything else and run to him. Just recently, Minhyuk sent him a whisper asking him to help Legend Guild. His meaning was simple. It was because he would take some time before he could arrive to aid them, so Minhyuk had asked him for his help.

‘I’ll protect them. So you don’t have to worry, Minhyuk.’ 

Ali was now drawing an ‘X’ on everyone’s wrists. To his surprise, the members of Black Dragon and the Boys were all enchanted by it.

“What a brilliant token.” 

“Friendship. What a wonderful thing to say. Boy, are...