"If you need it."
...
As the individual sessions of the Mage Festival concluded, next, everyone moved to the reception hall, where they discussed the recent relevant theoretical research results in between eating and drinking.
In the past, this part of the event was when most mages would exchange their magic research findings.
However, this time, not many were willing to mention their recent research results. On one hand, because they were too shocked by the previous theoretical research, too many people were discussing topics related to war mages.
On the other hand, so many people were discussing topics related to war mages that when someone tried to bring up their work, they would involuntarily be steered towards discussions on war mages.
Initially, some mages were a bit displeased.