Yeah, I'm really looking forward to the translation of that Sinbad story. It sounds real awesome. In the meantime, I checked out the 172 translation myself:
Spoiler for Magi 172:
Heh, Aladdin pretty much voiced all of the people who also considered lolimagi a power-hungry tyrant!
Other than that, it seems that he still hasn't quite reached his full power yet (but when he does.....
oh, boy). Also cool to see the mage army is still able to stand its own against the fanalis corps (so apparently it's only made of 22 people? Whoa....). But now I'm wondering how long it'll be before Kou makes their presence known? They were even mentioned this very chapter.....