Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes-Chapter 321 - 96: Golden Scepter

The scepter was haphazardly placed among many other Intermediate Zone artifacts and didn’t seem very conspicuous.

Most of the students around were looking for targets in the Low Rank zones, and the few senior students checking the Mysterious Items in the Intermediate Zone hadn’t noticed it either.

In fact, this was the normal situation.

Usually, most artifacts’ uses can be confirmed with a mere sweep of spiritual power by High Rank Professionals.

But there are always some items that cannot be identified, which require detailed examination by scholars of the Mysterious System to definitively determine their functions.

These Mysterious Items unearthed from ancient ruins vary greatly in their decryption difficulty, depending on their types.

Those from below Fourth Rank, emitting Low Rank magic fluctuations, have a lower decryption difficulty than things with no magic fluctuations.

And more common items, such as bottles, beads, and mirrors, are easier to decipher than those bizarre and peculiar items whose purposes are unclear.

Generally, the easiest to decrypt are those that emit Low Rank magic fluctuations and have an obvious magic conduction structure.

The most difficult are those strange Mysterious Objects. They do not have any magic circuits, yet they can trigger all sorts of mystical effects.

Having identified his target, Anvis casually picked up the Dark Gold Scepter and inspected it carefully.

When he picked up the scepter, it was heavier than he had imagined.

On closer inspection, the true color of the scepter’s material was a deep black. The dark gold appearance from afar came from countless extremely fine and intricate golden secret patterns on its surface.

Anvis tried to inject a trace of magic power, and the golden secret patterns on the surface of the scepter lit up slightly.

However, that was all; they merely lit up slightly and there was no further change, even as he continued to increase the magic power input.

Based on its classification in the Mid Rank item area, it should at most emit a magic aura equivalent to that of above Fourth Rank but below Seventh Rank.

Without continuing to test it, Anvis held the scepter with one hand, glanced casually at the other various items, and then turned his gaze towards Claire.

At that moment, the Half-Elf girl was also wandering in the Intermediate Zone, picking through a pile of strange things.

Eventually, she chose a greyish-white incomplete stone slab. On it were unique spiral-shaped characters with very smooth lines and no sharp angles; Anvis had no recollection of them.

"Anvis, have you made your choice as well?"

Noticing the young man’s gaze, Claire looked towards Anvis, holding a stone slab slightly larger than her own body.

Back with the artifacts, she returned to her usual self.

"Yes, I’ve chosen this one."

Anvis smiled and showed the girl the scepter.

Claire glanced at the scepter in the boy’s hands, but since she couldn’t discern anything special about it, she didn’t ask further.

After registering their chosen items with the ’doorman’ old Mage at the Mysterious Great Library, the two said goodbye to each other.

On his way back, Anvis unexpectedly ran into Harvey.

"Hey, Anvis, you’re still so disciplined! As a gentleman, making those ladies who can’t get your love spend their nights alone in sorrow and emptiness, isn’t that a bit insufficient?"

This guy, holding a petite blue-haired girl’s hand, came over with an expression and tone that were impeccable, yet somehow they just felt annoyingly punchable.

"Heh, Harvey, how does it feel to be voted as Pamir’s new Cassanova by ’Moon Shadow’ magazine?"

He sneered deliberately and took the opportunity to glance at his new female companion.

With blue hair and azure eyes, her cheeks slightly chubby with baby fat, she seemed somewhat shy under Anvis’s scrutiny, apparently a naive freshman just entering school this year.

Every time I run into this guy, the girl by his side is always different.

Of course, in his own words, he’s not fickle, just...

"As a bright and fervent flame, there are always some pitiful little moths that unwittingly flutter towards me. The word playboy doesn’t suit me; I simply cannot bear to extinguish their light—"

With a tone like that of a stage play, Harvey suddenly hugged the girl beside him, whispering a breath in her ear amidst her little gasp of surprise.

The girl’s body shivered as if electrified, her cheeks red as if they were about to drip, leaning weakly into Harvey’s embrace, dazed and enchanted.

"...If you’re just here to waste my time, while you still can speak, tell me, do you want to become a frog or a lizard?"

The silver-gray Magic Cube emerged in his palm, Anvis’s deep blue eyes narrowing dangerously as he opened his pocket watch to check the time.

"Sorry, Anvis, I actually came to see you for another matter."

Harvey immediately dropped his frivolous demeanor and took on a serious expression.

"You must already know, this year’s school competition is located within the Meteorite Ruins, right?

What I’m saying is, let’s team up! With that, we can definitely secure a good ranking in the competition!"

While grandly gesturing with his hands, Harvey secretly extended his spiritual power, conveying the true message into Anvis’s Spirit Sea.

’Initially, this year’s competition was planned to be in the ruins of the Kovanka Basin, but the school authorities changed it to the Meteorite Ruins at the last minute, with unclear purposes.’

’The decision was made by one of the Vice Deans of Pamir, Hughes Duman of Light of Illusion.’

’There have been suspicions that he is connected to a certain unnamed special force within the Federation, but there is no evidence to support this.’

The transfer of mental information took only a moment, and then, Harvey lowered his hands, looking hopefully for a reply from Anvis.

"Unfortunately, Harvey, if you want to cooperate, you’ve found the wrong person. I’m not really going to participate in the competition."

He nodded to him inconspicuously, Anvis waved his hand, showing no interest in collaborating.

"Alright, if you’re not interested, then pretend I never mentioned it."

Harvey shrugged his shoulders, walking away with his companion, self-absorbed.

Anvis watched him leave, contemplating the information provided, while he returned to his own residence.

Clearly, Lord Harvey has his own special channels of intelligence.

For the time being, setting aside this matter, Anvis entered the lab with the scepter in hand, ready to charge it with energy.

Yes, the scepter needed charging to unleash its true capabilities.

It was not an independent weapon or a magical item, but a special activation Secret Key, meant to start and control the super-ancient forbidden weapon, the Themis Statue.

That was also a relic from the High Elves’ Golden Age, originally intended to guard the Floating City as the ultimate magical combat unit.

When fully powered, it could exert force rivaling that of the Ninth Rank Limit. The Annihilation Rule Weapon it was equipped with was something even those at Ninth Rank Limit would be extremely wary of, not daring to face it head-on.

Specifically, it resembled an ultimate enhanced version of Alchemy Demon Statues or Magic-guided Mechanicals.

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