Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes-Chapter 371 - 146 The Incident Ferments

And the decision to detonate the Eternal Core was made by Anvis after careful consideration.

He had already analyzed the profits of covertly taking away the Eternal Core for himself, and found them to be far inferior to detonating the Eternal Core right on the spot.

Firstly, detonating the Eternal Core as a price, was enough to forcibly retain about eighty percent of the Ninth Ranks within the city at that time.

Having to bear the backlash of such fate, even with Brents’ numerous life-saving secret techniques, one would need to recuperate for at least twenty to thirty years; it would be absolutely impossible to intervene in the destiny of the Continent covertly in the short term.

This temporarily removed a huge obstacle on his path to changing his own destiny.

At the same time, the mysterious existence within the Floating City at that time was unlikely to fare well either.

The sacrificial explosion of the Eternal Core was the most astonishing power explosion he had felt in several lifetimes, and it even far exceeded his original expectation.

It was not just a simple explosion. The feeling the Eternal Core gave Anvis was just like a one-way valve leading to the infinite Sea of Magic Power.

And its explosion was like opening an outlet in this Sea of Magic Power; an almost endless flood of magic power surged out in an instant, like a tsunami, destroying everything around it.

Although it was only for a moment, the astonishing Magic Power also destroyed the ’outlet’ itself along with it.

But in the moment of the outbreak, following several Ninth Rank Limits as they pierced through the weak points in space, the terrifying destructive force of a supernova explosion forcibly breached the spatial separation between the Dream World and the real world, even bringing the tremendous flow of magic power into the real world.

And at that time, the vast dark existence was clearly in a slow state of revival, not yet returned to normal.

Even a Super Ninth Rank existence, as long as it hasn’t reached the true Legendary Rank, will have no chance of survival under such an endless flood of magic power that could penetrate through two worlds while it has not fully revived.

However, with the flow of energy leaking out, some crystalline dust of the Eternal Core was still scattered into the real world.

Even though he tried to take it to the Dream World to detonate in this life, it still did not change this result. The subsequent crystallization disaster is probably still unavoidable.

However, since most of the dust was scattered into the Dream World, the consequences of the disaster should be much lighter than in the previous life.

Anvis shook his head and stopped thinking about this matter.

For him at present, the most important thing is to completely break through the Seventh Rank and officially step into the level of High Rank Professionals.

Although he can exhibit the strength of a High Rank Professional, his body and Spirit Sea have not undergone the final qualitative change.

Currently, he is preparing to find a time to officially break through the Seventh Rank.

With the strength temporarily stored within the Ancient Secret Scripture, this breakthrough will be a sure thing.

However, due to his previous breakthrough method being too special, his current base attribute was already close to the High Seventh Rank. He was not certain whether some abnormal phenomena would occur in the process of this breakthrough.

At that moment, Anvis’s gaze suddenly turned to the Communication Crystal Ball on the table.

At this moment, the Crystal Ball was flashing light.

He activated the Crystal Ball, and the image of Duke Carrot flickered within.

"Father—"

Seeing the Duke, Anvis stood up and performed a ceremoniously precise salute.

"Hmm, Anvis, regarding that Meteorite Ruins from before, now there’s more internal information I can divulge to you," said the Duke with a serious expression, slightly nodding.

Internal information about the Meteorite Ruins?

A flicker of surprise crossed Anvis’s mind, but he did not show it on the surface.

"Please speak, Father."

"You must have seen the reports in the newspaper, right? About the mysterious figure who took control of the Floating City. I remember, you saw him too through your avatar at that time."

As he spoke, the Duke gestured with his hand, and a figure cloaked in a cape with a hood concealing their face immediately appeared in the Crystal Ball.

"You must be aware, this is an extremely dangerous individual! His strength is very likely around that of a seasoned Ninth Rank, and the possibility of being at the Ninth Rank Limit is not to be excluded!

During our exploration of the Floating City, he detonated the core of the city, resulting in the Empire losing three Marquises and a Duke, while the Royal Family’s Ninth Ranks likewise suffered three casualties.

The number of losses suffered by the other two major forces is likely even greater than ours." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Although other than a Royal Family Ninth Rank who had not long reached that level, the rest have ways to be resurrected in the outside world.

However, with the main body and most of the soul completely annihilated, the time required to recover their strength will be at least a century.

If Duke Alfred and I hadn’t decided to take you away first, our names might be on the list of Ninth Ranks now recovering in deep slumber."

Reaching this point in his tale, Duke Carrot couldn’t help feeling some lingering fear from the perilous situation at the time.

"It was so close! Had our teleportation been even slightly delayed, we would have definitely been caught in that core explosion!

If you encounter him in the future, call for my help immediately, without any hesitation or wishful thinking, understand?"

"Uh... yes, Father."

Listening to the Duke’s narration, Anvis couldn’t help feeling a strong sense of strangeness, but still nodded in agreement.

Well, I’ll just try not to look at myself in the mirror while dressed in that outfit then.

"Hm. Additionally, the Empire’s High-Level Prophets have already begun to make prophecies about that mysterious person. There are no results yet, though."

But according to our speculation, he likely originated from Pamir Academy and holds certain fondness for the school.

Otherwise, there’s no explaining why he specially teleported the unconscious academy students back to the gathering area and did not interfere with our action of taking the students away."

Nodding his head, Carrot began to detail his analysis of the mysterious figure’s true identity.

"Therefore, we are strictly investigating the specific whereabouts of the academy’s former students, and we believe valuable information will soon be obtained."

"Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor is taking the tragedy that occurred in the Floating City very seriously and is preparing to thoroughly investigate these Civil Resistance Organizations. For some time to come, the situation within the Empire will become somewhat chaotic, and both you and Fiona should take extra care."

With a slight bow, Anvis watched as the Crystal Ball darkened again before sinking back into the couch, pondering his next move.

But no matter what, it seems the Empire is on the verge of great change.

....

In the days following the fall of the Floating City, the mysterious Resistance Organization ’Truth Circle,’ which ambushed multiple Ninth Ranks from the three major forces, quickly became a topic of discussion among high-ranking Professionals.

Due to its name, many people were reminded of the grandeur of the Ancient Magic Empire.

Some couldn’t help speculating that a Resistance Army had obtained the legacy of the Ancient Magic Empire, allowing them to control the Floating City in secret before all other Ninth Ranks.

There were even rumors suggesting that a Ninth Rank Limit from the era of the Ancient Magic Empire had survived to the present day, and due to dissatisfaction with the Empire’s rule, had secretly established the Resistance Organization.

For a time, various rumors were rampant, causing the situation among the Empire’s civilians to also become unstable.

At the same time, Her Majesty Gloria III was greatly enraged, issuing an edict to thoroughly investigate the Civil Resistance Organizations.

She appointed Bair, the ’Crystal Gate’ and one of the Ninth Rank Limit escapees from the Floating City, as the person in charge, responsible for personally leading the eradication campaign against the Resistance Organization.