There wasn’t any delay as the professor immediately replied.

    "Yes. How do you know?"

    "I’ll tell you about it later, can I get more information about it?"

    "Sure."

    Melissa had trust in Eryndor based on his past actions, so she wasn’t hesitant in doing so again.

    She told him about her brother’s mission, and its outcome.

    She also added that this was the primary reason she didn’t want him to come under the Heretics’ radar. It was because she had experienced this first hand.

    Sander was a famous man with a powerful combat prowess, they could only suppress him through other means.

    But Eryndor? He was just a new student with no background and connections. He would’ve been dealt with by far stricter methods.

    Eryndor expressed his gratitude to professor Melissa for sharing the information and put aside his phone.

    He read through all of it, and a few important tidbits stood out, which rapidly began connecting the dots in his mind.

    First, Sander had stolen the Mystical Artifact from the hands of Heretics and the Mage Outer Domain.

    It was said that the Mage Outer Domain had invested a significant amount of resources to acquire the Mystical Artifact, only to lose it afterward, making the loss almost crippling to them.

    So why are they attacking the Ravencrofts when they are in such a bad situation themselves?

    Eryndor could only think of one reason.

    Polinek, a city rich in resources, would significantly boost their recovery.

    And, the Mage Outer Domain was a hundred percent sure that they would win the battle to capture it.

    Second, he thought of the Amplifier Doll as soon as he read the information about the special wall because of how well their abilities matched. Or you could say, how well the Amplifier Doll countered it.

    The wall needed to be damaged at multiple locations at the same time for its quickest demolition.

    And what was the Amplifier Doll the best at? Amplifying parameters.

    One could simply launch slow but powerful attacks at the Amplifier Doll one after another while having an ’intent’ to target those certain specific points on the walls.

    The Mage Outer Domain are inherently stronger than the Ravencrofts, they can handle the main battlefield just fine even if their ambush failed.

    It is also why Caulin, the Cyborg genius, offered to help and the Ravencrofts agreed.

    No one offered help to strong people, and the strong ones didn’t accept help because then the spoils of battle would have to be distributed.

    Eryndor’s thoughts fired off more and more rapidly.

    The only reason a delay would take place because of a deviation in the plan of ambush would be if the ambush was more important than the main battle.

    And why would ambush be more important than the main battle?

    There was no way there would be an extra army or an unexpected amount of troops on the site of the ambush.

    After being taunted by Syndra, he had begun checking on the news.

    The Human Federation was keeping an eye on all the Eight Outer Domains, all the conscious intelligent Anomalies, and unexpectedly, they were also keeping an eye on their own forces and allies to look out for betrayal.

    If there wasn’t an extra army at the ambush then why was it more important than the main battle to the Mage Outer Domain?

    Eryndor’s eyes narrowed.

    "Calix." He whispered.

    Things seemed to be revolving around that man. There was literally no other possibility.

    This would also explain Liliana’s targeting of the couples, since that was also indirectly going against Calix.

    He suddenly shook his head.

    No no no no, everything about this will only be true if the unexpectedness in Mage Outer Domain’s management was because of their deviation in the planning of their ambush.

    With his hands almost shaking, Eryndor messaged Syndra.

    "Did you happen to get any information on why the Mage Outer Domain’s attack was delayed?"

    There was a short display of ’typing...’ before the reply arrived.

    "It was some Mystical Artifact. We couldn’t get any more information."

    Holy fucking goddamn!!!