Chapter 267: Chapter 42 The Mutation of the Crystal Egg

Having completed the task, the two returned to the Gloria Empire.

Duke Carrot did not return with them but decided to wait another day before leaving if there were still no gains.

As a gentleman of impeccable manners, Anvis personally escorted Alisa back to Pamir Knight College and exchanged Identity Seals with the young knight for future communication.

At the same time, upon his return to the college, Anvis’s Identity Card was suddenly flooded with several unread messages.

Previously, due to the long distance, these messages had failed to reach Anvis, but once he returned to the college, all the information crammed in.

These were messages from Claire and other classmates, who were concerned about him since he had suddenly missed his mysterious classes in recent days.

However, while looking through these messages, Anvis suddenly noticed something unusual.

Among all the unread messages, there was an unusual feedback from Silver!

The teal Crystal Egg he had left in the underground Magic Laboratory had recently shown special fluctuations, suggesting it might be about to hatch!

After saying goodbye to Alisa, Anvis quickly returned to his residence. He too was curious about what kind of being would hatch from this egg that had come from the distant starry sky.

“Access granted, welcome, respected Manager Anvis.”

Silver’s lively and adorable voice rang out.

Recently, Anvis updated her voice pack, currently using preset one, which is Fiona’s voice.

After greeting Silver, Anvis confirmed the access with his own spiritual fluctuations and opened the specialized section for hatching the Crystal Egg in the depths of the Magic Laboratory.

A semi-transparent Magic Barrier enveloped the center of the laboratory, and the Array on the ground was continuously channeling pure Wind Attribute Magic into the central Vortex Crystal.

At that moment, the crystal was pulsing rhythmically, brightening and dimming like breathing, emitting a beautiful teal luminescence.

The Barrier was specifically set by Anvis as a precaution; since he was uncertain about what form the emerging creature would take, he used a High Rank Magic Barrier to encase the egg, preventing the hatched creature from accidentally escaping.

After all, with everything unknown, it was better to play it safe.

“Silver, pull up the hatching records and display a comparison between the current state of the egg and its initial state.”

“Command accepted—”

A translucent magical screen unfolded in front of Anvis, displaying the changes in various values during the Crystal Egg’s hatching process, along with comparative data charts.

From the comparison, it was evident that the fluctuation frequency inside the crystal had changed from faint to distinct and clear.

Moreover, the central Vortex structure had notably expanded from its initial golf ball size to the size of a fist.

The fluctuation lines had a distinct peak in the center, with significant frequency changes before and after, which was when Silver triggered the alarm.

According to the magical shadow records, at the moment of fluctuation change, the Crystal Egg suddenly began to flicker, and the Vortex structure within expanded to its current size in less than half a minute.

However, while Anvis was observing, the Crystal Egg was still absorbing Magic Power at an unhurried pace, without any significant changes.

According to Silver’s records, up until now, it had absorbed enough Magic Power to release more than a dozen Eighth Rank Superposition Magics.

If that energy were used to refine Secret Plutonium Cores, it would be sufficient to produce seven and a half.

After some thought, Anvis instructed Silver to continue monitoring the egg’s status, then he left again, waiting for the formal hatching of the Crystal Egg.

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Federation, Silver Wind City.

Three days after the arrest incident, which was a day after Anvis returned to the Empire, Duke Carrot and the Alfred Family’s Ninth Rank finally gave up waiting and truly returned to the Empire.

As Ninth Rank, they all had their own matters to attend to and could not possibly wait here indefinitely.

However, less than half a day after the two had completely left, a cloaked figure, blurry and seemingly detached from the world, appeared in the ruins without a sound.

At this time, the area near the ruins had been temporarily placed under martial law by the order of the City Lord of Silver Wind City, forbidding idle people from entering and closely guarded by the City Guard Army to prevent accidents.

But none of the City Guard Army soldiers nearby noticed the arrival of the cloaked figure, as if nothing existed at that spot in their field of vision.

After briefly surveying the surroundings of the ruins, the figure fell silent for a moment, then entered the basement through a large tear, eyes slightly closed, as though searching for something.

“Strange… The concealment effect here was intact before? Where could the problem have sprung from?”

A moment later, the figure’s brow furrowed slightly, revealing a hint of confusion.

Could it be that the Empire’s Prophet got lucky? Did they just happen to guess correctly using some luck-based special Prophecy Magic, or did they utilize some consumable Prophetic Mysterious Object?

After examining the surroundings, he removed a piece of brick from the wall of the basement. A wisp of faint grey mist emanated from his palm, enveloping the brick.

He intended to use Prophecy Magic to trace back the Prophet who had cracked his proud spell and see who exactly had the gall.

Every action leaves a trace, and so it is with Prophecy Magic.

Whoever it was that had broken through his disguised mist would inevitably leave traces of the spell in the fabric of destiny!

With the exception of that one from the Sky City above, he feared no other Prophet. Even if it were that very person who personally intervened, he was confident he could sever the connection and escape under disguise in time.

But a moment later, the figure’s brow furrowed once more.

In his special Destiny Vision, there were no traces of magic left behind, a complete void, as if nobody had ever cracked his spell.

Yet the ruins before him clearly told him his spell had not taken effect.

It was likely that the other party had used an extremely clever method to erase the traces of the Prophecy Magic.

Not only was this to avoid being traced, but it was also a warning and a show of force to him!

Having found nothing else of value, the figure casually pocketed the brick, planning to dispose of it later, and then his form instantly vanished.

When he appeared again, he was in a secret underground base.

The surroundings were composed of ancient lead-gray black shale walls, carved with rough patterns that seemed to depict exotic humanoid creatures hunting behemoths.

This place was originally a genuine ancient ruin, which had been simply modified, and now serves as one of their underground bases.

After returning here, the shadowy Prophet did not linger, instead heading directly for the central hall of the ruins.

In the middle of the hall stood a long black shale table, beside which were high-backed chairs made of the same material. Oddly enough, each chair had a corresponding crystal ball placed on it.

Approaching the table, he pressed his hand upon the crystal ball at the first seat on the left.

The crystal ball emitted a gray-white light, which in turn caused the crystal balls at the other seats to also start glowing.

Suddenly, more than ten magic projections, cloaked in black robes bearing the insignia of the Eye within the Door, with faces obscured in blackness, appeared one after another above the crystal balls.

“Grey Mist, why have you suddenly initiated a summoning?”

The black-robed individual at the head of the table, with dark gold lines on the insignia, turned towards the Prophet and spoke with a hoarse voice.

“You are all presumably aware of the exposure of our Silver Wind City outpost.”

The Prophet in the grey cloak spoke succinctly.

“The two Ninth Rank have already left, but when I explored the ruins, I did not detect any trace of prophecy magic left behind from being decoded, suggesting that a Prophet far stronger than I has made a move!”