CHAPTER 387: CHAPTER 162: CHANGES IN THE SITUATION

Within the Ancient Secret Scripture, Anvis watched everything in the outside world, his heart without any fluctuation.

The appearance of that column of light was an emergency alert he had pre-set in Silver.

The moment he left Fiona’s room involuntarily, that beam of light would be simultaneously triggered, activating the school’s Mystery Lock defense mechanism.

This would force the enemy to make a choice.

Whether to immediately escape with the important target ’Fiona’, or to take the risk of being discovered and besieged by a Ninth Rank Mage of the academy, forcefully making a move on another target, ’Anvis’.

The appearance of this column of light meant that his arrival had already been discovered.

Meanwhile, there are likely other defense measures inside the house.

It was a simple psychological trick: a 100% chance of getting eighty dollars, versus an 80% chance of getting a hundred dollars, most people would choose the former.

Anvis was gambling that after the confrontation, the attacking enemies, rather than persistently targeting another relatively less valuable target, would choose stability and leave with the highest value target, her.

In reality, he won the bet.

When they reappeared, the surroundings had changed to the primeval forest outside the school’s Mystery Lock and a desolate rust-red rocky mountain range.

Behind them, the enormous Mystery Lock of the academy suddenly fluctuated. A figure appeared in the moonlight instantaneously, a Ninth Rank Spellcasters’ immense spiritual power burst forth, sweeping across the entire area.

But when his spiritual power swept over the location where ’Fiona’ and Star reappeared, only a trace of long-distance teleportation residue remained.

Hesitating for a moment, the Ninth Rank ultimately did not pursue, instead, he recorded the direction of the spatial ripples and immediately and thoroughly sealed the academy’s Mystery Lock to prevent any other hidden enemies.

As the Magic Power Light Column rose, in Anvis’s room, Fiona sensed the family’s talisman originally belonging to Anvis on her chest, and following her older brother’s last instruction, she activated it without hesitation.

In Moon Castle, sensing the distress signal, Duke Carrot’s expression drastically changed, hurriedly attempting to teleport, but was blocked by a Mystery Lock on the other side, needing a temporary teleportation request approval from a Ninth Rank of the academy to teleport inside.

Despite anxiety, Duke Carrot did not forcefully attack but chose to patiently wait for approval.

The situation was unclear, and rashly attacking the Mystery Lock could easily be mistaken as opposition, only causing chaos unnecessarily.

Elsewhere, when the image of "Light of Illusion" under the dean appeared nearby, Fiona had already guessed what had just happened.

Clenching Anvis’s talisman in one hand, the girl stood alone by the window, her face lifted towards the dazzling Magic Power Light Column, her lake-blue eyes full of worry.

Brother... you must be safe...

.....

Within half a day, the news of Pamir Academy being attacked by unknown enemies spread quickly among the academy’s interior and the upper echelons of the Empire.

Even though the academy temporarily sealed off the news, the Magic Power Light Column that shot up into the sky that night, and the school’s Mystery Lock that was suddenly sealed for half a day, were witnessed by many students.

According to rumors, the location where the light column appeared was supposedly the residence of a descendant of one of the Empire’s Four Great Families, the Olivendi Family!

Although no one knew what had happened at that time, Duke Karlars later personally rushed to Pamir Academy and took the family’s descendants back with him.

Moreover, it wasn’t just that, the other three of the Empire’s Great Families also seemed to display intentions of taking their descendants back.

’Pamir can no longer ensure the safety of the students, as a large number of them have already been secretly taken away by enemies!’

’The light column is the aftermath of an enemy attack, nearby students confirmed dead!’

’The Four Great Families have lost faith in Pamir, perhaps they will collectively take their descendants away.’

...

For a time, various rumors spread secretly among the students, causing a certain level of panic.

Some students from lower backgrounds, who do not fully understand the real security level of Pamir Academy, were discussing a foreign invasion of the academy after class and began to consider how to ensure their own safety.

Those who knew a bit of the inside story were puzzled as to why the enemy would rather pay the price of storming the academy to take Fiona away.

Harvey, Alisa, and Orbins, on the other hand, were somewhat worried about how much Anvis would be upset facing this event.

However, since he was taken away overnight by Duke Carrot, they are currently unable to contact Anvis.

Due to this matter, the current headmaster of Royal Pamir Academy, a Ninth Rank Limit Spellcaster known as "Fire Keeper" Salos, had to come forward personally to clarify the rumors.

He explained to everyone that the academy is very safe, and that soon there would be more Ninth Rank individuals coming to reinforce, advising the many students not to panic and to focus on their usual studies.

After calming the students, he also had the headache of how to face accountability from the Empire Family, as well as pressure from both the Olivendi Family and the Alfred Family.

Fiona was taken away by enemies within the academy’s Mystery Lock, and her whereabouts are unknown. Indeed, this incident is a responsibility Pamir Academy cannot shirk.

Why did the academy’s Mystery Lock not promptly give an alert or stop the enemies?

What was the Ninth Rank Mage guarding the academy doing at the time?

If Pamir Academy cannot even guarantee the safety of its students, which noble would dare to send their offspring to study there?

At the same time, as soon as the information confirming Fiona’s abduction by the enemy spread, the situation among the upper levels of the Empire became somewhat delicate.

The Olivendi Family and the Alfred Family, like mad, dispatched people to search everywhere and issued a reward: anyone who provides information related to Fiona’s whereabouts can collect a significant reward from these two families.

If anyone directly provides the specific whereabouts of Fiona or can bring the girl back, both families will grant him a wish up to the Ninth Rank Limit.

The Royal Family and the other two Great Families are also dispatching people to search for Fiona’s whereabouts, claiming to assist the Olivendi Family, but their true intentions are only clear to them.

.........

At this moment, Anvis, who was abducted by Star, has entered a deep underground space.

"Hmm..."

After the Sleeping Curse was lifted from him, Anvis let out a soft sigh and immediately scanned over himself.

There were no changes in his clothes, except the family talisman was no longer there.

The surroundings were a spacious dark stone hall.

The walls were adorned with ancient mysterious rune decorations, several giant engraved stone columns supported the cave’s dome, and the windowless walls had pale ever-burning torches, making the hall bright.

In front of him was placed a massive obsidian throne, several people high. The back of the throne looked like countless slender, sharp stalactites gathered together, giving it an extremely dangerous aura.

On that throne, a tall figure covered with a dark gold mask was looking down from above.

"The target has been brought back, Leader."

Floating beside the throne, Star spoke softly.

"The Crystal Bird Star prophesied, is it her?"

The Leader stood up and slowly walked towards Anvis, examining her carefully.

"Just breaking through to Fourth Rank, at this age it’s indeed stunning, but no more than that—"

"Who are you? Where is this place?"

Adopting the posture of an innocent kidnapped girl, Anvis glared angrily at the two people in front of her.

"You better send me back soon, or my father will not let you off!"