Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes
Chapter 206: Sunken City Under the Sea

Chapter 206: Chapter 206: Sunken City Under the Sea

A sense of enlightenment emerged in Claire’s heart; the deep underground mentioned by the fragment was precisely located at the bottom of that spiral staircase.

At the same time, under a faint impulse in her heart, the girl instinctively walked forward and gently reached out her right hand towards the fragment.

As her delicate fingertips touched the surface of the fragment, a strange warmth and sense of fulfillment spread from the bottom of her heart, as if part of herself that had been missing was suddenly replenished.

The fragment itself had no temperature or tactile sensation, resembling a pure shadow. It only added a hint of vague brilliance to the girl’s fingertips with its dreamy luster.

At the same time, some new fragmented and incoherent information appeared in her mind.

...In the laboratory, ancient High Elves in white research robes, holding various peculiar research tools, were carefully examining the properties of a fragment.

...High above, where the curvature of the earth was visible, a light as bright as the sun suddenly lit up the night-shrouded land, illuminating the entire continent.

However, the shape of that massive continent was not the same as the Yar Continent she had seen on the map in the old Mage’s Magic Tower.

...And in the last scene of the memory, those pieces of light spots, like shooting stars, flying in all directions.

While absorbing the remaining information from the fragment, as its light gradually entered her body, the aura of strength of the Half-Elf girl was also steadily climbing.

In just a moment, after completely absorbing the fragment, her strength had broken through a significant boundary, reaching a Rank between the high section of the Fourth Rank and the limit of the Fourth Rank.

Opening her eyes, Claire suddenly felt a sense of loss.

In the last instant when the fragment merged with her, a faint desire to reunite with all the fragments was left in the depths of her heart.

Suppressing this feeling, Claire’s gaze turned back to the staircase leading to this hall, preparing to leave here to retrieve the ’legacy’ mentioned by the fragment.

Looking at the pale moonlight sloping through the window into the hall, the huge and sinister Purple Moon that had suddenly appeared in the sky outside, as previously projected into her heart by the fragment, gave her a very bad feeling.

Crack—

Above the high dome, a piece of decorative material inscribed with gilded patterns suddenly fell, creating a crisp shattering sound as it collided with the white flash rock floor.

Accompanied by this faint sound, Claire suddenly realized that the entire ancient castle began to tremble slightly as the fragment disappeared.

As the diffuse power of the fragment began to vanish, everything in the castle seemed to suddenly undergo the erosion of an extensive passage of time.

The exquisite gilded patterns on the dome dimmed, the crimson banners on the walls slowly faded, the bright red carpet turned to rotting dust, and the stone floor tiles deteriorated and crumbled, barely able to support their own weight.

Without the support of the fragment’s power, the building materials, eroded by the long years, could no longer sustain the stability of the castle’s structure.

"This is bad!"

Seeing the transformation of the castle, Claire immediately realized that it was time to escape.

Holding a lantern in one hand and a sword in the other, the girl swiftly ran towards the staircase, the wind she stirred causing her brown cloak to flutter slightly at the hem.

The spiral staircase remained intact for now, perhaps foreseeing the scene after it was absorbed, the aura of the fragment’s power was most dense here, so the material of the staircase was still the same.

In front of her, the warm yellow glow of the lantern lit up the darkness deep into the spiral staircase, with no end in sight.

Claire took a deep breath, turned her head for one last time, and deeply gazed at the flag on the wall that was disintegrating into dust. In the last moment before leaving, she firmly memorized the mysterious dark gold symbol on it.

Then, she sheathed her one-handed sword, clutched the lantern tightly, and leaped towards the dark tunnel at the center of the spiral staircase, a tunnel that seemed bottomless—

In an instant, the darkness within the staircase enveloped the girl, with only the dim light from the lantern in her hand illuminating the swiftly ascending wooden spiral stair’s handrail.

But gradually, as she plummeted swiftly, a dark red light of molten lava suddenly illuminated from the endless darkness below!

.....

On the boundless dark blue sea surface, Anvis and his two companions, flying low, also encountered trouble.

The high sky was filled with dreadfully intense Divine Power Moonlight. Not to mention Anvis and Evan, even the Eighth Rank Jom dared not stay too long under such corrosive intensity of moonlight.

"verrrrl——"

But the low altitude was equally troublesome, those terrifying mutated sea monsters emerging from the seabed, uttering inexplicable strange cries, stretched out numerous long pitch-black tentacles and limbs, coiling towards the people in the low sky.

The lowest Rank of these sea monsters was Sixth Rank, and the highest could even reach a level comparable to Eighth Rank, owing to the proximity to the coast.

Initially, Jom had slain several sea monsters with his sword, but this act did not have a deterrent effect.

The bodies of the dead sea monsters sinking into the water, on the contrary, attracted even more sea monsters, creating chaos beneath the sea surface.

Latterly, Jom simply stopped using his Magic Power, only slashing with his sword at the tentacles coiling towards them and blocking their path, to avoid being dragged by these mutated sea creatures.

With the Eighth Rank Frostwind Knight clearing the way, Anvis and his companions quickly bypassed the entire island and arrived at their destination.

There, the largest ruin discovered by Anvis since his arrival on the island was located.

A completely submerged underwater city—

Although the deep blue ocean surface was undulating with waves, the water appeared extraordinarily clear under the exceedingly bright and enchanting moonlight tonight.

Anvis could even clearly see through the sea surface to the central white rock dome of a huge building that stood in the middle of the city, seemingly an ancient palace or temple.

A broad and empty central avenue extended from directly in front of the building, spreading throughout the entire dark city, with bizarre and massive faceless tentacle statues lined up on both sides of the road.

If one looked closely, they would discover a substantial amount of obscure shadows lurking in the depths of the dark ruins of the city’s buildings.

At this moment, under the mystical purple moonlight, the surfaces of the city’s buildings were all glowing with a faint yet distinct dim green phosphorescence.

Whether it was the blotchy stone walls covered in sticky dark purple seaweed or the broken columns full of strange black barnacles, all were the same.

"Is this the place?"

Gazing at the empty sea surface, Anvis turned his questioning look towards Jom.

The latter took out the purple Array Plate again, and the illusory map appeared once more.

At that moment, a faint light point remained stationary, twinkling right beneath their feet.