Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes
Chapter 213 Spoils of War and Return

Chapter 213: Chapter 213 Spoils of War and Return

With the power of the Holy Object lost, what followed was only natural.

The Purple Moon in the sky was once again encased in ice by the Duke, including the Great Sacrificial Rite himself, all were frozen within a layer of crystal clear ice.

This embodiment of divine power, accumulated over thousands of years, was also of considerable value to the Duke.

After thoroughly sealing it with the power of rules, the Duke transformed the Purple Moon into a fist-sized ice crystal sphere.

From the rings carried by the Great Sacrificial Rite, the group found the Moon Calling Secret Sect’s secret hoard that spanned nearly a thousand years. Due to the Duke’s adept control over the power of rules, all the rings were intact without spilling over the ground.

Within those rings, there were three Ninth Rank quality Hearts of Amis alone, in addition to many other strange-looking but equally Ninth Rank aura emitting ancient creature materials, as well as a complete Dream Giant Dragon corpse and Dragon Crystals.

The other items included dozens of boxes of extremely high-quality Hearts of Amis, nearly a hundred clusters of Moonlight Source Crystals, a large chunk of Death Soul Secret Crystals, and tens of kilograms of rare High Rank magic metals and gemstones such as Void Heavy Silver, Earth Vein Star Gold, and Ghost Energy Crystals.

As well as a large quantity of extremely rare and precious magic materials from the Dream World, like Night Essence, Dream Star Sand, and Dragon Eye Crystals.

Apart from those orange-quality materials, the count of purple-level materials and magic equipment, accessories, and the like was innumerable. For example, those Mithril, Molten Lava Gold, Starfall Metal, and ordinary Hearts of Amis and other slightly less rare High Rank materials could only be counted by the box.

If one were to check them with a player’s panel, one would find that there is not a single item among these materials and equipment that is below purple quality.

Moreover, there were countless Platinum Coins and Silver Coins, as well as some more ancient and even rarer currencies, seemingly remnants scavenged by the Secret Sect from different ancient civilizational ruins all over the island, from various eras.

The total value of these items combined has already reached the level of an ordinary large power’s foundation.

The island itself also contains a variety of mineral resources, especially the sources of the Hearts of Amis and Amis Dust are most precious.

Because of his significant role in this matter, Anvis can take forty percent of the above resources as a reward.

As the first discoverer of this island, Evan could have taken ten percent, but because he lost the Eighth Rank Guard dispatched by his family, his share was confiscated by the Duke to offset the family’s losses.

After thinking about his next plans, Anvis decided to give half of his share to his family in exchange for the family’s resource allocation to develop the island.

Besides these, the Black Stone scepter in the Great Sacrificial Rite’s hands and its midnight-like diamond-shaped Black Stone at the head had some unique characteristics.

The Duke was somewhat unable to determine the nature and usage of the Black Stone, but it seemed to be not natively from Unival.

Therefore, Carrot decided to take it back to the family’s laboratory for in-depth analysis.

Similarly, this was also accounted for in Anvis’s contribution.

Anvis had no particular opinion about the stone; the Ancient Secret Scripture had no reaction to it, and before the changes of the Continent arrived, any increase in the family’s strength was a welcomed one.

As for the underwater ruins, there was hardly any spoils of war left. Due to the over-scale nuclear blast, only a round, vast void remained at the center of the city.

Glancing at the mushroom cloud on the horizon, the Duke casually used the power of rules to erase it.

While also somewhat curious about how Anvis achieved it, each person has their secrets, and he did not plan to probe further.

After collecting the spoils of war, Anvis and the others returned to the island.

At this moment, Lavales Port presents a scene completely different from before.

Due to the recent violent volcanic eruption, a thin layer of black volcanic ash has already been swept far and wide by the wind, crossing the entire vast island and falling here.

The ground continues to tremble weakly, and the roads are buried by the windblown sand; the buildings in the city have now become dilapidated, as if suddenly weathered by countless years.

Rubble and broken walls are visible everywhere, broken red roof tiles have fallen into the houses, and the furniture has long decayed to ash, completely in a state of long abandonment.

At this moment, two figures slowly entered the city streets.

It was Anvis and Jom—the Duke had taken Evan to the mountains because the dog tag in his possession indicated his Eighth Rank Guard should still be alive, and at this time, the location was right between the mountains.

Since it was already late at night, and the sky was covered by thick volcanic ash, the port city was enveloped in the deepest darkness.

Yet amidst this darkness, all along the streets of the harbor town, bunches of Amis Dust emitted a strange glow, suspended in the air.

Due to its semi-ethereal nature, the wind couldn’t blow it away; it could only be picked up with spiritual power and stored in containers made of special materials.

Earlier, having seen all the ’monsters’ in the harbor town disappear, leaving only a large pile of glowing dust, Xia Ye Yinghuo quietly came out and was currently struggling with a small heap of Amis Dust.

But since her character level had yet reached Level Ten and she had no tools, she was unable to pick them up and could only watch impatiently the purple-quality dust.

After Anvis arrived, he directly extended his spiritual power, sweeping along the entire port city like a tornado shining with dreamy radiance, sucking up all the Amis Dust in his path.

Xia Ye Yinghuo was startled by this sudden change and then, looking into the distance, she was surprised to spot the ’Newbie Guide’ NPC!

He was actually still alive!

Anvis also noticed the girl and the scant amount of health remaining on her status bar.

She was actually still alive!

Both with different thoughts, they approached each other.

"O traveler from afar, could you lend me a hand?"

After approaching the girl, Anvis already put on a standard NPC smile.

"...Of course!"

Thinking there was some special plot development, the girl paused briefly then swiftly engaged in conversation.

Although the NPC’s previous task was a trap, what if this time it wasn’t?

"The volcano on the island has erupted. Can you help me investigate the situation over there and collect ten volcanic stones for me?"

"If you can help me with this, in return, I will give you this bottle that can collect [Amis Dust]."

Saying that, Anvis took out a small bottle and shook it in front of the girl.

The next moment, the system prompt refreshed at once.

[System Prompt: You have triggered a C-level task ’Collecting Volcanic Stone’]

[Task Introduction: Anvis needs you to go to the island’s volcanic region to help collect ten volcanic stones.]

[Task Goal: Collect ten volcanic stones.]

[Task Reward: 5000 Experience Value, Magic Crystal Glass Bottle]

[Completion: 0%]

[Suggested Challenge Level: 20+]