Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes
Chapter 342 - 117: Midnight Crystal and Relic Transmission

Chapter 342: Chapter 117: Midnight Crystal and Relic Transmission

However, although the scepter was taken away by Anvis in advance, the calmness in Rein’s eyes suggested that he might have encountered some new fortunes previously.

This is an interesting trait of a Child of Destiny; if the adventure that was supposed to be theirs was lost due to some accident, the Net of Destiny will adjust and reschedule a new adventure for them.

Then, over a long period, try to correct their destiny line back to its original trajectory.

The form of this correction varies, and sometimes it is arranged proactively by high-rank Prophets.

In this process, the power that the Net of Destiny would have needed to correct the destiny line is transformed into proportional destiny feedback given to the Prophets.

"Anvis, look here, the inner core of these pillars seems to be different from the surface."

At that moment, Claire suddenly exclaimed, pointing to a pillar on the side.

At the base of the pillar was a huge tear claw mark, with its sharp point deep inside the center of the pillar.

Under the radiance of the Candlelight Technique, the black rock at the bottom of the claw mark’s groove flickered with a crystal-like gloom, and there was a clear boundary line with the encapsulating rock on the surface of the pillar.

Anvis casually threw a Magic Light Technique light ball over, but after it attached to the rock, it dimmed at a rapid pace.

In contrast, in the dark color of the crystal stone, there suddenly appeared some fine white speckles, emitting a faint gloom and scent of magic power.

"That’s midnight crystal, a special high-rank dark attribute material with no magic scent on the surface but can absorb up to seventh-rank level magic power. It is only formed in environments that are sufficiently dark and where natural crystal veins are present.

It can be used as a material for casting, aiding in the casting of some special dark element magic, or as magical items for absorbing and weakening light-element attacks.

Because its uses are quite niche, although rare, its value among high-tier materials is average, with a market price of about 5000 gold coins per unit."

After a simple test, Anvis immediately made a rough confirmation of the crystal stone’s true nature.

"However, it’s quite rare to find an entire pillar like this one with such a large volume of intact midnight crystals. If the whole thing inside is indeed so, its market value could be close to a million gold coins.

Of course, for us, it might..."

Tapping the pillar gently with his magic wand, Anvis, based on his knowledge, made an assessment of the crystal inside.

However, when he saw the glint in the girl’s azure eyes, he instinctively swallowed back the words ’not of much use’.

He forgot that Claire is not him.

"...Close to a million gold coins?"

Hearing the number that sounded as appealing as gold coins, Claire’s eyes immediately lit up.

Although she does not normally lack money, replenishing various high-tier exploration equipment, alchemy vehicles, portable houses, etc., is also quite costly.

Moreover, sometimes, she needs to buy some ancient relics she has her eye on at auctions, which is yet another huge expenditure.

To gather these funds, she not only sold most of the treasures she obtained from adventures, but also to save money, the food she carried during explorations consisted mainly of ordinary low-rank Magic Beast meat dried and wild mushrooms.

"Then, could there be more crystals in the other pillars around here?"

Calming down a bit, the half-elf girl did not immediately dig them out, but instead immediately looked at the other hundreds of pillars within the hall.

Could this be a midnight crystal mine?

"It’s possible, but Claire, senior sister, getting them out is not going to be easy,"

Anvis shook his head, casually tossing another light ball.

"This type of black rock is extremely hard and somewhat repellant to magic power. Even a true fourth-rank professional would consume a great deal of strength to dig out the crystals intact from this pillar with magic.

Moreover, the probability of these pillars containing crystals is actually not high."

Saying this, Anvis pointed to two other pillars, similarly torn by huge claw marks, but without black crystals exposed.

"So, we just need to dig out the crystals from this pillar. In such a ruin with an unknown path ahead, even if there is ninth-rank protection at the moment, it’s best to preserve enough mana in case of any emergencies."

"Okay, Anvis, you make sense."

With a hint of regret, Claire nodded in understanding that it really wasn’t the right time for large-scale mining.

With her left hand pressed against the rock, Claire’s magic power radiated outwards, gradually softening the rock and pushing it aside, Anvis doing the same.

Moments later, after expending a large amount of magic power, the two of them together unearthed a complete, huge, pitch-black crystal column.

The core of the entire crystal column was nearly half a meter thick, crystal clear, but much shorter than previously estimated, only a three to four-meter-long section.

Claire suggested they split it half each, but Anvis argued it would be a waste to divide such a complete material, and generously paid 410,000 Gold Coins to buy the half that belonged to the young girl.

Meanwhile, Anvis’s gaze swept over two other teams digging something in the distance.

From their movements, they seemed to have found the crystals in the stone pillars as well.

One of these teams was the one Roche and Alisa were part of.

However, their speed was much slower than that of Anvis and Claire.

After all, the students who chose to venture into this place were usually from lesser backgrounds or less favored in their families, which is why they chose to risk exploring the passages.

And the Children of Destiny had more or less concealed their strengths, resulting in an overall lower average strength.

The Child of Destiny Rein that Anvis specially paid attention to, and the player girl "Xia Ye Yinghuo", were currently with others, swarming up to the surface of the altar, curiously studying the large bell.

As Anvis looked over, Xia Ye Yinghuo was talking to Rein who stood next to her.

At that moment, Xia Ye Yinghuo’s interface panel suddenly popped up without any warning, drawing Anvis’s attention.

At the top of the panel, a new task prompt appeared.

[You have triggered the special scenario task ’The Curtain Falls of Pomiya’]

"Anvis, what are you looking at?"

Claire’s voice, filled with a bit of doubt and sounding somewhat ethereal and distorted, came from beside him.

"I’m looking at..."

Anvis opened his mouth to speak, wanting to turn his head, but felt the air as if it had solidified, completely unable to move.

At the same time, the altar’s bell, which had seemed just like an ordinary piece of handicraft, suddenly emitted a faint white light.

This radiance, like a source of infection, cast its glow so that the entire giant cave hall began to emit white light as well.

And the radiance was rapidly spreading to other parts of the ruins.

"Wait! Look, everyone, quickly!"

A yawning mage on the outskirts of the city happened to notice this scene, standing with a gaping mouth, pointing vigorously in the direction of the ruins to signal his colleagues nearby.

As dusk approached, in the warm golden sunset, the ancient ruins lying in a massive crater began to glow on their own.

Sky Bell Tower, Magic Great Library, Platinum Tower, Magic Research Institute... all of the ruins’ buildings were now enveloped in a layer of hazy white light!

The next instant, the brightness of this white light suddenly intensified countless times, and in a severe flash, the entire ruins vanished into thin air!

"What’s happening?!"

Witnessing this shocking scene, the Ninth Rank and many Academy Mages who were stationed outside the ruins were immediately startled. Especially the many Low and Middle Rank Academy Mages, who were terror-stricken.

This year’s Pamir Academy competition was held within the ruins; most of the Pamir students were currently inside the ruins! This included descendants of the Royal Family, the nobility from the Four Great Families, and Marquis!

If there were any problems with this year’s competition, resulting in thousands of students all losing contact, the Royal Family would likely be the first to hold them accountable.

"Immediately re-locate the position of the ruins!"

The many mages began frantically positioning the location of the ruins, but the confirmed position left everyone with a chill in their hearts.

The location of the ruins... was in the middle of the Endless Sea!