Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes
Chapter 343 - 118: Racing Against Time

Chapter 343: Chapter 118: Racing Against Time

To know that the role of these spellcasters guarding outside the ruins is precisely to ensure the safety of the site and to deal with various accidents that may occur during the competition.

And now, right under their watch, such a massive ruin, along with all the students, poof, gone!

This has even gone beyond the category of an accident and has turned into a complete disaster.

The mages do not even dare to imagine what kind of punishment the Royal Family and the Four Great Families will mete out to them in their furious wrath if a large number of students are injured or killed.

"Don’t panic! Everyone, stay calm! The Deputy Dean and the Tribute Mages from the Royal Family are still inside the ruins! They must have a way!"

Seeing the emotion among the crowd was somewhat chaotic, the leading Ninth Rank professional from the academy quickly spoke up to soothe many spellcasters.

However, no sooner had his words faded than the space inside the crater began to produce an unstable distortion.

As a hollow, spherical wave of spatial distortion spread out, a dozen figures enveloped in oppressive magic fluctuations emerged somewhat disheveled from the center of the waverings.

Including Deputy Dean Hughes, all the professionals of Ninth Rank and above who had entered before were now transported out by this seemingly irresistible spatial ripple!

In fact, at the moment the entire city suddenly glowed, they were briefly exiled to the deep subspace with chaotic time-space constants. Only after the city of ruins had been teleported away did they reconnect with the coordinates of the surface space.

However, the Ninth Rankers who had escaped the chaotic time-space did not immediately come to trouble the guarding mages outside.

There were twelve Ninth Rank powerhouses appearing at the moment, while the Empire’s Ninth Rank professionals who had entered the ruins numbered only about nine...

After a brief pause, three Ninth Rank professionals instantly vanished with a flash, and six from the Empire immediately pursued them.

The remaining three Ninth Rank professionals then flew towards the Ninth Rank mage leader from the outside world.

"What on earth happened here, Yager? Where are the ruins?"

Looking around with some confusion, Deputy Dean Hughes from Pamir Academy hoped the person in charge of the academy could provide an explanation.

"We are currently facing a severe accident, Hughes! That ruin suddenly teleported away! Our people have tried to interfere, but ultimately without success,"

The person in charge named Yager shook his head, his expression somber.

"However, under the emergency positioning of our team of spellcasters, we have locked onto the current location of the ruins—"

As he spoke, he walked to one side, pointing to the positioning array at the center of many spellcasters.

At a part of the Yar Continent map that is an illusion, in the sea area at the lower left corner, very close to the Life Forbidden Zone, a bright red dot was flickering faintly.

"Wait... that location, it’s within the possible range where the other half of the ruins could have fallen, right?"

Seeing the position of the red dot, the faces of the several Ninth Rank professionals all became grave.

"Does that mean, for some reason, it triggered the ruins’ automatic restoration mechanism?"

Hughes spoke solemnly, voicing the most significant possibility.

The recent subspace exile, though it carried a hint of a sneak attack, was genuinely powerful.

For a moment, all the trigger spells related to space on his body and the protective magic items were activated, but he was still helplessly exiled to the deep space.

It wasn’t so much a sophisticated exile spell as it was a pure and vast torrent of spatial magic power, akin to the ocean and sky.

Indeed, the spells on him took effect but they were like a ship trying to anchor itself in a tsunami, utterly pointless.

"Damn it... the academy competition is urgently suspended! Yager, immediately ask the Royal Family for help! It’s imperative to report the current critical situation truthfully, request as much Ninth Rank support as possible, and apply for the use of Limit-breaking strength!

The disappearance of the ruins can’t be hidden from anyone, now the most urgent task is to safely bring back all the students to the Empire!"

After quickly assessing the situation, Hughes made a decisive decision to remediate the situation as best as possible.

They copied a location map and three Ninth Rank mages from the Empire set off immediately, hurrying towards the Endless Sea.

Now, the Ninth Rank rescuers from the Empire were facing a most thorny issue.

The current coordinates of the ruins lay in international waters—

Unlike the previous situation where the ruins had fallen directly within the Empire’s territory, the other two powers could at most send Ninth Rank mages to sneak into the Empire in an attempt to uncover the secrets of the ruins, without daring to send people in openly.

The reason why the three major forces have been able to maintain the continental balance as a tripartite is precisely because each Empire holds cards that have the strength to exceed the Ninth Rank Limit.

Thousands of years ago, after the collapse of the Ancient Magic Empire, at the end of the years of bloodshed and turmoil, the newly emerged three major forces on the Continent, wary of each other, signed a non-aggression treaty.

The treaty explicitly stipulates that any country is forbidden to use its ultimate strength in the territories of the other two, otherwise it will be considered a declaration of war.

But this isn’t a problem in international waters.

Especially at this moment, when all the students from Pamir Academy have fallen into the ruins. If they could be left at the bottom of the sea forever, it would inevitably be a tremendous blow to the Gloria Empire.

Therefore, the few Ninth Rank mages knew within their hearts that this rescue mission would very likely turn into a chaotic battle of ultimate powers!

At this time, all they could do was pray that the other two Empires learned of this information a little later, even later.

......

At this moment, inside the ruins, in the subterranean hall where the change originated.

The oddity that had just occurred seemed to be only momentary, as the frozen air resumed its flow.

"I was looking at... that stone bell."

Anvis moved his lips, continuing the words he hadn’t been able to finish before.

"Just now, did you feel it, Anvis?"

Claire’s voice also returned to normal, as Anvis turned his head to look at the Half-Elf girl whose expression had grown grave.

"Some kind of change occurred, originating from that bell on the altar."

Equally grave, Anvis nodded and indicated the stone bell with a gesture.

Although it seemed to take a long time to describe, in reality, the moment the stone bell emitted light and illuminated the entire ruins was exceedingly brief.

"It suddenly flickered just now. We’re still unable to determine what exactly has changed..."

But as he spoke, his speech abruptly halted, as if suddenly realizing something.

"Two things: first, the Vice-Dean has disappeared without a trace. Second, the sky outside the ruins has changed; it turned completely pitch black."

"Is your real body currently on the surface of the ruins?"

Upon hearing this news, Claire’s blue eyes shifted slightly, looking towards Anvis.

"Yes, I think we might have triggered something quite significant."

Looking over at the altar and seeing Rein, who still had a confused face unaware of what had happened, Anvis shook his head a bit helplessly.

Wrong time, wrong place, wrong person, yet gathered together the correct triggering conditions, huh?

The force of destiny is truly amazing.

In his past life, according to the information Anvis had learned, only Rein and his group were transported into the underwater ruins after activating the mechanism inside the ruins, instead of the entire ruins soaring upwards as one.