Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes
Chapter 348 - One Hundred Twenty-Three: Guidance of Fate

Chapter 348: Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Three: Guidance of Fate

After stepping into the colorful ’mirror surface,’ Anvis only felt a flash of dazzling colors before his eyes. However, when the colors disappeared, he almost thought he was returned the same way he had come in because he didn’t meet the requirements.

The scene before his eyes was almost identical to the cave space he had entered.

But, upon closer observation, he noticed the differences.

The most obvious difference was that the other students who had been scattered in the cave had disappeared. Moreover, the traces of various giant Magic Beasts in the cave on this side of the mirror were much more numerous than those in the cave outside the mirror.

Additionally, for some unknown reason, there was a faint layer of black mist permeating the traces left by those Magic Beasts, and it was unclear what it consisted of.

Luckily, after entering this place, this avatar still hadn’t lost its connection with him.

The figure of Rein, who was the first to enter, was no longer visible, and it was unknown where he had gone.

Meanwhile, Claire and Xia Ye Yinghuo also appeared beside him one after another.

"This place... Something’s not quite right; it doesn’t seem like a normal space."

Giving the ring back to Anvis, Claire took out a special Magic Talisman from her chest.

What was peculiar was that the talisman was glowing, but its brightness was very unstable.

"The space here is special, somewhat similar to the level of the Dream World, but not exactly. It’s more like a feeling where the Dream World and the real world overlap," said Claire.

Anvis nodded, expressing his own feelings while glancing at Xia Ye Yinghuo beside him.

The player girl was looking at her panel, and when she first detached from the mirror, the system sent a prompt updating the task progress.

At the top of the panel, the completion of the special storyline task "Pomiya’s Curtain Call" had now updated and increased to five percent.

Unlike ordinary tasks, special storyline tasks in "Mysterious Era" are equivalent to instance tasks in other games, where the task location isn’t in the surface world but in an independent space of another plane.

Most instances are one-offs, but there are a few that can be repeated. However, the latter are very few in number, and they are usually monopolized by people from a Big Guild or club.

Anvis noticed that in the task prompt, this task did not have a suggested Challenge Level.

This situation means that, theoretically, if handled correctly, an ordinary person might have a chance to complete this instance.

While contemplating, Anvis tried to control a Spell to float in mid-air and surveyed the environment inside the cave.

The overall terrain was no different from the outside world, but behind the altar, facing the direction of the main entrance, a huge black Stone Gate had appeared.

The Stone Gate had no door, and the border was carved with simple spiral patterns. According to Anvis’s estimate, the height of the Stone Gate was tens of meters, no less impressive than the giant corridor at the entrance.

At the same time, there were many traces of Magic Beasts passing by in front of this Stone Gate.

Based on the Duke’s intelligence, the final whereabouts of the mysterious dark Magic Beasts that disappeared were now obvious.

Moreover, in Anvis’s Perception, the last direction in which Rein’s presence disappeared was precisely that giant gate.

"Anvis, have you found anything?"

Below, the two girls looked up at his figure.

"Indeed, there are some new findings. Behind the altar rock wall, there is a new door, and at its entrance are many traces of large dark creatures that have passed through."

Landing down again, Anvis nodded and shared his findings.

Just then, the colorful mirror behind them began to ripple once more.

Noticing this, Anvis and the others cautiously distanced themselves a bit. At the same time, several new students from the Pamir Academy walked out from the mirror.

Anvis keenly noticed that as these students emerged from the mirror, the color of the mirror was also continuously fading.

Ultimately, when the ninth new student stepped out, the colorful mirror surface fluctuated slightly, then vanished completely, and the entire stone bell returned to its original unremarkable appearance.

The last nine to enter the cave were the six members of Roche’s team and three other students who were closest to the altar at that time.

Thinking of the number of people in Rein’s team in his previous life, Anvis noticed an interesting fact.

In this life, there were thirteen students who entered this space. In the previous life, Rein’s team consisted of five people, and there were a total of eight students who were assimilated by the overflowing colors on the altar.

Eight plus five, exactly thirteen people.

Since it was not quite convenient for her to take the initiative to greet Anvis, the knight Alisa blinked at him and nodded slightly when Anvis looked over.

Anvis briefly explained the situation of this cave to everyone, and the students who arrived later looked at each other and then dispersed on their own.

Since that door did not look very safe, not everyone was willing to explore in a direction that clearly might be dangerous.

Some students wanted to explore the nearby area to see if there were any other high-rank mineral deposits hidden within the stone pillars of this cave.

Others wanted to explore another corridor to see if there were any undiscovered high-rank equipment or mysterious objects left in the underground area of the ruins on this level.

In the end, only Anvis and two others chose to enter through the giant door to explore.

Only Anvis could feel a faint attraction coming from the direction of that large door.

That was the pull of fate.

.........

Meanwhile, another embodiment of Anvis, leading dozens of Pamir Academy students, was carefully avoiding a passage that was clearly problematic.

In the process of looking for the main force, all the students were sweating over the crises along the way, and while scared in retrospect, they were immensely grateful to Anvis who willingly led them.

After the two halves of the ruins were merged, not only were some of the aboveground buildings restored, but also parts of the underground defense systems were reactivated.

And in these ruins, even the protection in normal living areas has a lethality exceeding the Seventh Rank.

If they had explored on their own, they would be truly facing a slim chance of survival.

Fortunately, some areas were completely beyond recovery due to having been erased by Ninth Rank powerhouses using the power of rules.

Relying on the map of the ruins and his perception close to that of a high-rank professional, Anvis always managed to lead the team, avoiding those extremely dangerous areas in advance and choosing safe paths.

Finally, after the group left a corner of the corridor, in the hall ahead, they finally saw the Pamir Academy team that had been waiting there.

Because of Anvis’s warning, several leading mages had been informed about the student team and chosen to wait there temporarily for them to regroup.

At this moment, seeing the many figures gradually appearing in the corridor caused a stir in the hall, and many students looked at Anvis in surprise.

Having faced dangers along the way, everyone was clear about how incredibly difficult it was to safely lead so many low-rank students here in the ruins at this time.

After counting the numbers, one of the academy mages walked up to Anvis solemnly and performed a formal mage salutation.

"Thank you for what you have done! Anvis, Pamir Academy will remember your contribution."

"All for the Empire—"

Anvis smiled lightly, clenched his right fist lightly, and reciprocated with the etiquette of an ordinary Pamir student facing a mentor.

Boom—

At this moment, the entire ruins trembled slightly once again.