Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes-Chapter 314 - 89: Breaking Through the Ruins

This feeling was somewhat strange, akin to a person who normally runs around naked suddenly wearing clothes.

And in the detection of his spiritual power, his own existence suddenly disappeared; be it form, temperature, or the faint spiritual ripples emanating, everything had merged completely with the air in the environment.

However, if observed with the naked eye, one could still see themselves, creating a strange sense of discordance.

Apart from the two types of items mentioned above, there were no other particularly special objects—just some common but valuable ancient Gold Coins, rare Magic Metals, Gemstones, etc.

Having sorted all the resources into their respective categories, Anvis finally instructed Silver to clean the laboratory and erase the traces of the Ritual Array left on the ground.

Overall, the entire Soul Splitting Ceremony was completed much faster than he had anticipated.

By the time he left the laboratory, it was just the beginning of the afternoon outside.

Since there was no interference from the consciousness of the summoning’s original form, unlike the original version of the accompanying summoning ceremony, there is theoretically no hard requirement for the Caster’s own Rank in the Soul Splitting Ceremony.

However, in practical application, there is an implicit standard of soul strength.

If there is too great a disparity in soul strength between the two, the Caster’s soul could collapse due to being unable to control the High-Rank summoning’s soul, resulting in injury.

Typically, an ordinary Third Rank Caster could at most choose a summoning three Ranks higher than themselves for division. If any more, the probability of the soul seed’s collapse would become very high.

However, Anvis, with his ’extraordinary talent’, is naturally not included in this.

Due to contracting the Power Dragon, Anvis had let some of his surface strength show, reaching the middle phase of Third Rank.

With this, he mimicked the scenario where a Summoner’s strength suddenly increases after contracting an Initial Summoning that exceeds their own Rank.

"Brother! You finally came out! Have you heard? There are so many~ so many~ terrifying dark creatures outside!"

As soon as he left the laboratory, Fiona, who had been waiting outside, quickly ran up to him.

Speaking, the girl seemed to feel that her persuasion was insufficient and released Kate from her embrace, gesturing earnestly with her little hands.

As she was inside the safe confines of Pamir Academy, Fiona’s information was not very timely; she only learned of this incident from some students who had returned to the academy.

After seeing the scale of the Beast Tide through the projection Crystal Ball, the girl was startled; she had never seen such a terrifying Beast Tide and couldn’t help but worry about her family’s situation.

"There’s no need to worry too much, Fiona, we won’t encounter any danger in Pamir Academy.

Moreover, Father had previously told me that our family has enough strength to protect Karlars Province; we just need to stay peacefully in the academy and wait for the Beast Tide to pass."

With a gently smiling face, Anvis looked into the girl’s slightly anxious lake blue eyes and spoke in a soothing tone.

"Unlike the surface Beast Tide, dark creatures are very uncomfortable with sunlight and are doomed to not be able to live on the surface for long.

Therefore, the duration of this disaster will not exceed half a month—"

"Really? Then I feel relieved~"

Hearing Anvis’s analysis, Fiona’s originally tense emotions relaxed once again.

"Of course, dear Fiona, so all we need to do is wait patiently."

Anvis nodded slightly with a smile, his tone calm, as if he was completely unconcerned about the terrifying dark Beast Tide outside.

However, after calming Fiona down, the trace of concealed worry in his eyes did not escape the young girl’s notice.

Just as he said, the very nature of dark creatures dictates that they cannot survive on the surface for too long.

This is why, when met with resistance, their assaults often become particularly frenzied.

Moreover, their minds, long eroded by dark powers, have become so bloodthirsty and chaotically ferocious that their attacks are shockingly savage and fearless.

Surviving these half a month is likely far more challenging than how the Duke’s words made it sound.

The subsequent development of the situation indeed unfolded as Anvis had anticipated.

In the following days, millions of dark creatures were slain by High Rank Professionals and the super colossal Defensive Arrays guarding the main city.

Unable to overcome the Meteorite Ruins, hordes of dark creatures complete descended into madness.

The surviving dark creatures began devouring each other, rapidly elevating their Ranks, and then followed the Ninth Rank and Ninth Rank Limit dark creature leaders in a frenzied total assault toward the ruins.

These completely deranged Ninth Rank Limit dark creatures had adopted a tactic of trading life for life in their attacks.

The number of High Rank Professionals near the ruins might have greatly outnumbered the dark creature leaders, but the defense lines were, nevertheless, gradually showing signs of faltering.

High Rank Professionals are most keen on preserving their lives; none truly wished to fight to the death with dark creatures of the same Rank for the sake of protecting the ruins.

Thus, after a hard-fought ninth day of the Beast Tide, the defense line of the ruins was finally breached.

A vast number of dark creatures crazily surged into the area of the ruins and were instantly killed by various lethal traps.

Although it was ultimately impossible to prevent the Beast Tide from entering the ruins, there were both disadvantages and advantages to this.

As the Beast Tide charged into the ruins, many ancient buildings and magical structures were destroyed by the onslaught, with much vital knowledge lost forever.

However, using the Beast Tide as forerunners to trigger traps and provide cover, numerous Ninth Rankers also managed to closely follow into the ruins for exploration.

Soon, the entire ruins were thoroughly explored.

It is uncertain whether this is fortunate or not, but within these half ruins, there was no presence of the Eternal Core.

And those several Ninth Rank Limit dark creatures that first rushed deep into the ruins disappeared without a trace. In a dreadful hall where their traces vanished completely, one could find some unsettling and suspiciously large marks.

Having sealed off the pitch-black hall immediately, many Ninth Rankers began to digest the spoils they’d obtained within the ruins.

Speaking of which, although the Empire was hit hard by this Dark Beast Tide invasion, the actual losses were far smaller than expected.

Due to the influx of numerous Foreign Professionals beforehand, turmoil ensued within the Empire. The Royal Family had no choice but to dispatch the Radiant Knight Order across the Empire to maintain stability, which now proved to be quite useful.

Among those Foreign Professionals who flooded into the Empire, many were drawn by the Empire’s high rewards, joining the action to resist the Dark Beast Tide.

Players, in particular, performed especially remarkably.

Many Low Rank players eager for Gold Coins took on suicidal tasks, significantly reducing the casualties among the natives.

Players also received the most generous rewards, including their own compensation for the fallen, much to everyone’s delight.

The source of this c𝐨ntent is fre𝒆w(e)bn(o)vel