Chapter 250: Chapter 25: The Trial Assessment of True Knowledge Society

After dispelling the magical isolation, Anvis took out the blue-gold invitation and examined it carefully.

The invitation felt somewhat heavy to the touch. Although it was just a thin slice, the ultra-high density of refined gold still made it feel like holding a metal plaque.

When held in hand, the emblem of the Truth Scepter on the surface emitted a faint magical glow, and a message of spiritual power touched Anvis’s mental barrier, only to be intercepted.

He extended his spiritual tentacles, lightly touching the message.

Immediately, a long background introduction to the True Knowledge Society and another short piece of information appeared in Anvis’s Spirit Sea.

‘On the fifteenth of Stove Fire Month, at midnight, enter the Dream World with the invitation, pass through the gate, and you will arrive at the location of the venue. Please make your preparations in advance.’

The message informed him about the location of the next True Knowledge Society gathering and the way to get there.

However, Anvis knew very well that the location indicated on the invitation was not so-called ‘venue’. It was actually the place for the final assessment of those who wished to join the True Knowledge Society.

Newcomers who had achieved the required hidden scores in various aspects still needed to pass through the ultimate trial to officially become a member of the True Knowledge Society, entering the most cutting-edge circle within the entire Empire.

This was the case even for the descendants of the four great Dukes of the Empire; no exceptions were made.

Anvis had participated in this assessment in his previous life, which took place within the Dream World. In general, it was similar to an extremely large Secret Realm.

Newcomers had to rely on their own strength to break through various dangers in the Dream World, find the true location of the venue, and figure out a way to enter it.

During the process, newcomers could choose to team up or go solo. As long as they reached the final destination, all methods were permissible.

If the earlier assessments were judging the comprehensive qualities of the newcomers, then this one was a test of their on-the-spot adaptability.

During this assessment, the evaluators of the True Knowledge Society would create personal profiles for the newcomers based on their different choices.

Leader type, lone wolf type, intelligence type, passionate type…

Based on these different profiles, resources could be allocated more efficiently in the future.

If it were still a normal assessment like before, Anvis was confident in passing it smoothly. But now, he was somewhat worried that the greatly advanced prophecy might bring complications to this year’s assessment.

However, this thought only flashed momentarily before he quashed it and quietly started preparing for the assessment.

Unless he chose to decline joining, he would eventually have to face all of this.

And since Duke Carrot was also a high-level member of the True Knowledge Society, even if this year’s assessment did undergo some changes, they shouldn’t be too drastic.

.….….

That night, Anvis dressed neatly, holding the invitation and quietly waiting for midnight to arrive.

He had changed into a moon-white colored classical long-tail suit and a blue-based, silver-edged wavy scarf, covered with a black long cloak with golden edges, secured in front of his chest with dark gold engraved clasp rings.

A pair of Mithril wire frame monocle rested before his left eye, with a moonlight-like magical glow moving slowly on the crystal-clear lens, appearing extremely mysterious.

It was a battle-ready Magic Ceremony Dress that he had specially made, equipped with a series of practical effects such as environmental adaptation, Magic Deviation, Curse Protection, and magic power replenishment.

The pale blue star-shaped gemstone on the scarf’s front was the core of the entire dress, storing a large amount of magical power to amplify the wearer’s Spell strength and act as an external source of magic when the Spellcaster’s magic power was exhausted.

By the standards of Player panels, this would be considered a top-tier purple set.

Of course, it didn’t significantly boost his true power—it served more as a disguise.

While Anvis waited, time passed quickly.

As the deep chimes of the colossal Gloria-style grandfather clock marked the hour, midnight zero hour officially arrived.

At the same time, the invitation he held in his hand suddenly emitted a faint glow.

A familiar power imbued with a dreamlike essence slowly spread from the invitation, enveloping his body and causing him a momentary daze.

This was the phenomenon of entering the Dream World, and Anvis soon saw the gate that connected to this realm.

With the power of the invitation, the illusory gate gradually opened a crack, allowing him to pass through.

Upon opening his eyes, the familiar night sky of the Dream World appeared before him.

The familiar, exceptionally bright Purple Moon, the pitch-black stars that resembled holes in the sky, and the pale blue guiding star in the far north of the heavens.

Rising slowly, Anvis surveyed his surroundings.

He was in a clearing in the Dream World, with a huge Dream White Oak standing in the center, seemingly over a hundred meters tall.

Faint purple moonlight gently showered the area, and several electric-blue Dream fireflies circled around some bizarre pale white flowers. Accompanied by a series of pleasant insect chirps, everything was very familiar to Anvis.

In the environment around, there were already two figures dressed differently.

Standing on a branch of the gigantic oak, was a figure enshrouded in a pitch-black cloak, its form vague, casually flipping a Gold Coin with one hand.

On the other side, above a thick root, sat a girl in Pamir Academy uniform with light blue wavy long hair, fiddling with an extremely complex Magic Cube.

Noticing Anvis’s arrival, the two stopped their activities and simultaneously turned their gazes towards him.

“Is this the place where the meeting is held?”

Anvis calmly looked back at them, feigning ignorance.

“I’m not sure, I’m also new here.”

The girl with the wavy hair clutched the Magic Cube and shook her head slightly, then turned to look at the figure in the black cloak, her expression neutral.

“Black, do you know anything?”

“Don’t just give me a nickname… You can call me Casu.”

With a somewhat helpless tone, Casu caught the Gold Coin and lightly floated down from the tree branch, landing on the ground without a sound.

“Like you, I am merely a member who recently received an invitation. The direction indicated by my invitation is here. As for why no one is here, perhaps the meeting has not officially started yet.”

With that, Casu shrugged his shoulders, indicating he didn’t know much more.

“Alright, Casu, I’m Saphia.”

“Since that’s the case, I have a guess now.”

The girl with the light blue wavy hair lifted her head, glanced at Casu, then at Anvis.

“Perhaps, precisely because we are the newcomers, we were brought here.”

Her spiritual power simultaneously traced eighteen different Inscriptions on six faces of the Magic Cube, Saphia gave it some thought, then spoke again.

“If my guess is correct, then there should be some objects nearby to hint at what we should do next.”