CHAPTER 485: CHAPTER 3: MYSTERIOUS FRAGMENTS

Mist Forest, Pamir Academy.

As it was the Stove Fire Month, Pamir Academy was in the midst of its annual recruitment period. Many Academy Guides, assigned with tasks, were waiting in their regions for the arrival of new students.

Without any warning, and to the surprise of many, an unfamiliar small airship suddenly breached the academy’s Mystery Lock and gently descended onto the air harbor dock.

An ice-blue Crystal Bird Emblem was branded on the side of the airship, and in the morning sun, the Eternal Crown pattern surrounding the emblem shimmered brilliantly, catching the eye.

Accompanied by a faint fluctuation of Magic Power, the cabin door silently slid open, and a metal gangway carpeted in red gently lowered to the ground.

Welcomed by two Academy Guides, Anvis slowly descended from his family’s Alchemy Airship. His exquisite Earth Dragon Skin Boots made a rustling sound as they touched the robust Black Stone ground of the dock.

Behind him, the silver-white Alchemy Airship gradually ascended and then disappeared into the shallow golden clouds illuminated by the morning sun.

"Lord Anvis, this is your new academy Identity Card. Your previous accommodation at the academy is still reserved for you, ready for you to take possession whenever you wish."

After Anvis steadied himself, one of the Guiding Mages stepped forward, took out an Identity Card, and handed it to Anvis.

"Moreover, apart from your previous credit balance, there is an additional five thousand points as compensation from the academy for the attack you experienced earlier."

"Thank you, Honorable Guide."

With a calm nod, Anvis didn’t say much, just took the Identity Card and then left for his residence.

This was his personal compensation. Previously, when enemies attacked, the traps he had set up in his courtyard had been triggered, activating the Mystery Lock alarm, and that had scared the enemies away.

As for the matter of ’Fiona’ being taken away by enemies, it was discussed separately by the Pamir Academy and his family concerning compensation, which did not involve Anvis.

Soon, his former residence came into view.

After a year and a half, the traces of elemental explosion in the courtyard had been significantly covered by weeds, and lush climbing plants had spread up the walls of the building, blooming with pale purple flowers.

After spending half a day adjusting his residence with spells, Anvis took out a stack of letters from the Magic mailbox, then removed the ’Do Not Enter’ sign from the garden fence gate, and returned to his residence.

In half a day’s time, news of his return would likely have reached many interested parties.

Just as Anvis had expected, in the days that followed, many people, each with their own intentions, came to visit him in succession.

The quickest were descendants of the other three major families, and people such as the Ninth Prince Lanno.

They had the most informed intelligence. Events like the return of Anvis had been notified as soon as he boarded the airship heading to the academy.

Those who visited him later included Harvey, Shirley, the female Knight Erica, and other friends.

Orbins himself was overseeing an important magic experiment and could not leave, but he controlled a Mechanical avatar to meet Anvis and they re-exchanged their Identity Seals.

Meanwhile, during his absence from Pamir, Claire, who had already left the academy, had sent him several letters.

She shared her travel experiences in them, and attached Magic Images of relics and artifacts, along with some small objects found in the relics.

These included bizarre eyeball sculptures, a silver Pendant engraved with twisted stars, Black Stone carved Runes, pale green fossil fragments, and others.

Looking at these magical images and souvenirs, Anvis could imagine her escaping from the collapsing ruins in a thrilling manner.

However, when he picked up the last letter sent by Claire, the Ancient Secret Scripture hanging at his waist suddenly flickered.

This immediately attracted Anvis’s attention, and he opened the letter, pouring out a dark blue fragment about the size of a fingernail from the envelope.

This fragment appeared to be some kind of crystal but shone a bright, metallic-like sheen, with several parallel scratches on its surface. Due to its small size, its original shape was indiscernible.

Anvis picked up the fragment and held it in his hand. It felt very light, even lighter than ice of the same volume.

He noticed that when he lifted the fragment, the Ancient Secret Scripture indeed flickered slightly, but there were no further changes.

Concerned about this change, Anvis looked at the content and the date of the letter.

The letter was sent by Claire four months ago, in which the half-elf girl narrated her discovery of a hidden ancient ruins cluster in the Lost Desert and some bizarre traces of a prehistoric civilization within.

The fragment was obtained by her at an altar in the ruins. Unable to identify its material, she sent it to Anvis to see if he could discern its use.

After repeatedly testing the fragment, Anvis finally found that he could not determine what it was through these conventional magical identification methods.

After pondering for a moment, Anvis contacted the family head and instructed him to immediately investigate Claire’s whereabouts.

Then, he took the fragment and entered the underground laboratory, preparing to determine the specific elemental composition of the fragment through a specialized magic power spectrum analyzer.

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In Anvis’s research, half a month flew by.

This period was not smooth for Anvis; the progress of the instrument analysis was unexpectedly slow, and it had only completed about half so far.

Meanwhile, the family’s intelligence agency also failed to find Claire, only finding out that she had entered the Lost Desert alone and then disappeared.

In this situation, Anvis finally returned to the advanced Mysterious System class after a long absence, ready to shift his mood.

"Today, I will talk to you about the legendary Seventh Rank Mysterious System spell ’Limited Wish Technique’!"

In the middle of the spacious spellcasting area, a huge magic array, with dark red lines as if drawn with the blood of some creature, was emitting a faint magical aura.

Several mermaid candles with flickering dark blue flames were scattered at the six corners of the ritual array’s core, adding a very mysterious atmosphere to the room.

Standing at the core of the array, before a giant black crystal ball as tall as half a person, the silver-haired female mentor Nancy pushed her silver-rimmed glasses and looked towards the many students beside the ritual array.

"Most wish magic is really just like sleight of hand; it ’fulfills’ wishes through ordinary means, using magic to compensate for the impropriety of the process."

The lenses reflected the dancing dark blue light, and Nancy’s gaze slowly swept across the faces of the audience.

"Perhaps you might wish for certain treasures, like scales of a giant dragon, which could result in a giant dragon flying over your residence. Or maybe due to a mishap in the spatial teleportation of a giant dragon that ends up directly teleporting inside your house.

Then, under the effect of wish magic, it drops a scale. But here, the function of wish magic ends.

The most crucial aspect is that this does not mean that the giant dragon itself is unaffected by the wish magic, thus, you would have to face the wrath of a giant dragon."