However, although Anvis had taken that Scepter ahead of time, the calmness in Raine's eyes suggested that he had somehow gained a new Fortuitous Encounter.
This was an interesting trait of the Children of Destiny. If a Fortuitous Encounter they should have obtained was lost due to some accident, the Web of Fate would, after making adjustments, arrange a new Fortuitous Encounter for them.
Then, over a long period of time, it would try to correct their Fate Lines back toward their original trajectories.
These corrections took many forms, and sometimes High-rank Prophets would actively arrange them on its behalf.
During this process, the power the Web of Fate would have originally expended to correct the Fate Lines would be converted into an equivalent amount of Fate Feedback for the Prophet.
"Anvis, look here. The cores of these stone pillars seem different from their outer surfaces."
At that moment, Claire suddenly cried out and pointed at a stone pillar nearby.
A huge tearing claw mark ran across the base of that pillar, its tips sunk deep into the center of the stone.
Under the glow of Candlelight, however, the black rock at the bottom of the claw-mark grooves shimmered with a faint crystalline gleam. It was clearly separated from the surrounding rock of the pillar's outer layer.
Anvis casually tossed a Magic Light Spell light orb over, but after the pure white light orb attached itself to the surface, it dimmed at an astonishing rate.
In contrast, tiny white specks suddenly appeared within the crystal's pitch-black color, emitting a faint eerie glow and the aura of Mana.
"That's Midnight Crystal, a special high-rank dark-element material. Its surface gives off no Mana aura, but it can absorb Mana up to the Seventh Rank. It only forms in environments dark enough and