At the same time, Anvis also pieced together the full course of events surrounding the reappearance of the King Selection Sword.
In fact, more than a century ago, Marquis Delaka had accidentally discovered traces left behind by the powerful Spellcaster who had stolen the King Selection Sword from the royal family while out exploring.
Following those clues, Marquis Delaka personally ventured deep into the Ruins. After breaking through layer upon layer of defensive magic powerful even by Ninth Rank standards, he finally found the King Selection Sword at the core of a gigantic instrument.
Overjoyed, Marquis Delaka immediately took the King Selection Sword and employed every method he could think of to unravel its secrets.
But to his disappointment, after spending nearly a hundred years and investing untold manpower and resources, the King Selection Sword remained in its self-sealed petrified state.
If not for the identification of prophecy magic, and the fact that no method below the Ninth Rank could destroy it, Marquis Delaka might truly have suspected that it was merely an ordinary stone-carved longsword.
When he realized that he might genuinely have no way of dealing with it, Marquis Delaka's mindset gradually began to change.
He knew that for thousands of years, the royal family had never given up searching for it.
If he chose to hand it over, the royal family would certainly grant him a generous reward.
But after careful consideration, Marquis Delaka found himself unwilling to accept that.
As a renowned Epic Artifact, the royal family could never offer a reward equal to the King Selection Sword's value. At most, they would allow him to choose another Ninth Rank Artifact as compensation.
Trading an unusable Epic item for a Ninth Rank Artifact did not sound like a loss.
But Marquis Delaka did not see it