In this world dominated by magic, Mass-Energy Conversion Weapons possessed an enormous advantage when intelligence was unclear.
First, before they were actually detonated, with a special Anti-Magic Alloy shell, they could emit absolutely no Mana Fluctuation, thereby deceiving any Defense Magic Array triggered by Mana Fluctuations.
Second, they could function within an Anti-Magic Field.
When Anvis had previously used a third-generation Mushroom Bomb to destroy the Holy Radiance Church's Demiplane, he had relied precisely on these two key advantages.
As a secret base, the entrance to the Holy Radiance Church's Demiplane was bound to have layers of defenses, such as Anti-Magic Fields and mana confinement arrays, to prevent enemy infiltration.
But its designers probably had never imagined that such a bizarre weapon could exist—one that showed no Mana Fluctuations before detonation, yet possessed nearly limitless destructive power.
As unstable Subspace Fragments, Demiplanes generally covered only several hundred square kilometers. Given a Mushroom Bomb's blast radius, that was already enough to engulf the entire area.
Thus, the Holy Radiance Church suffered a disastrous blow, while other factions that knew the details were similarly left deeply apprehensive.
Under such circumstances, almost no one noticed that Outsiders seemed to make up a somewhat excessive proportion of the Black Ring Merchant Guild Alliance's forces.
On the surface, this seemed unremarkable. After all, many Outsiders had now surpassed the Fourth Rank and reached the level of true backbone professionals, so their increased numbers were perfectly reasonable.
But in truth, this was also deliberately arranged by Anvis.
For the players, following the Black Ring Merchant Guild into the Saint Messiah Empire carried another layer of significance.
Among the Three Great Empires of the continent, the players active in each were actually entirely different groups.
The Iter Free Federation had a more complicated situation. Players from every