Peering from Beyond

A Gaze from Beyond

After considering various arrangements, Anvis ultimately chose the traditional method. By adding a special relay mechanism, he would interfere with the possibility of outside prophets using the Black Ring Terminal as a medium to trace Heros' Infinite Grimoire in reverse.

The exchanges between High-rank Prophets were actually somewhat like internet hackers on Blue Star following a network cable to find your real-world address, except the medium had been replaced by the Continental Web of Fate.

After a period of effort, using the ancient High Elf fate-transfer Secret Art recorded within the Tower Spirit Bohemia, Anvis successfully linked the original Old Days Secret Scripture to the relay medium of the Black Ring Terminal's Fate Line.

Now, anyone attempting to divine the precise location of the Black Ring Merchant Guild's terminal core would first have their target diverted to the original Old Days Secret Scripture.

With this method, while the Star Gazer remained in seclusion, other prophets had virtually no chance of succeeding in their divinations.

At first, the Black Ring Terminal had not been easy to popularize. As an unfamiliar new product, even with the Black Ring Merchant Guild promoting it vigorously, most professionals were not very receptive.

Anvis had anticipated this situation as well.

He arranged a range of targeted promotional campaigns for customers from different social strata.

First were those High-Ranked Professionals who owned Communication Crystal Balls and purchased Constructs in bulk to arm their armies. Anvis added a transaction points system.

Based on different tiers of customers' total historical transaction amounts, the Black Ring Merchant Guild would gift them special non-sale terminals of varying grades free of charge.

At the same time, Anvis bundled Black Ring Terminals with Constructs. Buy one Construct of Fourth Rank or above, or three Third Rank Constructs, and receive