Secret

Before Shute arrived, the strongest person present was an Eighth Rank Storm Sorcerer responsible for protecting the Envoy. The fact that the other party had failed to notice his probing showed that their Spiritual Power was far inferior to his.

As an Eighth Rank whose innate spell was an Illusion System domain, Anvis easily confused the Seventh Rank city lord, making him believe that one of the youths at his side was the newly captured Anvis.

Anvis himself sat in the city lord's study, his Spiritual Power spread wide as he observed the entire City Lord's Mansion.

In fact, the moment that foolish little thief had brought him into the City Lord's Mansion, Anvis's Spiritual Power had already scanned the entire place, confirming that there was nothing capable of truly threatening him.

This was, in fact, the normal state of affairs on Yar Continent. True Ninth Ranks were exceedingly rare, and their whereabouts were often unpredictable. They almost never appeared before Low-Rank or mid-rank Professionals.

The strongest Professionals who normally appeared in public were Seventh Rank; even seeing an Eighth Rank was extraordinarily rare.

Anvis often encountered all kinds of Ninth Ranks only because of the skewed perspective brought about by his status as Duke Carlot's son.

Before this banquet began, Anvis had already heard the entire discussion between the city lord and the steward.

He was not sure whether the Marquises' Envoy arriving tonight had also been influenced by the Mercury Dice, but this revelry banquet was clearly the "place where desires gathered" indicated to him by the Mercury Dice.

It was an excellent opportunity—not only to nurture the growth of the Desire Seed, but perhaps also to arrange a little surprise for those Marquises who had taken the lead in rebelling.

So, he waited patiently until now.

Lord