As Fiona's figure disappeared, Anvis lightly tapped the desktop with his white-gloved fingers, his gaze deep and unreadable.
From the details of the Magic Array carvings, he could tell that the strange Cylinder was likely a node used to gather and output Mana. It could absorb and convert the mixed Mana in the environment, producing stable, attribute-less Mana.
It was a component of some enormous system, a single screw serving the operation of the whole.
But that was all the information that could be gleaned from the component alone. What surprised Anvis most was that when he tried to trace the Cylinder's origin and true purpose through divination magic, the spell returned chaotic feedback.
As a Ninth Rank Diviner, even a casual divination failing to uncover this object's specific origins was highly unusual. It proved that the Cylinder was protected by an extremely high-level anti-divination Artifact or Ritual.
When Anvis refused to believe it and heightened the level of his divination Ritual, intending to force an answer, his spirituality was suddenly pierced by a needle-like sense of danger.
That feeling meant the existence hidden behind this object was absolutely no weaker than he was. If he chose to force the divination, the other party would discover him as well.
Although the Empire had no Ninth Rank Diviners, that did not mean it lacked Ninth Rank divination Artifacts passed down from ancient times.
The effects of those Artifacts naturally could not rival a true Ninth Rank Diviner, but they were still enough to cause him trouble.
Yet even though the divination had failed, the result was sufficient to prove one thing: this matter involved the schemes of a Ninth Rank powerhouse.
Previously, that Eighth Rank Magic Swordsman from the Glory Alliance had already named Marquis Beihim. Anvis was uncertain whether other