Chapter Summaries

Anvis, Claire, and Pekala failed to break through the metal gate with earth magic, so Anvis surveyed the surrounding rock and discovered a sealed chamber with no other entrance. Claire became eager to learn Anvis’s detection spell, but he refused, calling it a family Secret Art.

• Claire, Anvis, and Pekala used Fossil to Mud to excavate toward the gate, but their magic could not affect its metal surface.
• Pekala kicked the obstructing wall, hurt her toes, and healed them with a Healing Orb.
• Anvis identified the gate as Finiel Alloy and used Whispers of Secrets to map the surrounding terrain.
• Anvis discovered that the gate enclosed a cube with no passage other than the corridor they had entered.
• Claire asked Anvis to teach her Whispers of Secrets, but he refused because it was a Secret Art of his family.

Anvis used Sonic Drill to break through the Finiel Alloy gate and entered the Secret Chamber with Claire and Pekala. Inside, they found an ancient room with a decayed Positioning Array, and Anvis discovered a rune switch showing that the chamber could only be opened from within.

• Anvis explained that Sonic Drill could exploit Finiel Alloy’s weakness and used the spell to tear apart the gate.
• Pekala rushed toward the chamber, but Claire stopped her and tested the air with a flame, which went out.
• Claire cast Breath Purification Art over the group, and the three entered the sealed room.
• Anvis illuminated the chamber and found simple furnishings, an inactive Positioning Array, and an empty groove in a wall rune switch.
• Anvis determined that the Secret Chamber could only be opened from within.

Claire, Anvis, and Pekala opened a locked chest in the secret chamber and found ruined magic crystals alongside valuable ancient coins. Pekala then opened one of two metal cabinets, revealing mostly deteriorated alchemical materials.

• Pekala tried to open the Anti-Magic Alloy chest, and Anvis warned her that its arcane lock would resist a simple Knock spell.
• Pekala used the destructive Unseal spell to break the chest's lock and open it.
• Claire found that the high-grade magic crystals inside had lost their Mana, while Anvis examined the ancient coins.
• The three counted 14,285 Platinum Coins and 28,000 Silver Gold Coins, leaving Pekala disappointed by the modest treasure.
• Claire encouraged Pekala to inspect the cabinets, and Pekala opened the left one to reveal alchemical materials, most of which had become unrecognizable.

Anvis, Pekala, and Senior Claire discovered that the ancient slab in the Secret Chamber seemed to move, and its symbols drew them into a vision. Anvis awoke in an observer-like perspective within an apparent fragment from ancient times and saw a Positioning Array before the viewpoint left the chamber.

• Pekala opened the second metal cabinet and found an ancient Black Gneiss slab covered in unfamiliar symbols.
• Anvis suspected the ordinary-looking slab because Claire's strange trait had caused no trouble elsewhere in the Secret Chamber.
• Senior Claire noticed that the slab's symbols appeared to move, and Pekala and Anvis also became entranced by them.
• Anvis saw fragments of strange places and an enormous image rush toward him before opening his eyes to find the slab looking normal.
• Anvis realized he could not move or sense his belongings and that his consciousness was observing through someone else's perspective.
• The perspective's owner left after extinguishing a magical candlestick, and Anvis spotted a lit Positioning Array powered by a blue crystal.

Anvis watched a memory of Antinoya and Miyali, two High Elf girls who had discovered a way to connect distant arrays through spacetime resonance. They headed to the Star Gazing High Tower to learn more about mysterious ruins on Emis, whose origin remained unknown.

• Antinoya greeted Miyali in the basement, and Anvis noticed that Miyali carried an aura belonging to Pekala.
• Miyali asked why Antinoya had built a long corridor, and Antinoya explained how she used low-frequency resonance to link the Teleportation Array and Positioning Array.
• Miyali praised Antinoya's achievement and said she had taken coins and Magic Crystals from her father's storeroom.
• Antinoya and Miyali left the house and walked through the peaceful High Elf city toward the Star Gazing High Tower.
• Miyali asked where Emis came from, and Antinoya said Lord Iniel Coristan had discovered it near Mithril XII Star three months earlier.

Anvis learned that he was witnessing events shortly after the Purple Moon’s discovery, just before the War of the End. He followed Antinoya and Miyali into the Star Gazing High Tower, where their playful quarrel continued.

• Anvis realized that the girls’ conversation placed them near the beginning of the events that would lead to the War of the End.
• Miyali and Antinoya discussed adding a fountain to represent the newly discovered Purple Moon.
• Miyali splashed Antinoya with water, and the girls teased each other as they entered the Star Gazing High Tower.
• Miyali hugged Antinoya and tried to placate her, but Antinoya cast a spell that made Miyali laugh foolishly.
• Miyali kept clinging to Antinoya, leaving Antinoya overwhelmed as she tried to make her let go.

Antinoya and Miyali used the Star Observation Instrument to search Emis for the mysterious Ruins Antinoya had heard about. They found an ancient temple among the lunar mountains, whose ominous shadow left the girls uneasy.

• Miyali made Antinoya promise to let her do whatever she wanted later, then forgave her for using Magic against her.
• Antinoya and Miyali reached the top of the High Tower, where a middle-aged male Elf was watching one of the Star Observation Instrument's mirrors.
• Antinoya activated and adjusted the instrument, zooming in on Emis as Miyali asked where the Ruins were.
• Antinoya spotted a site among the lunar mountains and guided the view closer.
• Miyali and Antinoya saw scattered moon-rock pillars surrounding an enormous ancient temple, whose long shadow seemed to carry a loathsome quality.

Anvis watched Antinoya and Miyali examine ancient Ruins on Emis and realized that the Purple Moon’s orientation had changed since his era. Their investigation was interrupted by a strange creature that breached the city’s defenses, and its cry knocked Miyali unconscious while leaving Anvis unharmed.

• Miyali asked who had built the Ruins and whether they still existed, and Antinoya said her father and Lord Inier planned to investigate Emis.
• Anvis recognized that the Purple Sea lay on the opposite side of Emis from where it appeared in his era, suggesting an unknown force had changed the moon’s orientation.
• An alarm sounded as a mountain-sized, dark green creature emerged from a warped sky and shattered the city’s Mana Shield.
• A defensive tower struck the creature with a Mana Pillar, badly injuring it before it crashed into a plaza.
• The creature’s agonized cry caused Miyali’s ring gemstone to shatter and left her bleeding and unconscious, while Anvis felt its mental attack but suffered no harm.

Anvis and Claire recovered from the Stone Tablet’s vision, but Pekala collapsed under a chaotic spiritual fluctuation linked to the amoeba-like entities. Anvis used the Old Days Secret Scripture to draw the fluctuation out of her and discovered a new sealing spell.

• Antinoya caught the unconscious Miyali and used a ring to heal her, while a traveler elf watched twisted voids spread across the sky and amoeba-like creatures descend toward the city.
• Anvis awoke in the Secret Chamber and found the Stone Tablet gone, leaving behind sand that Mercury Eye identified as an Abnormal Element.
• Claire woke and told Anvis she had experienced a long dream about the city’s past, while Pekala’s Magic Rings shattered and she collapsed unconscious.
• Anvis examined Pekala and recognized the chaotic spiritual fluctuation in her spiritual space as the same one emitted by the giant amoeba.
• Anvis infused the Old Days Secret Scripture with Spiritual Power, causing it to pull the fluctuation from Pekala and reveal the Seal spell.

Anvis, Claire, and Nancy treated Pekala after chaotic Spiritual Power injured her in an Anomaly Zone, then returned to the Academy with their discoveries. At his residence, Anvis learned he could release the captured ripple and recorded three clues about the ancient past.

• Pekala woke with severe pain when she tried to remember the incident, so Claire suppressed the pain and the group divided the Stone Tablet's black-sand Abnormal Element among themselves.
• Nancy examined the sand and healed Pekala's damaged spiritual space with a high-level spell before inspecting the Secret Chamber herself.
• After three Magic Hours, Nancy led the students back to the Academy, where Pekala was sent for further treatment and Anvis exchanged Identity Marks with Claire and Pekala.
• Anvis examined the chaotic ripple sealed in the Old Days Secret Scripture and discovered that he could release it, though he could not control it.
• Anvis recorded that Purple Moon Emis had changed direction in the ancient past, an ancient existence had crossed the Stars Gate while following it, and High Elves in the Golden Age had reached the moon.

Anvis considered what the Ceiling Wall and the Purple Moon might conceal, then reflected on how his partnership with Claire had increased his Fate Feedback. He left intending to use Claire’s adventures as a way to advance his Mercury Divination.

• Anvis drew the far side of the Purple Moon and wondered whether it was connected to the Ceiling Wall or how the High Elves had broken through it.
• Anvis burned his notes and decided that exchanging Identity Marks with Claire was more valuable than the treasures they had found.
• Anvis explained that prophets needed Fate Feedback to defend against fate-based attacks, create Fate Artifacts, and advance in rank.
• Anvis recalled that Claire’s fate had already given him some feedback, and that Mercury Divination let him gain it through individual episodes of a Child of Destiny’s story.

During meditation, Anvis experienced a strange dream in which he fled a pursuing Holy Light Figure, then passed through surreal scenes in a familiar girl's room before waking. He returned to his senses after six Magic Hours and received the mental power feedback from his rank breakthrough.

• Anvis dreamed he rode across a gray plain and escaped the Holy Light Figure by casting Summon Phantom Steed.
• Anvis found himself in a girl's room, where a dark green book turned into soil and sprouted nine white flowers.
• The flowers became miniature Pigeons, whose cries filled the room before an enormous Pigeon appeared and shattered the dream.
• Anvis woke from meditation to find a Pigeon perched on his chest as the feedback from his breakthrough transformed his Initial Magic and increased his mental power.
• Blurry patterns appeared on the surface of Anvis's Mental Power Core crystal.

Pigeon lit recommendation tickets and saw fleeting visions of warmth, a room of female pigeons, and a Christmas tree before the visions vanished. After recalling that a falling star meant an NPC sank into the dream of the Sea of Origin, Pigeon watched a meteor shower cross the sky.

• Pigeon lit a ticket and briefly saw a warm stove before the flame went out.
• Pigeon lit another ticket and glimpsed unclothed female pigeons huddled inside a cage.
• Pigeon lit a recommendation ticket and saw a Christmas tree covered in glowing tickets that turned into stars.
• Pigeon recalled that a falling star meant an NPC sank into the dream of the Sea of Origin.
• Pigeon raised its head and saw a meteor shower streak across the sky.

After advancing to Second Rank, Anvis realized he needed outside help to prepare for the upheavals ahead. He met Claire and Pekala to compare what they had seen through the Stone Tablet, but the identity and purpose of the figures in their visions remained unclear.

• Anvis reflected on his rapid advancement and decided that improving his own strength would not be enough to face the coming changes.
• Two days later, Anvis met Claire and Pekala at an academy restaurant to exchange information from the Stone Tablet.
• Pekala described hearing a terrifying scream before losing consciousness in her vision.
• Anvis recounted seeing Antinoya leap from a tower while holding Miyali as distorted vortices filled the sky.
• Claire described viewing strange purple-shrouded Ruins through a Mirror, where a symbol caused the image to expand into a three-dimensional scene.

Anvis asked Claire to bring him along on future Ruins explorations, and she agreed after considering his strength. Pekala offered expedition supplies and trade support, while Anvis formally revealed that he was Anvis Olyvendi, the Fourth Son of Grand Duke of Carlas.

• Anvis asked Claire to bring him on future Ruins explorations, and Claire agreed.
• Pekala asked to join them, but Claire said the Ruins were too dangerous for her.
• Pekala offered to provide expedition equipment and supplies, buy their discoveries, or help sell them, and revealed that her father chaired the White Rose Merchant Alliance.
• Anvis explained the merchant alliance's influence and noticed that Pekala had called it a merchant association instead.
• Pekala asked Anvis to introduce himself, and he identified himself as a direct member of the Olyvendi Family and the Fourth Son of Grand Duke of Carlas.

Pekala proposed an alliance with Anvis, offering her resources and the White Rose Merchant Alliance’s support in exchange for his help during critical moments. Anvis weighed the benefits against the risk of drawing the Olyvendi Family into the alliance’s internal power struggle, and the chapter ended with him still considering her offer.

• Pekala enthusiastically asked Anvis to work together after learning he belonged to the Olyvendi Family.
• Anvis scrutinized Pekala, and she explained that she could influence her father and mobilize substantial Cromier Merchant Guild resources.
• Pekala offered access to the White Rose Merchant Alliance’s resources in exchange for Anvis’s support at critical moments.
• Pekala explained that the Cromier Merchant Guild needed outside backing to gain control of the divided White Rose Merchant Alliance.
• Anvis considered the alliance’s commercial advantages but worried that supporting Pekala could attract criticism from the Olyvendi Family’s higher-ups.

Anvis formed a verbal partnership with Pekala and asked her to use the White Rose Merchant Alliance’s influence to locate Cursed Ores. He aimed to control the suspected radioactive ore sources before Players could turn them into weapons.

• Anvis agreed to work with Pekala but refused to sign a contract, and Pekala accepted a verbal agreement.
• Anvis asked Pekala for samples of every type of Cursed Ore the White Rose Merchant Alliance could obtain and the locations of the Cursed Lands.
• Pekala agreed to gather the samples and locations within three days, planning to use her family’s resources to strengthen her connection with Anvis.
• Anvis privately intended to control the ore sources to prevent Players from using them to make powerful bombs.

Anvis arranged to acquire Cursed Ores and information about the Cursed Land while concealing the purpose of his magical experiment. After sending a package to Valen, he met with Harvey Karawen, whose reason for visiting remained unrevealed.

• Anvis refused to tell Pekala and Claire what he needed the Cursed Ores for, and Pekala promised to prepare the ores and information about the Cursed Land within three days.
• Pekala and Claire left, and Anvis recognized that Pekala had used diluted Bewitching Dream incense during their meeting.
• Anvis gave a package to a waiter and instructed him to deliver it to Valen at the Olyvendi Merchant Guild branch.
• Harvey Karawen arrived at Anvis's reserved room at two in the afternoon, and the two shared Rainbow Star Sea before Anvis asked why Harvey had come.
• Valen opened Anvis's package and read the note, understanding Anvis's purpose.

Claire studied an Ancient Stone Slab Fragment and received a detection Ring from Anvis, whom she began to regard as a companion. Three days later, Anvis reviewed information on Cursed Lands and narrowed his research to radioactive ores from sixty-seven mining areas.

• Claire used her occult knowledge to study the strange characters carved into an Ancient Stone Slab Fragment.
• A white Magic Messenger cat brought Claire a Ring from Anvis, who explained how to activate its detection Secret Art in a recorded Magic Image.
• Claire accepted the Ring and smiled as she considered what it meant to have a companion.
• Three days later, Anvis reviewed documents from Pekala and learned that he had obtained information on eighty-four Cursed Lands and thirty-seven ore samples.
• Anvis determined that eight kinds of ore were cursed by effects other than radiation, leaving sixty-seven mining areas that produced radioactive cursed ore.

Anvis arranged for the Cromier Merchant Guild to help acquire ownership of almost all of the Empire’s Cursed Lands, aiming to control most of its known Cursed Ore production. After leaving the acquisitions to the Olivenndi Merchant Guild, he wondered whether to attend the Katchi Party that night.

• Anvis met Pekala and asked her to negotiate the acquisition of every Cursed Land except the locations marked on her map.
• Pekala said the White Rose Merchant Alliance could immediately transfer its twelve Cursed Lands and would try to acquire the other fifty-five, though some owners might be too powerful.
• Anvis told Pekala to pass information about any lands they could not acquire to the Olivenndi Merchant Guild.
• Pekala left the meeting reflecting on the Four Great Families’ power, then embarrassed herself by cheering for the Cromier Merchant Guild in public.
• Anvis informed the head of the Olivenndi Merchant Guild about the acquisitions and turned his attention to Harvey’s invitation to the Katchi Party.