"Lord Roland, something has happened at the Experimental Park..."
Elsewhere, Roland finally received word of the incident at the Academy.
He was away at the time, having just finished inspecting and verifying an ancient site related to the experiment in his capacity as a visiting mage.
The site was Dragon Trace Rock, which Professor Anglando had recommended-a suspected trace left by a dragon of time in the long river of history.
Over this period, Roland had used his standing to personally examine and take rubbings of the Mountain Stone Book and the Obelisk, and had begun to find a few leads.
"My lord, our sincere apologies. It seems we must end this inspection and return as quickly as possible.
"Preparations for Mass Teleportation are underway. Shall we discuss the details within the spell's range?"
The accompanying Sinvira mages and senior officials approached him with grave expressions.
"All right." Roland nodded, accepting the arrangements made by the people of Sinvira.
"The man who planned this disturbance was Haigwen of the Experimental Park's security department. On the surface, he had no deep connections with devils, but he recently acquired a large sum of wealth from unknown sources. Even his promotion may have been arranged to facilitate his activities.
"Our preliminary assessment is that he was an elite sleeper agent planted by the devils from the start. Normally, he used his middle-ranking position to connect the upper and lower levels, playing a crucial role. But after the Thirty-Sixth Generation was exposed, their upper-level network suffered a devastating blow, forcing him to step forward as a replacement."
"They used the security department's own authority to falsify alerts and disable the Academy's normal response mechanisms, then worked with experimental staff to activate an Interdimensional Gate...
"Devils are transplanar creatures to begin with. With a magic