Chapter 393: Changes in Situation

Inside the old secret book, Anvis watched everything in the outside world, his heart remaining calm.

The appearance of that beam of light was an emergency warning that he had set up in the thorium in advance.

When he leaves Fiona's room without taking the initiative, the light beam will be activated synchronously, triggering the academy's maze lock defense mechanism.

This way, the enemy is faced with a choice.

Should he escape immediately with the important target 'Fiona', or risk being discovered and besieged by the ninth-level academy and forcefully attack 'Avis' on the other side.

The appearance of this beam of light means that his arrival has been discovered.

Meanwhile, inside the house, there are likely other defensive measures.

It's a simple psychology trick: given a 100 percent chance of getting $80 and an 80 percent chance of getting $100, most people will choose the former.

Avis was gambling that once he succeeded, the attacking enemy would not insist on attacking another target of relatively low value, but would play it safe and leave with the most valuable target, which was her, first.

In fact, he won the bet.

When they reappeared, the environment around them had changed to the primeval forest outside the academy maze and the uninhabited rust-red rock mountains.

Behind them, the huge maze of the academy suddenly fluctuated. A figure instantly appeared in the moonlight, and the powerful mental power of the ninth-level spellcaster suddenly unfolded, sweeping across the entire area.

But when his mental power swept across the direction where Xing and Fiona appeared for the second time, there was only a trace of space ripples left by the ultra-long-distance transmission.

After hesitating for a moment, this ninth-level warrior did not choose to pursue in the end. Instead, after recording the direction of the space ripples, he immediately closed the academy maze to prevent other enemies hiding in the dark.

As the magic beam rose, in Avis' room, Fiona's mental power sensed the family amulet on her chest that originally belonged to Avis, and she activated it without hesitation according to her brother's last instructions.

In Yuelin Castle, Duke Carrot's expression changed drastically when he sensed the distress signal. He hurried to teleport, but was blocked by the maze on the other side. He needed to pass the ninth-level temporary teleportation request from the academy before he could teleport in.

Although he was anxious, Carrot still did not force an attack, but chose to wait patiently to pass.

The situation on the other side is unclear, and if you rashly attack the maze, you may easily be mistaken for the enemy, which will only cause more trouble.

On the other side, when Fiona saw the figure of the Vice Dean [Psychedelic Light] appearing nearby, she had already guessed what had just happened.

Holding Avis's amulet tightly in one hand, the girl stood alone in front of the window, looking up at the bright beam of magic light, her lake blue eyes full of worry.

Brother...you must be safe... In less than half a day, the news that Pamir Academy was attacked by unknown enemies spread quickly within the academy and among the top leaders of the empire.

Even though the academy temporarily blocked the news, the magical light column that shot straight into the sky that night, and the academy maze lock that was blocked for half a day without any warning, were seen by many students.

According to gossip, the direction where the beam of light appeared seemed to be the residence of the descendants of the Olivendi family, one of the four major families in the empire!

Although no one knew what happened at the time, Duke Karlas personally came to Pamir College afterwards and brought the descendants of his family back.

And not only that, the other three major families in the empire also seemed to have expressed their intention to bring their descendants back.

'Pamir cannot guarantee the safety of students. A large number of students have been secretly taken away by the enemy!'

'The beam of light is the aftermath of the enemy's attack. Students nearby are confirmed dead!'

"The four major families have lost confidence in Pamir and may take their descendants away collectively."

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For a time, all kinds of rumors spread secretly among students, causing a certain amount of panic.

Some students from lower backgrounds who were not aware of the real security level of Pamir College discussed the invasion of the college by foreign enemies after class and began to think about how to ensure their own safety.

The students who actually knew a little about the inside story were wondering why the enemy would rather pay the price of breaking into the academy to take Fiona away.

Harvey, Alyssa, Albins and others were a little worried about how sad Avis would be facing this change.

However, since he had been taken away by Duke Carrot overnight, they were currently unable to contact Anvis.

Regarding this matter, the current president of the Royal Pamir Academy, the ninth-level ultimate spellcaster [Fire Wielder] Saros had to come out in person to clarify the rumors.

He also explained to everyone that the academy was very safe and that more Ninth-Rank Lords would arrive for reinforcement in the near future, so the students should not panic too much and just study normally.

After pacifying the students, he still had to worry about how to face the accountability of the imperial royal family and the pressure from the two major families of Olivendi and Alfred.

Fiona was taken away by the enemy in the maze of the academy and her whereabouts are unknown. Pamir Academy does have an unshirkable responsibility for this.

Why didn't the maze lock of the academy serve as a timely warning and blocking effect for the enemy? What was the ninth-level wizard who was guarding the academy doing at that time? If Pamir Academy can't even guarantee the safety of its students, which noble would dare to send their offspring to school?

At the same time, when the information that Fiona was taken away by the enemy was reported, the situation in the imperial high-level officials suddenly became a little delicate.

The Olivendi family and the Alfred family sent people to search everywhere like crazy, and issued a bounty: anyone who provided information about Fiona's whereabouts could use the information to claim an extremely generous reward from the two families.

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If he could directly provide Fiona's specific whereabouts, or bring the girl back, the two major families would directly fulfill his wish of not exceeding the ninth level.

The royal family and the other two families also sent people to search for Fiona's whereabouts, under the pretext of helping the Olivendi family, but only they themselves knew what their real purpose was. . ….….At this moment, Anvis, who was taken away by Xing, had entered a deep underground space.

“Hmm…”

The sleeping spell on his body was lifted. Avis let out a light breath, opened his eyes, and glanced at himself first.

There was no sign of change on his clothes, but the family amulet had disappeared.

The surrounding environment is a large dark rock hall.

The walls were decorated with ancient mysterious rune carvings, and several huge carved stone pillars supported the vaulted ceiling of the cave. The windowless walls were studded with pale, ever-burning torches, illuminating the hall.

In front of him, there was a giant obsidian throne that was several people tall. The back of the throne looked like countless long and sharp stalactites gathered together, giving people an extremely dangerous feeling.

On the throne, a tall figure with a dark golden mask on his face was looking down at him.

"The target has been brought back, Your Excellency the Chief."

Floating to the side of the throne, Xing spoke softly.

"The Crystal Bird Star in the prophecy, is she the one?"

The leader stood up and slowly walked to Anvis, looking at her carefully.

"He just broke through to the fourth level, which is indeed amazing at this age, but that's all—"

"Who are you? Where is this place?"

Playing the role of an innocent girl who had been kidnapped, Avis glared at the two people in front of him.

"You'd better send me back quickly, otherwise my father won't let you go!"

(End of this chapter)