Having confirmed his bearings in the current environment, Anvis took a brief look around the room before gripping the dark gold scepter in his hand, focusing his thoughts, and returning to the special spatial layer he had just visited.
At this moment, the people in the cave hall were still in a state of shock and confusion due to Anvis’s sudden disappearance, fearing that some new danger had emerged.
"Anvis, where did you just go?"
Upon seeing his figure reappear, Claire looked at Anvis with a slightly tense expression, making sure there was nothing amiss with him.
"Don’t worry, Senior Claire, I’ve just found a way to leave this place—"
Looking around, Anvis began to speak with a smile, and the words he said filled everyone with joy.
"There’s a special unstable point here, passing through this spatial point, we can leave this dream realm and return to the normal world.
As for those monsters, they do not exist in the real world, but only within the layers of this dream realm—"
"Anvis, can you take us out of here then!"
The most excited person upon hearing this news was Xia Ye Yinghuo. She had always felt a certain eeriness in the pitch-dark hall, and now, hearing of a hope for departure, she immediately asked.
"Indeed, we can, so everyone, please stand within three meters around me."
Nodding, Anvis explained how they would leave, and everyone hurried to comply.
But after gathering, Xia Ye Yinghuo made a bold move—in the midst of everyone’s surprise and envy, she suddenly hugged Anvis from behind and pressed herself against him!
"Please, Miss Vivian, comport yourself..."
Feeling a certain soft but firm pressure against his back, Anvis’s eyelids twitched.
In "Mysterious Era," to have more intimate contact with an NPC, one had to build up a certain level of character affection. This girl, having completed several tasks for him and having sufficient character affection, was now getting carried away.
He understood the mentality of players very well; she was definitely treating him like a life-sized collectible figure to hug!
Meanwhile, Claire’s azure eyes narrowed slightly, feeling a bit irritated. But the next moment, she wondered why she was feeling this way.
Perhaps, she was worried Anvis might be ambushed.
After a moment’s thought, the half-elf girl convinced herself with this reason.
Quickly releasing him, Xia Ye Yinghuo apologized at the speed of light.
"Forget it, Senior Claire, please stand behind me. Let’s leave this place first."
Shaking his head, Anvis lifted the scepter and, in an instant, everyone’s figures vanished from the dark cave. When they reappeared, they were in a hall decorated in a magical mithril style.
"Wow, Anvis, where is this?"
Amazed, Xia Ye Yinghuo eagerly ran to the center of the hall to touch the Floating City magic projection suspended in mid-air.
"If I’m not mistaken, this is the core control room of what was once the Sky City, [Pomiya]. And judging by the devices here, at least some of its functions are still operable—"
Anvis spread his arms, generously clearing up the player girl’s doubts.
"Wait a minute! Did you just say Sky City? Are we currently in the ruins of an Ancient Floating City?!!"
After hearing Anvis’s words, although Xia Ye Yinghuo did not quite react, Alisa was taken aback.
She was acutely aware of what the discovery of a new, still operational Floating City meant.
The Continent Magic Council is able to achieve a transcendent status amidst the three major powers. An extremely important reason for this is that the Magic Council controls the only Floating City that is perfectly preserved among humans.
It is capable of withstanding the onslaught of multiple Ninth Rank Limits, and can even concentrate fire to instantly annihilate a Ninth Rank super war weapon! If one could take control of it...
At this thought, Alisa suddenly shook her head.
No, perhaps it’s not her turn yet, not even anyone currently in the relic. It should be those Ninth Rank nobles outside who are qualified to compete for it.
"Anvis, what should we do now...?"
Somewhat absent-minded while observing the Engraving Array on the wall, Claire regains her focus and raises a question that slightly accelerates the heartbeat of everyone present.
For some reason, ever since entering this place, the Half-Elf girl has always been somewhat distracted.
Amidst the vague expectant glances of the crowd, Anvis gave a slight smile.
"Now that we are here, why not think of a way to try and obtain the control of this Floating City—"
As his words concluded, the heartbeats of those present accelerated even more.
"Lord Anvis, may we explore freely here?"
After thinking, Rein cautiously asked a question.
From the series of events that had just transpired, it was clear that among the people in the hall, Anvis was undoubtedly the strongest and had an overwhelming background.
If they were to explore on their own without his consent, they might just end up thrown back into the cave they were in before, to a plight where no cries for help would be heard.
"Yes, as long as you do not destroy anything here."
After looking at him, Anvis nodded amid the excited and somewhat incredulous gazes of everyone.
In fact, he was also secretly observing everyone at this moment.
During the brief exploration that had just taken place, Anvis realized that although the hall indeed reacted to the Scepter, he was unable to use it to control the equipment within the hall.
This meant that he was still missing some key elements.
Bringing these people here, he hoped to make use of the power of the Children of Destiny, to help fill in the final missing piece for the authority of the Floating City.
It seems that due to the inertia of destiny, the people currently in the hall could still barely make up Rein’s squad from their previous lives.
The sensual and gentle Knight Girl — Alisa.
The immature, non-seductress, non-mature lady Summoner — Xia Ye Yinghuo.
The disaster-bringing girl Elemental Master — Claire.
The mysterious and unfathomable Prophet girl...
Cough cough... Since destiny has already been changed, it’s not necessarily required to be a girl, anyway, just having the Professions of Rein’s former teammates would suffice.
A few moments later, it was Xia Ye Yinghuo who first noticed a problem.
Without knowing what she did, a black Obelisk about one meter high with its upper surface inclined at a forty-five-degree angle to the body emerged from the ground, which appeared as a whole. On its surface was engraved a mysterious diamond-shaped Rune.
Of course, that’s all she could achieve; following that, the System Panel prompted her that her High Elf knowledge Level was insufficient to meet the event’s trigger conditions.
The moment she saw the Rune, Claire suddenly clutched her head, a shade of pain flashing across her azure eyes, and a layer of fine sweat appeared on her forehead.
But in the next moment, a glimmer of enlightenment passed deep within the girl’s eyes, as if suddenly remembering something sealed in the corners of her memory.