Chapter 520: Chapter 38: The Power of the Truth Circle
In this world dominated by Magic, energy-matter conversion weapons hold a tremendous advantage in situations with unclear intelligence.
Firstly, before actual detonation and when paired with a special anti-magic alloy casing, they can achieve zero Magic Power fluctuation emission, thereby deceiving all Defensive Magic Arrays triggered by Magic fluctuations.
Secondly, they can function within an Anti-magic Field.
Anvis previously used a third-generation Mushroom Bomb to obliterate the Church Court’s Half-plane, precisely utilizing these two key advantages.
As a secret base, the entrance to the Church Court’s Half-plane would certainly be heavily defended, with measures like Anti-magic Fields, Magic Restriction Arrays, etc., to prevent infiltration by enemies.
But the designers probably never considered that there would be such a strange weapon with no Magic fluctuations before eruption and with destruction power that is virtually unlimited.
And as Half-planes are unstable Subspace Fragments, their area is usually around several hundred square kilometers, the blast radius of a Mushroom Bomb is already sufficient to cover it.
Thus, the Church Court fell into great misfortune, and other forces that knew the details felt similarly troubled.
In such circumstances, what almost no one noticed was that in the team from the Black Ring Commerce Alliance, the proportion of members from foreign lands seemed somewhat high.
This seems to have no issue on the surface, after all many of those from foreign lands have already broken through the Fourth Rank, reaching the level of true backbone Professionals, so their numbers make sense.
But in reality, this was also deliberately arranged by Anvis.
For the Players, following the Black Ring Commerce into the Messia Empire represents another layer of meaning.
In the Three Great Empires of the Continent, the active Players are actually different groups.
The forces in the Yiter Free Federation are quite complex, encompassing Players from various countries, and they are in a state of constant war.
Many domestic and foreign clubs’ storyline analysis teams unanimously believe that, until the native wars in the Yiter Free Federation truly settle down, the Federation region is only suited for war-fueled growth, swiftly enhancing the strength of professional gaming teams through various war Tasks, and not for substantial investment and long-term development.
Active within the Gloria Empire’s territory are primarily domestic Players. Silver Blue, White Light, and Star Dust, the three major clubs’ foundations, are all located in the Gloria Empire.
Although Star Dust had previously attempted to shift their main forces to the Yiter Free Federation, the full-scale war before had destroyed everything.
The small country that Star Dust Club had paid a considerable price to side with was one of the victims. In the ongoing war, the Royal Family was directly annihilated and the ruling class completely overturned, thereby nullifying all their previous investments.
Fortunately, their foundation within the Gloria Empire remained intact, and they didn’t fall apart from that blow, but they were still greatly weakened, and they haven’t fully recovered to this day.
In contrast, the Messia Empire is the major operational area for foreign clubs.
In the past, the two parties did not interfere with each other’s water, because the natives’ Strength was too strong, and the side with the home-field advantage could virtually trounce the side without it.
But now the situation is different, although merely a Commerce-type force, the Black Ring Commerce is still a true High Rank Camp.
As long as they don’t actively provoke others, the opposing side cannot trouble them for no reason.
Therefore, the multitude of Players in the team are now extraordinarily excited.
This is the prelude to the future national warfare!
At this point, some professional gaming teams that have arrived within the Messia Empire have begun to operate in an orderly manner.
Under the guise of the Black Ring Commerce Alliance, many Players have already started to explore around, attempting to trigger hidden Tasks.
Professional Players have begun to investigate local historical and cultural information, trying to find clues in history to unearth truly massive Task chains.
Anvis expressed great admiration for the determination of the players.
Keep it up, ideally triggering a few of the continent’s main quests over there.
The larger the scale of the tasks triggered by the players, the more Saint Messia III has to worry about every day.
Better to just work him to death.
…..
And so, as various parties plotted, time gradually passed.
During this time, the main focus of many high-order forces was on how to counter the unknown terrifying weapon of the Truth Circle.
Having witnessed the terrifying power of the Truth Circle’s new weapon, many high-order forces meticulously reviewed and studied it, finally finding countermeasures.
The simplest one being that these terrifying explosions did not contain any Rule Power. This meant as long as a Ninth Rank was present, the effect of this weapon would not be particularly significant.
The secret base of the Church Court was attacked purely by coincidence in the past.
The Ninth Rank Archbishop responsible for guarding the entrance had temporarily left, and coincidentally, there were no Ninth Rank Professionals inside. The combination of these two factors led to the tragedy.
Having discovered this weakness, many of the Ninth Rank breathed a sigh of relief.
This meant that, although the weapon was powerful, it would not pose a real threat to their true selves.
And for the Truth Circle to create such a weapon, it must not be easy. They are likely not to use it for ordinary attacks, but to deal with key targets instead.
However, in any case, many high-order forces are now starting to restrain the younger generation of their families, to avoid giving the Truth Circle the opportunity to strike at them.
Since its debut, every action taken by the Truth Circle has been significant, yet their behavior pattern is very puzzling.
Some have tried to connect all known actions taken by the Truth Circle since they appeared, attempting to find a pattern.
But in the end, they failed; Anvis’s actions are almost inexplicably illogical.
It seems that every party has been directly or indirectly attacked by them; Fiona Olivendi, who went missing at Pamir Academy, is suspected to have ultimately fallen into their hands too.
Although, the upper echelons of the Olivendi Family are well aware that this is completely unfounded.
The recent activity of the Truth Circle has caused great psychological pressure on the many forces of the Empire.
Of course, this is not entirely without benefits.
For the Four Great Families, for instance, the emergence of the Truth Circle has added a common enemy with the Royal Family.
Due to concerns over its threat, the Royal Family cannot easily act against the Four Great Families, to avoid losing much of their strength in an internal conflict when the enemy truly attacks.
However, sometimes the effect of the name ‘Truth Circle’ seems to be a bit too good.
“Anvis, be cautious recently, and it’s best to avoid places like ancient ruins as well, don’t let the Truth Circle seize the chance to capture you.”
When Anvis first gathered a bunch of information on the ruins and it arrived, the Duke’s admonitions also reached him, leaving Anvis with mixed feelings of laughter and tears.