Rebirth of the Noble Mage Behind the Scenes

"Of course, it would be my honor, please give me your instructions! For your glory, even if facing a Giant Dragon, I will not shrink back!"

Although it was a bit hard to digest a large amount of information at once, upon hearing Anvis say that he was going to assign him a Task, the Elf immediately cast those matters to the back of his mind.

After all, the process of the conversation with Anvis had already been recorded by him, and besides, he was just an Independent now, so he could leave those troublesome matters for the club people to worry about.

"I heard that you have broken through to the Fourth Rank?"

With a smile that was not quite a smile, Anvis glanced at the Elf and did not immediately disclose the task he needed completed but first inquired about his enhancement in strength.

"Your wisdom is profound! Indeed, I have recently broken through to the Fourth Rank."

Caught off guard for a moment, the Elf quickly came to his senses and hurriedly replied.

"Good, after this task is finished, return to Karlars once, and I will give you the next set of instructions."

Nodding his head, Anvis made a gesture and transmitted a set of encrypted Magic information. After being decrypted by the Crystal Ball on the Dragon Descendant's side, it transformed into a text blazing with ice-blue flames and projected in front of the Last Dragon Descendant's eyes.

And at the top of the message, was strikingly a Player's character nickname [Silver Blue – Zero Charge]!

"Do you see this person? According to investigations, behind the rapid expansion of the Mechanical network, he has played a quite significant role. I need you to find a way to deal with him, at least make sure he won't be able to show up for a while."

Under the hood, Anvis's eyes fixated on the Last Dragon Descendant, his tone calm, as if what he had just instructed was merely as common as pruning a plant or pouring a cup of coffee.

"With this information, I believe you and those behind you should have a way to meet my request."

As for Zero, the instability factor, Anvis had in fact never ceased to keep an eye on him.

After returning to the Federation through secret channels, Zero directly started taking over the work of expanding the Mechanical network.

Besides organizing events among the players, he also had a plan for the natives who had become users of the Mechanical network.

Initially, the use of the Mechanical network was supposed to be paid annually, and the cost was substantial for the common people.

But under Zero's directives, now every network user received a unique invitation code.

As long as one person joins the network using this invitation code, the cost for the network usage of the code owner would be halved. If three new users are invited, then the inviter could permanently waive the network usage fee.

In such a two-pronged strategy, the result was as everyone saw, the popularity of the Mechanical networks began to skyrocket.

Truth be told, even with the support of the Silver Blue logistics team behind him, Zero's personal abilities in causing trouble were indeed a rare talent.

If it were an ordinary time, Anvis wouldn't be planning to move against him so soon.

But now, during this critical period, he wished for Zero, this destabilizing element, to temporarily disappear for a while, to avoid disrupting his plans.

Reading through the exceedingly detailed personal information in front of him, the Elf felt his heart beating faster and his flesh crawling.

Although the intelligence was presented in the form of reports by the natives, it contained not only the in-game character Identities but also the player nicknames, guild affiliations, etc.

What shocked the Elf the most was that even the real names of the players outside the game were included in this information.

"There's no need to be so surprised, Rivers, my sources of intelligence don't solely come from regular intelligence agencies; I also have many foreigners like you. Some of the special intelligence, in fact, comes directly from them."

Anvis had a clear view of the changes in the Elf's mentality.

To prevent his 'loyally stubborn' followers from actually suffering a heart attack, he deliberately found a reasonable excuse to explain everything.

And furthermore, this reason wasn't made up on the spot but was actually obtained from inquiring Xia Ye Yinghuo.

Uncertain if he would be noticed by what's dubbed the 'game system', he had previously sought out a female player, and by guiding her with his questions, made the girl narrate the information herself.

"Is that so… I apologize, it was unbecoming of me."

He managed a strained smile, the Last Dragon Descendant wiped the sweat from his brow, and a sudden seed of doubt sprouted in his heart — these intelligent natives, indistinguishable from real humans, could they one day truly make contact with the 'real world'?

"Moreover, I've heard that the secret to you foreigners' immortality lies in your true bodies remaining on that sunken continent, and what acts on the Yar Continent are merely entities like Magic Projections, right?"

Not intending to let the Last Dragon Descendant off easily, Anvis peered under the hood at the Elf's pale green eyes, her tone eerily calm.

"So, if I provide you with sufficient compensation, could you arrange for someone to eliminate the true body of one of those foreigners?"

"…"

The Last Dragon Descendant opened his mouth, his brain, usually sharp at analyzing various scenarios, was suddenly at a loss for words.

In that moment, he reached a terrifying conclusion.

Anvis's proposal, although highly impractical, was definitely not impossible!

"That, esteemed Sir, on our… Continent, everyone is a law-abiding good citizen, and to arbitrarily deprive another of their life is an extremely serious crime…"

After a long pause, the Elf finally managed to squeeze out a few words in response.

"Furthermore, those who accept the task can simply collude with the target, get them to stay out of this world temporarily, pretending to be eliminated and hiding from the limelight. Once the reward is claimed, the target can re-enter this world and split the proceeds."

Speaking thus, his thoughts began to flow more freely, pointing out the key flaw in Anvis's proposal.

No matter what means they used, the natives could not reach the things of the real world, making it a challenge to confirm whether the task was truly completed.

"What you say does make some sense… Then, go now to complete your task—"

Nodding slightly, Anvis no longer intimidated the Elf and simply waved her hand to end the conversation.

Watching the Crystal Ball darken once more, the Elf steeled himself, and after digesting the massive amount of information obtained from contacting Anvis, he immediately started communicating with Tiramisu, passing these precious pieces of secret information to her.

On the other side, after concluding the conversation with the Last Dragon Descendant, Anvis carefully reminisced over various messages related to Zero from his past life, and decided to attempt something special.

"Pigeon, are you there?"

"What do you need from coo?"

Hearing Anvis's internal call, a white pigeon's head poked out from the elongated shadows of the Mercury Magic Hourglass beside the writing desk in the candlelight.

"Nothing much, this time, I need you to send a message for me. Yes, it's to one of those other perspectives of shadows belonging to you."

Watching the pigeon's dull, black-red eyes, Anvis snapped his fingers, and another string of Silver Blue flame texts appeared.

He had already experimented; this strange pigeon could indeed send messages to other players' Message Pigeons.

According to it, what players call the 'Message Pigeons' are actually the result of its original form's shadows manifesting in a three-dimensional spatial perspective.

"It's him, pass the message to your shadow that is bound to him."

After mimicking the Magic Power aura of the Last Dragon Descendant, Anvis silently watched as the pigeon re-entered the shadows.

If the previous information was about the target's Identity details.

Then, the information he was now sending to the Last Dragon Descendant through the pigeon was specific methods related to eliminating the target.