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After the supplies were transferred to the castle, everyone became occupied as they began organizing the items they needed.

Soon, they would be returning to their respective workshops or laboratories to conduct their own projects.

Faith couldn't help but notice something about the items that Vale had ordered.

"So these are the Rare Formation Nodes you've been looking for. They're quite mysterious," Faith muttered as she inspected one of them closely.

The nodes weren't heavy and were emitting a faint blue glow once touched. It was as if it was reacting to the Arcanist that had touched them.

Nevertheless, her Magic Zone couldn't pass through the inside of the stone. Yet, it seemed so fragile that it might get broken if she tightened her hold.

Vale's eyes lit up after seeing this.

"Can you tell its secret?" He asked with a hint of excitement in his voice.

He stopped himself from extracting all the crates containing Immortal Shards for now since he had plenty of time to do this later.

Right now, he was more interested in seeing if the others could perceive the Divinity they contained. He even planned to ask Pearl about this since she also has Divinity.

'Lady Faith is a Half-Spirit so her senses on these things must be great However, she probably hand't seen or experienced the Divinity yet.' Vale mused.

"Mhmm These stones feel as if they had better use than being Formation Nodes I'd probably need plenty of research to come up with an idea since I can't properly distinguish the energy inside. It feels otherworldly to me. If my guess is right, these stones were probably from another realm, or at the very least, they're influenced by an energy from a different realm and turned into this." Faith replied after thinking for a moment.

Vale was surprised that Faith had already realized that the energy it contained was otherworldly.

Indeed, Divinity was something that was not normal in the Arcanist World, so he couldn't blame Faith for not recognizing it at all.

Anyway, he already expected that she hadn't experienced the power of Divinity yet, so she was quite clueless.

Nevertheless, it was a good analysis from her.

"You can take a few of them if you want to do research" Vale replied as he took a create with him.

Apparently, Marquis Morgan had given him a total of 12 crates of them!

"Then, I will not reject that offer," Faith said as she took five Immortal Shards with her.

***

Meanwhile, as Vale and the others were rejoicing over the obtained supplies, a massive town in the eastern part of the Ruri Kingdom was being consumed by a raging inferno.

"Hurry! Call the Water Magicians!"

"We don't have those people!"

"All the magicians have gathered in the capital city!"

"No one will save us! We have to evacuate now!"

The townspeople were in a state of panic, not knowing how to deal with the sudden, enormous blaze that engulfed the market and the surrounding buildings.

Due to the recent rumors of Arcanists being hunted for their blood and flesh for a forbidden ritual, most of them had already left for larger cities or the capital of the kingdom, where they deemed it to be completely safe.

At this time, aside from Combat Arts Practitioners, who were basically the most common Arcanists in the world, no one else practiced the Arcane Arts.

"Do not panic!"

The police officers and firefighters were powerless since the fire wasn't normal either.

It was fire made of magic, and their only option was to assist the people trying to escape and ensure that no one else would get injured.

"Am I really just going to watch my town burn to ashes?" Tyler, one of the police officers in the town, muttered helplessly as he watched the flames grow larger. He could only silently pray that a miracle could happen and the energy powering the fire would run out.

He knew that the fire would soon spread throughout the whole town because the buildings were built too close to each other. If that happened, then it wouldn't be long before this town would be completely erased.

Furthermore, they had been too reliant on the Elementalists to resolve this type of problem. They do not have any Artifacts or even Talismans that could help them in such situations.

Luckily, his silent prayer was answered.

"Just control the crowd, and we'll do the rest." Suddenly, an angelic female voice echoed behind him.

He immediately turned around to see a group of mysterious individuals.

He didn't need to ask; he immediately knew that they were Arcanists!

Furthermore, their leader seemed to be an angel sent from heaven. She was so incredibly beautiful that rejecting any of her requests would feel like a crime.

Tyler immediately spoke

"Yes! We will control the crowd. Please take care of the fire!"

After the police officer left, a female Arcanist behind her spoke up.

"Miss Gale, isn't that charm spell unnecessary?" Denise inquired, noting the reaction of the police officer upon seeing Gale.

"Huh Do you think I used a charm spell just now? There was no need for that. I just simply showed my face. Once you grow up a bit more, you can also do that naturally. Do you want to learn from me? I can consider accepting you as my disciple" Gale Evans remarked.

Then, she shifted her gaze to one of the Dark Arcanists in her group, hinting to address the fire.

In truth, all the Arcanists who had joined her were tenth-year students of the Vermont Academy. They were already formidable enough to assist her in her mission, so she wasn't overly concerned about them.

"I'll take care of the fire." One of the students spoke with confidence.

"Keep in mind that we can't appear as Dark Magicians" Gale reminded.

"Yes, Miss Gale!"

The student, well aware of this stipulation, swiftly took action.

"Dark Void".

Suddenly, a strange phenomenon occurred in the atmosphere as a dark, swirling vortex materialized in the sky above the town.

This ominous phenomenon resembled a small black hole, its edges tinged with an eerie, iridescent glow that seemed to defy the laws of nature.

As soon as Gale saw this, she shook her head in disappointment.