17. The Secret of Rank (Two in One)

"Zzz... The surface of the scroll is afflicted with a magical curse, which is very similar to the principles of magic. I can feel the fluctuations of the World Resonance."

On the sandy beach of the island, the steam-spewing Mage Helldor looked at the golden box in front of him, roughly determining the type of curse within it, and came to a conclusion very similar to Fisher's.

However, he clearly wasn't aware that the World Resonance caused by magic was related to the Spirit Realm, nor did he have the spiritual vision enhanced by the Soul Completion Manual like Fisher, so he couldn't see the ethereal eyeballs scattered around the golden box like a galaxy.

"Are you saying that this thing was used by the Phoenix Species, not a curse of fate?"

Balzac and Helldor were the main scholars of the scroll, besides which Valentina had also hired a logistician and a Mechanic, besides them and the bodyguard Philis.