If the Tribunal controlled the Nephret Continent and the Stargate Council managed the Iskaper Continent, then the Stat Continent could be considered the abandoned child of all fourth-rank wizards.

Between the Stat Continent and Iskaper Continent, there was also an archipelago called the Skye Islands.

Although this archipelago was relatively close to Iskaper, it wasn’t controlled by the Stargate Council.

Because the master of the Skye Islands was also a fourth-rank wizard, and quite a powerful one at that.

She usually only stayed on the main island’s Sky City, but she could appear in most liquids.

Including a person’s body fluids.

This terrifying ability, like how the Tribunal Chief could appear anywhere there was light, had already made her vassals and subjects regard her as a god-like existence from legend.

Now, this “god” sensed the summons from her blood-related sister and appeared in a half-abandoned cave beneath the Cliff.

“Both the Stargate Council and the Tribunal have violated their agreements and intervened in the Borderland. Ophelia, I hope you can still laugh after hearing this news.”

Pei’er: “…”

“Silly little sister, you don’t know what the Abyss’s anchor point means to fourth-rank wizards. If the boundary breakthrough can no longer be stopped, then protection of the Borderland will immediately become a fight for the anchor point.”

Pei’er frowned tightly. Even though she was already a third-rank wizard and had even attempted to break through to fourth-rank two years ago, without reaching fourth-rank, she knew absolutely nothing about certain hidden knowledge.

Even if Ophelia told her directly, her brain would refuse to accept it, only able to hear these ambiguous descriptions.

“What exactly… is the anchor point?”

“Even if I tell you again, you won’t be able to remember it.” Ophelia was relatively patient with her sister.

Pei’er had to give up. “Fine, then when the Tribunal and Stargate Council had us search for the Storm Eye, it wasn’t actually to prevent the boundary breakthrough, but to seize the anchor point the moment the boundary breaks through?”

“You could say that.”

“The anchor point is something only fourth-rank wizards can touch, so I’ll just ask you this: if the boundary breaks through, what will happen to the Borderland? What will happen to… me?”

“I cannot foresee the future, but I can tell you about history.”

“History…”

“Do you know why the Borderland is so dangerous yet has such abundant resources?”

Pei’er had already thought of it. She bit her lip, her eyes slowly narrowing.

“Because of the corpses of generation after generation beneath your feet, nurturing it over many years! Hehehehe…”

Pei’er irritably interrupted Ophelia’s annoying laughter. “What if I directly leave the Borderland?”

“You can’t leave.” Ophelia said softly. “Once you enter the Borderland, you get marked. Everyone who has ever, currently, or will ever set foot in the Borderland will become new nutrients for the Borderland after the boundary breakthrough.”

When mentioning that her sister might die, Ophelia’s tone didn’t change at all, clearly indicating that her concern for her sister didn’t include her sister’s life.

Hearing about her possible fate, Pei’er actually felt like a weight had been lifted from her chest, no longer feeling so uneasy.

“Then why did you have me contact you? Surely not just to inform me of my ending in advance?”

“Of course. Whether it’s me or the other two major powers, the first choice definitely isn’t to let the anchor point break through the boundary. What I just said is actually the last resort to salvage losses when we have no other choice.”

The human skin was pushed up by the water current below, forming two bumps, like a person raising both hands.

“I want to make a deal with you. Before the boundary breakthrough, I’ll do my best to help you prevent it, but after the boundary breakthrough, I want you to help me seize the anchor point immediately!”

Pei’er fell silent, using time to digest the meaning in Ophelia’s words.

Actually, in other words, before the disaster erupted, Ophelia would help Pei’er prevent the disaster from erupting. For this, she would definitely provide Pei’er with assistance, such as restoring her strength and helping her resist nightmare erosion.

But if they ultimately couldn’t prevent the disaster from erupting, then Ophelia would immediately use Pei’er to seize the source of the disaster—the anchor point.

As for the result of being used, it would most likely be death or mutation.

Anyway, once the boundary was breached, her ending wouldn’t be good, so she might as well accept Ophelia’s proposal.

So now there was one last question.

“How can I be sure you’ll prioritize preventing the boundary breakthrough?”

Ophelia’s voice became ethereal and uncertain. “Because even if any of us obtained the anchor point, we couldn’t guarantee… rather, our world would become even closer to…”

There were some key words that Pei’er completely couldn’t hear clearly.

Or perhaps she heard them but immediately forgot.

Pei’er raised her head. Although she hadn’t heard the key information, she instead felt the inherent rule power in Ophelia’s words because of this.

That was actually the most powerful evidence that she wasn’t lying.

“I understand. Then I’ll make this deal with you. Do we need to sign a contract?”

“Hehehe, no need. Since the deal is made, I’ll tell you something first.”

“What?”

“Hehehe, you’re still… in a nightmare right now!”

“Hah!”

Pei’er suddenly opened her eyes and found herself still lying on the stone platform in the secret chamber, while Ann, the consciousness body Saul had left behind, was wearing Nerela’s body and staring straight at her.

“What are you doing?” For a moment, Pei’er’s tone was very stiff.

She still wasn’t sure whether she was currently in a dream.

Ann stepped back two steps, also looking at Pei’er warily. “You were acting very strange just now! Who are you?”

Pei’er completely ignored her, sitting up by herself and looking at her right hand.

Her right hand hadn’t become wide, thin gauze.

Seeing that Pei’er didn’t acknowledge her, Ann actually felt relieved. “It’s good that you’re still alive, otherwise I’d have to go back and report to Master.”

Pei’er still ignored Ann, only suddenly extending her right hand to cut a wound on her left palm.

Red blood with several silver threads flowed out under her control, quickly gathering into a small pool of blood in her palm.

A woman’s silhouette faintly appeared on the surface of the blood pool.

A voice also came from within.

“I blurred your dream. The nightmare can’t see the real scenes inside clearly.”

Pei’er clenched and opened her hand, and both the blood and wound completely disappeared.

“Even if you blurred my dream this time, I can no longer distinguish which previous scenes were dreams and which were real.”

She clenched her fist again. “If I’ve already confused reality and nightmare before, has Clark already discovered my plan with Saul?”

Thinking of this, she felt a chill down her back, feeling that Clark’s lack of response to their scheming was terrifyingly deep.

She immediately turned to Ann and said: “Do you have a way to quickly contact Saul?”

Ann was stunned. “Only communication.”

“Writing letters? No, too slow. I’ll go find him personally.”

After saying this, Pei’er jumped down from the stone platform.

But Ann felt something was wrong. “Don’t you often get pulled into dreams? What if you fall asleep halfway?”

Pei’er didn’t explain in detail, only hurriedly saying “Not anymore” before rushing out of the cave.

Ann only blinked, and Pei’er had disappeared from sight.

She raised her hand but didn’t know if she could call the other party back.

“I came to find you actually to tell you… subordinates reported that they suspect… they found the Storm Eye…”

Unfortunately, only the air heard this sentence.

Ann sighed helplessly. “Fortunately, I just wrote to Master about this. If she’s also going to find Master, they should be able to receive this news together, right?”

(End of Chapter)