In the blink of an eye,

a portal appeared out of thin air behind Caelan and Alyssa.

The next moment, a familiar voice sounded beside his ear.

"We still don’t have any especially good methods to deal with peak powerhouses at the moment."

Before Caelan could give any response, a hand suddenly reached out from inside the portal and dragged both Caelan and Alyssa inside!

The portal appeared quickly, and vanished even faster.

Almost the instant Alyssa entered the portal, the entire gateway turned directly into specks of starlight and scattered into the air.

By the time Crawford charged over, the portal had already completely disappeared.

However, to Crawford, this was not an entirely unsolvable problem.

Crawford merely gave a cold laugh. At the same time, he took out a tool resembling an hourglass from his storage space.

"Damned invader. Do you think that just because you used a portal, I won’t be able to lock on to your destination?"

"It seems you don’t know how terrifying the Spatial Hourglass truly is."

"Your location is right... right at... hm?"

An expression of disbelief appeared on Crawford’s face.

Because the Spatial Hourglass, which had always worked without fail, had actually malfunctioned this time!

No matter how Crawford poured energy into it, the Spatial Hourglass seemed to have broken down completely. It did not display any destination at all.

At this moment, Crawford even began to doubt his own life.

He had experienced countless battles, both large and small, but this was the first time he had encountered such a bizarre and frustrating fight.

Just what kind of existence could block the effect of the Spatial Hourglass?

Even Crawford himself could not figure this out at all.

He took a deep breath, his gaze sweeping over the ruined and devastated district.

Unconsciously, Crawford clenched his fists tightly.

"Damned invader. I will definitely find your location!"

"No matter who you are, I will definitely dig you out!"

...

The human capital.

Caelan and Alyssa’s figures appeared inside the headquarters of the Supreme Staff Legion.

As it turned out, the portal just now had been Evelyn’s handiwork.

The Supreme Staff excitedly circled around Caelan again and again, letting out a hearty laugh at the same time.

"Hahaha, little Caelan, you didn’t expect this, did you? The ones who completed the [Star Ascension Quest] first this time were actually us!"

"Next, it’s time for you to fulfill the promise you made back then!"

Caelan narrowed his eyes. Unconsciously, his gaze turned toward Evelyn at the side.

He truly had not expected that Evelyn would have to face her own mirror image so quickly.

But this was fine as well.

He could take advantage of this opportunity to help and accumulate experience in dealing with mirror images.

After all, Caelan was currently feeling an incomparable headache about his own mirror image.

Compared to Caelan’s calmness, Alyssa beside him had shock and disbelief written all over her face!

Was this real?

Had she seen wrongly?

That was just a staff, right?

Yet it was actually flying in midair?

And...

Just now, it seemed to have spoken?

It had even mocked Lord Caelan?

Alyssa fell into deep confusion.

Meanwhile, Caelan had already taken the initiative to dispel his Deathborn transformation.

According to Caelan’s plan, after helping Alyssa complete her [Class Star Ascension Quest], he intended to continue heading to the [Raise Undead] Instance to search for the [Sacred Necrostone].

After all, the effect of the [Sacred Necrostone] was extremely tempting, and it was not a unique item.

So Caelan thought for a moment, then said,

"If this isn’t especially urgent, I hope I can provide help tonight at the earliest."

"Of course, if you absolutely have to kill the mirror image right now, I don’t have any problem with that either."

Facing Caelan’s words, Evelyn merely shrugged, indicating that she did not mind.

"If you have something to do, then opening the mirror image tomorrow is fine too."

While Caelan and Evelyn were discussing the mirror-image quest, Alyssa was using an inspection skill on the Supreme Staff with a stunned expression.

However, the result of the inspection completely exceeded Alyssa’s imagination.

"Seriously? It’s just an ordinary, unremarkable staff? But why can it not only move on its own, but even speak?"

"That isn’t scientific. This is extremely unscientific!"

Evelyn calmly glanced at Alyssa beside her. Then her gaze turned toward Caelan as she asked in an especially calm tone,

"So... is this your girlfriend?"

Caelan was slightly stunned. Then he smiled and shook his head.

In fact, according to the internal family tree of the Merlin family, Alyssa could still be considered his younger cousin.

Of course, whether the two of them were actually related by blood, Caelan was not certain.

He seemed to have heard someone mention before that Alyssa had been adopted.

However, to Caelan, this was not important, because from beginning to end, he had never had any particular interest in Alyssa.

So Caelan waved his hands repeatedly and said,

"No, no, no. You’ve misunderstood. She’s only my younger sister."

Alyssa nodded along as well.

"That’s right. According to the family order, I am indeed Lord Caelan’s younger cousin."

What followed was a simple round of greetings.

Alyssa and Evelyn had actually met before.

It was just that neither of them was very interested in matters of the outside world, so they were not familiar with each other and had never gained any deeper understanding of one another.

But after Caelan’s introduction, they quickly accepted each other’s identities and began chatting in a friendly and cordial manner.

After they exchanged pleasantries for a while, Caelan took the initiative to interrupt the conversation.

"All right, it’s getting late. I’ll send Alyssa back first."

After bidding farewell to Evelyn and the Supreme Staff, Caelan brought Alyssa back to Blackstone City-State.

Because Alyssa still had some matters in Blackstone City-State that she had not finished handling, she did not intend to return to the Ironclad Legion’s headquarters for the time being.

"By the way, how is your quest going?"

Caelan asked casually.

Alyssa beside him nodded and said,

"It’s basically already complete. I just need to farm a few monsters, raise [Medusa]’s experience a bit, and learn one skill. Then it’ll be fully completed."

Only a few short minutes later,

a long-awaited notification finally appeared before Caelan’s eyes.

[Quest 2 has been completed.]

Caelan could not wait to open his quest panel.

At present, both Quest 1 and Quest 2 of his [Class Mutation Request] had already been completed.

What he needed to do next was head to the [Void Frontier] and complete the Instance that even Caelan himself was extremely curious about—

[Legendary Adventure].

After completing [Legendary Adventure], Caelan would also activate his own mirror image and personally search for all the mysteries.

After the quest was completed, Caelan took the initiative to suggest that they part ways.

However, just as he was preparing to leave, Alyssa grabbed his arm from behind.

"Lord Caelan, wait a moment!"