Arcane Lord

"Lord Shado, this place has been searched many times by Rex and the others. Let's go to an area that looks like a warehouse first. There are still protective spells there. Maybe there will be new harvests there."

"Can."

Rodit and others had a plan, and Shado was happy to take things easy. Even due to the impact of the previous two exploratory actions that ended without success, Rodit and others became extremely cautious this time.

Everywhere you go, you must first use force field spells to clear the way, and then move forward after leaving a certain amount of space, not to mention lighting.

The matrix of bright light balls flying out from the section of the [Dazzling Light Sphere] never left the heads of Rodit and the others for even one second!

Entering through a portal on the left wall of the hall, after passing through a long and narrow passage, Rodit and the five came to a room filled with rubble.

It's not entirely accurate to call it a room, because there are no walls around here, only a hazy haze of light that gradually becomes stronger from near to far, and finally evolves into a pale giant screen.

Rodit unfolded the map in his hand, compared it several times and said to everyone: "The terrain has not changed much. Behind these ruins is the warehouse that Rex and the others failed to break through!"

"The gravel on the ground has different shapes. It is inevitable that there will be blind spots for light, and it is not convenient to walk. Let's fly over!"

With that said, Rodit took out a [Group Flight] scroll from the scroll box and blessed everyone. Then he used a force field to clear the way and built a relatively spacious closed passage, and then he flew over with everyone.

Sha Duo saw this scene through the spiritual link, and had to sigh that the cautious Rodite and others really had no blind spots, but this also made him feel more relaxed.

It would not be bad if it could remain so relaxing until the end of the exploration!

…

In front of a completely undecorated stone door, when he saw the flickering magic aura on the door, Rodit finally understood why the Rex team, who were obviously experienced ruin hunters, couldn't handle this place.

And the reason why the protective spell here is still effective after hundreds of years!

"In addition to the protective spells in the original mage tower system, the element pool of this mage tower also appeared here for some unknown reason!"

As senior relic hunters specially trained by Lord Collins to explore real ancient ruins, Team Rex is also educated in magic.

However, due to the inability to directly access the deep magic network, the actual observation and operation levels are far inferior to those of normal high-level mages.

But as senior relic hunters, their sensitivity in some aspects is far beyond that of normal high-level mages, such as the phenomenon of elemental pool displacement in front of them.

Maybe they don't understand the real reason behind this phenomenon, but they know that exploring the area behind the stone gate is completely beyond their capabilities.

"Lord Chateau, look--"

“Let’s go to other unexplored areas first and then I’ll think about it.”

To be honest, Xia Duo has never seen such a weird situation!

There is no need to doubt whether there is a warehouse behind the stone gate. This place is a relic left by Master Nese in the Age of Discovery, which is only a few hundred years old now.

Although there is no specific purpose marked on the door, through understanding the current Mage Tower, it is not difficult to find that it is most likely a warehouse.

Nowadays, there are only a few mage towers in Netheril that have the effect of spatial folding. If this mage tower is intact, it may not be much behind today.

It may just be the lack of some new functions, such as [Plane Exploration Array], but other core components are completely fine.

Xia Duo felt that this place was weird. It had nothing to do with whether there was a warehouse behind the stone gate. The real reason was that as a relatively sophisticated magical creation, the elemental pool array of this mage tower had somehow been stripped out.

It was just peeled off, that's all. But it happened to be integrated with the protective system on the stone gate, and it was still running in a very strange state of balance.

This is like stripping out a cylinder of the engine of a car and connecting it to the headlight, and the headlight can still shine.

Or, for an integrated circuit, one area is peeled off and pasted on another area, but the circuit is still intact and the relevant functions still exist.

This is really weird.

Xia Duo guessed that either a blind cat encountered a dead mouse, and happened to hit the one among countless possibilities that just made the element pool and protection system still work.

Either there is a more complex spatial form here. The element pool seems to appear here, but in fact it is still in its original position. It is just a spatial transformation, making people mistakenly think that a strange fusion has occurred.

Which one it is, you still need to go to other areas where protective spells exist to see if it is the same as here in the warehouse.

…

Soon, Rodit and others arrived at the next unexplored area. According to the judgment of the Rex team, this area may still be a warehouse.

"Rex's judgment about this place may be wrong. I think this is more likely to be the private residence of a certain mage in the mage tower at that time."

Abner pointed to some carvings on the wall outside the door frame and said, "If nothing else, this should be the mark left by the constant magic alarm (doorbell) at that time. If it was a warehouse, there would be no need to do this."

Everyone agreed with Abner's judgment, but more questions came -

This door, or more accurately, the protection system of this area, is also integrated with the elemental pool.

After that, Rodit and others continued to check the remaining areas where protective spells existed, and they all showed signs of fusion with the elemental pool.

There are two areas that look like the mage's private residence. The protection system there has become chaotic and collapsed, and its integration with the elemental pool is also in an unstable state. It seems that an elemental pouring accident may occur at any time.

…

Returning to the warehouse door closest to the entrance hall from the beginning, Rodit expressed his conjecture: "Could the anomalies in these areas be due to some emergency evacuation measures after the experiment failed?

"Lord Shado, what do you think?"

Sit back and watch!

Xia Duo was indeed sitting relatively leisurely watching the actions of Rodit and others. If everything went well, he would even end up sitting leisurely.

He could tell that among the five Roditites, Weegee was probably just here to have fun, while Frank and Abner were there to escort Roditte. As for Steele, he was the main force in this exploration operation.

Of course, this main force is more manifested in cracking the protection system of the mage tower.

It's a pity that although the protection system here seems not difficult to crack, it has become more difficult because of the strange fusion state with the elemental pool.

From the fact that Steele has been silent until now, you can tell how sure he is.

Therefore, Xia Duo became Rodit's last resort. If Xia Duo was unable to do anything here, then this exploration would end in vain.

As for next time, there probably won’t be a next time.