Arcane Lord

When Xia Duo saw this, he naturally did not dare to take it lightly. While he called on Rodit and others to evacuate quickly, he also summoned a large amount of water to rush towards the burning man running towards him, trying to block the opponent's footsteps.

In the process, he also tried to communicate with the other party, but the other party always only had one roar that was transmitted to the spiritual link:

"Hildalanna, bitch! Hildalanna, cousin!"

Hildalanna seems to be the name of a female elf. Sha Duo has not heard of this name anywhere before, so what does she have to do with the living person in front of her?

Xia Duo couldn't help but imagine a drama about humans and elves falling in love and killing each other. In the past, when Ellan and Netheril had a close relationship, many humans and elves did fall in love, and many of them successfully gave birth to children.

Of course, due to the extremely exaggerated gap in the natural lifespan between humans and elves, even those loves that were once extremely passionate will eventually become dull or even completely annihilated as the human side continues to age.

As for the offspring born between humans and elves, even if a few were taken to elven society, they eventually returned to Netheril, either actively or passively.

Could it be that this fire man is a half-elf who was expelled from the elf society, or a human suffering master whose emotions were played with by the elves?

Then why did he become like this and still live to this day?

Doubts popped up in Xia Duo's mind one after another, but it was not the time to explore these now. The top priority was how to deal with this burning man.

He never expected that while exploring the ruins of a mage tower hundreds of years ago, he would encounter survivors who had lived from that time to the present, even though this survivor's condition was somewhat abnormal.

But I have to say, this is really surprising.

"Lord Shado, is that Pyroman some kind of monster? Or is it a surviving member of this mage tower? What should we do now?"

Although Rodit and others quickly evacuated at Sha Duo's request, it was impossible not to be curious when encountering this situation.

Moreover, Rodit also "heard" Pyro "breaking" into the spiritual link and roaring, which made him even more curious. He was not only curious about what "Hildalanna" had done to make Pyro so angry. , and at the same time, I am also curious about the true identity of this burning man. Is he a survivor of this mage tower?

"There are no areas worth searching in the ruins. Let's exit first."

While dealing with the Pyro Man, Xia Duo answered Rodit, "As for this Pyro Man, I suspect that he is the survivor of this mage tower, and he is very likely the only survivor. Unfortunately, I don't know why. His brain seems to be a bit uneasy."

"Could it be caused by his form? I heard that after some immortality rituals fail, people will be transformed into certain special forms and lose their minds. Do you think he used imperfect immortality rituals in order to survive? ?”

Rodit's father is a senior arcanist, and he himself has been studying at the Kiran Tower all year round. He is even more sensitive than Shado, a senior arcanist, on many issues.

After being reminded by Rodit, Xia Duo also felt a little enlightened. Living can be said to be the most basic pursuit of every life. Ever since they came into contact with elves and learned about the existence of such long-lived life, the Nese people began to pursue immortality.

It's a pity that the threshold for life extension spells is not low. As far as Xia Duo knows, even the simplest life extension spell is at least an 8-ring change spell.

This blocks the vast majority of spellcasters, and only the few at the top have access to and the ability to cast such spells.

As for the immortality ritual that can obtain nearly eternal life, the threshold is even higher. In addition to the spell level, there are other explicit or implicit taboos.

Xia Duo didn't know much about this aspect. The Tower of Time only had two life-extending spells and no immortality ritual.

Hundreds of years ago, the level of sharing of relevant information may have been very high, but this mage tower did not necessarily have more than a dozen great mage. (The tower owner protects more than ten areas)

Xia Duo felt that this survivor might have received special protection from the tower owner just because of his special status. Perhaps he was a student or an heir.

It is difficult for Xia Duo to completely restore the state of various areas of the Mage Tower when the accident occurred, but since there has been no news in the past few hundred years, he can roughly guess that these more than ten areas were under special protection at that time. , most likely in a closed state.

As a result, after the people inside escaped the direct harm of the accident, they fell into endless despair unable to escape from the shelter.

Of course, it is also possible that the closed state is the real protection, just like the stasis room of the Tower of Time. Although it was originally used to imprison powerful enemies, it is also a good way to preserve it under special circumstances.

Just like Niya's father, Lord Epps, his life was about to be exhausted due to the curse of the high elf mage. He obtained a long-term state of solidification through stasis in the hope of being rescued in the future.

The owner of this mage tower may have made such a choice at that time, paying special attention to more than ten important areas, perhaps as a "time capsule" for the future.

But judging from the current situation, either the "time capsule" has failed or something went wrong. Anyway, the people inside were not well protected and at the same time lost the opportunity to escape.

Under such circumstances, try to perform an immortality ritual to transform yourself into an inhuman state, so that you can wait until the day you see the light of day again.

It's a pity that although the only survivor did survive, it was not much better than dying directly.

As a result, Sha Duo became suspicious of the identity of "Hildalanna". Maybe this "Hildalanna" was not an elf, but maybe the tower owner himself.

At that time, although Master Nese gave up elf magic, elf culture was still popular, and it was normal to give an elf name.

And those who survived in the more than ten specially protected areas, although they did not die on the spot or live in other worlds in the demiplane experimental accident due to the special protection of the tower master, they were unable to leave the area for a long time, and it was very difficult. There is the potential for endless resentment to build up.

Up to now, even though the burning man had long lost his normal thinking, he still couldn't forget "Hildalanna" who was most likely the owner of this mage tower.

Of course, the real situation needs further investigation.

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I don't know whether it was because he was afraid of the impact of the water flow, or because his brain was irrational. After chasing Xia Duo for a certain distance, the fire man suddenly gave up the chase and chose to wander aimlessly in the ruins of the mage tower.

This made Xia Duo breathe a sigh of relief. Although this fire man was almost unsolvable for ordinary people, it was not difficult for him to solve. What he was really worried about was that the fierce battle might completely destroy the ruins. destroyed.

Although there are no treasures worth searching in the ruins, the ruins themselves are a priceless treasure for an arcanist who is interested in exploring the depth of the plane realm.