Chapter 1068: Five-Person Team, Fully Prepared

A moment later, the Magic Net Strings connected around the Teleportation Array began to oscillate, and then Luodite and his party appeared on the teleportation platform.

"Lord Xia Duo, I didn't expect the Princess to leave Shouwang Dao to the Savile Mage. It seems she still holds the Savile Mage in high regard!"

Before coming, Luodite did not know that the ownership of Shouwang Dao had changed. It was only because Xia Duo had sent a message to change the meeting point that he felt it was a bit strange, so he asked someone to inquire and only then learned the situation here.

"All of this is the will of the Princess!"

Xia Duo replied casually, not intending to delve further into this topic. He also did not invite Luodite and the others to tour the Watchtower, but instead went straight to the point:

"Mage Luodite, are you all prepared?"

"Yes, we are all prepared. Let me introduce to Lord Xia Duo the other participants who are joining this relic exploration."

As he spoke, Luodite stepped aside and introduced the people behind him to Xia Duo: "This is Mage Sidier. You should have met him; we participated in the exchange meeting organized by Mage Beilaila together."

"Hmm, I have an impression."

"This is Aibuna. He is my father's student and is very experienced in relic exploration. When my father heard that Lord Xia Duo was participating in this exploration, he sent him over. Usually, it is very difficult for me to invite him."

"Mage Aibuna, nice to meet you." Xia Duo just nodded slightly and did not say anything else.

Whether that Lord Collins was worried about his son being in his hands, or really wanted to provide some help for this exploration, Xia Duo did not care. He knew himself, and it was just an exploration mission after all.

"This is my good friend, Mage Weiji, from Jilan Tower. Relic exploration is very costly. Although the initial team of Relic Hunters was my own, Weiji also invested in it."

"Mage Weiji, nice to meet you."

"Finally, this is Mage Fulanke. He once followed an Elf Sword Art Master to learn the way of Sword Singing. Relic exploration inevitably encounters situations where spells are difficult to be effective. With him here, perhaps he can handle it in another way."

"Mage Fulanke, nice to meet you."

Hearing Luodite introduce that this Mage Fulanke had once followed an Elf to learn the way of Sword Singing, Xia Duo could not help but look at him a few more times.

When Luodite and his party first appeared on the Teleportation Array, he had noticed this middle-aged man with a beard, wearing a sword suit and a long sword at his waist.

Xia Duo initially thought he was just a warrior or swordsman of some kind; he did not expect him to also be a Mage, and a Mage who had learned the way of Sword Singing at that.

Such people are very rare in Netheril, and Xia Duo did not know where Luodite found this person, but there were some things he needed to make clear to these people in advance:

"Before coming, Luodite must have told you that I will not enter the relic with you, but will provide command from the outside via Mind Link. What I want to say is that this method requires you to sincerely follow my commands, especially at critical moments."

"If anyone does not trust this method, you can withdraw now. If you do not obey commands during the exploration, you will bear the consequences yourself."

"Lord Xia Duo, I already explained it to them before coming. There is no need to mention Sidier; he has experienced the Green Field Plane War, and the others are also willing to follow your commands."

"That is good!"

Xia Duo swept his gaze across everyone's faces and continued: "Then shall we begin now?"

"Yes, we are all ready." Luodite said immediately, and the others were also quite eager.

Since that was the case, Xia Duo did not delay any longer. He then entered a state of focus. In this state, the effect of his will was brought to the extreme, forcibly twisting the Magic Net Strings in front of him in a specific order.

From the surface of the Magic Net to the Seventh Layer of the Magic Net, one Magic Net String after another, under the control of his will, automatically bent, entangled, joined, and overlapped, successively forming basic Element Units.

And these basic elements, in turn, combined into Element Units through energy circulation, functional distribution, and the like. Finally, these Element Units converged to form a Spell Source Point.

As energy circulated in these Magic Net Strings that had converged into a Spell Source Point in a specific order, almost instantly, a strong Magic Aura appeared.

Following closely behind was a corner of Xia Duo's consciousness being projected to an unknown place, where five virtual consciousnesses were floating alone.

Wandering and uncertain, just like a group of rootless duckweed.

However, when Xia Duo's consciousness projection arrived, those consciousness projections seemed to have a backbone and immediately gathered around, overlapping with Xia Duo's consciousness projection.

In an instant, Xia Duo felt that he had gained several sets of similar senses. At the same time, the information these senses received from the outside world poured into his consciousness and memory almost without reservation.

And that was not all. These senses were not Xia Duo's own senses. When the information was transmitted into the Mind Link, there were also the judgments made by the owners of these senses based on the information they received.

Compared to sensory information, this part of thought information was even more massive.

It had been a while since he had cast this spell, and for a moment Xia Duo was a little unaccustomed to it, but his Bloodline Ability was clearly related to the Soul.

After the Green Field Plane War, his bloodline awakened once more, and he even gained the ability for his soul to travel to the Outer Planes because of it.

Therefore, after a little adjustment, Xia Duo quickly organized all this information together with his subconscious.

——Lord Xia Duo, I have made the following preparations for this exploration……

Luodite, who had experience with Mind Link, was the first to share the preparations for this exploration. Of course, this sharing belonged to active conscious information, and the other four in the Mind Link could also receive it clearly and accurately.

Sidier also had experience with Mind Link, and he was the second to share his preparations for this exploration. Since he had agreed to Xia Duo's command, there was no need to hide anything in such matters; otherwise, they would only be the ones to suffer in the end.

After getting familiar with it, the others also began to share their preparations in the Mind Link.

To Xia Duo's surprise, what Luodite and the others had prepared the most were Fireball Wands; almost everyone had prepared four or five.

However, it was true. If they were to take it head-on, even a Senior Arcanist could not withstand a series of Fireballs and could only temporarily dodge, or let the wand fail before reaching the limit of resistance.

Besides wands, there were also some small gadgets for special purposes, such as the 【Statue】 used to stabilize the Magic Net, the 【Teleportation Scepter】 capable of breaking through general confinement, various Amulets, and so on.

As for Magic Scrolls, except for some Magic Scrolls with great power, High Mages who possessed Spellbooks did not really use such disposable items.

Xia Duo knew that it was basically impossible for these people to show all their real trump cards, but just these were already enough.

At least he did not have to worry about these guys getting trapped in the relic and then having their parents behind them come knocking on his door.

After everything was prepared, Luodite and the others set off, teleporting through the Watchtower's Teleportation Array to the New Moon Tower in Zhenisi.

As for Xia Duo, he did not go to any lounge, but directly placed a chair in the Teleportation Room, sat down in a comfortable posture, and began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the exploration.

Since Luodite and the others trusted him, he would naturally live up to this trust.