Chapter 1269: Mission Received, Mythallar Intrusion

Perhaps having heard Xia Duo's inner thoughts, Yilisi visited suddenly that evening and gave Xia Duo a mission—

"The higher-ups have received reliable information that the Cormanthor Elves are preparing to plan a major search. For the safety of the Headquarters, we must force them to disperse their forces.

"Tomorrow I will send you to the Cormanthor border. Your mission is to cause as much destruction as possible within their territory; the bigger the commotion, the better. You must hold out for at least ten days. I will contact you after ten days."

Upon hearing the content of this mission, Xia Duo felt that something was wrong. It was true that he was a Senior Arcanist, but "Maikade" was indeed just an ordinary High Mage.

This mission was practically no different from sending him to his death, and the most critical point was that he wasn't even assigned any teammates. Could this be another test?

Seeming to see the suspicion in Xia Duo's heart, Yilisi gave another very reasonable explanation: "This mission is mainly to delay and disperse the opponent's forces. Besides you, other mission teams will also be operating separately.

"Moreover, this mission does not require specific battle results. As long as you can still be contacted after ten days, there is a guaranteed minimum point reward. If you are worried, you can also find a corner to hide in after leaving the base."

This was one hundred percent a test!

Xia Duo knew that "Maikade" himself deeply hated Cormanthor and also had a high sense of identification and belonging toward the Arcane Empire and the Vengeance Tribunal.

Dissatisfaction with one's own circumstances should not affect this identification and belonging.

Regarding this point, Yilisi was also very clear.

Therefore, for this mission, if Xia Duo didn't create a big scene, even if he returned to the base after ten days, he would nine times out of ten be treated as a spy!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo immediately knew how to answer, "Rest assured, My Lady, Maikade will certainly do his utmost to complete this mission!"

In fact, this mission was advantageous for Xia Duo, as it meant he didn't need to stick with three teammates and could act freely.

As for a "big scene," for a High Mage it might be difficult, but for a Senior Arcanist, it was not hard to manage.

And more importantly, as long as he didn't get trapped in a Mythallar, he was confident he could escape even if he encountered a high-level mage.

……

Early the next morning, Xia Duo, along with five members of another mission team under Yilisi, were teleported out of the base one by one by Yilisi.

Xia Duo was the last one. It might have been his own paranoia, but he always felt that Yilisi's arrangement had some deep meaning, though he decided to respond to all changes by remaining unchanged for now.

……

Arriving at the Surface, Xia Duo roughly distinguished the direction and discovered that he was actually near Wolf God Mountain, which corresponded to the southern part of the Green Pearl Forest in the southern Nan Jing of Netheril on the Main Plane. (South of Daxia Territory)

Heading east from here was the Listar Forest, which was Cormanthor.

The mission duration was ten days, so Xia Duo was not in a hurry. What he was currently concerned about was the "major search" that Yilisi mentioned last night.

In fact, the approximate location of the Vengeance Tribunal Headquarters was not a high-level secret; many people, including "Maikade," knew it. It was even part of the academy education—

The Headquarters was underground in the Empire ruins!

In "Maikade's" memories, the Cormanthor Elves' search for the Empire Remnants had continued for nearly a hundred years without stopping, but a major search targeting the Headquarters had never occurred.

Or rather, it had occurred, but "Maikade's" Permission Level was not high enough to know about it.

But now, even "Maikade" had been informed, so perhaps the situation was already extremely critical.

Xia Duo decided to go to the Seventon ruins first to take a look, to avoid the ruins being completely shattered in a great battle later, leaving nothing to be found.

Although he knew the Arcane Empire had fallen for nearly a hundred years and the Vengeance Tribunal or other possible resistance organizations must have searched the Seventon ruins, he would never be reconciled without searching the site himself.

Perhaps in some academy Library, or in some corner of the Resurrection Department, he could find resurrection Spells!

Anyway, with his Personal Space, his search efficiency would definitely be higher than others!

……

No sooner said than done, but before that, Xia Duo still needed to disappear from the "eyes" of Yilisi or other possible observers.

With a distortion of light and shadow, Xia Duo transformed himself into the appearance of an Elf, then cast Flight and flew rapidly toward the east.

This flight lasted nearly two hours, and finally he stopped in front of a tall, thick, and lush ancient tree; this was the Mythallar boundary marker provided by the Vengeance Tribunal.

Crossing this ancient tree meant entering the Cormanthor great Mythallar system. Given the current hostile relationship between the two sides, mere light and shadow illusions would be difficult to hide from the Mythallar's automatic detection.

——【Mythallar Intrusion】!

Xia Duo decisively cast this standard field Spell of the 【Vengeance Tribunal】. In the long struggle, both the Empire Remnants and the Cormanthor side had learned a lot from each other and had methods to restrain the other's specialty tricks.

This 【Mythallar Intrusion】 was the safest way to enter the Mythallar range, which the Vengeance Tribunal had tested out at a huge cost.

Correspondingly, against the repeated resurrections of the Empire Remnants, Cormanthor had also found many countermeasures, whether it was blocking Soul summoning after death or Negative Energy Erosion before death, all could lead to resurrection failure.

This really lived up to the saying—"War is the best catalyst for technological progress"!

……

After casting 【Mythallar Intrusion】, the Elf phantom Xia Duo had transformed into distorted again, seeming to become more realistic, but in reality, flaws could still be distinguished by the naked eye.

【Mythallar Intrusion】 had nothing to do with whether one was disguised as an Elf; even if Xia Duo maintained his original appearance, it would not affect the use of this Spell.

Its true function was to mislead the Mythallar's automatic judgment, modifying human information to Elf, but if one entered the Mythallar range with a human face, even if the Mythallar didn't react, the Elves who saw him would know an enemy had arrived.

However, everything Xia Duo had done so far was to mislead a potential observer—Yilisi, or someone even higher up.

Everything he had done so far still fit the normal operational pattern of a Revenge Tribunal Agent, but once he entered the Mythallar range, everything would be different.

Scrying Spells targeting the inside of the Mythallar from the outside would trigger a Mythallar alarm, and Cormanthor would definitely notice, so only at this point did Xia Duo truly cut off the gaze of the Vengeance Tribunal.

Next, it was time for his own operations!

He was seen imitating the posture of an Elf, leaping up and down in the forest, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the depths of the forest. However, he only entered the Mythallar range for less than five hundred meters before changing direction and returning to the Mythallar boundary.

Before leaving the Mythallar range, Xia Duo very considerately cast multiple Misleading Detection and avoidance Spells on himself, then concealed his figure before flying rapidly toward the northwest.