Chapter 1273: Greasing the Soles, Pulling a Ruthless Move

There are certainly still things worth searching for in the ruins of the Research Institute, but Xia Duo worries that after Landeng reports it, someone will come to investigate, and he certainly cannot meet with any human.

Once they meet, his identity will be exposed.

At the very least, the persona of "Maikade" will be impossible to maintain, and based on his various past behaviors, he might even be deemed as harboring malicious intent, a spy or secret agent bought off by the Elves.

However, even as he flew upward, he did not truly fly outside the Magic Net Riot Zone, but rather stopped after perceiving that the other party's Perception Field was not following his movement.

Once he broke free from the detection range of the other party's Perception Field, Xia Duo immediately cast a teleportation spell; if he wanted to go to a specific location, he naturally would not dare to cast spells in such a chaotic Magic Net environment.

But he only wanted to shake off potential investigators for now, and choosing to teleport to a high altitude as a transit point for a subsequent Precise Teleportation was relatively safe.

Although there was still a certain risk of disorder, under the current circumstances, it was something Xia Duo could accept.

……

In fact, Xia Duo's worries were not unfounded; when he teleported to high altitude, he discovered almost immediately that someone was tracking him.

However, after several twists and turns, he successfully shook the other party off.

At the border of the Cormanthor Mythallar, Xia Duo waited for a long time without the tracker arriving; looking at the empty space behind him, he could not help but let out a sigh:

"Running like this might really get me branded as an Elf spy, sigh—"

If someone were to link him to "Maikade," Xia Duo believed he would not escape investigation; he himself had several ways to determine whether someone had appeared in a certain place.

Fortunately, no one knows yet that he is "Maikade."

As for Prophecy, the Arcane Empire had no Priests, and Xia Duo had never heard of anyone mastering Prophecy; even the Great Sages who claimed to be able to prophesy before the Empire's destruction were merely claiming so and had never actually cast a prophecy spell.

It was only because they brought knowledge from the Main Plane that their prophecies came true, and the later the Great Sages appeared, the less obvious the Wisdom they displayed became.

This is also reflected in many places in the *General History of the Empire*.

If the Arcane Empire had possessed Prophecy, they might have been able to foresee the truth of the Empire's destruction and thus overturn the fate of its ruin.

……

Next, Xia Duo prepared to play the role of "Maikade" to carry out a containment mission; although the trip to Seventon did not yield much, having any harvest at all was good.

After disguising himself and casting 【Mythallar Intrusion】 to enter the Mythallar's range, Xia Duo first concealed his figure and then began to wander within Cormanthor, looking for targets to strike.

Although this Cormanthor of the Projection Plane had built a great Mythallar system inspired by centuries of war, outside of important towns and strongholds, the convenience the Mythallar provided was mostly in detection and teleportation, with little direct benefit to actual combat.

This is also the main reason why the Empire Remnants were able to repeatedly enter the Mythallar to cause trouble.

As for causing trouble, or rather, causing big trouble, Xia Duo immediately ruled out destroying villages or harassing towns; that did not have much significance.

With only one person, no matter how good he was at killing, how many Elves could he kill?

Not to mention, the more actions he took, the easier it would be to expose his tracks; the high-level Elf Mages had no such qualms about "not bullying the small."

As long as the other party caught an opportunity, even if Xia Duo were just an ordinary human child, the other party would have no psychological burden in killing him.

The current war between the Empire Remnants and Cormanthor is a continuation of the total war between the former Arcane Empire and Cormanthor; no one will feel pity.

Just like this time, Cormanthor launching a massive search of the Empire Remnants' rear base—wasn't that aimed at completely exterminating the nation and the race!

Xia Duo and these Advanced Rank Mages of the Judgment Division are now more like cannon fodder, just to delay or interfere with the progress of Cormanthor's massive search; the rear might already be relocating, it just needs a little more time.

Merely killing a few Elves would not hurt or itch Cormanthor at all; the Elves Xia Duo could kill were mostly Commoners, or Moon Elves and Wood Elves.

It had little impact on the Gold Elves of the upper class; perhaps it could only become a topic of conversation at their banquets.

Because of this, those veteran Mages or high-level Mages from the lower-class Elves would also be extra attentive when seeing humans attacking their own kin.

The Arcane Empire might have fought Cormanthor for hundreds of years, but when it comes to understanding the domestic situation of Cormanthor, they might not even be as good as Xia Duo!

Although this is experience brought from the Main Plane and other Projection Planes, since Cormanthor has appeared, then the "Summon Elf God Sword" trial and the "Unification of Nations" must have occurred.

As the saying goes, "the general trend does not change"—that is exactly what this refers to.

Xia Duo prepared to deal a heavy blow to Cormanthor!

As a "Crown King of Cormanthor" who had also experienced the "Summon Elf God Sword" trial and had a deep understanding of Cormanthor, Xia Duo only had to blink to come up with several ideas.

Ranking first was undoubtedly destroying the Mythallar.

The Arcane Empire had already been destroyed, the vast majority of the population had perished, and the small number of remnants lived underground, but Cormanthor did not; relying on the protection of the Mythallar, most of the population still enjoyed long lifespans in peace.

Once the Mythallar was destroyed, the Great Arcanists among the remnants would absolutely not let such an opportunity pass and would surely pour out in full force, at the very least destroying most of the Cormanthor territory.

This is what is called "the barefooted are not afraid of the ones wearing shoes"!

But unfortunately, Xia Duo was not proficient in the Mythallar, especially the great Mythallar system of this Projection Plane, which he had never seen before.

Causing some minor damage was fine, but it would not help the overall situation, so Xia Duo gave up on this idea after just one thought.

Secondly, a more feasible method was to introduce an external enemy; Xia Duo knew about the Underground Passage where the Drow of the Main Plane broke through the Dragonspine Mountains.

As long as he reported that location, the people above would at least try to break through the obstacles to make contact with the Drow; after all, in the current situation, they would exert one hundred percent effort for even a one percent possibility.

There was just one problem: would the Underground Passage of the Projection Plane still be there?

However, this was of no great consequence; at worst, he could just blame it on an intelligence error.

If the Underground Passage of this Projection Plane was not in the Dragonspine Mountains, then there would be no Elves stationed there to guard it, and at most, some Great Arcanist would have made a wasted trip.

Xia Duo prepared to do this simultaneously.

And the one he most wanted to pull off was something else—

Summoning the Elf God Sword!

He knew very well that there were three 【Wisdom Gem】s on the 【Sword of Ruling】, and the largest one stored the knowledge and experience of several high-level Elf Mages.

The Crown King of Cormanthor in this Projection Plane had obtained the 【Sword of Ruling】 for over a thousand years.

Among those three Wisdom Gems, besides the original knowledge and experience injected when the divine sword was forged, Xia Duo did not believe that the Crown King of Cormanthor had not stored anything new in them over the past thousand years.