Chapter 1279: Sealing Successful, The Crown King is Baffled

"Could it be that everything Yilisi said before was just to test me?"

The long wait within the narrow space made Xia Duo somewhat suspicious, though he knew clearly that this was due to his own unstable state of mind, being a bit too anxious.

From the time that Great Arcanist Xisi went to the Underground Passage to confirm the situation, less than two days had passed; to initiate a surprise attack involving the fate of the nation, one should not be so decisive.

After some self-counseling, Xia Duo decisively cast a 【Sleep Spell】 on himself; he had not rested since last night, and it was time to get some proper rest.

"Four hours!"

Xia Duo, waking up in the darkness, suddenly said this abrupt sentence, but in fact, this was the time he had just spent sleeping.

And at this moment, the time in the outside world had already entered the dead of night.

Xia Duo once again projected his Perception Field to observe the situation near the Underground Passage; this time there was still no movement, only the sounds of laughter from a banquet coming from the Elf sentry post, which seemed particularly jarring in this quiet night.

This time, Xia Duo's state of mind was much calmer, and he continued to watch everything quietly.

Half an hour later, the spell naturally dissipated, and Xia Duo's vision returned to the darkness of the cubic space; he did not continue to cast Scrying, but instead began to carry out two tasks in his consciousness that he had brought from the Main Plane—

One was to organize and analyze the echo feedback data of the Mithril Mine; the other was the Netheril Magic System conversion of the Demon-Slaying Amulet, as well as its mass production design.

Since entering the Projection Plane, he had been busy either organizing memories, maintaining his persona, or working on the 【Sword of Ruling】; he truly had not had a moment of leisure.

Now that his mind was peaceful, while waiting for the interval to summon the divine sword, Xia Duo suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of leisure; perhaps this was what the ancients of his hometown often said: "Since ancient times, how happy is life; stealing half a day of leisure from a floating life!"

About an hour later, Xia Duo cast Scrying again; this time there was still no result, but he was still not anxious. Even if the Empire Remnants did not attack the Underground Passage, could he not summon the Sword of Ruling?

At most, it would just mean failing to form a situation of pinning down both sides; could there be any worse impact?

Because he had just slept, Xia Duo's mental state was very full; just like this, he would study the Demon-Slaying Amulet for a while, then check the situation at the Underground Passage.

It was not until the moment the morning sun was about to rise that the Scrying result finally changed—

A point of red light appeared on the ground before the sunlight, then rapidly surged; almost in an instant, the red light expanded to a radius of several hundred meters, and the violent Magic Net fluctuations affected even Xia Duo's Perception Field, which was far away on the mountain peak.

The information he could perceive began to appear inexplicably distorted, especially the light rays coming from the ground; after the red light surged, all he could perceive were colorful, distorted lines, unable to distinguish what was happening on the ground.

But the only thing that could be certain was—

It should be that the Empire Remnants had made their move, and they had made such a big scene as soon as they acted.

Xia Duo knew it was his turn to act; he hurriedly dispelled the Perception Field and activated the 【Summoning-Sealing Array】 within the cubic space.

With the activation of the array, the surrounding Magic Net began to spontaneously produce a series of changes, just like a pre-programmed sequence.

In just an instant, a long sword flashing with dazzling magic aura appeared above the altar of the array carrier, and the tip of the sword slowly descended.

"Success!" Xia Duo felt a surge of joy in his heart.

Being able to see the Sword of Ruling meant that more than half of the success was achieved; next, it would depend on whether the sealing array could successfully seal it!

As the Sword of Ruling slowly descended from above the altar, countless Magic Net Strings connected to the array automatically wrapped around the sword body, and the magic aura emitted by the divine sword itself was also constantly dimming.

It was not until the sword body was inserted into the hole in the center of the altar and stopped that the magic aura of the sword body was completely extinguished.

Only then did the Sword of Ruling reveal its most real side—

It was almost like an inferior product crafted by an Apprentice, with a stone-like blade surface full of pits and bumps; the only things that looked decent were the three Wisdom Gems at the end of the hilt and the two ends of the crossguard.

But the design was also very simple; in the eyes of someone who did not know the goods, perhaps it was not even as good as a Miscellaneous Crystal.

But this was the Sword of Ruling, the symbol of royal power in Kemansuoer!

"This is a success?"

Even though he had already put the Sword of Ruling along with the altar into his Personal Space, Xia Duo still could not believe it; he did not expect it to be so easy.

It was only because he was an "insider"; if it were someone else, even a Great Arcanist, or an Elf High Mage, or even the creator of the divine sword, it would not have been so smooth!

At the same time, Kemansuoer, Tower of Governance.

The Crown King Yilisaier, who was resting, suddenly woke up from his trance; he subconsciously looked at the sword rack beside the couch, where the Sword of Ruling should have been placed, but now it was empty!

"Who is it?"

Yilisaier, who had sat firmly on the throne for a thousand years and should have been unflappable, had an expression that became extremely distorted at this moment; he forcibly suppressed the urge to summon his attendants for a massive search, and instead entered a secret room behind the bedroom to begin casting a spell to summon the Sword of Ruling.

Once, twice, three times.

The successive failures of the summons made Yilisaier's face become increasingly gloomy; in the past, it was not that opponents had not had designs on the Sword of Ruling, but each time he did not need to take action himself, the Sword of Ruling would solve the sword-stealing thief on its own.

But this time, he finally felt a sense of panic he had not felt for nearly a thousand years.

"Is it Huo Ke? Or Jialanuode?"

Yilisaier first suspected the holders of the other two Elf divine swords; even if they did not actually participate, they must have leaked some secrets of the divine sword's summoning.

But Yilisaier thought again, the summoning methods of the three divine swords were different, and only he himself knew the summoning method of the Sword of Ruling.

And whether it was Huo Ke or Jialanuode, they had consistently supported him for a thousand years; this had been confirmed by the Sword of Ruling, and they had absolutely no reason to do so. (The Sword of Ruling can perceive lies and distinguish lies.)

Especially Huo Ke; the previous owner of the Sword of War died at the hands of humans. If he had not vouched for him as the Crown King, Huo Ke would not even have had the qualifications to participate in the trial of the Sword of War.

In fact, after Yilisaier intervened in the divine sword trial, the Yilisaier family had been completely bound to the Huo Ke family, and even the Jialanuode family as well.

Because no one could refuse the chance to let the divine sword be passed down only within one family!

It could be said that their three Sword Families were the eternal rulers of Kemansuoer and even the Elf World!

Yilisaier really could not think of a reason for Hawk Territory or Jialanuode to betray him; as for the creator of the divine sword, that was even more impossible.

If the creator of the divine sword could interfere with a divine sword that already had an owner, then Kemansuoer could not have been born from the beginning.