Chapter 1336: Goddess's Revelation, Going to the Mountains and Countryside

One of the Arcane Fire functional cross-sections, which had been switching stably, suddenly began to emit a strange blue light; 124 functional cross-sections seemed like a lot, but in reality, the cycle was very short.

So short that it had to switch a round every 12 seconds.

The moment he noticed the strange blue light appear, Iolum realized that the 【Entity Magic Web String】 had begun to show abnormalities.

After all, it was an energy creation, and an energy creation that had not yet reached the material level; it was inherently prone to an unstable state, and now, having been scoured by a high flux of Arcane Energy, it had already reached the verge of collapse.

Iolum sighed inwardly, then quickly retreated backward; at the same time, he also took the opportunity to activate the Spell Suppression Field in the Laboratory.

However, for an experiment of this intensity, even a Spell Suppression Field of the same level could hardly control it effectively, so Iolum directly withdrew the Micro Magic Net he had deployed.

The previous preparations were used for this.

A normal Independent Arcane Fire Device needs to rely on the Magic Net to reach into the Elemental Plane when starting, but it is not needed after it is started.

But Iolum's creation was not a single Arcane Fire Device, but a composite one, constantly starting and shutting down at every moment. (He still couldn't build a single, high-power one yet.)

This also meant that it had to be in a Magic Net environment to work properly.

And accordingly, once it left the Magic Net environment, it would be instantly shut down, but the energy buffered previously would have to be released all at once.

This was equivalent to the Laboratory being hit by at least 124 standard 10th Circle Spells! (Standard spells refer to pure energy output; the actual destructive power might not even be as good as a 9th Circle Spell.)

But if it weren't shut down, it wouldn't just be 124 of them; perhaps even the Arcane Union would not be safe!

At this moment, without the assistance of Buluode, Iolum could only face the scene of the energy riot alone; even though he had made all kinds of preparations, he still found it very strenuous to cope with.

……

I do not know how much time had passed, but the riotous energy in the Laboratory gradually returned to the Magic Net, and the Magic Net damaged by the energy riot had also been repaired.

It was just that the facilities and equipment damaged in the Laboratory would need to be replaced.

Such a loss was nothing to a Great Arcanist; if it had been when he was experimenting with Mithril before, that would have been heartbreaking!

After cleaning up the aftermath, Iolum did not rest, but immediately went to another secret room; this was the place he specifically used for Scrying and anti-Scrying experiments.

After every Independent Arcane Fire Device experiment, he would conduct an anti-Scrying experiment; besides eliminating the impact of the Independent Arcane Fire Device experiment failure on the outside world as much as possible, it was also to locate potential threats in advance under a certain special state of concentration.

This was already close to prophecy.

But it was limited to events related to himself!

As usual, Iolum did not obtain any unexpected information this time, but when he left the secret room, he still instinctively felt that something was wrong.

It seemed that some kind of threat was approaching.

Iolum did not believe in intuition; he only believed in concrete and accurate information, but having an abnormal feeling, he would not ignore it either.

After a moment of silence, he returned to the secret room again, took out a 【Fate Trajectory】 from his Dimensional Bag, and placed it in the center of the magic array where he had conducted the anti-Scrying experiment earlier.

After activating the 【Fate Trajectory】, Iolum traced a hexagram trajectory on his chest, then lowered his head and silently recited the holy name of the Magic Goddess, seeking revelation from the Goddess.

Almost instantly, a cluster of blue-white radiance like water ripples jumped out from the 【Fate Trajectory】, appeared on Iolum's shoulder the next instant, and the next instant, it ran to the blue-white star pattern on the wall of the secret room.

It seemed that there was always an unceasing force driving this cluster of radiance to jump continuously in the secret room, but in the end, it stopped in the hexagram trajectory on Iolum's chest.

Stroking the blue-white radiance that seemed to still carry warmth, Iolum murmured a word—

"East?"

The Goddess's revelation was very vague; Iolum was not surprised by this. If the content of the prophecy were concrete and accurate, then what would the Spellcaster need to do themselves?

Having the revelation of "East" was enough; besides Keman, what other threats could possibly exist in the East?

"The experiment must speed up its progress!"

……

Nan Jing, Tower of Time.

A special selection had begun quietly and ended quietly.

A total of twelve people were selected to become magic instructors sent out by the Tower of Time; of course, this was the name of the mission within the Tower of Time, but in reality, they would become assistants to Yatewude, in every sense.

Among these twelve people, except for Aideliqi and Jibusen who had already become Official Mages before, the remaining ten were all New Mages whose promotion rituals Xia Duo had just witnessed not long ago.

The reason for choosing them was that they were young and were also Official Mages who had grown up under the new system of the Tower of Time.

Of course, their background also played a big part.

Every single one of them was of Commoner origin, half from Savile Territory and half from Daxia Territory.

Choosing them was both cultivation and a test; whether they could pass or not depended on themselves.

As for Aideliqi and Jibusen, it was because Aideliqi's father was Dailike, making it easier to deal with the bureaucrats of Savile Territory and clearer about the ways of doing things there.

Jibusen was chosen because he had been to Seventon and had seen the outside world; only by having a comparison could one better understand the progressiveness of the Tower of Time order and the Daxia Order. Sending him out was to borrow his mouth to promote these.

In addition, this was also a form of cultivation for him.

……

When Aideliqi and Jibusen brought the ten Official Mages to find Yatewude, Yatewude was immediately shocked by Xia Duo's grand gesture.

He had originally thought that Xia Duo would only send a few Apprentices over; he did not expect that he would send twelve Official Mages at once. Letting twelve Official Mages do the work that a few Apprentices could do showed how much importance Xia Duo attached to this matter.

And when Yatewude received the 【Avoid Detection Amulet】 that Xia Duo had specially made for him from Aideliqi's hand, a heavy sense of responsibility welled up in his heart.

He bowed remotely in the direction of the Tower of Time and solemnly expressed his determination—

"Yatewude will definitely complete the mission and will never fail the trust of the Lord!"

……

At the same time, in the Tower of Time.

Through the Projection Window in Niya's Study, Xia Duo saw the entire scene of Yatewude expressing his determination at Code Plaza.

Of course, Niya, who was with him, also saw it.

"Twelve Official Mages, letting them all go at once, don't you think it's a bit wasteful?" Niya asked, puzzled.

Not to mention the past, even in the current Tower of Time, it was not wealthy enough to idle away twelve Official Mages casually.

To this, Xia Duo only said one sentence, "Spellcasters are also ordinary people," and Niya understood immediately; she was still looking at problems with past concepts.