Chapter 1350: Guarding Against Conspiracies, Teleportation Scepter

Sages from my homeland once said, "A commander who does not consider victory before considering defeat can fight a hundred battles without danger." Since crossing over, Xia Duo has often used this proverb to guide his actions.

Even the idea that "a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall" is a principle he holds as support. Of course, conversely, when it comes to principles and bottom lines, "I shall go even if there are thousands of people" is also a choice he finds not difficult to make.

The light of wisdom from the sages of his homeland, even in this foreign land, constantly envelops him and supports him.

This time heading to Evereska, head-on confrontation might occur, but Xia Duo does not fear a direct clash in public or under the international balance of power; he only worries about one thing—

A sudden, unpredictable conspiracy!

As of now, his strength, and even the strength of the Tower of Time and Netheril, is not yet at a level where he can ignore conspiracies, so he must be prepared.

In terms of protection, Xia Duo relies on the Ascending Ring of Mage Armor to reach the tenth layer of the Magic Net, and he also has Spell Reversal and Spell Reversal to counter the vast majority of magical damage.

Basically, unless an extremely transcendent power enters the field, such as a god or a Ritual Spell (High Magic) brewed for a long time by an Elf High Mage, it is unlikely that anyone in the entire Main Plane can kill him instantly.

What he fears most is being besieged by others. Even if it is not a siege initiated by beings of the same rank, as long as there is a certain number of High Mages working together, they can pose a threat to him.

If there are also beings of the same rank pinning him down, that would be troublesome to the extreme.

Therefore, what Xia Duo considers first is the ability to leave the scene at any time. If he cannot leave at any time, then once he falls into entanglement, it might be the end of his destiny.

For a long time, Xia Duo has not been very interested in offensive spells; instead, he is very attentive to various restriction and anti-restriction spells, as well as escape and anti-escape spells.

This is only because the human body is very fragile. Once the protection of Magic is gone, a poisoned Dagger scratching the skin could lead to the end of life, let alone taking a steel blade with one's neck.

Xia Duo once obtained a series of melee-oriented Transmutation spells from the Fielder Spellbook, a typical one being a spell called Steel Body.

It can make the Spellcaster's body as hard as steel, yet still allow them to move freely.

But when such a spell encounters a Spell Reversal, it will lose its effect, and the human body will return to what it originally was.

As for modifying the body to make the pure flesh as hard as steel, Xia Duo has never thought about it. Not to mention whether it is feasible, if it were modified like that, would a person still be a person?

This already exceeds the scope of a "prosthetic limb."

In fact, using a person as a tool for combat has never aligned with Xia Duo's philosophy. Sages from his homeland once said, "The nature of a gentleman is no different; he is good at using things," and Xia Duo deeply agrees with this.

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And among all non-offensive spells, what Xia Duo loves most is the Teleportation Spell. This spell almost established the core status of High Mages in Netheril, surpassing ordinary people!

Without a Teleportation Spell, a High Mage could be besieged and killed by ordinary people at will; without a Flight Spell, even a team of ordinary militia could kill an Intermediate Mage without injury.

To some extent, mobility is the lifeline of a Mage.

Without mobility, a Mage's deterrent power will be greatly reduced, and the consequences will range from a decline in status to the loss of life.

Of course, this is only the survival state of Mages in a classical society. If it were a Spellcaster in the magical civilization Xia Duo envisions, it would be different.

Referring to Earth, at that time, the order would be rigorous and the legal network dense, the factor of the person themselves would be reduced to a very low level, and everyone could be fully developed.

At that time, order itself would be able to constrain everything, dominate everything, and promote everything; civilization would no longer rise or fall because of individuals.

The gap between civilizations would no longer be determined solely by a few high-level Spellcasters, but by more advanced and powerful Magic Creations.

Various beyond-visual-range strikes and protective means would become key elements for competition between countries in the future.

As for now, although Xia Duo intends to promote society toward civilization and order, it is still in the classical era, and the human factor occupies a very important position.

Mobility still needs to be prepared as a core element.

What Xia Duo is preparing to make this time is a Teleportation Scepter, whose main function is to break through conventional Plane Sealing and teleport at any time.

In the past, he had seen others use it with his own eyes, and the effect was very good; even in a Chaos Weave environment, it could be used normally.

And according to his understanding, some more brilliant creators would even add a one-time burst mechanism to it, allowing the Teleportation Scepter to still take effect when facing certain unconventional Plane Sealings, protecting the user to escape the scene safely.

Xia Duo has not seen many physical Teleportation Scepters made by others, so he does not know much about the so-called one-time burst mechanism.

However, he can roughly infer that it is nothing more than obtaining higher-level energy, causing the normally operating Magic circuit to burst out with efficacy beyond the ordinary.

It is similar to increasing the current or voltage of an electrical appliance on Earth, which will cause the core functional components of the appliance to operate beyond their limits, but such a burst is obviously detrimental to the appliance itself and cannot be sustained.

After all, the rated power was already designed before the appliance was manufactured.

By the same token, the Teleportation Spell itself is like a functional circuit with a preset current. If one wants to provide current, one must adjust the circuit, which means the spell itself needs an Ascending Ring.

From this, it can also be inferred that the actual creator of a Teleportation Scepter with a one-time burst mechanism might be brilliant in some aspects, but essentially they lack the ability to manufacture a more advanced Teleportation Scepter, so they have to resort to this "inferior" strategy.

The actual burst effect is also far inferior to the conventional effect of a higher level.

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Although Xia Duo has currently reached the tenth layer of the Magic Net, the time he has been in contact with it is still short, and there is simply no time to upgrade a normal 9th Circle Teleportation Spell to the 10th Circle.

Not to mention, the Teleportation Spell required for the Teleportation Scepter also needs to focus more on "swiftness" and "breakthrough" rather than "precision" and "stabilization" in the selection of support Element Units in addition to the core Element Unit.

In actual use, it might just be a chance for a Random Teleportation over a long distance.

As the Mithril Refining was completed, Xia Duo quickly determined the plan—

He does not need a conventional Teleportation Scepter; a one-time use one is enough. Therefore, when designing, he will directly use the high-power output energy drawn from the tenth layer of the Magic Net, while other elements will still use the 9th Circle level.

It can be considered a crippled version of a 10th Circle spell!