Chapter 1455: Feigning Strength, Interrogation by Spell

When the Magic Net gradually calmed and the anomalies receded, the two sides that had been battling in the Ancestral Spirit Hall were revealed, but to the horror of the Green Vine Shamans, the final victor was not the Elf, but the Netherese.

And when they saw that Netherese walking toward them, the leading Great Shaman instinctively shook the Bone Staff in his hand, and immediately after, the other Shamans seemed to have received a signal and launched an attack in unison.

It was just that the Primitive Sorcery of these Shamans leaned more toward elemental and curse types; the former were guided into the Magic Net by Xia Duo using more efficient "modern" Spellcasting techniques before they could even get close, while the latter were blocked by the 【Anti-Magic Domain】.

It is easy to imagine how shocked these Shamans must have been when all the means they could attempt were declared ineffective; for a moment, they even forgot to call for the tribal warriors to come and support them, just standing there stunned on the spot.

Xia Duo arrived unscathed before this group of "wooden chickens," stared at the leading elder, and asked coldly: "You must be the Great Shaman of the Green Vine Tribe! Tell me, why incite other tribes to besiege the Grey Eagle Tribe?"

"The Grey Eagle Tribe?"

Only at this moment did the Green Vine Great Shaman know where today's disaster had come from, and a wave of sorrow could not help but surge in his heart.

But facing Xia Duo's questioning, he still held his head high, unwilling to show any timidity, and replied just as coldly:

"The Langasi will never be slaves! Since they did it, they must have the resolve to die!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Duo almost couldn't help but laugh out loud; he pointed to the plant resembling a Green Vine that had survived the aftermath of the battle behind him and said to the old man before him:

"Is that your tribe's Ancestral Spirit, or a Spellcasting tool in the hands of the Elves? What? After becoming slaves to the Elves, you've learned their arrogant faces and look down on humans?"

"We are not the Elves' slaves!"

Before the Green Vine Great Shaman could answer, a young Shaman stood out and shouted loudly at Xia Duo, his eyes resolute, as if he would rush up the next moment to show his will through hand-to-hand combat.

But the next moment, he was pressed back by the Great Shaman, who scolded: "Youwa, shut up! Say no more! Apamu, watch your Apprentice!"

After finishing, he looked at Xia Duo again, his expression grave, and delivered another harsh threat: "Netherese, do you want to be enemies with all of the Langasi?"

"You think you are worthy of representing the Langasi?"

Xia Duo glanced at him coldly and continued: "I don't want to be enemies with the Langasi, but I want to know why you besieged the Grey Eagle Tribe!"

"Don't use 'never be slaves' as an excuse; let alone that the Grey Eagle Tribe was just migrating to change their place of residence, which is not being a slave at all. Even if it were slavery, would you dare to besiege them on your own?"

The Great Shaman was silent, but his eyes remained stubborn. Seeing that this Great Shaman was unwilling to tell the truth, Xia Duo had no time to waste here, so he casually pointed at the young Shaman who had just stood out and commanded:

"You, tell me!"

While using the mental Spell 【Command】, Xia Duo had already deployed the Micro Magic Net covering the surroundings to automatically form a spell, and an invisible barrier separated the Shaman named "Youwa" from the others.

Seeing this, the other Shamans wanted to cast Primitive Sorcery again, but their little tricks were not enough to look at in front of Xia Duo; only a few Spell Elements that had not been seen before were worth recording, and the rest could be forgotten—it was simply a pile of various dross.

Xia Duo easily dismantled the spells and restricted their Spellcasting ability through the Micro Magic Net's influence on the surrounding Magic Net.

At this time, the young Shaman Youwa, although realizing that the situation was not right, had already begun to answer involuntarily:

"It's the Elves! The Great Shaman never thought about besieging the Grey Eagle Tribe at first; it was the Elves who forced the Great Shaman and the Patriarch to contact other tribes and prepare to launch the autumn siege."

"Heh, the Langasi will never be slaves? Is this how you are never slaves? Does the Great Shaman have anything else to say now?"

The Green Vine Great Shaman remained silent, but his eyes were no longer as tough as before, as if he had returned to his original attributes in an instant—

The dim, lonely eyes of a decrepit old man.

Xia Duo did not intend to force an answer from him. After a mocking remark, he continued to ask the young Shaman: "What is the relationship between the Elves and your tribe? Why did they appear here?"

As soon as this question was asked, the Shamans who could still stand just now became restless and roared one after another; some told Xia Duo not to make things difficult for the young man, while others started cursing directly.

But more of them were shouting at Youwa, seemingly hoping to make Youwa shut up in this way.

However, Xia Duo had long considered this situation; Youwa could not hear his companions' voices at all, and even the images were slightly delayed.

Of course, the more important thing was the mental spell. A young man like Youwa might have a bit of blood and courage, but compared to an elder who has experienced the world, he is still much worse in terms of will.

And this time, Youwa spoke again:

"The Elves saved our tribe, but we also paid a lot. We are not their slaves, but their partners!"

"Partners in what?"

"Partners in developing a Mithril Mine to the west of the tribe. We provide the manpower for mining, and they teach us planting, and most importantly, Magic!"

"Magic?"

Youwa said this word in Elvish. It was clearly the Magic that Xia Duo understood, not some rare spell, but he had not seen many traces of Magic in the Green Vine Tribe.

Especially these Green Vine Shamans, who were already Spellcasters; if they could switch to learning Elven Magic, not to mention how much achievement they could attain, at least they wouldn't still be manipulating that set of Primitive Sorcery and be completely ignorant of "modern" Magic.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo asked again: "Did the Elves really teach you Magic?"

"Not yet. The Elves of the Moonshadow Family said that only after another sixteen planting seasons will they allow us to send people to Yierlan."

"Moonshadow Family?"

Hearing this name, Xia Duo could not help but frown. Families named after "Sun, Moon, and Star" are generally Upper Families, or were once Upper Families.

But there is an unspoken rule in this: "Sun, Moon, and Star" are basically not used in the family names of Wood Elves; Wood Elf families are generally named after plants or minerals.

Clearly, the eight Wood Elf Mages who had just fought him were unlikely to be members of the Moonshadow Family that Youwa spoke of.

Recalling that the opponent seemed to have the intention of stalling during the battle just now, Xia Duo immediately realized that the opponent was very likely to have reinforcements, but these reinforcements seemed to have arrived a bit late.

They still hadn't appeared even now.

But it was precisely this that made Xia Duo even more worried.