Chapter 1475: Endless Corridor, Real-Time Rendering

Xia Duo briefly recalled whether there was anything left out, and after confirming that everything was prepared, he responded to the guiding signal from the initial moment without hesitation.

The subsequent process was like the reverse of his previous projection to the Astral Plane; Xia Duo's consciousness descended abruptly from an infinitely high and distant place to a precise coordinate.

After a brief moment of dizziness, he could clearly feel a subtle change in this body of his compared to when he was just in the Astral Plane. Before he could think it over, he heard a gentle voice ring out by his ear—

"You must be Special Envoy Xia Duo. My King has been waiting for a long time!"

Only then did Xia Duo notice the environment he was currently in; it was clearly inside some building, and the surrounding walls and the floor beneath his feet were all radiating the glow of Magic.

Especially beneath his feet, a massive Magic Array was continuously transmitting mysterious signals deep into the depths of the Magic Net toward an unknown direction.

The Elf who had just spoken was standing there, silently watching him with a calm yet respectful gaze. From the other party's attire, Xia Duo could tell that this was likely a court lady-in-waiting, perhaps even one possessing power beyond what an outsider could imagine!

After all, his arrival this time was supposed to be a secret matter; the fact that the other party knew about it was enough to explain everything.

"Take me to see your King!"

"Yes, please follow me."

……

Leading out from the Secret Ritual Chamber was a long corridor. Xia Duo followed behind the Elf lady-in-waiting as they moved forward. The ceiling of this corridor reflected the starry sky, while the two sides were painted with long epic murals, seemingly recounting the origins of Akaola.

Although the corridor was long, having these murals to look at made it not feel boring, but as they kept walking like this, Xia Duo soon realized something was wrong.

First, there were no exits on either side of the corridor; it was like a long trench. This was very strange—who would build such a corridor?

Furthermore, they had been walking for nearly ten minutes. Although the murals did not repeat, Xia Duo's walking speed was not slow, and the Elf leading the way had an especially light gait; ten minutes was enough for them to have walked a thousand meters.

An Elf city might have a street a thousand meters long, but Xia Duo had never seen an indoor or underground corridor built to such a length.

Perhaps Akaola had some peculiarities, but Xia Duo was more inclined to believe that this was not a real scene.

Perhaps the starry sky reflected above the corridor was just a blind, making him think only the starry sky was an illusion, while not suspecting that everything here could be an illusion, including the Elf lady-in-waiting leading the way.

Thinking this, Xia Duo did not stop his pace, but secretly he was already thinking of countermeasures. He was not worried about Akaola plotting against him; at worst, he would just abandon this mission. It wasn't him who would suffer, anyway.

He just felt that since the Crown King of Akaola was nearly dead, using such methods to probe or test him—was the King not afraid of wasting time and ultimately missing the opportunity for Longevity?

Perhaps the other party had already decided to adopt the Elven Heart plan!

Xia Duo speculated with no small amount of malice.

Soon, he discovered a flaw in the scene: the starry sky illusion began to repeat. Perhaps it couldn't be called a flaw; if this place were real and only the starry sky were an illusion, that would be normal.

But if this entire place were an illusion, yet it could still make him feel so real, then the illusion must be profoundly confusing his Perception and even his consciousness.

Xia Duo secretly cast a Mind Protection Spell on himself. This Mind Protection Spell, which originated from Master Greta, had excellent consumption efficiency, but here, it seemed not to have exerted its intended effect.

The surrounding scene remained within this long corridor with the starry sky reflected above.

After a moment of thought, Xia Duo felt that even if the Crown King of Akaola wanted to test him, it was unlikely to truly affect his consciousness. Given how much a Spellcaster values their own consciousness, this could already be considered a hostile act.

And most importantly, Xia Duo had control over his own consciousness far exceeding that of an ordinary Spellcaster; he was very clear that his consciousness at this moment was not being interfered with by the outside world.

If there were truly such a powerful mind spell, perhaps the Crown King of Akaola would not need to seek a cure in Netheril at all; perhaps the King could have extended their own life by sheer will alone, or possessed another body to be reborn.

Although he could largely rule out being interfered with by a mind spell, Xia Duo still believed the possibility of the surrounding scene being real was extremely low.

And to create such an illusory scene that was nearly real—to the point where even a Great Arcanist like him could hardly distinguish it—while also being capable of "real-time rendering," perhaps only a Mythallar could achieve it.

An ordinary Spellcaster would likely find it difficult to control such a complex spell.

Once this thought emerged, Xia Duo suddenly had the urge to beat up the Crown King of Akaola. If it had been anyone else, they might have made a fool of themselves.

But fortunately, it was him!

Guessing that there might be Elves or even the Crown King of Akaola observing him at this moment, Xia Duo did not hide it and directly cast the 【Eye of Amastakrinaz】 taught by Master Bailun.

In fact, he had long since not needed spell assistance to adjust his perspective and observe the state of the Magic Net from a macro level.

But since the Elves wanted to watch, Xia Duo would let them watch. He just didn't know if they would still be so composed in a moment.

……

From a macro perspective, the surrounding Magic Net showed obvious traces of artificial weaving, just like a mass of hot water suddenly mixed into a pool of cold water.

Perhaps it was difficult to detect the anomaly with the naked eye alone, but once light was shone into it, the distortion of light at the intersection of cold and hot was the most obvious dividing line.

The Magic Net itself was like a mass of cold water that brought its own light, while the Mythallar was the hot water. Perhaps after a long time, or after specialized refinement, the boundary between the two would become less obvious.

But as long as one wanted to find it, there would always be a way to find it.

And Xia Duo happened to not lack such methods!

……

Confirming that he was already inside a Mythallar was only the first step. After all, Akaola itself was covered by a Mythallar, and since Xia Duo's destination for this trip was Akaola, it was perfectly normal for there to be a Mythallar around.

The next step was to confirm that the maintenance of the surrounding scene was closely related to the Mythallar.

This step was not difficult for Xia Duo; he didn't even need to intrude upon the Mythallar Permission. He merely secretly manipulated the tenth layer of the surrounding Magic Net.

Generally speaking, the process of establishing a Mythallar is actually the reconstruction of the Magic Net within an area, from shallow to deep. A master would shift most of the feedback elements of the normal Magic Net into the Mythallar system.

That is to say, how one casts a spell in a normal Magic Net environment and what effects occur would be the same within the Mythallar.

This might be somewhat counterintuitive. If it were still the same as the normal Magic Net environment outside, what would be the use of this Mythallar?

This is actually easy to understand. The essence of a Mythallar is to change the Magic Net, and the Magic Net has a tendency to automatically recover. Therefore, if large-scale changes do not conform to the objective laws of energy circulation, the Mythallar could never be built.