Chapter 1907: Transaction

In fact, in the Elf World, contract spells should be considered a very mature Application, and since Xia Duo had been keeping a close eye on every detail of the spell, the result was naturally without any surprises.

Under the presiding of that Mage Dali who came from the south, the ritual was quickly completed, forming a special Magic Domain at the foot of the Elder Oak.

This domain isolated all external interference, and even restricted both parties of the transaction; of course, acting on the principle of caution, Xia Duo only took out one Dam Leaf Document for the first time.

It was a palm-sized, emerald-green leaf shimmering with silver light; as soon as it was taken out, Xia Duo set it as the transaction item and locked it using the ritual power provided by several high-level Mages.

Of course, for the convenience of the transaction, he allowed the other party of the transaction, namely Sulis, to view the first one-fifth of the secret text of the document, and Sulis did the same.

"Mage Laier, let us check together!"

"Very well."

Xia Duo nodded, then beckoned to move the Dam Leaf Document provided by Sulis in front of him; his first priority was to check the secret text within the document.

Since he had already learned the encryption method of this kind of ancient Dam Leaf Document from other secret scrolls back in the Main Plane, deciphering it now was effortless.

But unfortunately, perhaps Jielunsita had done it intentionally, the first one-fifth of the secret text of the secret scroll provided by Sulis turned out to be a summary text.

It was similar to one of the four secret scrolls Xia Duo had obtained in the Akaola Kingdom of the Main Plane, and it did not involve specific technical details.

It spoke of the various consequences that could be caused by improper maintenance of the Dragon Madness Mythallar, among which the King-Slaying Star falling from the sky to destroy the world was prominently listed!

Besides this, there was the intermittent Dragon Madness, which would allow the dragon race to catch their breath, or even destroy the Mythallar; in fact, this consequence had already appeared.

Whether in the Main Plane or this current Projection Plane.

The Dragon Disaster of the Main Plane was actually the normalized effect of the Dragon Madness Mythallar, but by now, this normalized effect could no longer be maintained, and it would take at least decades or even a century to trigger once.

And according to some information Xia Duo had learned, a Silver Dragon Mage Organization had already appeared in the Dragonspine Mountains of the Main Plane, although it was partially controlled and wiped out by Keman during the early stages of the Drow War (which was also during the Dragon Disaster).

But it was foreseeable that similar organizations would inevitably appear in other places, only because the threat of Dragon Madness always existed, which kept them from appearing in the public eye.

It was conceivable that those dragon Mages with ideals and ambitions were probably the ones who most wanted to destroy the Dragon Madness Mythallar!

In addition, the first one-fifth of the secret scroll provided by Sulis also mentioned that the long-term disrepair of the Dragon Madness Mythallar could also lead to abnormal climate, or rather, this was a result that any Mythallar could lead to if in disrepair for a long time.

It was just that according to the area actually covered by the Mythallar and the strength of the power involved, the degree of abnormality varied.

Seeing this part of the information, Xia Duo immediately became alert; abnormal climate had appeared in the Core Area of Netheril last year in the Main Plane, and there were even signs of continued abnormality this year.

But the Seven Towers had not been able to find the cause to this day (Xia Duo had provided an investigation plan but there were no results yet); if it was caused by the loss of control of the Dragon Madness Mythallar, perhaps it would not be hard to understand.

The time when the Dragon Madness Mythallar appeared and lost control was far earlier than the magic enlightenment of Netheril, and the influence of the Dragon Madness Mythallar on the Magic Net had perhaps already been classified as Magic Web Background Fluctuation and ignored.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo had actually decided in his heart to complete the first round of transactions with Sulis; regardless of whether this first secret scroll was true or false, the information it revealed was worth him making a move.

Of course, a check was still necessary, not only to respect himself but also to respect the transaction partner.

Except for the one Sulis had just taken out, Xia Duo had handled a total of eighteen original secret scrolls (one in Akaola had been consumed to obtain information), so he was very familiar with some of the characteristics of the original secret scrolls.

The most critical point among them was that these secret scrolls had existed for countless years, so tracing their history could naturally go back countless years; perhaps the owners of past generations would have an impact on Scrying spells.

But generally speaking, as long as the history that appeared was not too recent, it could basically be considered authentic; if it were last week or even yesterday, Xia Duo would definitely turn hostile on the spot.

Who do you think you are looking down on!

After a preliminary check, Xia Duo determined that the first secret scroll provided by Sulis had existed for at least over a thousand years; if it were authentic, the history would inevitably be even more ancient, but that would require a more delicate check.

It would at least cause a certain impact or damage to the Dam Leaf Document itself.

But a thousand years was basically enough to determine it as authentic; Jielunsita couldn't have prepared for this day a thousand years ago!

Of course, besides the existence time, it was also necessary to compare the language style after the secret text was deciphered; if it differed too much from known secret scrolls, it could generally be considered fake.

In addition, there was the Dam Leaf itself as the carrier of the secret scroll; not to mention originating from the same tree, it at least had to have similar attributes, such as size, texture, quality, etc.

It was just that Xia Duo had little research on botany, so he could only determine that the secret scroll provided by Sulis was indeed a real Dam Leaf, and it was hard to distinguish anything else.

……

After about ten minutes, Xia Duo and Sulis stopped checking at the same time, and both saw the answer they wanted in the other's eyes.

Subsequently, both parties tacitly completed the first round of transactions.

Next, the speed of the transaction between the two parties was much faster; although they still only traded one at a time, it took less than two hours until Xia Duo had traded away all the original secret scrolls he had on hand (a total of seventeen, including the three brought from the Main Plane).

"Mage Laier, are there any more?"

"There were only these to begin with."

Noticing the trace of disappointment revealed in Sulis's eyes, Xia Duo also felt quite regretful; clearly, Jielunsita possessed more than seventeen original secret scrolls.

"There are also four more that only have content, without the originals; should we continue the transaction?"

"Continue!"

Sulis had long been prepared for a transaction without originals and took out a stack of manuscripts, "I have four deciphered original texts of the secret scrolls here; if Mage Laier trusts the reputation of Jielunsita, then let's complete the transaction!"

"Mm."

At this step, no one mentioned checking anything anymore; the four secret scrolls without originals were originally just sweeteners for the previous transaction of originals, and in fact, Xia Duo himself didn't really care.

He didn't even use the contract ritual and directly pushed the manuscripts prepared last night toward Sulis; seeing this, Sulis smiled and also sent the manuscripts in his hand to Xia Duo.

Xia Duo put them away without even looking, and then he didn't even leave the Magic Domain created by the contract ritual, but instead turned the previously closed domain into a semi-open state.

He stood inside the domain and bowed solemnly to the Elders outside, then teleported away on the spot.