Chapter 1911: Arcane Characteristics, Strategic Technology

At the same time, the skin exposed on Mila's body also began to shimmer with fluorescent points, as if the arcane radiance in her eyes had spread outward.

But unlike the previous experiment with the wild rabbit, where it completely transformed into an arcane form and then continuously dissipated, Mila was currently more like she was at the critical point between a flesh-and-blood state and an arcane state.

Or to put it more colloquially, Mila might now be close to 99% arcane-transformed.

But since it hadn't dissipated just now, it likely wouldn't dissipate now; the most crucial step had finally been passed. Xia Duo felt a slight sense of relief in his heart, and then he asked Mila's mother, Kelisi, to come to the experimental table to comfort Mila.

He and Dixipu checked Mila's physical state at this time.

According to the Scrying spells monitoring her body, if Xia Duo hadn't seen the entire process of Mila's transformation with his own eyes, he would have found it hard to imagine that the same Elf could have such drastically different auras before and after.

The current Mila did not look like a normal living being, but more like a Magic Item, her whole body emitting a bright, ghostly blue Magic Aura, which was also the inherent color of arcane radiance and Arcane Crystals.

"Mila, what's wrong with you? Tell Mommy quickly!" Kelisi cried out in a panic, wanting to approach Mila but fearing being blocked by the Protection magic of the experimental area.

Her timid appearance was truly heartbreaking to watch.

And Mila, on the experimental table, seemed to have recovered a bit of strength by this moment, struggling to turn her head to the side and gazing at Kelisi with those eyes that looked like lightbulbs.

Even though she had just seen the anomaly in Mila's body, Kelisi still subconsciously moved back a small step when gazed upon by such eerie eyes.

Although she immediately reacted and stepped forward again, this action still stimulated the sensitive Mila. Xia Duo, who was checking the status of the monitoring spells, immediately noticed this and hurriedly spoke to comfort her:

"Mila, relax, don't overthink it. Your mother loves you; it's just that you've just finished receiving treatment and look a bit ugly, and your mother was startled. You'll be fine once you recover in a couple of days."

Xia Duo was quite skilled at changing the subject, especially with children whose minds were not yet mature; as long as he found the right point, it was easy to get them to shift their attention.

Hearing that she had become ugly, even if the current Mila might be a new Personality centered around the more mature Meila, she couldn't help but feel a bit worried:

"Really? Teacher, can I really recover?"

"Yes, I promise!"

Xia Duo was not lying about this. If everything went smoothly, Mila should become an Arcane Elf similar to a Demon Descendant. Demon Descendants could freely switch between their Demon Descendant form and their original Elf body, so Arcane Elves should presumably be able to switch between an arcane form and their original body as well.

Of course, considering the requirements for controlling Arcane Energy similar to Demon Descendants, Mila should still have some Arcane Energy characteristics on her body after stabilizing her bloodline later.

For example, an afro hairstyle with every strand standing on end, eyes that constantly emitted arcane radiance, or skin that would occasionally become transparent and translucent, and so on.

These characteristics might appear only one at a time, or they might all appear; it mainly depended on Mila's acceptance and mastery of her new bloodline.

The ideal situation, of course, would be to restore her original body, only manifesting Arcane Energy characteristics when necessary, or even transforming into a complete arcane form.

What Xia Duo needed to do now was to try his best to soothe Mila's emotions, let her control the bloodline instincts she was not yet familiar with, and at the same time, do a good job of observation and recording.

Once the bloodline stabilized slightly—that is, once Mila had a certain degree of familiarity and control over her Bloodline Ability—he would then consider the next step of research.

Referring to the time it took for him to become familiar with his abilities after his own Bloodline Awakening, he estimated that in as little as one or two days, or as long as two or three days, Mila would have a preliminary grasp of her bloodline abilities and be able to cooperate with the subsequent experiments.

After all, a bloodline was a change from the inside out, more like an instinct rather than some external equipment; one could master it just by becoming more familiar with it.

Of course, to achieve mastery, or even to break free from the framework of the bloodline itself, that was not something that could be done in a few days.

The Jilan Tower in the Main Plane had been researching bloodlines for so long, yet they had failed to develop a more universal Bloodline Magic system like Zhamu Dasi in the south.

Xia Duo actually had an expectation in his heart regarding what Mila could achieve.

An Arcane Elf might seem like a low-end version of an Arcanist (capable of self-producing Arcane Energy), but the biggest difference between her and an Arcanist was that while an Arcanist possessed energy, they also had tools to consume that energy—namely, the Micro Magic Net deployed by Arcane Fire.

Without a Micro Magic Net, an Arcane Elf's Application of Arcane Energy was mostly limited to extracting it to Create Arcane Crystal or using Arcane Energy impact.

Compared to the distinct polarity of the four major elements, Arcane Energy appeared very gentle. Although it could be freely converted into various elements, there was no problem at all in saying it had no attributes whatsoever.

And what was the use of an Arcane Energy impact?

If it were an impact caused by a massive amount of Arcane Energy in an instant, it might still cause a certain degree of interference to the Magic Net, thereby indirectly obtaining some uncontrollable random Spells.

If the amount was small, it was basically useless, and not even as good as just stabbing someone with a knife.

As early as when the inspiration for creating Arcane Elves (humans) was born, Xia Duo had already made certain expectations for the development of this new type of Bloodline Ability.

If he could design a set of Spells for them to convert Arcane Energy into other elements, it would allow them to quickly master or even become proficient in elemental Spells.

And going a step further, it would naturally be aimed at becoming an Arcanist. Of course, by this step, Arcane Elves would not have any obvious advantages compared to ordinary Elves or even ordinary humans.

Therefore, for Xia Duo, or for a civilization, the technology to transform Arcane Elves or Arcane humans had its greatest value in its ability to allow all members of a civilization to quickly cross the threshold of Spellcasting.

To use a concept from Earth as an analogy, it was roughly similar to directly curing a potential genetic disease in a population that prevented them from casting spells.

Of course, whether this technology had hidden dangers still required further research to determine.

But regardless of whether there were hidden dangers, it was undeniable that this technology had great prospects and was extremely compatible with Netheril.

Xia Duo even wondered if, some years after the 【Mythallar】 device was popularized, ordinary humans living in the Arcane Energy Field produced by the device for a long time would naturally evolve an arcane bloodline?

And then, if a civilization that had mastered the 【Mythallar】 device suddenly perished, would the descendants of its survivors become the legendary magical races, born with the ability to cast spells, where everyone could become a Mage as long as they were willing to learn?

And if one were to think in reverse, the fact that almost every Elf race had the ability to cast spells—could this be the legacy of the achievements of some ancient, highly advanced technology?