Chapter 1929: Subsequent Impact

Feigning hesitation for a moment, Xia Duo then firmly expressed his desire to learn, "The Shaman of the tribe I belong to was killed by a Heavenly God; only by becoming a Heavenly God myself can I protect the tribe!"

"Heavenly God?"

The Elf smiled, "That is a Mage, and the craft you are about to learn is called 【Magic】. As long as you are clever enough, you too can become a Mage, which is what you call a Heavenly God."

"Are you willing to teach me?"

"Of course, but for now, hurry up and eat something. We must leave here as soon as possible; the lackeys of the Elven Court will be on our trail soon."

This time, Xia Duo did not refuse. He picked up a piece of pastry from the tea table and stuffed the whole thing into his mouth. After two or three such pieces, he was already sixty or seventy percent full, having not been hungry to begin with.

Seeing that Xia Duo stopped eating after only a little, the Elf did not urge him further, but instead sipped the last cup of tea slowly before standing up from the chair, pointing to the remaining pastries on the tea table and saying to Xia Duo:

"Pack up the rest; keep them to eat on the road. We will likely spend quite some time fleeing from here on out."

"Alright."

Xia Duo had wanted to pack them up for a while, so now that the other party had suggested it, he naturally would not stand on ceremony. If they were truly going to be on the run for a long time, he might have to rely on these things to fill his stomach.

Of course, the Elf might still have more in his storage space, but since the other party did not bring it out, Xia Duo could not ask for it. He was currently playing the role of a Langasi, so he had to mind his manners.

Next, both sides packed their things. In the process, Xia Duo finally learned the name of this Arcane Elf; the other party called himself Shaerwen. He did not know if this was his real name, but at least he had something to call him.

"Shaerwen, where are we going next?"

"South first. The Elven Court's influence is slightly weaker there, enough for us to hide for a while. Sigh, there is no point in telling you this; you just need to follow me."

"Alright!"

Xia Duo rolled his eyes in secret. In his current mental state, he really did not want to consider these issues. He only wanted to come into contact with Magic as soon as possible, then head to Evereska to scout the situation, and return to the Main Plane immediately upon completion.

If he were truly tortured into a psychological breakdown by exhaustion, the loss would outweigh the gain.

After leaving the place where the man and the Elf had met, Xia Duo followed behind Shaerwen and teleported seven or eight times in succession. However, they were not heading directly south, but rather making numerous detours, seemingly to shake off any potential pursuers behind them.

But as for those so-called pursuers, Xia Duo had only heard of them from Shaerwen and had never seen them with his own eyes in reality. After fleeing for half a day, he could not help but feel a bit suspicious.

However, Shaerwen did not seem to have any reason to deliberately deceive a human who knew nothing. Furthermore, considering his identity, it was not appropriate for Xia Duo to directly question him.

Thus, after the final teleportation, Xia Duo asked him: "When will you teach me Magic?"

"I can do it now, but before that, you need to learn a new language."

"Is it your Elvish language?"

"Yes. Human languages are too crude; if we only use those, I wouldn't know how to explain many concepts to you."

"No problem, I am willing to learn."

"While I teach you the language, I will also provide some basic knowledge of Magic. I hope you are clever enough; I do not wish to repeat the same question several times."

For races other than Elves, such a requirement from Shaerwen could be considered very harsh. But Xia Duo had long known that in Elven society, traditional Elven Mages often learned Magic by observing their teachers and slowly gaining insight, rather than being actively taught by them.

This was partly due to the nature of Elven Magic itself, but more so a problem with the Elf race; after the Crown War, the Elves' attitude toward Knowledge became more conservative.

At the same time, the tradition of respecting elders meant that young Elves needed to obey the arrangements of their elders; if an elder did not say something, you had best not even ask.

A teacher, without a doubt, counted as one of the most important elders.

An Elven Mage like Shaerwen, who actively imparted knowledge to his students, could not be called extremely rare in Elven society, but he was certainly not common.

This was true even at the Apprentice stage.

An average Elven Mage Apprentice would definitely be considered lucky to encounter such a teacher; most needed to follow behind their teachers and piece together the path of advancement from the few words leaked by their teachers in daily life.

As for the Magic Academy, it was essentially for cultivating Magic Craftsmen, not Mages. Only if one performed exceptionally well was it possible to be noticed by a Mage and taken on as an Apprentice (vassal), but this was already the best path for an Elven Commoner.

From Shaerwen's behavior, Xia Duo was even more curious about the changes in the Elf World of the current Plane. What would make an Elven Mage teach a human Apprentice so patiently?

It certainly could not be some internationalist sentiment!

Thus, while following Shaerwen to learn Elvish, Xia Duo also probed for the basic situation of the Elf World, which was consistent with his "Harar" persona.

Regarding this, Shaerwen did not show much resistance. As long as Xia Duo asked, he would basically say a word or two. Occasionally, when he was in the mood or if a sore spot was touched, he would ramble on at length.

Just like that, six days after they met, Xia Duo finally had a somewhat one-sided understanding of the changes in the Elf World of this Projection Plane—

It all had to start from sixteen hundred years ago.

Translated by Xia Duo, this actually meant starting from roughly the year he had previously left this Projection Plane. The mess he left behind had indeed caused very profound consequences.

First was the concentration of the Dragon Madness Secret Scroll, which made the repair and control of the Dragon Madness Mythallar no longer a distant fantasy. Thus, the Northland nations, relying on the Elven Court as a platform, began a larger-scale collection operation.

Of course, this all excluded the Elven Kingdom in the south. Xia Duo also had "credit" for this; who told him to pretend to be a southern Mage back then!

As for how the Dragon Madness Secret Scroll in the Shaerwen treasury was lost and transferred to Jielunsita, Shaerwen did not mention it. Perhaps it was just a trivial matter in the past sixteen hundred years that did not leave a mark in history worthy of Shaerwen's memory.

Besides the Elven Court's power surge due to the concentration of the Dragon Madness Secret Scroll (which was essentially just a pure-Elf version of the Northland Alliance), Xia Duo's more profound influence on this Projection Plane lay in the Netheril Magic System he left behind, or rather, the Arcanist system that complemented the Arcane Elves.

He did not know what Isthmus had done after he left, but in any case, the Arcanist system had spread rapidly over the past sixteen hundred years, and along with it, the Arcane Elves had also gained widespread recognition in Elven society.

Of course, this was only Shaerwen's one-sided description.