Chapter 1934: Breaking Superstition, the Rise of Demon Descendants

"Fortunately, I achieved the status of a Senior Mage in the traditional magic system before entering the Arcanist system. If it were those purely arcane ones, I'm afraid they wouldn't have been able to help but flee."

This Elf Mage's smug, self-satisfied look caused the slight favorable impression Xia Duo had just formed to quickly dissipate. Although the other party repeatedly mentioned their commoner origins and support for the Arcanist system, this face that couldn't wait to distance themselves the moment trouble arose still made him feel somewhat annoyed.

However, annoyance is just annoyance; he truly wasn't prepared to do anything to the other party. Originally, he could have released them right now, then found an opportunity to return to Evereska to confirm information and search for new spells of the Arcanist system.

But now that he knew the other party was an Arcanist, Xia Duo didn't need to go through the extra trouble; he could just ask them directly about the classic spells under the Arcanist system.

"You should have a Spellbook and Spell Notes, right? Where are they? Tell me!"

"At home!"

"Liar!"

Xia Duo gave the other party another dose of electric shock therapy and made a gesture as if he were about to take further action, "It seems you really don't want to go home!"

"Don't, don't, I'll talk!"

Sentient beings always have a mentality of hoping for the best, but when their mental defenses are broken, they are always so easy to compromise. Seeing the disheveled state of this Elf Mage, Xia Duo really didn't feel there was any essential difference between them and humans.

In his view, humans who harbor fantasies about Elves on the Main Plane only do so because they have had too little contact with Elves, which is why they have developed such thick, advanced filters.

If communication were frequent and deep, then even the most ordinary human worker would dare to point at an Elf and say—isn't that just a strange human with long ears!

The key to breaking superstition lies in learning more!

Under Xia Duo's intimidation, the Elf Mage quickly confessed that the spiral-patterned ornament that had been cast aside earlier was a Storage Prop, inside which were hidden some magic materials and notes they had been using recently.

As for how to open the Storage Prop, the other party was also very cooperative. Xia Duo soon obtained a pile of book manuscripts and several spare Magic Items.

Of course, there were surprises; when he took out the last document, a hidden Magic Mark quietly landed on him.

If Xia Duo were just an ordinary Mage, he might really have fallen for such a little trick, but he wasn't. In his eyes, this little trick of the other party was simply "showing off one's skill before an expert"!

However, Xia Duo didn't say anything. After all, as a Spellcaster, everyone has some small, automatically triggered measures. He just silently cleared the mark and then copied all the materials before quietly leaving.

As for that Elf, they would probably be able to recover their Spellcasting ability in two or three hours. As long as they could recover their Spellcasting ability, going home would be a breeze.

……

On the cliff.

Xia Duo actually hadn't gone very far. He took out the newly copied materials on the cliff above the temporary stronghold and began to flip through them. If there were any problems, it would be easy to go back down and settle the score with the other party.

But as he looked, he couldn't help but frown. There was nothing wrong with the materials themselves, especially those related to magic; they contained both traditional Elf magic and Arcanist system content, and the information was quite rich.

The problem lay in some intelligence information outside of the magic content. One of the documents should have been received by the Elf below recently, and it mentioned the Elf Court resolution.

It said that a High Mage from a certain Long-lived Family would come to Evereska as an Envoy to be responsible for supervising the execution of the Elf Court resolution there.

Xia Duo hadn't stayed on this Plane for over 1,600 years until now; he had returned to the Main Plane, directly spanning a long period of time. To him, 1,600 years ago still felt like yesterday.

The words "Long-lived Family" appearing in the intelligence information truly triggered his attention.

If he remembered correctly, it was the Demon Descendants who called themselves the Long-lived Family. Since when could Demon Descendants openly appear as Elf Court Envoys?

What on earth happened in these 1,600-plus years?

The Arcanist system being blocked was something Xia Duo could barely understand. After all, the Arcanist system grew rapidly, and the Elves considered themselves a superior race, so they had every reason to worry about inferior races—especially humans, as a short-lived species—using this to achieve a "corner-overtaking" of the Elf race in the field of magic.

But could a mere 1,600-plus years allow Demon Descendants to appear openly before the public?

Or was it that during these 1,600 years, the Demon Descendants had completely solved the problem of reproduction and finally chose to integrate into the Elves, becoming a Long-lived Family among the Elves?

Thinking of this, Xia Duo immediately turned back to the temporary stronghold under the cliff. His sudden return really gave the Elf a fright.

"Cough—don't worry, I said I'd let you go, so I will. I came back just to ask you a few more questions!"

Having just seen the hope of liberation, the Elf naturally didn't dare to have any objections at this moment and hurriedly said, "Ask."

"Do you know about the Long-lived Family? What is their origin?"

"I know. The Long-lived Family is said to be a reclusive family from before the Crown War. Their greatest characteristic is their long lifespan, and they rarely intermarry with the outside world."

Fake!

Xia Duo had previously obtained a Consciousness Copy of a Demon Descendant Elf and had almost completely parsed the other party's consciousness information. The Long-lived Family was clearly the self-proclaimed name of the Demon Descendants.

And he was certain that he had told this information to the (first generation) Elder Council of Evereska. At that time, the Elder Council needed to win the support of Wuweilun, so he imagined that Wuweilun likely also knew about this situation.

And once a piece of information is known by multiple parties, it is very likely to spread everywhere.

Then the question arises: why, after only 1,600-plus years, could the name "Long-lived Family" appear so openly?

And in history books, even the word "Demon Descendant" had disappeared.

Next, Xia Duo asked about the situation of the Long-lived Family in succession. What shocked him was that the Long-lived Family now occupied an almost absolutely dominant position in the Elf Court.

And the current Elf Court was similar in nature to the Northland Alliance, actually having great control over the various countries of the Northland.

In other words, if nothing unexpected happened, the current Northland should have already been controlled by the Long-lived Family—that is, the Demon Descendant Elves!

So unexpected!

Xia Duo could never have imagined that the Demon Descendant Elves, who were like rats crossing the street 1,600 years ago, had now become the masters of the Northland!

This was truly too unexpected!

Perhaps the destruction of Wuweilun was orchestrated by the Demon Descendant Elves. Thinking about it this way, it all made sense. In order to avenge the past purges of Demon Descendants by Wuweilun, after gaining control of the Elf Court, they had been looking for an opportunity.

It wasn't until the Drow War that they finally found the opportunity to destroy Wuweilun in one fell swoop.

Could it be that the Wuweilun of the Main Plane was also destroyed by Demon Descendants?

But the Crown King Yintewa of the Main Plane was clearly assassinated successfully, and that Lady Mailuwei, who was controlled by Demon Descendants, also successfully ascended to power. Would the Demon Descendants destroy their own position?

There were too many mysteries in history. If it were something else, Xia Duo wouldn't be so concerned, but the Main Plane was also currently facing a situation where Demon Descendants were returning to the public eye.

What kind of trump cards or conspiracies were the Demon Descendants hiding? If there was a chance, he had to figure it out in advance.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo immediately made a decision: delay his return to the Main Plane and instead wait for that Long-lived Family Envoy to return to Evereska.

He would then use the Mythallar to capture them, use a Consciousness Cage to obtain their Consciousness Copy, and then parse it completely.

If everything went smoothly, capturing a Demon Descendant High Mage would surely allow him to learn enough inside information about the Demon Descendants through them.