Chapter 1938: Strategic Weapon

Of course, Xia Duo did not actually climb out of bed immediately to head to Seventon. It was already night, and although he was quite certain Iolum was not resting yet, a nighttime visit would be somewhat impolite.

No matter how urgent the situation was, it could wait until the next day.

In fact, it was not until noon the next day, after Xia Duo and Niya finished lunch at the Linshui Village villa, that they returned to the Tower of Time and took the Teleportation Array to Seventon.

……

The Arcane Union.

News regarding the Seven Towers capturing the Prince of Cormanthor had somehow already spread within the circle of spellcasters in Seventon, and in this rumor, Xia Duo's name had also appeared many times.

When Xia Duo himself arrived at the Arcane Union, he immediately attracted attention from many sides; quite a few Mages even began discussing the veracity of the rumor after Xia Duo had walked past.

Xia Duo, who had always been sensitive to outside attention, quickly noticed this situation. After casting a spell to intercept the private chats of several Arcane Union Mages, he discovered that the situation of Prince Saier being captured had already been discovered by Cormanthor.

Upon learning this, he immediately quickened his pace, but unfortunately, when he arrived at Iolum's Study, Iolum was not there.

"Is it because of a War Spell test? Or did the Seven Towers call for a meeting?"

These were the only two reasons Xia Duo could think of for Iolum's absence, and either one meant he likely could not contact the other for a short time.

After thinking for a moment, he sent a Sending to Haichenisi to inquire about the situation: "Is the President not in his study? Do you know where he went?"

"The President has been in the Laboratory for the past few days. Lord Xia Duo, if you have any urgent matters, I can help you contact him."

"Please contact him, sorry for the trouble."

As the President of the Arcane Union, it was impossible for Iolum to truly be out of touch; he certainly maintained certain communication channels with the outside world, and perhaps Xia Duo's communication was included among them.

But Haichenisi could certainly establish contact with Iolum.

After sending the message, Xia Duo found a place to sit down in Iolum's Study, waiting while considering when to tow the Floating City to the Main Plane after it was generally completed.

This was a very practical question; if it were too early, it would easily arouse the wariness of various countries, and if it were too late, it would not have much significance. It would have to be brought out sooner or later, and if it were too late, wouldn't it be the same as not having it at all?

It would be best to choose a key time point to maximize the value of the Floating City's debut. What Xia Duo could think of was the upcoming competition among various countries for the newly discovered ancient Elf Ruins within Siluwende.

If he could grasp the timing of his entry well, he might be able to change the pattern of the Northland in one fell swoop, and in a sense, it could also be considered breaking the conspiracy of the parallel space-time invasion.

In the cognition of the Special Envoy of the Elf Court in the Projection Plane, a series of historical nodes needed to be solidified before there would be a chance for the parallel space-time to overwrite the current one.

In other words, as long as the current space-time deviated from the history predetermined by the Demon Descendant to a certain degree, one could completely shatter the other party's fantasy of changing the world.

Equipped with an Adaptive Mythallar, War Spells, and a Mythallar, the Floating City was absolutely a strategic weapon of mass destruction under the current power structure of the Northland, and it could definitely become an important anchor point for the history of the current space-time.

Afterwards, by sealing the Magic Energy Magic System within Netheril, it would be enough to basically prevent the possibility of the Demon Descendant infiltrating from the inside.

In this way, one could basically declare the Demon Descendant's plan to change the world bankrupt.

Of course, the premise of all this was that it was truly a parallel space-time invasion. If there were another mastermind behind all this, then even if the Floating City were brought out, it might not necessarily have a decisive influence.

Even if it were truly a parallel space-time invasion, and the Demon Descendant had mastered some kind of mysterious black technology, the role of the Floating City might be very limited.

In the end, Netheril could only possess one Floating City in the short term, its strategic deterrence was limited, and wanting to truly dominate order was almost impossible.

The completion of the next Floating City would take at least months to calculate, and this had to be the result of Xia Duo participating in the construction personally throughout the whole process, and it could not be a new model; it could only be a replica of that first-generation city from the Blue Crystal Plane.

If it were other Great Arcanists, it would take at least years to calculate.

Of course, if it were just cutting off a mountain peak and then building a city on the overturned cross-section, that would be fast.

But the essence of a Floating City was not just a city that could fly, but a mobile strategic weapon hidden in a fortress that was difficult to counter.

The Adaptive Mythallar, Protection magic, and War Spells were the core; everything else was secondary.

In fact, as long as one possessed War Spells and corresponding defensive capabilities, it could be called a strategic weapon; the Elven Magic Artifacts of war were of this kind.

In essence, there was no difference from a Floating City; if the quantity was small, it could only protect itself, and only when there were many could it threaten others.

"Time! It's still time!"

But the time required for this kind of reality construction was not like the time required for research, which could be reduced through the Projection Plane. In reality, how much work one did required how much time; even if technology advanced, there was always a basic bottom line.

Unlike when Xia Duo designed a Mythallar, entering the Projection Plane once, it was already completed when he came out, and the time consumption in the Main Plane was almost zero.

……

Just as he was pondering, the Magic Net tremor that suddenly appeared in the study pulled Xia Duo back to the real world. He looked up and saw Iolum standing in front of him with a weary face.

"How long have you been here?"

"I just arrived as well." Xia Duo hurriedly stood up to answer.

Iolum nodded, then turned and walked behind the desk on the other side. After sitting down, he asked, "Is there any urgent matter?"

While speaking, he gestured for Xia Duo to sit opposite him.

"It is indeed quite important."

Xia Duo's expression was solemn. As he sat down, he took out the three sets of Elven Magic Artifacts of war he had prepared in advance and placed them on the desk between the two. "Teacher, please look. I obtained these by chance, and I hope they can be of some help to the research on War Spells."

"Eh—"

At first, Iolum only thought Xia Duo had accidentally obtained a few Elven Magic Artifacts he had never seen before, but upon hearing that it was related to War Spells, he couldn't help but become interested.

But as more and more things were placed on the desk, Iolum found these things more and more suspicious the more he looked at them. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind, "This—this is an Elven Magic Artifact of war?! How did you get it?!"

It was truly because the Elven Magic Artifacts of war had left such a deep impression on Iolum that when he discovered his student had actually produced what appeared to be complete Magic Artifacts of war, the shock in his heart reached an almost insurmountable level.

Calming his state of mind slightly, Iolum asked again: "Where did you get these from? Could it be that you discovered another Elf Ruins in your Territory?"

"Something like that!"

Xia Duo only gave a vague answer, and incidentally took out a few items harvested from the ruins that he had manifested from the Projection Plane as corroboration.

Fortunately, Iolum did not dwell too much on these side issues. He quickly focused his attention on the Magic Artifacts of war themselves and asked again:

"Have you found any relevant information in the ruins? Do you know the specific usage methods for these Magic Artifacts of war?"

"No relevant information was found."

Xia Duo shook his head. In fact, this was not a lie; he indeed had not found information on the Magic Artifacts of war in the "ruins," but he did indeed know the usage methods for the Magic Artifacts of war.

It was just that taking out complete Magic Artifacts of war was already very eye-catching; if he also had the usage methods, it would be hard not to make Iolum have other thoughts.

As for saying directly that he obtained them from the Projection Plane, that was also unrealistic. Xia Duo did not want to expose his ability to manifest items from the Projection Plane for the time being.