Chapter 1984: Classical Slaughter, Adofeier

After confirming there was nothing unusual, Xia Duo was the first to walk into the Portal, and immediately after, the guide Naris followed.

Just as Xia Duo was preparing to cast a spell to investigate the specific situation on the front line, Naris had already found the commander of this supply outpost—a Gold Elf wearing armor with a furrowed brow—and introduced him to Xia Duo:

"Observer Xia Duo, this is Captain Dukes, who just retreated from the front line. You can ask him at any time if you have any questions about the front-line combat situation."

"Mm."

Xia Duo nodded, but did not ask immediately. Just now, on the other side of the Portal, using the Portal to project Perception was ultimately limited by distance and medium, making it impossible to "see clearly" the specific details of the front line.

But having arrived here, the turbulence of the Magic Net ahead was still right before his eyes; it should be the best observation position besides going there directly.

As the Scrying spell was completed, Xia Duo instantly gained a new, independent perspective that felt nearly physical.

Perhaps because it was affected by the Magic Net tremors, this perspective was shrouded in a layer of fragmented, blurred radiance, but it still fed back the true scene of the war faithfully—

That should be a regional central city. Wide trade routes connected to the distance, and the city was filled with buildings, atmospheric and elegant, just like Taier'annuo, which Xia Duo had just passed through, but now it no longer had its former prosperity.

All that remained were Warriors passing by in a hurry, supplies piled up everywhere, and wounded soldiers and corpses that had not yet been dealt with.

As for the fighting, setting aside the Spellcaster duels that had not yet been seen, what Xia Duo saw at the moment was just the slaughter of ordinary cold weapons: arrows, spears, short spears, and long swords.

If not for the Magic Net fluctuations surging above the city, he would have even thought this was actually a classical war in a non-magical world!

But even with the confrontation between Spellcasters, Xia Duo still felt quite disappointed. At this moment, two words could not help but surface in his mind—

Just this?

The Yierlan offensive actually had to reach the point of using a large number of non-Spellcaster units to fight with their lives?

Although those Yierlan Warriors attacking on the ground might not be unable to cast spells, but in such a turbulent Magic Net environment, they had to give up spellcasting; yet, this kind of classical slaughter with cold weapons still made one feel it was mismatched with Yierlan's status as a major power.

Xia Duo had originally thought he would see an intense confrontation between War Spells, but he did not expect to see only a stalemate of Mythallar defense and offense, and the classical slaughter of cold weapons.

It truly made one feel disappointed.

Developing according to this situation, Yierlan might not necessarily be able to take down the entire Sluwen, or perhaps this was just a tiny, localized part of the war, which was why the one-sided situation Xia Duo had expected did not appear.

After observing for a while and confirming that the war situation was undoubtedly a stalemate, Xia Duo turned back to ask Captain Dukes, whom Naris had just introduced, "Is all the fighting on the front line in a stalemate like this in the south?"

"Not at all."

Dukes shook his head, his eyes full of gloom, "Meidi'esi—the city in the south currently under attack—is not the main offensive direction of the Yierlan Army, but even so, Meidi'esi can hold out for at most less than a day."

"A day? Isn't it still in a stalemate?" Xia Duo asked in surprise.

"The premise of a stalemate is that the Mythallar is not broken, and there must be abundant supplies. But we currently only have an advantage in supplies. As for the Mythallar, the person with the highest Mythallar Permission in Meidi'esi is only a senior Mage, while the Yierlan side definitely brought Scholars proficient in the Domain of Mythallar along. That Meidi'esi can hold out until now has already far exceeded expectations, unless—"

Speaking of this, Dukes looked at Xia Duo with expectant eyes, "If you are willing to help harass the Yierlan Army, perhaps you could buy more time for Meidi'esi, at least allowing most of the Spellcasters in the city to withdraw alive."

"Observer Xia Duo—"

After Dukes finished speaking, the guide Naris also looked at Xia Duo expectantly. Although he did not directly request it like Dukes, his expectant gaze was no less intense.

But this was not the best time for Xia Duo to act, and he could only pretend not to hear Dukes's plea, then asked about the situation in other directions:

"Which battlefield currently has the most intense combat?"

Xia Duo's lack of response made Dukes somewhat disappointed, but because he had received instructions beforehand, he now had to suppress the frustration in his heart and continue to answer:

"As far as I know, the combat situation in the direction of Adofeier is the most intense. Besides wanting to annex Sluwen, the most direct purpose of Yierlan launching this war is actually the Adofier Fortress that appeared not long ago."

"Adofier Fortress?"

This was the first time Xia Duo had heard the official name of that Ancient Fortress, but the name seemed a bit familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before, so he asked again:

"Is it that Ancient Fortress discovered not long ago that caused quite a stir?"

"Yes, and no."

This time, it was not Dukes who answered, but the guide Naris. As a senior Mage closer to the upper echelons of the organization, his understanding of these inside stories was far more detailed than that of Dukes, who was a grassroots commander.

"Observer Xia Duo, the news that spread not long ago about Sluwen discovering an Ancient Aryvandaar Fortress is actually not entirely accurate. The news was slightly adjusted by someone with ulterior motives during the transmission process."

"Then what is the truth?"

"The truth is—Adofeier is indeed a newly appeared fortress, but it is not an Aryvandaar Fortress. It is also true that it stores a large number of War Magic Artifacts, because that fortress was rebuilt on the foundation of the Ancient Aryvandaar Fortress, but the ownership of those War Magic Artifacts, without a doubt, belongs only to Sluwen!"

Naris's words were a bit convoluted, but Xia Duo still understood. At the same time, he also remembered where he had heard the name Adofeier: it was in 【Projection Plane: Evereska Independent】.

At that time, Yierlan had not yet been born, and Adofeier was just an obscure little city in Sluwen, with no local specialties, no famous people, and certainly not a transportation or trade hub.

The only reason Xia Duo had heard of it was a rumor in the streets that Sluwen had discovered an Ancient Fortress in Adofeier.

But in the era of 【Evereska Independent】, the Elf World had just recovered from the trauma of the Crown War and was striving for development.

Therefore, that era could also be said to be an era of archaeology, where news of someone discovering ruins or someone discovering treasure would spread from time to time.

But because the war had emptied the population and there was plenty of land but few Elves, even if someone discovered something, there was rarely any fighting over it. Just like the city ruins where Xia Duo discovered the Nether Scroll, there were not even traces of Adventurers visiting.

Although there was the reason that the ruins themselves were relatively dangerous, danger did not mean secrecy; it was just that there were too many things in reality that could be developed and utilized, and that ruin simply did not rank high.

If Xia Duo hadn't gone to scavenge it, it would have taken thousands of years for a group of Nether Adventurers to go over and discover the Nether Scroll!