Chapter 1990: Approaching, Sacrifice

The Yan Xing Mage relied on parts of the Magic Net structure stripped from a large-scale War Spell, but Xia Duo, as an Arcanist, naturally had his own Private Magic Web to use.

Not long ago, in order to test War Spells, Xia Duo had specifically created an Arcane Fire for this Saint Form Avatar; if he hadn't, things might have been a bit troublesome today!

Of course, besides War Spells as a reliance, the Yan Xing Mage was himself a High Mage capable of turning the tide of a situation. After Xia Duo deployed his Arcane Fire, he immediately launched a targeted offensive.

But all of it was neutralized by Xia Duo one by one. By the time Xia Duo broke out of the Yierlan camp, he discovered that nearly half the sky to the south was already shrouded in a layer of substantial light, like silk threads or an aurora.

That light even drifted near Adofeier Fortress, converging toward the large tree in the Yierlan camp suspected to be a Mythallar Node, forming a strange funnel-shaped curtain of light in mid-air.

As for the temporary outpost, more than half of the Siluwende Elves had already collapsed to the ground, while a few remained around the Spellcasters, keeping watch while attempting to attack the strange light in the sky.

As for the Magic Ship that Xia Duo had arrived on, only the front half was now plunged into the ground, occasionally kicking up a series of Element Turbulence.

Seeing this scene, how could Xia Duo not understand that it wasn't just him who had been attacked; this outpost, which actually possessed little defensive capability, had also been attacked.

Presumably, the main Yierlan force would be striking soon.

Xia Duo had intended to observe the situation inside the Yierlan camp a bit longer, but he did not expect that the guide from before, Naris, had not yet left. "Observer Xia Duo, you have finally appeared. The Yierlan Elves shamelessly launched a sneak attack, and this outpost is about to fall."

"Then why haven't you left?"

"I must protect your safety," Naris replied with a serious expression.

In this situation, even though Xia Duo did not shy away from harboring the worst malicious intent when speculating about the Siluwende Elves, he could not help but be somewhat moved.

Yierlan was truly about to strike. Regardless of what trump cards Siluwende might be hiding, Naris was just a veteran Mage; in a large-scale war like this, he could barely stir up a ripple, and an accident could happen at any moment.

Even Xia Duo dared not say he would absolutely not encounter an accident. The reason he dared to come, besides having a certain degree of confidence, was fundamentally because he had come as an avatar; otherwise, coming in person would still be too risky.

"Don't say any more unnecessary words. Notify the outpost guards to retreat! I will stay here and observe for a while longer."

When Xia Duo said this, his attention was still on the Yierlan camp. He had just broken out of the camp, and the Yan Xing Mage had not pursued him. Now it seemed these Scholar of Ruins were indeed an "enemy-rear sabotage team" sent by the Yierlan authorities.

But at this moment, the Yierlan side's War Spells were already gradually being put into place; did the Siluwende side have no reaction at all?

No, there was one. Regarding Xia Duo's suggestion to retreat, Naris expressed a different view: "No need. If they retreat further, where can they go? It would be better to stay here and delay Yierlan's deployment as much as possible."

"The Spellcasters can stay, but the ordinary Warriors should retreat if they can. Consider it preserving a seed of bloodline for the Siluwende Elves!"

This was actually Xia Duo's inner thought. Those in high positions have their own ideals, but the true lower classes also have the right to survive. Siluwende was not a country where the people were the masters; ordinary Warriors might truly have the resolve to die for their country, but for those in power, such sacrifices are sometimes just treated as a joke.

Xia Duo did not think much of the past Siluwende, and the current ruling 【Ekrix Contract】 was no better. Knowing full well that ordinary Warriors had a negligible impact on the war situation, they still took it upon themselves to choose sacrifice for the Warriors.

Was this to win sympathy from the Northland Alliance? Or was it to use this to clear out the old regime's rivals, so as to make room for the grassroots personnel of their own organization?

Xia Duo was actually not very willing to always speculate about others with malice, but the actions of some people and some Elves forced one to make such associations.

Consequently, the slight touch he had felt earlier because the other party was willing to remain in danger for his sake immediately vanished. Sacrifice was not the exclusive domain of the righteous; villains could also sacrifice themselves for their ideals.

Naris was clearly a deep-seated believer in the 【Ekrix Contract】 organization currently in power in Siluwende, willing to sacrifice for the organization's goals and missions.

And that mission might simply be to maintain the relationship with him, the Northland Observer!

Regarding this approach, Xia Duo could not say he was disgusted, but he could not say he was fond of it either; these encounters simply gave him a deeper understanding of the 【Ekrix Contract】 organization.

Afterward, Xia Duo no longer said anything inconsistent with his current identity, but continued to observe the situation inside the Yierlan camp. After confirming that the camp indeed contained a component of a War Spell, he decisively left the temporary outpost that had already fallen into the flames of war.

As for Naris, who continued to follow, Xia Duo neither drove him away nor kept his distance, nor did he say anything to the other party, instead treating him as a transparent person who did not exist at all.

After leaving the outpost outside Adofeier Fortress, Xia Duo braved the War Spells that might descend at any moment and continued to advance toward the south. The further south he went, the denser the silk-like light in the sky became.

And when Xia Duo arrived near the first city south of Adofeier Fortress, the light in the sky had already transformed into a substantial "flowing" canopy, and it was still continuously pressing northward.

During his journey, Xia Duo had also probed the wisps of light that occasionally drifted down, but he did not discover any abnormalities. The light was truly just a wisp of light, only it had become substantial enough to drift down.

But clearly, the Yierlan side could not be using only so-called light attacks; didn't the Yierlan camp at the temporary outpost earlier have a War Spell component?

It was a pity that Xia Duo could not see any connection between the light in the sky and that War Spell component, yet the connection was indeed real.

"It seems that the research on War Spells still has a long way to go!"

After sighing slightly, Xia Duo was not about to abandon his established plan because of this. Any spell can have countless forms of expression before completion, but after completion, there is only one certain result.

This result might be variable, but it is no longer in an unknown state; it is a reality that can be countered and opposed.

Of course, the prerequisite is to use a War Spell of equal or even higher energy level to counter and oppose it.

Relying solely on individual strength, perhaps only in the future, after the birth of the Magic Computer, will it be possible to have this kind of "breaking strength with skill" in power comparison.

But in the current era, it is mostly still a case of "one force overcoming ten techniques."