Chapter 2110: Into the Net, Attending the Banquet

Person-Ekaras moved closer; before him lay the wreckage of a collapsed stone tower. He was not a local resident of Terminos, but had come from the south, retreating to the north during the Yierlan invasion.

He only arrived in Terminos after the war ended, so he actually did not know much about the situation in Terminos, limited only to what he had seen and his usual exchanges with companions.

However, this was, after all, a city of Siluwende. Person-Ekaras speculated that the stone tower wreckage before him should have been one of the main Mythallar Nodes of the local Mythallar when it was intact.

Generally speaking, such Nodes would also be centers for city residents to interact and engage in activities, serving as a Library, a Sword Art training hall, or some other facility.

As for the one before him, Person-Ekaras saw scattered training swords among the rubble; if nothing went wrong, it should have been used as a Sword Art training hall for the residents of Terminos.

Of course, due to its properties as a Mythallar Node, it was attacked immediately when the war broke out, and thus collapsed and was destroyed.

Person-Ekaras stepped on the rubble of the stone tower wreckage as if climbing a small abandoned hill, only at this moment he had no heart to lament the fragility of civilization.

From the moment he stepped into the area of this stone tower ruin, the premonition in his heart grew stronger and stronger, until in the end, he even felt that it was not he himself moving forward, but some special existence ahead that was pulling him along.

Finally, Person-Ekaras stopped in front of a half-section stone pillar that was lying obliquely and allowed one to see the fractured surface; even if it was just a remnant, it naturally exuded a majestic aura.

And right on the fractured surface of the stone pillar, a roughly circular depression appeared particularly eye-catching; this situation was as if something had originally been hidden inside the stone pillar and was only exposed because the pillar broke.

But Person-Ekaras did not search around; instead, he stared fixedly at the depression that looked like it contained nothing. At this moment, his intuition told him—there was something there!

And it was exactly the kind of existence from his premonition!

Whether it was nervousness or fear, Person-Ekaras's breathing began to become rapid, but even at the most eager moment, he did not forget the proper qualities a Spellcaster should have.

He first observed the situation around him, and after confirming that he was the only one in this ruin for the time being, he immediately began to cast a Spell to investigate the stone pillar depression that appeared empty.

But after trying various Scrying Spells to no avail, Person-Ekaras had to admit that his Spells failed to reveal any useful truth, which made him feel somewhat frustrated.

He even stood stunned on the spot for a moment.

……

Meanwhile, on the Floating City.

Xia Duo and Niya were in a main control room in the Central Control Zone, using 【Wide-Area Detection】 to spy on every move of Person-Ekaras, but at this moment, the two were not talking about what the mysterious object actually was, but the name Person-Ekaras!

"This name literally translates to 'Evergreen Leaf'; it doesn't look like much, but in Elvish, it also has the extended meaning of 'the prosperity of the Taiquese Yizu'. This is the kind of treatment only the protagonist of a novel gets!"

Xia Duo admitted that a big reason for choosing Person-Ekaras before was because of the other party's name. Of course, Niya was a bit confused about the "Ye Qing" meme he wanted to talk about.

Watching the Elf Mage in the real-time image still lingering and not moving forward, Niya couldn't help but ask: "What is he thinking?"

"He is hesitating whether to call other companions to come together."

"Then aren't you going to interfere?"

"Don't worry, he won't!"

Just as Xia Duo finished speaking, Poson over in Terminos seemed to have made up his mind; he took a step forward, stretched out his slightly trembling left hand, and reached toward the very conspicuous depression on the fractured surface of the stone pillar.

The next moment, Poson pulled his hand back as if he had been electrocuted, but after adjusting his mindset, he reached his hand out again, grabbed a roughly spherical object, and then quickly teleported back to his residence.

Back in the private place where he was alone, Poson's heart was still thumping; it was not just because he had really picked up a mysterious object, but acting alone and possessing it alone also gave him enough excitement.

"What on earth is this thing?"

Poson looked at his empty left hand; the confusion between touch and vision made him very uncomfortable, but this also further illustrated the peculiarity of this mysterious object.

After simply trying a few times with no results, Poson's mindset gradually relaxed a bit; he felt that he might have just picked up a rather strange fossil.

Yes, at this moment, Poson already had a preliminary judgment about the mysterious object. Although the mysterious object could not be directly detected by Spells, for a Spellcaster, there were quite a few indirect means.

Through repeated indirect investigations, he finally determined that this invisible thing in his hand should be the skull of some creature; appearing in a stone pillar—actually in stone—that would naturally be a fossil.

Such a result made him feel both disappointed and somewhat inexplicably relieved; as long as it was not a trap specifically set for him, then everything was still under his control.

……

Not mentioning Poson who continued to study the mysterious skull, on the Floating City side, Niya was very puzzled by Xia Duo's approach: "You went through so much trouble just to get that thing into his hands?"

"It wasn't much trouble. The specific effect will only appear after a while; you'll know then!"

After saying this, Xia Duo interrupted the Scrying of Poson. At present, the Terminos Mythallar had not yet been repaired, so more actions were not easily discovered; it would be more risky later.

However, the 【Golden Finger】 he prepared for Poson came with a communication function itself, so he didn't worry about being unable to monitor the other party in the future.

Of course, in the presence of other Mages, whether it was monitoring or anything else, one needed to be extra cautious.

……

Soon, as night fell, Xia Duo also prepared to go to Taiweimansa for the banquet. Just like when he was in Keman, this time he also set up an 【Annihilation Light】 waiting to be triggered.

As long as he did not receive the delay signal he sent within a certain period of time, it would immediately launch a fatal combo at Taiweimansa.

Although Xia Duo did not think that tonight's banquet would be so malicious as to besiege him on the spot, some basic measures to guard against accidents had to be taken; wishful thinking was not allowed.

Because Xia Duo ultimately did not request to change the banquet time or simply give up on attending, by the time the moon had just risen, two teams of Pegasus knights wearing silver armor flew out from the direction of Taiweimansa.

They flew straight toward the low-altitude clouds transformed by the Floating City.

Xia Duo knew the time had come; he arranged for Niya and Saville to return to the Tower of Time temporarily through the Portal on the Floating City, while he himself took the initiative to leave the Floating City and head toward the two teams of Pegasus knights to meet them.

"Respected human guest, the Crown King has sent us to escort you to the Golden Autumn Courtyard for the banquet!"

"I thank Crown King Helien for his hospitality; please lead the way!"