Chapter 2124: Setting Off South, Broiler +1

Once Sigude and his companions left the market together to wander elsewhere, Xia Duo and Niya remained seated at the edge of the market, keeping an eye on them until they entered an Elf residence, at which point Xia Duo withdrew his Scrying spell.

Following this, the two's interest in continuing to explore faded significantly, and they simply sat at the edge of this open-air market between the Trade District and the Commoner District until dusk.

However, the nighttime Ailintar failed to reignite their interest; after overlooking this alien city for a while from a suspended terrace on the waist of a tall tower, the two soon returned to the Floating City.

Immediately after, Xia Duo bid farewell to the Yinerfalang side, then drove the Floating City to slowly accelerate and head south.

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Meanwhile, on the other side, the "Golden Finger" that Xia Duo had deployed for some days finally ushered in a harvest.

Siluwende, Terminos.

Inside a temporary residence rebuilt after the war, the Elf Poson-Ekaras had locked himself in a dark room for a full day; or rather, he had taken the whole day off today and did not go to assist the senior Mage in repairing the Mythallar.

The cause of all this had to start with the Invisible Skull he discovered in the ruins of a stone tower some time ago; at that time, he had obtained that Strange Object and was excited for several days in a row.

But as his research into that Strange Object became increasingly difficult, coupled with the very tedious work of repairing the Mythallar during the day, Poson had almost forgotten about that Strange Object which could not be perceived at all once it left his hand.

Yet just yesterday, when he woke up in the morning, he actually saw the Strange Object he had been leaving at his bedside; its appearance was the same as what he had explored at the beginning, an alien-shaped Skull.

It was not any race he had seen before, but it looked a bit like the legendary Sarukh Mage-Serpent, only that legend said Sarukh Mage-Serpents were robust in build, while the skull he picked up was only the size of a palm.

The reason he still believed it might be a Sarukh Mage-Serpent skull, besides its own miraculous nature, was that the Sarukh Mage-Serpent itself might not necessarily be what he thought it was.

After all, that was an ancient race that existed even before the Elves came to this world and had once ruled over dragons; later generations' understanding of that era was mostly derived from some dragon myths.

And because of the Dragon Madness Mythallar, dragons had long since lost their civilization; even if there were some inherited memories, under the torture of the Dragon Madness generation after generation, it was not certain that anything could remain, and even if some could remain, it might not be the original appearance.

Therefore, after seeing that Strange Object suspected to be a Sarukh Mage-Serpent skull yesterday morning, Poson immediately sought help from his mentor who was far away in Taier'annuo.

That childhood mentor was now no more than an Elite Mage like him, but the other party's family background was not simple; they were an Upper Family from the prosperous era, and although they had declined now, they still possessed a foundation far exceeding that of a Commoner.

What Poson asked the other party about was some information regarding the Sarukh Mage-Serpent, and his locking himself in the dark room, besides waiting for his mentor's reply, was also intended to use the inspiration perception from when he first discovered this Strange Object to probe this skull Strange Object that had inexplicably revealed its form.

Poson believed that everything had a reason, and now that there was a change, perhaps he himself was the source of all this change; in the dark room, the long-term attempt to synchronize with the Strange Object in a near-transcendental state made his spirit also become somewhat inexplicably eerie.

"The mentor's news hasn't come yet, what should I do with you!" Poson muttered to himself, holding the miniature skull Strange Object in his hands.

Just a moment ago, he felt that the Strange Object in his hand seemed to be responding to his call, only that due to some factor, this communication always felt like it was covered by a thin veil.

He had almost seen it, yet he couldn't see anything clearly!

"Should I synchronize with it without reservation?"

Poson subconsciously thought of the risks involved, but it was immediately cast out of his mind; he just held the skull Strange Object with a solemn expression and brought it closer to his brow bit by bit.

At this moment, if an outsider were to enter the dark room where Poson was and see Poson's behavior, they would likely report him as a Demon Descendant nine times out of ten.

But at this moment, no such outsider had broken into Poson's room, except for a pair of eyes hidden in the dark, observing, completely devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

Xia Duo had recorded almost the entire process of Poson's self-indoctrination; the "Golden Finger" he deployed certainly possessed many Special Functions, but the most critical one was the Mind Suggestion within it.

In reality, what Poson thought was synchronization with an ancient Strange Object was merely his own wishful thinking; from Xia Duo's perspective, it was just an ordinary Elf Mage being influenced by a mind spell and unconsciously further opening his own mind.

"Begin!"

Xia Duo issued the command in his heart, and then the Spirit Cluster connected to his essence responded immediately; one relatively independent Spirit, which seemed to be at a distance from this cluster system, was searched out.

Along with it was Poson's almost undisguised inner activity; no, this was no longer just real-time inner activity, but also his past memories from the source, which were also displayed before Xia Duo without any concealment.

Xia Duo felt that as long as he moved his thoughts slightly, he could reshape a brand-new Personality for Poson. Of course, if he wanted the Personality to be relatively complete, he could start from himself or the existences from those Projection Planes he had experienced.

"How should I put it? A little broiler?"

Xia Duo never expected that a sudden whim at the time would have such a harvest now! The skull Magic Artifact that Poson had obtained actually carried a Spirit whose essence was Xia Duo.

Or rather, that skull Magic Artifact was actually an extension of Xia Duo's brain (Spirit Cluster); of course, considering that the actual user of the extension was not himself or someone he knew well, there was a significant probability that it would fall into the hands of an enemy.

Therefore, the interior of that extension was almost pure, interacting only through the connections within the cluster system, and could be remotely controlled.

Even if the extension were seized by an enemy, as long as Xia Duo disconnected the link, it would be nothing more than the loss of a somewhat valuable special Magic Artifact, while isolating risks he might not be able to withstand; it was quite worth it.

"Stand up and go open the door, see what's going on outside!"

Xia Duo used the connection between the brain (Spirit Cluster) and that extension to issue a command to Poson; of course, the command actually received by Poson would not be so straightforward or explicit, but would inspire the other party in the form of a vague inspiration.

All the influence he exerted would be regarded by Poson as his own thoughts and his own decisions, thereby maximizing the avoidance of the "broiler's" will to resist.

Without external intervention, Poson might never even think of resisting; everything was what he wanted to do and what he did himself. If he really had to forcibly resist, wouldn't that be resisting himself?