Chapter 2478: Small-Scale Single-Threaded Mythallar

"Take a break and adjust your mood."

They had already attempted it eleven times, and this eleventh time was the closest they had come to success, with the instructions being executed for a full thirty minutes; this was no small drain on the spirits of the Spellcasting Training team members.

After Xia Duo signaled for everyone to rest, he called Niya aside alone. In these eleven attempts, Niya had caused as many as three mistakes—too many for Xia Duo to turn a blind eye to.

Following Xia Duo to a body of water outside the group's spellcasting area, Niya seemed to know what Xia Duo wanted to say and took the initiative to speak:

"I have been training seriously during this time; I was just a bit nervous because I made a mistake on the very first one."

Seeing Niya's self-reproachful appearance, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in his heart. In truth, he had never thought of blaming anyone; not to mention that Niya was his wife, he had never been harsh even with others.

The construction of the new city was indeed a bit rushed this time. If he hadn't truly brought back things from the Red Heart Alliance that could be used immediately and produce a qualitative change, he wouldn't have been so anxious.

Furthermore, he did indeed want to cultivate these people in the Tower of Time. Even in a society like the Red Heart Alliance, where spellcasting using external objects was highly developed, individual spellcasting ability remained a crucial skill.

Not to mention anything else, every time the Mythallar was updated, it was done by individual Arcanists casting spells physically rather than using external objects; in reality, it was difficult for any external object to be utilized in such situations.

That was why many researchers, including his mentor Tuto at Chixin University, were studying "online" updates for the Mythallar. But unfortunately, until Xia Duo left the Chixin Plane, no breakthrough results had emerged regarding the variable control of Mythallar communication rules.

He intended to cultivate these High Mages of the Tower of Time as the core backbone, so their spellcasting ability naturally could not be neglected—not just for the others, but for Niya as well.

Although Niya had already stepped half a foot into the threshold of a Great Arcanist, for a civilization, a Great Arcanist was merely the entry level. Just like in the Red Heart Alliance, there was no such thing as a "Great Arcanist" at all.

One only needed to think about how every university student was an Arcanist to understand. Ten years of Universal Knowledge and fifteen years of specialization—if one still couldn't reach the tenth layer of the Magic Net and become a standard Great Arcanist of the Main Plane, then one would be too incompetent.

Xia Duo had high expectations for Niya because, in the classical era of Netheril on the Main Plane, everyone who could become an Arcanist was a person of exceptional talent. As long as she was carefully cultivated, reaching the level of an Advanced Rank Researcher in the Red Heart Alliance would be no problem at all.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo patted Niya's arm and comforted her: "No need to be nervous. You still have to research the Communication Mythallar normally, so you certainly don't have as much training time as those people. Having this kind of performance is completely beyond my expectations."

"There are no shortcuts to Spellcasting Training; there is only the path of constant training. Actually, let alone you, even I—a Great Arcanist in the eyes of others—would not have my current performance without long-term practice in the Projection Plane."

"And this precisely proves your and my talent. As long as time is put to real use and not wasted, whether it is Spellcasting Training or researching other things, it is all fine."

"But Spellcasting Training has its limits; we will eventually make up for this shortcoming. Research, however, is endless. You don't need to feel self-reproach for the current mistakes; this just shows that you are young and talented!"

Although Xia Duo was already a Great Arcanist in the eyes of others, he knew deep down that his talent was actually inferior to Niya's; he merely had the advantage of a broad perspective and a long lifespan due to Bloodline Awakening.

A broad perspective allowed him to use efficient learning methods summarized by modern society or other whimsical ideas to perform dimensionality reduction strikes on the "ancients" here, while a long lifespan gave him the possibility of trading lifespan for time in the Projection Plane.

Think about it: if he only had a hundred-year lifespan and Life Extension Spells had their limits, he could never easily enter any Projection Plane, because what was consumed in the Projection Plane was his actual lifespan.

Going in a couple of times would easily exhaust his lifespan, unlike now, where his lifespan was almost immeasurable after multiple Bloodline Awakenings; conservatively estimated, it was over a thousand years.

The most intuitive evidence was that he had stayed in the Chixin Alliance Projection Plane for over twenty years, and after returning to the Main Plane, his appearance had not aged in the slightest; he could even feel that his bloodline seemed to have grown a bit more.

Possessing a state of longevity that others could hardly reach even with Life Extension Spells without using them himself could be considered a great advantage for Xia Duo.

If there were a genius who could simultaneously possess a broad perspective and the foundation of longevity or even eternal life, their future achievements would be completely limitless.

Therefore, Xia Duo needed order even more, because he hoped to climb upward with the help of the Wisdom of many geniuses, but he did not want any individual genius to become a source of chaos. The only way was to establish a relatively fair order and accommodate as many people as possible.

As long as no single person had the ability to overturn the entire world, they would inevitably have to submit to this order, and perhaps even shed blood and sacrifice their lives for it.

It could be said that in the short term, he might still be Niya's "Golden Finger," but as the Time Line stretched, stretching until the civilization matured, Niya might become his "Golden Finger."

Of course, not just Niya; everyone in the Tower of Time had the potential to become Xia Duo's future "Golden Finger."

This was the best method that Xia Duo, a person of average talent who had transmigrated from an advanced civilization yet still yearned for one, could think of.

……

Under Xia Duo's comfort, Niya's mood gradually calmed down; this could be seen from a slight clue in the Spirit Thought Network. Besides Niya, the others also relaxed a lot after perceiving Xia Duo's attitude.

The only one who was a bit different was Saville. After several attempts failed, he had become a bit impatient, though he masked his emotions very well.

But Xia Duo controlled the Spirit Thought Network and could analyze Subconscious Information, so he was naturally aware of this. However, he did not approach Saville alone, but quietly sent a Sending to tell the other party that they would try at most five more times today.

Saville had never failed before; stating the number of attempts privately was, on one hand, to put the other party at ease, and on the other hand, there was no need to worry about the other party making mistakes on purpose.

But the others might not be the same; having a fallback meant they would inevitably slack off in their mindset. However, this most recent attempt had already executed the spellcasting instructions for 30 minutes; perhaps they wouldn't need five more times to complete the spellcasting task for the first phase of the new city construction.

……

Soon, Xia Duo perceived from the Spirit Thought Network that everyone had rested enough, so he gathered everyone again and began the ritual.

From 00:01 until 14:22, everyone maintained an incredibly coordinated spellcasting rhythm. A trace of joy suddenly welled up in Xia Duo's heart, but he immediately composed himself after realizing this.

If everyone else made no mistakes and only he made a mistake, where would he, the Ritual Core guide, put his face? People in the world all cared about face, not just the Seven Towers; even Xia Duo was no exception.

It was just that because of differences in values, what he cared about might be different from others.