Chapter 2479: Mythallar Closed Loop

As time ticked away, not a single error appeared in the spellcasting of Xia Duo and the others, and as the ritual progressed, the Magic Net in the nameless waters of the Blue Crystal Plane gradually underwent some visible changes.

With the instructions executed to 45:22, Xia Duo's already highly focused will concentrated once more; the final ten minutes were the key to the entire ritual.

According to his plan, the first phase of the new city's construction did not involve any specific physical objects, focusing only on the Mythallar; as long as the Mythallar was completed, subsequent refinements would be very convenient.

Therefore, this time, unlike the construction of Chang'an City where the main body of a Floating City was built first, the Mythallar was built first; the subsequent main body of the new city was not actually the key, and it would be fine to continue using a spherical shape, nor would there be any problem with changing to another form.

Soon, the instructions reached 46:55, and all collaborators at the third-level source points had exited the spellcasting sequence, including Ai Ta, who had made a mistake earlier.

Having completed the task, he retreated to the side to observe; at this moment, the water at the material level in this area was still calm, but the Magic Net was like boiling water, constantly surging, and because Ai Ta had not touched the deeper layers of the Magic Net, such fluctuations appeared to him more like irregular changes, yet the movement was by no means small, covering almost every range he could perceive.

As one collaborator after another gradually exited the spellcasting sequence, only Xia Duo, Niya, Saville, and Aiboke remained in the state of spellcasting on the field.

With fewer people, the possibility of errors was even lower, and everyone could see that this time it would likely be a success, but no one spoke to each other, fearing it would cause interference in the final stage of the ritual.

And Xia Duo and the others—or more accurately, Xia Duo himself—had indeed reached the critical moment; although only three collaborators remained to assist him, his level of concentration had not diminished in the slightest, but rather increased.

A Mythallar essentially reconstructs the macroscopic structure of the Magic Net to enable its stable existence, which is actually very similar to Magic Permanence, except that the latter's domain is at the microscopic level, but the logic of stabilizing spells is indeed similar.

It is necessary to achieve an internally self-contained system so as not to be "washed away" by the constantly surging Magic Net currents from the outside; at the microscopic level, this means the circulation of spell elements + the circulation of energy.

And for a Mythallar, it is similar, but the microscopic spell elements are countless; what it requires is for the macroscopic structure of the Magic Net to be some kind of closed loop, and the same applies to energy.

The reason why Elves call Magic an "art" and the Mythallar the "pinnacle of craftsmanship" lies in this: at the beginning of Mythallar construction, one might be imaginative and set various functions as one pleases, but to make a Mythallar exist for a long time, it is necessary to make the macroscopic structure of the Magic Net form a closed loop without losing its connection to the Great Magic Net structure.

In terms of energy, it is even more necessary to obtain as much energy as possible within a limited coverage area to satisfy the needs of the various functions set previously.

Generally speaking, energy is not a problem; the Magic Net has never been stingy with energy acquisition for any Spellcaster, and as long as one is not stupid to the extreme, any high-level Mage can complete the energy circulation construction of the Magic Net.

In fact, if one were truly stupid, it would be impossible to become a high-level Mage.

The truly difficult part lies in the closed loop of the macroscopic structure of the Magic Net; the more functions added previously, the harder it is to close the loop later, which is just like making steamed buns—the more filling you put in, the harder it is to seal the opening, and if you are not careful, the filling will leak out.

****It can still be put into the pot, it just won't look good, but once a Mythallar "leaks," it is not a matter of it not looking good, but rather the whole thing will riot.

Especially since the closed-loop stage is the final phase of Mythallar construction, the macroscopic structure of the Magic Net has long been twisted to the extreme by the Spellcaster; if it were to suddenly lose control in this situation, one can imagine what kind of world-collapsing scene that would be.

In this situation, even a Spell Suppression Field would be useless, because that involves a collective riot of the Magic Net in this area from the macroscopic to the microscopic, and it is impossible to suppress it with a mere microscopic spell.

Even if Xia Duo integrated it into an Adaptive Mythallar, it would not work, because the new city Mythallar he is currently building is countless times more complex than an Adaptive Mythallar, and once it riots, its power would far exceed the limits of a basic Adaptive Mythallar.

Therefore, the closer it got to the end, the more careful Xia Duo became.

In the final five minutes, Niya, Saville, and Aiboke had already exited the spellcasting sequence; they did not just retreat to the side, but also took others outside the coverage area of the new city Mythallar.

"It must succeed!" Niya looked at Xia Duo, who had become a small dot in the distance, and prayed silently in her heart.

And at the center of everyone's gaze, although Xia Duo was also looking forward to the Mythallar he designed while in the Red Heart Alliance being truly implemented on the Material Plane, his spellcasting movements did not fluctuate in the slightest.

The closer one is to the edge of success, the more one needs to keep a cool head.

When Elf high-level Mages encounter this situation, if they do not want to bear the consequences of failure (the area where a Mythallar is built is often a family stronghold or a city, and once it fails, it is very difficult to control it with one's own power alone), they will choose to completely sublimate their Saint Form and merge themselves into the Mythallar.

Using this state, they let the Magic Net follow their will to automatically facilitate the completion of the Mythallar's closed loop!

When Xia Duo left the Red Heart Alliance plane for the first time, he used this method to complete the Chixin Tribe Mythallar, and he even reserved the more complex functions he had envisioned. (This method has a limit; if the closed loop is not completed before the soul disappears, it is equivalent to failure, and the consequences are even more severe.)

It is conceivable that in many cases, the birth of every Mythallar means the complete demise of a high-level Mage, unable to go to the Shenguo.

Xia Duo did not go into detail about how the Mythallars of the various Elf nations on the Main Plane were born, as this is something every country needs to keep highly confidential, but the Northland Alliance Mythallar was born right under his nose.

On the day the Northland Alliance was established, the Evereska Elder and high-level Mage Kuyinde sacrificed himself to complete the construction of the Northland Alliance Mythallar.

This was Evereska's sacrifice for the Northland Alliance, and it was the heaviest political legacy Elder Kuyinde left for Evereska.

As for Xia Duo now—

He would not "sacrifice" a Mythallar on the Material Plane.

Moreover, he did not use a Saint Form Avatar to cast spells this time; while the Saint Form is indeed conducive to spellcasting, its essence is for the Spellcaster to conform to the Magic Net and resonate with it, and then let the Magic Net respond, which is quite different from the Spellcaster directly twisting the Magic Net.

The others in the spellcasting team are Spellcasters of the Netheril Magic System, who are existences that directly twist the Magic Net; if Xia Duo used a Saint Form Avatar, it would be easy for incompatibility to occur during spellcasting coordination.

As for how to close the loop in the final stage of Mythallar construction, this is actually not a problem; before building it on-site, he had investigated the Magic Net environment here, and this Mythallar was designed entirely by him from scratch, bit by bit!

Any other Elf high-level Mage might fail to close the loop, but Xia Duo would not!

This is not only the confidence of the creator, but also determined by the precise control of the Netheril Magic System's method of directly twisting the Magic Net.

As long as the proficiency is in place, there will be no mistakes!