Chapter 258: Two Types of [Flight]

Xia Duo pondered; the Territory only had two squads of soldiers, and one had to be left to guard the camp perimeter, so only ten people could be sent out to clear the surrounding creatures.

A single Bugbear is not difficult to deal with; the most feared thing is when it drags along a group of Goblins, for in that case, the Goblins are not so easily routed.

Added to the presence of the Bugbear itself, without the support of magical power, it is quite difficult for ordinary soldiers to handle.

Xia Duo thought of the Tiger Roar spell he had once created, but the deterrent power of this low-frequency giant roar was still quite sufficient; he had used it several times before, and most Goblins found it hard to resist.

In fact, let alone Goblins, even humans would have their hair stand on end if startled like that, though they would not collapse to the ground like the Goblins.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo asked, "Which of you can use a Magic Scroll?"

As long as that Tiger Roar spell is made into a scroll and handed to the soldiers to use, there is no requirement for them to know how to control the spell; they only need to be able to let out the sound.

He had even taken out a 1st Circle Magic Alarm scroll, so naturally, he would not hoard a 0-Ring Ghost Sound.

Hearing the Lord ask the question, Qiaoqi was surprised in his heart; was the Lord preparing to provide them with Magic Scrolls? But the problem was—

"My Lord, only veteran Adventurers know how to use Magic Scrolls. I don't know how, and the others in our squad probably don't either."

If one could become a veteran Adventurer, who would still go to the port to do manual labor? And who would be willing to come to this barren Pioneer Territory? This thought flashed through Qiaoqi's mind, but it seemed somewhat disrespectful to the Lord, so he added as if to remedy it: "My Lord, someone in Captain Jibu's squad should know how!"

"Jibu?" Xia Duo shook his head; he felt this question was asked in vain. Even Mage Apprentices need specialized training to use Magic Scrolls, let alone ordinary people! Thinking of specialized training, a figure suddenly popped into Xia Duo's mind—Aiwa; he should have received specialized training in the use of Magic Items.

He had seen with his own eyes Aiwa open that Necromancer's Dimensional Bag and use a Summon Mount scroll; if he could recruit Aiwa, things would be much easier.

Not to mention training the Territory's soldiers, he alone was a very strong combat force; among the hundred people in the entire Daxia Territory, it was estimated that besides Xia Duo himself and Priest Laidun, no one else could beat him.

At the thought of this, Xia Duo felt a bit excited. He actually had a chance to recruit Aiwa; Jibu and Aiwa were well-acquainted, so perhaps he could get Jibu to trick Aiwa into coming over.

While considering this possibility, Xia Duo listened to Qiaoqi continue to report on the recent situation.

Soon, Xia Duo had inspected the entire warning line and encouraged the soldiers, only then returning to his camp residence.

As for Jibu, their squad was currently hunting creatures that threatened the camp in the surrounding area and would not return until evening.

Xia Duo had originally wanted to take a turn through the Mythallar, but after seeing a real Elf city, he was somewhat distracted regarding those few ruins.

The most precious thing about the Mythallar ruins should be the Mythallar itself, but this thing was not something he could study; as for other odds and ends, after the passage of long years, how much could truly remain!

Perhaps only that Magic Arrow! Furthermore, whether it was the Magic Arrow or other things, so many years had passed, and they would not run away if left in the Mythallar; Xia Duo had more important things to do now.

It was not planning the Territory's development, nor was it researching the upgrade of existing low-level spells, but a capability related to the core competitiveness of a Mage—

Flight!

It can be said that the two abilities of "Flight" and "Teleportation" established the absolute status of Mages in Netheril.

Mages who cannot fly or teleport might still be surrounded and killed by ordinary people, but as long as they can fly or teleport, a Mage with a normal mind is almost impossible to die at the hands of ordinary people.

Regarding Flight, Xia Duo had long coveted it, but he had concealed that he had already become an Intermediate Mage and could not obtain information related to Flight from the Tower of Time.

When he was at the Arcane Union, he had also asked if there were any Learning Scrolls for Flight for sale, and the answer was, of course, yes.

It was just that the price was not very pleasant; it was more expensive than a Dimensional Bag. If he had the money, Xia Duo would not mind being ripped off.

But between a Dimensional Bag and Flight, Xia Duo still chose the Dimensional Bag; after all, the uses for Personal Space were truly too many.

Mythallar treasures, notes and books, daily food and drink, weapons and equipment, various consumables—every single one was urging him, causing the balance in his heart to tip.

If he did not have a cover, he would not dare to use Personal Space casually.

The key was that Flight was not a rigid demand for the time being, but once he possessed Personal Space, this thing immediately became a rigid demand.

Most importantly, Xia Duo was quite confident in his own research ability; he believed that even if he studied it slowly, he would eventually be able to research Flight.

Therefore, after completing the Mage Armor upgrade project, he immediately turned to Flight.

Creation, Transformation, and Mind are the three main schools in the new Magic system developed by Netherese Mages after obtaining the Nether Scroll.

Mind, as the name implies, is Mind spells.

Creation is mainly related to energy and Psionic Creation. Such as the Light, Create Water, Mage Armor, etc., that Xia Duo had mastered.

And Transformation is quite complex; whether it is material transformation or Magic transformation, both can be attributed to this school. Flight and Teleportation are spells of the Transformation school.

Of course, this classification is not mechanical or rigid; it is normal for a spell to possess both Creation and Transformation characteristics and be classified into both schools simultaneously.

Xia Duo was relatively proficient in Creation school spells, while he was relatively unfamiliar with Transformation school spells; as for Mind spells, he had almost never come into contact with them.

Now that he wanted to start a research project on the Transformation school's Flight, it was indeed full of difficulties, but it was not without a clue.

The first thing he thought of was Mage Hand; although this spell is named "Mage's Hand," Xia Duo also often used the term "invisible hand" to describe it.

But the essence of this spell is not an invisible Force Field hand, but directly driving the object itself, similar to telekinesis.

Flight is probably just changing the driving of other objects to driving oneself.

Although Xia Duo knew that this plan might be the true research and development path for Flight, it was also a fact that he was not proficient in Transformation school spells.

If one wants to fly into the blue sky as soon as possible, one can also take a shortcut!

As long as he creates a supporting Force Field under his feet to carry him as he flies, compared to the Transformation school version of Flight, it is similar to the difference between flying by "stepping on a Flying Sword" and flying by "transforming one's body into sword light."

The former is certainly not as flexible or swift as the latter, but being able to fly is already quite good.

The key is that Xia Duo has accumulated deep knowledge in the Creation school and can quickly develop a "monkey version" (inferior version) of Flight; as for the Transformation school version of Flight, it can be treated as a long-term project to be done slowly.

(End of chapter)