Chapter 2676: Target: Secret Ritual Chamber

Almost instantly, Xia Duo determined that the interior of the Silver Spire was indeed not restricted by the Mythallar; in other words, if Xia Duo wished, he could leave Meitelier right now!

Or perhaps retreat and bring Dumu and the others along to leave together.

This ability was a good thing, at least there was a way out, but just as the ancient saying from Xia Duo's hometown goes, "Fortune often hides disaster" —

Yet, the moment he checked the state of the Magic Net inside the Silver Spire, he sensed through the Spirit Thought Network that the four high-level Mages beside him had developed different intentions.

These fellows wanted to run away immediately, and only refrained from acting because they were worried about whether he would cause trouble!

Such a discovery made Xia Duo's face darken; although he had long since removed his rose-tinted glasses regarding the Elf race, the current situation still made him sigh at how realistic it was.

"Everyone, be careful. The Magic Net inside the Silver Spire is normal, and this fact itself is abnormal. Perhaps some unknown trap is hidden within. Let's find Palisi first; if the operation really goes poorly, then we can consider this retreat route!"

This was, of course, just a temporary excuse to appease these Elves. If he didn't say this, Xia Duo worried that these Elves would vanish in the next instant!

"Lord Xia Duo's words are reasonable; we should remain cautious."

After all, they had already agreed to the operation. To suddenly give up now, while it was impossible for Xia Duo or even Eaerlann to do anything to these high-level Mages, still concerned their reputations—and not just their own, but the reputation of their country as well.

Since the other party certainly hadn't received warnings from the soldiers inside, it was highly probable that Dakesi did not know Xia Duo had already led people to infiltrate the interior of the Silver Spire.

The Silver Spire had fourteen floors in total, but the top two floors were sightseeing levels open to the outside; only the lower twelve floors could be considered a proper Mage Tower.

Everything must prioritize efficiency, and seizing the Permission Level was clearly the most efficient approach at present.

It was likely that some non-councilor Elves were also locked up there, but since there wasn't a single Eaerlann Elf on Xia Duo's side, there was no need to worry about the plight of those suspected local bigwigs for the time being.

"If Dakesi is still in the Silver Spire, then the place he is most likely to be is the Secret Ritual Chamber on the tenth floor. Sacrificing a city is not a simple ritual that can be achieved anywhere; the Secret Ritual Chamber on the tenth floor is the one with the largest area and highest specifications in the Silver Spire. If he isn't going there, it would be very difficult for Dakesi to find a more suitable location for the ritual."

"Dakesi should be in one of those rooms where Avoidance of Detection spells have been set up."

For the four accompanying high-level Mages, this counted as their professional duty, only they had previously been invited to join the investigation team to look into the disappearance of the Arrow Wind Squad, whereas now it had changed to an exploration of the Silver Spire.

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Obtaining the location where Dakesi was most likely to be so easily made the entire process so relaxed that even Xia Duo found it somewhat unbelievable. The biggest point of suspicion in this was—

Therefore, through Xia Duo's persuasion, these four Elves did not leave immediately, but continued the operation with Xia Duo.

"Let's first attempt to seize the remaining Permission Level of the Silver Spire! If Dakesi is indeed in that Secret Ritual Chamber, he will likely react. Let's observe his reaction first before deciding on the next step."

At this moment, it was not difficult to distinguish; if his goal for this trip was merely to rescue the councilors, then more than half of it could actually be considered complete.

"Lord Xia Duo, what do we do next?"

Dakesi seemed to have completely ignored the reactions from the outside world.

Regardless of which situation it was, it was favorable to Xia Duo. Under such circumstances, it was even more necessary to "push for more" and take a step further to seize the Silver Spire Permission Level held by the opponent.

"Is it possible that Dakesi has already left the Silver Spire?"

According to Palisi, there were twenty-one city councilors who had been deceived and brought here, but there were currently over twenty Elves imprisoned within those five rooms.

Of course, there was also a bit of personal motive from Xia Duo in this. On one hand, he wanted to hide his portable War Spell Platform, the Thought Robe; on the other hand, he wanted to capture Dakesi alive if possible to get to the bottom of his true background.

But he was not!

Regardless of which possibility it was, it was not a good thing for Xia Duo.

"That's hard to say."

As for using spells to directly attack the Secret Ritual Chamber where Dakesi was suspected to be, it wasn't impossible, but unless a War Spell was used, it would likely take quite some time to break through the defensive strength of a Secret Ritual Chamber of that specification!

Such thoughts, fed back into the Spirit Thought Network, also caused Tuleidi, Kuitao, and the others to ponder deeply, but having come this far, they were somewhat unwilling not to go and take a look.

At this time, Xia Duo surveyed the interior of the Silver Spire. Setting aside the top two floors for the moment, there were only a few tourists lingering there, which was not his focus.

And among the lower twelve floors, most of the rooms were fully exposed. The first ones Xia Duo focused on were the five rooms where the city councilors were imprisoned; Palisi had already shown him the appearances of the city councilors before they came.

Because he had already mastered most of the core Permission Level of the Silver Spire, Xia Duo did not immediately venture deep upon entering the entrance, but instead hid his tracks and then conducted an investigation of the Silver Spire's interior.

There were basically only two possibilities for Dakesi daring to do this: either he was extremely confident in his environment and completely indifferent to outside interference, or the ritual was simply impossible to stop.

Of course, if Dakesi had already received news of their intrusion and still hadn't reacted by now, it was either arrogance or he was unable to get away.

In just a moment, Xia Duo received the Scrying feedback sent back from the Spirit Thought Network by Tusen, Tuleidi, and the others. After organizing it, he quickly obtained the environment and structural map of the Silver Spire's interior.

One only needed to note that the three high-level Mage councilors Palisi mentioned who were also deceived were not in those five rooms; perhaps they were locked up elsewhere, perhaps they had already been killed, or perhaps those three were simply Dakesi's accomplices.

Because the interior of the Silver Spire applied spatial expansion quite extensively, in terms of city levels, roughly five floors of the Silver Spire corresponded to one level of the city.

Whether he was truly a Demon Descendant, and if so, what his subsequent plans were!

A direct assault was not a very good choice. On one hand, the Permission Level Xia Duo had obtained was incomplete; rashly entering the opponent's Domain would mean losing the advantage of terrain first. If the opponent were communicating with the Mythallar, the situation might become even more difficult.

When he entered just now, he had already sealed the entrance to the Silver Spire on the city's fifth level. Because the outside was affected by the Mythallar, communication was obstructed. Dakesi might indeed retain some special communication channels, but he might not necessarily be able to provide them to the ordinary soldiers outside.

In the Spirit Thought Network, the four Elf Mages communicated with each other. Without the constraints of language or physical form, this type of communication was extremely fast. In just a few breaths, Xia Duo synthesized these communicated pieces of information and reached a conclusion—

Now, Xia Duo had only one goal: Dakesi. But he had searched the entire Silver Spire and still had not discovered Dakesi's figure.