Chapter 2677: Unexpected

Perhaps Palisi was truly tied up by the ritual and had no time to be distracted; the actions of Xia Duo's team were unusually smooth, just like the previous process of seizing the Permission Level, encountering absolutely no resistance.

But smooth did not mean it took little time, from just now when Palisi mocked everyone in front of the Silver Spire, to Meitelier being locked down, and then to Xia Duo and the others gathering at a city garden with no hope of escape.

Envoy Ruien announced that Meitelier had entered a state of emergency, and then Xia Duo joined four high-level Mages to raid the Silver Spire; all this time added together was only about ten minutes.

And now, the final part of the Silver Spire's Permission Level should have manifested as some Magic Item; wanting to seize such a Permission Level was no different from reconstructing the entire protection system of the Silver Spire.

Even without encountering any resistance, advancing was still extremely difficult.

Before long, more than ten minutes had already passed, but the final Permission Level had still not been successfully seized.

"Lord Xia Duo, why don't we change methods? If we go on like this, we might run out of time." Mage Tusen from Cormanthor was already emotionally unstable.

Immediately after, Ouluolin, also from Cormanthor, went even further by suggesting a direct attack, and within the Spirit Thought Network woven by Xia Duo, what was actually transmitted was far more than just relatively intense conscious thoughts.

A considerable portion of the subconscious was also shared; Xia Duo did not intend to pry into their secrets, but this was unavoidable—as long as one used the Spirit Thought Network, there was such a risk.

Xia Duo had already interpreted the intention to leave from the subconscious of these two fellows; according to Ouluolin's thinking, they would just launch one direct attack, and if it didn't work, they would leave Meite'er immediately.

Originally, the reconstruction progress had already been more than half finished, but that was the output of five Spellcasters; now that only three remained, it was not just a 1.6-fold difference—in reality, with Lier and Ouluolin gone, the efficiency of this Coordinated Casting system would also be greatly discounted.

"That's impossible!"

Regarding this, Xia Duo could only watch coldly, while simultaneously soothing Kuitao and Tuleidi, who had not yet decided to leave, within the Mind Network.

"Are the two of you so impatient? Outside, it must be Dumu and the others who damaged the Meite'er Mythallar Node, causing a chain reaction; as long as we deal with Cormanthor, everything can be calmed!"

Logically speaking, Lier and Ouluolin should have been able to teleport away, but to Xia Duo's surprise—Lier's teleportation succeeded, yet he appeared back at the starting point, and Ouluolin was the same.

Seeing Lier do this, Ouluolin, that Palisi Elf, naturally thought nothing else and also chose to withdraw from the Coordinated Casting system.

Xia Duo also understood the true thoughts of these two Elves, but whether it was to form a contrast with the Palisi Elves or out of the friendship between allies of Illefarn and Netheril, this kind of tangible support was very rare.

Saying this, Ouluolin's complexion became even worse; he looked at Lier, "Did you discover anything?"

About another four minutes or so passed, and the reconstruction progress was almost half finished; by this time, even Kuitao and Ouluolin were filled with hesitation in their subconscious.

"Were you unable to leave?"

After speaking, Lier, who had already handed over the reconstruction progress, retreated to the side and began casting a Teleportation Spell, and Ouluolin followed closely behind.

"No."

So he could only patiently chat with the other party; of course, he was indeed very curious why these two fellows were unable to teleport away.

He subconsciously glanced at Xia Duo, confirming it wasn't Xia Duo playing tricks, but still wanted to seek an answer from Xia Duo, "Lord Xia Duo, do you know what is going on?"

"Was there anything abnormal during the teleportation process?"

Teleportation Spells are not simple, let alone for high-level Mages; at this time, the Magic Net spellcasting elements related to teleportation inside the Silver Spire had not been completely sealed.

His words were not only to persuade these few Elves but also an encouragement to himself; right now he had already reconstructed most of the protection system through the existing Permission Level, and if he gave up now, the previous ten minutes would have been completely wasted.

But before Xia Duo could be happy, an extremely intense vibration of the Magic Net suddenly came from outside the Silver Spire, and immediately after, the Meite'er Mythallar, which had been peaceful, suddenly changed, its influence penetrating into the Silver Spire.

"Lord Xia Duo, it's not that we don't trust you, it's just that we shoulder the heavy responsibility of our family heritage and dare not take the slightest risk; we were already impulsive enough just now, and now we must regain our reason."

Under such circumstances, Kuitao and Tuleidi did not choose to leave, which truly exceeded Xia Duo's expectations, and at the same time, the choice of these two Illefarn Elves won his respect.

The so-called attack was actually more like a bit of consolation before leaving.

Seeing this kind of character, Xia Duo couldn't help but complain inwardly about how this fellow had survived for hundreds of years—shouldn't he have become cannon fodder long ago in the probing between Palisi's ruling families!

This kind of progress could not be saved; even if they started over, it would take at least another seven or eight minutes, and now every minute and every second was precious, not allowing for the slightest waste.

Under Xia Duo's repeated persuasion, Lier and Ouluolin were finally calmed down; also, not knowing if it was influenced by the previous episode, Xia Duo clearly felt that the subsequent reconstruction efficiency was much lower than before.

Lier's expression changed drastically, and he shouted with disbelief in his eyes; Ouluolin's expression was also very ugly at this moment, but his emotions were slightly more stable than Lier's.

Ouluolin recovered faster, and under his persuasion, Lier rejoined; although the efficiency of conscious thought was poor in the current state, the subconscious collaboration did not suffer much of a discount.

Thus, Xia Duo very naturally increased the perception depth of the Spirit Thought Network; since the conscious mind was not in a good state, he would provide more subconsciousness to act as a biological computer accessory.

Under such circumstances, Xia Duo could only persuade again, "It's almost there, believe me, we will definitely succeed!"

Or rather, it could have affected the Silver Spire all along, it just hadn't been activated before.

But on the surface, he still had to constantly soothe them and offer hope, "Since we can't leave for the time being, let's continue with the previous plan; as long as we deal with Cormanthor, everything can end perfectly."

Xia Duo silently vowed that he would definitely not let down the efforts of these two allies, and whenever possible, he would try his best to let them survive.

After all, the sunk cost had already been paid, and now that it was so close, he had to finish it no matter what.

Lier was nearly hysterical at this moment; after venting for a while just now, he leaned blankly against the wall at the entrance of the Silver Spire, and only responded subconsciously when he heard Ouluolin's question.

"Lord Xia Duo, should we give up?" It was Kuitao again.

And he didn't just say it, he had even begun to skillfully withdraw from the Coordinated Casting system; fortunately, he was probably worried that Xia Duo would stop his departure and did not rashly interrupt the current reconstruction progress, but chose to hand it over in an orderly manner.

"Right, as long as we deal with Cormanthor, we will definitely be able to leave."

"No, the destination for Lier and my teleportation was completely different, but the result was exactly the same; we both appeared at the starting point of the teleportation."

Although being distracted by conversation while reconstructing the Silver Spire's protection system would affect reconstruction efficiency, Xia Duo was more worried that Lier and Ouluolin, who could not leave, would ruin their progress.

"The teleportation process did indeed have a problem; it was like it was delayed, or like it was misled, but the process was too brief, and I couldn't perceive too much."