Chapter 271: Revisiting the Mythallar

On the Water Element Path, Xia Duo and Lord Aipusi walked side by side. After leaving the alert zone of the Territory soldiers, Lord Aipusi revealed his form to walk with Xia Duo, but since they were not on the boat now, Xia Duo did not find it appropriate to initiate conversation.

Thus, the two remained silent for the entire way; fortunately, it was only a little over a mile from the camp to the location of the Mythallar entrance, and to accommodate Lord Aipusi, Xia Duo deliberately slowed his pace.

Even so, the two soon arrived at a large tree that had been chopped down. Xia Duo stopped in front of the remaining tree roots a few meters away, pointed a few steps ahead, and said, "My Lord, the entrance to the Mythallar is right there; walk forward a few steps, and you will be able to enter."

"Hmm." Lord Aipusi nodded, not entering immediately; it was not that he did not trust Xia Duo, but rather that he was attempting to analyze the nearby Magic Net.

But after a short while, Lord Aipusi stopped, his eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment, "Xia Duo, you said the Mythallar here is collapsing; from where did you determine that?"

Not to mention the Mythallar collapsing, he had not even detected the traces of the Mythallar's existence itself.

If it were not for Xia Duo bringing him here and telling him personally that the Mythallar entrance was ahead, even if he had come here to inspect it himself, he might not have discovered any abnormalities.

Lord Aipusi's words caught Xia Duo off guard; he could see that the Mythallar was collapsing because his bloodline perceived that the concepts of "Moist" and "Flow" here were spreading.

Following this trend, that "Water Element Path" might even turn into a river!

And before he chopped down that large tree which served as the key Node of the Mythallar, although he could perceive the conceptual existence, it had not been spreading.

It could be said that it was precisely Xia Duo's "that chop" that caused the Mythallar, which was already in disrepair and on the verge of collapse, to truly collapse! Yet, judging by Lord Aipusi's reaction, he seemed not to have discovered that the Mythallar was collapsing?

In an instant, many things connected in Xia Duo's mind, and he sighed inwardly, saying, "My Lord, I once underwent Bloodline Awakening related to the water element. Through my bloodline, I can perceive that the water element environment here is abnormal, and the power within the Mythallar is leaking; perhaps it is not far from collapse."

To tell the truth, Xia Duo was unwilling to reveal that he had undergone Bloodline Awakening, but both of his bloodline awakenings occurred within the Tower of Time; he did not believe the Tower of Time had no knowledge of it at all.

Previously, he thought an Advanced Rank Mage should be able to detect the abnormality here, but he did not expect that Lord Aipusi would not be able to detect even the slightest abnormality.

This left Xia Duo with no choice regarding whether he was willing to reveal it; if he did not explain it clearly, the other party might even resort to silencing him.

After all, the difference between a Mythallar ruin destined to collapse and about to be exposed, and a Mythallar ruin that could still exist stably and be entered freely, was simply too vast.

Moreover, whether Lord Aipusi truly did not notice, or noticed and pretended not to, was difficult for Xia Duo to judge; sometimes, being open and honest was actually the better choice.

Furthermore, awakening a bloodline, while relatively rare in Netheril, was by no means uncommon.

In Netheril, Bloodline Awakening was usually regarded as a kind of excellent magical talent; if one did not study hard afterward, one's ultimate achievements might be meager.

The highest achievement in the Arcane Magic System of Netheril was the Great Arcanist, while the highest achievement of a Bloodline Sorcerer might not even reach the level of an Archmage.

Therefore, generally speaking, Bloodline Sorcerers did not identify themselves as Sorcerers, but rather continued to climb the peak of Magic on that foundation.

Of course, there were general situations, and there were minority situations.

Some Bloodline Sorcerers were addicted to Bloodline Magic and could not extricate themselves, unable to see the vastness of the Arcane Magic path, and thus would not actively learn Arcane Magic, relying solely on Bloodline Magic to handle everything.

Such cases were few and far between, unless the bloodline itself was extremely powerful or the desire to become stronger was too weak. Otherwise, one would have to be a fool not to learn more powerful magic.

Xia Duo had hidden the news of his Bloodline Awakening in the past just because he subconsciously wanted to keep an ace up his sleeve, but precisely because he knew he could not hide it from the Tower of Time, and Bloodline Sorcerers were not a taboo within Netheril.

Therefore, he did not mask his use of Bloodline Ability in daily life; as long as no one asked, he said nothing.

Sure enough, when Xia Duo mentioned his bloodline, Lord Aipusi did not show an expression of surprise, but rather a look of sudden realization, and asked again, "Can you determine the approximate collapse time of the Mythallar?"

"This—" Xia Duo carefully perceived for a moment and made a slight calculation, only to find that it was incalculable; he could indeed roughly estimate the concentration of the conceptual existence of "Moist" and "Flow" in the future period.

This was enough to show that the power of the Mythallar was leaking, and its eventual collapse was not surprising, but he did not know exactly when.

After considering it, he could only say, "My Lord, the abnormal changes in the water element environment here are accelerating; even if the Mythallar does not collapse, it will cause all sorts of changes to the path we just came by!"

Perhaps when the "Water Element Path" turned into a river, the Mythallar would collapse, or perhaps the Mythallar's collapse would cause the "Water Element Path" to turn into a river.

This cause-and-effect sequence was not actually important, because it all meant that this Mythallar ruin was exposed! "Abnormal changes in the water element environment?" Aipusi repeated softly, subconsciously frowning; if it were not for the possibility of a Plane Crystal existing here, he would not have to be so hesitant.

He looked back at the path he had come from; perhaps because Xia Duo had frequently passed through, a path had been forcibly trodden out in this forest that originally had no path.

"This path?" Aipusi's brows were locked tight, yet he had no solution; he knew far too little about the Mythallar, "Xia Duo, when will the abnormal changes in the water element environment be able to affect the normal environment?"

"A month?" Xia Duo tried to say a number; in fact, he was not sure either.

Upon hearing this, Aipusi shook his head; how could he drag it out for so long! The longer it dragged on, the more variables there would be. He took a step forward and said to Xia Duo, "Let's go in and take a look first!"

Having said that, he did not wait for Xia Duo and took another step forward; the next instant, he disappeared from the spot without warning.

And Xia Duo, who was trailing behind, saw the complete process of entering the Mythallar, although he could not make heads or tails of this process either.

But at least he knew that when he entered, it should also be without warning, and it would not be the case that as soon as he entered, some sound and light special effects would pop up outside, attracting potential enemies.

Immediately after, he followed.

……

The two followed one after the other; Lord Aipusi had just left, and Xia Duo entered right after. Upon entering, he saw Lord Aipusi, who was looking up at the sky to the side.

It seemed that the Mythallar did not teleport the two to different places because of their different strengths; perhaps it was just a fixed entrance.

Of course, it could also be called a "breach."

(End of this chapter)