Chapter 2881: New Spell: Domain Protection

Not to mention the six Plane Crystals—the Tower of Time already possessed quite a few, and these merely added to its foundation—but a War Magic Artifact of a protective nature was a precious treasure that Xia Duo had sought but could not obtain.

Currently, the war spells Xia Duo had mastered were mainly three: 【Wide-Area Detection】, 【Wide-Area Prohibition】, and 【Annihilation Light】. Aside from 【Wide-Area Prohibition】, which could be used for protection to a certain extent, the other two had nothing to do with protection.

Of course, one could say that offense is the best defense, but the problem was that Xia Duo now possessed 【Annihilation Light】, yet had no effective means to defend against 【Annihilation Light】. How could this put his mind at ease!

How to defend against Annihilation Light had always been a matter that deeply troubled Xia Duo. The set of war magic artifacts obtained at this moment might not necessarily be able to defend against Annihilation Light, but at least it could fill the void of lacking protection in past war spells.

According to Pafen's memory, this set of war magic artifacts was actually more like a piece of infrastructure that needed to be used in conjunction with a Semi-plane. Once the energy density detected within an area reached a certain level, the space would naturally expand with the help of the Semi-plane, thereby releasing the excess energy.

It was equivalent to diluting the energy strike, which should have a decent effect against Annihilation Light.

At the same time, the more Semi-planes there were, the better the protective effect!

It was not just energy strikes; objects moving at high speeds could also be detected and defended against. It likewise utilized the Semi-plane to expand space, which was equivalent to diluting the speed of the incoming object, and could even cause the incoming object to become stranded within the Semi-plane.

Compared to 【Wide-Area Prohibition】, the spell named 【Domain Protection】 was more convenient. Wide-Area Prohibition was essentially a restriction on a region within the same space, and it was only powerful enough under that single function.

Users would have to carry out further development and utilization, but compared to a spell like 【Domain Protection】 specifically designed for protection, it lacked an application step.

"Invitations have already been sent to the guests according to the previously determined list. Except for a few who could not be contacted, all others have agreed to attend."

It was fully equipped with all protective and avoidance of detection functions, but it was quite lacking in terms of magic artifact experimentation. However, Xia Duo had long been prepared; he transferred experimental equipment one by one from the Tower of Time to this place via his Personal Space.

It was already the tail end of March, and being within the range of the Mythallar Hengchun Barrier, the influence of winter was becoming less and less. Standing in front of the window, Xia Duo could see the sharp little blades of grass that had already begun to revive in the nearby woodland.

"Hmm, I am still at ease with you handling things." Laruian nodded and asked in succession, "What about the guests? Have the invitations all been sent out? How many responses are there? Which ones have declined?"

Looking at the familiar laboratory bench and the various equipment on it, Xia Duo nodded with satisfaction; next was the state of work.

Complaining a few times would not change the fact that Evereska had already become one of the most ideal breakthrough points for conflicts between various countries. To change this status quo, besides maintaining relationships with major powers, one also needed to establish one's own alliance of small nations.

"How is the setup for the Friendship Tower delivery ceremony two days from now?"

The avatar far away in Evereska could completely be used to do this; anyway, since it was idle, the main body would continue to study the Order Force in order to make a breakthrough as soon as possible.

Ever since receiving the hint from Xia Duo that Pafen was a member of the Darkness Society, Laruian had been almost restless, even while walking, thinking about the chain reactions this might produce.

If the team were mature, the matter of analyzing magic artifacts would actually have a fixed process and could be completely handed over to others to do, instead of having to be handled personally by Xia Duo like now.

However, considering that the actual protective effect of this spell depended to a large extent on the size and number of Semi-planes, this aspect could indeed be prepared now.

Xia Duo had once thought about using 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 to develop a specialized protective spell, but Annihilation Light was simply too powerful; to a certain extent, it could even annihilate space itself, let alone various restriction spells built on the foundation of space.

Evereska, Yunfeng Manor.

Xia Duo never counted on having any once-and-for-all spell; the spear and the shield were originally mutually enhancing. If 【Domain Protection】 could handle everything, then he would instead have to doubt the significance of Annihilation Light.

At the very least, this was already an effective means of protection.

If Annihilation Light was not strong enough and could not annihilate the huge space expanded by 【Domain Protection】, then it meant it was defended against; if Annihilation Light was strong enough to completely annihilate the huge space expanded by 【Domain Protection】, then that was that.

"It is being set up. I have already had people start working overnight. It is expected to be completed by dawn tomorrow. I will check it personally again at that time to ensure nothing goes wrong."

Sighing slightly, he sent a "not receiving visitors" message to the manor steward Lajieer, and then entered the Secret Ritual Chamber in the basement of the manor.

Until now, with the discovery of 【Domain Protection】, there was no need to use any protective or restriction spells to resist Annihilation Light, but rather to use pure space to dilute the power of Annihilation Light.

"Which ones could not be contacted?" Laruian asked again.

Next, he was going to analyze the War Magic Artifact here. The Secret Ritual Chamber of an Elf Mage was closer in functional effect to a combination of a Netherese Mage's Spell Laboratory and Detection Room.

Of course, these could not be seen in Great Xia Territory for the time being, but seeing the breath of spring here, Xia Duo realized more and more that this was another new year.

Putting away the Plane Crystals and the War Magic Artifact, and closing the Plane Portal, Xia Duo then left the laboratory. He was not prepared to use his main body to perform the analysis of the 【Domain Protection】 War Magic Artifact.

"Why has this world become like this! It is so difficult for small nations to survive!"

It could be called the most primitive and simplest, but very likely also the most effective, means of protection.

"There are two guests from Keman, and one guest from Amalinda; we have not been able to contact them," Laierlesi replied truthfully.

However, all of this could not be completed in a short time. The only thing that could be completed in a short time was to facilitate the continuation of negotiations between various countries regarding the Mithril Mine in the Grey Peak Mountains.

"It is a pity that the team is not yet mature!"

Thinking of this, Laruian contacted the several Elders in charge of this matter again to confirm the relevant details with them, and finally called his eldest son, Laierlesi, asking with a serious tone:

The short-term goal was to get the Order Force identification used for Credit Currency and its related verification and management system out. That way, after the influence of the Grey Peak Mountains Mithril Mine spread, Great Xia Territory could begin to transition to the Credit Currency system.

Now that he had obtained the War Magic Artifact designed based on this spell, what Xia Duo had to do next was to analyze it, then "translate" it into Netheril Magic, and finally apply it to the Floating City.

And on the other side, at Laruian's place.