Chapter 2911: Seizing Permission Levels, Systemic Crushing

Compared to the last time in Metelier, where Xia Duo held the home-field advantage of the Mage Tower (having seized the Permission Level), this time the home-field advantage lay with the Demon Descendants.

It was not that he could not seize the Permission Level as he did last time, but there was not enough time, and with Mages other than those performing the ritual present within the Mo Yi Midian, it was unlikely they would let Xia Duo seize the Permission Level easily.

Rather than wasting time on uncertain matters, it was better to strike at the source; the impact of the Time-Involving Ritual was far from something a mere Mo Yi Midian could conceal, and even with the protection of the Midian, Xia Duo was confident he could stop it successfully.

"Consultant Xia Duo, are we really going to cast spells under the attacks of the Demon Descendants?" an Elf asked worriedly.

"Why not?" Xia Duo countered, though he constantly reassured them, "We are currently under the protection of War Spells, so we don't need to worry about the Demon Descendants' attacks for a short time. It would be best if we could suppress the Demon Descendants' Time-Involving Ritual in one go."

"Fine, Consultant Xia Duo, you are the expert, we will just listen to you."

"Follow my instructions—"

Subsequently, while following the timeline, Xia Duo issued spellcasting instructions to the 27 Mages in the action group. The first step was an initial probe, similar to the one just used outside the Domain Protection to strike the Giant Screen with Annihilation Light.

What he was doing now was directly attempting to control the Time-Involving Ritual the Demon Descendants were conducting. This, of course, could not succeed, but the Demon Descendants were bound to react, and that was Xia Duo's goal!

Reacting would inevitably expose more details. Unlike Domain Protection, Xia Duo had studied Time-Involving Magic extensively. After all, he was a Consultant at the Alliance's Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory; although he was a Researcher, any research utilizing the Spirit Thought Network could not bypass him, and he was required to preside over and coordinate information interaction.

Time passed bit by bit. In the action group's Spirit Thought Network, there were only the information streams of the intelligence officers synchronizing information from Li Jie and the information streams of Xia Duo issuing spellcasting instructions.

Xia Duo issued instructions to the intelligence officers in the action group's Spirit Thought Network. Although the images of the Demon Descendant Mages he glimpsed might not be real, he should not let any possibility slip by.

"Excellent."

"Karier, synchronize with the Demon-born Intelligence Office. The images of the seventeen Demon Descendant Mages—investigate immediately. Perhaps we can catch quite a few big fish."

If he guessed correctly, these individuals had been specially trained by the Darkness Society, not just to serve as spellcasting tools, but with extra training on how to respond when the ritual was interfered with by external forces or even when control was seized.

It was just that by then, the offensive and defensive roles of both sides would be reversed. Xia Duo would need to safely stop the ritual that had already exceeded the critical point, while the Demon Descendants, their plan failed and enraged, would inevitably try to cause destruction to prevent Xia Duo from safely stopping the ritual.

At present, everyone was fighting deep within the Demon Descendants' territory, and this was the time when good news was needed to inspire morale and boost confidence.

……

And on Xia Duo's side, there were 28 people directly participating in the operation. With such a comparison of strength, Xia Duo really could not imagine the possibility of this operation failing.

"Consultant Xia Duo, news has come from the Demon-born Intelligence Office. The identities of three of the seventeen Demon Descendant Mage images you transmitted have been confirmed. The Alliance has notified the respective countries to handle it, and I believe results will be transmitted before long."

To say he was the person most proficient in Time-Involving Magic in the Alliance might be an exaggeration, but he believed his understanding of Time-Involving Magic was definitely not inferior to those Demon Descendant Mages currently performing the ritual.

But upon the first exchange, Xia Duo judged that the Demon Descendant Mages currently performing the ritual here were more knowledgeable in Time-Involving Magic than Pawaisi and his party who performed the ritual in Metelier last time!

The only thing to worry about was that this might allow the Darkness Society to lurk deeper. Once the various countries of the Northland relaxed their vigilance, who knows what big trouble might be stirred up in the future.

Sure enough, after Xia Duo synchronized this news, the subconscious emotions transmitted in the Spirit Thought Network were already leaning more towards the positive; everyone was generally full of confidence in this operation.

It could be foreseen that after this incident, a new round of search operations against the Demon Descendants would inevitably be launched within the Northland. The previous flight of the two high-ranking families of Keman might have just been a beginning.

However, this was also an unavoidable link in this operation. Xia Duo had experienced the same thing in Metelier last time, and he was confident he could succeed again.

……

And it was not just the Demon Descendants here, but also those in the Ansai Mountains, and the Demon Descendants there had already been completely controlled; the information that could be obtained should be even more.

Everything was moving in a good direction.

He was now completely crushing them with his system. Individual Spellcasters were very powerless in this situation. Even if the Demon Descendant Mages wanted to fight to the death, unless they immediately sublimated their Saint Form to the extreme right now.

Those Mages who connected to the Spirit Thought Network and provided intangible support for this operation were at least Elite Mages, among whom there was no lack of veteran and high-level Mages. Even if the dozen or so Mages on the Demon Descendant side were all high-level Mages, what could they do?

Xia Duo synchronized this news to the other Mages in the action group. Everyone was at least a veteran Mage, and they were performing Coordinated Casting, so they should not let this bit of news affect the spellcasting progress.

Such a result was not a bad thing, at least for Xia Duo, as he had also raised a team of Demon Descendants in the Projection Plane!

While seizing control of the ritual, Xia Duo also took the opportunity of the entanglement of both sides' spells to glimpse the images of the Spellcasters on the opposite side. Just as he had guessed, there were only seventeen Mages in total on the opposite side.

Very soon, the Demon Descendant Mages performing the ritual made their choice. They did not choose to let it be, but instead tried to surround and intercept, wanting to exclude Xia Duo from the ritual system currently in progress.

But these were useless against Xia Duo. At present, the ritual had not yet reached the critical point where it could not be stopped. How could a mere dozen or so Demon Descendant Mages compare to the entire Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory behind him, as well as the hundreds of Mages temporarily summoned?

If the Demon Descendants did not make any response, that would be even better; Xia Duo would truly take the opportunity to seize the control Permission Level of the ritual.

For example, publicly breaking with the Darkness Society and accepting to live within a fixed range. After continuing for a certain period of time, the Demon Descendants would be allowed to operate publicly in the Northland.

Not to mention that was not the case; Xia Duo estimated that at most half would be remarkable.

Doing so might cause some trouble for Xia Duo, but the ritual would definitely be unable to continue, and the trouble was not unsolvable.

Therefore, from the moment Xia Duo entered the interior of the Domain Protection and the guards arranged by the Demon Descendants could not cross his 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 protection, the final outcome of this incident was already destined.

At present, both sides were still entangled, which was a good time for the operation. If they could catch one or two big fish, they could follow the vine and pull out a long string.

……

This was, of course, a good thing, as it could greatly strike at the tentacles the Darkness Society used to influence the outside world. But on the other hand, Xia Duo was also worried that if the involvement was too broad, the countries of the Northland might consider compromising with the Demon Descendants.