Chapter 2985: Unworthy Descendants, Scrying and Pursuit

After the New Covenant was signed, one of the Arcane Union's long-term tasks was to promote the sharing of monitoring data regarding teleportation signals among Mage Towers in various regions, thereby establishing a territory-wide monitoring system for teleportation.

However, many Mages like to run around and do not wish for their whereabouts to be under constant surveillance, so this work has actually tended to fizzle out as it stands today.

Take Xia Duo and Ruier this time; those who hold real power can easily sneak into almost every Mage Tower registered with the Union, but the reality is that not all Mage Tower Controllers can obtain such real power.

It could even be said that the vast majority cannot possibly possess such real power.

Under these circumstances, how many Mage Tower Controllers are willing to share their own data! Doing so is essentially ceding a portion of power to the Arcane Union in order to form a situation beneficial to the public.

It is just a pity that what is beneficial to the public is not necessarily beneficial to the individual.

This is, for the most part, the contradiction between individual interests and collective interests.

Right now, the Delake Territory that Xia Duo and Ruier have arrived at does not even have Warning Magic deployed at the territory's borders, so asking them to share teleportation signal monitoring data is actually somewhat redundant.

This is a typical territory living off its past glory; the lord might not even reach the achievement of an Archmage, and such a situation is actually very rare in the Inner Land, where there is only stock competition.

Xia Duo is not sure if this is the influence after the arrival of that mysterious dragon-kind, or if the Delake lord was originally a straw bag with high aspirations but little talent, but it was indeed not mentioned in the Delake Territory materials that Ruier gave him—

"Is that so? How did you discover it?"

It basically violates the rule that the lower the Spell Circle, the smaller the monitoring range; if it reached the 10th Circle, perhaps special Mages dozens of miles away might perceive it through the Magic Net, let alone a specialized Mage Tower.

There is nothing much to say about the Luo Ke Territory in the last ten-plus years; like the previous Delake Territory, it has declined, but the ancestral foundation may not have been completely squandered.

Looking at the quantity, I am afraid it is not all that one tower has mastered; after all, Xia Duo is not unaware of how much blood is collected for comprehensive testing, and even after deducting what is consumed during the testing process, it is more than this.

"No, we might be reaching the monitoring range of the Luo Ke Territory Mage Tower ahead, let's do it here!"

Next, Xia Duo granted a portion of the War Spell permissions to Ruier, then signaled to him with his eyes, "I am starting."

Ruier did not think Xia Duo was lying to him, but was just somewhat surprised by Xia Duo's insight, and at the same time very puzzled—even he had not discovered it, so how exactly did Xia Duo find it!

It was at the final moment, and Ruier still hesitated for a second, but under the urging of Xia Duo's eyes, he still handed over the blood sample of that mysterious dragon-kind; it was a small drop of red blood sealed inside an Arcane Crystal.

"What is it? Did you find something?" Ruier asked.

Hidden above the bridge surface before them was one, and Xia Duo also discovered two True Sight Gems on a ring belt surrounding Lakeling City; one of them was already damaged, while the other was still intact, but it had not been utilized by the Luo Ke Territory.

Next, the two changed from Ruier leading the way to Xia Duo leading the way; after all, the town was already right before their eyes, and Xia Duo estimated the monitoring distance of the Mage Tower in Lakeling City for Flight Spells and stopped in advance.

"Fine, this bit is enough for positioning."

As for passive detection, perhaps it exists, perhaps it does not; Xia Duo treats it as if it exists, doing his best to simulate a normal environment, and if they are discovered even like this, then there is really no help for it.

Or build more Magic Facilities used for monitoring, but that is not the tradition of Netheril; the tradition of Netheril is for the Mage Tower to integrate everything.

It is not that it cannot monitor further, and in necessary moments it can also extend Perception in a specific direction, but that is not the norm; the norm is at most about one mile or so.

"Give me the blood sample!"

"Let's take a detour."

However, Xia Duo has no need to take risks; it is very clear that the original True Sight Barrier has failed, and the remaining Gemstones can only cover a tiny area, so just go around it; there is no need to be stubborn and force a way through.

Xia Duo does not want to delve deeper into this topic, because he himself almost did not discover it, and it was only with the help of his Personal Space that he discovered the anomaly on the bridge.

Xia Duo guesses that it should have been that the first-generation Luo Ke Territory lord, in order to prevent assassins, established a True Sight Barrier that could cover the core area of the territory based on multiple True Sight Gems, but the descendants were unworthy and could not maintain it properly.

After concealing their figures and entering the Luo Ke Territory, Xia Duo and Ruier headed straight for Lakeling City at the center of the territory.

The first-generation lord of the Luo Ke Territory was not an Archmage, and the era of activity was even far earlier than Delake, but it is still the same saying: who knows what the ancestors left behind.

If it were not for the fact that the True Sight Gem ahead happened to be blocking the two's flight path, Xia Duo would not even have mentioned it to Ruier.

Flight is only a 3rd Circle Spell; even for the Tower of Time, the monitoring range is only about one mile or so around it, and the monitoring range for Teleportation Spells is even larger.

"A small trick, not worth mentioning."

As for how much of the actual effect remains, it is hard to say.

The lord of the Luo Ke Territory borrowed money seventeen years ago to rent an advanced laboratory from the Arcane Union to attempt to advance to Arcanist, but the result was a failure.

"Stop!"

Since then, few reports about the Luo Ke Territory have come out, and it was not until a mysterious dragon-kind suddenly appeared just now that it attracted the attention of the tower again.

As for that mysterious dragon-kind, since Xia Duo entered the Luo Ke Territory, he has never let down his guard, but until now, he has not discovered any active detection spells.

Before a stone bridge near the town, Xia Duo suddenly called for a stop; Ruier was somewhat puzzled, but the leader of this operation was Xia Duo, so he still stopped quickly.

"Hmm."

However, such a method obviously could not have been created by the contemporary lord of the Luo Ke Territory; it should have been created by the first generation or the lords of the previous few generations.

"There is a True Sight Gem hanging on the bridge ahead."

Although the Delake Territory could not even scrape together a handful of high-level Mages back then, it still had a Mage Tower of the highest Netheril standard; this is the advantage of having a good ancestor.

Xia Duo revealed the Starlight Gloves on his right hand and grabbed that Arcane Crystal in his hand; compared to ordinary Scrying spells, the War Spell 【Wide-Area Detection】 would obviously be more effective.

The Mage Tower of the Luo Ke Territory is in all likelihood not as good as the Tower of Time, so Xia Duo stopped at a distance of about one mile from the Mage Tower.

So much so that the True Sight Barrier that could cover a large area only has individual True Sight Gems left that cover a tiny area, and their function is limited to making Invisibility and disguise effects fail for those who enter the Gemstone's range of effect.

Of course, before the formal Scrying and pursuit, Xia Duo first activated 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 but limited its effect to a tiny space, so that once the target's location was determined, he could restrict the other party at the first opportunity.

Upon stopping like this, Ruier asked again: "Taking a detour again?"