Chapter 3277: Speculations on the Origin of the Traces of the Dream Abyss

I do not know how much time had passed, but Divine Envoy Richi finally took his gaze off that thick contract. Xia Duo, witnessing this, hurriedly asked, "May I ask, Divine Envoy Richi, is it feasible to track the other party through this contract?"

"Although there is no precedent, I think it should be feasible."

"Really? That is great!"

"It is true; this counts as part of fulfilling the duty of arbitration. But don't be happy too soon. I say it is theoretically feasible only because your contract contains corresponding clauses for modifying the contract's content. But since there is no precedent, I still need to request instructions from my superiors."

Richi is only a Law Book Divine Envoy, the lowest rank of clerical staff in the system of the Lord of Radiance's divine envoys. Even if this matter is truly feasible, he still needs to obtain permission and authorization from his superiors.

Xia Duo had anticipated this long ago and did not feel that Richi was deliberately making things difficult for him. He once again sincerely asked the other party for help, while Divine Envoy Taide, who had come over with Xia Duo, also chimed in:

"Richi, hurry up and report to the higher-ups. I am still waiting to go to the Mortal Plane to investigate the traces of the Dream Abyss!"

"I have already reported it, along with the contract text provided by Mage Xia Duo. The higher-ups will likely discuss this matter for a while. Let's talk about the Dream Abyss first."

Speaking of this, Richi turned his gaze back to Xia Duo, "I remember that Mage Xia Duo came to the Holy City last time to investigate the Illuminati, and now, according to what you said, the Moonshadow Family is inseparable from this Illuminati. This gives me a bit of an association."

"An association? Could it be the Illuminati active on the Eternal Night Battlefield? But didn't you, Divine Envoy Richi, say before that that Illuminati was absolutely fine?"

"This is different." Richi glanced at Taide, who was standing to the side with no intention of explaining, so he had to explain to Xia Duo himself, "You didn't say before that the Illuminati was related to the Dream Abyss, and I didn't think in that direction. But what if traces of the Dream Abyss have also appeared on the Eternal Night Battlefield?"

"This—"

Xia Duo was immediately shocked by the news revealed by Divine Envoy Richi. Although he had speculated from Taide's level of concern for the Dream Abyss that the Kingdom of Radiance might choose to open another Dream Abyss battlefield in the future, what was he hearing now—

The Eternal Night Battlefield, which is the place where the Kingdom of Radiance and the Eternal Night Abyss fight, had actually seen the appearance of traces of the Dream Abyss!

One must know that the Abyss and the Abyss are not exactly on friendly terms with each other; sometimes the conflicts between Abysses are even more severe than those with the Kingdom of Radiance.

Xia Duo did not know the relationship between the Eternal Night Abyss and the Dream Abyss, but that did not prevent him from speculating. If the Dream Abyss and the Eternal Night Abyss were truly on good terms or even allies, the Kingdom of Radiance should have discovered traces of the Dream Abyss long ago, given how many years they have been opening the Eternal Night Battlefield.

Yet, it was only discovered now. Xia Duo even had a bolder guess: the traces of the Dream Abyss discovered by the Kingdom of Radiance on the Eternal Night Battlefield might be related to the demon attack that the Daxia Homeland encountered before, or perhaps it was even a continuation of that incident.

Xia Duo had always been unable to understand why the perfectly fine Daxia Homeland would encounter a demon attack. Although those were not real demons, but merely infected bodies of the Dream Abyss Aura, the appearance of such a situation was enough to give one pause for thought.

One must know that the place where the Daxia Homeland exists is in the Boundless Wilderness, and the Boundless Wilderness is a territory purified by the Lord of Radiance after the Abyss, which is still within the patrol and protection scope of the Kingdom of Radiance to this day.

And the most critical point is that the Boundless Wilderness looks seamlessly connected to the outside world, but in fact, the entrance is on the Eternal Night Battlefield, which means—

For the outside world to enter the Boundless Wilderness, one must first pass through the checkpoint on the Eternal Night Battlefield. Normally, it should be impossible for forces other than the Eternal Night Abyss to invade the Boundless Wilderness.

In the past, Xia Duo had always been unable to understand this problem, but now he seemed to understand a little—

Those Dream Abyss Auras that created the infected bodies that attacked the Daxia Homeland might not have come directly from the Dream Abyss, but were very likely from the Main Plane, and might even have been following him!

After all, those Demon Descendant mages on the Main Plane, as long as they master their bloodline through Magic Energy Magic, are equivalent to mastering Abyssal Power. As long as they go to the corresponding Abyss, they can quickly become existences that are extremely powerful even to divine envoys.

And such existences, even if they do not go to the Abyss, are still powerful existences.

Xia Duo guessed that it might be related to his contact with the Inspiration Light Potion, or it might be that the movement he made when traveling to the Outer Planes through his bloodline ability was too large and he was tracked by some powerful Demon Descendant mages.

That is to say, the traces of the Dream Abyss that the Kingdom of Radiance has now discovered on the Eternal Night Battlefield might not be the Dream Abyss of the Outer Planes wanting to attack the Kingdom of Radiance or the Boundless Wilderness, but rather Demon Descendant mages (or perhaps just a portion of Abyssal Aura) from the Main Plane wanting to escape the Kingdom of Radiance and head to the Abyss.

The source of all these events is the Main Plane; the Dream Abyss of the Outer Planes might just be an innocent bystander.

From this perspective, the Illuminati active on the Eternal Night Battlefield might truly be an ordinary scripture-reading group, having nothing to do with the Illuminati of the Main Plane.

Of course, if the Kingdom of Radiance were willing to investigate further, Xia Duo would be more than happy.

Therefore, he went with the flow and expressed his agreement with Divine Envoy Richi's suspicion, and proposed that he hoped the Kingdom of Radiance would thoroughly investigate the Illuminati on the Eternal Night Battlefield.

"We will investigate," Divine Envoy Richi said.

"That is good."

Immediately after, Xia Duo mentioned that the Main Plane had left behind a large number of Abyssal traces due to the Drow War, "If possible, I hope the Kingdom of Radiance can help deal with them."

"That is simple. As long as Mage Xia Duo summons Taide on the Mortal Plane, he will be very happy to help."

"Must it be me who summons him personally?" Xia Duo was somewhat troubled. It was not that he was unwilling to summon Taide to clean up the Abyssal traces—after all, he did not have to do the work himself, and Taide, who was doing the actual work, had not said anything!

The key lies in the fact that that war, which lasted for several years, left too many Abyssal traces in the Underdark, not to mention that a large number of demons have yet to be wiped out to this day. Unlike static Abyssal traces, demons are active.

As long as they are active, the Abyssal Aura will also spread. Who knows how many Abyssal traces exist in the current Underdark? If he really had to go from place to place summoning Taide for every single Abyssal trace, he would have nothing else to do all day.

It is even possible that the amount he clears by summoning Taide would not be as much as what the demons spread. He would prefer to obtain a more universal method of handling them, such as allowing ordinary priests to summon divine envoys at will.

Or perhaps, a type of Divine Magic that has a low threshold but is very efficient at cleaning up Abyssal traces, so that one would only need to cultivate Radiant Priests on the Main Plane, and there would not even be a need to trouble divine envoys to take action.