Chapter 354: Another Projection, A Miserable Situation

Bishop Anbulier introduced both parties, and only then did Priest Tusi stop the writing he had been doing, look up at Xia Duo, and say in a hoarse, unpleasant voice:

"Lord Xia Duo requires a graveyard guard?"

"Yes!" Xia Duo said calmly, even though the sound made him feel extremely uncomfortable, just like the sound of fingernails scratching a chalkboard he had heard before.

It was even more chilling!

And after Xia Duo answered, Priest Tusi began writing something on the paper again, as if he did not want to delay for even a moment. He was currently separated from Priest Tusi by only a desk, but the paper was full of mysterious symbols with unknown meanings, which made him somewhat curious.

However, he had already obtained what he wanted, and he only heard that hoarse, unpleasant voice come from across the desk again:

"Mote just perceived Holy Power not long ago and is currently presiding over a funeral at Xiaoniu Cun; when he returns, you may take him away."

After saying this, there was no more sound, only the rustling of a pen tip across the Parchment.

……

Under the reminder of Bishop Anbulier, Xia Duo walked out of this dim building, and seeing the sunlight spilling down outside, he felt a sense of relief for no reason.

Bishop Anbulier looked back at the lonely building behind him and said, "Priest Tusi has already agreed; I will send someone to notify you when Mote returns."

"Good, then I will trouble you, Bishop."

Xia Duo was somewhat disappointed that he could not take Mote away immediately, but fortunately, he had already secured the person, and it would only be a matter of waiting a day or two. So, after expressing his thanks to Bishop Anbulier, he left first.

……

Upon returning to the Tower of Time, Xia Duo headed straight for the Spell Laboratory. He had been in Daxia Territory for some time; although his daily studies were not much affected, he had ultimately lacked the convenience of the Spell Laboratory.

He had accumulated some high-risk experiments that were inconvenient to conduct outside, and this return to the Tower of Time was the perfect opportunity to resolve them.

It was just that, to his surprise, not long after he entered the Spell Laboratory, the Tower Spirit sent a reminder: "Agent Xia Duo, Yuanhao Shijian has occurred; do you wish to teleport?"

Without any hesitation, Xia Duo immediately abandoned the Spell experiment he had just begun and shouted, "Teleport, teleport immediately!"

At the same time, he forcibly controlled his excited emotions and entered a state of Focus Training. When the teleportation ended, his consciousness was suddenly cast into the ball of light above his head.

After a pause, there was a rapid leap, much like the jump flight in science fiction movies, only in the movies it was a spaceship that jumped, while he was jumping his consciousness.

It was not until this process began that Xia Duo finally breathed a sigh of relief. The so-called "Yuanhao Shijian" was actually something he had defined himself with the Tower Spirit: the discovery of a Projection Plane.

Because of the lack of an Astral Mage, the efficiency of the Tower of Time's Plane Exploration Array was very low. In the previous month, only two Projection Planes had been discovered, and since the existence time of a Projection Plane was very short, missing one meant missing it for good.

Before heading to the Temple, Xia Duo had set a command for the Tower Spirit: to notify him immediately upon discovering a Projection Plane, regardless of whether he was inside the Tower of Time or not.

It was fine if he was inside, and if he was outside, it would merely consume more energy reserves to contact him; however, Xia Duo had even prepared to teleport back from the outside at any time, so he certainly would not care about a little energy for contact.

The risk of a Projection Plane was not high, and it had an effect similar to Time Acceleration. Having already missed it twice, Xia Duo was not willing to miss it again!

During the Astral Projection, Xia Duo's consciousness was continuously stretched until a magnificent and vast silver void appeared before his eyes, but this scene appeared for only an instant before it vanished.

Before he could even feel any emotion, Xia Duo felt a burning pain all over his body. Tears blurred his eyes, making it impossible for him to see the current scene clearly; he could only vaguely see a person standing in front of him.

And further away, there seemed to be more people around. In his blurred vision, the figures overlapped, and Xia Duo knew that his situation for this Projection was not very good.

He was currently shackled hand and foot, undergoing punishment, and it was a public punishment at that!

Just as he wanted to move his shoulders and wipe his eyes to see the situation clearly, he did not expect that the next moment, with a "Crack!", a barbed whip lashed onto his body.

New wounds aggravated old ones, and the piercing pain made Xia Duo unable to suppress a scream, "Ah—"

Where had he ever been treated like this!

The pain made his hatred burn fiercely. He had the heart to fight back, but he was worried that this person he was projecting into did not possess Spellcasting ability; acting rashly would only cause him to be expelled by the Projection Plane, wasting a Projection opportunity in vain.

Yet, up until now, he had not received any useful information at all, and he had not even been able to see the current scene clearly. There seemed to be many onlookers around, but they all seemed to be silent.

This made it almost impossible for him to access the original memories of this body.

But from the fact that the original owner was locked here and whipped by others, this original owner was likely just an ordinary person. If they were a Spellcaster, they shouldn't have ended up in such a miserable state!

He could indeed perceive the three layers of the Magic Net now, and even though the severe pain in his body made it difficult to concentrate, he was capable of casting a 1st Circle Spell; his previous Focus Training had not been in vain.

He could even use the 3rd Circle Spell stored in the Magic Net. It was only out of fear of being expelled by the Projection Plane that he endured and did not erupt.

He should do something to break the deadlock!

But when he wanted to speak, he discovered that his throat seemed to have been damaged, and he could only make a whimpering sound. It looked like this body was truly in a bad way!

So Xia Duo could only struggle desperately.

"Crack!" Another whip, but this time the executioner spoke: "Lowly commoner, you still dare to move around? Daring to steal Lord's Spellbook, you deserve to be beaten to death!"

It was Netherese!

Although the tone was somewhat different from what Xia Duo knew, he understood the general meaning. At the same time, the memories of this body regarding these words were also released.

Xia Duo absorbed them almost greedily. So it turned out—this body was once a servant of the local lord, and the local lord was a powerful Mage.

Hmm, this was questionable; after all, this was only the memory of this body, and there was no process of the lord casting a Spell in his memory.

And the memory regarding the Spellbook that this body had stolen also appeared, and the content was very clear, but this Spell, no matter how he looked at it, looked like 【Prestidigitation】!

Moreover, there were quite a few Elf characters in that Spellbook, but they had all been annotated with Netherese characters. These characters seemed to have some discrepancies with what Xia Duo knew, but by guessing and inferring, he could barely recognize that this book was about the usage techniques of 【Prestidigitation】.