Chapter 473: Must-Have Spells for Home and Travel

If it were just detecting teleportation, Xia Duo could do it himself, but his ability is built upon an understanding of 【Teleportation】 itself; it is more like a form of seeing through, like seeing ripples in water and knowing someone has thrown a stone. If he were to research it more deeply, he could even create a specialized spell based on this principle to detect teleportation signals, but 【Delayed Teleportation】 is far too rare.

It must be that one has extremely deep research into planes and space to be able to create it. Xia Duo's current research in this area has not gone deep; it still remains at the level of absorbing the existing knowledge of predecessors.

It is not that Xia Duo does not want to go deeper, but his energy is currently mostly tied up by the matter of advancing. Once he becomes an Arcanist, he will definitely choose a certain domain to conduct in-depth research.

Actually, according to his concept, one could undergo universal knowledge education before becoming an Arcanist, reading widely to lay a foundation for specialization after advancement. However, the current Netheril has not yet formed a relatively complete educational concept, or rather, the level of knowledge popularization is still far from enough.

It is already good enough for an ordinary Mage to be able to touch upon and learn a few spells; how could they hope to become an Arcanist?

The Arcane Empire of the Projection Plane actually had already formed a relatively complete educational system, and it was even aimed at cultivating Arcanists. Any Official Mage who could graduate from the academy had a foundation no worse than Xia Duo's back then.

Even because of the Arcane Empire's openness toward knowledge, graduates possessed broader horizons and more profound knowledge than Xia Duo did back then.

I really don't know when the Main Plane will be able to develop to that extent!

……

The research on the new spell went very smoothly. In less than a week, Xia Duo had completely mastered this 4th Circle Spell. Although some theories were not yet fully understood, there were no problems with its application.

【Delayed Teleportation】 is quite similar to the 【Teleportation Mark】 that Xia Duo researched previously; both are pre-cast types. For example, 【Teleportation Mark】 is casting a Teleportation Spell in advance, just without it taking effect immediately.

And this 【Delayed Teleportation】 prepares the effects of detecting teleportation and delaying teleportation in advance. Once teleportation is detected, it will issue a reminder, and the Spellcaster decides for themselves whether to delay it.

It is not that one detects the teleportation first and then casts a spell to delay it.

Or to put it in more common terms, this is actually a status spell that enables the Spellcaster to obtain a "detect teleportation, delay teleportation" status.

The duration is very long; basically, it will not disappear for an entire day. It can be called a must-have spell for home and travel.

The only pity is that the monitoring range is relatively small. Depending on the Magic Net environment, the range is only about 50 meters with the Spellcaster as the center.

Of course, this distance is enough to prevent being ambushed.

From the moment he mastered this spell, Xia Duo decided to take it, along with 【Avoid Detection】 and 【Detect Detection】, as must-have spells for going out.

Among them, 【Avoid Detection】 is used to avoid Scrying spells aimed at oneself, while 【Detect Detection】 can discover that one is being spied upon at the first moment.

Theoretically, Xia Duo could do this without specialized spells; it would be nothing more than personally monitoring the changes in the surrounding Magic Net.

But with the spell, fully automatic operation can be achieved, without needing to pay attention to the surrounding Magic Net environment at all times. It saves time and worry, and is likewise a must-have spell for home and travel.

At present, Xia Duo is probably just missing a Dimensional Residence. If the personal space could be a bit larger, this would be automatically solved.

Of course, there is also a Mage Tower, but this Tower of Time is no different from his. It is meaningless to build another low-spec Mage Tower. When he has money in the future, if he is going to build one, he will build a high-spec version like the Tower of Time.

……

With 【Delayed Teleportation】 applied, Xia Duo walked out of the Spell Laboratory. He had just conducted some simple tests, and now only the final step of practical testing remained.

For this, he specifically made a trip to the 【Blue Crystal Plane】, triggered the Magic Alarm left by Aiboke, and called him back.

"How is the investigation of the Blue Crystal Plane going?"

"How could there be results so quickly? But after a preliminary investigation, I feel that that large island is very likely composed of the remains of Murlocs. If we could communicate with them, perhaps we could find the answer very quickly."

Aiboke had an expression of admiration and curiosity on his face. Xia Duo hurriedly stopped him, "For the Murloc Tribe, observation should remain the priority for now; do not make rash contact."

When all is said and done, being able to cross planes does not necessarily mean they are very advanced; it just happens that they are ahead in this aspect. What trump cards those Murlocs have is not yet clear, and rash contact might lead to disadvantages.

At present, the most high-end power of the Tower of Time, besides the Tower of Time itself, is Aiboke, and the only one who can play a role in the Blue Crystal Plane is him.

On the matter of plane exploration, Xia Duo generally tends to be conservative. For no other reason, his power is simply insufficient.

"I called you back this time to share a piece of good news with you."

Aiboke stroked his conjured beard and asked with a sense of gratification: "Oh? What good news?"

"Do you still remember that 'Aquilain' we captured before?"

"I remember, what about him?" Aiboke has not experienced multiple Astral Projections like Xia Duo during this period. In his time scale, capturing Aquilain was something from half a year ago.

"I asked him about that Delayed Teleportation spell?"

"Really?!" Aiboke immediately revealed an expression of surprise, "Wasn't he unwilling to talk? Why did he suddenly confess now?"

During the period just after Aquilain was captured, he often went to interrogate him with Xia Duo, but Aquilain never cooperated. After many times, Aiboke lost interest.

It was just that what he didn't expect was that there would suddenly be results now.

"I obtained a Mind Spell from the Projection Plane and asked it out through the spell." Mind Spells are not taboo in Netheril, but Xia Duo did not want to say more on this, so he brushed past it in one sentence.

"I have already organized the Delayed Teleportation spell and sent it to the Library. You can go and exchange for it whenever you need. But now, I want you to cooperate and complete the final test."

"Alright, no problem!"

Aiboke was very happy and immediately agreed. This was indeed good news; he was already impatient to learn this new spell.

……

The two passed through a Portal to the original site of the Tower of Time in Savile Town. Xia Duo waited in place, while Aiboke flew to the distance. The two kept communication open, and before long, Aiboke gave the signal, "I'm starting!"

Xia Duo was unhurried. How much use this spell actually has in practical application will be revealed in a moment.

In order to verify the true effect of the spell, Xia Duo did not enter a focused state at all, and even took out a notebook, flipping through it in a very relaxed manner.

Just as he had flipped the notebook to a new page, his mind suddenly felt a touch. This is similar to a Magic Alarm; it can be a mental alarm, a sound alarm, or even a light alarm—all are possible.

What Xia Duo chose was a mental alarm, which is less likely to be ignored. Since there was an alarm, it meant someone was casting a Teleportation Spell with his vicinity as the target. At this point in time, it was undoubtedly Aiboke.

He immediately chose to delay.

Then, Xia Duo counted silently in his heart. When he counted to "5", he turned his gaze to the position where Aiboke was about to appear. Sure enough, the next moment, Aiboke appeared.

If it were an enemy, his gaze would be the first round of attacks.

"How was it? Was it delayed?" Aiboke himself did not realize his teleportation had been delayed, but while asking, he also began to calibrate the time himself.

The Tower of Time's 3rd Circle Spell 【Weave Moment】 verifies time through the background fluctuations of the Magic Net, with extremely high precision. Before Xia Duo could answer, Aiboke said in surprise: "I was delayed by nearly 5 seconds?!"

"Yes!"

Next, from detection range to teleportation depth, the two began multiple rounds of testing, and only stopped when they felt their energy was insufficient.

With this, 【Delayed Teleportation】 could be considered to have entered the practical stage.

There is another chapter coming a bit later~~ Thank you all for your support!!

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