Chapter 649: Inducing a Confession, Ley Line Detector

Xia Duo would not indulge him, casting two consecutive 【Stun】 spells, but there was still no obvious effect; there was actually no need to continue trying, as even the effect of 【Stun】 was poor, and it was estimated that other supporting spells used after 【Stun】 would be of little use.

Of course, Xia Duo still tried a few times; in an 【Inquiry】 field similar to the 【Domain of Honesty】, this Drow continued to curse incessantly, while 【Command】 and 【Judgment】 were like a breeze brushing against his face, having almost no effect at all.

This left Xia Duo feeling somewhat disappointed; he had long known that mind spells were not one hundred percent effective, as there were always some people who could resist mind spells through strong willpower or other factors.

But he had never seen anyone resist as easily as this Drow Assassin; no wonder this Drow Assassin could easily turn an Elf into an artistic scene—without a strong mind and will, it would likely be impossible.

Of course, this might also be related to Xia Duo himself not having much research into mind spells; since he returned from the 【Projection Plane: Arcane Empire】, he had not studied mind spells again.

And even when he was in the Projection Plane, he did not spend much time on mind spells; after all, he was still thinking about advancing at that time, and advanced courses were the focus then.

But Xia Duo had used mind spells on many people, including ordinary people, ordinary Mages, and Arcanists, and almost no one could be completely immune to mind spells, yet he encountered his Waterloo with a Drow.

Xia Duo could not help but feel a competitive spirit, and he then checked the Drow Assassin's personal belongings, attempting to find some breakthrough from them.

This guy carried quite a few scattered small items; besides those that could be identified at a glance—such as food, weapons, equipment, and maps—there were also several bottles of viscous liquid of uncertain nature, a few packets of powder, and a jar of paste-like substance, all suspected to be potions.

Of course, what attracted Xia Duo's gaze the most, besides the black ball he had just seen, was a small, silver-white metal statue suspected to be made of Mithril; judging by its form, it should be a Drow female, holding a Scepter in one hand and a scimitar in the other, completely naked, in a majestic pose.

And Elves rarely use weapons like scimitars, and it was almost impossible for a completely naked figure to appear.

Of course, what Xia Duo was most concerned about was not its shape, but the faint, mysterious aura entwined upon it, which immediately made him think of the Princess's Small Wood Carving; his gaze lingered on this small statue for a moment.

Then he glanced at other items that were clearly not in the Drow style, after which he turned his gaze back to the Drow Assassin in the prison.

But this time, he did not use any spells, nor did he carry out any physical punishment; he just stared quietly at the Drow who was still cursing incessantly.

Suddenly, Xia Duo spoke in Elvish, "Is the owner of that statue your friend?"

Just this simple sentence made the previously arrogant Drow Assassin freeze, a look of terror appearing in his eyes for the first time; although the cursing continued, Xia Duo saw it was effective, so he said again, "Is the owner of that statue your wife? Or your lover? A Slave?"

The Drow's eyes became even more terrified, and the cursing stopped for the first time, his mouth slightly agape, as if he had suddenly seen some unspeakable monster, shocked and terrified to the extreme.

Seeing this, Xia Duo immediately cast 【Stun】, followed by 【Command】 and 【Inquiry】, using 【Ghost Sound】 to create a female voice, and scolded:

"Vile Slave, tell me, what is your name!"

"*%#@" The Drow suddenly knelt on the ground, answering while accompanying it with a few simple gestures and postures.

But the problem was, Xia Duo did not understand the Drow language; this language sounded somewhat similar to Elvish, and also similar to Ancient Elven Language, but it was different.

And the Drow's gestures and postures also left Xia Duo feeling completely bewildered, thinking to himself, he had miscalculated after all!

Although he had successfully verified that Drow society was a world where women were superior and men inferior (he knew some of the Drow setting data in games before transmigrating), the language problem made his previous influence almost useless.

Whether the Drow would be this "easy to talk to" next time was unknown.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo still felt it was worth taking the risk to try, so he said again, "Slave, I permit you to use the same language as me; tell me, how is the mission going?"

"Under the Main God, supreme master, thank you for your grace, your humble slave Yimulin reports to you: east of the exit, along the Taisha River, there are no weak points in the ley lines, but in human territory, I have already discovered a suspected weak point in the ley lines; I ask the master to be patient for a few more days, Yimulin needs to investigate further, Yimulin will definitely find a suitable exit location for the master."

"......"

Xia Duo felt as if he had learned something incredible; he did not expect that in addition to the war with the Elves, the Drow had also dispatched personnel to search everywhere for weak points in the ley lines to establish other exits.

This was a rhythm of blossoming everywhere!

And if that black ball was not an exception, it should be a type of detection tool; initially, Xia Duo also guessed that it should be a detection tool, and he himself mastered a type of sound wave detection spell (【Imaging】).

But he guessed it was something similar to sonar, perhaps manufactured by the Drow to facilitate movement in the lightless or dim environment of the Underdark, similar to a flashlight.

But he did not expect it was actually used to find weak points in the ley lines.

This was a bit "high-tech."

Of course, if it could be used to find weak points in the ley lines, using it as sonar or a "flashlight" might also be feasible.

It was just that for this type of spell, or rather this type of technology, there was not much secrecy at the "hardware" level; sound could be produced in various ways, but for the analysis of the feedback, this process had too many influencing factors.

Xia Duo had once conceived of installing 【Imaging】 on a Floating City, and then, based on the feedback characteristics of the spell on Mithril Mines, searching the whole world for Mithril Mines.

One point of this was that Xia Duo had to have seen a Mithril Mine and be able to extract the feedback characteristics of the Mithril Mine through continuous use of 【Imaging】, before he could compare it with other feedback situations through these characteristics.

And in that black ball, there was no integrated function for comparing feedback characteristics. (Xia Duo's 【Imaging】 was the same, requiring manual analysis~)

That is to say, unless the Drow provided specific feedback characteristics, even if Xia Duo could use that Black Ball Detector, he would be unable to discover the so-called 【weak points in the ley lines】 through it.

Consequently, Xia Duo naturally asked the question he wanted to know, but he did not know what sensitive nerve this question triggered, or perhaps the Drow himself had a fairly high resistance to mind spells; the Drow Assassin, who had been kneeling on the ground in respectful trembling, stood up all of a sudden.

Looking coldly at Xia Duo, he did not curse, but said very calmly, "You have blasphemed the Main God, blasphemed the Matriarch; you shall surely die a horrible death."

After finishing, he collapsed to the ground.

And this time it was not kneeling on the ground, but directly lying dead.

This scene truly shocked Xia Duo; how could a modern person have ever witnessed a scene of someone meeting death with composure, and the curse this Drow Assassin cast on him before dying also cast a shadow in his heart.