Chapter 680: Stand Up, Divine Magic Check

After cutting off the communication, Xia Duo felt somewhat conflicted. The current situation in Savile Territory reminded him of his own homeland; although they were not forced to accept refugees, those foreigners in his homeland were indeed very capable of throwing their weight around.

Yet, many of his own people had a sycophantic attitude toward outsiders. It wasn't until Xia Duo transmigrated that the situation improved slightly. As for when they would truly stand up, who knew how long that would take!

However, matters from that other world no longer concerned the current Xia Duo. What he could do now was naturally to try his best to maintain the situation here and strive to improve it.

As a human, how could he bow his head to an Elf? At least in his mindset, he would not!

……

Passing through the Fixed Teleportation Portal connecting to Savile Town, the environment outside—hot yet clearly possessing a slight, cool breeze—refreshed Xia Duo's spirit. He simply deactivated the faint Element Balance Domain that came with his Mage Robe.

Although it was already the end of summer, the heat was still intense, as if the Lord of Radiance wanted to release all the lingering glow of midsummer at once before autumn arrived.

However, having grown accustomed to the constant temperature environment of the Tower of Time, this extremely realistic physical sensation was no longer so hard to accept; instead, there was even a faint sense of anticipation in his heart.

Just like that, Xia Duo arrived at the Temple of the Lord of Radiance, not far from the portal, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

Having had two joint battles and participated in several activities together, plus Xia Duo's own status, now that Xia Duo came to the Temple, a young acolyte immediately led him to Bishop Anbulier's Study.

"Bishop, I'm disturbing you again this time!"

"No disturbance, no disturbance at all!"

Anbulier immediately stood up to warmly host Xia Duo. If disturbing him once could result in Dragon Skin Equipment and Dragon Scale Armor, then he hoped to be disturbed a few more times.

Seeing the sweat on Xia Duo's forehead, Anbulier had some associations, so he took the initiative to show concern, "Are there more dragons appearing this time?"

Xia Duo was stunned and hurriedly said, "No, there aren't that many dragons to kill. I came this time because of another matter. One of my subordinates may have been hit by some kind of petrification curse while exploring ruins, and their body has turned into stone, so I would like to ask the Bishop to help check it."

The so-called curse is actually Magic, just more troublesome and impossible to dispel using normal means. Perhaps because of Holy Power, Priests are more adept at dispelling curses.

Hearing Xia Duo's description, Bishop Anbulier immediately agreed, but he also said, "I can help check, but I don't have absolute certainty on whether it can be dispelled!"

"No matter, it is already very good that the Bishop can help check. Even if it cannot be dispelled, then it is just their bad luck."

Xia Duo did not put too much pressure on Anbulier. The two then exchanged a few more brief pleasantries before Xia Duo brought the Bishop back to Daxia Territory via teleportation.

……

Daxia Territory, Linshui Village, Altar Square.

Bishop Anbulier, who had come to Daxia Territory for the first time, looked with great astonishment at the human territory that already had a considerable scale, and could not help but praise:

"Lord Xia Duo, your place is truly astonishing! To have developed to this extent in just over a year!"

"Population is the key. Thanks to the support of the Princess, otherwise, with only a few hundred people, no matter how fast it was, it couldn't be that fast. Of course, the support of Savile Territory is also indispensable. Currently, my food here cannot be self-sufficient. If not for the grain transported by Savile Territory, it would be impossible for me to maintain this number of people here."

Come to think of it, Xia Duo could be considered lucky. If he were pioneering on the Kangqi Plain, he would not only face attacks from a large number of wild creatures like Goblins, Gnolls, and Trolls, but being far from the Inner Land, he would also not be able to obtain timely support.

Even if he obtained a Silver Ring Badge, he would not be able to utilize it well.

Unlike in the Green Pearl Forest, first of all, the environment here had long been combed year after year by Savile Territory. Plus, with the Orc nest wiped out, it could be said that this was the easiest area to pioneer in all of Netheril.

However, at the thought that Rodney Territory also occupied a piece of land in the east, Xia Duo felt as if he had swallowed a fly. The Green Pearl Forest had long been tacitly accepted as belonging to Savile Territory; he hadn't expected Rodney Territory to still stick a foot in.

……

On the way to the Military Camp, Xia Duo briefly introduced his territory to Bishop Anbulier with a relaxed expression. Once they arrived at the Military Camp and entered the temporary tent in the corner, both of them restrained their smiles.

Bishop Anbulier saw Boke lying on the wooden board on the ground at a glance, "Have Priests already soothed him?"

"Yes, only his lower body is petrified. If he doesn't fall asleep, he will be in great pain."

While speaking, Xia Duo had already seen the Petrified Jabas placed not far from Boke's feet, still in that strange pose with both hands outstretched and a terrified expression.

As for Boke, apart from his expression being a bit more distorted, there was no change from what he had seen before.

"Lord Xia Duo, I am going to start the check. Do not touch my body during the process."

"I understand."

Subsequently, Xia Duo saw Bishop Anbulier squat down and press one hand on Boke's petrified leg, so he hurriedly walked around to the other side of Boke to carefully observe the Bishop's movements.

Of course, the main thing was to observe the changes at the level of the Magic Net.

……

Holy Power can manipulate the Magic Net; this is beyond doubt.

It is just that Priests of the Lord of Radiance rarely study Magic deeply, focusing only on the changes of Holy Power itself. But every move of Holy Power will undoubtedly have an impact on the Magic Net; this kind of impact can be called 【Divine Magic】.

Of course, the essence is still Magic. (Perhaps only effects produced purely by the nature of Holy Power can be called Divine Magic.)

But if a Mage can penetrate the essence of this action and simulate or reproduce it using conventional methods, that is 【Arcane】, though the effect is the same as Divine Magic.

Now that an Advanced Rank Priest was checking without any concealment in front of Xia Duo, the subtle differences between Divine Magic and Arcane were almost completely displayed before his eyes during this process.

For a time, Xia Duo already had many inspirations, especially as an Arcanist possessing Arcane Energy similar to Holy Power, which could allow him to do many things that Priests could do.

If his guess was correct, this should include checking these petrified states.

However, for the moment, Bishop Anbulier was still checking, so Xia Duo suppressed the urge to try it out himself and watched patiently.

Before long, Bishop Anbulier stopped his movements, and the Holy Power that had been dispersed was also withdrawn. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Xia Duo squatting opposite him, so he said:

"Let's stand up first. The situation is a bit complicated and needs to be explained slowly."

"Alright!"

Xia Duo simply took two chairs out of his Personal Space and placed them in this temporary tent, making a gesture of invitation to Bishop Anbulier, "Bishop, let's sit and talk!"

Anbulier hadn't expected Xia Duo to suddenly take out two chairs, but he already had some understanding of the strange habits of Mages, so he did not decline and sat down on the nearest chair.