Chapter 73: Strange Sight, Surprise Attack

After previous research, Xia Duo already knew all the elements of 【Create Water】. Compared to the 12 elements of 【Light】, 【Create Water】 was even simpler, containing only 10 elements.

These ten included ten basic operations on the Magic Net, and above that was the spell structure representing the macroscopic state of the spell; Xia Duo chose spherical shaping.

In a state of focus, Xia Duo strictly followed the spellcasting steps recorded in his Spell Notes, bending, entangling, combining, and winding the threads of the shallow Magic Net; a spherical spell structure appeared before Xia Duo.

Once all elements were achieved, the Magic Effect appeared accordingly—

A water sphere slightly larger than a human head appeared before Xia Duo and could move slowly under his control. When creating this spell, Xia Duo did not consider any offensive capability.

It was simply to create a bit of water.

If there were a need later, he considered that the water could be converted into ice, and the sphere could also be shaped into more aggressive forms like arrows, blades, or needles.

However, Xia Duo himself did not think highly of this change; the damage of an Ice Blade was not stronger than a crossbow bolt, and compared to a poisoned crossbow bolt, the Apprentice-level Ice Blade spell had almost no superiority.

Instead, spells with special attributes like 【Acid Splash】 might be more practical.

【Create Water】 succeeded on the first try; Xia Duo was not surprised. Everything had been calculated before the experiment. If it had failed, it could only be attributed to his own operational error; this theory was flawless.

Plop—

The water mass, having lost the maintenance of the spell structure, slammed heavily onto the ground, soaking a patch of Xia Duo's pant leg. The spell was merely a one-time Magic Effect.

When Xia Duo's 【Create Water】 was successfully cast, the effect of the spell ended, and subsequently, the spell structure would gradually disintegrate under the restorative tendency of the Magic Net.

During this period, it was also the time Xia Duo could control the Magic. If the spell effect had not been arranged beforehand, then this time it might be a water ball hitting his feet, and next time it might be a fireball hitting his feet.

He cast 【Create Water】 again. This time, Xia Duo scooped a cup of water with a cup in advance, then threw the remaining water sphere outside the house.

Looking at the cup of clear, transparent Artificial Water on the table, Xia Duo did not dare to try it himself, but instead fed it to a mouse prepared in advance.

Scientists on Earth often used mice for experiments, and now that Xia Duo could be considered a magical "scientist," living physiological experiments were, of course, indispensable.

Just as he was carefully observing the state of the mouse that had drunk the water, Sami's Sending arrived, the tone quite exaggerated, almost devoid of a Mage's calmness—

"Xia Duo, come out quickly! Look to the south! Hurry!"

It was unlikely that Sami would shoot without a target. Xia Duo hurriedly put down the experimental subject, rushed out of the house in two or three steps, and looked toward the south.

The time was already approaching evening, but the sky in the far south appeared to have a strange red patch, deep in the middle and shallow around the edges, overall forming an oval shape.

This was certainly not a common natural phenomenon. Xia Duo immediately entered a state of focus; the surrounding Magic Net was still no different from when he had cast 【Create Water】 earlier.

And when Xia Duo focused his gaze to the south, from the background fluctuations of the Magic Net, he could only roughly infer that the Magic Net in the far south might have undergone violent fluctuations.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be weak fluctuations even from such a distance. Based on Xia Duo's own experience, a Mage Apprentice could at most distinguish Magic Net fluctuations within a hundred meters.

Any further and it would be submerged in the background fluctuations of the Magic Net.

And to accurately analyze what kind of Magic the fluctuations belonged to, with Xia Duo's shallow Spell Identification, he hadn't even fully recognized all the Ring spells.

How could he distinguish Magic that was so distant and had such faint fluctuations?

Just from that red oval hanging in mid-air, nothing could be seen; one could only roughly infer that it must be a fairly Advanced Magic.

With such a strange sight appearing, the camp suddenly became lively. One by one, people called their companions to come out and watch, and a group of people started discussing it just like that.

Time rewinds to ten minutes ago.

Tower of Time, Teleportation Room.

The Wier Lingzhu, Archmage Olong, Mage Aiboke, and Bishop Anbulier, the four gathered together, all having made full preparations.

In particular, the Wier Lingzhu's equipment could be called luxurious; floating above his head was an Ioun Stone similar to Archmage Olong's, and other magic staves, Magic Wands, rings, Amulets, and Mage Robes were all exquisite items.

Even Archmage Olong, upon seeing them, frequently turned his gaze toward the Wier Lingzhu; besides envy, there was only envy.

The only one among the four who looked relatively shabby was Bishop Anbulier. At this moment, he was wearing a set of armor that appeared extremely ordinary on the surface; only that two-handed hammer, which constantly flickered with the light of Holy Power, reminded everyone of his identity—

A Radiant Servant with a Spellcasting Level as high as 10.

The Wier Lingzhu glanced at Archmage Olong, and seeing he had no indication, he immediately understood. He took out a Magic Scroll from the Scroll Case covered in mysterious patterns at his waist and used it directly.

—【Group Flight】

Afterward, one after another, he took out multiple Magic Scrolls: 【Group Resistance to Energy】, 【Group Fire Shield】, 【Greater Mage Armor】, 【Arrow Protection】, 【Protection from Energy】, 【Protective Spell】.

All the Spells the Wier Lingzhu could buff were cast on everyone. Afterward, he looked at Bishop Anbulier.

Anbulier likewise understood and used Divine Magic scrolls to buff everyone. Of course, the reason he was so prompt was not just to strike the Orcs; it was the Gold Coins the Lingzhu had given to the Temple in advance.

"I am starting."

The Wier Lingzhu gave a reminder, then took a Crystal Ball flickering with a strong Magic Aura from his Dimensional Bag, placed it on the Teleportation Array, and signaled for everyone to move closer.

Hasty incantations were spat out from the Wier Lingzhu's mouth. These incantations were not selected from the Netherese language, but from Elvish; Elves were more gifted than humans in verbal Spellcasting.

Many Elvish words even carried weak Magic Effects just by being spoken aloud.

Soon, after a flash of white light, the group instantly arrived from the Teleportation Room of the Tower of Time at Wolf God Mountain, 60 miles south of Savile Town.

"The method provided by Archmage Olong is indeed feasible!"

When he truly saw Wolf God Mountain and the Orcs on the mountain, the Wier Lingzhu finally could not help but become excited. In the past, the Territory had always been unable to clear out all the Orcs, not because the Territory could not defeat the Orcs, but because it could not completely destroy the Orcs' lair.

The root of all this lay in that Totem Pole less than 20 meters away from the four of them. This Totem Pole was similar to a human Mage Tower for the Orcs.

Although the Totem Pole itself had no offensive capability, it could provide Orc Spellcasters with considerable buff effects, as well as a restriction that a Mage hated most—

Teleportation Block!