Chapter 816: Mythallar Advantage, Emptying Out

When Xia Duo walked in front of Genite with the Mythallar Key, Genite's first reaction was not anger, nor was it unwillingness, but confusion—

Was there some secret hidden within those books in the Library that he didn't know about, and was this Drow here specifically for that secret?

Seeing that the other party seemed somewhat distracted, Xia Duo shook the Miniature Scepter in his hand, drawing Genite's attention back, "Tell me how to operate it!"

"Hmph!"

Realizing that he might possess a secret that even a Drow would set aside killing to desperately seek, Genite finally found a point of support within his heart.

A point that kept him from having to beg for mercy in a wretched state so quickly.

"Tell me how to operate it! Think before you answer; I won't ask a second time!"

The indifferent tone, combined with the Drow's pitch-black skin and scarlet eyes, was full of oppression; in the end, Genite did not have the resolve to die for it, and he began to avoid Xia Duo's gaze.

But even so, he still braced himself, not wanting to let go of his last shred of dignity.

Seeing this, Xia Duo upped the stakes, "Master Genite, I heard your wife lives in the west of the city?"

"Hmph, since you know she lives in the west of the city, you should know that we have long since had no feelings for each other; don't think you can use her to threaten me."

Although he said that, the fact that Genite was willing to open his mouth to explain this matter itself showed that he was not truly that indifferent.

However, Xia Duo did not care about these things, nor did he continue to persuade him; this was merely a form of breaking down the other party, not really wanting to go find the other party's wife.

Once he left, there might be changes on Genite's side, and Xia Duo naturally did not want to see any accidents happen.

In fact, he had decided early on to use spells to solve it, Mind Magic, but this Gold Elf Secret Text Master had lived for hundreds of years after all, and Xia Duo could hardly guarantee that Mind Magic would definitely be effective on him.

Therefore, whether it was controlling him, removing his Protection, or even mentioning his wife, it was all to slowly break down the other party's defensive will.

Xia Duo pretended to ponder as he walked behind Genite, then slowly circled to his front, looked at him meaningfully, and suddenly cast 【Stun】!

Genite was completely stunned, his expression falling into extreme panic.

Immediately after, Xia Duo cast 【Command】, a Judgment Spell from the 【Projection Plane: Arcane Empire】 that had a very significant effect.

Genite, having just endured the 【Command】 spell, had no abnormalities on the surface, only the state of being stunned had slowed down slightly.

Subsequently, Xia Duo held the Mythallar Key, which looked like a Miniature Scepter, and ordered: "Tell me what effects the Library Mythallar has, and how to lift the Protection!"

A look of struggle flashed across Genite's face, but in the end, he could not resist the effect of the Mind Magic, and according to Xia Duo's Indication, he began to explain clearly and plainly:

"The Mythallar only has two effects: Protection and Banishment. Protection keeps books, volumes, and antiques from being damaged by general disasters; Banishment expels any creature that attempts to take books, volumes, or antiques more than three steps away from their initial position on the bookshelf."

As for how to lift the Protection, Genite also explained the specific steps.

It could be said that it was much simpler than Xia Duo had imagined; the Mythallar itself was certainly very complex and high-end, but in the hands of an Elite Mage like Genite, there was not much that could be operated.

Moreover, this Mythallar was merely a Micro-Mythallar covering a number of bookshelves, and it was difficult to create complex functions like those in the Mythallar Ruins in Xia Duo's Territory, such as restricting Spellcasting or constructing Elemental Channels.

In fact, even Genite himself, as long as the Mythallar Protection was not lifted, could not take any book away from the bookshelf; as long as he took it more than three steps, he would also be banished.

Destruction, of course, was also not allowed; this would directly trigger the Mythallar's Protection mechanism, and one would likewise be banished.

The greatest countermeasure was Banishment, nothing else; this point also somewhat exceeded Xia Duo's expectations.

Of course, the true advantage of a Mythallar lies in the permanent change to the Magic Net environment.

Or, in Xia Duo's words, a Mythallar is a special Magic Item woven purely from Magic Net Strings and possessing complex functions.

As long as simple maintenance is performed regularly, it can exist almost permanently, which is difficult for ordinary Magic Items to achieve.

Even without maintenance, its existence time would exceed imagination, a bit like the difference between the shelf life of food on Earth and the actual spoilage date.

The 【Dragon Madness Mythallar】 is said to have existed since the ancient Dragon Era, and no one has been seen maintaining it in the later stages; instead, the Elven Nations of the Main Plane had long since lost control of it.

Perhaps they could utilize a little bit sporadically, but it was long past the posture of the original creator.

At the same time, the Mythallar has another quite powerful advantage, which can almost crush ordinary Magic Items.

That is the subsequent upgradeability!

The creator of a Mythallar can "reprogram" the Mythallar according to needs in the later stages, making it have more complex or more powerful functions.

Even Xia Duo's Spellbook, which counts as a boutique Magic Item in Netheril, can only have some Inner Pages of spells added later; as for adjustments to the main structural aspects, it is almost impossible to achieve.

If one has the time for that, it would be better to redesign and manufacture a new one!

Xia Duo had always coveted Mythallars, but that was the peak achievement of Elven Magic, and in the Main Plane, he could not come into contact with any information regarding Mythallars at all.

Only this time, incarnating as a Drow and happening to meet a high-level Mage infatuated with him, did he obtain some Mythallar information in the private library of the Kelaorui Family Matriarch.

But that was limited to some functional descriptions, not specific technical details.

This time in Domugasi City was probably the moment he was closest to the secret of the Mythallar!

Bringing Genite to the Library in front of the courtyard, the hand Xia Duo used to hold the Mythallar Key trembled involuntarily.

Taking a deep breath of the sweet air on the Surface to calm his mood, Xia Duo stood within the range of the Mythallar's influence, took out the Mythallar Key, and did not need to attune it to himself; he just needed to trigger it in a specific order.

Surprisingly simple.

Once this Mythallar Key, which looked like a Miniature Scepter, was triggered, the surrounding Magic Net environment immediately changed; Xia Duo could only perceive that the Magic Net had changed, but what the specific change was, he could not see at all.

"It seems that trying to understand the Mythallar through this Mythallar Key is very difficult to work!" Xia Duo thought somewhat frustratedly.

However, when he saw that the Library was no longer guarded, there was finally a trace of comfort in his heart, and then he turned and ordered Genite:

"Take down all the books, volumes, and antiques on the bookshelves and put them here!"

Xia Duo very casually pointed to an open space three steps away from the books, outside the range of the Mythallar's influence, and signaled for Genite to come forward and work.

For Genite, at this moment, even though he had discovered that he was controlled by the Drow's evil Magic, his eyes were almost burning with fire.

But under Xia Duo's command, he still had to walk up and personally take down the books he had painstakingly collected in the past from the bookshelves, and place them in the open space designated by Xia Duo.

And Xia Duo stood by the pile of books; when it piled up, he would overlap this area with his Personal Space, and then separate them, and the pile of books would appear inside the Personal Space.

Doing this looked a bit low in efficiency, but the feeling of casually commanding others to work was really quite good!