Chapter 823: Death Mission, Spell Obtained

"Lord Suo En, you didn't mention before that there was a veteran Mage among the targets!"

Xia Duo said with a hint of dissatisfaction.

Although he had long been prepared to run away at any moment, he could not make it too obvious; if he were to boast about a one-hundred-percent mission completion rate now, it would be a miracle if Suo En believed him.

However, Suo En clearly had his own plans; after a brief moment of contemplation, he gave a new mission:

"Forget about that veteran Mage. Kill as many of the other Mages as you can, but as for the leader of that diplomatic mission, I don't care what trump cards you have—if he doesn't die, you are dead!"

By the time he finished speaking, the look Suo En cast at Xia Duo was incomparably cold.

"Yes."

Xia Duo did not intend to entangle himself too much with Suo En on this matter; if it were just killing the leader of a diplomatic mission, the abilities "Brandon" currently displayed were perfectly capable of handling it.

Suo En did not doubt this either, turning instead to appease Xia Duo, his attitude noticeably more amicable than before: "As long as you successfully complete the mission, I will give you additional rewards."

Xia Duo naturally would not take his words seriously; Gold Elves and Drow were almost natural enemies, and even if he had some deal with Maluxisi, the weight of an ordinary Drow like "Brandon" was still too low.

If he really completed the mission, Xia Duo would not doubt for a second that Suo En would turn around and kill him to silence him.

Therefore, he was just fooling the other party now, dragging out these last two days, and if he could obtain the spell data on Create Demiplane during these two days, that would be a real windfall.

As time ticked away bit by bit.

Inside the treehouse, Suo En gradually revealed more emotions in front of Xia Duo—nervousness, panic, resentment, and more; every time he saw Suo En show a strange expression, Xia Duo's heart would skip a beat.

If he were truly "Brandon," he would be looking for a way to escape this place right now.

For a Gold Elf high-level Mage to reveal so many emotions in front of a Drow shrimp, besides the possibility that there were truly many stories and secrets involved, the other greatest possibility was that Suo En no longer cared.

Once the mission was completed, "Brandon's" life would be in jeopardy; even if he had a Drow high-level Mage behind him, as Suo En said before, this was the Surface, this was Siluwende.

A power comparable to a nuclear bomb like Maluxisi was normally subject to the most rigorous Scrying magic monitoring; once she appeared within the borders of Siluwende, it might be the true beginning of a war.

"Lord Suo En, having been in this treehouse for so many days, I am curious how this house was opened up; the exterior and interior look completely different."

"Want to know? See for yourself!" Suo En tossed a scroll over and left the treehouse.

He got it just like that?

Xia Duo was somewhat incredulous; he looked at the direction Suo En left in, slightly distracted. In the beginning, Suo En rarely went out, but since the mission changed yesterday, Suo En had been going out quite frequently.

This gave Xia Duo some bad premonitions.

However, premonitions were also based on vague judgments made about the current environment; once he left this Projection Plane, what could possibly be detrimental to him!

It was like a person in a painting wanting to harm the painter outside the painting—wouldn't that be ridiculous!

Temporarily forgetting the environment he was in, Xia Duo soon opened the scroll left by Suo En with a hint of excitement.

The entire text was written in Elven script; at first glance, it seemed to be a hymn praising Nature and giving thanks for life. The layers of the verses were distinct, clearly polished many times.

But looking closer, it was not hard to discover that the onset of almost every syllable in the entire text was resonating with the Magic Net. With Xia Duo's understanding of Elven Magic, perhaps this poem could be the very spell that created the demiplane treehouse, but—

It lacked many details, especially the part about the Spellcaster's own resonance with Magic.

The biggest difference in Elven Spellcasting was adjusting oneself to resonate with the Magic Net, a way of casting similar to passive spellcasting.

Whereas Netherese Mages used their will to force the Magic Net Strings to form specific energy pathways to create specific Magic Effects.

Elven poems, or rather incantations and spells, could only be considered a kind of lead-in, a bit like musical accompaniment; it was good to have, but if it were missing, could one not sing?

What Xia Duo had to do now was to reverse-engineer the full picture of the song through this accompaniment; not to say it was completely impossible, but at least it was not something that could be completed easily.

Additionally, the incantation Suo En chanted when casting spells before was not this complete spell text, but a simplified incantation; one could not even find the corresponding text in this spell text.

Only the resonance of the syllables with the Magic Net could be found.

"It seems I will have to study Elven Magic properly when I return to the Main Plane, otherwise the road to cracking this will truly be endless!"

After looking for a while, Xia Duo still had no clue, only feeling his head grow a size larger; even when he chanted these incantations, the resonance with the Magic Net was intermittent.

One had to say, Elven Magic was really not very suitable for humans.

Recalling the process of Elves learning Magic in his memory, it was so long, especially in the enlightenment stage; it was just listening, observing, sensing, and experiencing—it was truly ground out by time.

Humans might learn faster, but in the profound and subtle aspects, they might never reach the realm of the Elves.

If it weren't for this spell to create a demiplane, Xia Duo really wouldn't want to waste time studying any Elven Magic.

On the final day, Xia Duo's mood had no ripples at all; he was ready to return to the Main Plane at any time, only staying until now based on the principle of utilizing the time dilation of the Projection Plane as much as possible.

Just as he was wondering when Suo En would return from outside, Suo En actually returned, and as soon as he did, he commanded:

"Prepare to act, the target is almost here! Remember, the leader of the diplomatic mission must die; if he doesn't die, you die!"

"Yes!"

Following that, Xia Duo followed Suo En outside. At the first glance, he saw four or five Drow hiding under the shade of trees not far away, and they were all acquaintances who had been in the Underdark training camp before!

Good heavens, so Suo En had been out recruiting laborers all these days!

Xia Duo shook his head secretly, "This trip is coming to an end here! It really is a bit of a pity!"

It should indeed be a pity; the relatively real area of this Projection Plane was very large, and there were many areas to explore, unlike the first Projection Plane he projected into, which was only slightly larger than a city.

At that time, he didn't return to the Main Plane by himself, but was forced back to the Main Plane by the shrinking of the Projection Plane's relatively real area.

It could be imagined that the time this Projection Plane could persist in the Astral Plane might be quite long, long enough to be ten or twenty seconds, perhaps.

"Lord Suo En, the action is about to begin, I need to cast an auxiliary spell, I hope you will not interfere."

"Hurry up!"

Suo En said casually, not paying much attention.

Having received the other party's reply, Xia Duo walked to the base of a tree, focused his mind, and began to cast 【Arcane Fire Blueprint】.