Chapter 861: Successive Ambushes, Tough Stance

Just as everyone was thinking, the Elf Mage launched another sneak attack, only this time the attack was not aimed at the twenty-plus teams on Xia Duo's side that had a support agreement.

Instead, it was one of the twenty-plus teams on Angelin's side!

"Mage Xia Duo, we will go to provide support first; we can discuss the Mind Link matter later!" a High Mage suddenly said.

In truth, he was still thinking that if they could resolve the Elves on their own, there was absolutely no need to cooperate with Xia Duo and the others; not only would they be giving up the lead for nothing, but there was also the risk of leaking their own secrets.

Xia Duo glanced at Angelin, and Angelin released part of his thoughts, sharing the specific location information of the distress signal he had just received.

Afterward, he took his team of High Mages and prepared to cast a Scrying spell and teleport to provide support. Of course, he did not interrupt the Mind Link, and the remaining High Mages who had just joined also did not disconnect.

At the same time, Xia Duo also signaled Niya in the Mind Link to cast a Scrying spell. This step was not hidden, nor could it be hidden; the intensity of the information actively exchanged in the Mind Link was enough for the Conscious Mind of every connected person to receive it.

Soon, while Angelin and the others were still casting Scrying, Niya had already shared the information she had probed into the Mind Link.

——So fast!

Angelin appeared very surprised. One must know that Scrying is a rather complex spell; although the threshold can be as low as the 3rd Circle, many mages are unable to master it well even when they reach the Advanced Rank.

Such a rapid and efficient Scrying spell was no longer something an ordinary person who had just become an Arcanist could cast. He had long heard of the reputation of the Princess's student.

But as for being a student of a Great Arcanist, who isn't one!

Although Angelin did not become a student of the Great Arcanist Badijiaer very early on, he became one immediately after the Snow Melting Competition.

Moreover, not every student of a Great Arcanist is outstanding. Some had extraordinary talent early on, but later couldn't even become High Mages, let alone Arcanists.

For a moment, Angelin developed some interest in both Xia Duo and Niya. Of course, the one he was most interested in was Xia Duo.

It had only been about half a year from the Snow Melting Competition to now; what made a newly promoted Arcanist into an existence approaching a Senior Arcanist?

Could it really be that his talent is extraordinary?

Accompanying Angelin's thoughts, a bit of Subconscious Information flowed unconsciously into the Mind Link. After Xia Duo knew this, he secretly chuckled in his heart; he really did have extraordinary talent!

Especially after the most recent Bloodline Awakening!

If not for that Bloodline Awakening, even with two more months in those Projection Planes, or even longer, it would have been impossible for him to come into contact with the Seventh Layer of the Magic Net so quickly through normal channels.

Using the Memory Retrospection ability for learning was simply like cheating; let alone drawing inferences about other cases from one instance, drawing inferences about ten or a hundred cases was the norm.

How could ordinary people compare!

The only pity was that the Memory Retrospection ability was merely an ability related to memory. Perhaps it could spare him the suffering of memorization and searching that ordinary people face, but the thinking process was still the same as in the past.

At most, it was a slight improvement brought about by the breadth and depth of accessible information.

This was determined by the essence of a person, and it was also the inherent thinking pattern that Xia Duo had carved out bit by bit over time.

To change it, one must study and use it diligently, improving and enhancing it through long-term study and research.

In a short period, it is very difficult to have any qualitative leap.

……

Soon, Angelin and the others had already set off. Since the optimal number of people for High Mages to jointly cast an equivalent 9th Circle spell through a Resonance Spellbook is thirteen, thirteen people went the first time.

At the same time, another team was already prepared, waiting only for the signal from Angelin's side to set off.

Xia Duo looked at those people with a calm gaze, placing his true attention on the Scrying information shared by Niya in the Mind Link.

The team that was ambushed over there had not fallen into real danger; they had merely fallen into a disadvantage in the spell confrontation. If no one provided support, perhaps they would eventually end up with the entire team being wiped out.

But if there was support, the situation would be different.

As soon as Angelin and the others appeared, those Elf Mages, just like when Xia Duo and the others supported Mage Mailin previously, immediately shifted away without any hesitation.

Almost instantly, Xia Duo felt Angelin's intense dissatisfaction and depressed mood from the Mind Link. He could understand the other party's feelings; if it were like this from now on, how could this war even be fought!

What was even more irritating was that as the Elf Mages shifted, another team was ambushed, and this time it was one of the twenty-plus teams on Xia Duo's side.

Niya immediately shifted her Perception Field to the target's location, while Xia Duo led his people to rush over. As expected, the Elves ran away again.

Hitting and running several times in succession made people exhausted from running around. But if they were really left alone, one team would be eaten by the opponent, and the mission objective might be one less.

Xia Duo believed that the higher-ups issued so many Mythallar Nodes that needed to be destroyed not because they expected them to destroy all of them, but at least a basic number should be reached.

One less might not count for much, but if there were many, small losses could accumulate into a major defeat. Yet Xia Duo and the others did not know exactly how many constituted that basic number that must be destroyed, so they could only destroy every single one as much as possible.

At this moment, unified and even deeper unified scheduling and command had become the only choice at present.

Even the most stubborn people on Angelin's side had to admit that they could not complete the mission by relying on themselves alone. For some people, whether the mission was completed or not might not be important, but their own lives were hard to discard.

Huddling together for warmth is a human instinct; in this situation, how could one tolerate a person who sings a different tune!

——Mage Xia Duo, gather at the previous location!

Receiving Angelin's active conscious information again, Xia Duo knew that there should be no problem on that side, and there was no problem on his side to begin with.

……

After arriving at the location where Mage Mailin's team was previously ambushed, seeing that gray-black barren land again, and having experienced several successive sneak attacks by the Elf Mages.

The group of High Mages, especially the High Mages from Angelin's side earlier, had thoughts in their hearts that were completely different from before.

Considering that the Elves might launch a surprise attack again at any time, Xia Duo changed his previously gentle and tactful attitude and became tough:

"Now I will tell you two facts. First, this is a war that only has enemies and us, not a forest adventure where one can fight on their own. We must unite, with unified scheduling and unified command, and I, who can lead the Mind Link, am naturally the best candidate!"

"Second, the Elves are a whole, but I can say that their numbers are not large, or rather, the number they can bring out for mobile sneak attacks is not large! Whether to fight on your own and be dragged down by their successive sneak attacks, or to unite and strive for the initiative, you decide for yourselves!"