Chapter 921: Temporary Ice-Quality Obstruction, Contacting Ming Shui

Afterward, under Xia Duo's direction, Niya raised her perspective. Through the sharing of the Mind Link, Xia Duo saw that the Murloc Tide was not only appearing south of Maihete Lake, but also in the north!

Moreover, there were no territories for a long distance in the north, which could not provide any obstruction to the murlocs. Thus, Xia Duo "saw" a black river teeming with murlocs winding toward the north.

It continued until the edge of his vision, where it submerged into the depths of the forest and disappeared.

The number of these murlocs could no longer be described as thousands or tens of thousands; perhaps hundreds of thousands or even millions were possible. There were simply too many!

Fortunately, these murlocs possessed no Wisdom. If they did, it would be possible for Spellcasters to be born among them, and hiding would be a matter of course. Combined with the murlocs' exaggerated reproductive ability, that would simply be a disaster!

Of course, it might be a disaster even now!

With so many murlocs, even if one were to let them be killed or hacked, it would not necessarily be possible to clear them away quickly. Having this happen right before the New Year Festival is truly "festive" enough!

"This is not something our family can solve alone!"

Xia Duo said to Niya in the Mind Link, letting her continue to observe, while he himself temporarily withdrew from the substitution of the extra perspective, only accepting partial passive information.

At the same time, he also began to take over the obstruction work on the river channel from Aobolaien. This Elf Mage from the Silver Leaf Family was not his subordinate; being able to help until now was already quite good, and he could not ask for more.

However, Aobolaien possessed a Boundary Spell similar to a Plane Barrier, while Xia Duo did not. He could only adopt a simple and crude physical obstruction.

Xia Duo was not yet very familiar with spells related to the Earth Element Domain; it was not easy for him to temporarily build something like a sluice gate or a dam.

However, things related to the Water Element were much easier. His Bloodline Ability allowed him to easily Control the water flow, directly shaping a giant fence made entirely of water that tilted northward above the river surface, and then gradually converting it into ice.

Actually, Xia Duo could directly shape ice in its material form, but he did not usually apply his Bloodline Ability much, so he could not shape such a huge mass of ice at once, nor could he do it as delicately as controlling the water flow.

And doing these things indirectly did not affect the final result.

As the huge ice fence took shape, Xia Duo slowly sank it under the water, and then several more identical fences were shaped one after another, connecting with the first one to form a single piece.

It was similar to a three-dimensional mesh structure.

Of course, this was not the end. After all, this had a physical form and could not compare to that special Boundary Spell of Aobolaien, which could make those who approached fall into a state similar to Near-at-Hand World's End.

With this obstruction of Xia Duo's, the murlocs had hands and feet and could climb over it completely. Even with such a massive number of murlocs, it would be no problem to submerge this obstruction like a human pyramid.

This was just an expedient measure, a temporary facility to prevent Aobolaien from suddenly letting go and allowing the murlocs to head south all the way and flood the area.

Although the flooding of murlocs in the Wolfburg River basin in the future was already inevitable, for now, Xia Duo still hoped to block as many as he could; after all, his Territory was right by the river.

It was best to block the murlocs at Savile Town for now to avoid stretching the battle line and losing one thing while attending to another.

……

Continuing to shape Ice Blades on the north side of the three-dimensional mesh ice fence, Xia Duo then stopped. Of course, this was certainly still not safe, but this was all that could be done for the moment.

Subsequently, Xia Duo contacted the appraiser and High Mage of the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce, Poluokan, focusing on the situation where the murlocs in Maihete Lake had spiraled out of control and triggered a Murloc Tide.

"Lord Xia Duo, when I received your message, I thought it was new stock of Communication Magic Tools that had arrived. I didn't expect such a thing to have happened!"

From Poluokan's tone, Xia Duo could not determine whether he was aware of this matter, but the proper attitude still had to be maintained:

"Appraiser Poluokan, I need your help to contact the senior management of the Chamber of Commerce to resolve this crisis as soon as possible. You must know that an unknown number of murlocs have already headed north along the Wolfburg River and the Netheril River. A failure to handle this properly could very likely trigger an unimaginably terrifying disaster!"

This was not an exaggeration. In fact, it was already very difficult to clean up now. Even if the source problem were solved, with so many murlocs, how could they all be cleared away? There would definitely be fish that slipped through the net.

In the future, these fish that slipped through the net would be the sources of individual murloc riots, and it was not unimaginable that they would trigger a Murloc Tide again. If there could be one time, there would inevitably be a second, a third, or even more!

Especially if this matter was very likely directed by the Elves.

Xia Duo did not mention any conjectures about an Elf conspiracy; he just urged Poluokan to contact the senior management of the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce and then cut off the communication.

Afterward, Xia Duo had someone call for Maersi, the manager of the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce stationed in Savile Town, to let him see the number of murlocs with his own eyes and then carefully consider how to report it upward!

……

And not long after Manager Maersi left, Xia Duo discovered through his Mind Link with Niya that a teleportation signal had appeared near Maihete Lake.

He immediately greeted Aiboke, then retreated to Niya's side and instructed Bishop Anbulier, "I need to cast a special spell; don't let anyone disturb me!"

At this time, Niya, under Xia Duo's notification, also temporarily stopped Scrying ahead and focused on guarding Xia Duo, while Xia Duo himself cast a Scrying spell.

Of course, it was not entirely accurate to call it a Scrying spell; it was actually a special Projection Spell developed on the basis of a Scrying spell, capable of projecting some of the main body's characteristics to a distant place.

This included, but was not limited to, appearance, Perception, Spellcasting ability, and so on.

After previously using multiple spells in combination to appear at the territory's regular meeting in the form of a Projection, Xia Duo realized the practicality of this kind of Projection Spell, which could replace the main body in many situations to appear in other places.

During his time in the Green Field Plane, he completed the creation of a brand-new Projection Spell on the basis of the Scrying spell. By now, it could be considered its first deployment in actual combat.

It was just that this spell still continued the shortcomings of the Scrying spell; if one wanted to substitute into the Projection perspective to be there in person, the main body might not be able to be looked after.

If it were not for the current situation where Xia Duo had to maintain a certain sense of presence, perhaps using this spell inside the Mage Tower would be more secure.

……

The location of the Projection was, of course, Maihete Lake. Right near where Niya had just detected the teleportation signal, Xia Duo's figure appeared out of thin air without the slightest bit of teleportation fluctuation.

Or rather, this spell was essentially still a Scrying spell and was not so easily detected, especially in the situation where the previous teleporter had already left.

The Projection body did not need to walk; it was still like the Perception Field of a Scrying spell, controlled by consciousness to move, and ascending to the heavens or diving into the earth was not a problem.

After Xia Duo searched around the teleportation point, he did not find any human figures; perhaps the person had gone to the other side of Maihete Lake. However, Xia Duo turned his gaze toward Maihete Lake itself.

This was not entirely an intuitive guess, but had a certain factual basis.