Chapter 931: Mythallar Restrictions, Rumors of Reality

Without the hindrance to their movement, Xia Duo and Bailun quickly turned their attention to this Water World itself; it was much as Saide had described, extremely spacious, with almost no edges in sight.

Xia Duo discovered that this place was somewhat similar to the 【Blue Crystal Plane】 found by the Tower of Time, but it was not as clear as the 【Blue Crystal Plane】; the water here, if not turbid, could at least not be called clear.

Mermen and water plants were present, and in great numbers, but it was not as densely packed as the river channels outside that Xia Duo had imagined before coming.

Overall, it was still relatively sparse.

After Xia Duo and Master Bailun entered, they immediately attracted the attention of the mermen, but under Master Bailun's spell, those mermen soon ignored the two of them again.

—"Master, what should we do next?" Xia Duo asked via Sending.

—"First, check the Magic Net environment; give me a moment!" Bailun replied.

This was beyond doubt, but a Great Arcanist might have unique insights, and asking was only proper; after receiving Bailun's reply, Xia Duo also began to observe the surrounding Magic Net.

However, before he could discover anything, the Pioneer Scepter he had already synchronized with was already alerting him—there was Mind Magic here, and it was continuously attempting to influence him!

This was an unexpected situation that Saide had not mentioned at all before!

Xia Duo felt it carefully; it seemed as if something was striking his mind, but it was all blocked by an invisible barrier. If he were to sink his self into his subconscious, perhaps he could understand what this information actually was.

However, in the current situation, even with a Great Arcanist by his side, it was not appropriate to be too distracted, and he was not at ease; it would not be too late to trace his memories after returning to a safe place.

Looking at Master Bailun again, his beard was scattered in the water like a clump of white water grass, but his eyes were wide open, gazing at the surrounding environment with a piercing look.

Just as Xia Duo was about to warn him about the presence of Mind Magic here, Master Bailun seemed to have known beforehand, even turning to comfort him: "Rest assured! The Pioneer Scepter is enough to resist the Mind Magic here!"

Xia Duo was startled, then nodded and began to check some small items he carried with him. He could indeed observe the Magic Net directly, and he had indeed done so, but he had not discovered any abnormalities.

This also matched his understanding of a Mythallar; once a normal Mythallar is set up, it appears as if it does not exist at all, completely merging with the Magic Net environment in a wider range.

Of course, this is the perfect situation. Under normal circumstances, there would still be abnormalities, which Xia Duo could also see. Just as Saide had said before, the Magic Net here was full of a sense of order, as if it had been reconstructed.

It was not like a natural Magic Net environment, which has fluctuations and ripples, and can react instantly to a Spellcaster's operations.

The Magic Net here looked no different from the outside, but there were very few fluctuations and almost no ripples. As for operations, that is, Spellcasting, Xia Duo had not yet tried.

Bailun had not acted rashly, so how could he dare to!

……

Xia Duo had quite a few small personal items, none of which were kept in his Personal Space. Some Magic Items require linking before they can be used, which is what is called "synchronization" or "Resonance."

Just like the 【Jade Pendant】 hanging around Xia Duo's neck, this little trinket found in the Mythallar Ruins of the Territory could provide a resident cleaning ability. If synchronized, how would it know where the boundaries of cleaning were?

However, it was a pity that even the 【Jade Pendant】 originating from the Elf could not take effect in this Mythallar, which could already be determined to have been set up by the Elf.

Similar to the 【Jade Pendant】 was the 【Focus Ring】 on his hand; although it had not completely failed, the focus bonus it could provide was almost negligible.

Besides the two above, the Communication Magic Tool could not be used at all, as if it had "crashed."

The only thing that could be used normally was the 【Dimensional Bag】. This was somewhat beyond Xia Duo's expectations; under normal circumstances, the 【Dimensional Bag】 should have been the first thing to be prohibited.

And it was only when checking his Spellbook that he discovered why the Dimensional Bag could be used normally while other items had problems to varying degrees.

In the Spellbook, spells below the 5th circle could almost not be triggered. Xia Duo did not try them all, but he tried a few typical ones, and from this, he could make an inference.

As for spells above the 5th circle (including the 5th circle), everything was normal. The spell involved in the Dimensional Bag was 5th circle, and at the same time, this meant that one could teleport away from here. Perhaps Saide flying out was after a teleportation?

Previously, Xia Duo thought this place was connected to the outside world. Although it felt like a connection when he came in, in reality, it was all water here; how could it be connected!

It was almost impossible to fly out directly. This place was already close to an Other Plane. If one were to teleport, perhaps one could not teleport directly to the Savile Territory or anywhere else.

Instead, would one appear in the real Maihete Lake?

Xia Duo could not be sure for the moment, but it was truly not simple for Saide to be able to escape from here!

……

After confirming that spells below the 5th circle could not take effect in the Mythallar, Xia Duo only lacked the actual experience of Spellcasting. For a Spellcaster, a Mythallar might not be able to suppress them as easily as a Magic Item.

Xia Duo had read materials related to Mythallars when he was in the 【Projection Plane: Underdark】. Although there were no specific technical details, there were many intuitive descriptions.

A normal Mythallar would not have such a direct circle-level restriction, but would restrict spells of certain specific elements, which would be more efficient.

The current Mythallar seemed more comprehensive and had more restrictions, but in reality, there might be more loopholes!

Thus, Xia Duo also tried to discover something from it; anyway, Master Bailun was still checking, and he was idle anyway.

……

It was unknown how much time had passed before Bailun broke out of that state of fixed staring. Xia Duo, who had been paying attention to Bailun, discovered this and immediately asked: "Master, have you discovered anything?"

"There are quite a few discoveries!" Bailun was about to explain, but suddenly stopped, as if thinking of something, and asked with great curiosity: "Lord Xia Duo, have you discovered anything?"

"Me?"

If Bailun hadn't asked, Xia Duo would have thought he was just here to watch and do nothing. But indeed, it was hard for him to provide much help to Bailun, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he was just watching.

But at this moment, Bailun's inquiry made him think of the reputation Bailun had outside; he seemed to like taking care of the younger generation, which was very similar to Iolum.

It is rumored that he and Iolum had studied under Kangjienio for a period of time when they were young, accumulating a friendship of over a hundred years.

And Kangjienio was always a good-natured person; as a figure from hundreds of years ago, there was no sectarianism at that time, and he turned no one away who sought learning or knowledge.

Rumors may not be the original appearance of history, but if they can be spread, they at least reflect a certain degree of reality.

Xia Duo knew this might be an opportunity, so he made a simple statement of his findings about the Magic Net environment here, which naturally included the prohibition of spells below the 5th circle, as well as the restrictions on Magic Items and other aspects.

After listening, Bailun just nodded slightly with composure, but what Xia Duo said next made him show a rare expression of surprise—