Chapter 935: Interpreting Spells, Opening the Magic Net

Xia Duo is indeed quite proficient in Elvish and has a certain understanding of Elven Magic, but once the two were combined, he discovered he had been somewhat too optimistic.

Most of the Elven Magic he had learned had undergone secondary processing by Netherese Mages; even if it was still recorded in Elvish, there was still a gap compared to truly native spell data.

In the Projection Plane, Xia Duo had not come into contact with many genuine Elven Magic books, but instead knew more about Drow Magic (from his Underdark experience).

However, due to living underground for a long time, Drow Magic had already diverged significantly from Elven Magic, becoming similar to Netheril Magic—becoming simpler, more direct, and more efficient.

At least when looking at Drow Magic, he could quickly immerse himself in it, whereas with Elven Magic, the ones processed by Netherese Mages were fine, as the essence of magic remained unchanged, and it was merely a difference in systems.

But this native spell, as he listened to Master Bailun explain it at this moment, only made his head spin.

It was filled with obscure, descriptive references, and the wording was highly emotional, full of the spellcaster's personal characteristics; trying to find the key elements amidst the vast amount of redundant information was truly a rather tedious task!

It was somewhat similar to the feeling of a foreigner on Earth trying to extract the true meaning from ancient classical Chinese from Xia Duo's hometown; it might be truly difficult for an average person to fully grasp.

However, Xia Duo was no longer an average person; he had also had more or less contact with native Elven Magic in the past (picked up from Elven refugees~), it was just that because the personal characteristics in these native magic materials were too heavy, it was harder to get started.

It was equivalent to having to start from scratch every time; it was no wonder the Netherese Mages abandoned Elven Magic back then. Perhaps the school divisions in Elven Magic were extremely severe; if one could not follow a certain school to the end, then obtaining more data would only remain on the surface.

Now, listening to Master Bailun explain the data regarding the macroscopic perspective of the Magic Net, he clearly felt that it had a completely different style from the native materials he had come into contact with before.

Perhaps only researchers who have been immersed in Elven Magic for a long time could complete the conversion without any obstacles!

Fortunately, this spell was not complex; otherwise, Master Bailun would not have needed him to learn it temporarily on such an occasion. Since Master Bailun did so, it meant that he had the possibility of learning this spell in a relatively short time.

After getting through the initial brain-burning stage, Xia Duo began to gradually enter the state. After all, he had also incarnated as an Elf several times, and he was relatively knowledgeable about both Elvish and Elven customs and culture.

Even because his incarnations as an Elf were in different periods of history, it allowed him to gain a macroscopic perspective that transcended history.

Of course, the macroscopic perspective here had no direct relationship with the macroscopic perspective of the Magic Net; it only meant that Xia Duo had this foundation to interpret the native Elven Magic data.

As long as one got started, the understanding would be fast. This spell was not difficult, and Xia Duo even had the confidence to succeed on the first try, but he was troubled when he wanted to attempt it.

At present, spells below the 5th circle were prohibited within the range of the Mythallar; more accurately, it prohibited non-authorized personnel from operating the Magic Net Strings of the first five layers of the Magic Net.

Although there might be loopholes in this, Xia Duo did not know them, so if he wanted to try, he could only unfold his Arcane Fire and cast the spell using his own exclusive Micro Magic Net.

But he was not a Great Arcanist; unfolding Arcane Fire here might trigger an excessive reaction from the Mythallar. After thinking about it, he decided to ask Bailun first:

"Master, I have already understood this spell. I would like to try it; is it okay to unfold my Arcane Fire here?"

"Ah? So fast?!"

Bailun was so surprised that even his beard trembled a few times in the water, "I underestimated you. There is no need to risk unfolding your Arcane Fire; just operate my Micro Magic Net directly!"

As he spoke, Bailun also created a bubble between the two of them to make it convenient for Xia Duo to stick his head in and chant the incantation. The two could use Sending when communicating, but Elven Magic often required incantations, and Bailun was quite thoughtful about this.

However, for Xia Duo, who had already understood the essence of the spell named 【Eye of Amastacrinaz】, the incantation was no longer necessary.

Of course, if conditions were suitable, Xia Duo did not mind chanting the incantation. After all, incantations in Elven Magic were different from those in Netheril Magic, which only served to assist memory; Elven Magic incantations also had the effect of assisting Spellcasting.

The two seemed the same, but in reality, there were subtle differences.

One only had memory capability, and as long as the spellcaster knew the details of the casting by heart, the presence or absence of an incantation would have no difference in the result; while the other had an auxiliary role, which could increase the success rate of the spell to a certain extent.

Because the key to Elven Magic lay in resonating with the Magic Net to a specific state and then letting the spell appear automatically, which was equivalent to passive Spellcasting. (Netheril Magic, on the other hand, involved the spellcaster forcibly twisting the Magic Net Strings with their will.)

These incantations, which contained the details of the Spellcasting, were essentially a type of Magic Effect, capable of coordinating the spellcaster's physical and mental state to achieve a higher success rate.

From this perspective, Elven Magic truly had a bit of a metaphysical feel to it.

But in essence, magic is magic; the so-called metaphysics was just the Elves deliberately showing off. To those who did not understand Elven Magic, it indeed looked very magical; sometimes one only needed to chant an incantation to cast a spell.

But for those who understood, it was nothing more than that.

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Xia Duo did not refuse the convenience provided by Master Bailun, but what truly shocked him was another matter—Master Bailun had opened his Micro Magic Net to him.

This was almost equivalent to handing one's own life over to someone else!

Even though the level of trust between Xia Duo and Niya was already quite high, he had never conducted an experiment with Niya where they operated each other's Micro Magic Nets.

Perhaps it was inappropriate to describe it as putting one's neck under someone else's blade, but for an Arcanist, Arcane Fire was no less important than their life.

Because this was the foundation of a Great Arcanist; compared to becoming a Great Arcanist from a Legendary Mage, the probability of rising directly from an Arcanist was even greater.

Additionally, Xia Duo was not entirely certain whether an Arcanist's Micro Magic Net could be used by others; he only had this speculation.

Currently, there were no records of opening a Micro Magic Net to others. Only at this moment did Xia Duo dare to confirm that an Arcanist's Micro Magic Net could indeed be used by others.

It was just that the safety of it remained an uncertain issue.

If one said that a Great Arcanist had no such considerations at all, Xia Duo absolutely would not believe it. Perhaps some qualitative change would occur after the Arcane Fire linked to the Inner Plane, who knows.

But as long as it was not eternal, it could definitely be harmed; only where the limit of this harm lay, perhaps only the Great Arcanist themselves knew.

In any case, he had truly gained a lot from traveling with Master Bailun this time; it was a trip well worth it!

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