Chapter 948: One Look and I Can Tell You Are Not Human

"Xia Duo, go and fetch the Archmage for me; I will wait for you here!"

"Understood!"

Xia Duo did not hesitate much and immediately returned to the Tower of Time through the portal not far away, and behind him was the portal leading to Savile Town.

One could vaguely see the scene inside the temporary barracks that maintained the portal on the other side; of course, only a blurry image, as sound could not pass through.

But as long as one had a sufficient understanding of portal spells, one could project Scrying through the portal to the other side, thereby observing the situation on the other side.

Xia Duo had once learned 【Short-range Portal】 at an exchange meeting in Seventon; it was only a 5th-circle spell, but it was a simplified version of the genuine 8th-circle 【Portal】, and it basically possessed all the necessary elements.

He himself knew how to observe the scene on the other side through a portal, but since he had just come from the other side, there was no need to cast a spell to understand it.

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At this moment, in the Teleportation Room where Xia Duo was, besides the activated portal on the wall behind him, there were five other portals in the room that had not yet been activated.

Of course, more accurately, these were portal bases, located on the other three walls besides the door, with two on each wall.

Their purpose was mainly to maintain long-term portals to fixed locations.

If these bases did not exist, the portals could still be used, but the duration would be extremely limited, and they would not be able to effectively serve the purpose of connecting Savile Town and the Tower of Time.

Generally, when a portal was needed, it was usually for long-term maintenance; if it was for short-term use, direct teleportation might be more convenient.

In the center of the room was a square platform, about half a foot above the ground, with complex yet highly regular lines and patterns cast from precious metals like Mithril and gold.

This was the Teleportation Array.

Niya had just transmitted the Temporary Access Key for this place to Archmage Olong, so Xia Duo only needed to wait here for a moment.

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Soon, the Magic Aura of the Teleportation Array began to tremble, and the originally white and clear-as-water aura suddenly became blurry, as if shrouded in white mist.

Of course, this was only an anomaly in Magic Vision; in normal vision, the Teleportation Array was also glowing, but it did not affect Xia Duo's ability to see the scene on the teleportation platform at all.

From the response of the Teleportation Array to the end of the teleportation, it took almost only the blink of an eye, and the white-mist-like Magic Aura suddenly contracted.

Immediately after, Archmage Olong, whom Xia Duo had met a few times, appeared on the teleportation platform, and with him was a bald Spellcaster wearing a gray robe and a strange mask.

Just by looking at the other party once, Xia Duo could tell that he was not human; if he were human, how could a human's eyes glow, and with such a strange red light at that?

Even in the world of Magic, Xia Duo had never seen anyone whose eyes could glow in a normal state, so there was no need for other thoughts; he was definitely not human.

However, Xia Duo was not Fahai, and he dared not shout about any bold monsters here.

And the most important point was that the moment he saw the other party's eyes, Xia Duo felt his hair stand on end; it was not fear, but more like a kind of mental oppression.

This feeling was very intuitive and metaphysical, yet it was real, forcing Xia Duo to be careful in his response.

In fact, he had already recognized the identity of this special Spellcaster who was personally accompanied by the Princess's follower, Archmage Olong.

The other party's iconic white long gloves, strange mask, and the skull emblem on the gray robe were all announcing to the outside world that he represented death.

This was indeed a servant of the Lord of Death, or rather, a Priest.

If Xia Duo had not guessed wrong, this person might have already transformed into an Undead, which gave him an indescribable feeling.

In the past, he had heard that some Death Priests would voluntarily transform into Undead, but this practice actually violated the Doctrine.

The Lord of Death witnesses death and maintains death, believing that only death is the final eternity, but He also respects life very much; He believes that the more brilliantly a life lives, the more glorious and great its death will be.

The Lord of Death is not a harvester of life, so mass killing or transforming Undead is not allowed, even for His Priests.

In fact, one of the long-term important duties of a Death Priest is to clear the mortal world of Negative Energy and Undead, letting the dead return to death.

To be able to maintain the status of a Priest without losing divine favor while becoming an Undead, this person was truly not simple!

Xia Duo's heart tightened, knowing that a big figure had likely come to the Tower of Time. In a flash, he adjusted his emotions (Undead are very sensitive to emotions) and bowed slightly to the two (?):

"Archmage Olong, and this loyal servant of the Lord of Death, welcome to the Tower of Time!"

"Lord Xia Duo, long time no see!"

The Priest did not react, but Archmage Olong appeared somewhat enthusiastic and introduced him to Xia Duo: "This is High Priestess Morton, a Legendary of Seventon. He has come here entrusted by the Council to deal with the Murloc Tide incident."

High Priestess Morton?

With his extraordinary memory, Xia Duo quickly retrieved all the information behind this name in his mind. Other things, including his Legendary status, were not important to Xia Duo; they wouldn't get in his way anyway.

Only one point made him very attentive—

This High Priestess Morton had mastered the Resurrection Divine Art and had several confirmed cases of resurrection!

This was simply a walking money-printing machine!

Although he did not know the specific cost of resurrection, as long as the technology was in hand, when encountering relatives and friends who could not let go of the deceased, couldn't he just name his price?

Resurrection was an important technology of strategic significance that Xia Duo particularly wanted to obtain, but he also knew that it was almost impossible to get Resurrection from a Death Priest.

Not to mention the difficulty of converting from Divine Magic to Arcane Magic, the mere fact that resurrection itself violated the Doctrine of Death made it impossible for a Death Priest to easily disclose it.

However, an Undead running a resurrection business—is this okay?

This is not okay!

Before knowing that High Priestess Morton was an Undead, Xia Duo didn't feel anything, but when he saw High Priestess Morton with his own eyes and recognized that the other party was highly likely an Undead, he always felt a sense of dissonance in his heart.

It felt like someone running a crematorium on Earth while moonlighting in emergency rescue; how could it not be dissonant!

However, the atmosphere could not be allowed to cool down, so he hurriedly said: "Thank you, High Priestess Morton, for your support to Nan Jing!"

But Morton still did not have the slightest reaction, only the red light in his eyes flickered twice. Xia Duo had never dealt with Undead; if another Death Priest were present to translate, perhaps they could have a cordial exchange?

Of course, there were no other Priests here, but there was Archmage Olong. Being able to accompany Morton here, he must be able to communicate: "Lord Xia Duo, High Priestess Morton says there is no need to thank him; it is the Council that provided sufficient remuneration!"

After a pause, Olong added: "High Priestess Morton wants you to take him to the riverside!"

"Understood! Please come this way, both of you!"

Xia Duo pointed to the activated portal a few steps away and made an inviting gesture. After the two followed, he walked in first.

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