Arcane Lord

After Parias left, Shado walked out of the guest room, stood at the end of a thick branch extending from the balcony of his guest room, and looked into the distance quietly.

The Elf Court at dusk did not quiet down, but the nightlife had just begun.

Vaguely, Xia Duo heard a female voice singing. Although he couldn't hear the specific lyrics, the melodious and melodious tone was full of spirituality, giving him enough room for imagination.

Xia Duo listened carefully, with a particularly clear mood. It seemed that at this moment, he had completely forgotten about tomorrow's trial ceremony and was completely immersed in this moving singing.

But good things are always short-lived. When the number of elves playing outside gradually increased, the noise gradually rose, and the singing gradually faded away, he shook his head and returned to the room with regret.

That night, Xia Duo had a dream like an ordinary human being. He dreamed that he came to the foot of an ancient oak tree. Here, he saw three half-human-high, suspended light groups arranged in a wing shape.

Gold is in the middle, and silver and red guard the two sides.

Immediately afterwards, Xia Duo stretched his hand into the golden ball of light. In just a moment, he felt something tangible pressing against his palm.

Subconsciously, he twitched his hand, and then the golden light group converged and turned into a stone sword shining with golden light and appeared in his hand.

But the dream ended abruptly here. Xia Duo woke up immediately, his eyes full of disbelief, "Excalibur Trial?"

In fact, what surprised him was not only the Divine Sword Trial, but also the dream itself. You must know that after the caster senses the soul, it is difficult to dream.

The elf body is even more special. It does not require sleep like humans. It only needs a short period of meditation to restore energy. It is indeed possible to dream during meditation.

But more spellcasters will have a clear self during meditation, which they use to study magic, crafts, or simply think about nothing at all.

Shado had already learned this technique when he transformed into an elf several times before, and he had used it many times in the past few days when he transformed into "Lyle Alkarama" this time.

Adding the two factors together, his chance of normal dreaming was almost reduced to zero, let alone this kind of special dream!

The scene in the dream was very familiar to Xia Duo, or "Lyle" was very familiar with it. He had visited it in the days when he first came to the Elf Court. The ancient oak tree was called the "Elder Oak", and under the tree were the elves. The place where the court elders conduct formal discussions.

Occasionally, elves from other elven kingdoms would come here and use the venue at the foot of the Elder Oak to perform some more solemn rituals.

If nothing else goes wrong, the Divine Sword Trial Ceremony will be held there.

But now, Xia Duo has a strange dream, and he dreams about the venue and even the scene of the future Divine Sword trial. How incredible this is!

"Could it be that the Divine Sword has a spirit and chooses its master on its own? Or is it a boring joke by some high mage?"

Various possibilities may appear in Xia Duo's mind, but these may not be able to avoid the influence of an external force, but Xia Duo is very sure that he has not received any external influence.

This is very contradictory. Either the external force is so clever that I can't see any flaws at all, or it is such a coincidence that I dreamed about it, and even dreamed about a scene that seemed to be in the future.

But no matter what, it seems to be showing that he is destined to the Sword of Dominion!

At this moment, even though Xia Duo had already adjusted his emotions before the trial, he couldn't help but feel excited. Is it really possible for him to become the prophesied crowned king of Cormanso?

At the same time, an idea appeared in his mind almost uncontrollably, that is -

If you really get the Sword of Domination, should you stay in this projection plane?

This idea was so strong that even though Xia Duo still had many bonds in the main plane, he still thought about it seriously. This shows how tempting it is!

If he can become the crowned king of Cormanthor, it is almost certain that he will be able to rule Cormanthor for at least a thousand years. But if he returns to the main plane, he is not sure whether he can live for another thousand years.

Although the projection plane is virtual and unreal from the perspective of the main plane, there is no difference between reality and falsehood inside the projection plane.

However, after Xia Duo thought about it carefully, he still gave up the idea. If he had just traveled through time, he might have made such a choice.

But now, with Niya waiting for him in the main plane and the people of Daxia Territory waiting for him, how could he bear to abandon them!

Furthermore, it is still unknown whether he can pass the trial. Even if he passes and truly becomes the Crowned King of Cormanthor, there is no guarantee that the essence of this projection plane in the star realm can sustain for a thousand years.

Indeed, the crowned king of Cormanthor can reign for at least a thousand years, which can be said to be a plot, but if the projection plane is gone, then the plot will be meaningless.

In addition, there is another point, and perhaps the most important point, Sha Duo already has a relatively stable and improving self-personality. He does not want to live with the identity, psychology, and soul of "Lyle" for the rest of his life.

It is indeed a good experience to transform into an elf or other creature for a short period of time.

But if he always distorts himself to adapt, or automatically accepts the external "skin" in the end, that is not something he can accept.

After thinking for a moment, Xia Duo once again strengthened himself. If this was considered part of the divine sword trial, then he would rather fail because of his choice.

…

Soon it was morning.

The chirping of birds outside the window woke Xia Duo from his trance. After the bizarre dream last night, he tried meditation again, but no more dreams appeared.

So he calculated the derivation process of the rising ring for half a night in a meditative state.

He has made full preparations for the Divine Sword Trial, and now the gains and losses are no longer what he needs to consider, but the original plan for this trip to the projection plane, if there is a chance, he still cannot relax.

While sorting out last night's gains in his mind, Xia Duo cast spells to clean himself and put himself into a gorgeous dress.

Then he went out at the urging of Palias.

…

"Brother Lyle——"

As she got closer and closer to the "Elder Oak", Celine, who had been quiet all the way, finally couldn't bear the uneasiness in her heart and called out "Shado" in a low voice.

But the shadow of being banned yesterday was still there, and she did not dare to instigate her brother to escape from the Elf Court again. She just stared at Xia Duo with her big wet eyes.

Sha Duo sighed in his heart. In "Lyle's" memory, among Akrama's generation, only Lyle and Celine were close in age and had the closest relationship. The others, even their eldest brothers, had hundreds of years of friendship. of estrangement.

At this time, her dearest brother is about to do something very dangerous, how could Celine remain indifferent!