Arcane Lord

Several other elf mages couldn't help but cheer up when they heard that Tai Lun had begun to arrange operational tasks, including Puman. Only Sha Duo couldn't help but smile.

Tai Lun noticed this scene and thought that although the news about the Demonic Secret Palace had been confirmed by several of their countries, it was Xia Duo who first asked about the news, so he quickly asked:

"Did Lord Xia Duo discover anything?"

"There are some discoveries."

Xia Duo nodded and told what he had discovered. It was actually very simple. He heard that the meeting place before the start of the investigation was near Terminos, so he used [Wide Area Detection] to search for it.

It turned out that there was not even a hair on the place suspected by the demon mage to be the secret palace. If the secret palace was so secret that even [Wide Area Detection] could not detect it, then their efforts in the past were probably in vain.

In addition, these suspected locations all come from the captured demon mages, but they themselves are only guessing, and they dare not verify it. Now that the first one has been proven not to be true, what about the subsequent ones?

Will they go short one after another?

By this time, Xia Duo was actually not very optimistic about this investigation, but he had already said what he had promised, and he would not go back on it easily now.

After all, the possibility is unlikely, which does not mean that it is completely impossible. Maybe the second place to go is the Demonic Secret Palace!

After hearing what Xia Duo discovered, Tai Lun did not choose to skip the first suspected location, and the others did not object, so Xia Duo let them do it, assuming it was a tacit understanding of the drill.

…

The first suspected location was not far from the Yerlan camp in Terminos. Under a hill, Tyran decided to go around from the etheric plane after a few brief discussions, and then launched a probe from the etheric plane to the main plane.

In this way, even without any other covering methods, you can avoid most of the perception and search magic of the main plane. If combined with some more clever covering methods, even if the opponent is on guard, you can still take advantage of it. .

When it comes to guarding against threats from the etheric plane, the elves are not as striving for perfection as the Nese mages, and there is a certain gap in their methods.

In fact, the method used to cover up the ether detection this time was a field-based evasion detection spell provided by the Seven Towers and blessed by Puman for the action team.

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The first exploration went very smoothly, or it cannot be described as "smooth", but "completely fruitless". The first suspected location was a pure underground area, full of ordinary rocks, and there was no trace of the devil's secrets at all. The shadow of the temple.

Not only that, Tyron also searched for traces of the past history in that area and found no doubts. Obviously, the first location was either the Demon Mage's guess wrong, or the existence behind the Demon had been cleared in advance.

But no matter which one, it makes no difference to the action team. It has been cleaned up by the existence behind the demon, and it cannot be confirmed or falsified. It is even said that it may have been eliminated or cleaned up by another force, which is not bad.

In short, the failure of the first suspected location cast a shadow on the hearts of the team members, including Xia Duo. Although he didn't have much hope, he did hope that Tai Lun would find something different.

This can not only gain something from this operation, but also provide some new ideas for the improvement of [Wide Area Detection].

But unfortunately, there were no surprises.

…

Next came the second and third locations, both in the mountains outside Everriska, but after careful inspection by the action team, no abnormalities were found.

Not to mention the demon's secret palace, not even traces of the activities of ordinary creatures were found.

By this time, even if Xia Duo didn't say anything, Tai Lun and the others gradually came to their senses and realized that the next few suspected locations might not yield much.

But now that it’s here, you can’t give up without checking it out.

It's just that in the next actions, Tai Lun and others were a little careless. Except for Puman, perhaps he heard Sha Duo's speculation about the threat of demons from Badigal. Even if he missed one after another, he still remained very vigilant. .

As for Xia Duo, although he had little hope for subsequent investigations, he did not lose vigilance. Unless he was sure to give up on the planned matters, he would always try his best to complete them with quality and quantity.

Mentally, he was close to giving up, but in terms of action, he did not relax at all. Among other things, there were four high elf mages around him. This alone made it difficult for him to relax his vigilance.

…

Perhaps he couldn't stand it any longer. When Tai Lun was about to conduct his seventh exploration, he gave a suggestion: "We are already at the seventh location. If there is no result this time, then we will split up for the remaining locations. Bar!"

"Can."

Several elf mages hurriedly agreed. Puman hesitated and nodded. As for Xia Duo——

"I'm with Mr. Puman, you don't have to worry about me."

"Okay." Tyron concluded directly, and the other three elves did not express any objection.

Xia Duo was not surprised by this. After all, he was originally a non-staff member of this operation. The elf called him here simply because he wanted to use the power of the floating city to break the protection of the demon's secret palace.

Of course, you can also take a peek at the internal operation of the floating city.

But now, the successive losses have made several elf mages realize that there is unlikely to be any harvest in the future. Then there is a high probability that the floating city will not be able to appear. Who Xia Duo goes with, or even whether he is there or not, is not that important.

…

The seventh suspected location is southeast of Salven, inside a sea cliff that juts out of the coastline.

Just like the previous six explorations, Xia Duo and his party still went around from the etheric plane, and then launched the exploration again. Just when Xia Duo thought that this time it was the same as before, Tai Lun's face suddenly changed:

"If there is a situation, discover the magic protection!"

Immediately afterwards, Puman's expression also changed, and he quickly reminded: "No, the other party has set up warning magic in the etheric plane, and has noticed our prying eyes. Master Tyron must make a decision quickly!"

"Preparation No. 5, Larian, you cooperate with me in teleportation. Suveris and Costa, you eliminate interference and assist us in teleportation. Puman, you and Lord Shado are ready to support us."

At the critical moment, Tai Lun did not lose sight and quickly issued instructions. Several elf mages immediately began to take action, while Puman also tried to remain hidden to ensure the success of the raid.

As for Xia Duo, although Tai Lun has not asked him to dispatch the floating city to assist in the raid or even act as the main force, he still calculated the approximate coordinates of the target area and quietly communicated with the floating city to "warm up" the jump system.

The next moment, a faint glow projection appeared around the team members, and the rough detection results of the suspected demonic secret hall on the main plane were displayed on it.

Although it was not a real scene, Xia Duo could tell at a glance that it was similar to the structure of the demon secret base he had raided before. They were both located inside the mountain, with a high-domed rotunda in the middle, and multi-layered rooms surrounding the hall connected to the outside.

There are dozens of light spots with different sensitivities distributed in the hall, and about a dozen spellcasters can be vaguely distinguished, two of which are the most conspicuous.

Not only is his aura strong and perfect, but the magic items he carries with him are far more than those of other spell casters. His characteristics are so obvious that at first glance, it is clear that the high mage has not escaped.

The target location that Tyron was preparing to teleport to happened to be in the high-domed hall of the mountain space!