Arcane Lord

Chapter 3217 Close Contact

There is a new direction for investigation, but at this step, Xia Duo was directly stumped. Demiplanes are not easier to find than complete planes, although they may be closer to the "void" of the main plane.

Not to mention, demiplanes are usually smaller and easier to hide. Starting the investigation from the direction of demiplanes is indeed a direction, but in practice, it is not easier than directly catching the head of the Illuminati.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo thought it would be better to wait until tomorrow to communicate with Ye Erlan to see if he can get some new information, and then it will not be too late to make a decision.

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Elan, temporary camp of the investigation team.

After returning to his avatar, Shado opened the tent. An assistant under Kulas came up and asked, "Does Councillor Shado have any instructions?"

"Where are Kulas and my teacher?"

"They seem to have gone to the scene, and the elves are there too."

"I see, you go and do your thing."

After that, Shado directly located Iolem. Such an undisguised action undoubtedly triggered Iolem's personal protection mechanism, but when he found out that it was Shado, Iolem still opened a back door for Shado.

However, the magic network at the attack site was chaotic. Even with Iolem's cooperation, Shado only roughly determined a direction and could not accurately lock it.

Fortunately, he had circled the site several times during the day and was very familiar with it. With a general direction, he could probably guess where Iolem was.

...

Soon, Shado found Iolem and his party in the southwest of the deep pit at the destruction site. In addition to Iolem, there were Kulas, Filifa, and two observers, Ilfarran and Komanso.

Xia Duo greeted him from a distance. Seeing this, Iolum stopped what he was doing immediately. When Xia Duo approached, he immediately greeted Xia Duo:

"You came at the right time. I plan to test the blue flame in the deep pit. You come to help me guard."

"Teacher, isn't there the result of the daytime test in the inspection record I gave you?"

"No, that's different." Iolum shook his head and said slowly, "I read your record. It's just a routine test. It can't even test the essence of the blue flame."

There is another sentence he didn't say in public, that is, the daytime tests were all done by the elves. It's not that he doubted the elves, but he wanted to test it himself.

"Then what do you want to do, teacher?"

"I want to get in close contact with that blue flame."

"Isn't this too dangerous?"

"There is a certain risk, but you don't have to worry too much. I still have the protection of the Lady of Mysteries!"

Iorum said it easily, but Shado didn't feel relaxed at all. The goddess of magic will not protect those who are seeking death, and the grace of the gods is not a golden ticket to avoid death. Otherwise, countless mages would have bowed down to the goddess of magic in order to avoid death.

But the actual situation is that only a few people believe in the goddess of magic in Netheril, and most mages still follow the crowd and believe in the Lord of Light.

Of course, the belief in the Lady of Mysteries was popular in the past, but in the past hundred years, after Netheril became conservative as a whole, the belief in the goddess of magic that encouraged innovation and sharing has gradually shrunk. (After the signing of the new covenant, the atmosphere has changed, and the belief in the goddess may become popular again)

From this point of view, it is indeed not false that Iorum can obtain a lot of grace from the goddess, but he has always insisted on training new mages for so many years and has repeatedly innovated.

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But the same thing, if God's grace can save death, then countless people would have believed in the goddess of magic long ago.

The situation in the deep pit is unclear now, especially the blue flame, which has never been seen in any of the past classics, volumes, documents or even private notes.

Xia Duo was worried that Iolum would have an accident if he rashly touched it, so he couldn't help but persuade him again: "Teacher, you can wait a little longer. I have already made some guesses about the existence of that blue flame, and I think others also have it. It's not too late to contact it when the situation is clearer."

"It's not too late, but things always need someone to do it, and I am more aware of the risks of what I am going to do next. Don't worry, I have lived for so long not to joke with my life today!"

After saying that, Iolum raised one hand, showing a blue-white glow like water waves. At this time, the blue flame on the edge of the deep pit not far away seemed to sense something, and suddenly there were some unexpected fluctuations.

These spellcasters on the scene accompanied Iolum to investigate near the deep pit, so how could they not pay attention to the abnormality of the deep pit all the time!

After all, the daytime experiment has proved that the blue flame can almost devour everything, so it is not too much to be cautious near the deep pit.

"Sir Iolum, what is this--" Philipfa asked immediately with concern.

Philipfa's heart at this moment was far more shocked than he showed. During the day, he had asked his subordinates to conduct various tests on the blue flame in the deep pit, but unless the flame was directly touched by material or magic, no other means could affect the existence of the flame.

Not to mention, what Iolum showed at this moment was that as his hand with a blue-white glow slowly waved, the blue flame on the edge of the deep pit also rose and fell slowly and regularly!

This alone is enough to show that Iolum has a far greater understanding of the blue flame than others!

"Teacher!"

Shado couldn't help but exclaimed, but unlike the elves like Philipa who knew nothing about the means displayed by Iolum, he knew that Iolum's method of "manipulating" the blue flame in the deep pit at this time was through holy power.

At this time, the blue and white glow in Iolum's hand was the embodiment of the holy power of the mysterious lady, similar to the holy light displayed by the holy power of the Lord of Light, which was also a symbol of the identity of a priest.

It's just that Iolum rarely reveals his identity as a priest in front of outsiders, or Iolum actually doesn't think that he is a priest of the goddess, but just happened to sense the holy power of the goddess, and he didn't refuse, that's all.

But in the eyes of outsiders, the means he showed at the moment were considered to be some kind of special spell.

Of course, even if it was the priest of the goddess of magic, if someone else came here, it might not be better than Iolum, and Shado was very sure of this.

It's just that he was not sure how much Iolum knew about the blue flame in the deep pit. Now he wanted to end the investigation immediately and have a good exchange with Iolum.

But Iolum did not intend to end the investigation.

After seeing Iolum "controlling" the blue flame in the deep pit, Xia Duo no longer tried to persuade him to give up close contact, but only reminded him at the end:

"If things are impossible, you must withdraw in time."