Arcane Lord

Although the time-related spell can affect the mysterious starlight in the time gem, and judge that the mysterious starlight is likely to be the concrete power of time, this is all the time-related spell can do.

It's not that the time-related spell can't do more, but the time-related spell that Shado mastered can't do more. After all, this spell comes from the Illuminati. Even though the Alliance has conducted a lot of research, there are still too many unknowns about its principles and mechanisms.

If it is too radical, if it falls into the trap of the Illuminati, it may be too late to regret.

Shado is willing to take risks, but the key is that the risk must be controllable. The risk of continuing to use unknown time-related spells to interfere with the time gem is very uncontrollable.

"We must find another way!"

But he also thinks in the field of time as much as possible. In addition to the time-related magic seized from the Illuminati, he actually also mastered a time spell, which is the time acceleration array from the projection plane Evereska, which he later improved and expanded.

If the Illuminati's time-related magic is the control of the timeline, then the time spells mastered by Xia Duo are the control of time itself. Although the fields involved by both parties can be classified as time, they are obviously not in the same dimension.

To make a simple analogy, Xia Duo's time spells are just interference with a single timeline, while the Illuminati are the birth and death of different timelines.

In addition, Xia Duo does not master any time power. Before understanding Daphne's concrete time power, he thought that the time power was more of an abstract concept, not something concrete.

But compared to continuing the experiment with the spells from the Illuminati, Xia Duo is more confident in the time spells of his friend, the wizard Evereska, from the projection plane.

…

The time acceleration array is ready in Yongle City, so the next experimental site will be moved to the time acceleration array. Xia Duo has made a decision.

And the transfer work was completed quickly, and then some preparations before the experiment were done, such as making a timing device to control the array switch from inside the time acceleration array.

The time acceleration array cannot be closed normally from the outside. If it is to be closed, it can only be cracked, but this is not what Xia Duo wants, nor is it needed for the experiment.

In addition to the timing device, there is also the installation of external energy devices for the temporary spare instruments, as well as the debugging of the instruments.

Once the time acceleration array is activated, the flow rate of time within the affected range will be faster than that outside the range, and the magic net will also be affected, just like the fence built when the piers of the cross-sea bridge are built on Earth.

The only difference is that the water in the fence will be drawn to build the piers on Earth, while the time acceleration array will circle the water - that is, the part of the magic net string inside the acceleration area.

The power of the magic net inside the time acceleration area to absorb energy from the inner plane is certain, but the flow rate of time is faster than the outside world, which is equivalent to how many times the time is accelerated, and the power of the magic net in the acceleration area to absorb energy is diluted by how many times.

If the acceleration multiple is small, there will not be much impact, after all, most experiments cannot reach the upper limit of the magic net energy supply.

But if the acceleration multiple is large, it may not even be able to supply the energy of a trick.

This is also the main reason why the time acceleration array is generally not used for operating experiments or making magic items. If you have to do it in the acceleration array, you can only use the energy you prepared in advance to bring it inside.

In addition, because that part of the magic net is enclosed inside, it is completely different from the magic net environment outside, which may interfere with the experimental results.

Xia Duo has not conducted detailed research on this aspect, so he basically never conducts operating experiments in the time acceleration array. It is generally used for thinking, calculation, analysis, and summary of activities that do not use the magic net.

At present, this kind of impromptu behavior of using the time acceleration array to conduct experiments is actually not in line with the process, but the situation is urgent, and the purpose of the experiment is more for qualitative rather than quantitative, so it doesn't matter.

As long as the Illuminati can be eliminated to resolve this crisis, Xia Duo is willing to pay the price of the entire destruction of Yongle City. If things can really be solved so simply, it will be easier.

The construction cost of Yongle City is finite. If the crisis can be resolved by sacrificing Yongle City to eliminate the Illuminati, all costs, including construction costs and time costs for reconstruction, etc., can be paid by the alliance.

Moreover, Shado believed that compared to the uncertain future now, the Alliance would definitely rather pay ten times the price of Yongle City to quickly resolve the crisis.

Anyway, no matter how much the cost is, it will be shared by all countries, and there will not be much left after it is shared among all countries, not to mention the huge mine in the Gray Peak Mountains that has been continuously developed during the war.

If it can be solved with money and specific resources, then things will be simple.

But the reality is not a simple cost exchange game, and the Illuminati will not let the Alliance pass so easily, which is the most troublesome part.

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Yongle City, No. 1 Ritual Site.

Outside the time acceleration array, Shado's face was calm. He had just received the news from Tarafu from the south, and the result was far better than he expected.

With the help of the Maired family and the coordination of the Grand Vizier of Calinshan, Tarafu successfully borrowed an earth element lord from a Pasha family in Calinshan.

Of course, it is somewhat inappropriate to say "borrow", because the earth elemental lord is not a native earth elemental creature, but a member of the Pasha family who was accidentally transformed into an elemental creature during a wind-chasing war.

It is not that the bloodline was infected and turned into earth elemental bloodline, but that the essence of life was completely transformed into an elemental creature.

Similar to the longevity ritual in the Morien Tower of Netheril, the transformation of the mage into an undead creature is not as simple as being infected by negative energy, but a transformation of the essence of life.

No one knows why a wind lord has the ability to transform earth elements, but the fact is that in the wind-chasing war, in the wind element plane, a Calimshan with wind element bloodline was transformed into an earth elemental creature by a wind elemental lord.

Therefore, the earth elemental lord is not the private property of a certain Pasha family, but a meritorious member who has sacrificed for the family. Compared with "borrow", it may be more appropriate to use "please".

An earth elemental lord is undoubtedly much more useful than the four earth elemental elders that Shado currently has that cannot be controlled for the time being, not to mention that the earth elemental lord's predecessor was a human. Although his temperament will inevitably be affected after the change of his life essence, it is inevitable that he can communicate, and he still stands on the side of Calimshan.

Just like the undead wizards in the Morien Tower (such as the Sandro wizard whose immortality ceremony Shado witnessed), although they have lost their normal human status, there is no doubt that they stand on the side of Netheril.

At least within the scope of normal humans, there is no need to worry about the positions of those wizards who have transformed into non-humans.